[Esports] Team Leader Xie, your mid laner is causing trouble again.

As the narrator's rousing words faded, the drums on both sides of the stadium were struck with a resounding thud, creating a tense and exciting atmosphere.

In comparison, RAK's team seemed to have it easier.

As soon as Jiang Xingle sat down, she started faking tears, her voice filled with exaggerated emotion:

"Who understands my tears? After two years of professional gaming, this is my first time in the finals. RAK, I love you. Coach, I love you. Teammates, I love you..."

Li Zhi poured cold water on the idea: "Don't worry about your teammates yet. Before tonight's team fight, if you still don't scout the enemy jungler's vision, do you even know Louis XVI?"

Jiang Xingle's excitement instantly deflated: "...Lychee, you can really be a killjoy sometimes."

The others chuckled.

Ling Wang frowned and pondered seriously for two seconds: "Louis XVI...who is that?"

Jiang Xingle immediately chuckled again, "Oh, and there's a little husband too!"

Ling Wang understood; he was being insulted for being uncultured. "..."

He secretly decided to monopolize an artilleryman for himself later, without sharing the experience with Jiang Xingle.

The pre-match preparation time is over, and the first round of drafting and banning will begin in three minutes.

Li Zhi has been making waves in the loser's bracket lately, so UUC dares not underestimate him.

Moreover, their coach Shi Kai had coached Li Zhi in the youth training camp and was very familiar with his hero pool. He immediately banned both Jin Ge and Ye Ling.

Xie Jichuan's Xiao was also locked out, leaving two ban slots for two strong initiation supports in this version.

Xie Jichuan raised an eyebrow: "Just banning one Xiao? Chi Lie is that confident now?"

Jiang Xingle immediately chimed in, "Captain, the four of us have been carried by Lychee in so many games, he might think we're just freeloaders."

Xie Jichuan chuckled lightly, seemingly quite satisfied with this statement, and lazily added:

"I'll let it slide, but what kind of people do you think you are to be living off Lychee?"

Liang Shoucheng skillfully raised his hand and tapped Jiang Xingle on the head:

"River will lock the Shadow Blade first, then help Lychee get the Burn."

Jiang Xingle clutched his head and yelled, "The captain was talking too, why are you only hitting me?"

Liang Shoucheng ignored him: "This round you play Jingchen, protect Void, and prevent Ice from getting caught on the sidelines."

Jiang Xingle: "Oh, oh."

After the draft phase ended, both coaches shook hands and left the court.

UUC picked Frost Witch for Ice, while Chi Lie locked in Moon Slayer. In the bottom lane, 369 chose Wind Shuttle, a marksman with maximum damage output.

All three lanes feature strong early-game heroes, clearly indicating an intention to gain an advantage in the early to mid-game and then quickly end the game.

Once the game started, Xie Jichuan outlined his overall strategy through his headset:

"In the early game, look for opportunities to gank and kill one enemy with three units, and then drag the game out until the late game when Zhuo and I have our items ready before engaging in team fights."

The group responded and stopped joking around, focusing on their battle.

The two commentators in the commentary booth were very excited afterwards.

Pepsi: "What's really scary is that Ice's Frost Witch has a 100% win rate this season!"

Coca-Cola: "Ice's strong heroes are so numerous that they can't be banned all of them. Currently, both teams have very good lineups. Let's look forward to seeing what kind of sparks will fly when the players perform on the spot."

No sooner had he finished speaking than the first wave of minions converged in the mid lane.

Although the Frost Witch is mainly focused on control, her early game damage is above average. Li Zhi didn't rush to push the lane, but instead used her skills precisely on Ice to whittle down his health.

What he needs to do now is to develop steadily. As long as he has an economic lead, this hero can snowball and kill people.

Ice didn't fight him at all. UUC's main damage output in this game was all on 369. After clearing the mid lane, he started to gank the bottom lane.

After being frozen for the fourth time, Jiang Xingle finally couldn't help but take a furious breath:

"Holy crap! Ice, that witch, is cheating! How can she be so accurate?!"

He exclaimed, "The bot lane is turning into Harbin Ice and Snow World! Where are we, the mid laners, supposed to make our fortunes?"

As soon as the words were spoken, the mechanical female voice announced: "First Blood!"

Li Zhi calmly maneuvered the fire seed back to the mid lane from the top lane, leisurely finishing off a low-health minion, thus achieving his goal and gaining fame.

Jiang Xingle instantly became obedient: "Haha... so it really is possible to make a fortune."

The extra experience bonus from the first drop of blood allowed Li Zhi's Zhuo to reach level six ahead of schedule.

Xie Jichuan had just ganked and killed the enemy top laner with him, and was now farming jungle camps and accumulating gold at lightning speed.

But the two bot laners continued to put up a fight against the pressure.

Ice's freezing accuracy was simply too amazing. Even though Jiang Xingle and Ling Wang were playing very cautiously, Ice could still freeze people precisely at the moment when there was a gap in the minion wave.

As a result, two ice sculptures appeared in the bottom lane when the minion wave reached the tower.

Jiang Xingle shouted, "Help! Someone come quick!"

Even Ling Wang couldn't hold back and spoke up: "Captain, we need backup."

The two were frozen in place, and 369 stepped forward to provide additional damage.

But just as their health bars were down to their last sliver, the freezing effect wore off.

Jiang Xingle and Ling Wang simultaneously used Flash to retreat, while 369 subconsciously moved forward a short distance to try and finish off the last bit of damage.

As soon as they landed, a patch of fiery red lava erupted beneath their feet.

The skill "Burning" immediately puts 369 into a burning state.

He reacted extremely quickly and pressed Flash to try to escape, but Xie Jichuan's Shadow Blade was a step faster than him.

The chain precisely locked onto the landing point of the wind shuttle, and in a flash, it was over.

Seeing that he couldn't save anyone, UUC's support cleverly changed his strategy and used his ultimate to target two low-health enemies under the tower.

Ling Wang had just used a health pack and still had half a health bar left, while Jiang Xingle didn't have time to go home and was killed by the support's ultimate skill.

UUC's support also took tower damage and fell under the tower.

Replacing Jiang Xingle before dying doesn't seem like a bad deal.

But with his head in Ling Wang's hands, Ling Wang's economy instantly surpassed that of 369, who had died once.

One for two, RAK won this round.

Li Zhi wanted to press her advantage against Ice, but suddenly realized that Chi Lie's vision had disappeared from the map.

He stopped in his tracks, ceasing his pursuit, and added a sentence into his earpiece:

"Chi Lie is missing. Watch out for the bushes."

He retreated to the tower to farm minions, and sure enough, Chi Lie was crouching in the bushes by the river. If Li Zhi took another step forward, he would surely die.

This small team fight victory allowed the game to slowly shift into RAK's rhythm.

UUC is betting everything on 369, so RAK will focus on targeting 369.

After his own tower was destroyed, 369 almost never had a safe and complete wave of minions.

Every time he tries to develop, a scorching flame effect and the shadow of a shadow blade will appear simultaneously at the edge of his vision.

The chains were used to hold the enemy in place, the flames to block their movement, and the two of them took turns tanking the tower, suppressing the Wind Shuttle from head to toe until it died.

Chi Lie tried to restrain Xie Jichuan by invading his jungle, but Xie Jichuan simply refused to engage.

You take a buff, I'll kill 369 once, we each get what we need, and neither of us loses out.

At 35 minutes, RAK successfully secured Baron Nashor and approached UUC's high ground to engage in a team fight.

Li Zhi's Zhuo flanked from the flank, taking advantage of 369's Flash cooldown not being ready yet, and used his ultimate to land directly at the feet of UUC's back row.

The flames spread, and 369 lost two-thirds of his health. He retreated in a panic, but was locked in place by Xie Jichuan's Shadow Blade through the wall.

Shadow Blade flew over along the chain and finished off Wind Shuttle's last bit of health with a single strike.

With their core damage dealers gone, the remaining members of UUC were no match for RAK's advance. Their four-man formation was torn apart by Scorch's ultimate and Shadow Blade's dives.

The crystal exploded, and the first round ended in RAK's victory.

The MVP icon lit up on the big screen and was given to Li Zhizhuo.

He had the highest damage output in the entire match, a 100% participation rate in raids, and didn't die once.

Jiang Xingle took off his headphones and stood up: "Another round of being a kept man, how delightful!"