As expected, after game 3 played out, Yuelan demonstrated a proper example of what you called 'hit and run' or 'dine and dash'.
Even as spectators, you couldn't help grimacing in pain whenever Sunzheng failed to catch Yuelan due to them being so fast as if they smeared oil under their feet.
During the last teamfight, Zizi even got killed because he failed to outrun them. The camera swiftly captured his dark face at that moment to display on the big screen.
Fu Yue gave a small laugh, ''Look like Yuelan dedicated this draft to restrain Sunzheng's playstyle.''
Honestly speaking, even though Yuelan's momentum this year was strong, the public's favorite was still Sunzheng who has always been a powerhouse.
Yet, Fu Yue was sure that after game 3, most people would see Yuelan in a new light and be worried whether Sunzheng could defend their throne or not tonight.
Unsurprisingly, Yuelan won game 3 with their annoying tactics becoming the first to get to the match point.
The next game might be the last game of today if Sunzheng was unable to pull through this hurdle.
Amid the tension, game 4 started after the 15-minute break.
It was Yuelan's turn to pick a side and they chose to stay on blue so Sunzheng automatically went to the red side.
Because this was a deciding game, the atmosphere during the pick and ban phase was tense, especially on Sunzheng's side.
While Fu Yue was staring unblinkingly at the screen, his attention once again got grabbed by the person's deep voice beside him.
"XiaoXi is going to have a hard life in this game."
Even though Fu Yue decided not to talk to him anymore, he was nevertheless curious, "You think that Sunzheng is pulling the same strategy as game 1?"
"Not entirely but Zizi will make sure to kill XiaoXi at least 5 times."
Fu Yue was skeptical upon hearing this.
Combining three games altogether, XiaoXi died less than 10 times that's why this did not sound credible at all.
Fu Yue continued to ask, "Why do you sound so confident?"
The other side did not mind his distrust, he unhurriedly said," Zizi's motto is 'The game can be lost but vengeance must be served'."
Fu Yue: "..." Is it okay for a pro player to have this kind of mindset?
Fu Yue shifted his gaze to look at Zizi's face that just happened to display on the screen. He, who always seemed careless and wore a smile on his face at this moment looked so serious as he discussed the strategy with the coach and his teammates.
This time Sunzheng let Zizi have the counter pick so when the time was approaching zero, a shadowy figure dressed in a black cloak with only red eyes gleaming underneath the hood abruptly appeared on the screen and was instantly locked in.
The moment Zizi locked in this champ, the crowd broke into a huge cheer.
Because this time Zizi was going to play a mid-assassin.
The corner of Fu Yue's lips couldn't help but twitch. Just like that person said, Zizi was indeed ready to go out for blood even though this was an important game.
On a normal occasion, Zizi liked to play a mage, rarely would you see him play other occupations. However, this did not mean that he was bad in other roles.
Fu Yue faintly glanced at Sunzheng's final lineup and shook his head helplessly.
Looks like XiaoXi is going to have a hard time breathing in this game.
If Yuelan were to dedicate themself to protecting XiaoXi, Sunzheng were responsible to lock on the target for Zizi to assassinate them.
''This match is a showdown between XiaoXi and Zizi.''
Zizi seemed to be pissed off with Yuelan in the last match so this time it was as if he had thrown caution into the wind. Except for the top laner, everyone went to invade the red.
They immediately found Yuelan's jungler and their bot lane which caused a level 1 fight to break out.
Yuelan's midlaner went straight to his lane so he was a little bit late to the party.
By the time he was there, Yuelan's jungler got beaten so badly that he needed to flash away but Zizi followed with his flash to get the first blood.
Instead of backing away, Zizi went straight to XiaoXi, he dealt as much as damage he could before dying so XiaoXi's head got collected by Sunzheng's ADC. They then turned around to Yuelan's low-health support who got kited from body blocking for his teammates.
In the end, the fight ended with a trade of 1 to 3 in the favor of Sunzheng and the red was even given to Sunzheng's jungler.
Since the fight broke out early and ended quickly, Zizi spawned back right in time to catch his wave in the mid-lane.
With the gold bonus of getting first blood and 2 assists, Zizi walked back into lane with one extra item than his opponent.
As a result, Zizi aggressively did trades not only ruining his opponent's farm but even landing a solo kill the moment he hit level 3.
He shoved the wave and then path down bot lane. Even though he did not get the kill, he crippled XiaoXi quite a bit, forcing him to go back to base.
Zizi's hero was called Shadow, a monster of the night. He could go invisible with his Q, create 2 clones with his W, teleport with his E and do a huge burst to a single target with his R.
This type of champs that could 1 vs 5 was left in the hand of a madman, one could imagine the consequences.
It was as if in Zizi's eyes only XiaoXi existed. He would always go for him even if it was a 1 vs 3 situation. However, the most baffling thing was that he managed to kill both XiaoXi and his support before going down which elicited a huge cheer from the crowd.
The camera went to capture XiaoXi's face and at this moment, his pretty face became red due to repressed anger.
At this point, XiaoXi was killed by Zizi 6 times and his death was already 8 in total.
Even if by a miracle Yuelan managed to win this game, XiaoXi would still be fuming in anger due to this hard-to-look K/D/A of his.
[A/N: Kill/Death/Assist]
Fu Yue couldn't help but give sincere praise,'' Zizi is living up to his title.''
''But playing with him is a pain.''
That person's voice always sounded calm and indifferent but this time, Fu Yue could hear the underlying annoyance in his voice. He asked in surprise, ''You played with Zizi before?''
After hearing his question, the other party went silent for a bit before giving another soft Mm.
Pro players did not always play in their real accounts so Fu Yue did not find this statement strange.
What surprised Fu Yue was that to be matched with Zizi's side account meant this person's rank and history match were quite incredible.
Looking at his attitude that devoid of any excitement from playing side by side with a pro player, it was highly that he was someone who was considered a hidden master among casual players.
Recalling his suggestion not long ago, Fu Yue suddenly felt a bit embarrassed.
No wonder, the other side did not react much after figuring that he was a game anchor.
Since this person was an old player he should more or less know of popular TOBH streamers. Then after hearing his name, which was not yet known in the game community, it was understandable that he was not excited.
Realizing this, Fu Yue's mood was similar to when he flashed only to die the next moment.
Immense remorse.
Meanwhile, Fu Zhen who has been watching from the sideline couldn't help but think that it looked as if they came as a three instead of a two for the other stranger to blend in smoothly without any estrangement.
It felt more like he was the one who suddenly joined the two since he knew nothing about the game unlike them.
Fu Zhen was not overprotective to the point of preventing his little brother not to talk to an unknown man who has been behaving politely so he merely sat in his seat while waiting for this game to end.
In any case, game 4 went to Sunzheng, and before the crystal exploded Zizi even managed to kill XiaoXi one more time causing him to end with 10 deaths by the end of this game.
Fu Yue felt a headache for XiaoXi thinking of what the trolls were going to write on the internet due to this match. XiaoXi did not play poorly but with that kind of a fed and crazy assassin existing in the game, his living environment was seriously bad.
Due to this overwhelming victory, Sunzheng's momentum was strong.
If Yuelan were to be defeated tonight, the blame would be placed on top of XiaoXi's head regardless of how well he played in the previous games.