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Chapter 50 Zhou Yu's brilliant strategy breaks the enemy's formation in a series of moves; Ehome's reckless entry into the trap leads to a loss of initiative (Please continue reading)
Lucky finished clearing his own bottom jungle and intended to go directly into WE's jungle.

This is a tactic that EHOME used to succeed in the last game.

Because neither of WE's mid or top laners had lane priority, Lucky could enter WE's jungle as if he were strolling in his own backyard.

But this time, he saw MM's Clockwerk being crushed under the tower by Twisted Fate.

"What's going on?"

Lucky asked a question, and MM immediately replied:
"Damn it, this kid's using dirty tricks. Let's gank him and help push this wave out."

Hearing MM's words, Lucky nodded and moved towards the middle lane.

Meanwhile, the card that had been pressing down in front of the red tower began to move towards the right side of the river, seemingly trying to establish vision in the river bushes.

Seeing this, Lucky shouted excitedly.

"Lean on me! Lean on me!"

This behavior of the card player is like feeding meat to the Blind Monk.

Although this wave might not be able to kill Twisted Fate, forcing him to use Flash is definitely not a problem.

This will give the middle lane a huge advantage.

The blind monk walked towards the bushes, but suddenly stopped, and a dizzying warning appeared above his head.

At this moment, DD, the support player in the bottom lane, finally reminded them:

"I haven't seen the gems for a while."

Upon hearing DD's words, Lucky couldn't help but curse, "Damn it, they're only reporting the miss now!"

He had already realized that a Gem Knight was crouching in the bushes in the middle lane!
DD looked somewhat aggrieved.

"Holy crap, who knew that this level B would just let the AD carry go to the mid lane?"

Lucky didn't have time to argue with DD, because he saw Nightmare emerge from the river.

The card that was already close even revealed a yellow card.

Lucky had been pressing the Flash button so many times it was practically smoking, and he finally managed to Flash out, but Twisted Fate's yellow card had already followed up.

Nightmare's Q skill accelerated his approach, applying fear to Lee Sin.

What's even more crucial is that, because WE is on the blue side, Nightmare started on the red side.

The Lee Sin was stuck to the red buff and couldn't escape; it was a certain death situation for him.

First blood!

Watching WE secure the first blood, commentator TT couldn't help but exclaim:

"Wow! IF did a great job for WE this time! He came to help counter-gank mid lane at level two and actually caught the Lee Sin who was trying to gank. This is very damaging for Lucky!"

Xiao Cang spoke up:

"Actually, this can't be considered a gamble. From the moment Twisted Fate chose to take AD runes to suppress Orianna, Ehome had already fallen into a series of traps set by Lion! Twisted Fate's seemingly arrogant positioning was actually a ploy to lure Lucky into a gank, and Lucky did just that. Because Ehome's lineup required them to focus on their top, mid, and jungle. Once the mid lane was suppressed, Ehome's early-game strategy couldn't be implemented. But we saw that Lion had already anticipated everything and called for IF to position himself in advance. When Lucky thought he was the hunter, he had actually become the prey."

Listening to Xiao Cang's eloquent speech, some viewers in the live stream couldn't help but chime in.

[Xiao Cang is amazing; her thoughts became clear immediately.]

Give me a break, this is just empty hype.

[I don't understand, but can the commentators hear the players' team voice chat? How did she know it was the commentator shouting "IF"?]

[Hilarious! Is Xiao Cang trying to avoid repeating Xiao Lou's mistake by bragging like this?]

What is this Xiao Cang bragging about?

One person is praising LB, the other is praising JB, that makes perfect sense.

[The invincible loudspeaker guy hooks up with Sister Ba.]

At this point, TT finally couldn't hold back anymore.

Xiao Cang's commentary was clearly guided by an expert. He looked in Xiao Cang's direction and noticed that Xiao Cang's hands were covered with cheat sheets!
With just a cursory glance, TT noticed terms like "Plan A," "Plan B," subsequent moves, and action logic.

"Xiao Cang... what's wrong with your hand..."

Hearing TT's question, Xiao Cang smiled and replied frankly:

“Actually, before the match started, Lion sent me some information, which detailed what he was going to do and how Ehome would react. At first, I found it a bit unbelievable, but the current situation is exactly what Lion gave me, as if he had already anticipated Ehome’s reaction.”

A noisy commotion erupted in the studio.

TT stared in astonishment, her mouth agape.

Were Ehome's reaction anticipated before the match even started?
Is this some kind of ability to foresee the future?
Before anyone could react, Xiao Cang continued:

"With Lucky's death, DaoGe can invade Ehome's top jungle, but Ehome will definitely not give up their top jungle so easily because they believe their top laner, Irelia, has lane priority and can arrive to support earlier. At this point, if Twisted Fate disappears from the lane, Ehome will mistakenly assume he's going to support DaoGe's Nocturne in the top jungle. But in reality, Nocturne's jungle invasion is just a feint; Twisted Fate and Taric will go to the bottom lane. Because of Taric's roaming, Ehome's bottom lane naturally pushed the lane and, mistakenly believing WE was going to invade their top jungle, lowered their guard. This allows WE's bottom lane, which was at a disadvantage due to Taric's early roaming, to regain their advantage!"

Xiao Cang's commentary was almost synchronized with the video!
As soon as Xiao Cang finished speaking, the cards and gems had already circled around behind Death's Declaration!

The card that secured first blood, although it didn't return to base to replenish its equipment, still had the red buff from Lee Sin.

Faced with the control effects of both cards and gems, plus the slowing effect of the Red Buff, even with two summons in hand, Death Sentence is doomed.

Watching EZ take down Vayne on the live stream, TT's eyes were filled with disbelief.

He now prefers to believe that Xiao Cang suddenly had a breakthrough rather than believe that everything that happened in the competition was part of Lion's plan.

If this is true, it would be terrifying!

Inside the studio, the audience was completely agitated.

WE's efficient coordination at the start of the game was enough to leave viewers who were used to the rigid, predictable laning phase speechless.

What's even more outrageous is that everything was premeditated by Zhou Li, who even predicted his opponent's reactions and actions word for word.

In the live stream, some viewers had already started cursing.

Holy crap, what is this if not a script?!

This is so fake, they're not even acting!

[Ehome really did follow the script perfectly, without any room for improvisation?]

[Match fixing! Match fixing!]

[What great prophet?]

[No, is this reasonable?]

[What does this mean? Lion's own trumpet was switched off, and Xiao Cang played the trumpet for Lion?]

WE player seat.

Smiling, her mind still a little fuzzy, she couldn't help but ask in surprise:

"You actually guessed everything they were doing?!"

Zhou Li smiled without saying a word, simply waved his sleeve, eliminating one sports car and two ranged soldiers, and then turned and left.

During this period, professional matches had almost no strategy or tactics whatsoever.

It's just a bunch of geniuses constantly fighting and maneuvering.

Any so-called operations and tactics are merely instinctive reactions developed through long-term training and competition.

The Zhou rituals did not predict the future.

But figuring out what these contestants are thinking is a piece of cake.

Furthermore, any tactic used in later generations would be a completely new version that they had never heard of or seen before.

It would be strange if they didn't fall for it.

(End of this chapter)