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Chapter 312: All By Myself, Don’t Wanna Be...

It was the 10th minute of the game. Tang Bingyaos Jinx was using her rocket launcher to bomb down minions from afar, and even then she was being incredibly careful not to get caught within Leonas range. She stood under her tower in bot lane with Zeng Ruis Nami next to her, who was healing her while also threatening Zhejiang Universitys Botlaners with Aqua Prison. This was enough to keep Sun Ruinians Lucian and the Leona from towerdiving, until Evelynn showed up.

Zhejiang Universitys Leona flashed forward and cast her ultimate skill! A Solar Flare came down from the sky and slammed down on top of Zeng Ruis Nami! It stunned her! But it missed Tang Bingyaos Jinx. Shed flashed away when she saw Leonas Flash animation. And she didnt look back. She ran straight for her inner tower and even there didnt stop running.

An ally has been slain!

The game announcers voice echoed in Tang Bingyaos head. She bit on her lips and panned her camera back towards the outer tower. Zeng Ruis Nami lay dead next to it. Zhejiang Universitys Botlaners and Jungler had killed him and were now attacking the outer tower. I cant defend it! Mnh-mnh. But we cant just give it away either! Where are She panned her camera to look across the map. BunBun is in the top half Jungle and Zhang Hao doesnt have much health. I cant really bother Lin Feng either. Hes playing against a pro! A pro! Im gonna have to Her shoulders dropped and she breathed out loudly. Im gonna have to give up on the tower and focus on farming. She looked back at the bot lane and watched Zhejiang University destroy the outer tower, after which they turned their attention to the Dragon.

The Blue Team has slain the Dragon!

Rollfire grabbed the microphone and placed it to his lips. He shouted, Sun Samsara Ruinian is doing it again! A perfect towerdive! A kill, a tower and the Dragon! Zhejiang University is killing it!

WOOOOOO!Nice work, Samsara!Show them whos boss!Zhejiang to the main tournament!

Silent Reed looked at the audience and then at Rollfire. Gloating asshole! Why does he have to be right!? She grimaced but then leaned towards her microphone and said, Zhejiang is playing this game really well! Team Shanghais bot lane is having a really hard time! And thats only gonna get worse now that Zhejiangs Botlaners have the first Dragon buff which gives them more attack damage and ability power!

Team Shanghai spent the next six minutes of the game playing very defensively. Zhang Haos Darius hid underneath his tower and took a beating from Gnar. His towers health was dropping and it wouldnt take much longer before it fell into ruin. But there wasnt anything he could do to stop the Gnar. He wasnt confident in winning the 1vs1 and there was always an invisible Evelynn who could be waiting for his engage right next to Gnar. This threat also extended to the bot lane. When Team Shanghai didnt have vision on Evelynn, she could be absolutely anywhere on the map!

An Xin glanced at her teammates in the soundproof booth before turning back to look at her monitor. She sighed. Im playing Lee Sin and Im having less of an impact than the Evelynn Im the worst Lee Sin. She shook her head and said over the teams voice chat, The Dragon is spawning soon. We need to do something before this game goes completely out of our control. Lets try and fight for it.

Zeng Rui nodded and replied, We cant back down from this!

It was the 17th minute when the Dragon spawned. Team Shanghai returned to base to stack up on wards and spent the rest of their gold to increase the quality of their items. They then ran towards the Dragon pit through their bot side Jungle. Once they got in the river, Zeng Rui instructed where to place down wards. More importantly, he told them when to place the wards. He kept the team closely together and made sure that Zhejiang University couldnt get the jump on them.

Zhejiang University was taking a similar approach. The game had moved into the teamfight phase and the first real teamfight could determine the rest of the game. No matter how far Team Shanghai was behind, one bad engage from Zhejiang University could see them get right back in it. So Sun Ruinian took the lead in warding and firing skillshots at Team Shanghai, following the same approach as Zeng Rui.

Its gonna happen. Its gonna happen any minute now! Rollfire shouted into his microphone. He was sitting on the edge of his seat and leaning over the caster desk, staring at the screen. Win this, Zhejiang! Kick those little asses and beat the Shanghai Stupid Organization!

Silent Reed glanced at Rollfire and shook her head. He looks like some evil villain She giggled and then said into her microphone, Zhejiang has the better items, but I believe this fight can still go either way! Whoever gets the right engage is well on their way to winning this fight and then the game!

The situation inside the game grew progressively tense with the second. It was two minutes since the Dragon had spawned. Both teams had placed every ward in their inventory and had cleared away as many wards from the other team as possible. Right now, they were facing off in the river. Zhejiang University was moving around above the Dragon pit and Team Shanghai pushed out from the Red teams Jungle.

There was only one Champion on the Rift who could fire high damage skillshots from a distance, and that was Shi Hangs Ezreal. Ezreal gathered energy at the tip of his hand and turned that into a damaging bolt! Mystic Shot! He fired in the general direction of Team Shanghai and hit Tang Bingyaos Jinx! Or Zhang Haos Darius! Team Shanghais Champions were gathered so closely together that it was practically impossible for him to miss. He kept firing at them, making full use of the skills short cooldown period, and forced Zhang Haos Darius and Tang Bingyaos Jinx to use their health potions.

Zeng Rui gritted his teeth and said over the teams voice chat, We cant keep getting hit by those Mystic Shots! Well be forced to back before we even fight!

Tang Bingyao nodded and replied, Mhm, sorry. Ill dodge better.

Zhang Hao grimaced and said, Yeah, sor

WATCH OUT! Lin Feng exclaimed. He spammed the red warning ping on the map and shouted, LEONA!

Zhejiang Universitys Leona flashed forward. She then raised her sword up to the sky and called down a Solar Flare! The sun shot a pulse of fire down that slammed into the center of Team Shanghais team! Tang Bingyaos Jinx and Zeng Ruis Nami were caught at the center. They were both stunned! Zhang Haos Darius and An Xins Lee Sin were also caught in its range, but were far enough away to only get slowed.

Fight! Shi Hang commanded over Zhejiang Universitys voice chat.

Zhejiang Universitys Gnar had built up his rage meter. The small yordle suddenly grew several times in size and became a monster with sharp fangs! A mottled burst of light wrapped him up and carried him into the middle of Team Shanghais team! He jumped up on its hindlegs and then swept his claws over the ground, growling, GNAR! The immense force knocked everything back! Jinx, Nami and Lee Sin were hurled against the wall along the river! Stunned on impact!

Kill them! Shi Hang command over Zhejiang Universitys voice chat. He then pressed down on the R keyTrueshot Barrage! His Ezreal jumped up in the air and drew a bow from pure energy! An arrow fell on the string and gathered a yellow, destructive energy around it. Ezreal let the string go. The low whistling sound of the arrows was followed by a powerful barrage of energy that swept over Jinx, Nami and Lee Sin!

Zhejiang Universitys Evelynn ran straight towards the three stunned Champions from Team Shanghai and cast Agonys Embrace! Shadow spikes erupted from the ground and pierced Jinx, Nami and Lee Sin! All the while, Sun Ruinians Lucian ran from the backline towards the action and even used Relentless Pursuit to close the gap.

Lin Fengs eyes narrowed when he saw Lucian running forward. His fingers hovered over the keys he needed and he glanced at everything else that was happening in the game. This is all I can do. He took a deep, long breath, then pressed down on the Q keyUrchin Strike! Fizz dashed through Lucian and struck out with his Trident! A fish then spun around the trident. Chum the Waters! Fizz hurled the fish at Lucian! It started swimming around its target, a portal to the deep blue opening up beneath it!

FIZZ IS GOING IN! HES GOING IN! Silent Reed cried out from behind the casters desk.

HOLY SHIT! Why isnt he backing? BACK DUDE! BACK!HES CRAZY! YOUR TEAM HAS LOST! BACK!OMG! I cant watch this! I CANT!

A Champion has been slain!Double kill!

Fizz can engage all he wants. Zhejiang has already won this! Rollfire shouted into his microphone. He grinned and added, Look at that beautiful double kill from AyDeeCee! WOOOOOO!

A Champion has been slain!

Team Shanghais Jinx and Nami were the first to die. An Xins Lee Sin followed shortly after. It was then that the portal to the deep blue opened completely. Megalodon smelled the bait and jumped out of the water! He slammed Sun Ruinians Lucian up into the air and bit into his health bar!

Careful, Sun! Zhejiang Universitys Support exclaimed over the teams voice chat. He hovered his mouse over Fizz and cast Zenith Blade! Leona cast a projection of her sword at Fizz!

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes. Playful. Fizz planted his trident into the ground and hopped onto the pole, temporarily becoming untargetable! Leonas Zenith Blade shot past him! He then pushed off the pole and fell back towards the ground right on top of Lucian!

Sun Ruinians eyes were wide in shock. A cold shiver ran up and down his spine! He slammed down on his keyboard! FLASH! FLASH! A mottled flash of light wrapped Lucian up and carried him through space and time before spitting him back onto the rift a short distance away! Yes! He sighed loudly, relieved.

Lin Fengs lips curled up. He pushed down on the D key. Didnt Shi Hang warn you? Oh well. Fizz followed after Lucian and fell down right on top of him! The splash damage ripped through Lucians health bar! Fizz then struck out with an auto attack.

You have slain an enemy!An ally has been slain!

Lin Feng furrowed his brow and glanced at the rest of the teamfight. Theyre all dead. HaoBro also died. We lost. Weve lost this teamfight! Dammit! We lost! I only got a single kill! He shook his head. NO! Its not over! Im still alive! Im going to carry the shit out of this teamfight! He looked at the Champions from Zhejiang University and locked onto Evelynn. HaoBro at least did a number on her! Ill get her first!

Across the stage in Zhejiang Universitys soundproof booth, Sun Ruinian fell back in his chair. His screen had turned grey. I fucked up! Shit! I shouldve never flashed there! What if Id flashed What if Shit! He panned his camera to look at the rest of the fight. At least weve won this one. Fuck! How did that Fizz Flash right on top of me there? How the fuck did he do that!?

Kill that Fizz, Shi Hang said over the teams voice chat. His Ezreal gathered destructive energy with his glove before firing the Mystic Shot at Fizz! And the rest of his team followed his example. Leona, Evelynn and Gnar all unloaded their abilities onto Fizz!

Lin Feng watched all the attacks flashing on his monitor, about to slam into his Fizz and kill him! He waited for a brief moment. Then he activated the item Zhonyas Hourglass! Golden grains of sand wrapped around Fizz and froze him in stasis! He became invulnerable and untargetable! Skills flashed through him, but nothing struck!

Oh snap! Crazy timing on that Zhonyas!Is he gonna do it?No way, right? Maybe?His skills are still on cooldown thoughI dont know But he might?

A golden Fizz stood lonesome in the river. Four enemy Champions had gathered around him, waiting for the golden grains of sand to disperse. Lin Feng gazed at his screen, completely focused. Zhonyas is wearing off. Eve is the best target. Urchin Strike is off cooldown. A couple more to get Playful/Trickster back. Seastone Trident and Ignite are there. I can kill her and then I need to somehow dodge a lot.

Lin Feng chuckled and shook his head. He knew. The effects from Zhonyas Hourglass wore off. Zhejiang University started firing skillshots at him again! But he still made the first move. Fizz dashed through Evelynn and struck out with his tridentUrchin Strike! He then activated Seastone Trident! A blue aura wrapped around the weapon, empowering it and adding a bleed effect to his auto attacks! He followed up with an auto attack and Ignite! The three sharp points from the trident pierced Evelynn and caused bleed damage, while the unquenchable flames from ignite started burning on her skin!

A massive boulder slammed into Fizz! It was Gnars Boulder Toss. That was followed quickly after by Ezreals Mystic Shot! The damaging bolt of energy slammed into him! Fizz managed to get another auto attack off on Evelynn before the Shield of Daybreak from Leona stunned him. Gnars claws sliced through his health bar, as did Leona's sword! And Ezreals energy attacks shocked away what little health he had left.

You have been slain!Blue team has scored an Ace!

Lin Feng watched his screen lose its vibrant colours. A dull grey replaced it. But he kept his eyes on the monitor. On Evelynn. Focused. The bleed effect from Seastone Trident claimed another hit on her health, followed by the continuous damage from Ignite. Its enough. Its fucking enough! Its, not enough He grimaced. The last tick from Ignite killed Evelynn, but he couldnt find any happiness in the game announcers voice booming across Summoners Rift. We lost the teamfight. I wasnt enough to win it

Double kill!

WOOOOO! ZHEJIANG WITH THE ACE! ZHEJIANG WITH THE ACE! Rollfire exclaimed into his microphone. His voice boomed through the venue and was responded to with an eruption of cheers! A symphonie of screams and shouts rocked the venue!

Silent Reed watched the LCD screen and bit her lips. Zhejiang University is so good! How are they so much better? Why couldnt Team Shanghai be that good? She shook her head and grabbed the microphone. She then waited for the sound in the venue to die down a bit before saying, Lin Feng fought really hard for that double kill! But in the end, it wasnt enough. Zhejiang University has shown us how much more important teamwork is than individual skill! They claimed an ace on the back of a perfect engage! The way they work together so seamlessly, its hard to see anyone beating them!

Team Shanghai still had some hope of turning the game around before the teamfight at 19 minutes. But after getting aced, that all changed. There was a heavy silence in their soundproof booth, only interrupted by Zeng Rui giving an order every now and then. But he knew just like the others that this game was over. We dont have the team comp to turtle, our defensive Champions arent nearly strong enough to stop an engage from Zhejiang University, and theres really nothing we can do to turn the tides here. The thundering Lin Feng cant even turn this around. Hes carrying us so hard, and were fucking up. Fuck! He shook his head and frowned. Its an official tournament game. We cant make it to surrender. But all I really want to do is move on to the next game. Its still a Best of 5. If we can use the break to figure something out, then maybe...

Team Shanghai kept playing. Lin Feng picked up a couple more kills, somehow finding players from Zhejiang University out of position wherever he went. But his Fizz couldnt 1vs5. The rest of his team was defending the base and were getting towerdove constantly. Inhibitor towers fell, followed shortly after by the inhibitors. Super minions spawned and marched down the lanes. And it was in the 27th minute eventually that Zhejiang forced the final push. They attacked Team Shanghai under their Nexus towers and scored another ace.

DEFEAT!