Chapter 65: The Wolf Pack and the Wolf King

"Great Dragon vision, take it then we push high ground, one wave to flatten the match."

Pang Ran opened the stats interface, checked the equipment gap between both sides, and after the mid-lane Orianna's Zhonya's and the top-lane Guardian Angel had both been updated, finally sent the signal on Baron Nashor.

In this game, NXG's tactical focus was basically revolving around the overfed top-lane Renekton, targeting the split-pushing Kennen, or when the opponent moved people to protect the top laner, they would switch lanes to gank the bottom.

Killing and pushing towers; after mastering absolute vision in the jungle, they didn't let the enemy see the Dragon spawn once, and hardly fought any teamfights with the opponent.

"Old Xu, be careful yourself!"

"Alright, no problem. In the name of the Great Dragon, this old man allows you to go follow the Jungler Father first." Xu Jing said in a joking manner.

"Twenty minutes is too hard to endure. The Great Dragon buff doesn't add push effects anyway; we can go up just the same."

"You kid, starting to get arrogant again. Be careful Brother Ming gives you extra training when we get back."

"Ai ai, no no no, I was just talking big."

The situation was vastly superior; the players' concentrated attention could relax slightly during the gaps of buying items at the fountain. Xu Jing wasn't wrong; according to the current economic gap and the strength of S3 turrets, rushing the high ground was completely fine, but the captain had already instructed before the match to try and make the professional debut look as good as possible.

Considering the purple side's top, jungle, and support ultimates had some room to play on the high ground, the NXG crowd wasn't too eager to destroy the high ground turrets and crystals; their tactical focus was mainly on the outer turrets of all three lanes and jungle resources.

"The crystal is sitting there. Sometimes not pushing it expands the economic gap far more than destroying it early."

Thinking of this sentence Brother Ming had explained to him during decision-making command, Pang Ran could only say he was in awe, prostrate with admiration.

Both were ladder players; when he in ranked only knew how to kill and get gold, the other person had already calculated the super minion money into the equation.

After giving the orders, another famous scene that made the audience outside the screen's hair stand on end appeared in the game footage.

NXG's five members recalled to base simultaneously, changed gear simultaneously, and then every single one of their equipment slots was neatly filled with a dazzlingly bright Sight Ward.

Among them, except for the top laner Song Yuan who had the best economy but not enough equipment slots and only bought one True Sight ward, the other four all had a configuration of one True Sight and one Sight Ward.

With vision established, the jungle and support went first; the Renekton cleared the bottom lane minion wave, reached the purple side's first turret, and then immediately vanished.

Varus cleared the minion wave alone in the mid lane, but after the minions crossed the mid line, he didn't advance further. From the purple side's perspective, one could only occasionally see a Piercing Arrow fly out from the darkness, taking out a few ranged minions responsible for damage.

The match on the field was entering its end, yet the live stream comments and various discussions synchronized to Tieba were becoming increasingly fiery.

【BLQG has no way to play!】

【The jungle is pitch black, all three lanes are suppressed, can't even get out of the turrets.】

【Crucially, the left side is also incredibly steady, giving no chance at all; the only two kills were traded while tanking the turret during a multi-person gank over the turret.】

【Is this the professional league of LoL? Too trash.】

【Pfft, if the person above has the guts, show your rank. Not even talking about NXG, just pulling anyone out of BLQG could beat you into the dirt.】

【On the professional stage you laugh at me getting bloodily beaten by the opponent; in ranked, what should you call me?】

【Actually, I think it is precisely this gap that lets us feel what a professional team is. The purple side is at best a high-rank solo queue with good coordination and some tactical understanding; the NXG on the left is the true professional powerhouse.】

【From the start of the match until now, I haven't even seen a scene where someone on the left got greedy, rushed in, and got caught alone.】

【(Laughing crying) Look at the faces of BLQG's five brothers; they compare to cooked sweet potatoes.】

【Don't laugh; if it were you, you'd be red too. Playing a professional match like someone is forcing you to quit internet addiction.】

【NXG seems like a wolf pack; once the commander gives an order, every other position executes it very well.】

【Wolf pack?】

【Jm is the Wolf King then.】

In the final moments, it was likely that courage in the heart finally conquered cowardice.

BLQG, not wanting their first match of their professional career to end in such shame, chose to charge into the Baron pit to fight a decisive battle with NXG.

"Courage is commendable!"

The commentators Wa Wa and Joker on stage gave extremely high praise.

And then...

And then there was no then.

The red zone vision was entirely in NXG's hands; every movement of the purple side's heroes was seen crystal clear.

The Imperial Prince and Kennen couldn't find a good angle to engage; trying to turn the tables with a perfect ultimate was out of the question.

Not to mention, when the Imperial Prince used his EQ combo to rush in, he was kicked away by Lee Sin in one second; along with Kennen, they both flashed again, and waiting for the two of them were Janna's Q and R dual controls.

Just looking at the equipment gap between the two sides at this moment, the nearly fed-to-death Kennen could not stir up any waves.

On the big screen, the ultimate-level Renekton who had activated his ultimate chased BLQG's two carries alone, while the top, jungle, and support trio behind him were easily dealt with by Orianna and Varus.

With Orianna developing extremely well, one Q and R left not much work for Varus, who already had three-and-a-half items.

In contrast, the Caitlyn fed by the entire BLQG team only had Infinity Edge and Zeal on her body; the final Lord Dominik's Regards couldn't be crafted, basic attacks simply couldn't hit Song Yuan's Renekton. As for the mid-lane Twisted Fate, whose ultimate looked like decoration all game... well, pulling a yellow card to buy the AD some time was his only contribution to this teamfight.

ACE!

The cold announcement of a team wipe came from the venue speakers.

The audience on site cheered and applauded; some players who were watching an esports match at a venue for the first time were also infected by the atmosphere and joined the queue.

"NXG!"

"NXG!"

"NXG!"

Zero-for-five plus Baron; the huge equipment gap meant BLQG couldn't even focus fire and instantly kill a squishy support.

NXG didn't drag on anymore; they pushed all the way, and before the purple side heroes all respawned, they dismantled from the high ground turret all the way to the crystal.

"Ah, in the end our BLQG team still didn't manage to stop NXG's push."

"NXG's five members moved in unison, just clicking the base."

"The base is exploded; let us congratulate NXG!"

"Congratulations to NXG for taking the victory in the first match."

The audience in the arena cheered and applauded without cease, completely won over by NXG's performance.

Their strength was formidable, their playstyle a joy to watch, and most crucially, it seemed you could truly learn something from this NXG team.

Oh, I remember now; NXG's boss is Jm, who has long since uploaded various advanced LOL gameplay techniques and tactical ideas online.

Mom, this streamer is truly conscientious! To prove his tutorial videos are effective, he actually formed a team specifically to prove it in a professional tournament!

Thus, the audience's cheers seemed all the more sincere.

"Wuhu, we took it!"

"Nice, brothers, we've entered the promotion zone."

On the competition stage, the NXG players removed their headsets, stood up, and high-fived to celebrate their victory.