Chapter 37: Xianghe Brother, hold steady!

"midF8:15, midB6:45!"

"midF8:15, midB6:45!"

In the chat interface, Doinb repeatedly sent.

They were recording the enemy Sand Emperor's double summon cooldown, and the repeated sending was to prevent being overwritten by game messages.

"The enemy's cleanse will be ready in 20 seconds, Dongmen, want to come? I have my ultimate!"

Doinb sounded urgent.

If possible, he hopes Xu Dongmen can stay in the mid lane.

"Can't come, wait a bit longer."

Xu Dongmen naturally understood Da B's meaning; he wanted to catch Faker's cleanse cooldown and strike.

The problem was that after the previous wave, the enemy Sand Emperor had become cautious, and the minion wave was unfavorable for a gank.

He had only returned to base once, lacked any attack-boosting items, and forcing a fight would just waste this window of opportunity.

He returned to the jungle, finished the F4 and red buff, and reached level 6.

Xu Dongmen returned to base and bought a Caulfield's Warhammer.

"Dongmen, can I take this blue? Once my item finishes, I won't need blue anymore." Doinb said.

He first built a Blast Rod this game to be more aggressive in lane; the downside is insufficient sustain.

After finally getting a chance to face Faker, Da B really wanted to prove himself.

"Wait a moment, don't rush."

"Huh? Didn't you already clear it?"

Doinb felt strange; the blue buff had clearly respawned, yet Xu Dongmen passed through the lower half without taking it, his scan active as he walked from the blue area all the way to mid lane, reached his own F4 passage, then quickly flashed over the wall into the river brush.

Pap—

He placed a control ward, confirming there was no ward in the brush.

Doinb pushed the mid lane wave far forward, and Xu Dongmen crossed mid this wave without being detected by vision.

"Ying Bi Ge, act a bit—pretend to go for the blue."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"Go this way; I've cleared all vision in this area."

Xu Dongmen marked a passage on the map.

"Oh oh oh, I get it!"

Da B's eyes lit up as he suddenly realized.

Right in front of the Sand Emperor, Lissandra dove into the lower river brush and headed toward the blue area.

On the big screen, the director switched to the blue side SKT's view; they had vision and saw Lissandra's move.

But SKT's vision only reached the river!

When Doinb entered the first jungle entrance—the outer wall entrance of the blue buff—SKT immediately lost vision of him.

These places had all been scanned by Xu Dongmen.

Stab, stab!

On the mid lane, Faker commanded the Sand Soldiers to push the lane aggressively.

QG's first blue buff had been taken by their jungler, and he of course knew the second blue had already respawned.

Moreover, vision caught Lissandra's path to the blue buff, making him even more convinced.

Such a good opportunity is rare; if they don't push the lane and return to base now, waiting for Lissandra to return with the blue buff would mean losing the chance to push!

"Feel the power of extreme ice!!"

Doinb launched an ice claw from behind the wall, flying toward the Sand Emperor.

He certainly didn't go for the blue; he just made a loop and circled back.

At this point the game time had just reached 8 minutes, and Faker's flash was still a little off cooldown.

Whoosh—

Lissandra flashed with her W control, the Sand Emperor used his cleanse, then retaliated with a Warden's Wall, but the ice tomb filled with dark power had already been cast.

"Freeze!"

The Sand Emperor was frozen, but due to the cleanse's crowd‑control reduction on him, the ice woman's ultimate control lasted only 0.5 seconds.

Control is secondary; the key is to deal the damage.

Bang!

A deafening blast sound rang out, and Xu Dongmen burst out from another direction, landing his R‑E combo on the Sand Emperor's face, instantly cutting him down to one‑third health.

Faker summoned Sand Soldiers with Shifting Sands, but relying solely on his E couldn't escape the marksman's grasp.

Xu Dongmen turned off the lights, the red buff stuck, and he beat it to death.

【QG, XDM get first blood!】

The dragon soars!

In the lower‑left corner player cam, Li Xianghe, wearing a red jersey, scratched his head.

Why did this marksman appear in this position?

He hadn't already cleared the top side?!

【So easy to trick!】

【Guigu, this QG mid‑jungle coordination is too slick!】

【Holy shit this acting, not giving them an Oscar would be unjust!!】

【Faker's bewildered expression—he never dreamed there would be a marksman here.】

This play, the most impressive part wasn't his own ambush setup, but that he helped mid lane plan the route, giving Faker the illusion that the Ice Woman would go take the blue.

I just said, how the Male Gun walks from under the tower with scan active, it's insane!

Haha, Xu Dongmen stopped farming his own jungle again, and the blue is back.

The one who died was the Sand Emperor, the most tragic was the Leopard Woman; they played a combo from the start and got themselves trapped, and even now they're only level 5.

You like to counter‑jungle the blue, huh? I'll grant you that!

Blank really can't do it.

On the stage, QG's mid‑jungle player alone took a blue.

In this water‑control aspect, Xu Dongmen is skilled.

After clearing the lower jungle, he came to bottom lane and cleared a wave.

This match, the coaching staff picked Ezreal and Ox Head for bottom lane, just to let them play on their own.

From a laning perspective, this combo has pressure against Lucian and Braum.

QG's coaching staff's requirement for Uzi and Doomsday is: it's fine if they're pressured early, just don't die.

The two of them completed this task perfectly.

Ezreal and Ox Head's laning is indeed a bit clumsy, but given that the enemy jungler is shutting them down, it's really not easy for them to die.

Moreover, mid lane also has lane priority, so the risk faced by bottom lane is reduced to the minimum.

But the side feeling the pressure is actually SKT!

Blank's jungle is a mess; he must focus all his attention on farming to catch up, and can't spare any to look after the lanes.

The Wolf‑Stick combo has a small edge in lane, but they can't push any further.

They must always be on guard against the Male Gun and Ice Woman popping out of the jungle!

"Ying Bi Ge, how much longer until the Sand Emperor's Purify is ready?"

With mid lane acting as this living timer, Xu Dongmen has become lazy.

"Only 30 seconds left, wanna go, brother?" Da B cracked his knuckles.

"Don't rush, the enemy F4 has cleared."

"OK, you go first…… Holy shit, you're already level 9? That fast?!"

Doinb was shocked.

Under 12 minutes to reach level 9, this is already no worse than a solo lane.

At this point he is level 9, while Faker is only level 8 because he got caught twice.

"Can't help it, I just farm too well."

Having eaten his fill in the enemy jungle, Xu Dongmen once again teamed up with mid lane to launch an attack.

Doinb's Ice Glacier Path approached, opening with his ultimate.

The Sand Emperor's Purify isn't ready yet!

Xu Dongmen quickly drew his gun and moved forward, the smoke grenade slowing.

"Keep your head down!"

The Sand Emperor flashed, and the Male Gun flashed as well!

At this moment Xu Dongmen not only wielded a Warrior Jungle Knife with +60 attack damage, but also wore Light Spirit Boots, giving him great movement speed.

He left a trail of shell casings along the way, finishing with a final Ultimate Explosive Blast!

Faker, 0‑2.

This is just the beginning; the Sand Emperor flashed this wave and can plan another ambush within five minutes.

"Xianghe Brother, hold steady!"

Blank sneaked out of the jungle, controlling his Leopard Woman to mercilessly farm a wave in mid lane.

After clearing this wave, his Rune Energy Echo finally came online.

The jungle is a mess, but Xianghe Brother's mid lane is still sweet!