Chapter 64: The Hatred of the Flashing Fountain

Seeing Li Xianghe playing Akshan this game, Ye Bo was actually a little surprised.

Because he had also watched the clips of that livestream, and vaguely remembered the other party saying something like "this hero is no good."

Sure enough, the essence of humanity is "true fragrance"!

In fact, it was indeed after that that Li Xianghe searched for and watched the recording of Ye Bo's match, which sparked the idea of wanting to practice it.

Due to the level issues of the inherited old-timer's legacy, that Akshan didn't actually show much "mechanics," mainly just the hero's characteristic advantages in roaming and support capabilities.

Li Xianghe has never resisted practicing new heroes, and his hero pool has always been one of his major weapons, so he has occasionally practiced it in ranked games during this period.

Facing Galio in this lane, he wanted to test the laning effect, and it looked quite good indeed.

It’s just that he didn't notice the danger descending at this moment.

Galio had no lane priority and was down in levels, and Akshan had already gone to the key river intersection at level two to place a ward, so he should be very safe.

Ye Bo stopped outside the Red buff wall and typed to ask, [Any wards there?]

Wang Chujun immediately pinged several possible ward locations for Akshan.

Galio hadn't seen Akshan's ward with his own eyes, but because his own ward was placed in the lane-side bush, and the opponent hadn't placed vision in the lane-side bush when they leaned down to ward earlier.

Combined with the time it took for the opponent to return, after a little elimination, one could easily deduce the few likely spots.

Seeing this, Ye Bo understood, but didn't act immediately.

He was waiting; to be precise, he was watching Akshan's position.

"Don't be in a rush this wave. Pyke's W can bypass vision, but the warning range is about the distance of one screen. If we want to sneak into this bush, we have to wait for the opponent to stand in the middle of the minion wave," Ye Bo explained to the audience casually, his tone quite confident.

"He will definitely go there! Akshan's 'poke-auto' technique requires staying close to the minions, so as long as we wait for this minion to die, his next... it's coming!"

Halfway through the explanation, Akshan had already finished using the minions near the bottom half to poke and harass Galio.

Just as Ye Bo said, he turned and walked toward the minions slightly closer to the top!

And the position of that minion—was just right, enough to be outside the warning range of Pyke's W.

This was his understanding of the two heroes!

Pyke went underwater, bubbling as he entered the [Ghostwater Dive] state, gaining high movement speed while hugging the edge to approach the lane bush.

At the very last moment of the 5-second stealth duration, he successfully slipped into the bush without triggering the W warning effect!

Akshan's vision didn't detect his tracks, and he was still happily suppressing, having already whittled down Galio's health significantly.

Seeing that Pyke had successfully arrived and the opponent was completely off guard, Wang Chujun was clearly pleasantly surprised: "He didn't get exposed, then Faker is in trouble this wave!"

"Get real, family! It's this minion, I'm going for a diagonal Q!"

Although Wang Chujun's account name was "Chujun Ekko," he really only played Galio, having started his career relying on the "Galio vs. Faker" video.

Both of them clearly had a deep enough understanding of Galio.

This wave, Galio used a diagonal Q through the minions, which looked like a normal attempt to last-hit while harassing the opponent, while Akshan used clever forward-pressure movement to dodge through it.

But in fact, Galio just wanted him to dodge.

So as to give up his positioning!

Predator wolf head, shifting gears to start!

Faker instantly sensed something was wrong, and his face showed surprise when he saw Pyke walk out of the right-side bush the next moment.

"How did he sneak over here?"

Galio had already lunged forward with a back-kick E.

However, Li Xianghe had gained quite a bit of experience practicing Akshan these days; he calmly and skillfully turned to auto-attack to trigger his passive speed boost, using the instant acceleration to sidestep and dodge Galio's punch.

Facing Galio's wing-spreading W, Akshan also decisively used Flash.

And Pyke used his E skill to charge in, starting to charge his Bone Skewer.

But Li Xianghe still had his E skill, and he knew that Akshan's E skill had two displacements.

Even if Pyke came up for a forced hook, he could make good use of the second-stage aerial kick to dodge.

Akshan fired his grappling claw at the distant wall and swung from his spot!

But just as Akshan swung up—Pyke poked out his short-charged Bone Skewer in advance, aiming with prediction at the spot 2 inches in front of Akshan's swing!

Li Xianghe instinctively pressed EEEEE in time.

But it couldn't take effect yet!

The Bone Skewer "air-snatched" Akshan back, and with a backflip, he rolled right into the range of Galio's W, who was stepping on Predator speed!

Closing his wings to land the full taunt, the Justice Punch with Predator damage added, along with Pyke's Hail of Blades daggers, kept flashing.

Because the spot Pyke reached was very deceptive, Akshan would inevitably keep his position pushed forward while pressuring, and because he had no guard up due to the vision, this resulted in extremely poor positioning.

Although Galio had been suppressed miserably, he had at least hit a few Winds of War to consume health.

Even though both Galio and Pyke had skills to travel, the distance was long enough for the two of them to chase and slash all the way to the tower!

Galio waited for his passive to refresh, then used another Flash and Colossal Smash to kill Akshan!

"Nice! This is the coordination ability of our shameless-style Galio!" Chujun immediately took credit, but still had the self-awareness to praise the true hero.

"Master Ye's hook was so accurate this wave! It was pure prediction!"

Ye Bo was also explaining in the livestream.

"Pyke's Q can be fired after charging for at most 0.5 seconds, and a charged Q has a minimum guaranteed distance, so the distance of our short Q was enough this wave!"

"This wave was mainly about waiting for the timing to catch Akshan, because after Akshan's E skill takes off, he can't cancel or instantly fire the second stage of E within 1 second, so there's no chance to operate, plus a little bit of small prediction is all it takes~"

"Of course, I actually feel like Brother Li was a bit rushed this wave; there was a better solution, he should have been able to play it."

Ye Bo explained the second solution for Akshan in the livestream, as well as a special operational technique, but it was a bit dry to explain with just his mouth, leaving the viewers in the chat stunned.

[Can't understand, can't understand, why don't you play a round next, streamer?]

[Don't get it, anyway it's just prediction! Kid!]

[I suggest the streamer go add Fei-Fei as a friend later and teach him how to play!]

[Don't say, it's actually possible! Little Li seemed to really be watching Master Ye's match that day, I even heard the commentator's voice in the livestream.]

Ye Bo switched screens during the gap between recalling and leaving the fountain and saw that comment.

It really is possible!

Ye Bo was someone who liked to share; whether it was talking freely about problems the first time he met SwordArt, or seeing Scout practice his LeBlanc specialty, he was very direct in conveying and informing them of his thoughts.

He felt that this was just discussing how to play the game better, wasn't that what professional players should do?

Returning to the lane, the laning situation had clearly changed.

Ye Bo didn't think Nautilus countered Pyke; he even thought the opposite.

During the laning phase, as long as Pyke walked up with a charged Q, if Nautilus wanted to use his Q to interrupt Pyke, the scene of 'the anchor flying into the air, only to be thrown back by Pyke like a reverse "shoulder throw"' would happen!

This was thanks to the difference in the effects of the two hook skills: one is a "two-way pull," and the other is a "short-range throw-back"!

At that time, Pyke would follow up with a reverse E, directly pulling Nautilus and the opposing AD out of position, and finally, Caitlyn would follow up with a trap to deal explosive damage.

Furthermore, there was no such thing as Nautilus's Q interrupting Pyke's Q.

Because Pyke's Q fired faster, whereas Nautilus's Q had an incomparably obvious cast animation.

As long as Pyke walked out with a slight charge and had a slightly sharp reaction, he would definitely be able to fire forcefully, cancel out the hook, and achieve the aforementioned operation.

Not only that, there was also the so-called "control cancellation."

Pyke could also counter Nautilus!

"It's just like this! Everyone, don't be in a hurry when playing Pyke and using Q, because Pyke's hook can be charged for a full 5 seconds, just stand in his face! He uses Q, you use Q, he will definitely be the one hooked first!"

"The so-called control cancellation is because Pyke is in a hurry to use Q first, giving Nautilus time to react, but in reality, completing a control cancellation is very demanding; usually, you can completely suppress this condition through movement pressure and closing the distance."

Ye Bo was very serious, sharing his experience in the livestream without reservation.

And Pyke, who had left the fountain again, had bought a pair of [Boots of Swiftness].

"My recommendation is, unless there is a lot of crowd control and you need to buy Mercury's Treads, at other times, Pyke can buy Swiftness boots!"

"Besides the fact that Pyke really needs combat movement speed, otherwise it's easy to die instantly when entering a team fight."

"Most importantly! The 'self-slow' of Pyke's Q skill can also be amplified and decayed by Swiftness boots; this is very helpful for our Q skill pursuit and casting!"

Pyke's Q skill has a 40% self-slow during the charging phase.

But the passive effect of Boots of Swiftness is: [Reduces the effectiveness of all incoming slows by 25%].

The two can have a magical adaptation effect!

"Not only that, actually Blitzcrank's W, Urgot's W, Galio's W, etc., self-slows can all be weakened in this way..."

[He seems to really want to teach us.]

[Not a bro, do you think I can't play Pyke or Yone because of these!]

[Holy crap, Swiftness boots can also affect this? This is the first time I've really known this!]

[We still don't know what else Master Ye has been secretly practicing behind our backs, can't help but throw another comment boomerang: Isn't this guy a hero-coin player!]

[JackeyLove! How did he get hooked again, again, again, again!]

Galio returned the favor, coming to the bottom lane to gank after Predator refreshed.

Pyke repeated his old trick and stepped up to charge his Q again; this time, he hugged the edge to pass through Nautilus and hooked Kai'Sa, who was twisting her butt around in the back.

"Damn it!" JackeyLove complained unhappily: "Is this guy this accurate? Isn't he a mid-laner? Why does he have a Pyke in his hand too!"

On's point of attention was a bit strange: "This Pyke thing seems a bit fun."

Speaking of which, Kai'Sa had been getting hooked throughout the laning phase, always getting hit by inexplicable Qs through minions.

Even Caitlyn's straightforward Piltover Peacemaker could sometimes inexplicably be hit by a grazing Q.

It really stood out as fitting his persona.

Using the laning advantage in the bottom lane, Pyke repeatedly went back and forth to the mid lane, forming a mutually beneficial cycle with the mid lane, and the jungler was also very sensible in mindlessly camping the bottom lane.

The bottom tier-one tower was quickly in jeopardy under Caitlyn's fast push.

At 9 minutes, the bottom lane's first turret was pushed down.

Pyke, in another gank coordinated with Galio, successfully dove the bottom lane.

"Roar, roar, this is the shameless style of Galio! The tempo of the whole match is swimming like a dragon!" Chu Jun beamed as he watched the popularity of his livestream explode.

"What do you mean it's not all the support carrying the tempo!? It’s not about whether I’m being cheap or not, we’re all teammates, why distinguish between you and me! Am I even human!? Tell me, am I human!?"

"But to be honest, Master Ye is truly amazing; he feels much stronger than he was back in the youth training camp."

At the same time, Ye Bo's Bilibili livestream popularity was also exploding, and the Bilibili staff, realizing belatedly that he had started early, had already pushed the stream to the front page.

The livestream surged to the top, with all kinds of chat messages and gifts appearing endlessly.

Ye Bo, who occasionally switched screens to look, was overwhelmed and flattered.

It was his first time experiencing a livestream chat screen completely filled, feeling like he couldn't even read them all.

"Thanks for the gifts, brothers! But everyone, please consume rationally."

"The streamer's salary for playing professionally is quite high, no need to send so many gifts~"

Ye Bo was truly sincere.

But after he said this, it only made the gifts in the livestream even crazier, already showing a trend of pushing toward the homepage!

"Oh my, thanks to Chen Rui for the ten Viceroys."

At the Bilibili headquarters in Magic City, Chen Rui, having finished sending gifts in the livestream, hummed softly and closed the chat after seeing the "Mongolian Top Laner" spam appearing in unison.

The assistant beside him pulled up the backend data, and seeing the livestream's data soaring, couldn't help but click his tongue.

"Mr. Chen, this newcomer's commercial value seems very high, unexpectedly high!"

Chen Rui, upon hearing this, seemed even more annoyed: "...It's all because the team's manager has no vision; why did they only offer him two hundred back then?"

"There was nothing to be done, Mr. Chen; that was actually the highest price in history for a newcomer," the assistant replied with a sheepish smile.

"The main thing is that EDG already has Scout; is it interesting to have two top-tier mid laners rotating as substitutes?" Chen Rui grew angrier as he spoke: "Most importantly, they won't even loan him out! Was our offer low!?"

This year, BLG had invested a significant price in every position.

The only exception was the mid lane; that was truly impossible to buy!

Now, whether it was public opinion or inside the team, it was clear that everyone believed the only thing missing was a mid laner.

Chen Rui had gone to EDG more than once to negotiate, and even today, when finalizing the streaming contract, he had mentioned to Ah Bu that he wanted to "rent" Ye Bo at a high price to finish the season, so that at least the investment for 2022 wouldn't be in vain.

The result, naturally, was a flat refusal from the other side.

EDG wasn't stupid; they hadn't let him go before, and now that Ye Bo had proven himself, there was even less reason to let him go, especially since Ye Bo's current performance and state were clearly much better than Scout's.

There was no help for it; Chen Rui could only take comfort in the fact that the other party had chosen to stream on Bilibili, allowing them to at least profit from the traffic.

It was just that, looking at this person on the screen, Chen Rui was truly envious.

The match reached 22 minutes, and the Blue side, relying on bottom lane lane priority, executed a Caitlyn pushing system, holding a 6k gold lead.

Akshan successfully demonstrated the superiority of roaming during the lane-swapping phase, but due to the frequent corresponding support from the highly-fed Pyke, he felt quite restricted.

With a highly-fed Pyke, thanks to the "bounty mechanism" of the R skill, his economy would not be much lower than the mid-lane carry!

In a game with a huge lead, he was simply a true assassin!

However, the Red side had dual marksmen in Akshan and Kai'Sa, plus Ornn in the top lane and Wukong in the jungle to initiate, so as long as they could kill the opposing Caitlyn and not get hit by a full Fiddlesticks ultimate, a comeback wasn't impossible if they dragged it out.

The Blue side arrived in the mid lane to push.

In front of the high ground gate, Akshan and Kai'Sa, the two long-range champions, cleared the minion wave while watching the opponent drop the Rift Herald.

Then Pyke suddenly walked out from the side, openly charging his Q in plain sight; this was clearly an attempt to clear the path for the Rift Herald and pressure them into "retreating."

But Ye Bo suddenly noticed that this Kai'Sa's positioning was a bit arrogant!

He changed his intention, staring at the gap as Kai'Sa frequently moved back and forth through the minion wave.

Suddenly, he threw out that seemingly aimless hook—actually plucking Kai'Sa out from the minion pile! Throwing her to the side of the road in front of the high ground gate!

"What the hell kind of hook is that!" JackeyLove felt a chill in his heart.

Li Xianghe frowned, quickly pulling away, preparing to rely on the turret to counter-attack.

But the moment Ye Bo saw he had succeeded, he immediately glimpsed the opportunity to seize the battle.

He pinged aggressively to signal his teammates.

Pyke took the lead, dashing forward with Phantom Undertow, and just as he was about to finish, he pressed Prowler's Claw on Kai'Sa... but connected it with a mid-path directional Flash!

The dashing ghost changed trajectory in mid-air, drawing a large right angle—forcibly including Akshan, who had kept a considerable distance, in the process!

Death from Below used as a "displacement tool"!

"ER Right-Angle Flash"!

"No way!?" Li Xianghe's eyelids twitched violently.

"Holy crap, what a play!!" Chu Jun let out a strange cry in excitement, immediately flashing in to follow up with a charged taunt.

A string of ???????? lit up across several livestreams simultaneously.

And Fiddlesticks, who had decisively started his ultimate as soon as the signal was marked, had already summoned the Crowstorm to descend!

A sudden death in front of the high ground gate; Pyke's one hook had delivered the final blow.

Kai'Sa and Akshan, tightly wrapped by the water ghost's soul, fell instantly, immediately triggering a wave of hype in the chat.

[Turtle, handsome master! The Akali Empire has a new member—the Akapyke!]

[Jackey, what kind of hook-bait positioning is this? Getting hooked inside a minion pile? Are you drunk?]

[What do you know? This is blocking the hook for the minions! Loving the minions like his own children is the style of a great general! The greatness of Brother, no more salt needed!]

[JackeyLove is just like this, fits his persona.]

[Water Boy got cured by the Water Ghost, the first cold joke of the century 233333.]

[I'm shocked, is Grandpa's Pyke this strong? Strongly suggest playing mid-lane Pyke next game! Then I declare you the LPL legendary content king!]

After the team fight, Ye Bo's side established a huge advantage, took the Baron, and pushed straight to the crystal!

And when the match ended, the game interface presented the "Like your teammates" segment.

However, three fresh and unfamiliar "options" popped up before Ye Bo's eyes?

Of course.

He didn't forget to send a friend request to that Hideonbush on the other side first.

Sorry brothers, had something to do today, was a bit late.

But the 10k words goal was still met!

5k + 5k!

Will try not to be late tomorrow.

Some book friends said the update time is currently very "underworld" (bad); wait for me to adjust my schedule for two days, it will definitely be fixed as soon as possible!

Thanks to the big boss Lianhua-ED for the 100-point coin tip!

Thanks to the brothers for the monthly tickets!

Thanks to the brothers for the support!

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