Chapter 6

**Bang!!!** ——

The thick, heavy crossbow bolt slammed into Hammerstone’s chest, the immense force pushing the Warden back. However, the cold, metal chain that shot out simultaneously hit its target without any hindrance.

**Squeak** ——

The grating sound of metal scraping against metal.

The greenish metal chain, like a venomous snake, coiled around the prey, forcibly dragging the target, Vayne, back.

Lin Xiao quickly used the W skill, “Soultorch Lantern,” throwing it behind to the female Jhin. This time, he didn’t need to remind Ouyang Yang, who swiftly controlled Jhin to click on the lantern, sitting inside the lantern’s light and being teleported over.

At the same time, Lin Xiao pressed the Q key again.

The second effect of the Q skill was triggered, and Hammerstone’s form rushed forward along the cold, scythe chain toward the target.

The ADC, Jhin, who was sitting inside the lantern’s light, was also pulled along.

“Holy crap!”

“Awesome, awesome, awesome!!!”

“Amazing lantern!!! ——”

For a moment, the classmates watching from behind the computer were all wide-eyed. They had never seen Hammerstone’s lantern used so skillfully and gracefully.

The female Jhin, who had been far away, attacking minions, was suddenly flown over in the lantern — this was equivalent to two displacement effects!!

In an instant, on the computer screen, Hammerstone and Jhin had already rushed up to Vayne’s face.

Lin Xiao controlled his support Hammerstone to land a basic attack and simultaneously applied the just-cooled-down summoner spell, “Ignite,” on Vayne.

Ouyang Yang, as the ADC Jhin, was glowing with excitement, controlling his hero, right-clicking madly on the enemy hero while also frantically pressing keys on the keyboard.

The bounty hunter, Jhin, had the characteristic of being suitable for mindless standing and auto-attacking: once the distance was closed, he could just roll the keyboard, use Q, W, and E skills to pummel the target.

In fact, that’s exactly what Ouyang Yang did.

E skill, “Curtain Call,” slowed the target; Q skill, “Curtain Call,” fired a large bullet that exploded on Vayne; W skill, “Curtain Call,” increased attack speed and pummeled the target.

Vayne, the purple team’s ADC, took a full set of damage, and her health bar dropped like a faucet, gushing down uncontrollably.

Finally, Ouyang Yang’s Jhin landed a basic attack, completely draining the last bit of Vayne’s health.

“Shutdown (Killing Spree)! ——”

The system’s female voice announced the kill through the old speakers. This kill was a shutdown, earning Ouyang Yang’s Jhin a generous 432 gold.

“Awesome! Lin Xiao, that Flash E followed by Q was amazing, hahaha!!” Within about a minute, Ouyang Yang had secured two kills, including a shutdown, which made him grin from ear to ear.

His record, which was 0/2/1 just a moment ago, was now 2/2/1. The path to becoming a god was just around the corner, wasn’t it?

Lin Xiao, who had helped his teammate secure the kill on the enemy ADC, turned his head and thanked He Rui with a smile: “Ah, this Vayne didn’t have any summoner spells left, thanks a lot.”

“N-no, it’s nothing…” He Rui managed to force a smile, but his face felt like it was about to freeze.

How could this guy seize the opportunity to get a kill like that…

…

After the successful gank and kill on the purple team’s ADC Vayne, when the enemy support Prince returned to the lane, it was once again a 1v2 situation. Lin Xiao controlled his support Hammerstone to crouch in the bush, easily forcing the enemy Prince out of the experience zone.

Thus, Ouyang Yang could control the lane and farm minions with ease.

When the enemy ADC Vayne finally respawned and returned to the lane, Lin Xiao and Ouyang Yang had already pushed a wave of minions to the purple team’s turret and then retreated to recall.

This time, Ouyang Yang’s Jhin had accumulated a significant amount of gold, and with a bulging money bag, he could go on a shopping spree in the item shop.

Seeing Ouyang Yang excitedly clicking on the item shop panel to buy the components of “Last Whisper” — a pickaxe and a longsword — the classmates watching from behind couldn’t help but sigh in admiration:

The previous skirmish had basically turned the tide in the bottom lane —

Jhin had secured two kills, and he wasn’t far behind Vayne, who had three kills.

Ultimately, the biggest contributor to this turn of events… was the support Hammerstone.

For a moment, the classmates looked at Lin Xiao with admiration and envy: Ah, this support is really skilled… If they had such a reliable teammate when they played ADC, it would be great.

Meanwhile, He Rui, standing to the side, felt a mix of emotions.

After all, he had been the support Hammerstone, but in the first fifteen minutes, he hadn’t helped his ADC teammate secure any kills or gain an advantage; instead, he had made several mistakes, leading to the death of their Jhin or the use of summoner spells to escape. Now, with Lin Xiao taking over, the situation had been turned around immediately —

In comparison, he was completely overshadowed…

While He Rui was lost in thought, Lin Xiao had bought new items and, while controlling his support Hammerstone to head back to the bottom lane, reminded Ouyang Yang:

“Next, the enemy ADC and support should have their summoner spells back, so we need to play it safe.”

“You control the lane and last-hit minions. If I don’t hook the ADC, we don’t engage.”

Ouyang Yang patted his chest confidently: “Don’t worry! I’ve got it!” This boost in confidence came from securing two kills and buying new items.

[However… being overly confident isn’t always a good thing —]

Lin Xiao couldn’t help but mutter, but this time he had the sense not to say it out loud.

…

Meanwhile, in the purple team’s chat channel, which Lin Xiao and the others couldn’t see, the players were discussing:

“Hey, what’s going on in the bottom lane? Weren’t you supposed to have a big advantage? Why did you keep getting killed by Jhin?” This was a question from the purple team’s jungler, Lee Sin.

“I got a bit overconfident and tried to dive the turret, but the enemy Hammerstone controlled me and counter-killed me —” the support Prince explained, feeling a bit frustrated: Damn, the enemy support Hammerstone must have been on some kind of drug, suddenly becoming so sharp and interrupting my EQ combo with an E…

“I was slowed by Hammerstone’s Flash E, and I didn’t have any summoner spells, so I got chased down and killed.” The purple team’s ADC Vayne player explained vaguely, knowing that he had been a bit greedy, wanting to farm the wave of minions for experience, but he had thought that with his Q and E skills, the enemy Hammerstone wouldn’t be able to do much…

But he didn’t expect to be hit by all the enemy’s skills and controlled to death.

Damn, I got overconfident. If I hadn’t, I wouldn’t have been caught by that Hammerstone — Vayne player thought angrily: The outer turret on the enemy’s bottom lane hadn’t been destroyed, and he had planned to farm and then kill the enemy Jhin and Hammerstone a few times, but now it seemed better to push the turret quickly…

At this moment, the purple team’s mid laner, LeBlanc, also sent a message:

“Be ready in the bottom lane, I’ll come down to gank.”

“After the kill, we can take the dragon.”

…

“I’ll go place a ward in the river, be careful —”

Lin Xiao, controlling Hammerstone, walked toward the river entrance and reminded Ouyang Yang again.

“Okay!” Ouyang Yang agreed, ready to follow Lin Xiao’s instructions.

But this resolve quickly made him feel a bit disoriented.

“Pay attention to the minion wave, just last-hit the minions, don’t use W, it wastes mana.”

“Ah, Ouyang, your last-hitting isn’t steady enough…”

“Hey, this position is a bit dangerous, back up, back up.”

“Don’t walk close to the wall, Vayne’s Q and E will stun you.”

“Keep your distance, don’t get too close, be careful of the Prince, be careful of the Prince —”

In the short time after returning to the lane, Lin Xiao’s constant reminders made Ouyang Yang feel like there was a constant buzzing in his ears.

Ouyang Yang’s lips twitched involuntarily, and only now did he understand how frustrated He Rui had been: This Lin Xiao, his “nagging” skill must be maxed out, right?

I’m not a little kid, do I need to be guided through every move…

If it had been a minute ago, when his record was still 0/2/1, Ouyang Yang might have patiently followed Lin Xiao’s nagging advice, playing cautiously. But after securing two kills and buying new items, he felt different.

Now, even in a direct confrontation, he wasn’t without a chance to fight!

With this confident and eager mindset, when he noticed the enemy Prince standing close to a purple team melee minion, Ouyang Yang couldn’t resist moving his Jhin forward two steps and using the Q skill, “Curtain Call,” on the nearby purple team melee minion.

This was to use the minion as a stepping stone, using the skill’s bounce effect to chip away at the enemy support Prince’s health.

He also wanted to see how much damage his updated equipment could deal.

But this Q skill immediately caused trouble.

**Bang!** The Q skill’s second hit successfully bounced to the purple team’s support Prince, dealing a significant chunk of damage to his health bar, but the Prince player, instead of being alarmed, was delighted and immediately used an EQ combo to charge at Ouyang Yang!

“Holy crap, dodge, dodge!!”

“Ouyang, are you kidding me!?”

The classmates watching were instantly shouting in alarm, and despite Ouyang Yang frantically right-clicking to control Jhin to dodge, he couldn’t escape the Prince’s fast-approaching spear.

In the next second, on the computer screen, Jhin was picked up and controlled!

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