Chapter 269: Egg Flying from Beyond the Heavens

"Nice, Chuan!" "Handsome, handsome, handsome!" "Great kill, great kill."

The V5 team showered him with praise, making the nervous Beichuan feel a bit excited.

Xayah didn't even get an assist; the Blitzcrank only managed to kill Poppy with the help of the tower, and all the experience gained in the bottom lane was returned in full. Caitlyn could even use the slow-pushing wave to gain a slight lead!

Of course, more importantly, there was the change in jungle pathing.

Kanavi's face had already darkened a bit.

It was already impossible for Lee Sin to have a good matchup against Poppy in the jungle, and he had sacrificed his jungle to launch a level-one play. Once Poppy went to invade his red side, Lee Sin, who still had to wait for his respawn timer, would likely be left with only one side of the jungle!

But with Poppy and the AD swapping, it was now Lee Sin who had extra time.

As long as he headed straight to clear his bottom side after spawning, then rotated to clear his top side, he could even continue to outpace Poppy in jungle efficiency!

The prerequisite was that he had to clear the bottom side first.

This was because the bottom lane would definitely lose lane priority by the time they returned to a normal laning phase, and Sion in the top lane didn't even have the qualifications to last-hit, only able to soak experience from far away. If Lee Sin went top, he would risk being directly counter-jungled by Poppy.

The only cost was that Lee Sin would have to stay away from the bottom side in the early game.

And for Kanavi, this was clearly not a difficult choice at all.

"Poppy went to her top side after spawning. Is Beichuan not going to invade the opponent's top side?" Guan Zeyuan asked, deeply puzzled from the observer's perspective.

"Clearing the jungle like this means Poppy will definitely be down a Blue Buff, so isn't the jungle still a loss?"

The silent Scout actually explained for him: "But with Poppy clearing from top to bottom and Lee Sin clearing from bottom to top, the JDG bottom lane can't make any moves before five minutes. If a Blitzcrank is picked, it's basically just sitting in prison."

Doinb nodded in agreement: "Yeah, yeah! It feels like Beichuan's playstyle is indeed completely different from Xun's. His team prioritizes the comfort of the side lanes above all else!"

Beichuan had appeared too few times, and in the previous match against G2, the overall strength gap between the two sides was too obvious, so no one paid attention to the jungle.

No one had any real impression of him.

But this was only the start of the match, and many people already felt the difference between the two junglers.

As for why Scout would break precedent to speak for someone from V5, it was simply because, as a representative of the "toxic solo-carry" playstyle, he loved this kind of jungler the most and would be very happy to team up with one.

All players of this type were the same, not just those in the mid lane.

Who knows, maybe someone had already started thinking about it.

The director shifted the camera to the mid lane.

"This Anivia from Mr. Ye looks like he's practiced it; it doesn't look like a last-minute pick," Guan Zeyuan analyzed with a straight face.

"This hero is actually very popular in the LEC this season and is a Tier 1 ranked hero on the EUW server. It's just that our national server and the LPL region aren't very fond of this hero, and it has always been ignored..."

Come to think of it, Anivia was even nerfed once earlier this year for being too strong, with her health growth slightly cut.

The reason was simple: at the beginning of the year, Anivia under the Rod of Ages + Archangel's Staff system was truly reaping the full benefits of the version!

Although Anivia would be slightly inferior to the likes of Azir or Kassadin in the late game due to her lack of mobility.

But when it came to teamfight ability, she was absolutely not lacking in the slightest.

More importantly, as demonstrated in the previous play, as a major magic-damage core, Anivia even possessed impressive utility at level one!

The crowd control of her Q, the special use of her W Crystallize, the noble terrain restriction, and the path-blocking and resource-contesting advantages of her ultimate all allowed this mid-to-late game hero to shine in the early game as well.

This was something other major magic-damage cores couldn't hope to match!

At the same time, Anivia possessed extreme lane priority, being one of the few heroes who could truly clear a wave with just one skill. If she really let loose to push, there were few in the entire league who could compare to her.

Of course—specifically after level six, and provided she had enough mana.

Before level six, Taliyah still had some advantages, and she used this advantage to help Lee Sin invade Poppy's jungle, which consolidated Lee Sin's advantage.

But once they hit level six, the situation changed instantly.

Anivia summoned 【Glacial Storm】 directly into the minion wave, even able to use it from over a thousand yards away, easily clearing all the minions while leaving no room for a gank.

Kanavi went to the mid lane several times to no avail, and immediately wanted to call the mid laner to go to the bottom lane together.

"Let's fly to the bottom lane together. We have to kill that Caitlyn once."

The JDG lineup clearly relied on Xayah for damage; Taliyah, Sion, and Lee Sin couldn't be counted on as main carries, so they couldn't accept the bottom lane being suppressed too hard.

More importantly, there was the Rift Herald fight.

V5's bottom lane, relying on the jungle advantage swapped by Poppy, had already had two layers of their turret plating taken for nothing!

If they didn't gank Caitlyn now, by the time the eight-minute Rift Herald fight arrived, JDG would have to face the dilemma of either taking the Herald and losing the first turret, or defending the turret and giving up the Herald!

"Alright, he's out of mana, he should be recalling... Damn!"

Before Knight could even finish his sentence, he saw Anivia walking back out.

She was carrying a fresh, newly cleared Blue Buff!

What kind of treatment is that?

Taliyah had already walked into his own bottom jungle, preparing to return.

But Kanavi suddenly shouted at him: "Fly! Fly! We're ganking Anivia!"

Anivia getting the Blue Buff meant that for at least two minutes, there was absolutely no way to have any lane priority in the mid lane, and Taliyah would be tied down to the mid lane.

By the time the Rift Herald fight came, it would almost be a dead end. JDG would almost inevitably have to face the choice between the first turret and the Herald, and no matter what they chose, the bottom first turret would be in jeopardy!

The way to break the deadlock was to kill Anivia.

For one, taking away her Blue Buff would be a significant blow to Anivia.

For another, once Anivia died, the mid lane would be left open, and the bottom lane would naturally not dare to overextend, which would indirectly solve the bottom lane's predicament.

Even if they didn't manage to kill her and only forced Anivia to recall, they could at least force out the opponent's Teleport, and the opponent would have one less Teleport chip for the next Rift Herald fight.

"Opponent's mid is missing."

Ye Bo noticed Taliyah hadn't appeared, provided the information in real-time, and prepared to move toward the bottom lane after clearing the wave.

For both sides, the bottom lane was very important; one side was the main combat force, the other was the main tempo point, and neither could accept being at a disadvantage.

"The opponent's AD still doesn't have Flash!" Beryl was reporting the summoner spell information.

Just as Ye Bo was about to respond, a loud boom suddenly rang in his ears!

"Watch out for Taliyah!"

But his warning was clearly redundant.

Because the Weaver's Wall was coming straight for him, and it was inserted at an angle behind the tower to block his retreat—if Anivia retreated backward, she would likely run straight into Taliyah.

At the same time, Lee Sin walked out clearly in front of the opponent's first turret, directly using a Sonic Wave to mark a minion for a dash!

In this position, even if Anivia could interrupt Lee Sin's Q, he could still guarantee a close-range engagement.

Ye Bo indeed didn't face Lee Sin, but instead pulled back in the opposite direction, his eyes fixed on the incoming Weaver's Wall.

Just as Taliyah was about to land halfway, an Ice Wall rose from the ground again!

Inside the wall!

The deliberately controlled iceberg meant Taliyah had no landing spot, and she was actually "bounced" over her own wall.

She flipped into the tower!

Seeing that Anivia no longer had her Ice Wall, Lee Sin had no more concerns.

With an extremely fast W to a ward for a close-range R-Flash kick, it was all done in one go, kicking Anivia straight back!

Anivia actually didn't react in time to use Flash.

Kanavi was also a bit suspicious.

Although he had great confidence in his mechanics, confident that few people could kick faster than him—could Ye Bo, who also understood Lee Sin so well, really have failed to react?

But thinking about it carefully, it was normal.

With the angle of Lee Sin's R-Flash, even if Anivia reacted and used Flash, she could only flash upward, which would lead to a jungle chase, and she likely still wouldn't be able to escape.

Seeing the R-Flash successfully lock on, Kanavi shouted with all his might in surprise.

"Follow up!!!"

Knight, startled by the shout, immediately had golden light surround him, flashing to chase and throwing out E, Unraveled Earth!

Anivia, thrown by the Dragon's Rage, ran head-on into the Unraveled Earth, taking the stun and then being knocked up again, continuing to be pulled outside the tower!

"The combo from JDG's mid and jungle! When it comes to mechanics, they are never afraid of anyone!!" Guan Zeyuan was extremely excited, making a firm judgment.

"Anivia is definitely dead!"

Lee Sin's R-Flash angle was aimed toward Taliyah and also skewed downward, making the distance from Anivia to the defensive tower very far and quite tricky.

Although Lee Sin's Q was used for mobility and Taliyah's early-game damage was quite weak.

But Anivia was about to trigger her Rebirth passive, and she had been knocked up by Taliyah far away, with no chance to run back under the tower!

And Anivia, just as she recovered from the Unraveled Earth, turned to spit a Q, Flash Frost, at the Lee Sin in her face—at the same time, a purple spiral beam instantly appeared on her body!

"What is Mr. Ye doing!?"

"... urning into an egg and TPing!"

The phoenix transformed into an ice egg.

But the purple beam on her body was still spinning and channeling!

{Anivia cannot use any skills, including summoner spells and items, while in egg form, but as long as it is used before turning into an egg, the channel will not be interrupted midway.

【Holy crap, invincible Hearthstone!】

【The relic has returned to life!】

【This move, this move is "Egg Flying from Beyond the Heavens"!】

【Isn't it "Get Lost"?】

【Anivia enters Rebirth state, she isn't dead, so it shouldn't be interrupted, that makes sense!】

Everyone was immediately attracted by this comedic scene.

No one noticed Anivia's TP destination.

And the JDG duo seemed to be barely able to accept it; although they hadn't successfully secured the kill despite using two Flashes and two Ultimates, just trading a TP—but they had still successfully interrupted the opponent's tempo and could still take some plating in the mid lane, so it could be considered a kill.

There was nothing else to do but stay.

The Teleport in the current version is still "instant," with no direction or trajectory to follow.

Otherwise, the two from JDG would have discovered that the egg flying from beyond the heavens was not heading toward their own crystal inhibitor turrets, but flying toward the airspace below!

"The Anivia has less than half health after her rebirth, and she actually Teleported to the bottom lane!?"

"A feint to the east, attack in the west!"

"And it looks like he didn't just click randomly! It seems he really wants to gank bottom!"

The JDG bottom lane duo had already been pressured for five or six minutes.

Seeing the mid lane offensive succeed, they hurriedly took the chance to push the wave out and then be the first to recall.

Because V5 was short-handed in the mid lane and their jungler was in the upper quadrant preparing to control the Rift Herald, it seemed normal for the bottom lane to concede a little ground.

"The AD's Flash is still not up; he didn't take Cosmic Insight!" Beryl reminded them again.

That level two skirmish was at least approaching 2 minutes and 30 seconds; at this point, just past seven minutes, even a Lee Sin who used Flash first wouldn't have it back up yet, so he definitely took Cosmic Insight.

However, JDG lacked late-game capability in this match, and their overall damage output was even a bit weak, so the Xayah took {Absolute Focus} and {Gathering Storm} as her secondary runes, a set to maximize damage.

It's just that, without Flash, she might not be easy to kill.

After all, V5's crowd control wasn't stable; Bard was never considered a hard-engage support, and even if his only hard CC, his Q, could combo with the Ice Wall, it wasn't easy to hit Xayah.

With just an Ice Wall to block her path, Xayah could easily pull away using Ghost!

But Ye Bo seemed to have everything under control.

He had already snuck into the second bush, which had been cleared of vision, and Bard had likewise hidden in the second bush, making the JDG duo wary.

"Don't get close, we don't know where their jungler is."

After Ruler gave this extremely cautious warning, he moved slightly upward toward the wall behind them, keeping enough distance from the second bush before starting to auto-attack the wave.

And it was at this moment that someone actually walked out of the bush!

"Why is the Anivia here, oh sh*t!!"

"What the hell is that!?"

The moment Ruler saw Anivia walk out, he activated Ghost, confident that he could dodge all abilities and that it was impossible to be locked down!

But an unexpected variable caused Ruler's pupils to shake in shock, and he frantically clicked his mouse on the spot.

It was just because an Ice Wall appeared at Xayah's feet, shoving her back a step and pinning her right against the wall.

Immediately after,

Xayah began to "twitch" on the spot!

No matter how Ruler clicked the move command, Xayah couldn't move an inch, as if she were tightly wedged between two walls!

The plain-looking Ice Wall was actually a "Dead-Angle Wall"!

This wasn't a bug—League of Legends inherently has collision volume and hero models; a Dead-Angle Wall can be used on any terrain, it just requires an exacting test of distance and positioning.

It can be understood as an ice-mountain prison, "personally built" by Anivia, that can last for a full 5 seconds.

The freezing snow and rain of {Glacial Storm} were already howling, and the Caitlyn sniper rifle was already raised, and the output range of these two far exceeded Xayah's 525-yard range!

She couldn't even fight back; she could only twitch in place and take the beating.

The Ice Wall could last for 5 seconds.

And when the Ice Wall ended, Yordle Snap Traps and Cosmic Binding were waiting.

The Blitzcrank was frantic with worry, but he was only a support robot.

At this moment, he looked just like an incompetent husband!

Ruler watched helplessly as his Flash was still more than ten seconds away from being up, unable to escape the pincer of the Ice Wall, and was squeezed to death before the ice mountain could even melt!