Revenge

With Wu Jin's words, the storm raging in He Zhen's heart subsided. He took a deep breath and put on his headset.

Even if he couldn't beat them, he couldn't become a weak link. He was GOD's substitute, after all. If he could take the stage, he couldn't be bad!

Seeing that he was in much better shape, everyone was relieved and put their minds at ease.

In games, skill, mentality, and luck were all indispensable. Having the right mentality was the first step toward winning.

The pick-and-ban phase for the second game began.

YH first banned Hidden Phoenix and Yaya, then picked Twisted Fate.

Coach Ming watched the screen cautiously. The pick-and-ban phase was also crucial to the game and a real test of a coach's ability.

They had to guess the other side's intentions and lineup from the heroes they banned, then consider how their own team would play against them.

"Ban Flower Demon and Pipa Woman."

He Zhen spoke up on his own initiative. "Coach, I can take Fiora."

Fiora had high mobility and survivability. She could withstand a great deal of damage and had a high margin for error.

Most importantly, she was a hero Wu Jin had taught him to play before.

"Okay, Sun, pick Fiora for Zhen."

"Okay."

On YH's side, Lion picked Alas.

[Wu Hu: Wow, Lion picked Alas! Lion has played Alas a lot this season!]

[Qingqing: Yes, and Alas is especially agile and has crowd control, but GOD has both Fiora and Robot, so they have nothing to fear.]

Wu Jin leaned lazily against the sofa, looking listless.

Brother Qian looked at Wu Jin. "Who do you think YH will pick next?"

"Fulina."

YH hadn't banned Fulina yet because they wanted to pick her themselves. They had also decided that Shi Mu wouldn't pick her for GOD's lineup this game, so they had left her open.

Sure enough, the next second, Qianhe locked in Fulina.

[Qingqing: Swinging a broadsword in front of Guan Gong, hahaha! They left Fulina open and weren't afraid Time would actually pick her.]

[Wu Hu: GOD places great importance on teamwork. YH knows that very well, which is why they dared leave her open. Ah, I really want to see Time's Fulina.]

[Qingqing: +1]

Audience: +10086

Wantonly: "The captain missed his chance with Fulina again."

Clear: "If you're so capable, pick her for the captain."

Wantonly: "I'm not capable."

Shi Mu glanced at the two of them with a smile, and they immediately lowered their heads and shut up.

They couldn't afford to cross him.

The final lineups:

GOD: Fiora, Sea Shark, Rui'anli, Machinist, Robot

YH: Aaron, Fulina, Alas, Dream Person, Twisted Fate

At the start, GOD swapped their top and bottom lanes. Sun and Wantonly went bottom to put pressure on Yet.

Fiora and Twisted Fate also traded blows in the bottom lane. As a mid-to-long-range control hero, Fiora managed to clear the whole wave.

Relying on his hero advantage, Clear was the first to clear the opening wave and pushed Lion under the tower, then slowly made his way toward the bottom lane.

Lion sent a signal, cleared his wave, and followed close behind toward the bottom lane.

Heart was helping clear the small jungle monsters on the red side. Seeing Clear come down, she immediately used her first skill to slow him. Lion flung a fan at He Zhen, trying to cut off his movement.

He rolled forward with his second skill, kicked Clear into the air, and dealt a burst of damage. Clear missed his control skill and had no choice but to use Flash.

"Whoa, Zhouzhou was forced to burn his first Flash!"

"Heh, I'll pay him back in a bit."

Clear snorted, his gaze growing more serious as he looked at the screen.

Shi Mu cleared the mid-lane wave. Qianhe had just finished clearing a small jungle camp and came to help in mid, but when he ran into Shi Mu, he didn't dare fight him head-on, so he had to wait until Shi Mu was done before taking the wave.

Wantonly headed into the red jungle to help Shi Mu take the buff, which would give them an advantage in time.

Shi Mu held on to Smite and used a movement skill to slip into the enemy's red jungle. Qianhe was taking red. Shi Mu moved in with his second skill, hit the buff with it, then pressed Smite and successfully stole red.

"Whoa, that was so cool, Brother Mu!"

He Zhen's eyes lit up. "That's our captain for you."

On the other side, Qianhe lost his red buff and screamed on the spot.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!"

"My red, my red, my red, my red!! Give me back my red!"

Heart's ears hurt from the noise, and she shot him an impatient look.

"Pay me some compensation. My eardrums are about to burst."

Ji Chengyan spoke calmly. "When we get back, I'll have the manager find you a screaming chicken endorsement."

"Hahahahahahahaha, I'm dying!"

Qianhe: ...

He Zhen headed up from the bottom lane and shared the mid-lane wave with Clear. Alas was hiding in the mid-lane brush, and as He Zhen headed upward, Alas dashed over and dealt him a burst of damage.

He Zhen took Lion's full combo, then quickly tapped his keyboard to put some distance between himself and Alas, baiting out Alas's first skill in the process.

Clear wasn't far from him, so he wasn't too worried. With two bars of health left, he headed for the top lane.

Seeing He Zhen come up, Sun used the teleportation portal to return to the bottom lane.

Clear, Wantonly, and He Zhen were all in the top lane now, while Yet was alone.

Clear: "I'll hide in the brush. You two draw his fire."

He Zhen: "Yes, sir!"

Seeing that He Zhen was low on health and Wantonly was only at half, Yet wasn't afraid at all. He opened with his second skill and attacked He Zhen. Having finished baiting him, Wantonly walked over to the teleportation portal and left.

Clear immediately emerged from the brush and used his ultimate to hard-CC Yet, dealing massive damage. He Zhen followed up, and they happily secured a kill.

"Oh, nice. That avenged the first blood from last game."

Wantonly smiled.

Sun nodded too. "Congratulations, congratulations."

He Zhen was a little embarrassed by the praise. "Hehe."

At four minutes, Ji Chengyan went to the dragon pit and started attacking the dragon. After taking blue, Qianhe followed him there.

He Zhen dragged the minimap and used the teleportation portal to reach mid. Shi Mu quickly finished taking blue and wanted to move in to steal the dragon, but YH's defense was too tight. He couldn't get it.

"Fall back a little."

Shi Mu spoke up.

Not retreat-fall back a little.

Wantonly found an opening and grabbed Lion, pulling her in front of Clear. Clear immediately used his second skill to control Lion and teamed up with Shi Mu to secure the kill.

GOD pursued relentlessly, wanting to keep fighting, but YH retreated quickly and refused to engage. After all, one of their carries was dead, putting them at a disadvantage.

But GOD had taken the first bottom-lane tower. At 2:0, with a defensive tower down as well, they had established a clear advantage.

YH stayed tightly grouped, and several times they managed to escape.

With his mana running low, Shi Mu recalled to restore his stats. Ji Chengyan and the support cleared the mid-lane wave and headed toward GOD's blue jungle. He Zhen sensed a hint of danger and used the teleportation portal to reach the bottom lane.

The blue buff respawned, and both sides began fighting for it.

Shi Mu moved up to probe, drawing a burst of fire. Sun activated his ultimate and advanced to deal damage, but Lion immediately came at him with her second skill. Wantonly grabbed Sun and pulled him back.

Yet had already activated his ultimate and come down from the top lane, crashing into Wantonly. In an instant, Wantonly took sixty percent damage, his health vanishing rapidly. Fortunately, he used Flash quickly and got away.

"Grandma's leg, you damn near killed your daddy!"

Sun: "Watch your language."

"Okay, okay."

Qianhe seized the chance to activate his ultimate and move in to whittle down Clear and He Zhen's health. Because of his hero's weaknesses, Clear could only take the beating against a hero like Fulina; otherwise, his skills would be baited out.