prynovel Chapter 232 38 Minutes
Chapter 232 38 Minutes
Chapter 232 Thirty-Eight Minutes
Basic attack, Q skill, basic attack, W skill (Void Seeker), basic attack!
Countless purple void missiles rained down on Clockwork like a storm.
"Bang!"
Plasma detonation!
The fully healed Orianna was instantly killed by Kai'Sa's terrifying burst damage before she even had a chance to use Flash!
"My God! Xiao Yan! Xiao Yan flew in! He winds up the clockwork in an instant!!" Wawa's voice was completely hoarse, and he jumped up from his chair.
After winding up the clockwork in an instant, Xiao Yan did not pause at all.
He used the shield provided by his ultimate ability to withstand one of Sivir's Q skills, then activated Heal to restore his health, and instantly aimed his gun at Sivir.
Sneaky was terrified and immediately used Flash to try and escape.
But Xiao Yan's footwork was already as fluid as art.
With each A move, he takes a step forward, sticking tightly to Wheel Mom.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Three straight attacks ignited the plasma once again!
Sivir is dead!
"Double Kill!"
Double kill!
At this point on the battlefield, C9 only had one cumbersome Sion left.
Facing a fully-equipped Kai'Sa with both Red Buff and Baron buff, Sion is like a giant sitting duck.
With the help of the Sword Demon who had risen up in his resurrection armor, Xiao Yan easily took down Sion's head.
"Triple Kill!"
Triple kill!
"Team wipe! SKT pulled off a 2-for-5 team wipe!!" Miller was flushed with excitement, waving his fist. "Xiao Yan! It's Xiao Yan again! At the 35-minute mark, when everyone thought SKT was about to collapse, he made an unbelievable, perfect entry, completely shattering C9's turtle shell!"
"That's terrifying! Is this guy's nerve made of steel? After 35 minutes of intense tension, his actions didn't falter in the slightest! His entry timing and damage calculations were accurate to the millisecond!" Guan Zeyuan couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.
Accompanied by the sound effect of "Aced (wipe out)," the audience went completely wild.
"XiaoYan! XiaoYan! XiaoYan!"
Deafening cheers resounded throughout the entire stadium.
With the Baron buff, the remaining three members of SKT pushed swiftly up C9's high ground.
Thirty-eight minutes.
C9's base crystal shattered under Kai'Sa's basic attack.
"Congratulations to SKT! After a grueling 38-minute battle, they successfully broke through C9's impenetrable defense and secured their second victory in the group stage!"
The fifteen-minute break passed in the blink of an eye.
When the lights came on again and the rousing background music filled the venue, both contestants took to the stage once more.
"Welcome back to the S8 World Championship Group Stage! We're about to bring you the second match between SKT and C9!" In the commentary booth, Wawa's voice was still loud, but if you listened carefully, you could also detect a hint of hoarseness from commentating for a long time.
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Miller pushed up his glasses, his expression serious: "In the last match, SKT took thirty-eight minutes to barely secure a victory."
C9 has demonstrated their unique understanding of this patch to the world—if I don't want to fight, you can forget about pushing my towers. C9 chose the blue side in this game; it'll be interesting to see what kind of troublesome lineup they'll pull out this time.
Guan Zeyuan added, "Yes, and for SKT, playing these high-intensity, 'bladder-like' games continuously is a huge test of the players' stamina. Especially Xiao Yan, as the team's absolute core damage dealer, needs to maintain flawless positioning and output for tens of minutes at a time, which is simply an inhuman requirement."
On stage, the BP (Best Partner) segment officially began.
"Ban Kai'Sa, Tristana, and Lucian." Reapered gave the order without hesitation.
On SKT's side, kkOma sneered and immediately banned Orianna, Anivia, and Viktor. "Since you're targeting the bot lane, then I'll shut down all your wave-clearing mid laners."
However, C9, in their first pick position, instantly locked in a hero that surprised everyone.
Giggs, the demolition genius!
"Zombie?! C9 picked Ziggs!" Miller's eyes widened. "My god, C9 is really going all out with this disgusting style! Ziggs is arguably one of the fastest wave clearers, longest-range champions, and most monstrous tower defenders in League of Legends! One ultimate plus a few Q skills, and he can wipe out a wave of minions with the Baron buff in an instant!"
Immediately afterwards, C9 locked onto War Goddess and River King on the second and third floors.
"Sivir and Techies—" Guan Zeyuan gasped. "This lineup... just looking at it makes me feel hopeless. C9 is clearly telling you: we're not fighting today, we're just defending the towers. You want to push the towers? First, ask our Techies and Sivir if they'll allow it!"
On the SKT players' bench, the players' expressions also turned somewhat grim.
"These guys have absolutely no shame," TheShy muttered in broken Chinese.
kk0ma took a deep breath and patted Xiao Yan on the shoulder: "Xiao Yan, with this lineup on the other side, what do you want to take?"
Xiao Yan stared coldly at C9's disgusting lineup on the screen.
Ziggs, Sivir, and Tahm Kench. These three heroes together are practically a mobile steel fortress. Short-ranged heroes can't reach them, long-ranged heroes lack the burst damage, and heroes who try to engage will be devoured and protected by Tahm Kench.
There is only one way to break through this formation.
That is, at the moment a team fight breaks out, with extremely terrifying burst damage and agile and graceful movement, you can directly tear through their defenses!
"Help me get Ni Yu and Xia," Xiao Yan said calmly.
"Xayah?" kkOma paused, "Xayah has a shorter range, making the laning phase very difficult against the poke of champions like Ziggs and Sivir. Plus, C9 will definitely build a tanky frontline, and Xayah's speed in taking down frontline champions—"
"Coach, trust me." Xiao Yan turned his head, looking firmly at kk0ma. "Xia's ultimate can avoid Ziggs' fatal damage, and her E skill's burst damage is enough to melt any front line. As long as Rakan can engage, I can kill them all."
Looking at Xiao Yan's confident eyes, kkOma finally nodded.
"Wolf, pick Rakan. TheShy, pick Fiora, let's go for a 1-3-1 split push. Faker, pick Ryze, be ready to gank and support at any time. Peanut, pick Lee Sin, try to find the rhythm in the early game."
The final lineups for both sides have been determined.
C9: Top lane Ornn, Jungle Trundle, Mid lane Ziggs, Bot lane Sivir, Support Tahm Kench.
SKT: Top lane Fiora, Jungle Lee Sin, Mid lane Ryze, Bot lane Xayah, Support Rakan.
"The match begins!"
As the system notification sounded, this bladder-related ordeal officially began.
The first fifteen minutes of the match were so dull they made you want to fall asleep.
C9 has the concept of "avoiding war" ingrained in its very being.
In the mid lane, Jensen's Ziggs didn't lane against Faker's Ryze at all. He stood far away at the edge of the turret's attack range, and as soon as the minion wave came, he would use his Q and E skills to clear the wave completely, and then immediately retreat.
Faker's Ryze may have great skills, but he couldn't even touch the hem of the Ziggs' clothes.
The situation in the bottom lane is even more extreme.