The sound faded.
Bao Lan’s fingers slammed down on the W key.
Brutal Strikes!
The River Crab’s health bar instantly dropped two notches, its flat, round body flying a short distance towards RNG like a loose arrow.
…
Both sides were still engaged in a tug-of-war.
Xiaohu looked at the Swift Scuttler, which had returned to the river and was drawing closer.
He froze for a second, almost bursting into laughter.
He spoke into his headset: “Bao Lan’s play is like a god’s divine intervention. As a professional player, you don’t even miss a W-Q combo!”
Mlxg responded with a chuckle: “He just gave us the Swift Scuttler for free, provides us with vision, and a bit of extra gold. Sweet.”
Uzi also felt some confusion.
He thought such a basic blunder shouldn’t happen in a professional match.
But after pondering for a while.
He still couldn't understand.
Only Jiang Chen, whose overall strength had reached the level of “minute details”,
realized.
“Careful…”
As soon as these two words left his mouth, the Crocodile hidden in the triangular brush activated his ultimate, smashing an exploding fruit and charging into RNG’s backline.
The RNG players were initially taken aback.
Then they erupted in glee.
Ming’s Alistar unleashed his E, Zenith Blade, first!
The rest of the RNG players were eager to deal with the Crocodile.
“Ding!”
The Crocodile, with his ultimate activated, didn’t hesitate for a second and pressed his Zhonya’s Hourglass.
At this moment, Uzi’s Kai’Sa had taken two kills early on, and soloed a tower, acquiring the Essence Reaver, the Hextech Gunblade, and Berserker’s Greaves. The Gunblade had already stacked to 750 layers, and her damage was absurdly high.
TheShy’s decision.
Was perfectly fine.
Renekton’s massive body transformed into a golden statue.
All of RNG's attention was on the Crocodile.
The Blind Monk, who had been waiting for his chance in the shadows, kept his hands steady and eyes focused as he pressed the Q key.
He activated his second Echo Strike.
He immediately flew towards the River Crab.
The clothes the Blind Monk wore fluttered, and the golden dragon tattooed on the back of his shirt gleamed brightly.
In this instant.
The eyes of the world were on Ning’s Blind Monk.
Sitting in the team booth, Ning focused intently and, as he neared the River Crab, swiftly placed a ward, then activated his W to flash towards Xiaohu and unleashed a Q.
…
A single Dragon Tail.
He kicked Xiaohu’s LeBlanc back from the crowd.
And!
He used R-flash to adjust his position.
He simultaneously landed his ultimate on Uzi.
The entire set of skills was executed flawlessly, like flowing water.
After completing this, he activated his Zhonya’s to dodge the incoming damage.
In that moment, the Blind Monk became a beacon of light, illuminating the IG players who were on the brink of defeat.
In 2018, Ning wasn’t yet the Shoe King, but as the S World Championship FMVP, his strength was truly beyond belief.
…
“Amazing.”
“Ning, that play was insane.”
Rookie and Bao Lan praised simultaneously.
Despite talking.
Their hands and skill execution were exceptionally smooth.
As LeBlanc landed, Bao Lan’s Alistar followed with his Q, "Earth Shatter", while Rookie in the midlane unleashed his "Warlord’s Decret", and JackeyLove's Xayah joined in to deliver the final blow, eliminating LeBlanc.
At the same time, they maintained the integrity of their formation and pressed towards RNG’s side.
But sitting in the team booth, Xiaohu.
His fingers had already pressed the flash key countless times.
The keyboard echoed with “clang clang clang”!
But even until his death, he was unable to flash out.
“Go go go, retreat!”
“We can give up this dragon.”
Xiaohu's anxious voice came through RNG’s communication headset.
As soon as his stun wore off, Uzi, along with his RNG teammates, backed away a little.
He ignored Xiaohu, instead turning to Jiang Chen and asking: “Old Jiang, what do we do now? Can we still fight?”
Ming and Mlxg also glanced at Jiang Chen, their gazes shifting to him in unison…
Jiang Chen seemed oblivious to his teammates’ gazes.
His eyes were fixated on the computer screen, his expression calm and collected as he said: “They’ll gather together to take the dragon.”
“The mushrooms I planted in the dragon pit haven’t been cleared yet. Later, Ming, you use your ultimate first, try to hit both their carries. I’ll toss the mushrooms to deal AoE damage, and Uzi, you follow up with your damage.”
“Okay.”
Everyone nodded in agreement without any objections.
It wasn’t clear since when, but Jiang Chen had slowly become the backbone of the RNG team.
Remember’s voice, broadcast through speakers placed around Incheon Square, said: “Ning’s play was so imaginative. Using Alistar to headbutt the Swift Scuttler, then following up with his Echo Strike to kick back Xiaohu and eliminate him instantly.”
“Yes!”
“His performance in these three matches has been amazing, especially this game. Even after losing the early game, he still found such an opportunity.”
Zeyuan pulled at his sleeve and took over the conversation.
“Okay, we see that RNG is still engaged near the dragon pit. They seem unwilling to let go of this Infernal Dragon.”
“But this time, they’re missing their midlaner. It’s even smarter to just give up the dragon.”
Every single RNG fan in the venue clenched their fists tightly and stared at the screen in the middle of the arena, afraid to miss even the slightest detail.