Qiao Jingjing: "???"
Wasn't he chatting with me?! How did he get First Blood?
The audience and commentators were also completely baffled.
Because everyone had been watching Qiao Jingjing's movements in the bottom lane, watching her place wards and clear creeps. The commentator had even been explaining the finer points of her ward placement, leading everyone into a peaceful, farm-like atmosphere. How did First Blood happen without the camera even catching it?
What was the director doing?
Fortunately, there was a replay function.
In the replay, Zhou Yin's Bodhidharma, after getting the blue buff and reaching level two, took Cai Wenji to the enemy's red jungle area to counter-jungle. Xuan Ce was interrupted while taking the Red Buff. Niu Mo and Shiranui Mai came from their respective lanes to provide support, and Yu Tu also rushed over with five passive magic orbs, leading to a small-scale team fight. Yu Tu's Zhuge Liang was seen weaving through the jungle area as if taking a leisurely stroll, using micro-dodging to evade Fire Dance's fan, and unleashing all five passive magic orbs on Xuan Ce, who was already at half health. He then followed up with his first skill to add more damage, easily securing First Blood.
Shiranui Mai didn't dare to enter the fray again, throwing fans from a distance. Bodhidharma smoothly took the Red Buff.
Qiao Jingjing couldn't see the replay, but she had her own complaints.
"Can you not chat with me when you're in a team fight? Be more serious. If we lose because you're messing around, my idol image will be shattered."
Yu Tu said, "Okay, no messing around."
The words had barely left his lips when he and Zhou Yin proceeded to go on a complete reckless spree. They were heard exchanging almost no words, yet they coordinated seamlessly to continuously invade the enemy's red jungle area or go to the top lane to suppress Sun Shangxiang's farm.
Oh, it wasn't that there was no communication. It usually went like this.
Zhou Yin: "Can we do it?"
Yu Tu: "Yes."
Alright! Let's go! Start a small team fight.
Zhou Yin: "How about it?"
Yu Tu: "We can take it."
Alright, let's go, start on the Tyrant.
Qiao Jingjing: ...Wait a minute, where did this synergy of yours come from?
Their mid-laner and jungler synergy set a blistering pace. Just a few minutes into the game, they had already built a considerable economic lead, fully leveraging their lineup's early-game advantage.
Qiao Jingjing vaguely felt that Yu Tu had never played so freely and flamboyantly when he was playing with her. Was it because her skill level couldn't keep up? And then, upon meeting a master like Zhou Yin, all his potential was instantly unleashed?
As Qiao Jingjing quietly farmed in the bottom lane, she suddenly felt a bit lonely.
She had actually landed many shots on Zhuang Zhou in the bottom lane, but Zhuang Zhou was tanky and had damage reduction. It wasn't easy for her, a Shouyue without a Support, to kill him. She had worked hard just to take down half his turret. Speaking of which, when she was practicing heroes, she had also laned against Yu Tu's Zhuang Zhou with her Baili Shouyue, but in the end, it was Yu Tu who had pushed her turret. So this uncle's Zhuang Zhou was played rather averagely and a bit conservatively, far from being as impressive as his Hua Mulan in the last match.
At this moment, she had whittled Zhuang Zhou down to one-third of his health, and he was hiding under his turret, refusing to come out. Just as Qiao Jingjing was about to push the minion wave into the turret, she suddenly heard Yu Tu say, "Jingjing."
She snapped back to her senses instantly. At the same time, she spotted Shiranui Mai's figure on her ward. Without hesitation, she used her Ultimate skill to leap backward, and upon landing, she sprinted toward safety without a backward glance.
This dodge was as swift as a fleeing rabbit, executed with extreme decisiveness. The commentator praised her enthusiastically, "Shiranui Mai is ganking Zhuang Zhou, but Qiao Jingjing's reaction is very timely! She uses her Ultimate to escape, dodging Fire Dance's fan. Otherwise, a full combo of damage would have been waiting for her."
After pulling back to a safe distance, Qiao Jingjing immediately began aiming at the visible Fire Dance with her second skill.
Shiranui Mai was a very agile hero with multiple dashes, and her player was a top-tier professional. Neither the audience nor the commentators thought Qiao Jingjing would land a shot, so they were all very relaxed. Qiao Jingjing herself wasn't very confident either, but on second thought, she had once killed Yu Tu's Fire Dance with three consecutive shots when they were laning against each other. Her heart instantly calmed.
The three red lines shifted at a small angle, converged, moved, and fired!
With a "bang," the squishy Fire Dance was down to nearly half health.
A wave of gasps came from the audience.
With her health low, Fire Dance did not pursue further and chose to return to her turret to clear the minion wave. Qiao Jingjing cautiously advanced a few steps and hid in the brush. The minimap in the top-left corner indicated that Zhuge Liang was approaching, and she readied her second skill again.
Riding Pig's instincts were extremely sharp. The moment Yu Tu's Zhuge Liang appeared, he had already thrown a fan. Yu Tu used his second skill to dodge and close the distance, directly locking onto Fire Dance with his Ultimate.
The commentator said, "Fire Dance still has half her health, Zhuge Liang's Ultimate can't one-shot her, right? Using his Ultimate now is a bit hasty..."
However, at that very moment, another "bang" rang out. A shot, without any warning, hit Fire Dance again. Immediately after, Zhuge Liang's Ultimate skill erupted, instantly reaping Fire Dance's life.
The commentator let out a surprised "Eh," saying, "This coordination... Qiao Jingjing is pretty accurate."
This time, his words weren't just part of his job; it was a sincere comment. "This was a very nice piece of coordination. Their grasp of damage output and timing was very precise. Zhuge Liang's positioning was very tricky, but of course, the key was that Qiao Jingjing's two shots were extremely accurate. Honestly, I'm a bit surprised."
He wasn't the only one who was surprised. The live stream platform was flooded with ellipses.
"...Two consecutive shots don't seem like luck anymore?"
"FML, I stand corrected."
"...Is this female celebrity that good?"
"A bit stunning, part of the 'never would have thought' series."
The battle was not over yet.
The kill went to Zhuge Liang, who once again stacked up five layers of his passive. Zhuang Zhou, seeing things were going south, had already retreated. Zhuge Liang used his second skill to dive the turret, cast his Ultimate, and then exited the turret. The Spirit Bomb once again finished off Zhuang Zhou.
Double Kill.
The bottom turret fell.
"This Zhuge Liang is called Jade Rabbit. Such a cute ID, but he plays so fiercely, not cute at all," the commentator remarked with a sigh.
At this point, the tempo of the game was basically in the red team's hands.
However, the situation on the battlefield is always changing in an instant. A lead or a deficit can be turned around in one or two team fights. Neither Zhou Yin nor Yu Tu wanted to drag the fight into the late game where Sun Shangxiang would be fully farmed, so their tempo was very aggressive. During a team fight to push the enemy's middle-lane tier-two turret, Bai Qi's Ultimate was baited out by Fire Dance and missed. Bodhidharma dived the turret to chase a low-health enemy but was instead one-shotted by Sun Shangxiang. Although Zhuge Liang secured two kills, the enemy Fire Dance still seized an opportunity to counter-attack, resulting in a team wipe.
Shiranui Mai got a Triple Kill.
Team Star-Plucker took the opportunity to kill the Overlord Dragon, then pushed back and destroyed Team Good-Luck's middle-lane tier-two turret.
Zhou Yin repeatedly said they had been too reckless, but Yu Tu just laughed. "We got overconfident. They're very good. My Golden Body is almost ready."
Their bodies lay scattered across the ground, yet his voice sounded extremely cheerful. Qiao Jingjing couldn't help but turn her head to look at him. He was completely focused on his phone, fingers swiping to check the enemy's movements, his eyes filled with an eager, fighting glint.
This was a major tempo swing, giving the previously suppressed Sun Shangxiang a chance to farm up. However, for the time being, Team Good-Luck still held an advantage in terms of turrets and economy.
A few minutes later, however, Bai Qi made another mistake. He went too deep while clearing a minion wave. Although Zhou Yin promptly told him to retreat, he lingered for a moment, greedy for the minions, which led to him being surrounded by the enemy and instantly killed.
The five enemy members pushed forward rapidly, switching lanes to pressure the top-lane tier-two turret.
The two sides were once again embroiled in a chaotic fight.
Bodhidharma kicked three opponents. Qiao Jingjing followed up with damage, helping Bodhidharma kill Niu Mo, but she herself was brought to low health by Sun Shangxiang due to poor positioning.
She was extremely annoyed. "Why was I standing there?"
She immediately retreated to snipe from a distance. Her first shot at Sun Shangxiang missed.
The commentator's speech had already quickened. "Another minion wave is coming. If Team Good-Luck can't defend this, they might get wiped in one push!"
Just then, Yu Tu's Zhuge Liang flanked from behind and charged directly into the enemy formation. He used his second skill to dash into Sun Shangxiang's face and locked onto her with his Ultimate. He himself was instantly brought to critical health. He activated Moonlight, freezing himself in place to block all incoming damage, and killed Sun Shangxiang.
Immediately after, with his passive active, he flashed closer to Fire Dance, dodged her fan with his positioning, and locked onto her again with his passive and Ultimate. Fire Dance dashed, causing a half-health Zhuang Zhou to block the Ultimate, but Zhuge Liang simultaneously used his second skill to reposition, making her move futile. Fire Dance was killed again. Next, his passive directly finished off the low-health Baili Xuan Ce.
Qiao Jingjing didn't even see clearly how he did it. Within a few seconds, the outcome was decided.
Zhuge Liang, Triple Kill.
He had been at critical health almost since the moment he entered the fight. Now, he was still chasing Zhuang Zhou. In the end, Zhuang Zhou didn't get away either, and the kill was collected by Zhuge Liang.
Quadra Kill.
On the KPL professional stage, incredible turret defenses were not uncommon, and Quadra or Penta Kills happened often. But for such a play to come from a random player was still utterly stunning.
The commentator's voice rose in pitch. "Zhuge Liang with an incredible turret defense for a Quadra Kill! This rabbit is definitely a top-tier random player! His timing for entering the fight and using Golden Body was perfect, and his hand speed is extraordinary. I'm now thinking he probably doesn't usually try hard in ranked, or he'd definitely be higher than 50 stars."
The live stream channel was flooded with "666."
"God-tier Zhuge Liang. Qiao Jingjing just randomly grabbed someone this amazing."
"That series of dashes, my eyes are blurry. I'll have to watch the replay, I don't even know how he did that."
This counter-kill allowed Team Good-Luck to regain control of the tempo. After taking the Overlord Dragon, they pushed the minion wave straight to the enemy's high ground.
However, for a while, they couldn't find a good opportunity to breach the high ground.
Qiao Jingjing was much more careful with her positioning this time, constantly monitoring the enemy's movements and calmly finding safe spots to snipe from while camouflaged. Three consecutive shots, two of which hit squishy targets. Sun Shangxiang and Baili Xuan Ce were left with low health. Sun Shangxiang immediately tumbled back to the fountain to heal, but Xuan Ce's positioning wasn't great. Yu Tu flashed through the wall, used a combo to lock onto Xuan Ce, and then activated Golden Body. Xuan Ce was killed. Zhou Yin led the team to instantly destroy the high-ground turret, while Zhuge Liang, at low health, made a stylish escape.
The final dragon was about to spawn. Cai Wenji healed up, and the fight broke out once more.
The second time, however, Zhuge Liang's Ultimate was interrupted by Riding Pig. Qiao Jingjing became the main damage dealer, constantly auto-attacking while moving behind the tank and Bodhidharma, securing two kills.
A double kill! It would have been even cooler if it were three! Qiao Jingjing was thrilled but hadn't lost her senses and become a kill-stealer. There was a minion wave, and the most important thing for a Marksman was to hit the turret. However, she was the enemy's primary target. The moment Baili Xuan Ce revived, he came for her. She used a combo of auto-attacking while moving and her third skill, her Ultimate ready to hit Xuan Ce. Triple Kill.
The commentator was full of passion. "Qiao Jingjing's performance in this match was excellent. Those two earlier shots were key to breaking the stalemate, and her Ultimate accurately hit Xuan Ce. Did everyone notice a detail there? She used an auto-attack to adjust her position before using her Ultimate! Team Star-Plucker only has a Support left, let's see if they can defend."
Under these circumstances, they definitely couldn't defend. Soon, the Crystal shattered.
Zhou Yin let out a triumphant shout! They won
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