Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 69 A desperate fight

The overwhelming disadvantage in this do-or-die situation was like a raging inferno, striking straight into the hearts of the SSG members like a steel blade falling to the ground.

It's been four rounds, I've held on for four rounds, why is the fifth round like this!

Especially withered!
The most crucial point about SSG is that they performed poorly in three out of four games. Except for the game where Uzi was absent and Withered dominated, they only managed to gain a slight advantage in the other three games thanks to Ambition.

Looking at the stats of these five players, if you covered up their IDs, they were even worse than Ah Guang.

The king of solo kills in S6 has fallen to this state in S7. At this crucial moment, withered lived up to expectations and performed poorly.

However, not a single member of SSG spoke up to criticize Wither. If you were to ask if they harbored any resentment towards Wither, of course they did!
When the top performer in a team is underperforming, how can the slackers not feel resentful?

Everyone silently guarded the tower, while the giant worm struggled to strike the 15-minute super creep.

Once that desire to win the championship is shattered, the professional player is basically ruined.

"With 15 minutes of super minions, SSG can't even leave their base now. Playing like this is tantamount to a slow death. RNG has taken over the blue side's jungle. Tristana is farming the enemy's, Gragas is farming their own top side, and Galio is farming their own bottom side."

"The economic gap is about to reach 1!"

SSG was completely stunned!

There's absolutely no logic to it!

Even former professional players PDD and Shenchao noticed the change in the mentality of the SSG players.

The edifice is about to crumble! The new king is truly about to ascend the throne over the corpse of the Korean!

"RNG isn't going to fight you directly now; they're just waiting for Baron to spawn. Tristana will have four major items by then. I don't even know how to describe how terrifying a level 16 Tristana is at almost 20 minutes."

"Yes, director, could you cut to the small cannon's attributes here and show them to everyone?"

"With a range of 685 points, it completely overwhelms Ruler's Xayah's 525. Now, for Xayah to hit a Tristana, she has to take two auto-attacks before she can fire her first auto-attack."

"But how can Xayah, who only has one Essence Reaver, withstand Tristana's Infinity Edge, Statikk Shiv, and B.F. Sword?"

Twenty minutes later, accompanied by the roar of the dragon, SSG's sentence was officially announced.

"RNG's strategy is blatant; how will SSG handle it?"

With the advantage in hand, RNG, under Li Luo's incompetent command, fielded Galio, Karma, and Gragas in the bottom lane, while Tristana and Lulu roamed around the mid lane, seemingly planning to push the minion wave into the tower for a 2-3 split push.

But the next second, with Lulu's speed boost, Tristana sped away, used her W to jump to the river near Baron, and then took only three steps to reach the Dragon Pit.

A decorative eyelet was inserted.

The three players who were pushing the bottom lane tower abandoned their push and retreated rapidly with Karma's group speed boost.

Immediately, three familiar red lights began flashing on the minimap, and the three teleported back to normal!

In an instant, all five RNG members gathered around Baron Nashor.

The fight has begun! Soon! The Baron with 10,000 HP couldn't withstand the Tristana with her jungle item. In less than ten seconds, a Baron Soul leaped from the five RNG members.

Without returning home to resupply, the five of them headed towards the mid lane with the Baron buff.

Hearing the roar of the dragon through his headphones, Master An felt a tremor in his heart, and overwhelmed with grief, he burst into tears, seemingly unable to control his emotions.

Master An's championship dream has been shattered!

The director's camera also focused on the weeping Ahn, and for a moment, even netizens with strong anti-Korean sentiments felt a pang of sympathy! When a dynasty prospers, the people suffer; when a dynasty falls, the people suffer.

The ascension of a new king is inevitably accompanied by the fall of the old one. Years of wearing the crown have made the South Korean team arrogant, but now it is time for them to bear the consequences.

In the massive Bird's Nest stadium, the LPL's dragon is about to take flight!
"Don't cry, Master Ahn! We'll fight again next year! Faker and Uzi haven't given up either, there's still a chance!"

"SSG is still very strong, but their style is suppressed by RNG, there's nothing they can do about it!"

"Stop resorting to underhanded tactics. Without strength, you'll only get beaten. Just work harder next year."

"It's true! It's really going to happen, brothers! The moment we've been closest to the championship has arrived! The days of being dominated by South Korea for so many years are about to end!"

With victory in sight, the resentment and hostility of netizens dissipated somewhat, and many people sympathized with Master An appeared in the comments. No one refuted these comments. Teams may have national borders, but players have no national borders!
Even if a respected athlete retires or fails, they still deserve respect!

A large wave of minions pushed into the tower. Tristana used her E skill on the tower, tapped it twice, and then retreated without waiting for further attacks.

Even so, the mid-lane high ground tower was whittled down to half health by this wave, and it will be gone once the next wave arrives.

If the SSG lineup gets a huge lead, their wave clear ability is terrifying. Cho'Gath's QW, Ryze's AOE wave clear, Xayah's feather AOE wave clear, and even Morgana's W can clear waves.

But now, without any equipment, the SSG members are helpless against the minions with the Baron buff.

No need for too many fancy maneuvers. Every time the snipers go forward to attack the tower, Lulu has a shield and Karma has a shield, which adds up to at least several hundred points of shield, making people lose the desire to attack.

Late-game lineups become powerless once they fall into a disadvantage.

Wandering has completely lost its purpose; its R is useless, and its QWE deals no damage. If it weren't for the damage it gained from the early game with the Crown, it would probably be the next unit of measurement after it leaves the battlefield.

As the next wave of minions was about to reach the tower, Ambition's voice, choked with emotion, reached the ears of the SSG members.

"Let's get ready to go; we can't just wait to die."

These eight short words tell a story of countless heartaches.

Can't wait to die!

Yes! How can SSG just sit and wait to die? We are the only Korean team to make it to the finals, we can't give up!
Under the leadership of Master An, the members of SSG decided to fight to the death.

The first to rush out was still Ambition's Zac. With a charged E skill from the shadows of the high ground, he flew straight at Li Luo's Tristana.

But the next second, Zach, still in mid-air, was transformed into a harmless little animal.

RNG focused their fire on Zac, while Letme's Galio activated his W skill to tank in front, temporarily separating Zac from the remaining four SSG players.

The high damage output from the cannon only lasted for two seconds on Zac.

The four junior sect leaders reappeared on the ground and stubbornly crawled towards the center.

Seeing his passive situation unfold, Sect Leader An closed his eyes in despair. He didn't even want to see what would happen next.

As SSG's second initiator, KouJJ gritted his teeth, cast a magic shield on himself, and resolutely, like a fearless warrior, walked through Galio's blockade, flashed into the RNG crowd, and unleashed his ultimate.

However, without Zhonya's Hourglass, how can Morgana withstand such high damage?

The next second, before the ultimate move could even land its second stage of control, he had already fallen to the spot where Master An was lying.

Tomorrow will bring golden rain! Third update! Get ready for the climax! Thanks to Summer Continues, My Pokémon Ran Away, and Xiao Xishang for their 500-coin donations, and to Ye Yuexueshang for her 100-coin donation. Yesterday, Alliance Leader Suiyue treated me to a big sword, so the update was late. Now I owe four more updates (covering my face, I'm trying to cry as quietly as possible). I'll make up for it as soon as it's released!
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