You call this thing stable?

It's hard to say.

Relying on the pressure from this minion wave in the mid lane, they could gain priority over Baron Nashor through the wave, which would be a huge gain!

TES is making a push.

They absolutely cannot let V5 leave so easily. Originally, letting Jayce return already cost them a mid lane minion wave, and now, because they had to defend the tower, they even lost the Elemental Dragon they should have taken. If they let the opponents escape now, V5 could easily replicate this situation and force them into another difficult choice, which would be disastrous.

Zhuo initiated the fight.

Relying on his tankiness, Alistar walked alone through V5's rotation path and positioned himself behind V5's formation. Even though Azir's Solar Disk had already been placed on the ruins of their own second tower.

But he had to do it.

Activating his ultimate ability, he executed a W-Q combo, tanking the damage from Azir's placed turret, and Alistar fiercely charged towards Xin Zhao at the front of V5's formation.

Knock-up successful!

Seeing this, V5 decided not to run anymore. With the Solar Disk nearby, this fight was almost 6 versus 4. The opponents were clearly flustered by their tempo. Since the opponents had lost their minds, they would engage.

R [Moonlight Guardian]

W [Threaded Arrow]

R [Riptide]

The double circle + counter-attack system proved effective again. As V5's mobile front line, Karsa and Rich directly took the vanguard of the frontal assault, blocking Jayce's cannonballs and engaging fiercely with Alistar and Viego.

Both sides having three completed items, the outcome of the team fight at this point largely depended on the team fight performance of both dual carries.

JKL understood this very well.

He also knew that in a frontal engagement, his abilities would likely be blocked by the opponent's double circle system.

So this time, he chose an entry method that a typical AD would never use.

He chose to flank.

Let Alistar go out first to draw aggro, then have his teammates engage to divert attention, and finally, enter the enemy backline himself. As long as one of the enemy dual carries was crippled, and the other used their ultimate to push into the center of the battlefield, they would still have a chance to turn the tide this fight.

Therefore, JKL engaged, resolutely engaged.

V5 clearly didn't expect TES to play a single-core AD flank at this moment. This scene had rarely occurred in professional matches since Uzi in S8.

It was too late when Rookie saw it.

He had been waiting for a good opportunity to use his ultimate ability to engage, but when he saw Tristana's W appear behind him, his heart pounded an alarm. Before he could even react.

R [Calamity Shot]

Tristana used her ultimate, directly pushing Rookie into the center of the battlefield. Seeing this, Rookie was forced to press his Zhonya's Hourglass to save himself.

OK.

One carry dealt with, now they just needed to deal with the enemy Lucian. Even if it meant trading or crippling the enemy at the cost of his own life, JKL was confident that they would come out ahead this fight, because they still had Viktor as their other carry.

So, he turned his gaze back to the battlefield.

Then he froze.

Because within his attack range, there wasn't even a shadow of Lucian, let alone Nami.

Where was the enemy bottom lane duo!?

In a position JKL was unaware of, the casters at the commentary desk had already descended into madness.

Ah Shui's idea was indeed bold: flanking the front line to quickly eliminate an enemy carry could give them a chance to turn the tide. But as fate would have it, Luo Zhen had the same idea.

Thus, from the God's perspective, what the casters and audience saw was both ADCs choosing to use vision to flank at almost the same time.

And their targets... were almost exclusively the enemy backline!

[All men must die, but some need a little help.]

When Lucian descended from TES's own mid-high ground and appeared before Knight, Knight was completely bewildered. Just as V5 couldn't imagine JKL flanking as a single-core, TES also couldn't imagine why this AD would abandon his comfort zone and choose to appear in this position.

From the first game to the fourth, the evaluation of the enemy bottom lane that Knight heard from his teammates almost always revolved around the word "Steady."

But looking at the enemy Lucian in front of him now.

Seriously.

You call this 'Steady'!?

If this was called steady, he'd immediately rip his head off and use it as a soccer ball for the AD!

Lucian, who had a massive gold advantage, directly used E + Q, combined with Nami's E, and then unleashed his ultimate point-blank.

"Adadadada~"

By the time Knight reacted and used Zhonya's Hourglass, his health had already been reduced to the execute threshold.

And what was worse, he had used Zhonya's Hourglass after Rookie used his.

TES was finished.

Chapter Sixty-One: We Are Champions!

[???]

[Am I watching a deciding game or a sci-fi movie? The ADs from both sides are flanking each other?]

[An epic scene, a future never imagined.]

[Damn, I really can't figure out what this new V5 AD is made of anymore. How dare he!]

In fact, from the moment the enemy Alistar flanked to initiate the team fight, Luo Zhen's gaze had been sweeping the periphery of the battlefield, searching for Tristana.

There was no reason; he simply felt that given JKL's personality, he wouldn't sit idly by in such a disadvantageous situation.

So how to predict it?

It was simple, just put yourself in their shoes.

If I were Tristana, how would I play this game? Setting aside the conventional AD options, and setting aside the options that would lead to instant death, among the remaining choices, which one offered the highest reward? That would be the enemy JKL's choice.

Because he was someone he once wanted to replace, he understood the enemy's bot lane better than anyone.

He had gambled and won!

The moment Rookie, having escaped Zhonya's Hourglass, successfully deployed his ultimate ability, [Wall of the Imperial Guard].

The game had already entered its final moments!

JKL, his screen now grayed out, looked at the screen before him with a hint of surprise. As an opponent for five consecutive games, the enemy AD's decision this time truly exceeded his imagination.

For him, a small Demacia Cup wasn't something he took seriously.

Of course, it was the same for other players; otherwise, so many teams wouldn't have fielded their main rosters. JKL, Knight, and Tian were all players who had received more than enough accolades and awards.

But when he saw Zhuo sitting next to him, looking dejected, his lips couldn't help but twitch slightly.

If you call him a war criminal, he's a rookie and should be understood. But if you try to understand him, the enemy AD is also a rookie, and yet we haven't seen the enemy AD having a meltdown. Considering whether he was a new support or just having an off game, JKL could only comfort Zhuo beside him.

As for this BO5 series, he was genuinely convinced of his loss.

A 2-for-5 exchange. Normally, they might feel they could still fight, but now they were on TES's high ground, and the V5 dual carries had survived. At this moment, before them was the undefended TES Nexus.

At this moment, everyone knew.

The dark horse was about to ascend the throne!

"Push, push, push, push!~"

"Xiao Zhen, you played so well, Xiao Zhen! Tonight's late-night snack is on me, on me!!!"

"Don't rush, don't rush, we need to stay calm, definitely don't rush. The most important thing is to be fast. Damn it, I want to see the enemy's high ground Nexus explode right now!"

"Hahaha, okay, push!"

The moment Rookie, hand-in-hand with Luo Zhen and PPGOD, depleted the last sliver of health from the TES base, Luo Zhen's eyes were filled with excitement as he watched the exploding base fragments flying across the screen.

We won?

It seemed they had won!

They had actually beaten TES!

Thinking of this, the irrepressible joy immediately made him sit up straight and shout loudly:

"We are the champions!!!"

The Demacia Cup is not a particularly serious tournament.

It's not like the Spring or Summer Finals, which affect qualification for the World Championship, nor is it like MSI, which concerns the spot for the fourth seed. It's just an ordinary warm-up cup for rookies. Its prestige is so low that many teams don't even bother sending their main players.

But did that matter?

Looking at the golden rain falling from above the stage, the Demacia Cup trophy standing in the center, and the audience below roaring and waving their flags, Luo Zhen was completely satisfied.

Really, he was completely satisfied.

At this moment, Coach Homme slowly walked onto the stage from the back lounge. Facing such a celebratory award ceremony with cheers from the entire venue, he didn't rush to stand beside the trophy. Instead, he walked directly to Luo Zhen's position, smiled, and placed his large hand on his head, ruffling his hair fiercely.

"Coach?"

"Feel this moment properly." Homme gestured for him to look at every corner of the stage and the audience, speaking with the care of a father for his child: "From the moment you stepped onto the professional stage, you must remember that all your hard work, sweat, and tears are actually for these few minutes on the award stage."

"Remember this feeling, feel this joy, and then… move forward with unwavering determination."

"Your path is far from over."

While the victory in the competition was joyous, for a rookie, how to establish the correct competitive mindset was what a coach should do for their players. The LPL has countless rookies who make a stunning debut, but often due to external praise and a lack of firm belief in themselves, they gradually go astray and eventually fade into obscurity.

Among them, AD players are particularly prominent.

"I will remember, Coach."

Luo Zhen took Homme's words to heart. He knew how lucky and hard-won this victory was. Seeing the purity in his eyes from before the match restored, Homme smiled and patted his shoulder, then subtly moved his position to be among the six players.

The interview order was based on seniority.

Karsa and Rookie were naturally at the forefront, partly due to their fame and partly because the interviewer was Xiao Yu. Rookie and Xiao Yu were already smiling so broadly that Luo Zhen couldn't help but worry if they would be escorted off stage for laughing too much.

However, after the mid and jungle, it was his turn.

From the simple arrangement, one could feel that Homme had great expectations for Luo Zhen.

However, interviews… were clearly not something he could improvise. For team interviews like this, except for couples like Rookie, whom the audience tacitly acknowledged, the rest of the players gave very official answers. Even Luo Zhen, who was known for his witty remarks, spoke of how well his teammates played, how quickly they played, how incredibly they played, and how he was just carried, among other things.

The tallest tree in the forest will be destroyed by the wind.

Winning tonight's match has already created a huge buzz, so there's no need to stir up any more drama.

There's only one focus now—lifting the trophy!

The Demacia Cup ended on December 26th, and the earliest the next split, the Spring Split, would begin was January 10th, 2022. This left about two weeks in between. After allocating one week for everyone to return and get reacquainted with their feel for the game and match rhythm, the club also planned to give everyone a short, one-week vacation.

After all, they had just won a championship, so they deserved some time to rest.

Luo Zhen hugged the trophy with a look of adoration, unwilling to let go. Once it returned to the club, it would be placed on the club's trophy wall. He wanted to hold it for as long as he could. Of course, it definitely wasn't because he saw that the two big brothers in the mid and jungle had girlfriends to hug after the match and felt jealous.

Women?

Hmph, they would only affect his mouse-moving speed.

"Alright, we're heading off then, Xiao Zhen. See you in a week." After finishing a series of follow-up celebration banquets and interviews, Karsa and Rookie were ready to properly enjoy their final week of vacation.

"Hehehe, but... are you just leaving like this? How about taking this with you?"

Luo Zhen carefully examined their hands, then rummaged through his backpack. Finally, he handed each of the two older brothers a pair of nail clippers.

"What is this?"

"As a sign of respect to your girlfriends, you should trim your nails before you go out, at least your middle and ring fingers."

"???"

Chapter 1: New Concept BP