Chapter 178: Five-in-One Fusion Technique! The Fatal Strike from Above the Steps!

Ye Bo, having realized something, was still not entirely certain.

"Meiko, do you know that after Bard picks up his chimes, the enemy can see that they've been collected?"

"This, I really don't know. I haven't touched this hero in at least two or three years," Meiko paused for a moment: "And I've never paid attention to this; who would ever pay attention to that?"

What Ye Bo had just seen was a chime—the passive—suddenly disappearing on the minimap.

He didn't know Bard very well, but he at least knew the hero's core gameplay: running around to collect chimes.

Because every time a chime is collected, it not only stacks and upgrades the passive and increases movement speed, but most importantly, it grants experience!

This is the only hero that can gain experience through means other than the conventional path; it is a hero that can truly "roam mindlessly"!

And if Ye Bo was correct.

Perhaps this was the "hidden restriction" the designers had created for this hero.

Of course, Bard's chimes definitely wouldn't be displayed on the enemy's minimap, otherwise, it would be no different from Kindred's passive.

On the contrary, Bard's chimes have no prompts, no eye-catching icons, and cannot be marked in any way.

All that exists are the "chimes" that are not very conspicuous under the fog of war.

In other words.

Even if one knows this mechanism and wants to counter it—one must first "find" them, then rely entirely on the naked eye to "remember the locations," and finally check from time to time to see if they have "disappeared."

"Listen to me, Bard's mechanism should be like this..."

Ye Bo briefly explained his hypothesis.

By remembering the locations of the chimes and then cross-verifying the paths where nearby chimes disappear in succession.

It seems one could determine Bard's location!

"From now on, you watch the bottom half of the map, I'll watch the top half, and pay special attention to the locations where they disappear in sequence!"

"No problem!"

This task, during the early and mid-game when it's unknown which half of the map Bard will head to, requires at least two people to perform.

Because it requires not just observation, but pure reliance on memory.

Once someone's memory of a location deviates and gives incorrect information, it might even lead to a catastrophic disaster!

And when Ye Bo was practicing Azir, he had trained the habit of "switching screens at any time."

Although he was still in the adaptation phase, he had gained some insight.

More importantly, the laning phase had ended, and after Akali was caught in the previous wave, she wouldn't dare to actively engage Fiddlesticks again; the pressure of the matchup no longer existed.

As for Yuumi?

This is the "idlest" hero, with plenty of time to stare at these places!

What makes Bard disgusting is that you don't know where he will initiate an attack from, but if you can determine the opponent's general location, defending against him becomes easy immediately!

The 4th minute of the Rift seemed somewhat long.

During this time, the DRX side, which was originally leading the offensive, suddenly had nothing to show for it for 4 minutes.

Instead, EDG was boldly looking for opportunities, once again using the "Fiddle-Dream Space" combo to jump out from the side of the mid-lane tower, seemingly not worried about anyone camping nearby, killing the AD guarding the tower, and taking the first tower in the process!

Ornn, who had intentionally walked out to bait in the bottom lane, had also walked back a step early.

Causing the DRX jungler and support, who flew out of the portal after the lights went out, to miss completely!

"DRX's rhythm earlier... why has it suddenly slowed down?" CT, who had been singing their praises just a moment ago, was baffled.

"I have to say, it feels like the timing Bard chose for these few waves looks a bit poor!"

Roaring Emperor also said: "Beryl's decision-making in these few minutes is indeed a bit problematic, but actually, EDG's warding doesn't seem very special either..."

From the god's-eye view, one could only see Bard constantly running around the map with Viego.

But no matter where they went, even just stepping into the jungle, their prey would quickly move and change positions, resulting in repeated misses.

【What is this O-fan doing? Window shopping?】

【So what's the point of Bard? Besides some unsuccessful little designs earlier, he's a pure liability!】

【The P-fans are brainless too, playing jungle just to follow him around, their farming is being dragged down, they can only leech!】

【Wait, doesn't anyone feel like EDG's game sense is a bit weird? Don't tell me they're cheating! Didn't you notice EDG's wards didn't see the enemy at all, yet they moved away in advance?】

【How many times do I have to say it, a little map hack doesn't count as cheating!】

【Do you even know what game sense is? Oh, so you're allowed to gank the enemy, but they aren't allowed to guess?】

Beryl was also confused.

He didn't feel there was any problem with his train of thought, so why couldn't he catch anyone all of a sudden?

However, he did notice that his actions seemed to be one step slower than the opponent's, yet he hadn't seen the opponent place any particularly tricky wards.

He hadn't even cleared many of his effigies, this shouldn't be happening!

To be honest, this really couldn't be blamed on him.

You have to know that Bard's previous successful surprise ganks were not only due to the hero's special mechanism, but more importantly, the vision advantage they had seized.

In a clash between strong teams, the most important thing is the vision information gap.

Even the slightest difference in vision could expose many loopholes!

Not to mention—Bard was almost like he was wearing a locator that reported his position on a timer!

After all, for someone playing Bard, if they happened to pass by, it was impossible to resist the urge to pick up nearby chimes!

And Pyosik was happy to follow his big brother around blindly; with both people who could drive the rhythm constantly exposing their positions, the offensive naturally came to a near standstill!

Time reached 16 minutes.

The third dragon was about to respawn.

Both teams gathered.

DRX was fully focused, holding three blue wards and moving from above the river, stopping almost every step, using blue wards to clear dangerous intersections, and advancing in the most stable, spread-out formation.

Bard was moving alone from below, looking like he wanted to do something bad again.

"Don't get into dangerous positions, as long as Fiddlesticks can't jump a good ultimate, this team fight is easy to play!" Beryl kept reminding them of their positioning.

"I'll go find Fiddlesticks, bait a bit, they can't keep me, if I can bait out their skills, we can engage immediately!"

Just as the commentators said earlier, this Bard was visibly difficult to kill.

All five of EDG's crowd control abilities had delays; even if they forced an engagement, Bard could immediately use his ultimate in place, forcing them to stay or even dealing significant damage.

Bard had also had several instances earlier of using his portal to hug the wall for a limit-test escape.

Using flashy movement to bait skills was Beryl's personal style; he played this way even when playing Lux, a hero prone to dying, and it was even more so when playing Bard.

It was just that while passing the bottom lane minion wave, Bard picked up a chime on the way.

"... hy is Bard in the bottom half of the map by himself?" Meiko, who was responsible for the bottom half, quickly noticed the newly spawned chime disappear.

"He must want to come find me, trying to bait skills..."

"I have an idea!"

Ye Bo certainly couldn't waste many skills on Bard; that would be playing right into the opponent's hands.

The DRX troops had already used blue wards to clear the vision in the top half of the map, but they didn't advance immediately because the wide path in front was a potential spot for Fiddlesticks to jump his ultimate.

And Bard, at this moment, had arrived at the wall of the bottom river.

He placed a ward over the wall—and ran straight into a Fiddlesticks!

With Yuumi attached to him!

Beryl felt a momentary shock, but fortunately, he had been scared many times while clearing wards earlier, so he had psychological preparation now, and his first reaction was to throw out an auto-attack!

Fiddlesticks didn't want to deal with him at all and immediately walked toward the brush behind him, and Yuumi immediately cast a shield, fearing her big brother would suffer the slightest grievance.

"Fiddlesticks is here! Come take the position!"

The reason Bard had to come to this position himself was that the half of the jungle below the dragon pit was the most dangerous area.

Fiddlesticks had several spots from which he could jump to the wide opening in the middle of the river!

And since they had already found Fiddlesticks' location, the DRX members immediately advanced side-by-side.

As long as they could enter the dragon pit, it would be equivalent to separating themselves from the enemy jungle by a river, and once the vision on both sides of the dragon pit was set up, it would be extremely difficult for Fiddlesticks to jump his ultimate!

But at this moment, the sky over the Rift suddenly darkened.

【Bountiful Harvest】 shrouded the Rift for no reason!

"Move to the left! Fiddlesticks is on the right!"

DRX's two blue wards had just cleared the fog above and on the right flank, and coupled with the fact that Fiddlesticks had just exposed his position, they felt their current position was absolutely safe, thousands of miles away from the opponent!

However, just 1. seconds later.

The storm of ravens from hell had already completed four teleports and suddenly descended upon their faces!

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【Crowstorm + Flash + AoE Fear】!

Due to the vision information provided by Bard, the four DRX members did not realize that Fiddlesticks' true location was actually right next to them.

Under the cover of Bountiful Harvest, Fiddlesticks first used a blast cone to bounce to the wall below the blue buff, then channeled his ultimate for 1. seconds while hugging the wall to jump over, landing instantly with a flash into the crowd, dealing AoE fear!

In less than 2 seconds, Fiddlesticks had performed four flash-like displacements!

And due to the obscuration of Bountiful Harvest, plus the distance, Bard couldn't see where his teammates were at first.

Beryl could only stretch his neck to look at the screen next to him, and seeing the general location, he immediately threw out his ultimate!

But because he only saw a general idea, and the five DRX members weren't standing in a standard circle, this ultimate only hit Fiddlesticks and Viego.

For the other three who weren't frozen by 【Tempered Fate】, this was simply like helping Fiddlesticks cast a Zhonya's Hourglass!

Ezreal, however, used Cleanse to instantly remove the fear and jumped away.

But Akali and Aatrox's health plummeted under the ravens' biting, Ornn and Nocturne's "Call of the Forge God" and "Paranoia" arrived to finish off the remaining damage, and the remaining Viego, after his Zhonya's ended, would also face three big men in his face!

"Darkness under the lamp! Truly, darkness under the lamp!"

"Three members of DRX fall instantly! Only Ezreal and Bard barely manage to escape!"

"EDG executes a miraculous team fight, with Fiddlesticks jumping in with a perfect ultimate! They trade zero for three and secure DRX's third critical soul-point dragon! The situation has instantly become lopsided!"

All five faces of DRX are filled with confusion.

Beryl cannot understand it at all; he clearly saw Fiddlesticks just two seconds ago, even with the Yuumi attached, and he even landed an auto-attack to confirm it was the "real deal"!

How could he possibly reach that location in two seconds!

The reason is naturally only one—that was an Effigy.

It goes back to what was said before.

Ye Bo indeed does not understand Bard, but Beryl understands Fiddlesticks even less.

Because Bard had previously dismantled several Effigies, he knew that an Effigy would vanish instantly upon taking the slightest damage—but what he did not know was that if an Effigy is protected by a shield, its disappearance is delayed for a long time.

Since you want to scout for positions, then I will send you a fake one!

This is the best demonstration of the "catastrophic disaster" that "misinformation" can bring!

EDG turns to take the dragon, then secures the Rift Herald, and the tempo spreads rapidly.

The roles of attacker and defender seem to have swapped in an instant.

Bard tries repeatedly but still finds no opportunity, and the suspicion in Beryl's heart grows stronger; he feels more and more that something is wrong!

He wants to help Aatrox counter-gank, using his team's advantage points to try and break through the opponent's bottom lane tier-two turret, but who would have thought the opponents wouldn't come to gank Aatrox at all.

And the moment he leaves, Aatrox is immediately ganked, forced to burn his life and both summoner spells just to barely trade for the bottom tier-two turret.

Kalista's solo lane play is even more arrogant, seemingly not worried about being ganked at all; the strong attributes of an early-game hero are fully displayed in the dominant push, and with the deterrence of Nocturne and Fiddlesticks, they begin to break turrets rapidly.

During this time, DRX can only keep shrinking their defensive line to avoid giving away opportunities, but the previously deadlocked gold gap has already begun to widen rapidly.

It is not until nearly 19 minutes in that Beryl finally discovers the truth.

"It's my passive!?"

When it happened more than once—just after Bard finished collecting his passive, the people from the opponent's side near that half of the map would immediately make a move, even though he had scanned the area and found no wards.

He finally confirmed this thought!

To be honest, Beryl himself did not know this mechanic existed.

One could even say that discovering this mechanic itself is absurd, let alone "utilizing" it.

After all, who would constantly toggle their screen to look at map icon changes that have absolutely no prompts?

Not to mention how much mental energy that would require during a match?

How could anyone, in the midst of an incredibly tense match, maintain such a high frequency of screen toggling, memorization, and checking!?

There is no way—but who told him his opponent is someone who would even study and notice the "cooking smoke" of a Blast Cone.

And seeing that the opponent's support is a "do-nothing" Yuumi also seems to make sense.

"No wonder, no wonder they are a Yuumi with no ability to provide vision, but I just couldn't find an opportunity this game, no wonder!" Beryl mutters to himself, having realized the truth, but his tone is clearly full of regret.

"I should have played more ranked games, maybe I would have discovered it, damn it."

"Geon-hee, what are you saying?" Deft asks with a puzzled voice.

Beryl doesn't know how to explain it and is momentarily speechless.

Self-reproach occupies his heart; he now believes it is all because he rarely plays Bard, and failing to discover this mechanic is the reason the team's tempo has fallen into such a state!

But it seems a bit too late now.

Without giving them a chance to find a new defensive line, nearing 20 minutes, EDG has already begun moving toward the Baron, clearly preparing to force a fight over resources!

"Don't think too much, focus on what's in front of us." Seeing no answer, Deft does not press further and comforts him gently.

"We haven't lost yet."

Beryl shakes his head and nods firmly.

He knows they must fight this; now is when the equipment gap between the two sides is smallest, so he calls over Akali, who is split-pushing in the bottom lane.

"Akali, just TP over, we have to fight this."

"Wait for them to start the Baron, we wait for the dragon health to drop before crossing the river, use blue wards to find Fiddlesticks' position, I will hold my skills..."

"Fiddlesticks doesn't have Flash this time, he can't jump easily!"

"The opponent's damage is just on Fiddlesticks and the AD; as long as Fiddlesticks can't land a good ultimate, we can easily kill Kalista, Yuumi can't save him!"

The four members of EDG walk into the dragon pit.

Meanwhile, the five members of DRX stand at the Blue Buff entrance, keeping their distance from the pit walls to ensure Fiddlesticks has no room to jump in with his ultimate.

Just as Beryl said, as long as they can find Fiddlesticks, Bard's ultimate is enough to counter the opponent!

Whether it is to force a retreat by aiming at the casting position or to predict the landing spot of the ultimate—in short, as long as Bard doesn't get controlled himself, he can create massive defensive restrictions!

And EDG seems to have no intention of stalling, directly attacking the Baron without restraint, seemingly wanting to force them out.

"Them starting the Baron is our chance!"

"Wait for the Baron to reach half health, everyone place blue wards at these positions simultaneously to find Fiddlesticks!"

Baron Nashor's health drops rapidly.

DRX sends the most mobile member, Akali, forward to take the risk and scout for information to confirm the Baron's health.

As soon as the Baron's health drops below half, Beryl shouts: "Find him!"

"Ah, damn it!"

The three blue wards light up instantly, illuminating the four sides of the pit almost simultaneously, as if they were placed by one person.

But immediately after, all of DRX is stunned.

"Three Fiddlesticks! DRX's three blue wards revealed three Fiddlesticks in three different directions!" The caster, the Roaring Emperor, shouts while clutching his head as if he feels their pain.

"They don't know which one is real! But the Baron's health is already below half! If they don't go in, it's over!"

An Effigy is, by nature, a combination of {Ward} + {Sweeper}, and deceiving people is just a bonus.

And the brush above the pit, the Blast Cone above the Baron pit, and the brush outside the Red Buff wall—these three places.

Fiddlesticks must have scanned and probed them all.

"Charge in! You guys charge into the Baron pit!" Beryl suddenly screams at the top of his lungs: "Charge in!!!"

Bard directs his three teammates to charge toward the Baron pit like a "suicide mission," while he stands still—to avoid being caught in the crowd control.

This is the most desperate decision.

But it is absolutely the only solution in this scenario!

Charge into the pit; as soon as Fiddlesticks jumps in with his ultimate, Bard will directly throw his ultimate into the narrow pit, freezing all living things inside!

At that time, most of the damage from 【Crowstorm】 will be negated by 【Tempered Fate】, Aatrox and Akali can still complete their entry, and Viego might even have a chance to steal the Baron!

The most critical Fiddlesticks ultimate will have failed to deal damage.

DRX will definitely still have a fighting chance!

The three members of DRX charge forward resolutely.

At this moment, the Rift falls into darkness again, the ghosts descend once more, and Ornn calls his ram in a straight line!

But these ghosts cannot restrict Bard.

Bard's ultimate range almost perfectly matches the terrain of the dragon pit.

He doesn't need to risk moving forward; as long as his teammates provide verbal information, he can cast his ultimate blindly into the pit, and it will never miss!

But there is one problem.

Is it possible that these ghosts were not actually meant for Fiddlesticks?

Fiddlesticks is indeed channeling 【Crowstorm】 in place at this moment.

It's just that the direction is bizarrely inexplicable.

It is not aimed at the pit below, but above the pit!

"Fiddlesticks is...?"

"Hey, what is that! What is that!!!"

"What kind of play is this!!!"

The two pairs of eyes at the LCK casting desk seem ready to pop out of their sockets.

Just as Crowstorm is about to land, having just finished channeling, Fiddlesticks' figure instantly turns into a "blue light phantom" and is twisted away—pulled back by the chain of the contract toward Kalista's palm.

The terrifying curtain of 【Fate's Call】 and 【Crowstorm】 connects seamlessly!

And the ghosts were just there to mask this movement.

Kalista, who was normally attacking the Baron, hops step-by-step to the side of the pit, right at the corner, letting the "Spirit Ball" be released freely!

The "Spirit Ball," shrouded in thousands of crow feathers, is now like the deadly beacon of a ferryman from the underworld.

It dashes forward, killing as it flies!

Everywhere it passes, all living things are filled with 【Fear】!

The moment the spirit finally strikes Bard's body, it fears him as well!

Not only that, but this fear duration is clearly longer than it should be—it is the {Brittle} effect from Ornn's ultimate!

{Any ally's next immobilizing effect on a Brittle enemy will increase the duration of that effect by 30% and deal an additional 18. % of their maximum health as damage.

The Brittle effect broken by the fear.

The original 2. 5 seconds of fear—expands to 3 seconds!

This means the five people enduring the crow swarm will have to endure an extra 0. 5 seconds of bombardment!

At the same time, the other creature hanging onto the Spirit Ball has already opened its grimoire.

"Lights Out, Ram Summoning, Ghost Projection!"

"Zero for five! A perfect team fight! This is a perfect team fight!!!" Miller nearly jumped up on the stage.

"EDG has executed a textbook-level perfect team fight!"

"This is a Soul Fusion Skill! It is almost in the true sense a gathering of the entire team's strength, a five-in-one fusion skill!"

"And I can't even see the probability of failure! This is simply the pinnacle of imagination, the true power of a team composition!!!"

Although it is called five-in-one, in reality, everyone's operation is very simple; they are even just pressing one ultimate ability, with almost no possibility of any operational error.

The difficulty of this move lies in the terrain.

And the element of surprise from using it for the first time!

Because the wind-up animation of Kalista's ultimate is very obvious, and the speed of the second-stage flight is also very slow, if the opponent knows you have bound the Fiddlesticks, the next time they see Kalista activate her ultimate, they will immediately scatter or even counter-attack.

And in fact, the observer perspective had discovered earlier that in the early game of this match, Kalista hadn't leveled up her W and R skills at all.

It's just that this leveling path isn't rare; since the appearance of top-lane Kalista during the S9 era, this leveling path has existed, which can maximize early-game damage.

Especially since she is paired with Yuumi in this match, it seems even more reasonable—you can't exactly throw Yuumi out, or have Yuumi get off to help auto-attack, right?

EDG had been holding back for an opportunity.

They were waiting for the critical resource fight at the Baron pit to deliver a decisive blow by surprise.

Looking at it now.

The basalt wall of the Baron pit doesn't look like a battlefield; it looks more like a carefully measured execution platform!

"Invincible! This move of ours will definitely blow up the outside world!" Although distracted by white noise, Jiejie was already imagining it and screaming excitedly.

"Mr. Ye, how on earth did you think of this synergy..." Flandre smiled and cracked his sore elbows and palms, his smile rich.

"Don't ask, geniuses are like this," Viper also teased with a smile.

Only Meiko didn't make a sound, looking at the gray avatars of the opponent's bottom lane on the TAB panel, seemingly feeling a bit emotional for a moment.

Ye Bo felt his heart about to jump out in excitement, but he still swallowed hard and shouted loudly: "Don't let your guard down, brothers, let's take it first before celebrating!!!"

The air at the LCK commentary desk solidified into ice.

The voices of the two commentators were low to the extreme, as if the entire broadcast room was permeated with an atmosphere of despair.

The Roaring Emperor's Adam's apple rolled with difficulty: "Zero for five, and they have the Baron."

"It's over, it's all over..." His partner's voice sounded as if his spine had been removed: "Although they were K-ed out of two kills by Yuumi's Final Chapter, the gold difference has completely exploded! EDG should be able to directly break through an inhibitor!"

"After this fight, it feels like the chances are really slim."

Even the commentators in the god's-eye view are saying so.

The DRX team voice chat was now terrifyingly silent.

Everyone had a stiff expression, their eyes trembling slightly.

Looking at the inhibitor being attacked in the mid lane, it was as if they could already feel the arrival of the final result.

Deft recovered his composure the fastest; while waiting for his respawn timer, he leaned back, reached his right hand toward his aching waist to rub it a few times, and once again took the initiative to break the silence in the voice chat.

"It's okay, everyone."

But this sentence had no comforting effect at this moment; only suppressed breathing could be heard in the voice chat.

"No, it's not over yet."

BeryL suddenly spoke with iron-like determination, repeating Deft's words from a minute ago: "We haven't lost yet."

Deft also managed to squeeze out a smile: "Right, we haven't lost yet."

"Come on, think about the second game of our quarterfinals; we were down by ten thousand gold and still made a comeback! The gold difference shouldn't be ten thousand yet, right?"

Although everyone knew that this game was completely different from that one.

Also down by 10, 00 gold, DRX's quarterfinal game relied on their late-game team composition, and the opponent's composition lacked strong engage capabilities, and in the end, there was still a fair amount of "luck" involved in completing the comeback.

But in this game, EDG's composition not only has a Yuumi that gets scarier the later the game goes, but also an Ornn that can upgrade items!

More importantly—the opponent's composition has terrifyingly strong engage capabilities; DRX simply doesn't have the capital to hold on.

If it really goes to the late game, it is visibly clear there is absolutely no chance of winning.

"I'm serious, there really is still a chance!" BeryL raised his volume firmly and pinged a scarlet mark on the map.

"This is the final chance."

Having reached this point, naturally, no one in DRX wanted to stop here.

From the fact that they had won who knows how many three-to-two series, one could see that this team's resilience was truly strong; even if there was only a sliver of hope left, they would not give up.

Five clusters of flames seemed to suddenly reignite.

And BeryL, in fact, was not just daydreaming.

Since the opponent could use that one point to find an advantage in the mid-game, perhaps he could do the reverse...

After taking the Baron, EDG took advantage of the fact that the opponent's five members were down and drove straight in from the mid lane.

They broke the inhibitor in one go and destroyed the barracks before retreating.

And the five members of EDG were quite steady; knowing that Bard had his ultimate, they didn't rely on having the Baron buff to recall in place, but deliberately walked back a considerable distance before recalling together.

But when DRX's respawn countdown hit zero.

They made a move that left everyone baffled, yet somewhat "familiar."

"What does this mean?"

Even the observer perspective couldn't quite understand.

"This pathing?" Wang Duo realized something was wrong: "Are they replicating the level-one team fight tactic!?"

Except for Aatrox, who was the highest level and had the longest respawn time.

The other four people, as if time were flowing backward, walked once again along their level-one team fight "Exit Tunnel," going against the current and charging straight toward the bottom lane.

The difference was.

This time, Bard was deliberately avoiding all the passive "chimes" on the path.

Aatrox, who respawned slightly later, looked as if there were nothing unusual, heading alone to the mid lane to clear a wave of minions.

The fourth dragon would respawn in less than 30 seconds.

And before the previous Baron fight, Akali was split-pushing in the bottom lane and had TP-ed directly to join the fight—so at this moment, the minion wave was also pushing toward EDG's side and would not form a block for the DRX members.

And EDG had been setting up around the Baron pit, so the bottom half of the map was naturally pitch black at this moment.

"Could it be?!" Miller's voice suddenly sounded horrified.

"Are they trying to counter-attack while the gold difference is nearly ten thousand!"

"But in this wave, none of the EDG members have their ultimate abilities, and DRX just died all at once at full health... so they have all their skills!"

"No way, it can't be like this, right!"

This was a fleeting time difference that was extremely difficult to react to or notice.

By using Bard's exit tunnel, the DRX members could get out faster, then take the same "Wall-Crossing Tunnel" from the level-one team fight to position themselves in the bottom lane jungle brush, activate Shurelya's Battlesong, and charge in head-on; they even had enough time to place a ward over the wall.

And Aatrox, after clearing the minion wave, immediately TP-ed to this location.

But Bard only opened the wall-crossing tunnel for his teammates; he himself did not enter through the gate.

He instead went the opposite way, walking back into their own bottom-side jungle, then deliberately walked along his own passive chimes, and intentionally leaned toward the bottom-side jungle.

Yuumi, who had developed a habit throughout this match, was the first to notice the rapid change in the path.

"Bard is here, do they still want to contest this dragon?" Meiko was full of doubt.

"Don't rush, I'm short on gold; once the dragon spawns, our ultimates will be almost ready, we can fight them head-on easily, let's get the vision set up first!"

Ye Bo was waiting for his Rabadon's Deathcap at home, but he didn't forget to remind them: "Accompany Yuumi to set it up, be careful of Bard, they have all their skills now."

The EDG members understood and headed toward the bottom lane after leaving the base.

But including Ye Bo.

No one had any reason to think there could be any risk in their own jungle; the main focus was that the jungle river was more important.

So the EDG members were positioned separately; Kalista with Yuumi and Nocturne walked from the Blue Buff pit entrance, while Ornn walked from the upper entrance, thinking they would control the river vision from two different positions.

And just as they reached the vicinity of the Blue Buff camp, which was the ward spot the opponent had just placed over the wall.

Yuumi looked at the "chimes" scattered at the entrance of their own bottom-side jungle and felt even more at ease, not thinking about activating the Oracle Lens at all.

Simply because he was very certain.

Bard had not "walked" into their jungle to set up vision.

From the path of the chimes, it seemed to be near the river...

"Prepare..."

"DO!!! IT!!!"

Following a heart-wrenching shriek in the DRX voice chat, the four people hidden in the brush suddenly erupted!

Viego flashed and charged his W, catching the leading Kalista!

Akali and Aatrox flipped forward one after the other, Perfect Execution closed the distance instantly, and Ezreal also stepped forward with Arcane Shift, ignoring everything to output damage in their faces!

"What the!?"

Although Kalista used Cleanse to instantly remove the CC and flashed to escape backward, facing the instant damage from four people, she still died almost instantly!

Yuumi immediately switched to Nocturne, and Nocturne immediately flashed to the side!

But three flashes followed instantly!

No matter how fed Nocturne was, his health pool wasn't that sturdy; his health dropped rapidly, and he looked like he was about to die——————

At the critical moment, Ornn arrived from below, but Bard was following him closely!

"Take Yuumi and go first!"

Flandre wanted to cover the retreat, and Nocturne understood and immediately retreated, with Yuumi adding a heal to speed him up.

Ornn blocked with one arm, completely disregarding his own escape concerns, and used his only displacement, E, to crash into the wall, knocking the four people who had flashed over high into the air!

Bard, behind him, still wanted to bypass him to pursue, but Ornn turned directly, using Q and W to slow and knock him up, determined to keep Bard here!

Bard was only a mere level ten and quite fragile, yet he still resolutely threw out 【Tempered Fate】 aimed at the path of Nocturne, wanting to keep him as well.

Fortunately, Nocturne still had his W shield to block it, and he forced his way out with Yuumi.

Ornn used his own body as a city wall, refusing to let the opponent cross the line, and outputted his maximum damage against the fragile Bard.

Seeing they could not catch up, the DRX members could only turn to focus fire on Ornn.

Ornn gave it his all, and with a final Flash and an Unending Despair proc, he barely managed to trade for Bard.

"My god, DRX really found an opportunity in such a desperate situation! This is a gold lead of nearly ten thousand!" Wawa widened his eyes.

"Could it be that EDG really is under the curse of a ten-thousand gold lead?"

Miller took a deep breath: "I can only say they are truly opponents worthy of respect. It's fortunate Ornn traded for one before dying; EDG only lost their AD and top laner. At most, they'll lose a tower, and Nocturne can still fight once he's out. It's not a big problem for their current advantage."

But Wang Duo suddenly pointed at the screen and gasped: "Jiejie, be careful!!"

Just at this moment.

The Ezreal, who was halfway to the bottom lane, suddenly rose into the air.

With his gauntlet pulled back like a full moon, he aimed at an unknown direction and fired 【Trueshot Barrage】 with a boom!

Yuumi had already used her E, and Nocturne's W and Flash had both been spent; there were no additional displacement skills left.

Nocturne could not hear the desperate shouts from the commentary booth; Jiejie's limit reaction only allowed him to twist his body to the side, yet he was still clipped by the predicted position of the Trueshot Barrage!

Yuumi fell to the ground.

"NICE!!!!!" The Roaring Emperor slammed the table and tore at his vocal cords.

"Ezreal uses a key blind-vision predicted ultimate to kill the escaping Nocturne! Deft! The experience of this legendary veteran! He is personally extending the life of his last dance!"

"DRX has also staged a miracle teamfight! And it's a comeback miracle teamfight with a nearly ten-thousand gold deficit! A miracle teamfight that belongs to them!"

"Could it be that the miracle of the Blue Dragon is going to be staged once again after all?!"

The voice channel of DRX was even more chaotic.

"Beautiful, Brother Hyuk-kyu!!"

"Go push bottom! Push bottom!!!"

"There's enough time! Watch out for Fiddlesticks! Vision! Vision!!"

"As long as we don't let Fiddlesticks jump in with a full ultimate, there's a chance to end it! There really is a chance!!"

After EDG finished the Baron, everyone's level was very high; even the support Yuumi was level 12.

And at this moment, the longest respawn time for EDG was 42 seconds.

Pushing the bottom lane minion wave, DRX had no blue trinkets, so everyone had to use their lives to scout.

Ezreal jumped over the wall to scout for Fiddlesticks' position and draw out his move, while Akali and Aatrox also spread out to press forward, searching for Fiddlesticks' location.

However, Fiddlesticks did not come out at this time.

If Nocturne were still alive, given EDG's current gold advantage, a 3-vs-4 would absolutely have the power to fight back relying on the Fiddlesticks-Nocturne combo.

Fiddlesticks' items were terrifying to the point of being outrageous; no one could imagine how terrifying this ultimate jump would be.

But Nocturne's death seemed to become the variable that tipped the scales.

There weren't many places to jump from above the base, and the remaining four opponents were searching desperately.

Even if Fiddlesticks' Flash and ultimate were both off cooldown, he couldn't escape the vision limit; it was impossible for him to have a chance to jump from the front.

"No way."

"Fiddlesticks' Flash is up, but it feels like this would at most force a trade for one or two. He doesn't have any combo skills to use this time. As long as one person from DRX can survive, it's still very dangerous!"

"Will this be the result!?"

"But is Master Ye... giving up?"

What puzzled the god's-eye view was this.

Fiddlesticks was just in the fountain picking up the Yuumi who had recalled, not walking out again.

After destroying the crystal, the DRX members charged straight toward the bottom nexus turrets.

"Seventeen seconds left!" the fountain commander Beryl, who had died, said urgently.

"Fiddlesticks will probably use his life to force a defense! Spread out immediately; he can't pull off that combo this time, at most he can CC one. As long as one of us survives, we'll have enough time!"

However, at this moment, Fiddlesticks was still within the fountain range.

Standing on the two-level steps, he was extremely far from the opponents.

Ye Bo, of course, could not possibly give up.

{Without the influence of any other factors, a hero's vision limit is about 2000 units, which is roughly the range of one screen.

But Fiddlesticks' ultimate is 800 + 450 for Flash, totaling at most 1200 units. It is almost impossible to jump from the front outside of vision, which is why it is always assumed one must "jump over a wall."

But the reason Ye Bo stood here was because, for Fiddlesticks.

The Nexus is not just EDG's final barrier—it is also Fiddlesticks' final barrier.

Fiddlesticks stood on the steps of the fountain, using the Nexus as a central obstruction, and spread his arms.

The cracks in the nexus turrets vibrated in sync with the Crowstorm channel!

"No! That's not right!!!" The Roaring Emperor's shrill scream echoed through the Chase Center.

But for the four who had already arrived to attack the nexus turrets, they felt no dangerous movement—because they could clearly see that the area behind the Nexus was empty.

The DRX voice channel was instead constantly shouting "behind, behind," guessing if Fiddlesticks was trying to flank using Teleport.

The 1. -second channel countdown.

A "wall-clipping" displacement even more extreme and insane than the Dragon Pit, using the Nexus as a springboard for doubled displacement; Fiddlesticks' withered body overlapped with the Nexus model!

《Leaping Crystal Invisible Crow Swarm》!

Landing with zero reaction time, he instantly used R-W-Flash to transform into a blood-red tornado, flashing into the crowd. The sounds of shock and terror immediately bloomed into a siphon above the four people's heads!

The five-bone harvest was currently knocking on bones and sucking marrow.

At this moment, true fear descended.

The 2. 5 seconds of fear ended, and before it had even finished, the bodies of three people had already been devoured by the killer crow swarm.

The only one who luckily survived was Aatrox, who had high tenacity and whose newly purchased Maw of Malmortius had instantly shattered.

The heavily wounded Aatrox had no way to retreat and activated World Ender, as if wanting to recreate the peak duel of the previous game, forcing his way forward, wanting to poke out a heal with one strike.

But what greeted him was a Night Harvester followed by Zhonya's Hourglass.

The scarlet scythe condensed into gold in a bizarre form, the blade pointing directly at Aatrox's throat, like a true reaper's scythe!

The sword thirsty for blood had nowhere to thrust, and its life was taken by the Night Harvester.

【ACE!】

The sound of the Ace, accompanied by the automatically lit 【EDG】 team logo emote, stood tall in the Canyon.

"They held it!!!"

"DRX wanted to prove that they were the destiny capable of repeatedly creating miracles in this World Championship, but the miracle was ultimately strangled half a step before the door. One person defended everything!"

"EDG also has a minion wave in the mid lane! The opponents all have thirty seconds of respawn time!!"

Fiddlesticks directly Teleported to the super minions on the mid lane high ground.

Bard respawned and wanted to come stop him, but without Tempered Fate, he was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot in front of Fiddlesticks.

Ornn respawned and also used Teleport, and Yuumi hopped off to assist in destroying the tower.

And when the three of them broke the DRX Nexus together, first the EDG team logo emote lit up automatically again, and the next moment, the DRX logos lit up one after another...

At the same time.

The clamor that exploded instantly in the Chase Center reached an unprecedented height, almost blowing the roof off!

(End of chapter)