She chose the strategy with the most bullet comments.

While attacking the buff, Su Mu observed the situation in the mid lane and judged that the Starry Night Summoned Vanguard might push down the second tower.

It's okay, there won't be any follow-up. With super minions pressuring the bottom lane, there's absolutely no chance they'll pose a threat to our high ground.

So she leisurely played with the stone golem in the upper half of the grid for more than two minutes.

If they don't let you into the tower, then go into the jungle to find resources. After you've farmed the resources, continue clearing the lane. Once you've cleared the top lane, go and cut off the mid lane.

As a result, the mid lane was cut off early, and Xingmang couldn't even take down the second mid lane tower that they were on the verge of victory.

That barbarian king is a bit annoying... Durian

E followed by a close-range attack, landing a single hit on each of the melee minions, and the wave of minions was gone just like that—so fast! l

The third dragon has already spawned, but the super minion wave in the bottom lane needs to be watched by different people, otherwise it will push all the way to the inhibitor turret.

Does this mean that a player with a winning hand (ready to win) can only choose to discard the winning tile to someone who can win step by step?

131. Fly g

"Let him go, this Tryndamere is too fed, he has two and a half items! If I go for a team fight, top lane will definitely get crushed."

Tian Shu was actually a little scared; even hero counters are limited by equipment differences.

He only has Iceborn Gauntlet; if he were to engage in a full-blown fight with Tryndamere, he would most likely lose. Holding the lane would be his limit.

"I'll try to steal it, I'll keep an eye on the super minion wave in the bottom lane." (Deleted)

"It's probably best not to go. Both Luo and Xiong can drive you."

"It's alright, the dragon hasn't respawned yet. If it dies, it won't have much of an impact; it's just a dried-up head." Tianxuan pursed her lips.

"Then I'll go arrest the Barbarian King!" Tianji's gaze locked onto the top lane.

Su Mu wasn't just blindly pushing; he was constantly monitoring the enemy's overall movements. When he determined that Xingmang had abandoned defending the dragon, he didn't hesitate to retreat from the danger zone, maintaining a sense of ambiguity—seemingly out of reach, yet also with a chance to strike.

Tianji was completely stumped. He couldn't use his ultimate skill, his teammates couldn't keep up, and flanking was also impossible. By the time he got there, the Barbarian King had probably already sensed the danger and run away.

Deep down, he understood that a team determined to win step by step couldn't have missed the fact that they had deliberately given up the dragon, and Lucian's appearance guarding the super minions in the bottom lane sent a very clear signal.

The Barbarian King has fled, so maybe... we should check the jungle again?

There's a potential problem when the blue team is at a disadvantage taking the dragon: they can easily get trapped in the river or the dragon pit. If they take a step-by-step approach, aside from Tryndamere and Rakan, neither of them has a wall-crossing ability other than Flash, which might scare the opponent away.

On the commentary panel.

"Lucian's vision has revealed that Volibear and Xayah are both fighting the dragon, and Gragas has already sneaked into the river to make contact. What do you say?"

"Starburst is a bit reluctant to let go, and Nami is also moving towards the river. The problem is that Lucian is not clearing super minions fast enough right now, and Malphite can't get over without TP. At most, we can call Pantheon over to fight a 4v4."

"No, no, no, the Barbarian King's teleport is almost ready, he can support the front if he wants to fight."

"With the minion waves on both the top and bottom lanes so weak, Starbringer should be more rational and give up this dragon. Otherwise, if Step by Step wins and stalls for a few dozen seconds, they might get their turrets destroyed. The super minions at seventeen or eighteen minutes are too strong."

"The Barbarian King has finished clearing the central route and is heading towards the river. We need to unleash the Starburst. It's difficult to contain him if the Stone Golem isn't facing him directly."

The players were unwilling to accept defeat, but as the commentators analyzed, the most sensible choice was to give up their winning hand.

It's frustrating. Despite having an economic lead, the Tryndamere broke through one lane and applied a lot of minion pressure, making it impossible to contest the dragon.

"Gragas retreated to the jungle, and Nami returned to the top lane to clear minions with Lucian. The two sides did not fight."

The audience's expectations faded, leaving them somewhat disappointed.

I thought a fight was going to break out...

"Xiao Mu's solo lane control is much better than Xiao Yu's."

"That's normal. After all, Xiaoyu also said that she learned from Xiaomu. Xingmang was a bit uncomfortable because the bottom lane tower was destroyed too early."

"We can't blame them. After all, even with our God's-eye view, we couldn't have imagined that Xiao Mu could dismantle it so quickly by herself."

"On another note, don't you think we've seen this situation somewhere before?"

"emmm..."

As the analysis progressed, not only the commentators but also the audience began to sense that something was amiss.

The current situation at StarCraft seems very familiar; I'm sure I've seen it before in previous matches.

What is it...?

right!

It's a tug-of-war where you're caught in a constant struggle to win, and the classic scenario is that you don't know which side to consider, and in the midst of hesitation, both sides end up maximizing your losses.

The only difference is that the one being pulled before was top laner Xiaoyu, but now it's Xiaomu.

Xiao Mu, who can lead her teammates to victory whether playing as the carry or a support, is now suddenly wearing the top laner's identity and doing the things a top laner does, as if a wolf has transformed and is draining its teammates' blood.

A completely unrelated style shift can easily feel strangely familiar yet unfamiliar.

There's also a strange feeling...

The audience can't quite describe it yet, but in the next few minutes, most people had a sudden realization.

In two words, flies!

Three words: flies.

While directly competing for resources, she was drawing attention by pushing lanes and destroying towers.

When the fight escalated to the death, she was pushing lanes and taking down towers to draw attention away from the enemy.

When someone is defending her, she will push the lane if she can, and if she can't push or withstand the attack, she will switch lanes and continue pushing. She only has eyes for minions and turrets and has no interest in people.

This behavior is like having mosquitoes or flies constantly hopping around your head, and you want to swat them but can't quite hit them.

By the time they found the tools to control the flies, the flies had already flown away, and they couldn't be controlled at all.

Throw away the fly swatter; the flies will be back soon enough.

It's... torture!

Twenty minutes later, the Baron Nashor spawned, and not only was the bottom lane crystal destroyed again, but the top lane inhibitor tower also fell. Only the mid lane held out well and still had two towers.

The culprit behind all this is that damned barbarian king!

"What?! How can someone build a Berserker's Gauntlet on Barbarian King?!" Yuheng Bengbu exclaimed in disbelief.

We're all girls, so why can't she keep up with Xiao Mu's thinking at all?

"People can play support heroes in the mid lane now... it's not surprising that warriors build tank items..." Tian Shu said quietly, his face as if he were wearing a mask.

The mask is named...Pain.

That barbarian king is so annoying!

Since getting the Berserker's Greaves, they've even dared to bypass the minion wave and attack the turret for a few seconds to get the Demolish out.

The key issue is that there's not much we can do about it.

Send out the people who can catch the enemy; they can always judge the danger by the number of people online and retreat to a safe position early.

If few people go, they won't even acknowledge you and keep leading the group. Only when they see more people causing trouble will they leave.

If you get close and activate your E skill, you can't catch up. Even if you do catch up, you can't kill them quickly. Once their second E skill is ready, you can't catch up anymore.

If this is the case online, it's even more unimaginable if Tryndamere were to sneak into the jungle and use his E to jump over walls.

After about ten or twenty seconds, Tryndamere, who had lost a lot of health when he was caught, was almost back to full health thanks to his Q active and Warmog's Armor passive...

How can I not be annoyed?

The StarCraft players also discovered that whenever more than three people were sent to arrest the Barbarian King, his teammates would always manage to secretly farm map resources or have a chance to develop safely.

Before we knew it, the leading economic figures, which were several thousand points ahead, were almost leveled off...

Another round of battle for the refreshed dragon, another similar scenario...

In the end, Starburst got his wish and secured the Dragon, but at the cost of losing the top lane inhibitor. Tryndamere was able to easily destroy it without any resistance, and also caused Gragas to die.

Now, the four members of Step by Step to Victory are all heading towards the top half of the map, seemingly ready to take down Baron Nashor while you're not jungling.

What's most disheartening is that with both lanes of crystals destroyed, you have to face the pressure of two lanes of super minions...

"I'm going to kill that barbarian king!"

132. The Clever Murphy

Unfortunately, ideals and reality are often incompatible.

Even if someone wants to fight to the death to find a way to win without a jungler, the thought will be extinguished because of the Tryndamere roaming around the high ground.

Whether to lose the dragon or the family, even a fool knows which to choose.

However, losing the dragon and losing your home are not that different...

"StarCraft is having a tough time. Pantheon is clearly showing signs of fatigue towards the end, and Lucian is hesitant to deal damage due to his short range. Right now, the win rates for both sides are almost 20/80."

"Two people need to watch the dragon and two people need to defend the Barbarian King for them to have any chance of survival. Pantheon has gone too far! The location is right in the dragon pit, how dare he do that?!"

"No, Morgana has Unsealed Spellbook as her rune, and she's already switched to Smite. With such a high kill threshold from double Smite, I don't understand how Pantheon is going to steal Baron."

"That's very irrational..."

As the commentator said, Pantheon's jump in was a one-way trip. Before the javelin even landed, Baron was killed by two Smite attacks that landed almost simultaneously.

The Stone Man's pursuit was futile; his hasty positioning led him straight into Morgana's Q through the wall, preventing him from using his ultimate to coordinate with Pantheon.

Four people spread out and waited for Pantheon to land, then presented him with a free fountain service.

No one wanted to chase the stone golem, since it was above the dragon pit, and only Luo had a teleportation ability inside the pit; the others couldn't keep up.

The purple light that signaled the return to base lit up one after another, and the camera then shifted to the red team's high ground.

The Barbarian King is taking out his front teeth... and he's even doing it while he's standing on top of a tower.

Lucian was inexplicably badly injured and was slowly recovering health in the fountain. Nami, having missed her Q, didn't dare get too close to Tryndamere and could only watch helplessly as Tryndamere's greatsword fell on the turret one strike after another.

The left front tooth was broken, then the fire turned to the right side of the barrel, and the barrel was revived and immediately stopped by the few remaining people.

Seeing this, the Tryndamere, with less than 20% health remaining, immediately used his E ability to escape, not giving the Gragas a chance to engage.

Seeing the culprit who had reduced the remaining defensive tower to just over 30% health escape, Tianxuan felt a lump in his throat, an unnamed anger simmering within him.

What a despicable guy!

Destroying a bomb turret takes away about half of its health, and each hit deals several hundred damage, which is more than the damage of a non-critical hit when attacking a person. It's so annoying.

"Wait for me to be resurrected..." Tianji sighed, a trace of sorrow flashing in his eyes.

This is going to be tough...

"Hurry up and push both lanes of minions out. If you can let the second mid tower go, then let it go. We can't hold it."

"Um…"

The Malphite guarded the top lane, the duo guarded the bottom lane, and Gragas could only roam around the jungle entrance in front of the high ground wall, nervously farming jungle monsters and setting up vision, fearing that an enemy would suddenly appear and control him to death.

From God's perspective, after the Barbarian King escaped, he recalled to base and pulled out his Mana Drain Blade.

Audience: ? ? ? ⊙

Why does Barbarian King need to build this?

The commentator offered a guess.

"Maybe it's because it's cheap. 2900 gold for critical hits and skill haste, and the Cursed Blade effect can also help take down towers. It all depends on... huh?"

Before the commentator could finish speaking, it was discovered that the Tryndamere, who had been locked onto by the director on the big screen, used Teleport, the coordinates of which were the wards he had placed near the high ground wall before fleeing.

The starlight didn't even spot that ward!

"What is Xiao Mu trying to do? Her teammates are still pushing the mid lane!" V

"Sprint! Sprint! Heading for that last zigzag tower, not planning to demolish it by force, are you?"

"Starlight has spotted Xiao Mu's teleportation point, and everyone is rushing back!"

"..."

Multiple shouts of defending the base echoed in the Stars' team channel, and all the players looked anxious.

But Tryndamere was simply too fast. After being briefly slowed down by Pantheon, he broke through his blockade and used his E to reach the tower and start attacking.

The countdown to the explosion was like a death countdown hanging over the heads of the Starlight contestants; with each jump, their anxiety grew.

There are no minions near the turrets, resulting in very high damage reduction. However, the two inhibitor turrets have the lowest health of all turrets and cannot withstand the continuous high damage output of the Barbarian King.