One Son and One Daughter

Aoda changed from tiger form into human form, punching the buff monster again and again. By rights, Xiao Qi should have used his second skill by now, but he still hadn't pressed it, because he kept feeling a chill down his back.

"Lele, move a little closer to me."

"Okay, coming."

The instant Xiao Qi pressed his second skill,

Jixilin sprang from the brush, followed his ultimate with his first skill, and landed butt-first on his face. Axe Dart spun right up into his face, wielding twin battle axes, and alarm bells rang in Xiao Qi's head.

Sure enough, his premonition had been right, but there was nothing he could do. The top laner and jungler unleashed their full damage, and although Xiao Qi's hero tried to maneuver, he still died.

With the jungler dead, GOD's situation improved slightly. Wu Jin and Shi Mu worked together to take a dragon. With two towers in the bottom lane broken in succession and the first mid-lane tower down, the three waves of dragon minions were long-awaited rain for GOD.

By the time Lele arrived, all that remained was an empty jungle and a cold corpse.

"Why does GOD keep getting sneakier?"

Flower: "Maybe they've never tested positive."

The rest of Wind: ...That joke was cold.

Xiao Qi smiled helplessly. "Yeah, so we need to be a little more careful around them."

After clearing their lanes, bin and Wantonly moved toward mid, planning to gain an advantage there.

Clear and bin pushed the wave together. Isolated and without help, Flower could only use her first skill to whittle down the minions under the tower. Lele charged out of the upper jungle and into the minion wave, clearing a path for Flower.

Dumi had already moved up from the bottom lane toward mid, but hadn't shown up in vision at all, so the GOD players were still trading damage with Flower and Lele in mid.

Lele had been tanking damage the whole time and now had only a third of his health left. Bin moved farther and farther forward, hoping to claim the kill.

Wantonly: "Bin, don't stand so far forward. Their marksman hasn't shown."

"What's there to be afraid of? The bear's almost dead. I can finish him."

He used his ultimate to control the bear, and seeing their chance, all three GOD players moved forward to add damage.

Wu Jin checked the map, then opened the scoreboard. Xiao Qi had respawned, but his gold was rising steadily.

That meant Xiao Qi wasn't in the jungle. Otherwise, counting the gold from jungle monsters and the natural gold gain,

ten seconds after respawning, Xiao Qi should have made over two hundred gold by now, traveling from the fountain to the jungle.

Shi Mu and Wu Jin spoke at the same time.

"The jungler's coming, retreat."

"Stop fighting in mid."

GOD's backline was completely exposed. Dumi emerged from the brush and used an ultimate card to control Rat Child. Flower followed up with a dash into the middle, dancing gracefully among the flowers as her passive damage exploded again and again.

Xiao Qi's Aoda also appeared in mid. His first and second skills landed punch after punch on Clear, who dashed backward but was still beaten down to low health.

Shi Mu arrived in mid and brought down his ultimate. Xiao Qi stopped just in time and turned right, avoiding the control effect. Unfortunately, Clear had escaped.

Wantonly's healing skill was a drop in the bucket against bin's rapidly plummeting health. He couldn't save him, not at all.

Flower claimed both bin and Wantonly, and GOD's second mid-lane tower was also destroyed.

Shi Mu fought back and took half of Aoda's health, then wanted to retreat. No matter how high his damage was, fighting four opponents was futile. Wu Jin was backdooring a tower in the top lane, Clear was in poor shape, and the mid-lane minion wave was about to reach the high ground.

Without hesitation, Shi Mu charged back in and cut off the minion wave, finishing off the low-health Moon Cicada Maiden. Finally, his computer screen turned gray, with a 30-second respawn timer.

Wantonly frowned. "We told you to stop fighting, but you went in anyway."

Bin sneered. "How was I supposed to know they'd get there so fast? If you're so capable, why didn't you leave on your own?"

"You!..."

Shi Mu stepped in to restore order. "All right, stop arguing."

[Wu Hu: Time had to sacrifice himself to cut off the wave there, or they definitely couldn't have defended the high-ground tower. Time even managed to take Flower with him at the limit. That's Time for you.]

[Qingqing: He can die, but he has to take someone down with him. Time never lets himself come out on the losing end. Now two of GOD's lanes have collapsed, and Jin has recalled, but the bottom-lane wave is coming again!]

[Wu Hu: This is so tense! If they hold here, they can counterattack. If they don't, today's match goes to Wind!]

The Wind players grouped up at the bottom-lane high-ground tower. Clear and Wu Jin had no room to clear the wave at all; they were completely pinned down. One step forward would send them into the abyss of death.

Wantonly: "You two have to hold it!!"

Clear's palms were sweating, but his tone was as arrogant as ever. "There's no crystal I can't defend!"

Shi Mu watched Wu Jin on the screen. "A-Jin, chip away at their health."

"Okay."

Wu Jin came out from the crystal. The minion wave had already broken through the bottom-lane defensive tower. She jumped into the middle of the four Wind players with her second skill, then activated her ultimate and spun her axe to clear the wave.

Clear kept dealing damage from behind. Fox used a second skill to get right in Clear's face, while the bear activated its ultimate to burn him. Clear used two dashes to return to the crystal and recover.

"A-Jin, hang on. I'll be right there."

Wu Jin clicked her mouse rapidly, her eyes unblinking, and finished off the last minion.

Fox: "Why is Jin so hard to kill? What's her build? I have to ask her afterward."

Dumi: "I don't even want to fight her anymore... She's too tanky."

Flower hadn't respawned yet. She watched Wu Jin's play with eyes full of admiration. "A-Jin is amazing~"

The others: ...Are you a spy?

Wu Jin swung her axe at Fiora. Her goal was clear: chip away as much of Wind's health as she could. After her screen turned gray, she relaxed against her gaming chair. She had completed the task her captain gave her.

In the lounge, Brother Qian, who was watching the match, stood up nervously and walked over to the television, staring at it intently, his pupils narrowing.

If Clear held this wave, he wouldn't hit him for three days!

Clear concentrated completely. His second skill fired three shock waves, all of which hit players, stacking his passive to the maximum. He activated his ultimate and locked onto Xiao Qi.

Lele immediately stepped forward to block the ultimate for Xiao Qi, then sacrificed himself gloriously. Clear dashed right up to Xiao Qi. With a lifesteal book and his runes, Clear wasn't afraid to fight head-on and took down Xiao Qi, who was at half health.

If Hidden Phoenix's ultimate killed its target, it would reset, so Clear didn't care who it hit, as long as they died.

Dumi and Fiora, who had been kited away, were both at half health. They fired their skills at Clear, breaking his resurrection armor. He switched to stasis and used it to bait out Fiora's ultimate, then instantly switched to armor. Two instant item swaps in succession left the audience dazzled.

In the end, Clear used his second skill followed by his ultimate to send both Dumi and Fiora packing.

Clear breathed a sigh of relief. He had held.

The big screen announced Clear's quadra kill, and the venue erupted in cheers.

"Clear, you're fucking awesome!!! GOD will win!!!"

"Clear, you're the best!!"

"GOD will win!! GOD will win!!"

With the opposing team wiped out and all of GOD respawned, the game was theirs now.

Wantonly excitedly pushed the tower. "Clear, you've got some skills after all, just like your dad, me."

"Believe it or not, I'll rip that mouth of yours apart."

Although the two were bickering, neither could hide the happiness in his voice. Flower couldn't withstand the damage alone and failed to defend the crystal. GOD won the third game.

MVP went to Clear's Hidden Phoenix.

GOD was currently first in the group standings.

Back in the lounge, Brother Qian excitedly slapped Clear hard on the shoulder.

"That's my boy! You played that last fight so well! I'll get you an extra meal when we get back!"

Clear: ?? How did I become his son again?

Brother Qian: Age 28, blessed with a son and a daughter.