Chapter 262: Eyes Behind, Four Pupils Staring

Until five minutes ago, Summoner's Rift had been calm and peaceful.

Both sides have late-game hyper-carries in the bottom lane, and neither team's composition is under significant offensive pressure; since no one is initiating, the conflict will naturally only ignite during objective fights.

Although the Nautilus stabilized his jungle pathing under the cover of the Cassiopeia's mid-lane advantage, the losses from that previous skirmish cannot be recovered in the short term, so he has no choice but to force a jungle swap after respawning to avoid widening the deficit.

As they farm until the six-minute mark, the Wukong reaches level six first, and the V5 members immediately start the Dragon.

"The Dragon is definitely being conceded; playing for standard scaling is acceptable," Guan Zeyuan says, filling the air with filler talk: "Theoretically, JDG has an Ornn, and the Cassiopeia and Jinx are definitely not weak in the late game."

"But this V5 composition doesn't look like it wants to farm peacefully; the mid-game combat power of K'Sante, Annie, Wukong, and Sylas is clearly stronger, so they will definitely look for tempo," Doinb says in his typical "know-it-all" fashion.

"And although it seems like the jungler and mid-laner are both struggling, in reality, the Sylas isn't at a huge disadvantage."

Prompted by this, everyone finally notices the CS gap in the mid lane.

It has miraculously been maintained at around 10 minions!?

Broadly speaking, 10 minions is already nearly two waves, or close to 200 gold, which is certainly significant in a top-tier match.

But if you look closer.

This 10-minion gap is the result of Sylas sacrificing his early game to create advantages for the jungle, all while facing a counter-pick that was heavily restricted during the draft.

Especially when compared to the gap of at least four jungle camps against the Nautilus, it instantly seems insignificant!

To be fair, Ye Bo has played very "bravely" this game, relying on the fact that Sylas has no Flash to exert as much pressure as he can.

The core reason why he still can't be out-CSed is that Ye Bo's "X-edge Q" technique is becoming increasingly proficient.

Aiming with the two outer edges of the Q allows the deceptively hard-to-hit 【Chain Lash】 to be significantly widened, making the hit rate of at least the first part incredibly high.

Ye Bo's thought process is very clear.

Although he is maxing Q on Sylas, he never considers committing to both parts of the Q during the laning phase—he only uses the first part for poke and the second part to "shove the wave."

Counter-intuitively: Cassiopeia actually has no wave-clearing ability in the early game.

It is not because the champion herself lacks wave-clear; in fact, Cassiopeia's wave-clear is among the best for mages.

The reason lies solely in her "mana pool"!

Cassiopeia's E skill, Twin Fang, only refunds mana if it kills a minion, and using it directly deals very low damage, so it must be paired with Q and W for increased damage.

By controlling the tempo of the wave, Sylas forces Cassiopeia to either miss CS to shove the lane if she wants to use QE to pressure him, or, if she lets the wave push, Sylas can move early to influence the jungle, which would cause the jungle, which has only just stabilized, to collapse again.

In the end, Cassiopeia has to spend most of her laning energy just managing the minion waves!

Doinb watches for a long time before grasping the essence, exclaiming with a slightly exaggerated tone: "Oh my, Master Ye's Sylas laning is truly playing with flowers."

"Generally speaking, no matter the champion, it is very difficult to balance shoving the wave and poking at the same time, and that is the case for this Cassiopeia. But Master Ye has truly managed to balance this with his unique understanding of the Sylas Q skill!"

"You'll find that their health trades are actually about even; this is too insane!"

Scout, sitting nearby, remains silent, unable to help but secretly glance at the rambling Doinb, complaining in his heart.

'What the hell is wrong with this guy?'

Doesn't he also have a grudge against Ye Bo? Why has he started praising him!

Of course, Scout is not as insightful as Doinb, and their situations are different.

Doinb is very clear that he can no longer return to the peak of his professional career; at least on the competitive stage, he has no chance to "stomp" his way back, so he can only accept the fact of his failure against Ye Bo on the rift.

But off the stage, Ye Bo's current traffic is visibly high; just attracting a bit of the "Huluwa" fan group's traffic is enough for his streaming career to shine a second time!

Scout is clearly different.

To this day, he still arrogantly believes that he is a world-class top-tier mid-laner, and that as long as he has a strong set of teammates, he will definitely be able to defeat his opponent!

Scout pretends to be objective and says: "To be honest, it's just because Cassiopeia doesn't have enough mana right now. It won't be long; once she goes back to buy a Lost Chapter, Sylas won't be able to play like this anymore."

This statement is actually true, and it is also what both players on the field are thinking right now.

The Sylas vs. Cassiopeia matchup will definitely become harder and harder to play.

Once Cassiopeia enters a state of "not lacking mana" and can recklessly Q-E-E-E-E to shove the wave, her wave-clear speed will definitely not be weaker than most mages.

Left Hand now wants to clear two more waves, recall to buy a Lost Chapter, and then come back to start further suppression.

But at this moment.

He suddenly notices that Sylas seems to be restless.

"Kanavi, come mid? Sylas feels like he has an idea."

Kanavi hasn't actively ganked in the last few minutes because he discovered that Sylas is maxing Q and basically won't use E proactively.

A Sylas who keeps his E held is clearly very difficult for Nautilus to catch with an initiation.

"Does he dare to make a move?" Kanavi switches his camera to look at the mid lane, slightly skeptical.

"Very likely."

Left Hand sees that Sylas has already stolen his ultimate, making him feel even more that the opponent has a plan.

After all, the Rift Herald spawns in over a minute; if it were for the Herald fight, there would be no reason to steal the ultimate early, as it would only waste his own cooldown.

And looking at both sides' 70% health, Left Hand also has an extra Flash.

The advantage is definitely with me!

"Wait a second... 69, check the Krugs; the Monkey might be there." Kanavi makes a rough guess about the opponent's jungler position and, for safety, calls for his teammates to gather information.

Ornn immediately retreats toward the Krugs, catching K'Sante's attention, who immediately follows.

But as soon as Ornn enters the brush, he is met by the Wukong who was waiting there, receiving a few blows before hurriedly clutching his head and running back to the top lane, bruised and swollen.

"He's here, he's here, he hasn't finished yet."

Kanavi is completely reassured; anyway, he was planning to go to the opponent's jungle, so stopping by mid on the way isn't a bad idea.

The director's camera suddenly focuses on the mid lane, and the atmosphere suddenly becomes somewhat tense.

"The ward Annie placed in the river when she left base last time has worked; Sylas has vision and sees Nautilus entering his jungle, so he shouldn't go for it, right?"

"But Nautilus actually has a significant risk in ganking too; he is only level five right now."

"If Sylas uses the Cassiopeia ultimate to save his life and then runs toward his teammates in the upper half of the map, JDG shouldn't dare to chase, which would very likely further drag down Nautilus's growth!"

"Is Sylas going for it!!"

Kanavi originally thought Sylas had no reason to go for it and was already prepared to go farm the F6s next door.

As a result, he sees Sylas suddenly press forward!

And it's not just a fake-out; he directly commits his E forward, charging into the minion wave!

You have to know, Wukong only just showed himself, and even if he rushed to mid immediately, he couldn't possibly arrive.

But Left Hand was prepared.

He backhands his W, Miasma, precisely spitting it under the opponent's feet, applying the Grounded and Poison effects, and follows up with frantic 【Twin Fang】 sprays!

Nautilus also emerges from the corner behind!

Sylas is in the middle of the minion wave, and Nautilus cannot initiate immediately—while Sylas stubbornly tanks the fangs and pushes forward, wanting to walk out of the Miasma range first.

Cassiopeia also presses forward to stand in the minion wave, her finger hovering over the R key in advance.

Since JDG treats Cassiopeia as their secret weapon against Sylas, they have naturally verified it many times.

First, Cassiopeia generally won't use her ultimate proactively in a duel!

A large part of the reason why this champion is rarely seen in professional play is the difficulty of landing the ultimate head-on, as professional players have the reaction time to potentially dodge it.

For example, when Li Xianghe was young, he had a performance known as "Never Petrified," avoiding it by turning around with instant reaction.

Left Hand has no doubt that Ye Bo also possesses such reactions!

And for Cassiopeia to reliably land a petrification, especially when laning against Sylas, there are two foolproof situations:

{Sylas proactively uses E}!

{Sylas proactively uses the stolen Cassiopeia R}!

The former is because Sylas cannot maneuver while in the air during his E, and even after hitting, he cannot cancel it with Flash, so he will inevitably land "facing Cassiopeia" and be petrified.

This is the ideal situation for Cassiopeia against Sylas, and it is why Sylas can almost never proactively engage on Cassiopeia.

It's effectively like being down an E skill, unable to get close!

Left Hand doesn't expect Ye Bo to be that stupid.

So only the latter remains—wait for Sylas to use R first, and when Cassiopeia sees the casting animation, rely on reaction to use her own R as a follow-up for a stable "clash" of mutual petrification!

Left Hand doesn't think about trying to turn around to dodge the ultimate.

Because he has the intent to kill!

Not to mention that the "turn around to dodge" maneuver is not something even a young Li Xianghe could pull off with 100% stability, and if it goes wrong, he might even be counter-killed; with Cassiopeia's advantage, there is no need to take that risk.

Even if he really dodged it, Cassiopeia's own ultimate still wouldn't be guaranteed to hit!

Cassiopeia's ultimate landing the petrification is even more important for herself—after all, the full 2-second petrification effect allows for at least 2-3 free Twin Fangs, which is two or three hundred points of lost output!

And if Cassiopeia uses her R as a follow-up face-to-face, she can achieve a 100% stable mutual petrification, and because she acted second, she will recover from the petrification state first... not to mention there are teammates behind her!

Without a doubt, this is the only correct answer that any "Cassiopeia master" would make in this situation.

However, it is precisely because of this.

That is the reason why Ye Bo made this move.

Sylas has just walked out of the Miasma range, but his health has already dropped to nearly 30%.

Nautilus isn't in a hurry; anyway, in everyone's eyes, this Sylas is no different from a dead man, and no matter how you look at it, it spells death.

And at this moment, Sylas turns into a purple shadow, transforming into Cassiopeia.

The Medusa's 【Petrifying Gaze】 charges up, eyes opening wide as he glares forward.

Look at me! You brat!

But Left Hand has been waiting for a long time; almost at the same time the opponent makes his move, he reacts with incredible speed, simultaneously charging up his own.

Cassiopeia and "Cassiopeia" face each other, four pupils staring directly!

Suddenly, green light flashes!

"I'm going mid, it looks like the two of them are clashing beams! This mutual ultimate exchange is really..."

"Huh!?"

"Ah?????"

The casters had just let out a shout of surprise, yet a scene that could absolutely be called "supernatural" appeared within the canyon!

Just like that, in full view of everyone.

The Medusa transformed by Sylas suddenly "twisted" her entire upper body behind her!

It was in the literal sense, a visibly rotated head—the kind of turn you make when someone behind you calls your name and you twist your torso to look!

Even more bizarre was the green gaze belonging to Sylas; the animation effect looked as if it were used in "reverse," like divine light emitted from a pair of eyes growing on his back!

And immediately following that.

At the spot where they stared at each other, there was only a petrified statue.

A stone snake.

Sylas used Petrifying Gaze to clear the minions in front of him, cast Q in a triangular shape to aim at the stone snake's feet, then threw out E2 to forcibly pull himself into melee range!

"Sylas!! Sylas wasn't stunned!?"

"What does this mean!"

"And why does Sylas's damage seem a bit high! Is this damage right!"

It was shown earlier that at the same skill level, the Q skill damage is at least 1. times higher than W, it's just hard to hit both parts.

Furthermore, there was a reason Ye Bo deliberately rushed into the minion wave to let the Snake Lady hit him for free, waiting until 30% health to act.

30% health perfectly triggers the full-stack {Last Stand} 11% damage increase, which can make up the damage for Sylas!

Come to think of it, there's also a small bit of foreshadowing.

Actually, when Left Hand first TP'd out of base, he had considered the risk of being all-in'd by Sylas; he originally wanted to wait for money to buy a Ruby Crystal—but because of an accident in the jungle, he had to buy a Sapphire Crystal and TP to lane immediately!

The missing 150 health points seemed at this moment to be the final straw that broke the Snake Lady.

The Snake Lady didn't even manage to use Flash; before the 2-second petrification ended, she had already been whipped to pieces, scattering into a pile of rubble!

If he hadn't calculated the damage, Ye Bo wouldn't have acted.

"Solo kill! Another solo kill in the mid lane!!!"

"How can he even turn this around!"

"What about Nautilus? Sylas has even more health after killing the Snake Lady! He even healed with W!!"

"Why, even though it was an R-for-R, Sylas wasn't stunned..."

Countless questions and doubts swirled in everyone's hearts.

The core key was that Snake Lady ultimate.

It was too bizarre!

Even in the ancient days, the Snake Lady had to rely on Flash to change the starting direction of her ultimate to achieve the effect of a "Reverse R-Flash"—and that thing had been removed by the designers ten years ago!

The current Snake Lady's R-Flash can only change the starting position, not the "facing direction."

What's more, everyone clearly saw that Sylas truly "twisted" his head, and he didn't even have Flash!

The director quickly cut to the replay.

Watching the replay, everyone was immediately stunned.

The reality seemed even more outrageous!

Because observing carefully in slow motion, one would find that Sylas didn't just twist his head once, but kept twisting back and forth continuously; that snake head was like a spinning top!

He straightened his head when his own gaze was released, and turned it away the moment the eye contact was completed.

By dodging the opponent's gaze with his back turned, it caused the animation of the gaze light to appear reversed, and he himself did not suffer the "one-way petrification" from the opponent's Snake Lady!

Of course, if Ye Bo wanted to, he could also appear to be facing forward while actually petrifying behind him; in short, this is:

"Omnidirectional Petrifying Gaze!"

【It's reasonable, very reasonable; as everyone knows, the one on the left always loses in a beam clash, except for that pig Dyna!】

【No problem, didn't he have an eye behind him anyway... he could make eye contact too.】

【Holy crap! It has to be the brothers from Chengdu, they really have the understanding!】

【Ye Wen is too insidious! He said it was eye contact but he secretly wore sunglasses! Unfair!】

【I am Louis XVI, I have been reborn; now offer your head's sensitivity and V me 50, and I will appoint you as the first Grand Commander under my seat.】

【Damn, encountered a real ten, just here writing 'bounced checks'?】

Clearly, this is another "technique" exclusive to Sylas.

The principle is actually very simple; it's a technique many people have seen or heard of but never thought could be used this way—during the Zhonya's Hourglass stasis, Sylas can press the Q skill to change his facing direction, performing a "Zhonya's Dance."

This was originally just a "glitchy easter egg" with no practical combat significance.

Ye Bo thought so at first too.

Until he later discovered that it could be used not only during stasis, but also during the casting of R and E skills!

Through further exploration, he roughly guessed the true principle.

Before S9, Sylas could still RQ and EQ, meaning he could use Q during E, with both skills flying out together.

It was only modified by the designers later because it was too strong in practice and hard to counter.

So how did the clever designers change it?

They likely didn't delete the original code, but simply added a line before the E and R code, similar to: {Must wait for the skill casting to complete before Q skill can be cast}.

The result was a magical chemical reaction.

Q was restricted by the subsequent code, but the previous code still existed; logically, it could still be "used" during E and R, it just couldn't truly "execute."

Therefore, Sylas could still "prepare to use Q" during E and R to change the casting direction.

And if anyone carefully looks for videos of Sylas's "Zhonya's Glitch," they will find that this is an easter egg technique that only appeared after that.

However, if one thinks this technique is only useful against the Snake Lady.

Then they are thinking too simply.

In fact—the existence of this mechanism is the key that truly unlocks Sylas's "skill ceiling"!

"What's the situation?" Kanavi looked toward the mid lane with a confused face, while his hands comfortably took over the minion wave to eat.

This was a counter-pick hero hand-picked by the coach.

And he got solo killed!?

"I... I..." Left Hand was still in a daze: "It's just, very strange."

It can be said that no one at the moment would associate that move just now with that strange easter egg.

Left Hand even thought at first that it was a bug!

And on the caster desk, Guan Zeyuan glanced at the time and suddenly felt a sense of foreboding.

"There is a very serious problem now... seven minutes in, Sylas's ultimate cooldown is very fast, but the Snake Lady definitely doesn't have her ultimate!"

"Can we take the Rift Herald? The opponents have K'Sante and Wukong; their top-jungle fighting ability is very strong!"

Sylas's ultimate 80-second cooldown is considered very short, and he buys cooldown items, so he can be nearly a minute faster than the Snake Lady.

Originally, V5's top-jungle was already stronger, and K'Sante and Wukong are both experts at hard engagements, so this canyon team fight was already in the bag. V5 was also very steady, not rushing to start, wanting to wait for Sylas's ultimate to come back up before acting.

Kanavi knew they couldn't take the canyon fight, so he naturally wanted to act on the bottom lane.

But clearly, V5's double TP was ready to rescue the bottom lane, so flanking the side lanes wouldn't be that easy.

"In that case, we can only..."

Approaching 9 minutes, the V5 members finally moved to start the canyon.

At this time, the reason JDG hadn't appeared on the map was that Ye Bo was certain the Snake Lady's ultimate had at least twenty seconds left; JDG likely wouldn't come to contest the fight, so he told the bottom lane to be careful as the opponents also had TP.

And as expected.

Just as V5 was halfway through the canyon, Nautilus had already walked out from behind the bottom lane!

"Saint Gun Brother, retreat and TP!" Ye Bo reminded him.

K'Sante has strong counter-attack ability under the tower; even if there were actually five people behind the opponents, he could hold them off for a while.

V5 definitely couldn't have two people TP at the same time at first; after all, JDG's top and mid were still missing. If they were bluffing to lure the two away and then came out 2-on-1 to steal the Herald, it would be a loss.

But just as K'Sante retreated and lit up his TP, a sheep's bleat resounded through the canyon!

But K'Sante followed orders and didn't stand inside the canyon pit to TP.

This rushing Molten Sheep Spirit couldn't find any trace of K'Sante!

Xun stepped forward, clearly wanting to interrupt with his ultimate.

Ornn directly flashed to close the distance to 800 yards and knocked out a Q 【Volcanic Rupture】.

The lava pillar spreading from the ground to the end suddenly protruded, knocking K'Sante away!

"Damn!"

Ye Bo immediately wanted to pull away and TP, but saw a Snake Lady walking down from the wall behind him again.

Clearly.

The mission these two received was to not let them TP!

"I have to TP! Xun, help me block the Snake Lady!"

Ye Bo ignored these two and rushed directly into his own jungle, wanting to find a safe place to TP.

Anyway, it wasn't a big problem for Wukong and K'Sante in a 2v2; it was unlikely they couldn't win, at most it was just a question of who to kill.

The bottom lane is the key!

And at this moment, the battle below has already begun.

Beryl is stacking his passive in advance, but he only has three stacks in hand.

The Titan is hooking directly into the tower!

But just at this moment, a giant bear suddenly appears in his face, forcibly eating the hook, almost making the hook stop in its tracks!

Support Annie does not rely on the damage of her ultimate.

TP takes 4. seconds to land, Ye Bo hasn't even found a safe spot to TP yet, and Beryl knows he must stall for enough time.

If the Titan lands a full combo, it is very likely that the three of them will focus fire to kill one person instantly, letting Jinx go on a rampage and finish them off!

But the JDG top-side area was intercepted by people giving their lives, their intent to kill resolute.

The Titan, blocked outside the tower, ignores everything and continues to walk into the tower, his ultimate 【Depth Charge】 locking onto the AD—simultaneously flashing into the wall to change his orientation at close range!

Lulu immediately uses the DF combo to rush in, casting her ultimate on the tower-tanking Titan, landing a second knock-up to deal double crowd control!

"My god, Kanavi is really good at this!" Guan Zeyuan's eyes light up.

"The Titan's 'directional R-Flash' is the first to knock up Annie, Jinx lays down traps, Lulu gives the polymorph; Annie will likely die without being able to cast anything!"

"The tracking of the Depth Charge is still following Zeri! She shouldn't be able to escape!"

The Titan's sudden eruption caught the V5 bottom lane off guard, and at this moment, Ye Bo has just rushed into the safety of his own jungle, and the TP lights up.

Fortunately, Annie used her bear to block for a moment, avoiding an instant kill, and barely managed to throw out her W with its passive to stall the two people behind her.

But Ruler decisively uses Cleanse to instantly remove it, his skilled gun-switching symphony of fire kills Annie with one shot to trigger the passive 【Get Excited!】 and continues to chase forward!

Deft's Zeri activates her R first and then flashes to create distance, but the Titan's tracking R cannot be dodged.

The Depth Charge knocks Zeri high into the air, and the moment she lands, a blue light of Cleanse flashes on her—Deft never does the great deed of using Cleanse to remove a knock-up; this was to remove the {stun}.

The Titan is different from other knock-up heroes.

The ultimate skill description explicitly writes "knock up and {stun for 1/1. /2 seconds}"!

Furthermore, even if one wants to remove this stun, one must have both feet firmly on the ground with the stun icon appearing above the head; it cannot be removed while still in the air from the knock-up!

However, although Zeri activates her ultimate, the ultimate's movement speed requires auto-attack stacks, and she simply cannot outrun the rampaging Jinx.

Deft knows the opponent still has Flash, so running blindly is meaningless; he turns back to kite the opponent, attempting to scare them off by lowering their health.

But Ruler does not retreat a single step, and the gun-and-cannon output augmented by Pix is considerable.

Zeri, who had already taken quite a bit of AOE damage earlier, has already seen her health drop into the danger zone!

They are about to chase into the second tower.

Jinx fires another rocket launcher shot, but this time, a piercing screech rings in Deft's ears.

It is the sound of the 【Super Mega Death Rocket!】 being loaded!

Deft's eyes narrow, and he subconsciously wants to move diagonally to dodge.

As a player who is also proficient with Jinx, he naturally knows this maneuver—the moment Jinx auto-attacks in rocket launcher form, she can use the "recoil" animation of the auto-attack to completely mask the startup motion and direction of her ultimate.

Forming the effect of a "Hidden R"!

This is because the casting animation of Jinx's ultimate and her rocket launcher auto-attack are almost exactly the same in a true sense!

If it weren't for the special sound effect of the ultimate, it would be impossible to even notice.

And the most important practical effect of this operation is that it makes it impossible for the opponent to judge the aiming direction of the missile based on Jinx's orientation.

Deft can only rely on instinct to move upward to create distance, but then his eyes widen in shock.

Because that delayed Death Rocket is actually aimed exactly upward!

"Ruler!! Jinx got a double kill!!" Guan Zeyuan is so excited he almost stomps his feet, loudly explaining the key to this play for his idol.

"【Super Mega Death Rocket!】 cannot change direction once it leaves the hand; Ruler didn't even need to use Flash for this prediction! He is so confident!"

"This is Ruler, the true pillar of JDG!"

The rocket executes, followed by two more incoming rocket shots.

Although Jinx was brought down to half health by the second tower, she successfully killed Zeri and gained the passive to run out quickly again!

And at this moment, Sylas, who had been delayed by the two people in the top-side area for a long time, finally successfully lands his TP.

"This play is really too critical! If they had killed even one less person in the bottom lane, JDG might not have come out ahead!"

Guan Zeyuan continues to talk incessantly.

"In the top-side area, Ornn and LeBlanc were solo-killed by K'Sante and Wukong respectively, and the Rift Herald will be lost, but the bottom lane also harvested a double kill; it's a 2-for-2 trade, and JDG's Jinx got the kills, this is absolutely acceptable!"

"Even if they lose the Herald, the bottom lane can trade for plating, and there's even a chance for the first tower; if they can snatch the first tower, this play is a huge profit for JDG!"

"Oh right, right, and V5 had two TPs burned! Sylas's TP down here is already useless now!"

This JDG decision was very bold, but the facts prove it was successful.

As long as JDG can dive the bottom duo, even if the two in the top-side area fall, the cost of an equal 2v2 trade is definitely a profit if Jinx gets the gold!

Of course, in the plan, JDG didn't intend for the two in the top-side area to "sacrifice" themselves.

The original plan should have been for Ornn to interrupt with his long-range ultimate, or at worst, have LeBlanc use the Blast Cone to go down and cast a W, then Flash back.

It's just that they didn't expect TheShy to be able to walk back a few steps to break vision with such disciplined composure at such a critical moment, forcing Ornn to go down and dragging LeBlanc into the water.

And with the two dead, V5's duo will launch an assault on the first tower immediately after finishing the Herald.

This means that JDG must also attack the bottom first tower in this play.

The remaining three only thought for a moment before grouping up to head back to the minion wave.

Although the Titan is at half health from tanking the tower and Jinx is at half health from the chase.

But Jinx still has Flash in hand, and with Lulu's protection, there is absolutely no danger visible—in fact, if Sylas wants to defend the tower, he himself might be in danger!

"Mr. Ye, the AD has Flash, everyone else has no skills."

Deft sees that Ye Bo hasn't left, and without saying any nonsense at this time, he just provides the information tacitly.

Beryl gnaws on his finger, also thinking about how to operate at this time, thinking about offering advice.

"If it really doesn't work, trading for Jinx is also a profit."

Even he feels that if one wants to make a play here, it would be very dangerous.

After all, Jinx still has Flash; once Sylas fails to kill Jinx instantly, he might very well be counter-killed!

Sylas already had a small bounty after the previous fight; if Jinx gets another kill, plus the first tower and plating, he might become a hidden danger later on.

But Beryl ultimately didn't speak, as if there was some inexplicable trust.

He feels that if he wants to do it, he can do it!

Of course.

Actually, the reason Ye Bo wants to take the risk is because he feels Jinx has already become a hidden danger in this game.

He wants to extinguish this hidden danger!

And Ruler on the other side thinks the same: "If he comes up, we can kill him; you guys save your skills!"

"I'll save the polymorph!" Missing immediately responds with concern: "You have to be careful; at your health, it feels like you might be burst to death by him."

Ruler's tone is indeed very confident: "He can't touch me."

Kanavi also knows the big picture is important at this moment, actively moving forward to block Sylas's path and protect the AD.

The three have already entered the tower and started dismantling the defensive tower, clearly not intending to initiate.

After all, Sylas has all his skills, and initiating actively would easily reveal flaws and give an opportunity.

But just at this moment, Sylas suddenly dashes forward with E1!

Lulu immediately and keenly casts a shield with E, but holds onto the polymorph without rushing to cast it; Jinx counters by firing two shots with Pix's augmentation.

Sylas doesn't seem to find a suitable opportunity and walks back under the tower.

But just the moment he returns under the tower, Sylas suddenly turns, brushes past the minion wave at the tower, throws his E at the minion wave behind, and simultaneously uses the stolen 【Depth Charge】 to aim at the Titan.

And it is also at this moment.

Two golden lights flash simultaneously!

Jinx and Sylas flash at almost the exact same time!

Ruler's heart is full of arrogance and disdain.

Just now, when he saw Sylas steal the Titan's ultimate, he had already thought of this move—the directional R-Flash that his own jungler had just used, wanting to instantly close the distance to his face and land the ultimate!

To be honest, this is indeed very difficult to dodge based on reaction.

But one can rely on advance judgment.

It is very obvious that as long as Sylas dares to use E into the faces of three people, he is destined to not return; it is impossible for him not to make this move.

Ruler had long been prepared to use Flash to create distance from the opponent, causing the Titan's ultimate, which was initiated at close range, to miss!

Even if Sylas's damage is not low, the stolen ultimate locked onto the Titan in the back, and he himself failed to touch Jinx.

Lulu's polymorph, followed by the Titan's CC and then Jinx's traps, is enough to let Sylas be beaten to death on the spot!

At this moment, Jinx flashes to create distance, and Sylas no longer has any chance to touch Jinx!

However... in the air, Sylas transforms into the appearance of the Titan.

He violently raises his giant anchor, and before the polymorph flies over, he changes his posture in the air once again, aiming the direction of the anchor at the direction Jinx flashed to.

And the anchor of the illusion disappears.

What is actually thrown out are two chains!

A giant wave surges from the deep sea floor—from the front of the direction where the chains are, a shockwave violently explodes, knocking Jinx, who was clearly at least 400 yards away from Sylas, high into the air "across the distance"!

Landing a "Rotating Shockwave"!

At the same time, a pair of terrifying chains are heavily whipped out from the hands of the "little kitty" who had just eaten the 【Whimsy】 and been hooked back!

The knock-up from the deep sea shockwave helps the chains connect to the second-stage explosion.

The shockwave and the chain almost completely overlapped, looking exactly like a "self-fusion technique."

The instantaneous double explosion shattered Jin Kesi's fragile body into pieces!

【shutdown! (Termination!)】

"De! Ma! Cia!"

"What happened! What just happened!!!"

"Why does this scene feel a bit familiar, like I've seen it somewhere before? Isn't it Master Ye's Titan? Wait, but isn't this Silas?"

"Silas can even pull off Titan's maneuvers!?"

"It's over! Isn't JDG completely blown up after this wave!"

Meanwhile, the deep-sea shockwave continued to track in reverse, first knocking up Lulu along the way, and finally slamming into the Titan.

Because the Titan was tanking the tower while casting its hook, it was knocked up under the tower by the magic-infused deep-sea shockwave; it was likely already a dead man.

Silas ignored the rear and continued to pursue Lulu.

Once Jin Kesi died, none of the three could escape!

And just as some people had already noticed.

This was precisely a derivative of the Titan's original "Anchor is the Body" mechanic—Silas used the "RQ mechanic," and even though the skill types were different, he could still execute the same "Anchor is the Body" mechanic!

Of course, it should be called "Whip is the Body" instead!

The triple-kill notification echoed through the canyon, and gasps and screams rang out inside and outside the Copper Box Arena!

【So damn cool, guys! How is this even possible!】

【Damn! Master Silas, you can do this too?】

【Forget about stealing skills, how are you stealing niche ultimate techniques and mechanics, and even stealing the Titan's weapon?】

【A true God of Thieves! You really just have to stand in front of him, and he'll let you know what it means to have even your underwear stolen right in front of you!】

【Watch and learn quickly, can you actually understand this move~】

【JDG's true stabilizer? I, Old Sun, am pulling out the stabilizer!】

"This..." Guan Zeyuan was a bit stunned.

Doinb hurriedly heaped on the praise without reservation: "Master Ye is too strong! This operation is truly something only he can pull off! JDG spent the entire game from the start trying their best to target the mid lane, but who would have thought that the mid lane would be the one to break open the game in the end!"

"From the support and encirclement from the jungle, to the solo kill in the lane, and then the ultimate game-breaking play on the side lane, this is the display of individual ability!"

"He is the true thief."

On the other side, Scout, who had originally wanted to remain silent, suddenly felt like he had been pointed out.

Fearing he would be settled with later, he also hurriedly added: "This Silas is indeed becoming invincible, three kills and a shutdown. V5's lineup is already quite strong at fighting in the mid-game; JDG is going to have a hard time now."

This wave didn't just make Silas instantly super-fed.

Most importantly, Jin Kesi's moment of super-takeoff—where she should have secured full turret plating, the first tower, and three kills—turned into only two kills.

Originally, she might have raked in nearly 2000 gold, but now two kills were only worth 600!

It could be said that she had just taken off, only to be whipped into a crash in the blink of an eye!

And Jin Kesi had also burned both her summoner spells.

The next five minutes could only be described as a nightmare for Ruler.

Annie and the Monkey had a clear goal, traveling through the jungle to arrive at the top lane early to camp, anticipating that the opponent would come to swap lanes, and they actually caught them!

Two Flashes were slammed into his face; the low-spec fire-monkey burst was still astonishing, and Jin Kesi, who had just left the base, died again immediately!

And just as the fire-monkey left, a K'Sante arrived!

If Jin Kesi's growth had been explosive enough, she could have relied on her items and mechanics even without summoner spells, but at this moment, seeing K'Sante, she could only run for her life.

Misfortunes never come singly.

Bad news came from the side lane again!

Silas aimed his E at Cassiopeia outside the tower, causing the once-blocked heart of the Left Hand to suddenly ignite with burning hope!

As mentioned before, in JDG's research, Cassiopeia had a way to guarantee a hit on her ultimate against Silas, but it was also the way that had the least reason to occur—that is, Silas actively E-ing into her face.

Cassiopeia strained to open her eyelids, widening her eyes as if to vent all her resentment!

However, Ye Bo demonstrated it even more vividly this time.

While using E, he used the {"functional" reverse Q} to adjust his facing, Silas turned his back to perform a "Back-Turned Abduction," using his back to face Cassiopeia's gaze to ignore it.

And just as he was about to land from the flight, he used ERQ to turn his head back and execute a "Landing Head-Turn Petrification"!

When Cassiopeia died again.

The JDG fans who could see the situation clearly, and Coach Homme backstage, no longer held any hope for this game.

The reason was simple: Cassiopeia was the only hero who could solo-lane against a super-fed Silas; letting a damage-less Ornn or the bottom duo defend was just asking to be spun like a top.

But they now discovered... Cassiopeia didn't seem to counter Silas that much after all!

Mainly, the opponent really seemed to be able to never be petrified!

Zeri farmed without pressure and quickly surpassed Jin Kesi in items.

Annie, K'Sante, and the Monkey, three of the most popular picks of the version, showed off their power in the mid-game, and coupled with Silas, who stole Ornn's ultimate, V5's ability to force a team fight was explosively strong!

The front line collapsed at the first touch, and JDG could only stubbornly hold their city.

But by the time they secured the double dragon at 27 minutes, everything was already destined.

Silas once again initiated with his ultimate to call the ram, hitting the second stage of the ram at a textbook-perfect angle. The usually harmless lava ram spirit seemed to become terrifying under the infusion of magic, crashing out with horrific damage!

The chat was filled with 【Hands, did you learn it?】

The ram passed through the crystal, and JDG's main crystal finally collapsed into a pile amidst the cracking sound!

(End of chapter)