King of Kings, start with a perfect record and strive for the top spot.

The game continued, and soon 40 minutes had passed.

For a mobile game with an average playtime of only 15-20 minutes, this competition has broken the norm.

The longest match in the current King of Glory esports scene was last year's 2019 KPL Spring Professional League, between YTG and RW Xia.

Because the two teams were so evenly matched, the match lasted a full 43 minutes after frequent team fights and back-and-forth battles!

The match between Wolves and Wuxi JXG might be even more intense.

Even now, Wolves' three high ground towers are still standing, although their health is somewhat precarious.

Su Lie's full-damage output deterred the opponent from launching a reckless attack.

Li Xin, Wang Zhaojun, and Su Lie are three characters with massive area-of-effect (AOE) damage. If you get hit by them, you'll be severely injured even if you don't die.

The only option is to let the minion wave slowly whittle it down.

Fortunately, the three waves of Storm Dragon King's attacks finally destroyed the Wolf Team's high ground tower.

The game ended at 47 minutes with the Wolves' Nexus exploding.

But the audience members present were not bored at all; on the contrary, they showed excited expressions.

There were so many commendable aspects to this match.

The team fight execution by both teams was textbook-perfect.

Moreover, Wolves weren't always getting crushed.

In the mid-game, Ye Lan's Han Xin disrupted Wuxi JXG's rhythm multiple times by pushing lanes, switching lanes, and cutting off lanes, and destroyed several of the opponent's defensive towers.

Many uninformed viewers believed that if the other members of the Wolves team hadn't held their ground so tightly, they probably would have already taken down Wuxi JXG.

The members of Wuxi JXG jumped for joy after successfully winning the bid.

Huang Wenyan stared at his phone screen with a look of delight, unable to come back to his senses for a long time.

I actually defeated Ye Lan!?

That's Ye Lan!

He was a god who could defeat professional players with three other players who were just as bad as him!

Could it be that my gaming skills have surpassed his?

Thinking of this, Huang Wenyan couldn't help but smile, the corners of his mouth almost reaching his ears.

The game is over, halftime break.

The members of both teams bumped fists and left to their respective rest areas.

Ye Lan returned to the lounge, and Li Luo immediately came over, "How are you now? Have you adapted?"

Ye Lan nodded and lay down on the sofa next to her. "Actually, I had completely adapted by the time the game was about twenty minutes in. At that time, I was looking for an opportunity to steal the tower, but I didn't have one."

"The operation of professional matches is indeed much better than that of the peak matches."

Ye Lan rested her hands on the back of her head and let out a heartfelt sigh.

If it were a random match, Ye Lan would have already followed Meng Lei's example and destroyed the enemy's crystal.

It's a pity this is a professional competition.

Professional players are indeed more sensitive to minion waves than ordinary players.

This further illustrates just how impressive Menglei's tower steal was!

"Then why did you guys fight for over forty minutes?" Li Luo blinked her eyes, full of doubt.

Now that Ye Lan has gotten used to using her phone, she shouldn't waste any more time and keep dragging it out.

After all, the longer a high-intensity match drags on, the greater the impact on the players.

The halftime break is only ten minutes long, and many professional players can't recover from that.

This fatigue is likely to carry over into the next few matches, thus affecting the player's performance.

It doesn't seem like a good deal at all.

"I was thinking of finding an opportunity in twenty minutes to fake a team wipe and let the enemy destroy the crystal, but they won't let me!" Ye Lan raised her chin, indicating that it was Fly and the others' idea.

Fly is the team leader, so he must have given the order.

Li Luo immediately questioned the other party angrily, "Why did you issue such a stupid order? This round was already given to the other side, and we were bound to lose. We should save our energy for the next match."

Fly curled his lip arrogantly, his face full of disdain, "Wuxi JXG is just a second-rate team. Even if we lose, we shouldn't lose so casually. We should fight to the very last moment!"

Li Luo was stunned upon hearing this. It turned out that Fly did this to uphold the honor of the Wolves.

Wolves were already last in points during the play-in stage.

If they lose the first game of the finals to a second-rate team, what will the other viewers think?

What will Wolves fans think?

After a fierce 47-minute battle, the minions' numbers were ridiculously high, and Ye Lan's Han Xin had to kite them to clear the lane. Under such circumstances, even if they lost, no one had the heart to blame them.

Li Luo also greeted them with concern, "The coach misunderstood you. You must be exhausted after playing for so long. Sit down and rest for a bit."

Fly shook his head. "I'm not tired at all. I even feel like I have endless energy waiting for me to release!"

Yao Dao chimed in, "Indeed, I feel incredibly energetic, without a trace of fatigue."

Fanfan and Xiangyu: "We're the same."

Li Luo scratched his head in confusion, "How could this be?"

High-intensity professional competitions are a huge drain on a person's physical, mental, and energy levels.

Let alone a 40-minute match, some players finish a 20-minute game and feel like they've lost half their lives.

How come they don't feel tired at all?

"The herbal milk tea you're drinking is called 'Strengthening the Foundation and Nourishing the Vitality.' It has the effect of refreshing the mind, calming the nerves, and relieving fatigue. It's like a plus version of coffee, so it's normal not to feel tired."

Ye Lan lay on the sofa, looking at the group with great interest.

........

On the other side, in the rest room of the Wuxi JXG team.

After winning the first game, the players were extremely excited, hugging each other and crying tears of joy, as if they had already advanced.

Rong Xing's face beamed with a smug smile. "I told you the Wolves players weren't quite gelled enough. Didn't they take the first point?"

He couldn't help but feel pleased, after all, it was a strategy he had come up with himself.

If they defeat Wolves, they can advance to the quarterfinals and gain greater exposure.

For a second-rate team, this is already a considerable achievement!

Matcha, the marksman, nodded vigorously, "Let's keep up the good work and try to shut out Wolves."

"A shutout against Wolves!"

Inside the lounge, the shouts of several people surged like ocean waves, breaking through the room door.

..........

In the commentary booth, Li Jiu and Tian Yun are giving a brief summary of the previous match.

Li Jiu: "To be honest, after bringing in Ye Lan, a top-tier jungler, the Wolves shouldn't be playing so conservatively."

Tianyun nodded, "That's right. If the Wolves had changed their lineup last game, they would have had a much better chance of turning the tide. After all, they won two team fights, but their early game disadvantage was too great, which prevented them from pushing forward!"

Li Jiu: "I feel that the Wolf team's idea was to use this lineup to drag the game into the late game and then decide the outcome with one team fight. They just didn't expect the early game disadvantage to be so great, which meant that even if they won the team fight in the late game, they couldn't finish off the opponent in one fell swoop."

Tianyun suddenly joked, "If every game goes on to last 47 minutes, it feels like we'll have to work overtime today!"

Li Jiu sighed, "Well, who can argue with that? Hopefully, the Wolves can find their form and pick up the pace!"