Zhang Hao was just about jumping in his chair, barely keeping his attention on his monitor. He had his Lissandra retreat to her outer tower and then recalled back to base. He finally couldnt hold it in any longer. He threw both of his fists up in the air and shouted, YOU GOT THE DOUBLE! SWEET! He leaned forward to look around An Xin at Lin Feng and continued, That was such an awesome turn around kill! The way you sidestepped the Charm and then Flashed the RekSai! It was, it was... WOW!

I was sweating for you there! Zhang Hao exclaimed. He shook his head and laughed, his heart slamming into his ribcage. That was so tense! I thought for sure you were dead like five times! He kept shaking his head, incredulous. Lin Feng is playing against a pro! I thought for sure he was going to lose! How the fuck was he going to win against an actual, real life, former pro! But he is! HES WINNING! Holy shit! He just outplayed a professional player! HE OUTPLAYED A PROFESSIONAL PLAYER! He clenched his fist and shouted, You outplayed a professional player, dude! Oh my god! You outplayed AyDeeCee! Youre amazing! Shit, youre so amazing! What was I even worried about? You always win! You even stomp pros!

An Xin watched Zhang Hao losing it and giggled. She winked at Lin Feng and said, Hes right, that was a nice job. You didnt even need me for that one.

Mhm! Good job! Tang Bingyao chimed in. She then glanced at Lin Feng, her lips curling up and forming small dimples in her cheeks. Her eyes started beaming in a mix of envy and joy and tinges of red painted the tips of her ears. I knew you could do it! You always do it! Mhm! Youre the best!

Zeng Rui turned his head to look at Lin Feng. The thundering dumbass went and did it, somehow. That was way too risky. If hed died, wed have lost the game right then and there! But its always like this. He does the weird shit that can lose us a game! It just always works out for him He always makes it work. He shook his head lightly and said, Well done. Keep it up and we can win. He then turned his attention back to his monitor. His Alistar had just arrived back in the bot lane. Top is doing well, mid is doing better again and bot, well were sort of even right now. Plus we got the Dragon! Can we actually win this one? We might...

Lin Feng was usually the first to congratulate himself for a good play. He always jumped on any and every compliment that came his way. More often than not, hed even complain when people didnt give him the recognition he felt he deserved. But not right now. The compliments flew right by him. His eyes were locked on his monitor. On Ahri. Her corpse disappeared from the mid lane. Shes respawned. He bit on his lips and then said over the teams voice chat, Thanks, but its not enough. Shi Hang is way better than this.

Team Shanghai had a good couple of minutes in their first game against Zhejiang University. Each lane had found some manner in which they picked up a kill to fight their way into the game. But that was far from enough. Zhejiang University was one of the best teams in the entire Winter Collegiate Cup. They had the better Toplaner and the better ad-carry. More importantly, their team had been playing together for years, and Shi Hang switching in didnt change much in that regard. He was more than good enough to adapt to his teammates at this level of play.

At 11 minutes, Zhejiang Universitys Jungler found his way to the top lane to help Rumble pick up a kill on Lissandra. Zhang Hao had grown too confident after his own kill and especially after watching Lin Feng pick up the double kill in the mid lane. He overextended and couldnt retreat to safety before his health bar bottomed out. The top lane started shifting back into Zhejiang Universitys favour.

At 13 minutes, Shi Hangs Ahri pushed the minion wave in the mid lane and then roamed to the bot lane for a gank. Zeng Rui and Tang Bingyao were late to react. They were forced into a rushed retreat. Tang Bingyaos Ezreal used Arcane Shift into Flash to blink a large distance and also had to blow Heal just to survive. And even then she only survived because Zeng Ruis Alistar sacrificed himself by Headbutting Sun Ruinians Vayne away. Zhejiang University killed Alistar, then went on to destroy the outer tower in the bot lane before turning their attention towards the Dragon and killing it.

Rollfire sat at the caster desk with the biggest grin possible on his face. He couldnt be happier with how the game was developing. Those stupid representatives are losing! HA! Now to play it He breathed in deeply and then sighed loudly into the microphone. He waited a brief moment before saying, That was a perfect roam by AyDeeCee, exactly what we expected from a professional player! Theres just nothing Team Shanghai can do about him. Hes too good. He shook his head, then grinned and added, Though it has to be said that Varus shouldve reacted a little faster there.

Silent Reed scrunched her eyebrows when she heard Rollfires last remark. She turned to look at him and then asked, Reacted faster? What? She was so surprised by his comment that it took her brain a moment to process it. Then she shook her head and explained, Varus is a Champion that has to farm and scale up, like we discussed before the game. Hes nothing like a high mobility assassin like Ahri who is known for roaming around the map and getting kills. She quickly pulled out her phone again and opened the Baidu page detailing Varus before adding, Varus has to do two things. Push the lane when Ahri disappears and put pressure to make her come back. Then he also has to warn his teammates that shes missing from the lane. He can do that with a careful ping or by warning them over voice chat.

You read that out perfectly! Rollfire said, laughing. That guide is really helping you out, ey? He chuckled for a bit before adding, Varus indeed wants to scale up to be ready for teamfights and for sieging the opponents base. But he cant just let the Ahri run free either. And this isnt just any Ahri. This is AyDeeCee!

Lin Feng stared at his monitor, frowning. I can beat Shi Hang all I want, but I need to beat their entire team. Maybe I can do that in solo queue. It is what I basically did at the Shanghai 16 School Tournament... But Shi Hang, no, hes far better than any other Midlaner Ive played against recently. He isnt some average player. Hes good. I cant carry this game 1vs5 with him on their team. He chewed on his lips. If I want to beat him, I need to throw all my attention on the mid lane. I wont have the spare bandwidth to look at the other lanes and help them out too.

The mid lane was full of action. Lin Feng was fighting Shi Hang and pushing him back. But then Shi Hang would roam the map, find Tang Bingyao or Zhang Hao slightly out of position, and pick up a kill. Every time he leaves, he comes back stronger. I can push. But I cant help Tang Tang and Zhang Hao survive his roams. Varus just isnt the Champion for that! How can I help them?

Lin Feng panned his camera across Summoners Rift. But he was forced to focus back on the mid lane. I cant. I just cant take my focus off the mid lane! I need all my focus here to beat Shi Hang! He gritted his teeth, frustrated. Then he narrowed his eyes. I promised them to leave Shi Hang to me. Ill win the mid lane. Thats what I told them Id do, so thats what Ill do! There just isnt more I can do. The rest is up to them. He forced a smile on his lips, though his eyes didnt show joy. Its not like theyre bad either! Theyre my teammates and I fully trust them! They can win! Yeah! I trust them and they can win! I just need to trust them!

The third Dragon was spawning in the dragon pit at 19:45 minutes. Both teams started setting up their wards in the river a minute earlier. But it was Zhejiang University who dictated when and where the wards were placed. They were moving around as five and pushing Team Shanghai around, keeping them far away from the Jungle entrance across the dragon pit.

The scoreboard read 6 kills for Team Shanghai to 8 for Zhejiang University and the gold difference was only 2,000 in Zhejiang Universitys favour, but the game wasnt anywhere near as even as this score would suggest. The 2,000 gold discrepancy came almost completely down to Sun Ruinian and Tang Bingyao. Vayne was strong and had hit her power spike, while Tang Bingyaos Ezreal was struggling to get the items needed to start becoming a threat.

Ouyang sat on the edge of his seat in the stands. He was looking from the large LCD screen above the stage, down to the soundproof booths, before turning his head to look up at the casters. And finally, fidgeting with his fingers, he turned to look at his friends. He asked, Theyre setting up for a teamfight, right? Were getting into the teamfight phase of this game. This is gonna be it, yeah?

Yang Fan nodded. He pushed his glasses up the rim of his nose and replied, It indeed looks like it. And its not looking too great for our team. Tang Tang is too far behind Sun Ruinian. And BunBun spent quite a bit of time helping Zhang Hao, but they failed to keep Rumble down. His ultimate will hurt. Lin Feng is basically the only one whos really strong right now. And even he is only just as strong as AyDeeCee

Come on, guys! Dont be so down! Ren Rou exclaimed. She looked at the long faces around her and continued, This is Lin Feng were talking about! He carries every game he plays! Hell carry this teamfight! And Im sure BunBun will have something special planned! Tang Tang will also definitely find a great angle to deal damage! Were going to win this!

Yang Fan chuckled and shook his head. He replied, I want to believe you. I really do. But the facts are telling a different story.

At 20 minutes, Zhejiang University had gathered up as five in Red teams bottom side Jungle. Team Shanghai was waiting for them just down the river. Both teams were walking back and forth, searching for an opening to engage. Zhejiang Universitys Leona suddenly flashed forward and raised her sword up to the sky. She called down a Solar Flare! The flash of brightness from the sun slammed down on the Rift! When the explosion settled, three stunned members from Team Shanghai were revealed. Jarvan IV, Alistar and Lissandra.

Rumble followed up on Leonas engage with The Equalizer! He clicked a button on his mechanical suit and fired six rockets from the missile launchers on his back! They arced through the sky and exploded in a straight line on the ground, right on top of Leonas ultimate! Jarvan IV, Alistar and Lissandra were engulfed in a wall of flames that damaged and slowed them!

Shi Hang had his Ahri move along the long wall separating Red teams Jungle from the river. He watched the action happening in the river and grinned. Where are you going, Ezreal? He activated Ahris ultimate skill. Spirit Rush! Ahri dashed through the Jungle wall into the river and appeared right in front of Ezreal! She blew Ezreal a kiss, a magical heart manifesting in the air and smacking against Ezreal! Charmed!

Everything in the world disappeared before Ezreals eyes, except for Ahri. She became his everything! His knees felt weak as he stumbled in her direction. Fox-Fires hit him and burned his skin, as did the unquenchable flames from Ignite! But he didnt feel pain, only love. The Orb of Deception punched through him, sapping the life out of him! Then it turned around behind him to hit him for a second time, but he didnt even know this was happening. He only knew he wanted to be closer to Ahri.

Spirit Rush! Shi Hang pressed down on the R key for a second time. His Ahri dashed back across the wall into Red teams Jungle. He panned his camera to look at the Ezreal, whose health dropped down to single digits. The last tick from Ignite will do that!

You have slain an enemy!

The other players from Zhejiang University charged out from their Jungle and engaged Team Shanghai! Rumble and Leona clashed with Jarvan IV, Lissandra and Alistar, while RekSai dug a tunnel underneath them to arrive right in front of Lin Fengs Varus!

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes and cursed, Crap! He punched down on his R key! Varus raised his bow and fired Chains of Corruption at RekSai! The two purple glowing ribbons wrapped around RekSai and rooted her to the ground! Then they started multiplying, searching for other Champions to jump to. But there was no other Champion from Zhejiang University in range. Varus followed up with Hail of Arrows! More than a dozen arrows rained down on RekSai and blighted the ground beneath her!

All the while, Sun Ruinians Vayne fired silver bolts at An Xins Jarvan IV. There was nothing Team Shanghai could do to stop him. Ezreal was already dead, Lin Feng was being blocked by RekSai, and the other three Champions were still stunned. Every third bolt, the silver rings around Jarvan IV detonated and dealt true damage! His health dropped quickly and it wasnt long before he collapsed dead to the ground.

You have slain an enemy!

Sun Ruinians Vayne picked up the second kill of the fight right as the stun from Solar Flare finally wore off. Zhang Haos Lissandra cast her ultimate skill on herself! Ice spires shot from the ground and encased her in a Frozen Tomb! The freezing coldness healed her while it damaged the nearby Champions from Zhejiang University. Sun Ruinians Vayne and the Leona were quick to escape its range, but Zeng Ruis Alistar made sure that Rumble couldnt run away. He combined Headbutt and Pulverise to close the distance and then slam Rumble up into the air!

A Piercing Arrow suddenly shot through the air and pierced Rumble! His health dropped by a third! The freezing temperature also continued to bite into his health bar! Zhejiang University tried to save their Rumble, but Zeng Rui was running interference with his Alistar. Sun Ruinians Vayne and Shi Hangs Ahri decimated Alistars health bar, and Zhang Haos Lissandra did the same to Rumble!

Double kill!

You have slain an enemy!

The root from Chains of Corruption wore off. RekSai could run at Lin Fengs Varus again, though the blighted ground hampered her movement speed. Lin Feng kited RekSai, retreating into Blue teams Jungle. He glanced at the fight in the river. Zhang Hao is the only on

Double kill!

Theyre all dead. I cant turn this around. Best I can do is kill this RekSai and escape! Lin Feng focused on RekSai, attacking her while also running back towards the inner tower in bot lane. RekSai had a large healthpool, but Varus Piercing Arrows did an astonishing amount of damage! Her health dropped, yet she clung to him in a desperate attempt to slow his escape. Lin Feng shook his head lightly. Youre not nearly good enough for that!

Lin Feng panned his camera to check where Ahri, Vayne and Leona were and then quickly focused back on RekSai. He jumped back and forth, calculating exactly how much space he had to maneuver around. Vayne is going to get here first. Shed kill me. A bit faster! His fingers glided over his keyboard. His Varus pulled back the string on his bow and charged up another Piercing Arrow. Lin Feng suddenly narrowed his eyes. Her cooldowns! He had Varus turn around and ran towards RekSai! Right then, RekSai dug a Tunnel! She passed underneath Lin Fengs Varus and Unburrowed behind him! Good! Now back! He had Varus turn around again and released the Piercing Arrow that was still charging. The thick, massive arrow pierced RekSai!

You have slain an enemy!

The audience erupted into deafening cheers! They clapped their hands, stamped their feet and screamed their lungs out! The ground was shaking, the glass from the soundproof booths trembling and spit was flying through the air!

WOOOOOOO!OH SHIIIIIT!CRAAAAZY!AAAAAAH PINCH ME!INSAAAAAAANE!HE GOT AWAY! OH MY GOD!

WOOO! What a great fight! That was a work of art! Rollfire hollered into his microphone. He grabbed it from its stand and shouted, Zhejiang Universitys engage was perfection! The way they combined the Leona ultimate and Ahri nuke on Ezreal WOOOOOO! Theyre really bringing their A+ game today!

That Ahri killed the fight before it even started! Silent Reed chimed in. She shook her head for a bit and then added, Im surprised Team Shanghai still managed to pick up two kills there. They fought back well after such a disastrous start!

Rollfire laughed and replied, Two irrelevant kills! Rumble was already behind. He wasnt worth much. And RekSai did her job, being a meat shield and making that Varus irrelevant! Zhejiang University won it all there! And now they also got the Dragon on top of that! WOOOOO! What a fight!

Silent Reed glanced and Rollfire and pursed her lips. Hes loving it. The asshole is loving it! It makes me want to hate it! She shook her head. Dont be so weak! Hes casting! Do the same! Cast the game! Its a good game! She smiled and said into her microphone, Zhejiang University pulled themselves into a massive lead there! All they have to do now is end it!

Lin Feng pressed down on the B key. Blue circles started burning around Varus, rising up around him before carrying him back to the fountain. He knitted his brows and turned his attention to the gamescore. 8-12. They got four kills there. Tang Tang died again too! He clenched down on his mouse. There was nothing I could do there! Tang Tang was dead before the fight even started, and the rest got caught by the Leona ult! Dammit!

They know Im the only threat on the team right now, so theyre staying far away from me! Lin Feng closed his eyes, pressing the P key to open the shop and buying items in practiced motion. They sacrificed RekSai, knowing full well she could keep me busy until the end of the fight. I couldnt do anything to help Tang Tang, or the others! Shi Hang and Sun Ruinian arent stupid. They just hang back and make sure I cant root them with my ultimate! He took a deep, long breath. Besides, Shi Hang is good. He can Flash out of my ultimate if hes watching out for it. Id need ZengZeng to get a good knock up on him

Lin Feng opened his eyes and pressed down on the Tab key. It showed more detailed information about the 10 Champions on the Rift and the current state of the game. He scrunched his nose and slowly shook his head. Theyve got so much engage with Leona, Rumble and even Ahri. And what do we have? A Jarvan IV engage? ZengZengs Alistar? Thats nothing compared to what they have! Were falling behind and we cant really force what we want to force! He bit down on his tongue and let his shoulders drop a bit. I actually have to really try. We might not win this game! I havent felt like this in, in years!

Tang Bingyao sat next to Lin Feng. She didnt notice his reaction to the teamfight. Her mind was focused entirely on her death at the very start of the fight. Im not good enough! That was another misplay by me! How many is that now? Three? Thats whats costing us the game! Its me! Im the reason were losing this! She bit down hard on her lips, frustrated and dejected. My Ezreal is completely useless! He doesnt deal any damage, even when hes alive!

No! Stop this! Mnh-mnh! Tang Bingyao shook her head and gritted her teeth. Dont blame the Champion! Its not his fault! Im the reason! Im just not skilled enough! If I was, I wouldve gotten an advantage in the early game, bought a defensive item to survive Ahris burst, and then carried the team to a win! This couldve been completely different if I hadnt given away those kills at the start! Now Vayne is far too strong for me. I cant do anything right! Im Im dragging them down again

Worst of all She closed her eyes and fought back the urge to scream out her annoyances. Worst of all, I dont even know how to come back! What am I supposed to do in this situation? I cant just sit back and take it, right? Do I force something? What can I force? How would I even start with making a comeback here? She opened her eyes and turned to look at Lin Feng. What would you do?

Tang Bingyao looked at Lin Feng, with An Xin sitting next to him on the other side. But she didnt see An Xin struggling. Didnt see how An Xins hand was trembling. Didnt see the pain written on An Xins face. And An Xin was struggling. After her screen turned grey, she closed her eyes and focused on her breathing. In, and out. In, and out. She tried to relax and let the tension slip from her hand, but that just made the trembling worse. She quickly placed her other hand over her mouse hand and glanced at the others around her. They didnt see. They didnt see. Now come on, stupid hand! Work! She put more pressure on her hand, trying to get a strong grip on the mouse, but right then a sharp jolt shot up from her hand. She winced in pain and bit her lips.

Tears welled in An Xins eyes from the pain. Her stomach pulled into a knot as she glanced at her teammates again. I cant tell them. I cant show them that something is wrong! Were in an important series. Theyll just get distracted by it and well lose! I wont let that happen! She turned her head to look at Lin Feng and noticed the deep frown on his face. Youve been through so much already. I wont let you suffer any more! I wont let you worry about me! I know how much youve sacrificed and I also know how youll do anything to help your friends! Youre an idiot like that! Thats why I cant tell you. I wont tell you I cant tell anyone!

An Xin lowered her head, letting her long hair fall over her face and hide the pain in her eyes. Lin Feng is counting on me. I cant let him down, not now! She flexed her stomach to pull the knot out and pinched the tears out of her eyes. Its just a small flare-up. I can fight through it. This is nothing. You can do it, An Xin! She breathed in deeply, gathering all the pain, worries and frustrations, before letting it all out in a long sigh. Its not going to be great. Its going to hurt. But I wont give up now! Hes counting on me! So what if my hand is trembling a bit? I can overcome this!

An Xin forced a smile onto her face and threw her hair back over her shoulders. She then turned her head to look at Lin Feng and said over the teams voice chat, Lin Feng.

Lin Feng turned to look at An Xin, finding her smiling at him with her familiar smile, and asked, Yeah?

Its now or never. This game is hard, but its not over yet. The next teamfight has to be ours, though. Thats why we need to find it and play it on our terms! An Xin explained.

Lin Feng scratched the back of his head, hesitating for a brief moment, and then grinned. He balled his hand into a fist and said, No problem! Ill force a teamfight!

Rollfire didnt expect Team Shanghai to have the mental fortitude to fight back after the lost teamfight at the dragon pit. Hed expressed as much to the audience, who mumbled their agreement. But as he was looking at the large LCD screen, he recoiled in surprise. Huh? he muttered into his microphone. He then shifted around in his seat a little and noted, Looks like Team Shanghai still has some life in them. That Alistar is looking for something!

It was 21 minutes into the game, a minute after the dragon fight. Tang Bingyaos Ezreal was in the bot lane, farming minions at her inner tower. But Zeng Ruis Alistar wasnt with her. Hed followed Zhang Hao to the top lane. There he hid in a brush and waited for Zhejiang Universitys Rumble to get in range. Rumble didnt see the gank coming. He was caught completely off guard when the Alistar jumped from the brush and slammed him up into the air with Pulverise! Zhang Haos Lissandra followed up on Alistars crowd control with Frozen Tomb! Ice spires shot from the ground and locked Rumble up! She then cast Ice shard! Chunks of ice slammed into Rumble!

You have slain an enemy!

NICE! Silent Reed exclaimed. She giggled and added, We cant underestimate Team Shanghai just yet! Dont forget that Zeng Rui is an A- player! Hes right there at Sun Ruinians level!

Rollfire nodded and said, That was a nice roam by Alistar. Unfortunate that their carries dont have that kind of awareness

The game clock kept ticking. Lin Feng fought against Shi Hang in the mid lane, his Piercing Arrows becoming progressively more accurate. At 22 minutes, he forced Shi Hangs Ahri to retreat back behind her outer tower and recover her health. That was the moment Lin Feng had been waiting for. A grin spread on his face, reaching from one ear to the other. He glanced at An Xin and shouted over the voice chat, BunBun, follow up! He then pressed down on the D and R keys! Varus flashed past the outer tower and fired the Chains of Corruption at Ahri from point blank range! He rooted her to the ground!

Got it, An Xin replied. She chewed on her lips, glanced briefly at her hand, and then focused her complete attention on the game. He needs me. Im going to be there for him!

Varus was a Champion who relied on his long range to bring down a Champions health bar. He preferably never got in range of his opponent. So when the audience saw Lin Feng flashing towards Shi Hang, ignoring Red teams outer tower, they shifted in their seats and their eyes went wide with shock.

Da fuck is he doing!?Man, so aggro!HOOOOOOH! Will you look at that!Maddening! Varus is cray-cray!

Silent Reed could almost feel the doubt in the air. She glanced at the stands where everyone in the audience had something to say about this engage. But shed seen enough games from Team Shanghai and previously High School 13 to know they werent ones to tilt. She focused on the minimap and spotted Jarvan IV running through Red teams Jungle. Oh, oh! she exclaimed, pointing at the large LCD screen. The Jarvan IV is ganking! Thats why he engaged! Its a gank!

The Chains of Corruption rooted Shi Hangs Ahri to the ground. An Xin gritted her teeth and activated Jarvan IVs ultimate skillCataclysm! Jarvan IV leaped at Ahri and then smashed down on her with such force that he terraformed the earth into an arena! He then brandished his lance and struck at Ahri with the sharp end! All the while, arrows permeating a baleful energy struck Ahri, ripping away at her health!

Shi Hang pressed down on his R key. Break already! he mumbled. The root from Chains of Corruption kept his Ahri immobile. Her health was dropping quickly and he needed to dash out with Spirit Rush fast if he wanted to survive. Dash and stop Varus! BREAK! The root wore off. Shi Hangs Ahri dashed out of Jarvan IVs Cataclysm. She then briefly turned to look at Varus and blew him a kiss! A pink-red heart manifested in the air and flew towards Varus!

Lin Feng grinned. His Varus was underneath Red teams outer tower. It had targeted him and fired the first energy shot already. If he got Charmed, hed die. But that was also why he fully expected the Charm to come. He was already moving out of the way before the animation even finished! The large heart blew past him and missed him completely. All the while, An Xins Jarvan IV used Ahris animation to jump on her with a flag-toss combo and knock her up into the air!

Shi Hangs eyelid twitched. What!? Shes playing faster than before! Was she hol FUCK! His Ahri was still in the air and out of his control when a claw of ice came tearing through the ground!

Im also here to follow up! Zhang Hao announced over Team Shanghais voice chat, grinning. He pushed down on the E key for a second time to jump towards the ice claw that was right next to Shi Hangs Ahri. He then moved his mouse over the Ahri and activated his ultimate! Ice spires erupted from the ground and pierced Ahri, locking her up in a Frozen Tomb!

Zhang Hao laughed and shouted, Youre dead!

THEYRE KILLING AYDEECEE!WOOOOO! GO TEAM SHANGHAI!KILL THE PRO! KILL THE PRO!THEYRE DOING IT! THEYRE REALLY DOING IT!

Lin Feng grinned and said over the teams voice chat, Great timing, HaoBro! He had his Varus move past the outer tower and towards the Jungle entrance. There was a small opening there where he was still in the lane and in range to attack Ahri, but where the tower couldnt hit him. He linked his skills together with Zhang Hao and Jarvan IV, paying careful attention to Ahris health bar. Frozen Tomb is almost wearing off, still a bit of health left He chuckled, his fingers gliding over his keyboard.

Varus raised his bow and pulled back the string. He aimed up in the air and let go. More than a dozen arrows flew through the air before raining down on Ahri! Varus followed up with a quick auto attack. Then he pulled back the string of his bow with more power than before. A thick, massive arrow appeared. The winds started howling as more power gathered around the bow. Then the Piercing Arrow shot through the air and pierced Ahri!

You have slain an enemy!

Zhang Hao grinned and said over the teams voice chat, Great engage, Lin Feng! That was so cool! I saw you going and just knew I could make it in time! The adrenaline was pumping through his veins and he was going mad with pride. He laughed loudly before adding, We stomped that pro! Serves him right for getting careless around us!

Lin Feng grinned and replied, Yeah! Serves him right! Now lets take their towers!

An Xin smiled and nodded along to Lin Feng and Zhang Haos excited conversation, hiding the stabbing pain in her hand. How much longer can I hold on for? That flag-toss combo hurt so much... I cant do that too much. She glanced at her hand and forced herself to breath in deeply. But Im not going to sit here and whine! I came to play, so thats what Im doing! She breathed out and focused her attention back on her monitor. I dont know how much longer I can do this for. But Im going to make the most out of every second!

Across the stage in Zhejiang Universitys soundproof booth, Shi Hang rubbed his neck. He looked at his dull grey screen and sighed. Seems like they have more on their team than just Maple. I got a bit carried away with my match against him that I forgot about the others. Time to stop doing that. We need to win this game. He turned to look at Sun Ruinian and said over the teams voice chat, Looks like theyre really thinking about coming back into this game. Like were gonna let that happen. SunSun, lets end this game!

Sun Ruinian looked at the minion wave in the bot lane. Hed pushed it out before recalling back to base and now Tang Bingyaos Ezreal was attacking it. Shes still trying so hard. Gotta commend her for trying even after being so far behind He then nodded and replied over the teams voice chat, Got it. Lemme get this Big Fucking Sword and we can end it.

At 25 minutes, the fourth Dragon of the game spawned. Team Shanghai and Zhejiang University got into position to fight for it. But Zhejiang University was clearly stronger. They pushed Team Shanghai down the river and back into the tri-brush going into their Jungle. It was the perfect chokepoint for Leona to cast her ultimate. A Solar Flare slammed down onto the brush and stunned An Xins Jarvan IV and Zeng Ruis Alistar!

Team Shanghai tried to fight back. They unleashed all their skills on Leona, who was the first from Zhejiang University to jump into the fight. And they did deal enough damage to kill her. But not before the rest of Zhejiang Universitys team arrived. Zhejiang University simply dealt far more damage and shredded through Jarvan IV and Alistars health bars. They could push for more kills, the three surviving Champions from Team Shanghai already retreating, but decided to instead take the Dragon. That was going to give them the bigger advantage.

Lin Feng shook his head, forced to have his Varus run away again. Its like the previous teamfight all over again. Were just not strong enough. I cant carry these kinds of fights He panned his camera around the map and kept shaking his head. Theres nothing we can do here.

Zeng Rui stared at the different shades of grey on his monitor. Caught again. Its just too difficult! Ahri and Vayne are fed. And then they have Rumble and Leona! Theres just nothing we can do about it! He glanced at Tang Bingyao who was sitting next to him. Her Ezreal still hasnt hit his power spike yet either. She just keeps running after the facts. All the farming she did just isnt enough! Vayne is too strong. Its just Its all against us this game. He bit on his lips before finally saying over the teams voice chat, Were going to turtle. Fight only under our towers and grind this game out.

Yang Fan adjusted his glasses and analysed, Weve got Alistar, Lissandra and Varus. Theyre all great for defending a tower! And then theres also Ezreal. He isnt great, but hes okay! I can see what our team is going for here and it might work!

Yeah! Our bros are gonna win this one! Ouyang cheered. He clenched his fists and added, Watch them make the comeback!

Wei Dong pointed at the large LCD screen and said, Look at that! Zhejiang tried to attack the tower in the top lane but is now backing away! Lin Fengs Varus is really dealing so much damage with those Piercing Arrows!

They might really do it! Liu Yue exclaimed. He moved to the edge of his seat, wrapped his hands around his mouth, and shouted, TEAM SHANGHAI! WOOT WOOT!

Yang Fan traced his finger across the frame of his glasses. He frowned and said, Im not so sure. There, see that? Zhejiang University is pushing the different lanes. Theyre going to keep switching between those lanes and will look for an opportunity.

They wont find one! Ouyang exclaimed. He laughed and added, Those are our bros up there! Theyre way too good to screw up like that!

YEAH! Were winning this! Liu Yue chimed in.

The friends and teammates from Team Shanghai started building up their own confidence, pointing to the LCD screen and explaining to each other just how their team was going to pull a win out of this game. Their arguments were fueled by passion. It wasnt long before their attention was on each other, and not on the large LCD screen. They completely missed as the game reached 27 minutes. They completely missed Sun Ruinian Condemning Tang Bingyaos Ezreal against the inhibitor tower. And they only realised Tang Bingyao got caught out again when the game announcers voice boomed through the venue speakers.

A champion has been slain!