Huya, Lü Dehua's livestream.
Having reached level four, Dehua was swaggering wildly. "Li Nainai's banana and radish peels, see that? The enemy's peak Guangdong Province clash laner got ground into the dirt by yours truly. He doesn't even dare leave his tower."
Comments flew across the public screen.
"I went to the cafeteria and asked the auntie, 'Where's the farm chicken?' She said, 'I packed Farm Chicken Dehua up for you.'"
"Whoever you are, I order you to get off Farm Chicken right now. This isn't Farm Chicken Dehua's real skill level!"
"Requesting a urine test! Dehua's so unfamiliar right now it's scary!"
Zhuzi and Xijianchui, who were beside him, were astonished.
Xijianchui in particular saw him in a whole new light. If Dehua's triple kill with Lu Bu last game had been luck, then his suppression of Ying at the start of this game had genuinely come from his astonishing attention to detail and delicate micro.
Xijian looked at the spirited Dehua and said in disbelief, "Is this really Farm Chicken Dehua, the guy who goes super negative every game?"
Zhuzi shot him a sidelong look. "Achui, ever heard of the Phoenix Crown and Rosy Robes team?"
"How could I not have heard of them?" Xijianchui asked, puzzled. "Aren't they the team founded by the legendary Champion Emperor player Phoenix, the one sitting firmly at the top of the Apple QQ server team rankings?"
Zhuzi dropped a bombshell. "Dehua used to be a member of the Phoenix Crown and Rosy Robes Team!"
"Huh?"
Xijianchui was dumbfounded. The requirements for joining Phoenix Crown and Rosy Robes were sky-high: a player's skills had to be comparable to an Overlord's. Did that mean Farm Chicken Dehua had been on par with Overlord players at his peak?
In the game, Dehua received a signal from his teammate Wang Zhaojun: Exalted Emperor's Gan was on his way to support the clash lane.
"Li Nainai's, lucky for you, you've got heaven on your side. I'll let you off this time!" Dehua glanced at the low-health Ying inside the enemy tower, then controlled his Heavenly Demon Chaos Lu Bu to retreat.
He had only just retreated to where the minion waves met when he saw Exalted Emperor's Gan emerge from the clash-lane river.
"He got here that fast?"
Looking at Gan & Mo just a stone's throw away, Dehua didn't panic in the slightest. With his ultimate and Flash both ready, he had more than enough to get away safely.
But even if he was retreating, he still had to show off!
"Farm chickens in the stream, do you believe yours truly can dodge every one of Exalted Emperor's swords?"
"Don't believe it" swept across the public screen.
That was exactly the reaction Dehua wanted. He began using advanced King-tier movement-running the fuck around at random. "Open your dog eyes wide and watch closely. I'll pass through ten thousand flowers without a single leaf touching me!"
"One sword rules mercy, one sword buries despair!"
As Gan's voice line rang in his ears, the golden Twin Swords: Near shot toward him. Dehua controlled Lu Bu to make a small sidestep!
Clang!
Not only did he catch them cleanly, he also took the maximum damage where the two swords intersected!
A sword-energy mark appeared above his head.
"Nani?"
Dehua's eyes widened. He found it somewhat unbelievable.
But he dismissed it as Exalted Emperor's Gan getting lucky.
"The beacon fires never cease, the battles know no end!"
The golden Twin Swords sliced through the air toward him.
Dehua hurriedly used snakelike movement, but who would have thought he'd catch them head-on again? He took the full damage at the intersection of the two swords, and his health instantly fell below half!
"Holy shit, Li Nainai's!"
Dehua wasn't the only one stunned.
Even Zhuzi and Xijianchui, watching beside him, were dumbfounded.
Dehua's Lu Bu was moving with no discernible pattern, yet Exalted Emperor's Gan & Mo seemed to see the future, always predicting where Dehua's Lu Bu would move next!
Something was wrong!
Nine parts out of ten were wrong!
In the game, Exalted Emperor's Gan activated his ultimate, flying swords circling at his sides.
Zhuzi, who had been watching the show, leaned forward and shouted, "Use your ultimate! Hurry up and use it to escape!"
"Don't be stingy with Flash," Xijianchui warned nervously. "Be careful, or you'll become Gan's living target!"
"I know, yours truly knows!"
Dehua had also noticed how uncanny Exalted Emperor's Gan was. He hurriedly cast his ultimate toward his tower.
"I am this world's nightmare!"
Dehua's Heavenly Demon Chaos Lu Bu leaped high into the air, and the deep-purple area of his ultimate appeared within range of his team's first clash-lane tower. The instant he landed, he immediately followed up with a Flash to the left and a slash!
Almost at the same time, Exalted Emperor's Gan used his first skill to push himself forward and hurled the four ultimate-enhanced Twin Swords: Far to the left!
Clang!
All four Twin Swords plunged into Lu Bu!
Dehua's Lu Bu's health bar hit zero, and he died on the spot!
An exhilarating kill announcement rang out across the Rift.
"Gan & Mo defeated Lu Bu!"
"First Blood!"
"What the hell?" Dehua's eyes widened like copper bells. "Li Nainai's, he even predicted my Flash?"
"Exalted Emperor's Gan is ridiculous!"
Zhuzi stared in shock. "All four swords hit, full damage again!"
Xijianchui's eyes filled with astonishment. "Is he cheating?"
Douyin, Su Hang's livestream.
"Good lord! All eight swords hit. That's even more ridiculous than your sis cheating!"
"Awesome, Great God Exalted Emperor! You turned Farm Chicken Dehua into a porcupine."
"What's going on? Dehua's movement was clearly random, so how did Big Boss Exalted Emperor's swords still hit him?"
Su Hang glanced at the comments and smiled. "Countering random movement is simple. You just need to know how to attack randomly!"
The viewers were confused. "Attack randomly?"
"Simply put, rely on instinct!" Su Hang explained further. "Give up on predicting the enemy's movement and respond using the game sense you've built up through past matches!"
The viewers suddenly understood and said they had learned something.
After securing first blood, Su Hang's Gan leaped into first place in gold.
Since all four swords had hit when he killed Lu Bu, his ultimate's cooldown had been reduced rapidly. On top of that, the boots he was building were cooldown boots, so it came off cooldown in just twenty seconds.
He could once again kill someone with a single set of skills!
The minion waves met in mid lane.
Su Hang set his sights on Wang Zhaojun.
He hurled all his stored Twin Swords: Far. As though the golden swords had eyes of their own, every one hit.
Wang Zhaojun's shield burst, and her health fell to half. Having witnessed her teammate Lu Bu's miserable death earlier, he used Flash without hesitation and fled into the tower.
"Trying to run now? Too late!"
As Su Hang pressed his ultimate, he cast his first skill in the opposite direction and rushed into the enemy's first mid-lane tower. He predicted her movement and hurled his enhanced Twin Swords: Far, then left the tower without looking back.
Wang Zhaojun dropped off to sleep!
The Rift's kill announcement followed.
Everyone in the livestream was dumbfounded.
"Zhaojun... just died like that?"
"Hold on, bro, is this right? All eight swords hit again?"
"Can I ask what Zhaojun did wrong there? She only came out of the tower to clear the wave."
"You're really clearing Zhaojun like she's a minion, huh?"
"Guys, I noticed something. From the start of the game until now, whenever Big Boss Exalted Emperor has attacked someone, his swords haven't missed once!"
"A double kill in just over two minutes, and both were one-sided slaughters without help from his teammates. If nothing unexpected happens, Big Boss Exalted Emperor's Gan is going to carry the whole game!"
Su Hang locked his camera onto the farm lane. "If I want to carry the whole game, I have to deal with the tiger!"
At that moment, kill banners appeared on the game screen.
"Pei Qinhu defeated Di Renjie!"
"Pei Qinhu defeated Sang Qi!"
"Double Kill!"
Watching Pei Qinhu swagger away after securing a double kill, Su Hang narrowed his eyes slightly. "This Pei Qinhu's got some skills."