CH 27

After both sides selected their heroes, the opponent’s marksman chose Marco Polo, causing Xie Yao to burst into laughter.

“Marco? Isn’t he just going to be rubbed on the ground by me?”

Ling Feng had been holding back from speaking since the beginning, but now he found an opportunity to interject: “The opponent has paired Marco with Guiguzi. This combination has a strong rhythm and can easily break us apart as if we were conjoined twins.”

Xie Yao didn’t care: “If they manage to catch me once, then they’re impressive. If not, I still have Cleanse.”

Cleanse is a summoner skill in Honor of Kings that can free a hero from control effects for 1.8 seconds and also provide a brief moment of invincibility. Most heroes who are difficult to control and fear being affected by crowd control will bring Cleanse.

“Pairing Marco with Guiguzi is indeed powerful, but they still need to get their rhythm going,” Xie Yao continued.

Jiang Song listened and lifted his eyelids slightly: “Just go berserk. No need for Cleanse. I’m here for you.”

“They can’t kill you.”

As a professional player, Xie Yao shouldn’t be losing his ADC in a Ranked match with only 20 stars.

Berserk increases a hero’s damage by 10%, physical lifesteal by 20%, and spell lifesteal by 30%, with a bloodletting blade for the killer.

Xie Yao almost didn’t hesitate and directly replaced Cleanse, which he had already selected, with Berserk.

He laughed, “Then please make sure to keep me alive, brother”

: Damn, why are they so sweet tonight!

: My dentist says I can’t eat this much sugar, I’ll have to go get my teeth pulled again tomorrow, sob sob.

: Thank you, I’ve already passed out from all the sweetness.

As the game loaded, Jiang Song had Xie Yao’s live stream playing on his computer. He turned his head to take a look.

The small broadcaster on the screen had just taken off his hat and mask. His soft hair was a bit messy from being rubbed, and his forehead bangs were slightly damp. Plus his face was a bit red from being stuffy, which made Jiang Song squint his eyes slightly.

“Is it too hot?”

“?” Xie Yao looked at his phone in confusion.

Jiang Song said again, “Your hair is all sweaty. Why is it so hot in there?”

Xie Yao finally realized and shook his head, “It’s just hot inside, nothing to worry about.”

Jiang Song clicked his tongue and was a bit unhappy to see him being so careless despite being so hot. “The game hasn’t started yet. Go turn on the air conditioner.”

Xie Yao hesitated. He was usually shameless, but this time he felt embarrassed. “There’s no air conditioner,” he sighed, his voice filled with the bitterness of poverty.

A question mark slowly appeared above Jiang Song’s head. “You make thousands of yuan in income every day, and you still haven’t bought an air conditioner?”

While thousands of yuan may not be a small sum, Xie Yao was still a young streamer with more than enough money to live a comfortable life. How could he not even have an air conditioner?

Jiang Song couldn’t help but come up with a very reliable guess: did he spend all his money on his own merchandise?

After two seconds of calm, Jiang Song said, “Stop spending money on Praise’s merchandise. I have everything here. I’ll send you the trophy we talked about last time tomorrow.”

He couldn’t help but remind him, “Be moderate in chasing after idols. It’s only appropriate to spend money on yourself.”

Once again questioned about his reckless spending, although Jiang Song’s tone was not strict, Xie Yao still blushed and quickly denied, “No!”

“The rented house doesn’t have an air conditioner, and there’s no place to install it. I can’t change anything here without permission. I’ll just change to a new place next time.”

“I didn’t spend that money recklessly. My grandma got sick and needed treatment, and there were some important things I needed to buy.”

“I didn’t treat myself unfairly.”

Xie Yao spoke frankly and generously. Even when he talked about his embarrassment, he didn’t let anyone hear any trace of self-pity.

Xie Yao was very straightforward about his poverty and misery. When he spoke of these things, it was difficult for people to believe that he was only a nineteen-year-old child.

Jiang Song was stunned for a moment until the sound of entering the game brought him back to reality.

He frowned and looked a little distressed, but he didn’t continue the topic and directly changed the subject.

“We’re going into the game now. Let’s play well.”

Xie Yao laughed, “Okay.”

In the game, everyone was having fun while the barrage was filled with cries and the special effects of gifts were exploding.

: Waaah, my little baby is so pitiful, he can’t afford a house with air conditioning no matter how hard he tries!

: I can relate to how he feels because my grandma also got sick. Yao Yao is so pitiful!

: You’re making it sound so casual. I bet this has been going on for a long time, and Yao Yao has become numb to the topic. Sigh.

: Mom is sending you gifts, go rent a better house!!

The barrage was crying for Xie Yao, who felt both amused and annoyed by it. “Do you all think of me as a beggar? Don’t underestimate the few thousand yuan you give me every day, it’s more than enough.”

“This house is actually quite good despite the lack of air conditioning. The lease isn’t up yet, and if I were to change, it would have to wait until around the Chinese New Year.”

“I don’t live with my grandma because my live streaming would disturb the neighbors. You all know how harshly I curse, and if the community reported me, it would be too embarrassing to be kicked out.”

“Alright, why are you all making me sound so pitiful? Don’t send me any more gifts.”

After Jiang Song helped Xie Yao clear the first wave of soldiers and pushed to the enemy tower, he spoke up, “There’s interference.”

Xie Yao immediately snapped back to attention upon receiving the signal. Although he always played as a mage during his live streams, he actually had experience in all the other positions as well, just not as strong as his mid lane skills.

However, it was quite fortunate that he was also a proficient marksman, especially when it came to flashy moves like this.

Interference was a game mechanic that affected defense towers. If stacked on the enemy tower, it would temporarily block its damage, and if stacked on your own tower, it would increase its attack speed, making it a powerful assist for tower diving and counterattacking under the tower.

After clearing the soldiers, Xie Yao’s hero, Gong Sun Li, reached level 2, and Little Bunny, Da Qiao, immediately hid in the grass with an umbrella.

The hero Gong Sun Li is very powerful as long as she knows how to play. Her damage is high, and her movement is dazzling.

Because her skills were so strong and each one could teleport her, coupled with Da Qiao’s teleportation ability, she could return to base at full health and instantly teleport back to the battlefield, making her almost an unbeatable presence.

The Qiao sisters combination is still the strongest partner in KPL history.

Early game, Gong Sun Li was stronger than Marco. The enemy support went to the mid lane to help the mage steal the line, while Xie Yao easily pressured Marco on the bottom.

Before entering the grass, they blocked the opponent’s vision, giving them the impression that they were heading towards the mid lane. Then they sneaked into the area near the opponent’s defense tower and waited for the prey.

As the minions approached the tower, Marco saw that there was no one on the bottom and became a little bolder. He stepped out of the defense tower and moved towards the grass.

Before Jiang Song could even speak, Xie Yao had already released her second skill and opened up the umbrella handle. She instantly activated her frenzy and the red light flickered on the Bunny Girl’s body, almost instantly leaving Marco with only half of his health.

At this point, Marco immediately used his displacement skill to try to escape. Jiang Song threw out a tricky first skill, interrupting Marco’s follow-up skill, and bouncing him back a little.

The moment of silence was fatal. Although Marco had already entered the tower at this time, Da Qiao raised her hand and used her third skill to interrupt the silence, stacking the interference and preventing the defense tower from attacking Gong Sun Li.

With the frenzy activated and the oil-paper umbrella back in her hand, Gong Sun Li immediately released her first skill. The oil-paper umbrella stopped in place, and Gong Sun Li directly jumped over the tower to deliver the final blow to the already injured Marco with a basic attack, before elegantly teleporting back to the oil-paper umbrella and leaving.

Her cute round tail wagged behind her as she left.

“First blood!”

Jiang Song gave him a quick voice command.

“Well done!”

Xie Yao: “Thank you~”

“This game is going to be easy.” Just after getting the first blood, Xie Yao began to boast.

Jiang Song mindlessly echoed, “Mhm.”

The bullet screen was going crazy.

: Please take a look at the top lane, Ma Chaoi is going to get hammered by the enemy Chang’e!

This sentence just flashed in the barrage, and Ma Chao in the team began typing.

Ma Chao: Can someone help me catch them? What about the jungler?

Just as Xie Yao noticed Ma Chao and pulled his vision to the top lane, he saw Ma Chao being killed by the enemy jungler and support under the tower.

Once the disturbance was started, they outputted under the tower and easily secured the kill before leaving in a stylish manner.

This scene was like a replay of Xie Yao killing Marco just moments ago.

: The wheel of fate turns, poor Ma Chao, he suffered for both of you.

: I’m laughing so hard, the jungler only goes to help now, stepping over Ma Chao’s corpse and inheriting his minions before leaving in satisfaction.

: Ma Chao is so pitiful, poor guy.

: So this is what a jungler does, I love it!

Xie Yao’s lips curled up, amused by the barrage and Ma Chao’s comments.

The barrage was immediately hit with a barrage of beauty, and those who were brushing Ma Chao’s comments changed to “give us another laugh!”

It was as if they were in a big entertainment venue.

Xie Yao coughed and returned his gaze to the game, ignoring the barrage.

In the game, Da Qiao paused under the defense tower for a few seconds, and Xie Yao asked, “Brother Jiang, are you lagging?”

“No, typing,” Jiang Song replied.

Then everyone saw the message Jiang Song sent in the team chat.

On our team channel:

Da Qiao: The bot lane should stick together. You can stay at the tower and be sneaky while Gong Sun Li carries.

Xie Yao: “?”

Suddenly forced to carry the game.

Da Qiao had a strong supporting system. As long as there was conscious gameplay, her roaming and supporting speed would be extremely fast, and she wouldn’t follow one person all the way through, unlike the enemy Guiguzi who didn’t stick with the marksman the entire time.

After Jiang Song’s message, everyone was silent for a moment. Xie Yao guessed that Ma Chao might have been upset and didn’t say anything.

Xie Yao also disliked playing with a marksman that was attached to their support, but of course, if it was him, he would pretend he didn’t say anything.

To comfort his fragile teammate, Xie Yao was unusually kind. “It’s fine, this is my smurf account. My main account is in the national server. Just lie down and let me carry.”

: ??? When did you get a national server account for Gong Sun Li?

Xie Yao remained calm. “I didn’t. I just lied to him.”

: Poor Ma Chao.

Ma Chao, seeing how confident Xie Yao was, believed him and immediately agreed, saying, “Then I’ll play tank and just lay down.”

Gong Sun Li replied, “Ok.”

Jiang Song laughed in the microphone, “Little liar.”

Xie Yao’s hand trembled, and his ears went numb, causing him to accidentally throw a siege weapon. He tried to hide his mistake and casually said to his fans while tapping the directional keys, “Brother Jiang is amazing in this game. With Ah Li’s help, we are invincible. I can kill recklessly without pressure. I might as well do a commentary version for you guys.”

Gong Sun Li was already a dominant marksman, and Jiang Song’s strategy was based on Xie Yao’s experience playing against top-tier players. The two cooperated seamlessly and had a blast playing.

On the opposing team, Marco and Guiguzi were killed three times in a row by Gong Sun Li. Within the first seven minutes of the game, Xie Yao had seven kills, causing the opposing team to become frustrated.

The bottom lane’s first tower had already fallen, and Xie Yao pushed the troops towards the second tower. Chang’e from the other team came to defend and barely saved the tower.

Xie Yao looked at the top lane and laughed, “Marco’s mental state is not good. He’s already frustrated, why would he switch lanes? I’m getting interested now.”

He didn’t chase after Chang’e and immediately used Da Qiao’s teleportation portal to go back home and signal Ma Chao.

: Gong Sun Li: “Ma Chao, switch lanes.”

: Marco: “Meeting you is my misfortune!”

: Hahaha, why would he still chase me? This is insane!

Ma Chao always thought that Xie Yao was the best Gong Sun Li player in the server. He immediately followed Xie Yao’s command and said, “No problem!”

After speaking, he ran towards the bottom lane, ignoring the troops. Ma Chao was excellent at defending the tower, and the tower still had more than half of its health. But he left at this point, and Marco brought his troops in, quickly destroying the tower in just a few moves.

Jiang Song immediately used interference, adding a shield to the tower and increasing its attack speed.

Xie Yao said, “Watch this. This Marco can’t escape now.”

He wanted to flash over and kill the enemy marksman in an instant. However, before he could get close, Marco, who had the advantage of minions, abandoned the fight and immediately used his skills to escape. Xie Yao flashed over but only saw Marco’s back.

Xie Yao was speechless. “This Marco is too cowardly. How can he play King of Glory if he’s like this?”

Fans: Shut up, will you?

But Xie Yao was excited and wouldn’t let the other side go so easily.

“Well then, let’s see who comes out on top in this one.”

Xie Yao immediately said to Jiang Song, “Brother Jiang, hide in the bushes and don’t show yourself.”

Jiang Song didn’t hesitate and immediately went into the bushes.

In the game, Gong Sun Li stepped out of the defensive tower and stood still, holding an umbrella, as if disconnected from the game.

He was in a forward position, and both sides were fighting with another wave of troops approaching by his side. One rebellious enemy soldier even attacked towards Xie Yao, but Gong Sun Li remained motionless.

“Are you pretending to be AFK here?” questioned the barrage.

“No one can resist the temptation of pretending to be AFK, even if you know the other side may be faking it,” replied Xie Yao.

Sure enough, as soon as Xie Yao said this, Marco on the other side emerged from hiding. Although Marco seemed to be carefully clearing the troops nearby, the distance he kept approaching gave away his intention to kill Gong Sun Li.

Xie Yao’s pretense was convincing enough for Marco to fall for it. Once he approached, he immediately used his skills, loaded his bullets, and fired them at Gong Sun Li.

And then, Xie Yao moved!

After dodging Marco’s skill with his first move, he followed up with a fierce series of attacks, and Da Qiao in the grass instantly interrupted Marco’s skill. Xie Yao then opened his second move and directly killed him!

Xie Yao said, “This wave is called luring the enemy deeper.”

“All players, remember not to be greedy, because greed comes at the cost of your life.”

Jiang Song: “Well done!”

“Thank you~”

Throughout the game, Xie Yao directly targeted Marco on the other side, and Marco and Guiguzi’s system were also strong. As long as he first limited the opponent’s economy and hammered them to the ground, giving Marco no chance to rise, this game had no suspense.

However, the opponent’s shooter and support seemed to have rebounded after being killed and hit rock bottom. After being resurrected, the two of them rushed to the top lane and had a showdown with Gong Sun Li and Da Qiao, but no one killed anyone in the end.

Marco suddenly made a move and almost killed Xie Yao with a combo, but fortunately Jiang Song’s teleportation circle was extremely accurate, and it sent him back home with a sliver of health. Xie Yao immediately returned to full health under his umbrella and teleported to the top lane.

However, by this time, Marco and Guiguzi had already returned to the tower. Both were in bad shape and had only half their health left, but they stubbornly refused to go back to base.

Xie Yao checked his skills and asked Jiang Song, “I don’t have my ultimate, did you disrupt the cooldown?”

Jiang Song replied, “No.”

Xie Yao then said, “In that case, let’s…”

Jiang Song interrupted him, saying, “It’s fine, just dive the tower. I’ve got your back.”

Xie Yao was taken aback, but then he nodded.

As the minion wave entered the tower, Da Qiao continued to push forward, followed closely by Gong Sun Li.

Marco’s damage output was still high in the late game despite being behind in economy. He was able to hit Xie Yao with a barrage, nearly wiping him out, but at the next moment, Da Qiao teleported him back to the fountain just in time. Xie Yao returned to the lane at full health and immediately killed Marco.

Guiguzi interfered and increased the enemy tower’s attack speed. Xie Yao got a double kill but was left with only a sliver of health. At the critical moment, Da Qiao used her skills to transfer the tower’s damage to herself, taking her and Xie Yao out of harm’s way.

Xie Yao was impressed and praised Jiang Song’s skill. The barrage of comments in the chat was blown away by Jiang Song’s amazing skill. Jiang Song smiled and said, “It’s just basic maneuvers.” Xie Yao couldn’t help but give him a thumbs up and said, “I have to admit, you’re the best!”

The game progressed to the twentieth minute, and the screen in the game changed, and the background music started playing.

“The Storm Dragon King descends, the final battle begins!”

As a dragon that only appears at the 20-minute mark in the game and provides a significant boost, the Storm Dragon King has always played a crucial role in determining the outcome of a match.

On Xie Yao’s team, they had lost one defensive tower in each lane, while the opposing team had only high ground towers remaining.

The jungle tempo was good, although they had a player who liked to farm off of the lane creeps, they had managed to secure some kills later on. The remaining three players went straight to the Storm Dragon King.

Since no one on the opposing team had died, it was obvious that they were attempting to kill the dragon and would likely come to contest it.

Thinking quickly, Xie Yao turned his character around and headed towards the middle lane with Da Qiao following closely behind.

“At a time like this, we need someone to stall them.”

Xie Yao opened the chat box and started typing.

Gong Sun Li: “Is that all? Do the opponents even know how to play?”

Gong Sun Li: “If you don’t know how to play, just uninstall the game. It’s summer vacation, you should be doing your homework.”

Gong Sun Li: “I haven’t died once. The opponents’ skills are not good.”

Gong Sun Li: “Boring.”

This wave of taunts instantly maxed out the opponents’ hatred. They forgot about the dragon king and all they could think about was killing this stupid Gong Sun Li!

The opponents rushed over aggressively, but Xie Yao remained calm. Jiang Song stood by Gongsun Li’s side and smiled, “I’ll wait for your pentakill.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Gongsun Li took the initiative, using her first skill to dodge and weave around the opposing team while landing basic attacks.

She couldn’t withstand the damage from all five heroes, and when her health was about to hit rock bottom, Da Qiao’s teleportation circle lit up and saved Gong Sun Li, who then returned with full health to secure the first kill!

Xie Yao’s footwork was fast and tricky, he dodged almost 80% of the enemy’s attacks. Whenever his health was about to run out, a teleportation circle from Da Qiao would appear under his feet, and he would be back to full health in the next second, ready to continue fighting.

Xie Yao landed the last basic attack, directly wiping out the enemy team. The little bunny girl hugged her umbrella and stood in the center of the pile of corpses, sounding very cheerful: “Come and play hide-and-seek with me~”

“Penta kill!” Five kills!

Xie Yao glanced at Da Qiao and smiled: “You have five people, and I have five lives.”