The Enemy's New Top Laner Is Like a Ghost

GOD lineup: Shaman, Fulina, Xia Xina, Ahri, Lili

YH lineup: Vampire Witch, Grand Sima, Poison Rat, Vivian, Bear

The Shaman Wu Jin had picked was the favored child of the meta, an utterly unreasonable hero. Most of her damage came from her first skill. With her passive fully stacked, she gained super armor and two instances of true damage. Her second skill was a dash that dealt physical and magic damage to enemies in its path and reduced their movement speed by fifty percent for 1.5 seconds.

She was invincible while airborne during her ultimate, which also increased her teammates' movement speed by fifty percent and reduced the enemy's by fifty percent. It could give her a shield, and landing on a teammate would shield them too.

This hero generally rushed level two. After clearing her wave, Wu Jin finished off her team's small jungle monster, briefly showed herself to the enemy, then slipped into the river brush.

Yet was attacking his own team's small jungle monster. When it was down to its last sliver of health, Wu Jin dashed in with her second skill and stole it. Startled by her sudden appearance in his face, Yet cried out and took a hit from her first skill, losing a small chunk of health.

Holy mother, why was the enemy's new top laner like a ghost?

[YH--Yet: Jin, you scared me to death, jumping out like that!]

[YH--Qianhe: He was so scared he howled like his wife had died.]

[Yet--Heart: Yep, I can testify to that.]

[GOD--Jin: Sorry.]

Shi Mu saw Wu Jin's reply and laughed at her mercilessly. "You're taunting them now."

After taking two small jungle monsters, Wu Jin was over a hundred gold ahead of her opponent. She continued to push the lane, while Yet didn't dare come out and the wave remained firmly frozen.

She guided her hero downward and showed herself briefly. Yet sent a signal, and with his team's jungler in the red-buff area, he could relax a little and clear the minions.

Suddenly, a shadow darted in front of him again. He immediately pressed his first skill, but he was a step too slow. Wu Jin hit stun first, then used her first skill and passive to take down Vampire Witch.

First Blood!

Wantonly: "I've noticed our top-lane miss really likes getting first blood."

Wu Jin's expression remained calm, though inwardly she found herself agreeing with Wantonly just a tiny bit. It did seem like she rather liked getting first blood.

"Enough chatter. Their mage went down. Keep an eye out."

With top lane suppressed, they had to look for an advantage in bot lane. Yiyan controlled Poison Rat and spat a glob of venom toward the river. Lili, who had secured vision ahead of time, dashed into the river and transformed into a fish, slowing Poison Rat with her first skill.

Bin dashed forward with his first skill, hoping to deal some damage with basic attacks. Ji Chengyan predicted it and landed a cannon shot on Ahri for full damage. Having gained nothing, bin returned to his umbrella and left.

Clear entered the fight and caught Poison Rat with her first and second skills. Bear immediately shielded Poison Rat. Focused on the crowd-controlled Poison Rat, bin stepped forward to hit him with basic attacks, and Ji Chengyan immediately moved up and fired another shot.

Wantonly used his second skill to heal him. Bin always felt inexplicably nervous laning against Ji Chengyan, so when the enemy Bear charged him, he reacted a second too slowly and was knocked airborne. Poison Rat broke free of the crowd control, immediately stuck bin with a glob of venom, and restored a little of his own health.

Ji Chengyan followed up quickly and, unsurprisingly, claimed bin's kill. It was zero for one.

Bin stared at his darkened screen, inexplicably irritated.

After taking blue buff, Shi Mu reached the mid-lane brush. The enemy Grand Sima came over with the support as well. Clear waited at the back for her skills to come off cooldown, then caught an enemy with her second skill.

Shi Mu immediately moved in and dealt some damage. The enemy reacted quickly too: Bear shielded Grand Sima, and Grand Sima followed up with his skills to deal some damage back to Fulina. Both sides stopped there and went their separate ways.

At nine minutes, Grand Sima and Poison Rat were attacking the dragon in the dragon pit. Shi Mu sent a signal, and Wu Jin teleported to mid lane as soon as she cleared her wave. Bin and Wantonly also slowly made their way up. Seeing the other side leave, Ji Chengyan sent a signal and took a roundabout route toward them too.

Wu Jin entered with her ultimate and caught two enemies. Shi Mu followed up and knocked Poison Rat down to half health first. Clear crowd-controlled Bear and pulled him away to prevent him from reacting and landing a major crowd-control ability. Ji Chengyan circled behind Clear and dealt his full damage.

The moment Wu Jin's ultimate ended, Wantonly immediately refreshed it for her, then jumped onto Clear and healed her a little. But Clear was still taken out by a combo from Yet, who arrived just then.

Working together, Shi Mu and Wu Jin brought the enemy jungler and mage to low health. Bear positioned his ultimate perfectly, splitting the ground and stunning Fulina, Shaman, and Ahri. The enemy seized the chance to counterattack, and Shi Mu was already low on health.

Wu Jin engaged again and caught three enemies, while Shi Mu also picked up a shield. Shi Mu used a combo to keep Poison Rat in place, and Wu Jin finished off Bear.

"Aaaah, save me, save me! I'm going to die!"

Wantonly wailed for help as he tried to escape, but Ji Chengyan's ultimate still blasted him into cannon fodder. Bin didn't deal much damage and was squishy, so he only dared attack from the edge. Ji Chengyan caught him when he left an opening and killed him instantly.

Wu Jin finished off Yet, bringing the battle at the dragon pit to an end. It was two for three, so it wasn't a loss, but the enemy marksman had come online.

"Brother Ji is slaughtering us like always!"

Wantonly clutched his little heart and, putting on a dramatic act, gave a few sobs before sending a message in all chat.

[GOD--Wantonly: Brother Ji, please spare me. I'll behave.]

[YH--Qianhe: Call me Daddy and I'll spare you.]

[GOD--Wantonly: Stop calling me that, son.]

Brother Ji was one thing, but even a little paper crane like Qianhe dared lord it over him!

At twelve minutes, Wu Jin took down the first tower in top lane. Yet and Qianhe closed in on her from front and back, hoping to join forces and take down Shaman. Wu Jin blinked and activated her ultimate without hesitation.

After she dashed over, Yet and Qianhe went from hunters to prey in an instant. Wu Jin hit stun and used a combo to send both little lambs packing back to base.

Qianhe awkwardly rubbed his nose, not daring to look at the coach beside him.

Then the coach landed a solid punch on his head.

Qianhe: Boo-hoo, why am I the only one getting hit?!

Wu Jin's damage had come online after she completed several items. She quickly helped mid lane take down its first tower, then worked with the jungler to secure the dragon. They fought their way to the high ground, where Ji Chengyan defended the base to the limit, but Wu Jin finished him off in the end and destroyed the crystal.

YH's coach, Ming Lang, watched the entire match and couldn't help sighing.

What kind of dogshit luck did GOD have to find another top-tier top laner? They really were lucky.

After the match, GOD looked at the results screen. Wu Jin's Shaman had gone 6-0-7, making her the undisputed MVP. Then they looked at Wu Jin sitting aloof and reserved at her station and pictured her in the game, chasing down the enemy with a cold face. Yikes... what a beautiful sight.

Still, they fully acknowledged Wu Jin's skill. After so many games, she hadn't made a single mistake. She played ruthlessly and steadily, with sneaky positioning, leaving the enemy too afraid to breathe. The pressure she exerted could shatter a phone screen.

They suddenly felt grateful that they were Wu Jin's teammates, not her opponents...

A few days later, Brother Qian came over and announced that they were going to have their promotional photos taken that afternoon. He handed out their newly designed team uniforms.

Since a girl had joined the team, Brother Qian had someone design a new uniform overnight, changing the original dreary black to white and gold.

The back of Wu Jin's uniform even had little wings beside her name, raised in stiff white leather and accented with gold thread.

That was more fitting for their star team. Brother Qian took a sip of coffee and cheered up on his own again.

"Why does Little A Jin have wings on her back when we don't? Brother Qian, you're playing favorites!"

"Get lost."

Brother Qian smiled. Who did they think they were, daring to compare themselves to his precious girl?