Empty-Handed

GOD came out behind in that exchange. Even though Wantonly was excellent at kiting, YH had two sources of sustain. If GOD couldn't kill Ji Chengyan in one fell swoop, there was nothing they could do.

With several GOD players recalling at critical health, Ji Chengyan and his teammates hammered away at the first mid-lane tower. Shi Mu tried to clear the wave and defend it, but to no avail. The tower still fell.

On top of that, Ji Chengyan had stacked his passive on Shi Mu, leaving him permanently poisoned and losing health. Lion also used his ultimate to whittle him down, leaving Shi Mu at half health.

After taking the tower, Qianhe planned to return to the red-buff jungle and farm, but Clear stuck close behind him.

"Come on, come on, steal their red buff. That'll teach them to pressure us."

He Zhen came over from the bottom lane while Yet was still clearing the wave there. With a numbers advantage, all five GOD players grouped up and entered Qianhe's jungle.

Wantonly took the lead and threw out his ultimate, slowing and crowd-controlling three of them. Clear followed up with a combo, and the fan he threw hit Ji Chengyan.

One flying kick sent both Qianhe and Ji Chengyan on a little "flight through the air." Poison Rat lost half his health, but Heart jumped in behind them with his second skill and restored thirty health to them.

Shi Mu's goal was to steal the red buff, but the other side was guarding it closely, and he failed to snatch it.

Shi Mu stared at the screen, his hands moving rapidly over the controls. "Clear, retreat."

"Okay!"

"Fuck, we can't put a dent in them with those two healing!"

Clear immediately used his movement skill to create some distance and headed back.

Wantonly: "Run! Aah, they're chasing us!"

YH, who had been engaged on, now turned around and chased GOD instead. Yet also came over from the bottom lane. Lili used her ultimate to refresh Caesar's, and Qianhe immediately activated it, charged in at speed and hacked away with several furious swings.

After activating his ultimate, Caesar gained bonus attack power and movement speed, dealt magic damage to surrounding enemies, and could also block some physical, magic and true damage from any direction.

It not only increased Caesar's damage output, but also improved his survivability.

That was why Caesar had the nickname Daddy in Realm of the Forbidden Domain.

Because if you couldn't beat him, you could only call him Daddy and beg for mercy.

Clear, who was at the back of the group, was the first to be targeted. His flash was still on cooldown. He took a few hits and used his movement skill, but Caesar's first skill still claimed first blood.

The group chased them from the red-buff jungle in the upper half of the map all the way to the blue-buff jungle in the lower half, nearly reaching GOD's high ground.

Wantonly activated his speed-boosting skill and ran for his life.

Run, damn legs, run!

Sun turned back and used a few skills to knock Caesar back, but it did little good. Qianhe was already red-eyed with bloodlust. Two more slashes, and Wantonly sacrificed himself heroically, giving Qianhe a double kill.

"Hahahahaha, kill them all!"

"Don't think you can escape the palm of my hand!"

Heart stole a glance at Qianhe, whose face was practically pressed against his computer screen, and let out a disgusted "Ew."

"Mad dog."

Yet offered a scathing assessment: "He's probably gone stupid."

[Wu Hu: Oh, GOD got battered badly in that exchange. Qianhe had someone healing him and someone refreshing his ultimate. He must be loving it!]

[Qingqing: Yeah, Say (Ji Chengyan) is like a moving fountain, and Lili can heal too. Qianhe's practically turned into a perpetual motion machine.]

[Wu Hu: Who says perpetual motion is impossible? I suggest watching a replay of that last exchange.]

In the audience, some spectators leaped to their feet and waved their fan merchandise wildly in excitement, while others sat in silence with sour faces.

"YH is the best! YH for the championship! YH is number one in the world!"

"Clear charged in first like an idiot and died the fastest. He's so useless!"

"That new marksman and the substitute top laner can't do any damage either. GOD might as well go straight home!"

The GOD fans sitting nearby were naturally unhappy to hear that. Why couldn't they just praise their own team? Why did they have to go out of their way to trash GOD?

Clear's fans in particular immediately snapped back, and both sides were bristling with hostility.

"Trying to show off? You get two kills and start popping champagne? If you're so good, why don't you just win 3:0?"

"666, all you know how to do is talk shit about our Clear. If Clear didn't engage there, who was supposed to? You?"

"Here comes the know-it-all with another hot take. I was wondering why you looked so familiar. Turns out you're a veteran actor from the Rift!"

Fortunately, it didn't turn into too much of a commotion. This sort of thing was common in esports; people tore into each other both online and offline.

Lion helped Qianhe clear the jungle, then took the mid-lane wave and went straight into Shi Mu's jungle. Shi Mu was outnumbered and could only watch helplessly as Lion took his blue buff.

Lion: I've got the jungle king backing me up. What do you think of that~

Sun and Clear hurried to clear the mid-lane minion wave while they still had a window before YH surrounded them.

Otherwise, when Qianhe and the men behind him arrived, they might be the ones cleared out first.

YH's group occupied mid lane, and GOD pulled back. In the bottom-lane brush, He Zhen and Clear spotted Yet alone and immediately hit him with a full combo. Sun also threw a few skills his way.

Yet was left at critical health, but YH had arrived by then, so they had to let him escape.

He Zhen still wanted to chase him, but Lion used his ultimate to force him back.

YH took up position at the dragon pit and started attacking the dragon. Shi Mu and Sun were zoned to the back of the dragon, and whenever they stepped even a little closer, Caesar waved his blade and drove them away.

In the end, YH secured the dragon.

GOD left in disarray, empty-handed and without a single thing to show for it.

"Listen~ drip-drop, drip-drip-drop, that's the sound of my heart breaking~ listen~"

"Si Yicheng, stop singing! You sound awful!"

Wantonly shot him a sharp glance. "Zhouzhou, your musical appreciation is sorely lacking~"

"Sun, what do you think?"

Called upon, Sun gave Wantonly a long look and chose to keep quiet.

Silence was a form of politeness, and also a form of rejection.

Shi Mu: "My ears miscarried."

"Brother Mu!"

Although the game was going badly, the GOD players were thankfully keeping a calm state of mind. The atmosphere was still a little gloomy, but there was someone around to liven it up.

As the saying went, your surroundings changed with your state of mind. They had to calm down~

"Calm my ass! They're beating the shit out of me!"

"How the hell is that guy so tanky and still does so much damage?!"

If Wu Jin had been there, she would have muted Clear herself, but there was no one to rein him in now, and his torrent of filthy language was pouring out like a river rushing downstream.

Wantonly sighed. Clear was going to have his pay docked again when they got back~

After taking the dragon, Qianhe circled around to the red-buff jungle. Shi Mu, Sun and Wantonly had just finished killing a small jungle monster when Caesar suddenly emerged from the brush and startled them.

Then he chased them down with his blade. Wantonly, whose health was already low, took another heavy hit. Fortunately, Sun used his first skill in time to knock Caesar back, and Wantonly used a speed boost to escape disaster.