As the hero bearing Phantom Ice's ID slowly fell, a flood of comments swept through the livestream chat.
In Yu Nian's livestream:
[Huh? Flashing into an ult? A misplay?]
[Uh, was that necessary? Nian Bao could've tanked that damage...]
[He could've survived with a sliver of health, but you had to feed them a kill. What was that?]
[Lololol, I don't get it either.]
Yu Nian pressed his lips together, moved forward, and finished off the enemy mage in two hits. "Thanks, but that ult wouldn't have killed me. You don't need to do that next time," he told Phantom Ice.
In Phantom Ice's livestream:
[Hahaha, how lovesick are you?]
[Not even pretending anymore, huh? You're just thirsty for his face.]
[Doesn't his reaction seem a little lukewarm? If someone tanked an ult for me, I'd be so moved I'd call them Daddy.]
[You must have a lot of dads, huh.]
[The point is, it wasn't necessary. Rice Cake has tons of HP and damage. There was really no need for the streamer to sacrifice himself as support.]
[Aren't you being way too harsh? He just wanted to protect his teammate. How could he think through all that in the moment? Phantom Ice is just too kind.]
Different opinions began to emerge in Phantom Ice's chat. The two loudest camps were those who inexplicably found them shippable and those condemning Yu Nian for being too coldhearted. Anyone who questioned Phantom Ice for feeding a kill and disrupting the game was instead shouted down by his viewers.
By comparison, the fans on Yu Nian's side were much easier to keep in check.
First, they couldn't stomach such an absurd play from Phantom Ice. Second, most of them assumed Yu Nian already had a partner, with Boss Y also waiting hungrily in