Did The Captain Catch Up With The Coach Today [Esports] Chapter 24

Chapter 24

“Unfinished Continuation has arrived in the top lane! Unfinished Continuation is flanking from behind! Spider is on him! Unfinished Continuation and Spider sandwich the target, an aerial strike, beautiful! Unfinished Continuation gets First Blood!”

Ri Xi provided a real-time commentary of Wei Xiao’s gank on the top lane, securing the Deep Sea Whale Soul’s head. After he finished, Yue Xia couldn’t help but exclaim, “As expected of the great Unfinished Continuation! Decisive action, hitting the mark instantly, that was a perfectly executed gank!”

Some viewers didn’t know who “Unfinished Continuation” was or why the FHM Jungler was being called that. They sent bullet comments asking, and someone answered them.

Four words: [Ranked Queue Rank 1.]

First place in ranked points, watch and you’ll understand.

In truth, the commentators already knew Wei Xiao’s name, but both Yue Xia and Ri Xi were more familiar with the translated Professional ID “Unfinished Continuation” than his real name “Wei Xiao,” so they still called him that in their excitement.

“FHM draws first blood, and it’s against PSP’s top laner. PSP must be feeling pretty rough right now, right?” Ri Xi said.

“They are,” Yue Xia agreed. “PSP’s MID and BOT lanes are still waiting for the Jungler to free up the top lane, but now their top laner has given up First Blood. I think FHM deliberately targeted the top lane to prevent PSP’s top laner from scaling.”

“Yes, that’s likely the case. It will be difficult for PSP to free up their top lane this game. I think they should look for opportunities in the MID and BOT lanes. FHM’s MID and BOT compositions aren’t very stable…”

Before Ri Xi could finish his sentence, two system notifications appeared on the screen.

[System Notification] Void Star Mark, First Kill!

[System Notification] Enemy Deep Sea Siren has been slain!

Because it was so sudden, he let out a surprised “Huh?” The director frantically switched the camera to the MID lane, but only saw Zhou Miao Miao’s Void Star Mark walking back to the fountain with low health.

The director quickly cut to a slow-motion replay of the kill.

On the live screen, Void Star Mark finished clearing the minion wave first, leveling up to 3, and unlocking the third skill, “Star Gate.” He then opened two gates, one next to himself and one next to the opposing MID laner, Deep Sea Siren.

Star Gate can teleport heroes. Allied heroes gain acceleration when passing through, while enemy heroes are slowed and take damage.

However, after opening the Star Gate, Void Star Mark did not pass through. Instead, he immediately opened two spatial rifts, one behind himself and one behind the opposing MID laner, Deep Sea Siren.

This was Void Star Mark’s second skill, “Void Flying Star.” Phase one tears open space near himself, throwing damage skills into the rift. Phase two tears open space near the enemy, delivering the damage skills to the enemy through the rift.

Not only that, but if the first skill is used on the rift immediately after using the second skill, the first skill will also be transmitted to the enemy.

Zhou Miao Miao’s left hand rapidly tapped EEWWQ on the keyboard, his right hand gripping the mouse, precisely opening the gates and rifts in the desired locations, coordinating with the rhythm of his left hand.

Everything happened in a flash. Viewers only saw Void Star Mark immediately turn around and throw two skills behind himself after opening the Star Gate.

A massive yellow star and a cluster of small stars successively passed through the rift behind Void Star Mark, appearing behind the enemy MID laner, Deep Sea Siren. They all landed on her back, leaving her completely disoriented!

Was that it? No.

Almost the instant the skills hit, Zhou Miao Miao maneuvered his Void Star Mark through the Star Gate that had been opened earlier, arriving next to the Deep Sea Siren, and landed two basic attacks, emptying her health bar!

“Holy cow! This MID laner is strong!” Ri Xi’s eyes widened in shock after watching the replay. “First, he opens the Star Gate to draw the opponent’s attention, then catches them off guard with a second skill sneak attack followed by the first skill, and finally passes through the gate to finish the damage. Both the strategy and the execution are flawless!”

“Wow, that combo was absolutely incredible!” Yue Xia was even more shocked than Ri Xi, because she had watched the training match between FHM and DIE. Back then, FHM’s MID laner clearly didn’t know how to play Void Star Mark. The hit rate of his second skill was probably less than 30%, and his third skill often opened in the wrong place, killing teammates or helping enemies escape. She never expected that in just a few days, he could already pull off a solo kill!

Not just her, Wei Xiao was also stunned: “What the heck? Nice one, Miao Miao! I saw the opponent was full health and was thinking of ignoring the MID lane for now.”

“Don’t praise me! I get nervous when you praise me!” Zhou Miao Miao also felt that his move just now was too flashy! So flashy that his fingers were trembling a bit now… No, he had to hold it together!

“I won’t praise you, so should I scold you?”

“Go ahead and scold me!” Zhou Miao Miao needed someone to temper his arrogance.

Wei Xiao had never heard such a strange request in his life, but since the other party requested it, he didn’t hold back: “It’s been five minutes since the game started, and you’ve only killed one person? You’re useless!”

“Yes, yes, yes, I should have killed all of them!” Zhou Miao Miao was actually calmed down quite a bit by the scolding. He stabilized his mentality and focused on the match.

However…

“I feel like I just got scolded,” said Lu Qing Yang, who was struggling in the BOT lane.

“Mhm…” Tang Li was noncommittal.

“Me too…” Qin Jin Yao coughed dryly.

Currently, only Wei Xiao and Zhou Miao Miao had kills, and Wei Xiao only had one. His “useless” comment essentially scolded everyone on the field, including himself.

But soon, Wei Xiao would no longer be “useless.”

Because the enemy top laner, Deep Sea Whale Soul, had returned to the top lane.

You’re back, are you? Kill!

Wei Xiao used the same trick, maneuvering his Time Tracker to flank, intending to execute another pincer attack with Qin Jin Yao.

But this time, the enemy Jungler was prepared and suddenly burst out of the bush while Wei Xiao was flanking!

The enemy top laner immediately turned around, forming a pincer with the Jungler.

Trying to flank but got counter-flanked?

As if!

“You’re the one I’m killing!” Wei Xiao unhesitatingly applied “Time Mark” to the enemy Jungler and then delivered a “Tracking Claw” head-on!

The enemy Jungler was playing Phantom Assassin, a standard Assassin, whose health was much lower than Deep Sea Whale Soul’s. She lost most of her health from that claw, leaving her with barely a sliver of health.

Phantom Assassin’s first skill, “Phantom Curse,” has the advantage of long range, allowing her to poke during team fights, which is why she can be played in the top lane.

But the disadvantage is also obvious: it’s easy to dodge when she gets close.

Wei Xiao acted as if he knew she was in the bush. The second after she struck him with her invisible attack, instead of dodging backward, he moved forward right into her face, narrowly avoiding the skill she threw out.

Phantom Assassin tried to use a displacement skill to create distance. Wei Xiao used a Dimensional Shift, teleporting directly onto her path of retreat, and finished off her remaining health with a claw!

[System Notification] Time Tracker, First Kill!

[System Notification] Enemy Phantom Assassin has been slain!

Wei Xiao secured the kill and immediately ran away, his four legs moving incredibly fast.

Although the enemy top laner, Deep Sea Whale Soul, had a displacement skill, its range was short, and he couldn’t catch up. Just as he was about to return to the top lane to continue laning, a Star Gate opened beside him.

The moment he saw the gate, his scalp tingled.

Sure enough, the next second, the Starry Sky Goddess—Void Star Mark, clad in a starry gown—walked out of the gate and appeared in front of him.

This was immediately followed by a barrage of damage-exploding meteor showers!

Void Star Mark’s first skill, “Meteor Shower,” is area damage and has a certain chance to stun the target, which is why slower players sometimes use the QWW combo.

However, unless a player particularly loves the Void Star Mark hero and insists on playing her, most players with slow hands choose to steer clear of this hero.

Zhou Miao Miao connected the EEQWW combo this time to shake off the opposing MID laner and create a time difference.

He provided timely support, and the opposing MID laner hadn’t arrived yet. When else would be a better time to take the enemy top laner’s head?

Qin Jin Yao seized the opportunity and pounced, cleanly finishing off the enemy top laner’s last sliver of health.

[System Notification] Moon Shadow Demon Spider, First Kill!

[System Notification] Enemy Deep Sea Whale Soul has been slain!

PSP’s MID laner was still on the way to provide support. Seeing these two system notifications, he felt a huge loss but had no choice but to retreat to the MID lane.

He couldn’t even beat Void Star Mark 1v1, so why would he try to 1v2?

PSP’s coach watched the match with a deep frown.

They had picked the Deep Sea Siren hero to counter the Spirit Puppet, but who would have thought the Spirit Puppet wasn’t the MID laner but the Support?

They had held onto a sliver of hope, thinking FHM’s Void Star Mark was mediocre and that the MID lane just needed to hold the line. Now, not only could the MID lane not hold, but other lanes were also affected—the opposing MID laner was playing a magic Assassin. The ideal scenario was to keep him tied down in the MID lane. The worst-case scenario was exactly what was happening now: they couldn’t control him, allowing him to roam and support everywhere.

The top lane was targeted by the enemy Jungler, the MID lane couldn’t contain the enemy MID laner, and the BOT lane…

The camera switched to the BOT lane. The standard BOT lane duo of Dual Gun Knight and Undying Hero was facing the bizarre combination of Thorn Whip and Spirit Puppet, yet they hadn’t managed to gain any advantage.

Spirit Puppet could remotely control the puppet to fight, giving her long range and crowd control skills.

Once the puppet latched onto the enemy Marksman, Lu Qing Yang would immediately maneuver his Thorn Whip to close the distance and deliver a few lashes. In the end, it was PSP’s BOT lane duo that was forced to recall first due to sustained damage.

This match…

“We’ve won,” Wen Shi Yu said faintly.

When he was a player, he never celebrated prematurely, always giving his all until the last second.

But now, as a coach, he couldn’t see any possibility of losing this game, unless Zhou Miao Miao used his ultimate to teleport all members, including himself, into the enemy fountain.

But if he were truly capable of such a thing, Wen Shi Yu wouldn’t have allowed him to pick Void Star Mark this game.

After training for so long, they had to show some results, right?

And most importantly—

Wen Shi Yu looked at the Time Tracker being controlled by Wei Xiao on the screen, and the corner of his lips unconsciously lifted.

He promised me.

He promised to help me win the championship and to teach EN a lesson for me.

Therefore, they wouldn’t lose a single game against PSP.

He wondered if EN’s coach was watching this match. He really wanted to see his expression right now.

After all, EN might become the first team from the top eight to be eliminated this season.