Shanghai University of Finances clubroom was abuzz. Everyone had their eyes locked on the large LCD screen above the stage. Two players from Team Shanghai were caught out in Blue Teams bottom side jungle! Qiu Les Jinx ran at them from the bot lane, Gnar teleported in from the side, Huang Yangs Lee Sin came running from the top side jungle, and Luo Yus Orianna charged into the jungle from the mid lane!

GO GO GO! GET THAT SHUTDOWN GOLD!

Were finally getting some kills back! Serves them right for being so c.o.c.ky!

Theres no way theyre getting out of this, right?

HAHAHA! FINALLY SOME SWEET JUSTICE! SWEEEEEEEET JUSTICE!

Who do you think will get the kills? Jinx, right? Or maybe Orianna?

I dont care. All I care about is that we finally turn this damn game around and win! GO QIU LE!

DAMN RIGHT! We need to beat those high schoolers!

None of these roars penetrated the double glass of the soundproof booths. There were no distractions for Team Shanghai, only the game in front of them. Lin Feng flicked his mouse to look at his surroundings. His Thresh and Tang Bingyaos Lucian were behind enemy lines. Four champions from Shanghai University of Finances team were collapsing on them. There were only two ways out of this situation. Lin Feng and Tang Bingyao could either run into Blue teams base and commit sudoku, or they could fight a way through Shanghai University of Finances team. Lin Feng chose to go with this second option. He said to Tang Bingyao over the teams voice chat, Click my lantern right after I hit the hook.

Lin Feng placed down his Lantern next to Tang Bingyao and then flashed towards the Red Buff Camp. He walked into the clearing, pulling the string of his lantern to its maximum range. There he waited for a brief moment. He had no vision on the other side of the wall, but he knew when Orianna had left the mid lane. She should walk on the other side of this wall in 3, 2, 1 He activated Death Sentence. Thresh threw his scythe over the jungle wall and hit a blind hook on the Orianna. Click it! he shouted over the teams voice chat. Then he activated the second part of Death Sentence, pulling himself towards Orianna.

Luo Yu stared at his screen, dumbstruck. Then he quickly shook his head and pressed on the Alt and E keys! With alt he targeted himself and with E he cast Command: Protect! Oriannas Ball attached to herself, granting a shield! Luo Yu wanted to follow up with all his damage abilities. He wanted to kill the Thresh and Lucian! But before he could activate another skill, the edges of space warped around his Orianna and materialized in a cage of dark energy!

An Xins Veigar had followed Orianna into Blue teams bottom side jungle. After landing the stun with Event Horizon, she unleashed her full damage combo! W! Q! R! Veigar called a great mass of dark matter to fall from the sky! Then he gathered dark energy at the tip of his staff and hurled it at Orianna with Baleful Strike! He finally unleashed his ultimate skill. PRIMORDIAL BURST! Dark magic gathered around his staff into a miniature star! He fired it at Orianna, the massive explosion of magic draining away nearly all of her health!

Lin Feng and Tang Bingyao arrived in front of Orianna. She was still stunned and Veigars damage had taken away 99% of her health. Both Lin Feng and Tang Bingyao clicked on Orianna, the kill stealing habit strong in both of them. It was Lucians higher attack speed that landed him the kill.

Unstoppable!

The university students spectating the match all fell silent. They stared at the large LCD screen in a daze. Team Shanghais Botlaners were completely out of position. By all rights, they shouldve died! But not only did they survive, they even picked up a kill on their way out of enemy territory! The awareness required to make the right call and the skill to execute it flawlessly was far beyond what these students were capable of.

What?

Did that just happen? Lol. What? How?

That hook on the Orianna. How did he know she was there?

Told you he was cheating! Tell me, how else could he hook Orianna?

Right! Hes a cheater! Like maybe he can look five seconds into the future or something!

Idiot, stop reading so many webnovels

But how else did he know where the Orianna was!? That was so crazy!

Probably because he saw her walk away from the mid lane. He just made an educated guess

Bullshit! Hes a cheater! HE HAS TO BE! NO ONE IS THAT GOOD!

Back in Team Shanghais soundproof booth, Lin Feng was patting himself on the shoulder. He grinned and said over the teams voice chat, Im really good at escaping too! Then he turned to look at BunBun and added, That was a great save! You really helped us out there! I bet that really tilted them!

Shanghai University of Finances team had been pretty annoyed before the first game of the scrimmage even started. That annoyance grew further in the first game, where they got completely outclassed by Team Shanghai. And now, in the second game, they lost it. Team Shanghai had changed their lineup, which felt like the biggest slap in the face to Shanghai University of Finances team. As if Team Shanghai were saying that Shanghai University of Finances team wasnt good enough to face Team Shanghais main team.

There were only 10 minutes played in the second game, but Team Shanghai was already pulling far ahead. Their Veigar and Lucian especially were far stronger than their counterparts on the universitys team. It was the breaking point for Shanghai University of Finances team. They were raging and started making stupid mistakes, like taking fights they knew they shouldnt. But the tilt dictated their play, blind hatred for Team Shanghai causing them to run in every single hook Lin Fengs Thresh threw at them.

After 15 minutes, Shanghai University of Finances team was at a 4,000 gold disadvantage. This difference grew to 6,000 in the following five minutes. It was clear to everyone watching that Team Shanghai was going to win. If this were a normal game, Shanghai University of Finances team would surrender. But this game was too important to them. They absolutely couldnt lose it! So they continued playing, continued making mistakes, and continued falling further and further behind.

Team Shanghai spent the next 10 minutes destroying towers and two out of the three inhibitors from Shanghai University of Finances team. They then took Baron Nashor, using the strong buff it gave to storm Blue teams base. The university team made their last stance beneath the two Nexus towers. It was a short scuffle. A stomp, for it really couldnt be considered a fight. Team Shanghai got five kills, giving away none, and then destroyed the two towers.

The energy in Blue teams nexus twisted and twirled, smashing against the glass cage that contained it. When Team Shanghai broke the barrier, this energy rushed out and morphed into the victory emblem. Team Shanghai had won the best of three series versus Shanghai University of Finance with a resounding 2-0!

Team Shanghai walked out of their soundproof booth into an absolutely silent university clubroom. A hundred pairs of eyes were on them, but no one said anything. Then the door to the other soundproof booth opened. The players from Shanghai University of Finances team walked out, their gazes steady on the floor. They walked up to Team Shanghai and shook hands with the players, trying very hard to look away from their fellow students in the clubroom.

Luo Yu shook Zeng Ruis hand and said with a bitter smile, Good game. You guys were the better team.

Zeng Rui nodded and replied, Thank you. You guys played well. But the smirk on his face told another story. Haha! We beat you! Suck on that!

Lin Feng walked up to Luo Yu and asked, Hey, you said something about your second team, right? Are we going to play a best of three against them next? Are they better than your team?

Everyone in the universitys clubroom turned to look at five people who were trying to sneak away. The five players from Shanghai University of Finances second team stopped where they stood, their eyes shifting around. Then they scratched the back of their heads, whistled and looked up at the ceiling, pretending like they hadnt a clue why everyone was looking at them.

Ah, u-uh, man, the weather sure is great today!

Hey Oh, hey, there. Is that a cobweb? We should go and look for the janitor

Yeah, his office is right around the corner. Lets just go and tell him

Right! We should do that! Come, we dont have any time to waste!

Exactly! We cant let guests see how poorly this place is kept. Lets go yell at the janitors!

Tang Bingyao looked at the members from the universitys second team and said, Pff, what terrible acting.

An Xin winked at Tang Bingyao and said, See? What did I tell you? She didnt wait for a reply and continued herself, That they were going to pay for underestimating us girls! Look at them paying!

Qiu Le watched the players from Team Shanghai leave the clubroom. He then turned to his teammates and said, Dont tell me the other two high school teams at the Collegiate Cup are going to be this good

Xie Qing nodded wide-eyed and mumbled, I hope not

Huang Yang scratched his forehead, using his arm to hide the embarrassment on his face, and said, Cant be. These five have to be the best. They just have to be. It cant be any other way. It cant be!

Luo Yu didnt join in the conversation with his friends and teammates. He watched the players from Team Shanghai walk away until long after theyd left the clubroom. I guess we shouldve seen this coming. I knew how good Zeng Rui was. If he came to me for a scrim, it was because he was confident in his team. We shouldve never underestimated them! But how couldnt we? They had two girls on their team! You just dont see that in competitive League You dont even see it in normal League! But its good we found out about this now. The Winter Collegiate Cup is only a few weeks away. Its going to be interesting. We should prepare for anything.

With a loud sigh, Luo Yu turned to his teammates and said, Alright, quit the moping. We learned a valuable lesson in this scrim. There is still plenty of time until the actual tournament. Lets take the lessons we can from today and focus on our training. He paused for a brief moment and then continued, And when we play against them the next time, were going to beat them Luo Yu suddenly turned back to look in the direction that Team Shanghai left in. Dont tell me he mumbled. Dont tell me they did the role swap in the second game just to throw us off? Was that just a tactic to keep us guessing at how theyre going to play at the Winter Collegiate Cup? Are they thinking that far ahead? No It cant be. Or can it? Was this second game all a trick to throw us off?

Team Shanghai was walking back to the train station, chatting about the scrimmage against the Shanghai University of Finance. The main topic was the role swap, with Lin Feng, Tang Bingyao and Zhang Hao guessing as to why they did it. Lin Feng suddenly smacked his head and shouted, I know! We wanted to hide how good we are!

An Xin nodded at Lin Feng and said, Yep! Youre right! For once. We did the role swap to prevent them from getting too much information on us!

Zeng Rui chimed in, Correct. Theyre our opponent in the East China regionals. That role swap was a smokescreen, because I didnt want them to use these two games to make a game plan against us. I think it worked. They should have a nice headache.

Zhang Hao looked in surprise and shouted, Oh, I see! That makes sense!

Tang Bingyao nodded and said, Mhm. Smart plan.

Lin Feng, on the other hand, shrugged and said, Eh, what does it matter? Were going to stomp them anyway!

Zeng Rui felt his eyebrow twitching again, something that was happening a lot in recent weeks. He gritted his teeth and wanted to punch Lin Feng, but he held himself back. He took a deep, calming breath and looked at Lin Feng. He always has a big mouth and he sounds like a thundering dumbass! But he also always wins. Hes better than everyone else. And hes only getting better. I dont even know how exactly, but hes winning easier? I dont know how hes doing it, but hes far better than we are. He has a reason to be so confident. He shook his head. But thats no reason to be c.o.c.ky. He should learn from BunBun. He finally said, In any case, we just have to keep practicing. The tournament starts on December 8th. Thats in a week and a half already and weve got a lot more room for improving.

Oh! Lin Feng exclaimed. Thats only a few days after Tang Tangs birthday! Her birthday is on the 4th of December! Thats only a few days!

An Xin glanced over at Lin Feng and mumbled, Idiot.