Chapter 65

“With the Elder Dragon, we take the high ground and push straight through to win the match.”

Pang Ran opened the stats interface, checked the gear gap between both teams, and after confirming that their midlaner’s Zhongya and top laner’s Revive Armor had both been fully upgraded, finally signaled the Nashor.

In this match, NXG’s tactical focus centered entirely around their top laner Song Yuan’s hyper-fed crocodile, targeting Kai Nan’s overextended lane or rotating to flank the bottom lane when the enemy shifted forces to protect their top.

With kills and turret destruction secured, and absolute vision of the jungle maintained, NXG never let the enemy see the Elder Dragon respawn and rarely engaged in large-scale team fights.

“Xu, watch yourself!”

“Got it, no problem—on account of the Elder Dragon, old man here grants you permission to go chase after the jungler dad.” Xu Tao pretended to joke.

“Twenty minutes is too long to wait; the Elder Dragon buff doesn’t even boost pushing power—we can just go up there anyway.”

“You little brat, getting cocky again? Watch out—Ming-ge will give you extra training when you get back.”

“Hey hey, no no no, I was just blowing off steam.”

With the game decisively in their favor, the players’ intense focus eased slightly during their brief returns to base for item upgrades; Xu Tao wasn’t wrong—given the current gold gap and the S3 tower’s strength, pushing straight to the high ground was entirely feasible. But their captain had already instructed them before the match: make their professional debut look as polished as possible.

Considering the purple team’s top, jungle, and support all had ultimate abilities with strong utility on the high ground, NXG didn’t rush to destroy the inhibitor tower or nexus. Their tactical emphasis remained on the outer turrets across all lanes and jungle resources.

“Sometimes, leaving the nexus untouched is more effective at widening the gold gap than destroying it early.”

Recalling Ming-ge’s lesson on this very point, Pang Ran could only admire him utterly.

While he himself, as a ranked player, still only knew how to chase kills for gold, Ming-ge had already factored in the cost of super minions.

After giving the orders, a scene that sent chills through the spectators outside the game appeared on-screen.

NXG’s five players returned to base simultaneously, upgraded their gear simultaneously, and each of their item slots was now uniformly filled with gleaming control wards.

Among them, only top laner Song Yuan, who had the highest gold, lacked enough item slots and bought only one true sight ward; the other four each carried one true and one false ward.

With vision secured, the jungle and support moved first; the crocodile cleared the bottom lane minions to the purple team’s first tower, then vanished.

Wei Lusi cleared waves alone in mid lane, but once the minions crossed the center line, he stopped advancing. From the purple team’s perspective, they occasionally saw a piercing arrow fly out of the darkness, taking out a few ranged minions.

The match neared its end, yet the live chat and forum discussions synced with the stream grew even more heated.

【BLQG has no chance!】

【The jungle is completely black; all three lanes are under pressure; we can’t even leave our towers.】

【Worse, the left side is ridiculously solid—giving zero openings. The only two kills they got were from multi-person dives where they traded towers.】

【Is this what professional League of Legends looks like? So trash.】

【Pfft, guy above, if you’re so confident, show your rank. Don’t even mention NXG—anyone from BLQG could roast you into oblivion.】

【On the pro stage you laugh at me getting crushed by the enemy; in ranked, what should you call me?】

【Actually, I think it’s precisely this gap that lets us understand what a real professional team is. The purple side is just a high-ranked duo with decent coordination and basic tactics; NXG on the left is the real professional powerhouse.】

【Since the match started, I haven’t seen a single moment where anyone on the left side got too greedy and got picked off.】

【(laughing crying) Look at the faces of BLQG’s five guys—they look like boiled sweet potatoes.】

【Don’t laugh—if you were them, you’d be red too. Playing a pro match feels like being forced into internet detox.】

【NXG is like a wolf pack—the commander gives the order, and every position executes perfectly.】

【A wolf pack?】

【Then Jiang Ming is the wolf king.】

…

In the final moments, courage finally overcame fear.

BLQG, unwilling to end their professional debut in such disgrace, charged into the Elder Dragon pit to fight NXG head-on.

“Brave move!”

The commentators, Wa Wa and Joker, gave high praise.

Then…

Then there was nothing else.

The red side’s vision was entirely controlled by NXG; every movement of the purple team’s champions was laid bare.

The prince and Kai Nan had no viable angle to engage; landing a perfect ultimate to turn the game around was out of the question.

Not to mention the prince’s E-Q combo was kicked away by the blind monk in a second; alongside Kai Nan, they used Flash again—only to be met with the wind goddess’s Q-R double crowd control.

Even ignoring all that, the sheer gear gap meant the nearly-guilted Kai Nan couldn’t stir up the slightest ripple.

On the big screen, the ultimate crocodile chased down BLQG’s two carries alone, while NXG’s top, jungle, and support easily dispatched the rest with Fiddlesticks and Wei Lusi.

The perfectly developed Orianna landed one Q-R combo; there was little left for Wei Lusi, who already had three-and-a-half items, to do.

In contrast, BLQG’s entire team fed ADC Jhin, who carried only Infinity Edge and Bloodthirster, never even completing Last Whisper—his auto-attacks couldn’t even chip Song Yuan’s crocodile. As for the midlaner Twisted Fate, whose ultimate had been useless all game… well, the only contribution he made this fight was drawing a yellow card to buy the ADC a few extra seconds.

ACE!

The cold announcement of the team wipe echoed through the arena speakers.

The live audience erupted in cheers and applause; some first-time esports spectators were swept up in the moment and joined in.

“NXG!”

“NXG!”

“NXG!”

A zero-for-five Elder Dragon kill, coupled with the massive gear gap, meant BLQG couldn’t even focus down a single squishy support.

NXG didn’t hesitate—they pushed forward relentlessly, tearing down the high ground towers all the way to the nexus before the purple team’s champions could respawn.

…

“Ah, in the end, our BLQG team couldn’t stop NXG’s advance.”

“NXG’s five moved as one—just pointed at the base.”

“The base has been destroyed—let’s congratulate NXG!”

“Congratulations to NXG on winning their first match!”

The crowd inside the arena continued cheering and applauding, utterly impressed by NXG’s performance.

Their skill was immense, their play beautiful to watch, and most importantly—you could genuinely learn something from watching NXG.

Oh, I remember now—NXG’s owner is Jiang Ming; he’d already uploaded countless advanced League of Legends plays and tactical concepts online.

Mom, this streamer is so sincere—he actually formed a team to prove his teaching videos work by entering the pro scene!

Thus, the audience’s cheers felt all the more genuine.

“Wuhu, we got it!”

"Nice, guys—we're in the advancement zone now."

On stage, NXG’s players removed their headsets, stood up, and raised their hands in celebration.