CH 36

“Should I say that the anchor on the other side is not paying attention to e-sports or that they are underestimating me?”

Xie Yao chuckled, “Their plan is almost impossible to succeed.”

Putting aside the almost-bug-like existence of praise, Xie Yao could not be easily defeated by their simple attacks.

In the early game, it may not be obvious, but as the economic gap widens in the mid-to-late game, the opponent will realize that their efforts are futile.

What Xie Yao couldn’t understand the most was that they were letting praise develop.

Praise was once a player who created a scene of one versus five in a professional match!

His tone was both humorous and sarcastic, and Jiang Song couldn’t help but smile when he heard it. Even Encounter, who hadn’t spoken much, emitted a chuckle through the microphone.

Encounter shook his head and smiled, “You still have to be careful. I’ll go protect the marksman, and the opponents will definitely come to attack you frequently from behind.”

“Don’t worry about me,” Xie Yao said.

Although Zhang Liang’s control skills on the other side were 100% accurate and silenced, he still needed to react in time.

The skills of Shangguan Wan’er were very flexible, allowing her to move forward and backward. As long as Xie Yao timed it well and burst with his speed, even if Zhang Liang could react in time, he might not have enough time to use his ultimate.

Even if he could react in time, Xie Yao could still use his ultimate to deal damage to Zhang Liang while being suppressed.

Xie Yao snorted and used a signal to indicate Zhang Liang, who was still in the middle lane.

“This game, I’ll make him go crazy first.”

When Shangguan Wan’er’s first and second skills stack, they can create twice the damage of a single hit, with fast speed for clearing minions.

Xiao Qiao on the opposite side went to support the bottom lane and hasn’t returned yet. Zhang Liang just left the middle lane and went to their red zone. Xie Yao immediately hid in the enemy’s blue zone brush, staying still and out of sight.

One of the core principles in the game “King of Glory” is to hide in the brush and survive.

After hiding in the brush, one will disappear from the enemy’s vision. This is very convenient for sneaky players. As long as they master the essence of hiding in the brush, getting kills becomes easy.

Before entering the brush, Xie Yao made a fake move, giving the opponent the impression that he was going from the river to the bottom lane. Then he went into the enemy’s blue zone brush.

Xiao Qiao went to support the bottom lane, but couldn’t secure a kill on the marksman and support. Both sides had unhealthy amounts of HP, and Xiao Qiao was left with only half of her HP.

As the support did not return, the mage would not go through the middle river to look for trouble, so the blue zone would be the mage’s only option if they didn’t go back to the base.

As expected, Xie Yao checked the vision and saw Xiao Qiao heading towards the blue zone after dealing some damage to the marksman. Shangguan Wan’er patiently waited in the brush, watching as Xiao Qiao approached.

As soon as Xiao Qiao entered their vision, Xie Yao’s hand was already on the skill button. Shangguan Wan’er’s first and second skills hit Xiao Qiao almost at the same time, followed by the ultimate which hit all four of its displacement moves on Xiao Qiao’s path, dealing maximum damage.

Xiao Qiao reacted with a startle and immediately activated her ultimate, throwing her fan towards Wan’er.

Just as the attack was about to hit Wan’er, Xie Yao’s finger trembled and Wan’er immediately ascended into the air, dodging the attack while unleashing her own ultimate.

Xiao !iao was already at half health and when Wan’er used her four-stage displacement to crush him, his health bar was almost instantly depleted. Even without using her ultimate, he would have died on the spot.

Wan’er killed Xiao !iao!

In the game, after Xiao !iao died and fell to the ground, Wan’er shook her folding fan as she descended from the air, gracefully turning twice with the curve of her dress exuding a sense of pleasure and confidence.

Xie Yao’s lips curled upward. “Next up, it’s Zhang Liang.”

On the map, Zhang Liang was rushing towards the middle lane, presumably after seeing Xiao !iao die and wanting to catch Xie Yao. The enemy jungler was probably not far away either.

However, Xie Yao remained completely calm. He even boldly changed positions and ran to the grass in the middle lane to lie in wait.

Zhang Liang was the rabbit who ignorantly approached him.

Wan’er’s ultimate displacement had to be on the skill trajectory to connect successfully, and deviating even slightly would cause the subsequent skill to break.

If Wan’er’s ultimate was broken, she could only be controlled and beaten to death.

However, there was a short period of time between each displacement that could be used for pausing and buffering, and that was what Xie Yao wanted.

Zhang Liang appeared in Xie Yao’s field of view and was clearly headed towards the grass where Xie Yao was hiding.

Xie Yao flashed away from Zhang Liang’s first skill, then hit him with his second skill and followed up with his ultimate, displacing himself out of the range of Zhang Liang’s second skill.

At that moment, before the buffering for the ultimate was over, Xie Yao landed a basic attack and, in the moment when Zhang Liang flashed towards him, he precisely used two stages of displacement to jump out of Zhang Liang’s attack range, causing his ultimate to miss.

“Now it’s my turn to counterattack.”

Zhang Liang is pushing aggressively, the enemy jungler must be nearby.

Xie Yao’s first and second skills are off cooldown, without hesitation, he uses his ultimate to dash onto Zhang Liang and unleashes a series of basic attacks, following up with a dash attack from Wan’er that finishes him off with a flurry of ink drops.

“Double kill!”

Zhang Liang is dead, and the kill announcement appears. Xie Yao has no skills left, and the enemy jungler is approaching at a fast pace.

Yue’s sword strikes down, briefly stunning Wan’er for half a second, and her health bar immediately drops!

Xie Yao retreats towards the minion wave, and Yue follows up to chase.

In the next moment, a crescent-shaped sword mark swiftly emerges from the grass, leaving a marker above Yue’s head as Luna dashes towards him with a powerful sword strike.

And then–

Yue is killed by Luna!

Wan’er floats back to the safety of the tower and uses a potion to restore her health, while Xie Yao raises an eyebrow.

: You have a jungler, don’t I have one too?

: Darn, he tricked us!

: U1s1, Yao Yao and Praise are so awesome in this round!

: If you want to learn how to play, you have to watch SharkTV’s Yao Yao.

: Okay, I’ve learned the essence of this game. Let’s start a game and camp in the bushes to ambush people!

: You’re so sneaky, I like it.

: Praise came just in time. Damn, is this the sense of security that the king of the jungle gives you?

: I have a new CP (couple pairing), not sure if I should ship it or not.

…

Encountering the bottom lane protecting the marksman, the two cooperated well, although they couldn’t kill the enemy, their economy was much stronger by a few hundred.

He pulled back his vision to watch the wave just now and couldn’t help but admire, “Is this really your first time cooperating like this?”

Xie Yao paused, and Praise spoke first, saying, “No, it’s not.”

Then Xie Yao said slowly, “No, it’s not.”

Their “no” naturally had different meanings.

As “Brother Jiang” and Xie Yao had been playing together for so long, Jiang Song had naturally cooperated with Xie Yao before.

But what Xie Yao thought of was a game they matched by chance seven years ago when they were both in the youth training camp.

Despite their lack of coordination, they managed to not raise any doubts in Xie Yao’s mind.

On the other hand, Encountering was surprised and somewhat shocked. He never expected that these two knew each other before since Xie Yao never mentioned it before.

With Praise’s popularity, even if they just matched by chance for one game, a streamer could easily spread lies like “we’re good friends” just to increase viewership.

However, Xie Yao clearly knew Praise, but had never mentioned it before. He always acted like he was just a fan of Praise in front of others.

This made him seem very honest and straightforward, which was probably why he could make friends in the esports industry.

Encountering didn’t ask any further and immediately focused his attention back on the marksman.

But the fans were not as calm as he was.

: You lying dog! You actually know Praise!! You’ve been deceiving me for so long!!

: Damn it, when you pitifully said you liked Praise before, I almost sent you my favorite Praise merchandise, but you f*cking knew him all along!

: Damn it! Are they trying to force me to ship them together?

: No way, Boss Jiang was only gone for a day and there’s already a new ship! Sisters, let’s raise Boss Jiang’s banner and give him the face he deserves!!

…

Compared to Xie Yao’s lively livestream, Praise’s livestream was much calmer. Praise’s two previous Weibo posts were still on his homepage, mixed in with his official retweets, and had not been deleted. Fans could see them just by checking in.

Praise’s friends and fans knew about his close relationship with a fellow livestreamer, whom he even affectionately referred to as “kid.”

Praise’s fans expressed that they were already shocked enough and even felt disdain towards Xie Yao’s friends in the livestream chat: “Why are they making such a big deal out of nothing?”

The victory in this match was even easier than Xie Yao imagined, as their opponents made a fatal mistake at the beginning, which led to their complete collapse later on. After Xie Yao got two kills, the rest of the game was basically just Praise assisting him. Praise’s Luna dominated the game, annihilating the opponents almost single-handedly.

Oh, the opponents couldn’t even be called gods or buddhas, they were just small fry blocking the way on Praise’s path to becoming a master.

The MVP award, with 23 kills, went deservedly to Jiang Song. On the MVP screen, Luna in her big red wedding dress, with black hair, red lips, and fierce eyes, holding a long sword, exuded an irresistible aura. She looked like a natural MVP.

Xie Yao took another look before slowly exiting the livestream. The game was finished by 9:40pm, and the homepage promotion time was until 9:00pm. Xie Yao glanced at the top right corner of the livestream and blinked in surprise.

How come there were 1.8 million viewers!?

Praise wasn’t even broadcasting today, and there weren’t any fans from his side who would have come over to Xie Yao’s side to check the situation. SUS and the others didn’t suddenly show up either…

Could it be that the homepage promotion was really that effective?

Xie Yao was surprised for a moment, then clicked on the Peak Weekly Ranking. After deducting the points lost from his last game, he had surpassed Xiao He by more than 20 points, taking the first place in the Peak Weekly Ranking.

Target achieved.