Brother Ale's Blessing

Look.

After being thrown out, he still had to thank me.

Manager San Shao couldn't understand what went on in Chu Ran's head. He only felt that after leaving RNG, Chu Ran probably wouldn't even be able to find a job.

As for why Chu Ran was so happy, Manager San Shao was completely baffled.

But the feeling really did make him feel pretty good.

Let's see who else dared to be a thorn in his side from now on.

After leaving RNG, Chu Ran used his savings to rent a small single room in Shanghai and bought a computer barely capable of running League of Legends.

He sent trial application résumés to the email addresses of major clubs, but they all vanished without a trace.

In this era, as long as you could reach Rank 1 on the Korean server, you never had to worry about finding work.

Over the next few days, Chu Ran once again witnessed famous scenes firsthand: Factory Director getting utterly outclassed by Little Peanut in every possible way, Lee Sin's 4396, and Olaf stepping on Caitlyn's trap before using his ultimate.

Of course, Chu Ran took the opportunity to immediately post several Weibo updates and ruthlessly farm a batch of Red Temperature Value.

"Looks like I have enough Red Temperature Value."

"Deep Blue, add points!"

Chu Ran silently shouted in his heart. A panel only he could see appeared before him, then began scrolling wildly.

A moment later, it finally stopped, and several large words appeared before him.

Brother Ale's Blessing: When someone V me 50 yuan, all your abilities will be increased by 10% for the duration of one game.

"Uh... what?"

Chu Ran scratched his head, somewhat dumbfounded.

So this was how Daozhang Ale gave blessings?

Back then, after getting out of RNG unscathed, he had even managed to fleece 50 yuan off someone. Other than him, there was no one else.

Oh, and himself.

He had fleeced 150 yuan.

"But I live alone. Who am I supposed to get to V me 50 yuan?"

With that in mind, Chu Ran contacted the client who had hired him for boosting.

From Platinum V to Diamond I, the total payment was 5,000 yuan. He couldn't lose more than three games in a row, or the client would cancel the order.

At this time, the professional scene was still in its early, wild-growth stage.

As long as you weren't a starter boosting accounts, it was basically no big deal. Even Factory Director had boosted accounts before.

There were even Professional Players who went AFK to take a shower and got away with it without any consequences.

Chu Ran opened his phone, found the client's avatar, and typed, "Boss, it's Thursday today. Could you V me 50 yuan so I can have KFC?"

He also attached a full set of MVP screenshots.

This account was already Diamond II and was about to enter its Diamond I promotion series.

Sure enough, when the client saw that record, he was extremely generous.

50 yuan—he sent it without hesitation.

In an instant, Chu Ran felt his mind become much clearer, accompanied by an indescribably profound sensation.

He had become stronger!

"So this is my cheat? It actually seems pretty useful. From now on, before every match, I can just get my teammates to V me 50 yuan like crazy."

Although he had yet to settle on his next team, Chu Ran was already imagining himself slaughtering everyone on the professional stage.

That gallant, vigorous state of being suddenly appeared in his mind.

Like this promotion match.

The advantage was his!

The moment he entered the game, Chu Ran felt exceptionally clear-headed, and his thoughts were extremely sharp.

Even Irelia's casting movements seemed much slower to him. His dynamic vision had improved.

Not long after, the announcement for First blood reached Chu Ran's ears.

"First blood!"

"Holy crap, I'm incredible!"

At the same time, in a Douyu TV livestream room titled "The Happy Hour Has Begun."

A weathered-looking fat man stared at his dark gray screen and let out a cry of surprise as well.

"Holy crap, this Fiora is insane! This is completely abnormal. It feels like she's cheating or something?"

Red Temperature Value +123

"I'd bet this Fiora is either a god-tier smurf or using hacks. If she's neither, I'll eat it on stream!"

Dong Zhu looked utterly shocked. Seeing the bullet comments flooding his screen with "If you're bad, practice more" and "Your mouth is tougher than Kai Ge's," he was unconvinced.

"You still don't believe me? I'll test her for you, okay? And this guy's only Diamond II, yet Diamond II got matched with a Master-tier game. Do you understand what that means?"

After respawning, Dong Zhu controlled Irelia and TP'd back to lane.

To prove what he had just said to the viewers in his livestream room, he found the right opportunity and used Q Skill on a minion to dash forward.

Immediately afterward, he made a Move with E Skill, Equilibrium Strike.

Dong Zhu was highly proficient with old Irelia's skill, which determined its stun and slow based on health values.

But at the instant Irelia raised her hand.

Chu Ran's Fiora had already crouched down, and a blade appeared in front of her.

Laurent's Riposte!

She directly blocked Dong Zhu's Irelia's skill and slowed her.

Then he controlled Fiora to immediately press forward, Auto Attack the weak point in the lower-left corner, gain speed, and activate E to reset her Auto Attack.

Another slash.

At the same time, he positioned himself above Irelia.

Fiora's weak point pattern was simple.

This time, the weak point below had been struck, so the next one was bound to refresh above—either upper-left or upper-right.

A fifty-fifty chance.

Chu Ran was very lucky. The moment he reached the upper-left corner, the weak point refreshed right in his face.

Dong Zhu looked panicked at that moment. He aimed Q Skill, Bladesurge, at a minion to dash away, while shouting at the top of his lungs.

"See that? If this Fiora isn't a god-tier smurf or a scripter, I'll eat it on stream!"

"Damn it! Why did I run into this kind of freak?"

Red Temperature Value +142

But at the instant Irelia dashed forward, Chu Ran's Fiora had already made her Auto Attack.

The second strike of E landed on Irelia, guaranteeing a critical hit.

A bright red critical damage number appeared over Irelia.

103!

Piercing Strike kept up with Irelia's movements. Using the speed boost from triggering the second weak point, he instantly moved beneath Irelia and waited for the third weak point to refresh.

"9999999, Kai Ge, save me!"

"I'm coming, I'm coming! He dared treat Brother Dong like this? I will end his life!"

At the entrance to the upper river, Kai Ge had finished clearing Red Buff with Amumu and was rushing over like mad.

"Lick him, Brother!"

"I'll lick him!"

Kai Ge confidently threw out a Flash-extended Bandage Toss, only for Chu Ran to make a slight sidestep and dodge it cleanly.

"Holy crap? Dodging skills like that? This bastard is a scripter, right?"

Seeing this, Kai Ge widened his eyes. Dong Zhu gritted his teeth and hurriedly used Flash.

But Chu Ran reacted quickly, using Flash almost simultaneously.

With a swift rise and fall of his blade, Fiora's sword struck Irelia's weak point once more.

The sound of the weak point shattering rang throughout the livestream room, and the kill notification appeared on-screen.

"Lucky has slain Douyu TV-Dong Zhu!"

All at once, the viewers in the livestream room were dumbfounded.

Meanwhile, an Amumu with no Flash and no mobility, standing alone in the river, became nothing more than a toy for Chu Ran's Fiora.

"It's fine, I won't die. He doesn't have enough damage. I'll just hug the wall and leave. He can't hit this weak point. Brother Dong, don't worry, I definitely won't give them Double Buffs."

Just as Kai Ge was brimming with confidence, Chu Ran's Fiora frantically Auto Attacked him.

Then she used Q Skill to kill a melee minion that was about to die. A flash of white light appeared over her body, and she suddenly reached level 4.

"Hahaha, this guy made a mistake. Fiora's Q automatically locks onto low-health enemies."

Seeing Chu Ran's Fiora make a mistake, Kai Ge laughed loudly in Dong Zhu's livestream room.

But the next second.

When an Ignite appeared on his Amumu, the smile on Kai Ge's face instantly vanished.

Ignite dealt 50 plus 20 times the champion's level.

A level 4 Fiora's Ignite dealt 130 damage.

His Amumu had only 105 health left. Even with Red Buff's regeneration, during Ignite's five-second burning duration.

He was ultimately doomed to die!

"Lucky has slain Douyu TV-Kai Ge!"

"Double Kill!"