You call this thing stable?

On TES's side, the team stared intently at their top laner's figure. Although his health was low and his resistances were suppressed, if Qing Tian's Kennen could land a good ultimate, they might still have a chance for a team-fight wipeout!

Luo Zhen could no longer determine the enemy Kennen's position.

The battlefield was flooded with too much information at this moment. He unleashed his ultimate towards his own top and jungle, gave the heal to Azir who was standing parallel beside him, cast his W skill on Leona not far away, and then focused his attention squarely on the center of the battlefield.

He had to engage.

But before that, he had to trigger his own passive.

TES had too many crowd control abilities. Without the passive's speed boost as a buffer, Jinx at normal speed would be a sitting duck upon entering the fray. Thus, he used every method to snag an assist, and then suppressed all his impulses to wait.

Wait, wait for his teammates to create an opportunity for him to clean up.

Rookie couldn't hold back any longer and began to output damage. V5's dual carries couldn't just spectate; someone had to participate in the damage output, otherwise, the top and jungle's lockdown would be a one-sided sacrifice.

At the same time, he was also monitoring the enemy's health.

As it stood, the easiest enemy to kill seemed to be the enemy Leona. However, this Leona had her ultimate ready but unused. Thinking of Kennen, Rookie's expression soured.

Where is he?

Where on earth is Qing Tian's Kennen?

The situation on the field was a race against time. If they let the enemy Kennen slip in due to the intensity of the frontal engagement, they would face defeat in this team fight. Rookie began to panic, but he could only continue outputting damage on the enemy in front of him.

Zhuo's Leona raised her hand and cast her ultimate, setting the landing point far away at Jinx's feet. Luo Zhen, who was observing the frontal engagement and seeking an opportunity to enter, didn't react in time. He instinctively moved, only managing to avoid the center of the stun.

Slowdown successful!

Seeing this, Qing Tian engaged.

Flash, Lightning Rod, Stirring Rod...

With acceleration and a double dash, he felt confident enough to dive into the enemy backline and unleash a perfect ultimate. At the very moment the frontal battle reached its peak intensity, Qing Tian decisively pressed his three skills.

His target was the Jinx at the very back.

This time, there would be no damn bomb to stop his engagement.

Just as Kennen transformed into lightning, flashed over the wall, and attempted to unleash a sky full of thunder.

"Clang!~"

A dark green hook shot from the shadows, firmly dragging Kennen's forward momentum to a halt.

Q [Death Sentence]

No one expected that, on the brink of collapse, it would be the support PPGOD who pulled back the V5 that was suspended in mid-air.

"Holy crap, Diao Shen!!!"

Seeing Kennen caught by the hook, Luo Zhen's heart skipped a beat for a moment. Fortunately, his reaction was quick, and he soon threw his E towards where Kennen was hooked, then immediately switched weapons to kite.

"Don't talk nonsense. If you're going for the AD, just focus forward. Leave the rest to us, understand!"

Following up with the second cast of his Q, PPGOD had decided to completely tether the enemy top laner. After twenty-eight minutes of silence, it wasn't just Luo Zhen who was under pressure, but also himself, who hadn't shown any outstanding performance until now.

This hook was named salvation!

"How is this possible!" Qing Tian's eyes widened, staring at the scene on the screen in disbelief.

When Leona's ultimate successfully slowed Jinx, he had almost considered this engagement a sure thing. But why was there a Thresh hook at the spot where he flashed down?

But soon, an even more terrifying thing happened.

As he accepted being controlled upon engagement, Qing Tian, freed from the control, decisively activated his ultimate. This ultimate was no longer for engaging but for protecting his own low-health support Leona.

As long as Leona didn't die, and he still had Zhonya's Hourglass, if Jinx's passive wasn't triggered, their teammates would definitely be able to retreat safely from this Baron team fight.

Qing Tian had already prepared to sacrifice himself.

But at this moment, the Jinx who should have been his target showed no intention of paying him any mind. Instead, she kept running towards the center of the team fight.

Her appearance suggested she was waiting for something.

What is he doing?

Doesn't he know he can't catch up to our backline anymore?

Without triggering his passive, how could you possibly keep up with your teammates.

Wait!

Triggering the passive?

He seemed to have thought of something, and the disbelief in his eyes deepened.

That's right.

Without the W skill, Gwen and an under-leveled Trundle couldn't do anything to TES's backline in a two-on-three situation.

And Kennen and Leona's combo had indeed successfully prevented their team's core from initiating.

But, there was still hope, wasn't there?

Just as everyone was about to believe this team fight was settled, Rookie, who had been maintaining the battlefield's stability in the center, suddenly shifted his sword, using an EQ combo, and flew directly towards Leona within the lightning cage.

"Rookie, what is Rookie trying to do?"

The casters outside the arena couldn't contain their excitement as they witnessed this unbelievable scene. One of them even leaned on the desk and started shouting.

"That's a Sky Thunder!"

Amidst the caster's roar, he charged straight into Kennen's Lightning Cage ultimate.

Then, Sand Soldiers served him!

[V5's Rookie killed TES's Zhuo]

Seeing the kill notification appear above Summoner's Rift, Rookie finally felt his heart, which had been hanging by a thread, relax.

So be it.

Though a bit awkward, I've done the best I could. Now then...

It's up to you.

Chapter 52: Instant Fame!

When the passive of [Gleeful Pleasure] successfully triggered, Luo Zhen didn't hesitate to pursue.

His teammates' incredible plays, one after another, had stunned countless viewers both inside and outside the arena. He himself was no exception, but precisely because of that, he understood even better what these absurd plays truly meant.

With 175% movement speed, he quickly caught up to the three TES members ahead.

Zoe was low on health, Jhin's condition was average, and only Viego was in relatively good shape. It seemed that even though the top and jungle couldn't threaten their health bars, they had still dealt considerable damage to them before falling.

This looked like a perfect stage for Jinx to clean up.

But Luo Zhen knew that "pursuing and fighting" was merely the enemy feigning weakness to lure him in. If he remembered correctly, Viego hadn't even used his Flash, and Jhin still had a Heal among his summoner spells that he hadn't seen him use before.

The casters outside had completely lost it. They finally understood Rookie's resolve.

He would do everything in his power, even facing Thunderlord directly, just to trigger Jinx's passive movement speed boost.

But was it worth it?

"Jinx is running, AK is going in, can he clean up!?"

In a street fight, a machine gun, grenades, and a rocket launcher are the three divine weapons. Although the current location wasn't an alley but the river, the environment should be roughly the same, at least Luo Zhen felt it wasn't far off.

He switched to his rocket form, aimed at the Viego closest to him, and opened fire with auto-attacks.

One shot... two shots... three shots...

Jinx, with three items, dealt considerable damage to Viego, but at the same time, as she unleashed her firepower, the movement speed and attack speed buffs from [Gleeful Pleasure] were gradually decreasing.

Just a little more...

Wait a bit longer.

Xiao Tian watched his health bar, calculating the time, his fingers hovering over his W skill and Flash. The moment the movement speed buff from Jinx's passive faded.

"Swish~" He Flashed!

He didn't care about the control time; as long as this W skill landed, the two ranged tanky damage dealers behind him would definitely be able to follow up with damage and crowd control.

But the moment he landed and swung his weapon, the Jinx who should have been controlled in front of him had quietly disappeared, leaving only a trail of white light.

Could it be...?

Xiao Tian looked at the screen in surprise, only to see the Jinx, who should have appeared at her intended forward position, suddenly materialize on the other side of the river.

Flash for Flash!

Having paid attention to Viego's movements the entire time, how could he not have anticipated this?

Of course, if he remembered correctly, in professional matches, players often liked to time their fatal skills to be thrown at the enemy in waves. Even at the moment of landing, Luo Zhen maintained the highest level of situational awareness.

Jhin's range was insufficient, Viego's Flash + W was already used, so the only one who could threaten him was Zoe's "headbutt."

And now, at the front of the battlefield, Knight's Zoe had once again disappeared from sight.

Did she hide?

Recalling the entire game, Knight's Zoe had always played the role of a stealth assassin, posing a fatal threat to him multiple times during the twenty-odd minutes of the match.

Should I gamble?

At this point, he could give up the chase and engage Viego in a stalemate. Although there was still the risk of being ambushed by Zoe, it was more likely that the enemy would sacrifice their jungler to preserve the Baron buff. Even if that wasn't the case, stopping here would only mean facing Viego, rather than risking a counter-kill from the enemy's double carry.

Luo Zhen pursed his lips, his right hand gripping the mouse tighter and tighter.

Although he had always played the role of a cowardly and incompetent person before.

But this time.

I don't want to live, and I don't want to lose!

[Gale Force] was used.

This skill, which Luo Zhen had been hoarding, finally found its use at the last moment. Its target was the corner of the dragon pit in the upper river.

As he moved forward, a blue trinket ward was placed in the tri-bush.

The previously vanished, low-health Zoe's figure was completely exposed to Luo Zhen's sight at this moment. Knight was stunned. He clearly remembered that there were no wards around here, and he had confirmed he was outside the enemy's vision range before hiding, so why... did the opponent know he was here?

Snapping back from his anxiety, Knight hastily threw an E skill to try and stun him, but without a wall as a medium, Zoe's E skill was too slow, too slow.

Dodging and weaving, auto-attacks landed. How could a low-health mage withstand the damage from a three-item Jinx? All he could do was throw out a short-range flying star just before dying, dealing his final bit of damage.

[V5's AK killed TES's Knight]

[Gleeful Pleasure**, triggered again!

Not enough, still not enough.

Leona and Kennen were already dead. Viego, followed by his teammates, would engage and tie down Tian's Viego in the final moments. The objective this wave was a full wipe. If they could kill everyone, the 30-minute respawn timer meant roughly 50 seconds of revival time, possibly enough for them to push from mid all the way to the nexus.

Where is he?

Where is JKL?

Where is that half-health Jhin?

From start to finish, everything had happened in mere seconds. The enemy team definitely hadn't gotten far, so... where could he be?

Without any extra time for hesitation, Luo Zhen fired a [Shockwave] into the blind spot of the top lane vision. With a "zzzt" sound, the shockwave accurately hit the Jhin who was hiding and quickly recalling.

"Found you."

Accelerating, advancing, auto-attack landed.

Discovering he couldn't escape, JKL decided to stand his ground and trade shots with Luo Zhen. With three items, Jhin could crit, and if he landed one, this 1v1 wasn't entirely unacceptable.

And so, JKL activated Heal.

A duel betting on fate had begun.

From long-range bombardment to close-range shots, from cannon fire to machine-gun spray, from full health to critical condition.

Unfortunately, this time, the god of crits favored someone else.

It was Jinx.

When the final three hundred health was successfully taken down by Jinx with a red-text damage instance, JKL's vision turned black. He wasn't fixated on the outcome of the crit mechanic, but rather... ashamed that he had abandoned the chance to counter-attack with his teammates immediately, all for the Baron buff.