On Saturday night, the only match scheduled for Group S was Tianhuan vs Binghun. The matches for the other four teams were scheduled for Sunday, so none of the other team members were seen backstage.
At this moment, in a hotel near the Esports arena, players from teams like Beimu and Jingzhe gathered in their dormitory rooms, turning on the TV to watch the live broadcast. Many streamers on major gaming platforms were also providing real-time commentary on the match.
This included Xiao Wei, the top streamer on the Whale streaming platform.
Xiao Wei and Mu Mu were both streamers Ye Shaoyang had known back when he was a rookie. Ever since "Xiao Bai" became a professional esports player, Xiao Wei had been following Tianhuan's matches closely. Since he was free today, he started a stream to watch and analyze the game simultaneously.
A flood of comments surged into his chat room:
[You're friends with Xiao Bai, right? Are you just going to mindlessly hype him up today?]
[Last time Mu Mu commentated the placement match in Star City, she kept praising Xiao Bai until I got second-hand embarrassment.]
[Xiao Bai plays well, can't people praise him?]
[Everyone says he has world-class mid-laner skills, but aren't fans blowing it out of proportion?]
[Lieyang's fans sure have big heads. They're already bragging that the Sun-Moon combo can beat Korea's Choi-Park duo.]
[You haven't even won a domestic trophy yet, and you're already hyping up a 'world-class mid-laner.' When it comes to being shameless, you guys are number one!]
[Are Lieyang's fans trying to fly into the sky and stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the sun?]
While Xiao Wei was pouring himself a glass of water, he saw a massive wave of anti-fan comments flooding the screen.
He frowned, took a sip of water, and said, "I have a good relationship with Xiao Bai. Coming here to insult him—do you have water in your brains? Mods, ban this bunch of haters for me!"
The moderators acted quickly, banning over a dozen IDs in succession.
Most netizens were quite friendly; the malicious instigators were just a few haters. Since Xiao Bai had debuted on the Whale platform, he had a considerable number of fans there. Seeing those people get banned, everyone gloated.
Xiao Wei opened the tournament livestream channel and began his commentary: "Binghun was the champion team last season. It won't be easy for Tianhuan to win today. I will try my best to be objective and not favor either side. If you think I'm biased toward Tianhuan and deliberately putting down Binghun, you can go watch the official livestream."
A row of comments quickly appeared in the chat: [We just want to watch you!]
It was common for game streamers to host their own commentary during major tournaments. Some did it to leech off the hype, while others—like Xiao Wei, a top streamer with tens of millions of viewers—didn't need the clout. They simply wanted to watch a specific match and chat with their viewers while doing so.
The match was about to begin, and players from both sides entered the arena.
Inside the soundproof booth, the Tianhuan players plugged in their keyboards. The camera gave a close-up of the rainbow-colored keyboards belonging to the bot lane duo, Cheng Xing and Qu Jiang. Xiao Wei adjusted his camera, pointing it at his own keyboard, and introduced it to his viewers: "This keyboard is really good to use. I bought a rainbow-lit one too. Haha, it's pretty cool."
Viewers: "…"
Flashy and garish, yet somehow looks good?
The official commentators began introducing the players. Xiao Wei muted the official audio and turned on his microphone: "Binghun's strongest point is their support position. Captain Chen is undoubtedly a golden thigh in the support role! I've matched against him in ranked games before. As a professional marksman player, when I meet a support like Captain Chen, I honestly want to kneel down and call him Daddy."
"His ability to protect people is incredibly strong, and his timing for initiating team fights is impeccable. Following him, marksmen often get double or triple kills. Friends who play marksman should understand this feeling: an excellent support will clear out vision perfectly so the enemy jungler can't find a chance to gank you. He can also control enemies for you, letting you deal damage in peace."
"In short, Captain Chen is undeniably Binghun's strongest bodyguard."
"As for Tianhuan, I won't introduce them much. Their strong point has always been their Mid-Jungle synergy."
"First game BP (Ban/Pick). Let's see what lineups both sides choose."
Xiao Wei enlarged the match screen on his display.
Binghun was randomized to the Blue side, giving them first ban priority. Their first ban went to [Stealth Rogue].
Xiao Wei explained, "Banning an invisible jungler is a very reasonable move. Once the Rogue goes invisible, the support can't see his position, and their own marksman becomes vulnerable to sneak attacks and assassinations… Will Tianhuan ban a support like before? Will they ban the Spirit Rabbit?"
Tianhuan did not ban the Spirit Rabbit. Instead, they banned a top laner with strong backline-cutting ability, [Blade Will].
Binghun's second ban went to [Shadow Warlock].
"It's surprising that Tianhuan isn't banning supports today. Binghun continues to ban invisible assassin-mages. With the two heroes capable of long-term invisibility banned, the remaining invisible heroes only have short-term invisibility for a few seconds, making them less of a threat."
Tianhuan's second ban still ignored the support position, instead banning the [Holy Paladin], who had strong protective abilities.
"Ah, this… they let all of Captain Chen's supports through!" Xiao Wei frowned. "What is Tianhuan thinking? Playing against Binghun and not banning a single support?"
The audience at the venue looked confused, and the official livestream channel was full of question marks.
"Binghun's [Spirit Rabbit] system is extremely strong, yet Captain Chen's Spirit Rabbit was actually let through! Is this a BP error, or has Tianhuan come up with a way to counter it?"
Sure enough, Binghun's first pick was the Spirit Rabbit. You dare to leave it open, I dare to pick it. This was Captain Chen's confidence.
It was Tianhuan's turn. Slots 1 and 2 instantly locked in two heroes.
Jungler: Spirit Realm Snowbird.
Mid Laner: Flying Mage.
As soon as these two heroes were selected, a gasp erupted from the venue.
In the hotel room, Zhao Xin'an, who was watching with his team, jumped straight off the bed. "Damn, damn, damn! The Dual Flight! Their Dual Flight combo is finally out!"
Zhao Xinping frowned. "Don't jump so high."
Zhao Xin'an said excitedly, "It was a mistake for Binghun not to ban the Dual Flight!"
Coach Beimu said, "You can't really say that. If you leave [Stealth Rogue] open, Tianhuan can also build a synergy around the Stealth Rogue to go invisible and nuke the marksman."
At the venue, the two commentators said excitedly, "The Dual Flight combination! A mid-jungle synergy we haven't seen in a long time! If they coordinate well, they can fly infinitely. If they coordinate poorly, they'll just break their legs."
A wave of laughter rippled through the audience.
[Is this the 'fly separately when disaster strikes' kind of Dual Flight?]
[Or the 'fly halfway, break a leg, and die together in a double suicide' kind?]
[Hahaha, this combo is the most prone to crashing, and they actually brought it out in the league!]
[You guys are wrong. Other people's Dual Flight is about breaking legs and failing to fly. Shuoyue and Lieyang are the Infinite Dual Flight!]
Seeing the opponents pick the Dual Flight, Binghun backhanded them with [Holy Spirit Mage]—a hero with sealing hard crowd control, specifically chosen to counter Ye Shaoyang's [Flying Mage] and prevent him from taking off.
Following that, their 3rd pick was a control-type jungler, [Demon Hunter], who had a mid-range locking stun to stop Chi Shuo from flying.
Tianhuan's 3rd pick was the support [Blessing of Light], who could provide a shield granting 2 seconds of crowd control immunity.
The first round of BP was fascinating—you counter me, I counter you back; mutual restraint.
The second round of BP targeted the top and bot lanes, banning most of the commonly used marksmen.
Cheng Xing ultimately took [Snow Maiden] to slow opponents and coordinate with his master and Brother Yang for ganks; Binghun took [Machine Gun Hunter], who had the fastest attack speed, to coordinate with the Spirit Rabbit system for rapid guerrilla turret pushing.
For the top lane, Tianhuan chose the physical tank [Body of Steel], known for strong protection; Binghun chose the magic tank [Dark Angel], who possessed mid-range control skills.
"The lineups for both sides are confirmed. Let's enter the first game of Tianhuan vs. Binghun!"
The match began.
The Dual Flight combo were very fragile before learning their ultimate skills. Chi Shuo and Ye Shaoyang chose not to invade and peacefully guarded their own buffs. Meanwhile, the opposing jungler, mid laner, and support grouped up as a trio to steal the Blue Buff.
Old Qin (Top Laner) rotated to support immediately, but the opposing top laner also arrived quickly.
It was a 3v4 in the jungle. Chi Shuo said decisively, "Retreat."
Chi Shuo was commanding this game. For the Dual Flight synergy, everything depended on the jungler's rhythm.
Ye Shaoyang and Old Qin split up to retreat, giving up the Blue Buff to the enemy.
Chi Shuo wanted to attempt a counter-jungle on their Blue, but Captain Chen defended in advance, and Binghun's reinforcement speed was extremely fast. Unable to find an opening, he quickly cleared his own Red Buff and immediately went to contest the river crab in the middle lane. Since he had saved his Smite spell, and the opponent had used theirs to steal the Blue, Chi Shuo successfully secured the river crab.
"Binghun played the first invasion very well, a 3-Buff start! Tianhuan's early jungle is a bit compromised, but fortunately, Shuoyue reacted quickly and snatched the mid-lane river crab. Although they are behind in experience, it's not unrecoverable."
"Before level 6, the Dual Flight combo is weak. The key is whether their roaming ganks can be effective after both hit level 6," Xiao Wei explained seriously, staring at the livestream on his computer.
Chen Qianhua was an old friend of Chi Shuo and knew him very well.
Invading with four people to steal the Blue at the start definitely impacted Chi Shuo's jungling rhythm. When Binghun's jungler hit level 6, Chi Shuo had just reached level 5. He pinged a "Warning" sign in the bot lane, and Cheng Xing and Qu Jiang immediately retreated.
Sure enough, the enemy jungler appeared, landing a mid-range control skill on Cheng Xing.
Just at that moment, Qu Jiang activated his W skill, placing a shield on Cheng Xing. The [Blessing of Light]'s shield provided 2 seconds of CC immunity. Qu Jiang's shield was timely; the enemy jungler failed to pin Cheng Xing down, and Cheng Xing managed to run away.
Chi Shuo noticed that Chen Qianhua's [Spirit Rabbit] was missing. He immediately marked the map and warned, "Enemy support is missing, probably placing vision."
Qu Jiang said, "I'll check the small dragon."
He didn't find any trace of the [Spirit Rabbit] near the dragon pit.
Just then, Ye Shaoyang suddenly said, "Support is in mid. Is he trying to set up nests in advance?"
The Spirit Rabbit's level 6 ultimate, "Cunning Rabbit Has Three Burrows," allowed him to place three nests on the map for teammates to teleport to at any time. Before level 6, he could roam and place nests in advance, activating them instantly upon hitting level 6.
Rabbit nests are hidden and cannot be seen. Ye Shaoyang observed for a moment and saw Chen Qianhua merely clearing minions with his mid laner, then wandering around the bushes near the middle lane.
Are the rabbit nests in the grass? But Ye Shaoyang couldn't distinguish exactly which patch of grass.
As time passed, Chi Shuo finally reached level 6, and Ye Shaoyang hit level 6 as well.
Chi Shuo immediately said, "Gank the marksman!"
Since the enemy support went roaming, Binghun's marksman was alone in the bot lane. This was the perfect opportunity.
Ye Shaoyang quickly flanked from his own jungle.
Binghun's marksman sensed the danger and abandoned the outer tower, trying to retreat toward his inner tower. However, Ye Shaoyang and Chi Shuo weren't going to let him go just because he retreated. Both activated their ultimates simultaneously and took flight, diving the tower for a forced kill!
With no minion wave, they flew past the enemy's outer tower, chasing all the way near the inner tower.
[Spirit Realm Snowbird] threw an aerial snowball, accurately hitting the enemy marksman who had flashed to escape, freezing him in place. Ye Shaoyang's staff continuously fired snow-white orbs of light, like a downpour of white rain—
The marksman's health plummeted insanely. Chi Shuo followed with an aerial dive, instantly emptying the opponent's health bar.
First blood!
Chi Shuo took the kill.
After eliminating the target, the flight ultimate refreshed. The two took off from the spot and flew over the wall to retreat.
Xiao Wei couldn't help slapping his thigh. "Beautiful! Flying past the first tower and chasing all the way to the second tower to kill—Shuoyue and Lieyang's flight combo is too aggressive! The key is, they can fly away after the kill, completely unharmed."
"Binghun's marksman was actually quite alert and had already retreated to the inner tower, but unfortunately, he still couldn't escape. After all, marksmen have short legs and can only run on foot, while the opponents can fly. If they fly over the outer tower to catch you, there's nothing you can do!"
Captain Chen leaving and not protecting the marksman in this wave was one of the reasons the marksman died.
But in reality, Chen Qianhua was considering the bigger picture.
The [Spirit Rabbit] support wasn't like other supports that babysat the marksman. He needed to proactively place nests and drive the rhythm of the entire map. If he stayed in the bot lane protecting the marksman, Binghun's "Three Burrows" system couldn't be implemented, and his utility as a support would be more than half wasted.
He had to roam before level 6.
Chen Qianhua had already warned his teammate to recall as soon as possible when he walked away.
Binghun's marksman ran fast enough, but Chi Shuo and Ye Shaoyang flew faster. Chasing to the inner tower for a kill was just too fierce!
Marksman Wei Feng said annoyedly, "My bad. If I had run 2 seconds earlier, I wouldn't have been caught."
Chen Qianhua said softly, "It's okay. Wait for my level 6."
Captain Chen's voice was the gentlest among all league commanders. No matter the situation, Chen Qianhua was always calm and gentle, quickly soothing the players' emotions.
Even in a huge disadvantage, listening to his commands prevented anxiety.
It was just giving up first blood; not a big problem.
Wei Feng returned to the lane and cleared minions cautiously.
The second wave of jungle buffs spawned. Chi Shuo went to collect the Blue Buff. Years of tournament experience triggered a sudden sense of alertness as he approached the Blue Buff, and he used his Q skill to check the brush.
The next moment, four people suddenly popped out of the grass! [Dark Angel] landed a mid-range root, fixing Chi Shuo in place. The mid laner [Holy Spirit Mage] followed up with a sealing control skill, and the jungler unleashed a burst combo to instantly delete Chi Shuo!
—[Binghun LuoLuo (Demon Hunter) has slain Tianhuan Shuoyue (Spirit Realm Snowbird)]
Ye Shaoyang was too late to support.
Because the four members of Binghun hadn't walked there—they had teleported!
Chi Shuo said, "There's a rabbit nest at the Blue Buff. Be careful."
Ye Shaoyang was surprised. He hadn't expected that Chen Qianhua didn't place the nest in the mid-lane bushes. He had deliberately misled Ye Shaoyang earlier by wandering around the mid-lane grass, making Ye Shaoyang think they were going to surround mid.
In fact, Binghun's target was the jungle.
Chen Qianhua had sneakily placed a rabbit nest in the Blue Buff area, calculated the time Chi Shuo would farm the blue, and summoned his teammates for a surprise ambush!
4 vs 1. Chi Shuo couldn't fly even with wings.
Just like that, Tianhuan's mid-jungle synergy rhythm was broken.
Chen Qianhua was indeed a support with immense macro awareness. Even with his own marksman killed, he immediately found an opportunity to counterattack. This counter-play quickly pulled back the disadvantage of giving up first blood.
However, Ye Shaoyang wasn't a pushover either. Seeing four opponents appear in his Blue Buff area, he immediately pinged the enemy's Blue Buff location, signaling Qu Jiang to go protect him.
Ye Shaoyang activated his flight ultimate, crossed the wall obstacles, and stole the enemy's Blue Buff at maximum speed.
When we get caught, finding a way to cut losses immediately is the only way to salvage the situation.
Qu Jiang noted, "Teleport CD is 45 seconds."
The coolest thing about the Spirit Rabbit system was the frequent teleportation.
The locations of the first wave of rabbit nests weren't fully clear yet; they only knew there was one at the Blue Buff. Where were the other two? If Chen Qianhua was allowed to continue opening teleports and waging guerrilla warfare everywhere, Tianhuan would fall completely into passivity.
Chi Shuo was killed and went back to base to await respawn. This time allowed him to calmly think about strategy.
He carefully observed the map. Binghun had a rabbit nest in the Blue Buff area, which was very close to the top lane. Chen Qianhua wouldn't waste another nest in the top lane bushes. In the early game, there was no need to contest the Baron (Big Dragon), so there was no need to place a teleport point there so early.
Of the remaining two, it was highly likely one was at the Small Dragon (Tyrant) position in the bottom half, and the other was in the mid lane.
This way, there would be teleport points in the top half, bottom half, and mid lane, allowing for the fastest support and guerrilla tower pushing.
Thinking of this, Chi Shuo immediately pinged the top lane: "Old Qin, retreat!"
Sure enough, as soon as he spoke, four members of Binghun appeared in the top lane. After stealing the Blue, they immediately grouped up to push top. Old Qin hurriedly activated his ultimate "Iron Will" to increase defense and retreated rapidly.
The four Binghun members didn't dive the tank; instead, they pushed with the minion wave and took down the top outer tower.
At this point, there were 10 seconds left until the Spirit Rabbit's "Three Burrows" teleport cooldown. In the mid lane, Ye Shaoyang pushed the wave forward. In the bot lane, Cheng Xing and Qu Jiang were 2v1 against the enemy marksman, suppressing him under the tower.
Binghun's marksman recalled with low health.
Chi Shuo pinged 'Gather' at the Small Dragon location and said, "Support and Marksman, come with me to start the dragon. They will be able to teleport over very soon."
The Spirit Rabbit's teleport could instantly pull teammates to a rabbit nest.
Binghun's marksman had gone home to heal; as soon as Chen Qianhua summoned, he could instantly appear on the battlefield.
Chi Shuo guessed that there must be a teleport point placed by Chen Qianhua in a bush near the Small Dragon pit. Tianhuan's trio would pretend to start the dragon, and Binghun could teleport over to fight with a numbers advantage, wiping out Tianhuan's marksman, support, and jungler in the dragon pit!
On the streaming platform, Xiao Wei couldn't help but say, "Tianhuan is starting the dragon with three people; this is dangerous!"
Because viewers with the "God's eye view" could see the location of the rabbit nests. Chen Qianhua's rabbit nest was placed very tricky—in the bush on the side of the bot lane, near the outer tower.
After teleporting, they could flank the dragon pit from behind and trap Tianhuan like filling in a dumpling.
Qu Jiang was tanking the dragon in the pit, while Chi Shuo and Cheng Xing attacked it rapidly. Chen Qianhua said in the voice channel, "Top laner continue pushing, everyone else teleport to Small Dragon."
Support opened the teleport, and four members of Binghun instantly shifted to the bot lane bush.
Binghun 4 vs 3. Tianhuan's three members were also low on health. Was this wave going to collapse?
The audience sat up nervously, staring at the big screen. The four Binghun members surrounded them at maximum speed, trapping Qu Jiang, Cheng Xing, and Chi Shuo in the dragon pit.
Chen Qianhua: "Kill the jungler first!"
[Demon Hunter] aimed from a distance to pin Chi Shuo, but Qu Jiang reacted quickly, directly activating his ultimate shield. Chi Shuo flew into the sky and escaped over the wall, abandoning the half-health dragon. Cheng Xing flashed to run, decisively selling out Qu Jiang.
Qu Jiang was left alone in the dragon pit with no escape, but the Binghun members had no interest in hitting him.
Chi Shuo had gone over the wall and was hard to chase, so everyone tacitly went to chase Cheng Xing. After chasing a few steps, the mid laner [Holy Spirit Mage] flashed forward to seal Cheng Xing, and the marksman Machine Gun Hunter sprayed a volley of bullets, reducing Cheng Xing to a sliver of health!
Just as Cheng Xing was about to die, Chen Qianhua suddenly caught a glimpse of two white figures out of the corner of his eye—two people flew into the air simultaneously, spread their snow-white wings, and pounced toward their backline with lightning speed!
Not good!
Chen Qianhua subconsciously clicked retreat, but it was too late.
Ye Shaoyang, who had been ambushing in his own jungle for a long time, waited for the opponents to use their key skills before taking off simultaneously with the "pretending to flee" Chi Shuo, launching a counterattack!
Chi Shuo threw a snowball from the air, precisely freezing the enemy mid laner and interrupting his seal.
Ye Shaoyang activated his ultimate, his staff firing orbs of light falling like a rainstorm. Seven light orbs smashed onto the enemy Holy Spirit Mage without missing a single one, instantly deleting the enemy mid laner in one breath!
—[Tianhuan Lieyang (Flying Mage) has slain Binghun QingQing (Holy Spirit Mage)]!
After the kill, the ultimate refreshed, and the two continued flying in the air.
Chi Shuo pinpointed the enemy marksman's position, swooped down to bite, and instantly emptied the marksman's health bar!
To the audience, it looked like white falcons circling in the sky suddenly diving down to snap the necks of fragile prey.
—[Tianhuan Shuoyue (Spirit Realm Snowbird) has slain Binghun XiaoFeng (Machine Gun Hunter)]!
After the kill, the flight skill refreshed again.
Ye Shaoyang's [Flying Mage] chased the enemy support, with Chi Shuo's [Spirit Realm Snowbird] following closely behind. With a Q skill slow, Chen Qianhua couldn't escape and was smashed to death by Ye Shaoyang's light orbs.
Binghun's jungler killed the low-health Cheng Xing.
But Tianhuan's Dual Flight combo had directly killed three opponents!
"This dragon pit fight was supposed to be Binghun surrounding Tianhuan, but it turned into Tianhuan ambushing and counter-killing three people!" Xiao Wei said excitedly. "The Dual Flight coordination was beautiful! Shuoyue's move just now was actually luring the snake out of the hole… no, luring the rabbit out of the burrow? They deliberately blocked the opponent's vision to create the illusion that three people were taking the dragon!"
"In mid, Xiao Bai pretended to recall, but actually ambushed in the jungle."
"Shuoyue pretended to retreat with low health, escaping over the wall, but actually did it to meet up with his partner!"
"He flew away alone, then brought Lieyang flying back with him. Their flanking surprise attack across obstacles caught Binghun completely off guard! A 4v4 team fight resulted in 3 deaths for them! Beautiful, beautiful!"
Xiao Wei's voice was extremely excited, and the chat room filled with "666".
[Other people's Dual Flight is crashing and breaking legs together. Tianhuan's Dual Flight is truly flying wing-to-wing!]
[Shuoyue flew away on low health, then brought the Great Demon King flying back?]
[The synergy between these two is real. One freezes, one kills; never a wasted skill!]
The "Lure the Rabbit Out of the Burrow" counter-kill at the Small Dragon allowed Chi Shuo and Ye Shaoyang's economy to quickly surpass the opposing mid-jungle.
Although Chen Qianhua commanded well, stealing the rhythm to counter-jungle and taking two Blue Buffs in a row, starting from the third Blue Buff, Chi Shuo calculated the time to ambush in advance. With Ye Shaoyang assisting in defense, Binghun couldn't force the fight.
Chi Shuo quickly regained control of the jungle.
At the 15-minute mark, realizing he couldn't invade the jungle, Chen Qianhua began to teleport rapidly for guerrilla warfare. Binghun regained some tempo, taking advantage of the Tianhuan jungler taking Blue to quickly push down the bot lane inner tower.
But immediately after, Tianhuan's jungler and top laner teamed up to push down Binghun's top outer tower.
Currently, Binghun led by one defensive tower. The [Spirit Rabbit]'s ultimate cooldown was ready, allowing him to change the location of the rabbit nests. Where he would move the nests was what the audience cared about most.
Viewers with the God's eye view saw that when Chen Qianhua modified the nest locations, he placed one near the Baron (Big Dragon). Of the other two, one was next to the bot lane inner tower, and the other was in the mid lane.
"Is Binghun going for the Baron?" Xiao Wei looked at the nest layout in confusion. "Or are they going to teleport directly to the bot inner tower to steal the bot high ground?"
In the voice channel, Ye Shaoyang joked, "Captain Chi, guess where the rabbit nests are. You and Chen Qianhua shouldn't have 'reverse synergy,' right?"
Chi Shuo said, "There's definitely one at Baron, probably one at mid, and the remaining one is most likely at bot."
Ye Shaoyang agreed. "I think so too."
Chi Shuo said, "Binghun is behind in economy. They might try to steal the bot high ground. Qu Jiang, pay attention to defense."
Moments later, Binghun indeed chose to teleport bot.
Their specialty was late-game team fights. As long as they stole the bot high ground, they could use the super minion wave from bot lane to stall until the late game and wear Tianhuan down.
The two sides engaged in a skirmish in the mid lane.
Chen Qianhua pretended to retreat, utilizing Tianhuan's blind spot, and unexpectedly teleported to the bot lane high ground!
Their bot lane rabbit nest was in the grass right next to the high ground tower. At this moment, there happened to be a minion wave in the bot lane. Tianhuan was still clearing mid lane minions, but Binghun had already pushed with their wave to the bot high ground.
The Machine Gun Hunter destroyed towers very quickly; the bot high ground tower was reduced to half health in the blink of an eye.
—Your high ground tower is under attack.
The system sound effect rang in their ears.
Chi Shuo said decisively, "Flank them!"
Tianhuan's lineup this game had incredibly fast reinforcement speed. Chi Shuo and Ye Shaoyang took off simultaneously, flying directly across the jungle obstacles to the bot high ground tower!
At this time, Binghun was hitting the tower when they saw two white figures suddenly flying in from behind, both carrying crowd control immunity shields given by the support.
The support [Blessing of Light]'s shield could immune common controls like roots and stuns.
However, the [Holy Spirit Mage]'s seal was a domination-type control, which could not be cleansed or immuned. This meant that if Ye Shaoyang and Chi Shuo were sealed, they would fall from the sky and break their legs.
Binghun picked the Holy Spirit Mage mid specifically to counter the Dual Flight Lords, preventing them from flying.
Seeing Tianhuan's mid-jungle coming to support, Binghun's mid laner immediately activated his ultimate, wanting to seal the Flying Mage! However, before he could press the button for his ultimate, Chi Shuo smashed a snowball from ultra-long range, freezing him first.
Ye Shaoyang followed up with damage, a combo of light orbs clearing the minion wave first.
Chi Shuo landed with his ultimate, executing a combo that instantly deleted the opposing mid laner.
The two didn't linger after the kill. They immediately flew back over the wall because the immunity shields on them had disappeared. Staying there meant risking death from a single crowd control skill.
Binghun was now in an awkward position—chase or not?
They flew away; chasing was impossible.
But if they didn't chase, what if these two flew back in a few seconds?
The high ground tower had only half health left, but unfortunately, the minions were cleared.
Chen Qianhua said decisively, "Let's retreat!"
Failing to steal the tower, leaving wasn't going to be that easy.
The Spirit Rabbit's teleport had a cooldown. having just used teleport, retreating now meant only running with a speed boost.
Tianhuan flanked directly, cutting off their retreat path!
Old Qin jumped into the crowd with his ultimate. Cheng Xing activated [Snow Maiden]'s ice arrows to fire frantically for slows, while Qu Jiang shielded him nearby. Meanwhile, Shuoyue and Lieyang, who had just flown away, appeared in the sky once again.
They circled in the air for a few seconds, waiting for their teammates to get into position before striking again.
Chi Shuo's control skill was used, but Old Qin had an AOE crowd control.
The moment Old Qin released the AOE control, Ye Shaoyang followed up closely with light orb damage—
The Flying Mage was a mage who relied on his Q skill for damage. Once attack speed was maxed out, the continuous fire of Q skill light orbs stacked magic crits layer upon layer, dealing extremely high AOE burst damage.
If all light orbs hit one person, it could delete them; split up, it could lower the health of the entire opposing team.
Ye Shaoyang's light orbs fell from the tip of his staff like a rainstorm, splitting to smash into Binghun's squishier jungler and marksman, crippling both in an instant.
Seizing the opportunity, Chi Shuo swooped down, landing his ultimate on two members of Binghun's backline!
—Double kill!
This landing triggered equipment crit damage, securing a double kill!
Chen Qianhua activated speed boost to flee with his remaining teammate, escaping home with a sliver of health.
In this wave, Binghun suddenly teleported to steal the high ground. The tower was left with one HP, but they lost three people.
It was a huge loss!
The on-site commentator said excitedly, "Tianhuan's Dual Flight combo reinforces too fast! Also, I feel like Tianhuan guessed Binghun might steal bot and prepared in advance for this wave?"
"Yes! Judging by the reinforcement route, they were guarding against the tower steal all along. After all, Tianhuan has also turned defeat into victory by stealing towers. They couldn't ignore the minion disadvantage in bot lane!"
"Shuoyue has three kills and very high economy; he's already built a full 6-item set!"
"It will be very hard for Binghun to turn this around. The Dual Flight combo can cross obstacles to support rapidly. Although Binghun's teleport strategy is very flexible, the Dual Flight's support is even more flexible!"
Moreover, Binghun's team teleport had time limits and a relatively long cooldown. As long as the Dual Flight combo got a kill, the flight ultimate would refresh. With good coordination, they could fly infinitely during team fights.
Chi Shuo and Ye Shaoyang supported rapidly, continuously interrupting Binghun's rhythm. Their "Three Burrows" system struggled to group up successfully, and in the blink of an eye, they were counter-pushed by Tianhuan, losing all outer and inner towers.
Binghun was forced to retreat to defend the high ground.
In the crucial Baron fight, a 5v5 where Binghun was strongest, Tianhuan once again had the support open shields. The jungler and mid laner, carrying immunity shields, forcefully killed the opposing Holy Spirit Mage, preventing him from releasing his seal!
After the kill, they flew over the wall, completely uncatchable!
Their flying hit-and-run style was incredibly agile and perfectly coordinated. In the end, Chi Shuo secured the Baron with Smite, Ye Shaoyang used a burst of hand speed to kill the Binghun marksman, sending him back to base, and Tianhuan successfully pushed down the crystal with the Baron buff.
In the #SunMoonShineTogether# super topic, the CP fans were collectively losing their minds.
The Dual Flight combo was already a very compatible pair in the game; both had beautiful wings. [Spirit Realm Snowbird] wore a feather mask in human form, looking cool and handsome, while [Flying Mage] was also a dashing human.
When the two took off simultaneously with synchronized rhythm, it truly gave the feeling of "flying wing-to-wing."
Furthermore, when Chi Shuo and Ye Shaoyang played this combo, the match was spectacular to watch—they took off together, landed together, split up to chase, flanked from left and right, and their aerial skill coordination was absolutely flawless.
This was truly a world-class Dual Flight synergy!