The third-place dust has settled, and now it’s time for the real championship match!

Time is running out. Just the next day, there’s hardly any opportunity for special preparations. In fact, the grand finals have been hyped up for half a month already, even before the match between VIT and RS.

On the eve of the game, all major aspects have already been promoting and preparing. Now that the results of the loser’s bracket are out, all the publicity has been adorned with flashy slogans.

VIT: CH, the championship battle.

This intense atmosphere has spread infinitely, with continuous trending topics and the media chasing interviews. Any news is repeatedly studied and analyzed by the audience and fans. The number of people placing bets is countless.

In this situation, even the team badges of VIT and CH have become popular.

This kind of heat is also constantly attracting new audiences and fans, curious to learn about the professional esports industry.

On the day, the streets and alleys near the League building are filled with people wearing the free stickers and flags distributed by the organizers. They wander and discuss excitedly. Many people want to scavenge tickets on the spot and ask around if anyone is selling tickets for the grand finals.

“Are you nervous?”

On the car heading to the venue, everyone is squeezed together, which is quite rare.

Rong Yi smiled and asked a few children.

Both Ci She and Hui Mao are a bit nervous.

To put it bluntly, they are newcomers, having just entered the industry. Although they may not have much international reputation, the scale of domestic competitions is larger than intercontinental tournaments.

This is the first top-level event they have been exposed to.

Shu Pian is so nervous that he can’t even speak.

He has never seen the world before, and he is trembling all over.

“Why are you trembling? There’s a high probability you won’t even play,” Wu Dao Gu calmly reassured.

“I know, but I’m still nervous,” Shu Pian said, “If the captain and the seniors win, then I’ll be the first one to get a championship medal without even playing.”

Shu Pian’s voice is also trembling. “The biggest match I’ve played was the national league… and I only got second place… I’ve never seen such a grand scene before…”

Ci She and Hui Mao comfort him, “We’re also very nervous. We’ve never even played a match before, only training abroad.”

Shu Pian: “…”

This already sounds impressive, doesn’t it?

Shu Pian asked, “Where did you train? Was it with Brother Gu’s intercontinental team?”

“At QILIN,” Rong Yi casually said.

Shu Pian: “…”

Sorry to interrupt!

They didn’t take the league’s car because they were afraid of being recognized. Even if they entered the venue early in this situation, it wouldn’t help. They would definitely be surrounded.

Xiao Yin was planning to change to another car, but Rong Yi vetoed his suggestion to replace the business car with a “more low-key” Bentley. Instead, Rong Yi borrowed a third-hand car that he obtained at a low price from Lin Yi. It was said to be purchased from a certain driving school.

The windows of the car were covered with sunshades, making it completely sealed. There was also a huge ‘Driving School Vehicle, Please Give Way‘ sign on the back of the car.

Although pedestrians didn’t know why a driving school vehicle appeared in this place, they still instinctively gave it a wide berth.

Someone knocked on the car window in the front seat, a staff member selling small merchandise by the roadside.

“Hello, do you want VIT or CH team merchandise?”

They didn’t recognize them. In the front seat was Shu Pian, and the four people squeezed in the back seat. Xiao Yin held Rong Yi in his arms, and everyone wore baseball caps and masks, looking like fugitives on the run.

Shu Pian had never done this before, so he shouted loudly to the back, “Bosses, do we want these?”

“Yes, yes, yes. We don’t seem to have these things yet.”

Ci She lowered his voice and said, “The League is being stingy with their merchandise. They said it’s limited to the arena, and if there are any leftovers, they’ll give them to us. But they’re selling really well.”

“How much for one?” Shu Pian asked.

“A badge is 35 yuan, and a badge tattoo sticker is 5 yuan,” Ci She replied.

“What a rip-off!”

Grumbling, Shu Pian paid the money and got one for each person on the team.

Rong Yi reached out to receive it and took a look.

The VIT badge was a silver wolf with silver and blue as the main colors. It was actually quite well made.

He tore open the tattoo sticker and looked at Xiao Yin, who was wearing a shirt and looked serious. “Brother Yin, should I put one on?”

Xiao Yin took off his baseball cap, tousled his hair a bit, and leaned his face closer to Rong Yi. His eyes narrowed slightly, and there was a silent indulgence in his slender phoenix eyes.

Rong Yi quickly stuck the tattoo on his face and pinned the badge on him.

“What about you?” Rong Yi asked.

Xiao Yin looked at him, and Rong Yi obediently leaned over.

Xiao Yin stuck the tattoo on him as well.

The others also stuck the tattoos on each other, and the whole team was neatly dressed with their team merchandise.

This scene made everyone very happy.

They looked at each other with big smiley faces, and somehow, they felt a hint of excitement and joy from their childhood.

This joy diluted the tension that had filled the car just moments ago.

They smoothly entered the venue in the third-hand coach car.

Having stood here countless times over the past five years, even in the face of a championship match, Rong Yi remained calm. Standing backstage, he watched the flickering lights and countless audience members on the big screen. His mood was even steadier than usual.

It was still his team, although the people behind him had changed, and the opponents had changed too.

The tournament was ever-changing, but what no one knew was that deep in Rong Yi’s silent heart, there was the most stable and firm determination.

The domestic championship was his battlefield, his alone. Only he had been preparing for the highest level of competition from the beginning to the end.

A glimmer of light flickered in Rong Yi’s eyes.

Xiao Yin turned his head to look at him.

This was rare. He could clearly sense the emotions emanating from Rong Yi, not nervousness, not experience, but excitement. A calm and composed excitement.

A long-awaited excitement of finally arriving at the promised land.

The pre-match draw, the official start of the draft!

The opponent had the first pick and ban, banning the current version’s highest damage output hero, but VIT had the chance to pick first.

“Who wants to go first?” Ci She asked. His hero, the Empress, had already been banned, and the opponent had clearly seen his performance against RS yesterday.

If they couldn’t control the bot lane, then they would restrict the bot lane’s damage.

The Empress’s bloodthirsty mechanism made her the highest DPS ADC in the current version. Even though Ci She could still pick another ADC he excelled at, the overall output efficiency would be weakened.

Normally, they would prioritize picking heroes for the bot lane duo, but this time Rong Yi spoke up first.

“Give me Li.”

Without hesitation, Ci She picked Li for Rong Yi.

VIT’s first pick was locked in. Li’s figure appeared on the big screens on both sides, flashing for three seconds. With the holographic projection, she descended upon

the heads of all the audience members. A sweep of the blade passed through the entire arena, even chilling the surrounding air for a moment.

And there was Li’s voice echoing throughout the venue.

“Have you also experienced the bitter cold of the North Sky?”

The live audience was taken aback by this unexpected moment in the finals and screamed, nearly fainting from excitement.

It was so cool!!!

In the first round of picks, in the training room on the other side, Lu Feng also felt a chilling aura, just like the bitter cold of winter.

Lu Feng laughed.

“As expected of the finals, a bit fierce.”

His teammates behind him had never seen such a scene. After exchanging glances, they all held their breath.

This year, CH underwent a complete reset after the rotation of players. Young players like Yin Yi were promoted from the youth training and substitute benches.

Being able to make it to the final battle had already far exceeded their expectations.

Although they knew that facing VIT was a dangerous proposition, it was still a rare opportunity.

The drafting phase was completed, and the heroes for both teams were locked in!

When Ci She entered the stage, he heard Xiao Yin say something.

“Xiao She.”

Ci She looked up, “Hmm?”

“Pay attention to Rong Yi’s team this game.”

Ci She didn’t understand why, but he replied, “Alright.”

VIT’s core had always been the mid lane, although it wasn’t apparent to outsiders because most of the time it was Rong Yi taking the initiative to coordinate with the other three, rather than the other three supporting Rong Yi.

But this game was different.

Just like last time, CH focused on defending their own territory and launching aggressive attacks in the bottom lane. Ci She and Hui Mao were entangled, dealing with the enemy’s tower damage while also exchanging blows. At the same time, CH continued to upgrade their defenses, fortifying their towers with full defense and recovery effects after each upgrade.

They dealt damage and healed themselves accordingly. Neither side made any mistakes, and neither side found a significant breakthrough.

CH’s defensive tactics were like an immovable brick.

However–

At three minutes and fifty seconds, Rong Yi made a move in the bottom lane!

Everyone was focusing on converging on Ci She. Ci She had recalled to base to replenish his health, Lu Feng retreated, and the ADC and support had also depleted their resources. They intended to return to the tower to catch up on farm and restore their health.

No one expected Rong Yi to appear at this moment. The enemy mid laner hadn’t left yet, and Rong Yi only needed to kill one more minion to take down the tower.

Xiao Yin showed himself in the top lane, leaving the mid lane truly unguarded!

At this moment, Rong Yi made his move, catching everyone off guard. Lu Feng swiftly switched to the mid lane and coordinated with Rong Yi to take down VIT’s mid lane tower.

At the same time, Rong Yi crossed CH’s support, Silver Wing, and killed the enemy ADC under the tower!

But it didn’t end there. Rong Yi pressed deeper, catching the fleeing support. In the last second before being killed by the tower, he secured a double kill.

System announcement: [Destructive power!]

This was an exchange, a trade of resources.

CH knew that their mid and bot lanes were in a disadvantageous position and would likely be taken down. Rong Yi sacrificed the mid lane and created a flaw, perhaps with a deeper intention.

But it was their best choice. The battlefield was ever-changing, and resource trading was crucial.

Rong Yi himself didn’t care about the mid lane tower, trading it for two casualties on CH’s side. CH had to fully capitalize on the portion he gave up; otherwise, they would truly gain nothing.

The commentators were roaring through the microphone.

“That’s the mid lane tower! What is Easy planning to do! That’s the mid lane tower! What is VIT doing!”

“CH takes down VIT’s mid lane tower–“

Everyone familiar with defensive operations understood what this meant. It meant a significant advantage in the minion waves, a reduction in the enemy’s defensive map, and shallower positions for the minion waves to push.

In front of the screens, everyone had a calm expression.

“Now if they retreat, they might be able to defend and even secure a counter-kill–” Even Lin Yi, who had never seen such a formation, roared in coordination with his partner, “He didn’t retreat– Hui Mao followed Easy! They’re still in the bottom lane!”

“Ci She has regained his state and has now gone to the mid lane. Ci She sold all his equipment and bought defensive items—”

“Unbelievable! At five and a half minutes into the game, the mid lane tower has been taken down, and there’s a lane swap!”

Now everyone can see it. VIT is using an unimaginable method to push CH’s bottom lane.

Ci She is defending the mid lane. As the ADC, he naturally has high output and sustained damage. After buying defensive items, his task has become that of a wave-clearing machine.

He firmly holds his position at the second tower in the mid lane. No matter how much the enemy mid laner harasses him, he doesn’t take a step forward or retreat.

Xiao Yin has arrived in the bottom lane and is standing in the river, blocking Rong Yi and others.

Rong Yi is attacking the tower.

Without minion waves, Hui Mao, with 14,000 health points from the Earth Mother, tanks the tower damage one by one, resetting the tower aggro.

In the seven instances of tower damage, Rong Yi retreats and then re-engages. With his double-bladed daggers, he chips away at the tower, bit by bit, right in front of everyone’s eyes.

Lu Feng rushes back, but Xiao Yin controls him and drags him away. CH’s mid laner and the resurrected bottom lane rush over with increased speed, but it’s futile.

In the moment when Silver Wing enters the tower, Hui Mao flashes and lands a control skill, slamming it down on the ground. The ADC avoids it, but Silver Wing is trapped and dies in place.

At the same time, Hui Mao completes his final duty of tanking the tower and dies under the enemy’s tower.

Xiao Yin also dies under the tower.

System announcement: [VIT.EASY] has been killed by the [Red Team Defense Tower].

But at the same time–

System announcement: [Red Team Defense Tower] has been destroyed by [VIT.EASY]!

VIT instantly loses two members, and the bottom lane tower is taken down. Xiao Yin completes his blocking mission and runs with Flash to the safety of our bottom lane defense tower, but he’s heavily damaged. Lu Feng dives the tower and secures the kill, taking Xiao Yin’s life.

VIT instantly loses three members!

Outside the game, Lin Yi rapidly and passionately commentates, almost fainting.

Less than ten minutes into the game, three members instantly killed. What kind of hellish situation is this?

“Easy, Yin, and Hui Mao are all dead! The enemy is all there!” The field is in turmoil and excitement.

Everyone is shouting and screaming,

“They really spared no expense to take down the enemy’s bottom tower! What kind of strategy is this!”

“This is so unfair! This is so unfair! I’m about to faint!”

“But VIT is obviously well-trained. They planned for this.”

“They cleared the waves ahead of time! Ci She knew that Lu Feng and the support were not there, so he cleared the mid lane first! The mid laner couldn’t fight him!”

No one knows that within CH, which seems to have a favorable situation, there is a tense atmosphere in the training room.

A bead of sweat forms on Lu Feng’s forehead.

Only he understood VIT’s tactics.

The situation originated from when Rong Yi turned his attention to the bottom lane, grinding down the bottom lane tower at all costs.

VIT exchanged their mid lane tower, not as a resource swap or bait, but as their strategic objective.

“We never intended to take the mid lane tower.”

“We can control the early game lanes.”

Ten minutes ago, the calm voice of Xiao Yin echoed in the training room, “But the enemy’s defense system heavily relies on the terrain.”

“The top, mid, and bottom resources create a line, forming a solid wall.”

“But when they gain an advantage in the mid lane and push forward, their defensive line becomes protruded in the mid lane. They need to explore vision and radiate resources. It transforms from a flat plane into two triangular planes, effectively increasing their defensive burden.”

“There are no defensive walls that protrude in the world, no formations that stick out. Those formations that protrude are all for offense.”

Xiao Yin said, “They now face higher risks in terms of vision and require more manpower and resources.”

MOBA games are essentially tower-pushing games.

Take it a step further.

The strategy of the personnel is a strategy of cards, while the strategy of the terrain is nothing more than a battle flag.

A battle flag relies on the terrain.

“Keep attacking, don’t stop for a moment.”

“I’ll be the blade.”

“I’ll break open their wall.”

Everyone was surprised to find that after VIT lost three members, CH was unable to make any effective progress.

Wu Dao is firmly holding the top lane, and Ci She has cleared the mid lane completely. Due to Rong Yi’s push in the bottom lane, the minion wave has not arrived yet.

Before Xiao Yin came down, he had already cleared the jungle on this side.

VIT lost three members but didn’t lose any resources.

Instead, because CH wanted to make timely progress, they exposed their vision for a longer duration. Both the mid laner and Lu Feng were spotted by Ci She. VIT’s five members shared their updated map prediction at all times.

In other words, they had a complete overview, and all five of them were extremely clear.

Rong Yi truly became an incredibly thin and sharp blade. He pried loose that brick and waited for the complete collapse of the fortified defenses.

He gently pulled out that brick.

The remaining cracks gradually widened, and in the end, everything fell apart.

“Easy, he built full attack items!”

“Easy’s current damage output is even higher than the ADC! Easy dies in just a few hits! But he keeps going! He is determined to demolish the tower!”

With just a single blade, CH was thrown into chaos.

In the twelfth minute, Rong Yi took down CH’s top tower again.

He died again, and up until now, Rong Yi’s performance couldn’t be considered impressive: 2-2. But everyone could see that he had an unstoppable momentum.

“This is the fastest tower loss for CH this season with this lineup!”

“Why is it like this? VIT clearly lost their mid tower, so why did CH’s tower fall so quickly?”

“I heard that the training team of VIT is all AI-powered. Could this be an AI-calculated strategy? It’s unbelievable!”

Xiao Yin also played the sacrificial role this game. He allowed Rong Yi and Ci She to eat up all his jungle resources.

“Come take the blue buff.” Xiao Yin said briefly over the mic.

“Coming~”

Rong Yi rushed over with his blood-colored wings, his silver-white attire resembling the moonlight turned into a sharp blade. He appeared cold and dazzling, unstoppable by anyone.

The system announced: [“Unstoppable.] Rong Yi also muttered this word casually.

“I’m already unstoppable~”

“You are unstoppable.” Xiao Yin glanced at him, a smile forming on his lips.

Even with the soundproofing effect of the training room and headphones, they couldn’t block out the roaring noise from outside. “No one can stop you.”