Decisive Counterattack

Although he claimed it was "difficult," Lin Xiao's bot lane had maintained an advantage from start to finish.

In the early game, Qiao Xinyu's Graves had secured a kill. After recalling, her items were ahead of the enemy Twitch. For a champion like Graves, even a minor item advantage could double his effectiveness.

After all, as the ADC with the highest burst potential in League of Legends, once the Outlaw secured an item lead, the shotgun in his hands would become a terrifying nightmare for his opponents.

A full Q-R burst combo, combined with an E dash to get point-blank and blast the enemy in the chest, left absolutely no room for survival.

It was a matter of life and death, decided in a single trade.

However, while surviving Graves's burst was already a miracle, if his support happened to be Annie, the Dark Child—

Then the opponents truly had zero chance of survival.

The title of the most explosive bot lane duo in League of Legends was definitely not just for show.

5 minutes and 10 seconds into the game.

Lin Xiao controlled Annie to Flash forward, instantly closing the distance between himself and his prey.

Then, his ultimate was unleashed instantly.

"Summon: Tibbers" brought the fiery bear crashing down from the void with a roar, crushing the Purple team's Twitch.

The young girl simultaneously used her E to dash forward, micro-stepping to dodge the enemy Thresh's Q hook, while quickly raising her shotgun—

Q skill, "Buckshot".

R skill, "Collateral Damage".

Fire and smoke erupted wildly as shrapnel tore through the plump body of the target Twitch.

...

"An enemy has been slain."

Hearing the system's announcement, Lin Xiao casually pulled his support Annie back. After the young girl secured the outer bot turret with a few auto-attacks, she also chose to recall.

The bot lane advantage was basically secured.

But in reality, this advantage wasn't overwhelmingly massive.

Lin Xiao pressed Tab to check the enemy Twitch's CS. At 7 and a half minutes, he had 62 CS.

Compared to the young girl's 86 CS, there was indeed a gap, but maintaining such farm under such a disadvantage showed the skill of Tang Lou, the ADC of the Jiu Tian Battle Team.

Furthermore, a champion like Twitch wasn't strong early, but as long as he could farm steadily, his impact in late-game team fights would definitely be higher than Graves's.

"Sigh, it's still tough..."

Lin Xiao muttered.

...

Just past the 10th minute, Tu Dou's top-lane Olaf was ganked again by the enemy jungle Jarvan. Jarvan's ultimate trapped the Berserker. Having taken Ghost instead of Flash, Olaf could only fight like a cornered beast, ultimately failing to trade a kill and dying with regret.

Meanwhile, Dian Dong Zi Li Bang's jungle Lee Sin also attempted a gank, but trying to catch the mid-lane Ahri was simply too difficult.

Jiang Ran's mid-lane Lissandra Flashed forward, attempting to lock down the opponent with her ultimate.

But his mechanics were a fraction of a second too slow.

Right as he Flashed forward, before his ultimate could lock onto Ahri, the latter had already used the first charge of her ultimate, "Spirit Rush," to gracefully dash back, escaping Lissandra's ultimate range.

Trading Flash for nothing was undoubtedly a massive loss.

And this was Jiang Ran's personal mechanical error.

In the YY voice chat, Dian Dong Zi Li Bang sighed: "A bit too slow..."

Jiang Ran remained silent, his lips pressed so tightly they lost their color.

His mental block was still there, unresolved.

He hadn't recovered his peak form at all.

But if this continued, there would be absolutely no suspense left in this game.

...

13 minutes into the game.

Finally, the Purple team of the Jiu Tian Battle Team shifted their focus to the bot lane.

As the jungle Jarvan, Xiong ran straight down from the river, coordinating with his bot lane to aggressively push with the minion wave.

In a 3v2, unless the opponents made a massive mistake under the turret, Lin Xiao and Qiao Xinyu stood absolutely no chance of winning this fight.

So they decisively abandoned the turret and retreated without hesitation.

Ten seconds later, the bot-lane outer turret fell.

"The enemy might go for Dragon."

In the YY voice chat, Dian Dong Zi Li Bang reminded them.

"I'm coming right now!" Tu Dou's voice was still filled with high fighting spirit. Since he didn't have Teleport, he controlled his Olaf to rush down toward the lower jungle on foot.

But because of this, their top-lane outer turret was also going to fall.

Lin Xiao glanced at the minimap: "They won't dare to start Dragon directly."

Although the Purple team of the Jiu Tian Battle Team had seized the initiative, his support Annie and Qiao Xinyu's Graves were well-farmed, posing a massive threat to the opponents.

Especially Lin Xiao's support Annie.

In the narrow terrain around the Dragon pit, Annie's threat was terrifying. If she landed a perfect ultimate on multiple targets, the team fight would instantly turn around.

And Shuang Leng Mo He had also anticipated this.

...

14 minutes and 10 seconds into the game.

Recalling together with Lin Xiao's Annie, Qiao Xinyu's Graves finished buying her items first and left the fountain, heading toward her bot lane.

Just as her Graves stepped past the inner turret to meet an incoming minion wave—

From the brush near the Krugs camp on the left, a cold and enchanting figure suddenly lunged out!

Shuang Leng Mo He's mid-lane Ahri had been waiting in ambush there!

The first charge of "Spirit Rush" brought the Nine-Tailed Fox right in front of Graves in the blink of an eye!

Point-blank, she threw a Charm (E).

The pink heart carrying a fatal charm flew toward her prey. This point-blank Charm was almost guaranteed to hit. If it landed, with Ahri's current AP, a full combo could easily solo-kill Graves without any effort!

"Fuck! Watch out!!"

Having just panned his camera, Dian Dong Zi Li Bang saw this and cried out in panic.

But Qiao Xinyu's state of mind remained as calm as ever.

There was no vision in the brush and no warning of danger. Anyone else would have been caught off guard.

But the young girl's personality was such that she never left any room for lapses in concentration.

She indeed couldn't have known beforehand if there was danger in the brush.

But because of this, whenever she walked past a brush, she was always on high alert—

Guarding against exactly this kind of situation.

In mid-air, the fatal pink heart shot forward.

Almost simultaneously, the young girl tapped her E key like lightning.

Graves's dash, "Quickdraw" (E).

A quick dash.

Graves dashed to the side at the absolute last microsecond. With mind-blowing reaction speed, she dodged the point-blank Charm that seemed completely unavoidable.

Then, her shotgun was instantly raised.

A loud blast echoed.

Fire flared up.

A fierce counterattack!