Chapter 32: Can You Even Play the Game Like This?

As for the mana endurance issue—

Shi Zhenyu said that slowing the Blue Buff by even one second is an insult to the will of a team member who dedicates himself to his captain.

Loyalty!

Boom!

"Burp—the brawl's starting!"

Arriving online, Ruo Feng was in agony; as his barrel's level increased, the Q-skill damage became absurd.

Often, one barrel would clear most of the minion wave, and two or three barrels with an E-skill could wipe out a whole wave—all while he dared not advance toward Huanxue, since the barrel had built-in healing and was downright stubborn; the tiny bit of health Card Master stole was less than what the enemy gained passively, but when hit by a barrel's explosion, his health bar visibly dropped a full chunk.

Once his condition dropped, the mid-laner faced the danger of being single-killed.

Ruo Feng clearly remembered the opponent's E-flash maneuver from the last wave, which he hadn't had time to react to.

At the moment the enemy's Flash was about to cooldown, he'd rather lose some minions than advance half a step forward.

Still, Ruo Feng's Card Master could choose to huddle under the tower—so what about the other lanes?

During streams, Jiang Ming disliked risky plays like tower-diving assassinations; he portrayed himself as a mid-lane commander who played the game like chess, using the map as his board.

A teaching-streamer must demonstrate technique, but not rely solely on it.

The moment Ruo Feng chose to let the wave push, the other lane heroes on the purple side were doomed to a miserable game experience.

The first to suffer was Ming Kai's Blind Monk.

As the wave pushed, the barrel vanished from mid-lane; the Prince's earlier vision of invading the jungle spotted the Blind Monk clearing the buff.

On camera, Jiang Ming's barrel moved with effortless ease, E'd over the buff wall, used R 【Explosive Barrel】 to blast the Blind Monk back into his own team's grasp, and assisted the Prince in the kill.

With the jungler dead, the mid and jungle duo turned straight to bot lane.

They walked right up to the faces of the purple team's Ashe and Thresh.

Juanmao and Weixiao were in agony, wary of the Prince's unused ultimate from his earlier Blind Monk kill, and had no choice but to abandon the large wave of minions under the tower.

"Whoa, you can play the game like this?"

UZI's eyes sparkled, completely forgetting his earlier grumbling about his own mid and jungler not helping bot lane.

Tebe's gaze fixed on Jiang Ming and NXG's jungler's jungle invasion vision, memorizing their positioning.

Simultaneously, in his mind, he rapidly analyzed his own team's jungler and mid-laner: "JM's game rhythm works like this… after suppressing Ruo Feng online, immediately radiate mid-lane advantage into the jungle, target Ming Kai, then once the jungler's dealt with, move to the purple side's side lanes…"

No flashy tricks—just straight-up, tactical play.

When the mid and jungler stand right in front of your duo, doing nothing at all, you won't even dare glance at your minions.

At that moment, Tebe felt he had touched a door of immense significance.

…

"When engaging team fights—like now, with the Dragon—if your teammates' damage is sufficient, as the one with initiation tools, we should avoid exposing ourselves to enemy vision."

"Like now—carry a true sight, let your teammates fight the Dragon, while we keep our eyes on the enemy carry; if they don't come, fine; if they do, be ready to spend three hundred gold on protection."

"Look at this: the top laner Jax has come to join the fight; the purple team clearly doesn't want to let the Dragon's gold go."

"Card Master?"

"Ignore Card Master—the purple team's combat power lies with Jax and Ashe."

On the YY platform, the livestream room titled "JM Tops National Server."

The real-time viewer count in the upper-right corner had already surpassed one hundred thousand.

Keep in mind, it was still daytime—far from the evening streaming prime time—yet countless LOL fans who entered this stream couldn't tear themselves away.

Like the earlier viewers, they became nodding boys, absorbing every word from this game streamer.

Some even pulled out notebooks, updating gameplay and technique insights in real time—this was scripture!

Because just a second ago, the moment the purple team's Jax and Ashe appeared on screen, Jiang Ming planted a true sight beneath his feet, then activated his W to increase attack power while hiding in the river brush—his Gragas moved.

Again, that incomprehensible move—E-flash!

Pfft!

A white flash of the summoner spell streaked past.

The sound of meaty impact echoed in their ears as the barrel's fat belly slammed into Yan Jinghua's face.

But before Yan Jinghua could scream, an unknown substance was already smeared across her face.

"Oh yeah, taste this!"

【Infernal Flame】

【Explosive Barrel!】

Boom!

Before the Dragon pit, the massive explosion shook every inch of the Rift.

"Damn!"

"What kind of damage is this?"

"I—"

Amid the spilling energy of the barrel, a lifeless AD corpse lay cold.

Instant kill!

Under the combo of E + Infernal Flame + ultimate, the frail Ashe perished instantly.

PDD's Jax was still alive but critically wounded; he was blasted by the barrel's ultimate into the crocodile's face, and although he avoided the later knock-up, the lethal knockback distance was enough for Gogoing to land his Red Rage W.

BlueJM killed PurpleWeixiao!

KillingSpree!

Bluegogoing killed PurplePDD!

Before the team fight even began, the purple team lost two key players; Ming Kai glanced at the Dragon and, with perfect caution, instantly placed a sight and fled the river.

Hmm, his hand speed is so fast it seems poised to break through once again.

【666!】

【Designer, look at him!!】

【Smile, such a huge Caitlyn, full health and gone in an instant?】

【What kind of hand speed is that? E in mid-air followed by Dark Fire plus Flash, and the damage from Q is so fast I can't even see the R.】

【Invincible, the purple side has no chance in the late game.】

WE Base.

Smile stared blankly at his black-and-white screen, his mind completely empty.

Instantly? Instantly killed?

His Caitlyn at full health, the purple side's only advantage point, developed for over ten minutes, and in the team fight he didn't even get to auto-attack once before he was gone?

After a long while, Smile finally came to amidst Curl's repeated calls.

"Are you okay?"

"No, just got hit hard by JM's combo."

"He... I... the Gragas damage was too fast."

Curl's expression was not good either; after all, the Caitlyn was instantly killed by the Gragas right in front of him. As the support protecting the AD, the scene just now was no different from a resounding slap in his face.

For a long time, both of them sighed.

They couldn't figure out why, with only a slight lag in the mid and jungle, the overall rhythm of the new season had exploded into such a state.

If the mid-laner can one-shot the AD in over ten minutes, what's the point of fighting?

After the Dragon team fight ended, Jiang Ming's Gragas had completely entered the realm of an immortal on earth that no one could stop.

Magic Penetration, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Dark Fire on him; as soon as the cooldowns were ready, he would one-shot whoever he caught.

Especially since the purple side didn't have a single true tank; from top to bottom, everyone was squishy.