Chapter 65: Put some pressure on the teammates

"What true damage?"

Tianhe369 on the team was also stunned. What kind of thing is true damage? "The game updated today. I remember Corki's passive was changed."

A Shui spoke up to remind them, saying: "Didn't you guys read it?"

Everyone:... They might have studied the game updates immediately under normal circumstances, but after being swept by G2 at the MSI yesterday, what mood did they have to study the so-called version update notes?

"Then it's fine."

Xiao Nai You took a deep breath and said: "I was careless just now. I didn't know Corki's damage was so exaggerated."

"I played a game on the Korean server today and ran into a Hail of Blades Corki. The damage from the armor penetration build he used was huge."

Tian Ye reminded: "Tian, go to the mid lane later to help him clear the wave."

"Sure."

Meanwhile, in Su Xing's team voice chat, it was full of praise like "awesome" and "666." Even TheShy, who wasn't good with words, couldn't help but say, "Very strong, very strong."

As teammates, Uzi, TheShy, and the others didn't actually see clearly what happened in the mid lane to cause the kill, but the viewers in the livestream saw it clearly! This Corki didn't do anything; he just dashed up with his W skill and then turned on his E skill to spray, and Hwei's health bar just evaporated into thin air! "Don't understand, let me ask: is the streamer playing a new hero?"

"No, buddy, why does your Corki look different from the one in the tournament?"

"Is this the kind of damage a marksman hero should have?"

"Do the designers even play the game? Damn, which hero can one-shot a full-health mage with one set of skills at level three?"

"Talon and Katarina say: come, come, from now on Corki is the assassin hero."

"Did this guy steal techniques from the Korean server? I saw a Hail of Blades Corki on the Korean server OB today killing people like pigs in a 1000-LP game, and I was thinking about learning his build."

"Is there a possibility that the person you saw on the Korean server is the streamer?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible. That person's win rate is huge and it should be a super account. He's already at 1000 LP after playing less than 100 games in total. It might be a smurf account of some youth training mid laner."

"Indeed, the streamer is just an old man. If he can reach 1000 LP, that means I can go pro. Absolutely impossible."

"Steal a technique; feels like a hero for climbing ranks."

"Steal my ass, this is a pure stat-check hero!"

"Stats? What stats?"

At this moment, when Su Xing had saved up 1100 gold to go home and update his equipment, he caught a glimpse of a bullet comment saying Corki was a stat-check hero and couldn't help but joke: "How can we Corki players have stats? We play with talent and operation."

Afterwards, Su Xing went home to buy a Serrated Dirk and then teleported back to the lane to continue laning against Xiao Nai You. After suffering a loss once, Xiao Nai You began to become cautious. As soon as he moved a step forward, he immediately used his W skill to retreat.

The days in other lanes were not so easy. TheShy in the top lane was okay; at least he couldn't gain an advantage because he was heavily taken care of by the opposing jungler. But looking at the bottom lane, Uzi and Bao Lan had been suppressed from the moment the minion wave appeared until now.

By comparing the CS gap between the two ADs, one could judge how miserable Uzi was in the bottom lane. Perhaps the only thing to be thankful for was that although they couldn't win, they hadn't started giving the opponent kills yet.

If it continued to develop in this balanced trend, it wouldn't be bad, but after seven minutes, Ning, for some unknown reason, invaded the opponent's bottom jungle and was caught on the spot by Tian and the bottom lane duo.

"Wait, where are the people?"

Ning had a face full of question marks. Buddy, I'm just stealing a jungle camp, why did the whole bottom lane come over?

"We don't have lane priority..."

Bao Lan explained patiently: "How can we go over?" "But..."

Just as Ning wanted to say something else, Su Xing spoke up.

"You said at the start that you wanted to play in the top jungle, and now you're invading the opponent's bottom jungle?"

Hearing this, Ning subconsciously wanted to retort, but the words stuck in his throat.

The team atmosphere suddenly fell into an indescribable awkwardness. Bao Lan and Uzi also hurriedly spoke about the bottom lane's problems, trying to ease the atmosphere. However, it was difficult for someone with Ning's personality—who eats soft but not hard—to take the initiative to bow his head and admit his mistake.

Regarding this, Su Xing was not in a hurry. Anyway, he had plenty of ways to make someone with Ning's personality soften up.

"Everyone isn't young anymore."

Su Xing said slowly: "You let a group of old men lane against active professional players; just be happy if you don't die. Do you still think everyone is in their seventeen-year-old state?"

He was putting pressure on himself!

When Ning heard this sentence, the first thought in his heart was that Su Xing was putting pressure on him!

"I..."

Ning stopped mid-sentence.

For a moment, his brain couldn't turn around; he didn't know what he wanted to say at all.

"You what?"

Su Xing said word by word: "You were the one who said at the start to play in the top jungle. OK, I solo-killed in the mid lane, but I didn't see you play in the top jungle. Is TheShy weaker in the top lane than the opponent's top laner, or what? How many times has the opposing jungler gone there? You haven't been there once since the start, have you?"

"Either you listen to me, and if we lose, I'll take the blame—the viewers in the livestream can come and scold me—or you do whatever you want. When problems arise, don't just say 'not me, buddy' every time."

Everyone:... At this moment, even TheShy was stunned. Why did they start arguing while playing so well? He thought Su Xing was angry because of Ning's actions. He paused for a moment and explained in broken Chinese: "It's okay, I'm not afraid of the opposing jungler, don't argue."

"Don't misunderstand. Su Xing's tone is just like this; he's not targeting you."

Uzi added: "During this time, when he plays practice games with us old men, as long as he is allowed to review and command, he speaks in this tone. If I don't follow instructions or make too many mistakes, even a passing dog would be scolded by him a couple of times."

"Ah?"

Bao Lan was stunned. No, buddy, you are Uzi, how dare he scold you?

"What's there to be surprised about? If you don't believe me, just ask the viewers in the livestream."

Uzi smiled awkwardly and said: "It's just a game. Nobody wants to lose. If you want to win, listen to Su Xing."

The implication was already very obvious. Regardless of whether Ning was a champion or an FMVP in the past, that was already in the past.

Now you are a retired old man. No one will accommodate you because of past glory. Either listen to the command and let others take the blame if you lose, or have your own ideas and don't complain about your teammates when problems arise.

"OK, my bad."

Ning was silent for a few seconds, and finally softened his tone and said: "Then I'll listen to you."

From his tone, one could still tell that Ning was more or less unconvinced at this moment, but... Su Xing didn't care, because his real purpose was to dampen Ning's arrogance.

(End of chapter)