Chapter 43: Rising Out of Thin Air! Zhuge Repeating Crossbow, Rain of Pears Blossom Needles!

During the loading phase, the commentary desk received information from the director and was synchronizing the details.

"I need to synchronize with everyone; although Akshan is not being picked for the first time in the LPL arena."

"But from his release until now, this is the first time he has been picked in the mid lane!"

"Yes, Akshan has appeared in the LPL three times this year, but all of them were top lane Akshan, and one of those games was actually picked by TheShy."

The director provided the data at the right moment to help with the recollection.

In the Spring Split, he was picked by Bin, now of BLG, Rich of V5, and TheShy of WBG, all in the top lane.

Interestingly, the performance in the first two instances was quite good, even reaching a "lane-crushing" level, and in the second game, Rich was laning against TheShy.

It was only in the third game that TheShy contributed a 0-7-0 "Undying" performance.

However, according to TheShy's live stream, he likes this hero very much and feels he is even more fun than Kalista!

He said he wants to practice more and play him again later~

And this game is indeed the first recorded instance of mid lane Akshan in the arena.

"What do you say, Master Ye? Do you have any strange little designs for this game?" Jiejie asked impatiently.

He is now addicted to those little designs of Ye Bo's, because they are truly satisfying; even as a teammate, he looks forward to seeing them.

If a jungler can frequently catch these little designs, they can directly control the tempo from the start—it's like a dream start every day!

"We mainly need to be careful of the opponents at level one; they are much stronger than us at level one."

Ye Bo, after all, only obtained this experience temporarily.

Although the 25-year veteran Ye Bo seemed to have spent a long time practicing and possessed many techniques and knowledge that left others stunned.

But "design" is not something you can just slap your forehead and come up with on the spot just because you know a few techniques.

True design requires teammates to constantly grind and experiment, controlling precise time nodes and timing coordination.

More importantly, it must be tailored and customized according to the "habitual characteristics" of each opponent faced.

But what everyone didn't know was.

They didn't have one, but WBG did for this game!

"Oh, this positioning from WBG is problematic!" Sun Yalong shouted in his duck-like voice.

"It's over! The sister and the husband are about to be handled! WBG has done their research!"

The WBG coaching staff is not entirely useless.

Houye and Ye Wang, as two experienced former professional players, although their drafting is indeed lacking in inspiration and can even be called extremely formulaic.

But they also have their own strengths!

They are very good at studying the small habits of professional players.

For example, EDG's bot lane, Meiko and Viper, are famous for their strong laning ability, especially when picking enchanter supports, they can often exert extreme laning pressure.

There wasn't one in the previous game only because they had to cooperate with Zoe to act, and the support showed their face too early.

But this game is different.

God's eye view.

The five members of WBG are moving in unison, entering the bottom river from their own blue buff entrance—aiming directly at the lane brush in the bottom lane!

The WBG coaching staff discovered that when EDG's bot lane picks enchanter supports like Lulu, Lux, or Nami, which clearly aim to exert laning pressure, they love to clear the obstacles in the lane brush at level one.

As long as they can hold the lane brush, the hooks of early-game engage supports lose their only deterrent, and the poke ability of the double-ranged champions and the enchanter support can be perfectly unleashed.

Of course, this is actually a gamble.

If they guessed wrong and the opponent didn't do that this game, then the five of them arriving at this position would return empty-handed, all level-one positioning points would be lost, and the early-game vision information would be a blank slate!

It's just a pity that WBG did indeed guess correctly this game.

Because, just after placing a defensive ward in the tri-brush, the EDG bot lane duo had already arrived side-by-side at the bottom lane brush, and had even stepped into the first brush at this moment.

And when they saw those five burly men suddenly walking out of the river entrance.

They instantly understood what was happening.

"Holy crap, five of them!"

"Viper, you go, I'll see if I can hold them."

But since WBG was prepared, they couldn't let you go easily.

Twisted Fate had already drawn a gold card in his hand and was circling around the tri-brush wall where there was vision along with Nautilus; it was impossible for Aphelios to ignore these two and walk away.

"You go, you go!"

"I can't go, they are both blocking me!"

"I'm coming, I'm coming! Can you stall for a bit?"

"I have TP, should I TP? Should I TP?"

The voice chat suddenly became a bit noisy.

This is why a team must have a clear-headed main shot-caller, because at times like this, regardless of whether it's right or wrong, there must never be several conflicting opinions.

If one wants to run, one wants to fight, and one wants to trade, then it's all over!

Ye Bo didn't speak at first because he was quickly scanning the battlefield, analyzing and judging in his brain.

And he quickly discovered something he could utilize.

"Listen to me! Listen to me! Listen to me!"

"Bot lane, go into the 'toilet' first! Stall out the gold card, then hug the wall and circle around! It won't be easy for them to focus fire on you at first! Once the gold card is gone, the AD should just sacrifice the support, flash, and run to the tower! This way, only one should die! The support doesn't have to use their summoner spells!"

"Jiejie, learn E!"

Ye Bo relied on his high volume to seize attention.

Since they had just exchanged shot-calling duties in the lounge, everyone heard him and immediately began to execute.

The card Twisted Fate draws can be held in his hand for 6 seconds, which logically should be enough.

Viper didn't take Cleanse, and didn't know exactly which brush the two were hiding in, so if Twisted Fate waited until they met to draw, it really wouldn't work!

If he couldn't throw a gold card immediately upon meeting, they might very well use the D-F combo to run away from the first brush!

Twisted Fate and Nautilus walked into the first brush, while the other three walked into the second brush.

But, no one was there.

"In the pit!"

ON reacted quickly and immediately threw a ward into the pit.

But what he saw... were two people huddled together in the corner of the wall, hugging each other for warmth.

"?"

What are these two doing?

Anivia didn't care about that much, directly throwing her Q skill to freeze the two, Jarvan IV placed his flag, and Miss Fortune also began to shoot.

And on the other side, Nautilus and Twisted Fate were circling from the first brush, arriving late.

Nautilus was careful to hold his Q, while Twisted Fate stepped forward, wanting to throw a gold card...

But what was thrown was just an ordinary playing card!

"Run!"

Lulu cast her E shield on Aphelios, and Aphelios bit the bullet and walked toward the faces of the two people on the left.

Nautilus hit him at point-blank range, using his passive to root him for 0.75 seconds, but it seemed unable to stop Aphelios's footsteps.

Aphelios waited for the root to end and flashed directly through them!

He knew this flash would definitely be pulled back by Nautilus's Q, but that didn't matter—what mattered was making it impossible for the three people behind to follow up with damage!

WBG actually only had three forms of crowd control at level one: Anivia, Twisted Fate, and Nautilus.

Anivia used hers first, and Twisted Fate didn't throw his.

Now, relying on Nautilus alone, they couldn't force a kill!

"Forget it, let's just kill the support, the AD's summoner spells are gone anyway."

"No! Both of them can be killed!"

ON clearly had a different idea from his teammates, and without hesitation, he threw his hook, hitting Aphelios and pulling him back slightly.

Aphelios immediately pressed {Heal}, gaining speed and health, and just ran for his life.

WBG's shot-calling showed a clear lack of unity at this moment.

Huanfeng and Angel listened to ON's command and wanted to follow up with damage, but TheShy and SofM felt that killing just the Lulu was profitable enough.

This led to the already insufficient damage being even more dispersed at the first moment.

Aphelios took the damage all the way, and with the three of them only able to use basic attacks, the kill speed was clearly very slow.

"We can kill! We really can kill!"

ON was getting a bit carried away, flashing to chase with an auto-attack and applying Ignite, then standing outside the tower to tank it.

Seeing the health bar, Huanfeng couldn't care less and flashed to auto-attack and Q, but the damage seemed to be just a little bit short!

Durability!

It had come to this point, and Twisted Fate had no choice but to draw a card and flash to throw it.

"WBG is crazy! Burning three flashes to force a kill on the AD!" Sun Yalong's voice suddenly spiked: "But look what's coming!"

"Holy crap! Tarzan!"

Just look at Akshan, who had rushed over from the jungle.

At this moment, he was flying out from the right side of the Krugs with an extremely tricky angle for his hook shot!

{Heroic Swing} dragged Akshan along, circling the wall from the jungle, literally drawing a semicircle to fly around a 180-degree corner!

Instantly crossing 1800 yards, he flew right in front of the Nautilus who was tanking the tower.

In the air, he executes an ea+e double-jump attack, followed by an aa upon landing, triggering his passive three-ring burst!

"Retreat, retreat, retreat!"

Knowing he cannot escape, on turns back to help his teammates by landing an auto-attack to trigger his passive and slow the enemies.

As the two carries retreat, Twisted Fate, who entered the tower last, takes an extra hit from the pre-warmed tower shot.

But at this moment, things get awkward.

Lulu is still alive, and even has nearly half her health left!

Everyone is only level one; with just a Jarvan IV and an Anivia, what can they possibly use to kill Lulu?

"Kill Lulu first! Don't be afraid! Their top laner definitely isn't here!" the fallen on continues to command.

After hearing this, the others think it makes sense.

Even if the enemy mid and jungle arrive, it would be at most a 3v4, so what is there to fear?

The advantage is ours!

However, seeing that the opponents seem to want to continue attacking Lulu.

This time, it is Ye Bo's turn to have an idea.

"Support, kite them! Run into the brush!"

"Pillar! Here!"

Lulu immediately flashes into the brush to stall.

And Trundle, having arrived from the river, does not hesitate for a second to flash and place a pillar, knocking three people up from under their feet and successfully knocking Twisted Fate and Miss Fortune back!

The Frozen Domain slows their pace.

Now, WBG truly cannot run.

Otherwise, the two carries, knocked back by the ice pillar and slowed without their flashes, won't be able to escape at all.

But the next moment, a hookshot flies from afar and hits the ice pillar—

In the middle of the open road, he begins to swing!

Akshan's figure rises into the air, using the ice pillar as the center point with a 600-yard radius, drawing a perfect circle counter-clockwise from bottom to top.

Rapid crossbow bolts spray from the muzzle, quickly hitting the nearest Twisted Fate to trigger the three-ring burst.

"Stop him! You have to stop him!" TheShy commands urgently; he knows the damage of Akshan's E skill.

But this swing in the middle of the road, utilizing the ice pillar, covers a very large circular area.

Everyone is level one and simply cannot get close!

Since they have to fight, SofM's Jarvan IV, also getting impatient from being kited, decisively flashes forward to knock him down.

But Ye Bo does not stop upon landing.

The moment Akshan lands, he flashes forward to close the distance, then fires two more auto-attacks at Twisted Fate to trigger {Press the Attack}!

Lulu arrives in time to cast her refreshed E skill on him, and "Pix" also joins the two auto-attacks, firing off two consecutive shots of damage!

"Kill Lulu first, kill Lulu first! Kill her and go!"

If WBG leaves now, it defaults to abandoning the two carries who were knocked back by the pillar, which would be a massive loss.

They have no choice but to fight!

"Akshan's E, combined with Trundle's road-clearing pillar! Together with Lulu, they kill Twisted Fate first!"

"But WBG's four-man plan is also extremely clear; Twisted Fate pulls a card for damage right before dying, and with his teammates, they kill Lulu first, bringing the situation back to a 2v3!"

"In that case, this wave should end here; Trundle and Akshan should be able to get away..."

"Ah, wait!?"

"What is that!!!"

Wang Duo, who was commentating with passionate speed, suddenly stares in subconscious shock.

Because a bizarre scene appears on the screen.

Akshan kills Twisted Fate and resets his E skill, but he doesn't immediately swing again off the ice pillar that is about to disappear; no matter how you look at it, it seems like he is preparing to retreat.

The three WBG members don't intend to chase either, only preparing to meet up with Miss Fortune, who was blocked by the pillar, and retreat together.

But Akshan, the moment the Trundle pillar disappears.

Fires a hookshot at his own feet at point-blank range.

The ice pillar vanishes.

The hookshot, however, still connects.

And what is even more bizarre and terrifying is that even though the ice pillar is gone, the hookshot is still latched onto "air," yet the {collision volume} of the ice pillar has disappeared.

This causes Akshan to lose his "obstacle."

Just like that, a figure holding a crossbow begins to rise out of thin air!

"Spinning in Place"!

Akshan looks as if he is wielding a Zhuge Repeating Crossbow, the bolts like a blooming rain of pear blossom needles, concentrated and firing at extreme speed toward Miss Fortune's face.

The operation has been recreated in the chapter notes.

Sorry for being late, qaq, but this is a 3.6k long chapter, equivalent to a 6k update today.

One more week until the official launch, it's coming soon, I can explode with updates starting on the 3rd, and after the launch, I will maintain a schedule of finishing the match content in 2 days (the new book period actually ends in 3 days at most, and there will be bonus updates).

I'll trouble you brothers to keep reading for one more week; the last week is also very critical!

Thanks to the big boss Baiju Guoxi 957 for the 300-point coin tip!

Thanks to the big boss R Yitian for the 100-point coin tip!

Thanks to the big boss Wai 7 Cai for the 1500-point coin tip!

Thanks to the brothers for the monthly tickets!

Thanks to the brothers for the support!

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