Red Teams outer tower activated. Energy gathered at the top of the tower, locking onto Goalies LeBlanc and firing at her! Goalie slammed down on his W key and his LeBlanc retreated back to where she jumped from. He followed up with Mimic: Ethereal Chains! A second set of chains manifested around LeBlanc and shot at Lin Fengs Talon!

Lin Feng was in his element. This was a battle of mechanics and reaction speed. And when it came to those two things, there was no one in the world better than him! He pushed the D key to Flash. A ball of light wrapped around Talon and carried him through time and space, past the Ethereal Chains, and spit him back onto Summoners Rift right behind Goalies LeBlanc.

A second chill ran up and down Goalies spine. He searched for the F key to Flash back to his outer tower, but Talons Shadow Assault came first. A ring of blades swept out around Talon, a number of them slicing through Goalies LeBlanc! Fuck! Goalie gritted his teeth, his monitor flashing a dangerous red. He watched his LeBlanc briefly go invisible as her passive activated. Then there were two LeBlancs. I need to trick that stupid dog! Throw him his bone! Goalie smiled and had the real LeBlanc stand still while the fake one ran back towards the Blue Teams outer tower!

Lin Feng looked at the two identical LeBlancs and felt it was too easy. You still have Flash and that one running away isnt using it. Do you think Im stupid? Come on make it a little hard at least! He shook his head and then clicked on the LeBlanc that hadnt moved. His Talon dug a dagger into her!

Fucking dog! Goalie exclaimed over the teams voice chat. He banged his fist on his keyboard. Several buttons were pushed hard enough to activate, including the F key. A mottled flash of light wrapped LeBlanc up and carried her a short distance. She reappeared underneath Red Teams outer tower. The tower locked onto her and charged up for an energy shot. Behind her, Talon appeared. The energy shot smashed into her face while the cold, hard steel from a dagger plunged into her back.

You have been slain!

Goalie stared at his dull grey screen, furious. His stomach clenched and he bit so hard on his lips that he drew blood. Different shades of humiliation dyed his sickly pale face. He breathed in short bursts, glancing at his teammates and then over the rim of his monitor at the cheering crowd in the stands. His mind was a swirling dark mess with only a single coherent thought. THAT FUCKING DOG!

At the caster desk, Su Xue shot up from her chair. She grabbed the microphone and screamed into it, NICE KILL! NICE KILL! She slammed her palm on the desk and laughed. Then she added, Thats Lin Feng for you! Hes the best Midlaner Ive ever seen! Hes even better than the Korean Goalie!

The audience stared at the large LCD screen in silence, stunned. They knew how good Goalie was and they believed there was no one else as good as him. Not in the Winter Collegiate Cup, anyway. So when Lin Feng outplayed Goalie from a kill behind, something broke. Their minds needed readjustments and that was exactly what Su Xue offered them. They got up to their feets and started clapping, applauding.

That Talon actually outplayed Goalies LeBlanc! He actually Oh my god!How did he dodge those chains? Theyre like undodgeable! You know how fast they come at you? You know the kind of reaction speed you need to dodge those? Thats Jesus, that was good!Give us a close up of Goalies face! I wanna see him rage and tilt! Pleeease!Woooooo! Team Shanghai! TEAM SHANGHAI!

Su Xue took a long, deep breath, allowing her to soak in the cheers from the crowd. She gazed at her monitor showing Team Shanghais soundproof booth and smiled. Thanks, Lin Feng! Thats exactly what I needed. She leaned closer to her microphone and said, Lin Fengs reflexes and mechanics are really the best Ive ever seen. Even Goalie cant match up to them!

Zephyr looked at Su Xue and nodded, impressed. He chimed in, No doubt about it! That was a shockingly brilliant play by the kid from Team Shanghai. And the mid lane is right back to even! Fighting your way back from behind like that, thats damn impressive!

Team Shanghais soundproof booth:Lin Feng looked at LeBlancs corpse on his screen and grinned. Are you really this stupid? Did you really think I would give up after one death? Did you really believe I would just let you jump on me and kill me whenever you felt like it? How stupid are you! It was so painfully obvious you were coming for me!

Nice one! Zhang Hao exclaimed over the teams voice chat.

Tang Bingyao nodded and chimed in, Mhm! Good job!

Lin Feng looked at his teammates, grinning, and said, Thanks! He then turned back to look at his screen. He narrowed his eyes and he said, But Ive only just begun!

Team Guangzhous soundproof booth:Seo scrunched his eyebrows and asked over the teams voice chat, Goalie? What the fuck?

Shut up! Goalie yelped. He glanced at his teammates, all four of them staring at him in shocked surprise, and said, I hit the wrong button! Thats it! It was just a small mistake! Have you never made a mistake? Now let me focus! I have a dog to kill! He gazed at his monitor and narrowed his eyes. Hes better than I expected. Better than every other Midlaner Ive played against in this entire tournament so far! But thats fine too. Its good! There wouldnt be any fun if I just won it all without trying. I need to try a bit and then Ill still kick this dogs ass!

At 10 minutes, Lin Feng glanced at bot and top. Tang Bingyao and Zeng Rui were being pushed back towards their outer tower and Zhang Hao had just forced Irelia to recall back to base. Good. Looking good. There wasnt any immediate danger to the lanes, nothing Goalie could take advantage from. So Lin Feng had his Talon fall back and recalled back to base to upgrade his items.

There were three Blue minions in the top lane left. Zhang Hao had his Lissandra push forward into the empty lane to kill them. The sound of a ping echoed in his headphones. He glanced at the minimap and saw that LeBlanc was missing in the mid lane. Ive still got some health left. And Ive also got my Glacial Path. She can come and Ill be fine. He threw an Ice Shard at the minions, killing two of the three.

There came a second ping. This one was on Zhang Haos top lane. He scrunched his eyebrows and was about to argue that he had time to back when he saw it. An Xins warning sounded distant as he saw the Teleport animation on the brush behind him. Goalies LeBlanc then appeared from the river entrance. There were two enemy Champions between him and his outer tower and his health was below half. When did she place that ward? How did she get that!? ShitShitShit!

Zhang Hao cast Glacial Path. An icy claw ripped through the ground and carved a straight path ahead. When it was at the end of its power, he reactivated the skill to blink towards the hand. That was a mistake. Goalies LeBlanc had waited for that exact moment, that fraction of a second where Goalie knew exactly where Lissandra would be, and cast Ethereal Chains. They shot from LeBlanc and latched onto Zhang Haos Lissandra, locking her down!

The teleport finished and Irelia appeared from the brush along the top side of the lane. She dashed at Zhang Haos Lissandra and hacked at him with her blades. From the other side, LeBlanc cycled through her other skills. The damage mounted up and before the root from Ethereal Chains broke, Zhang Haos Lissandra fell.

Zhang Hao stared at his dull grey screen in surprise. The voice announcer reminded him that hed overextended. It explained to him in just four words that hed screwed up.

You have been slain.

Wow! Zephyr exclaimed. He shouted into his microphone, What a close match! Its crazy!

Su Xue nodded and continued, LeBlanc has picked up the kill too! She knew how hard it was to get something from mid, so she went and found an opening top! Great play! She then glanced at the monitor for Team Shanghais soundproof booth and mouthed, Come on, Lin Feng. Kick some ass!

Shit! Sorry, guys, Zhang Hao apologized over the teams voice chat. He grabbed his hair and added, I didnt know she had that ward there. I didnt see her place it I shouldve known when you pinged mid

An Xin shook her head and grimaced. She said, Its a shame we couldnt get anything back for it either. We shouldve taken Dragon She glanced down at the bot lane. Usually, when the opponents sent their Midlaner top and had their Toplaner Teleport to the top lane, it was the perfect time to force a play around the Dragon pit. But Tang Bingyao and Zeng Rui were struggling, and then there was Team Guangzhous Jungler who couldnt be far away. Forcing a dragon play was too risky. She chewed on her lips for a bit and then asked, Are you two OK in bot?

Zeng Rui shook his head and replied, Its tough. We cant find any openings to fire back at them.

Recall to base and get full health, An Xin ordered. Well see if we can do something when you two get back.

Tang Bingyao nodded, and together with Zeng Rui pushed against Team Guangzhous Botlaners. They killed the Blue minions and then turned back to their outer tower. There they recalled back to base. When their Champions arrived on the fountain, Tang Bingyao let go of her mouse and shook her hand, biting her lips. Its hurting Why does it have to hurt? Cant it just stop hurting? I just want to play this series!

Zeng Rui looked at Tang Bingyao, worried, and asked, You alright?

Tang Bingyao quickly nodded and said, Mhm! Im okay! She gritted her teeth and put her hand back on her mouse. Then she had her Corki fly back to lane. She moved her pinky finger up and down, pushing the Tab key and forcing herself to look at the games stats to try and take her mind off the dull pain radiating from her finger. Were just over 10 minutes in. Im at 81 minions and my pinky-- She shook her head and blinked the thoughts about her pinky away. Then she focused her gaze back on the game statistics. Seo. That asshole. His Draven is at 84 minions. Its almost even. Weve also both got one kill. But hes got the advantage because of the bonus gold he gets from his passive for a kill. Still, thats not a lot and my pinky-- No! Stop this! Stop thinking about it! Focus on the asshole who did this! Youre playing against him! You need to beat him and make him suffer where it hurts him the most! Mhm!

Tang Tang, Zeng Rui, if you guys see an engage, go for it! Ive got Teleport and Irelia doesnt! Zhang Hao said over the teams voice chat.

Zeng Rui glanced at Tang Bingyao and said, If you find an opening, go for it. Ill follow up on your engage.

Tang Bingyao stared at Seos Draven. Glared at him. There werent many people she hated--truly hated, but Seo was on top of that list. She wanted nothing more than to make him suffer, and she knew that the best way to do that to him was by beating him in a game of League. He kept going on about his Korean Challenger this and his Korean Challenger that. Ill show him that his Korean Challenger doesnt mean shit! Mhm! Thatll show him! A fire lit in her eyes. It blazed determination. She nodded at Zeng Rui and replied, Mhm! Lets do this!

Anger, frustration and all other distracting thoughts had disappeared from Seos mind. Right now he was playing League of Legends. It calmed him. He watched his Draven throw the Spinning Axes, mesmerized. How they went round and round in his hand, how they cleaved into minions and how they ricocheted back for him to catch. He would occasionally watch his two opponents. Corki and Braum. But never more than a glance. They simply werent good enough to require more than that.

A ping sounded in Seos headphones and it flashed on his minimap. He clicked on it and saw Jarvan IV, his Jungler, running down the river. I guess hes coming for a gank. He really should learn how to say that in Korean. That would make this so much easier. He shook his head and grinned, then focused back on his lane. The ping was, in the end, all he really needed.

Corki and Braum pushed forward. Seo laughed when he saw it. Its like theyre asking me to kill them! As if they know Jarvan is coming to gank! He scrunched his eyebrows, taking a brief moment to translate what he wanted to say to Chinese, and then said over the teams voice chat, Thresh, follow! Not get away!

Oh shit! Zephyr exclaimed. He pointed at his monitor and continued, Look at that! EveningSnowfall, look! Dravens going in! Thats Blood Rush and he just activated his second Spinning Axe! And up there in the river, thats Jarvan IV! Team Guangzhou is coming to finish the job in bot!

Su Xue looked at the screen that was focused on the bot lane. She then squinted her eyes and searched the minimap. Its going to be a big fight! She reached for her microphone, nearly knocking it over, and shouted into it, Its going to be a big fight! Look up there! Su Xues Gragas is also running bot AndAndAnd the teleport! Thats Lissandra! HaoBro is coming down!

Tang Bingyao hesitated. Zeng Rui barked at her over the teams voice chat, asking her what she was doing. Asking if they were engaging or backing off. That was quickly followed by Zhang Hao saying he was already teleporting and that if she didnt want to fight, to say so fast so that he could cancel his teleport. She breathed faster. Faster. Faster! A Spinning Axe cleaved into her Corki and Thresh flashed on top of her and Flayed her backwards!

Every last bit of tension suddenly slipped away from Tang Bingyaos body. She relaxed, the determination in her eyes burning away every trace of worry trying to burrow its way into her mind. She nodded and said, Mhm! ZengZeng, on me!

Zeng Ruis mouse was already hovering over Tang Bingyaos Corki and his finger on the W key, waiting for Tang Bingyaos decision. He pressed down and cast Stand Behind Me! Braum leaped at Tang Bingyaos Corki. Right then, Tang Bingyaos Corki flashed towards Seos Draven. Zeng Ruis Braum followed after her and landed in front of her, raising his shield to protect her!

Hoooly shit! The turn around! Its gonna be a turn around! Zephyr exclaimed in shock.

Su Xue clenched her fists and shouted, Thats more like it! Tang Tang is really good at playing aggressively! There is no one whos better at engaging like this than she is! And the rest of her team knows exactly how to follow up on this! Just look at how Zeng Rui cast Stand Behind Me at just the right time! Their teamwork is immaculate!

Seos eyes opened wide. Something felt wrong. It was a feeling that appeared in the pit of his stomach, slowly whittling its way up. A visceral clenching. Wrong! So wrong! Its all wrong! She shouldnt! She cant! He shook his head, faster and faster! This is all wrong! He flicked his mouse away from Tang Bingyaos Corki and towards his outer tower, then clicked. I need to get out!

Tang Bingyao smiled and said, Q! Q!

Zeng Rui aimed at Seos Draven and cast Winters Bite! His Braum projected ice from his shield! The chunks slammed into Draven and slowed him! More importantly, it applied the first of four stacks necessary to stun Draven!

Tang Bingyaos Corki fired an auto attack, triggering the second stack on Draven! She then activated the Gatling Gun on Corkis helicopter, a hail of bullets piercing Draven, and bombarded Draven with a Phosphorus Bomb! She continued with an auto attack and then fired an empowered missile with Missile Barrage!

Tang Bingyao was a Draven expert. She knew exactly how much damage he could take and how much damage he could deal. There was maybe no one who knew this better than her. Corkis burst is enough to beat Draven! Especially when weve got the stun from Concussive Blow! And with Gragas and Irelia coming too, it doesnt even matter if they get a gank! Mhm! Were winning this! Were gonna kill that jerk-- She suddenly narrowed her eyes and flicked her mouse to the side, then decisively clicked.

Seo was screaming over his teams voice chat everything he knew in Chinese to get across to his Support and Jungler what it was he wanted. But they didnt seem to understand him. The Thresh took several more seconds than he shouldve to line up for a Death Sentence. And when he finally did throw it, the Corki had had enough time to sidestep it. Seo looked at the three stacks from Concussive Blow and then at Corki again who was right in front of him. He knew the next auto attack was coming. There was nothing he could do to stop it. He was going to get stunned.

Stupid girl! Fuck her! Seo yelled over the teams voice chat. He then added, Protect me! Protect!