Rise

she is… He glanced over his shoulder at Rollfire and shook his head. What a dick.

“I don’t think they know! I don’t think they know the Evelynn is right there!” Silent Reed exclaimed.
“They don’t have a clue! Oh my god! What a mistake! WARD! PUT DOWN A VISION WARD!”

Rollfire snorted and said, “That’s a mistake by Fuzhou Tech.
And it looks like they’re going to get punished for it.
That Evelynn gave them a false sense of security early on and now they don’t see the obvious Blue steal.
If that was the plan all along by the high school kids, then that is somewhat impressive…”

“Holy shit shit shit! It’s going to be a steal!”
“PLACE DOWN A VISION WARD! YOU HAVE IT WITH YOU!”
“I can’t watch this.
Lux has the vision ward in her inventory! She just has to place it down!”
“PLEASE LUX! STOP BEING SO COCKY! PLACE THE WARD!”
“Tell me when it’s over! I don’t wanna see this!”
“I know I shouldn’t have applied to Fuzhou Tech! Now I’m stuck supporting this shit team!”
“Oh my god! Look at the Yasuo.
He’s going to help Eve…”

The Blue Sentinel steadily lost its health until there was only a sliver remaining.
Lux cast Lucent Singularity! An anomaly of twisted light wrapped around the Blue Sentinel and charged him up with electricity! She moved forward to auto attack the monster and discharge the electricity.
But this small gap between the skill and her auto attack was too big.
An Xin’s Evelynn revealed herself from stealth and targeted the Blue Sentinel with Smite.
A monstrous hand slammed into the Blue Sentinel and claimed its life!

“SHE STOLE IT! THE EVE STOLE THE BLUE BUFF!” Silent Reed exclaimed.
And the crowd reacted to her, just like they had to Westwind.
People jumped to their feet and threw their arms in the air! They cheered and screamed in Team Shanghai’s support! Silent Reed smiled and shouted, “The high schoolers are winning! AND THE YASUO! THE YASUO!”

✹

“What the fuck happened there?” Fuzhou Tech’s Support asked over the team’s voice chat.

The Lux player snarled, “The Eve—”

“Yes yes! But why didn’t you place a vision ward down? You have it in your inventory!” the Support continued.

“Well, tha—”

“WATCH OUT FOR THE YASUO!” the Jarvan IV player interrupted.

Lin Feng’s Yasuo appeared around the outer wall of the Blue Buff Camp, right near Fuzhou Tech’s Lux.
The Lux retreated back along the wall towards Jarvan IV and cast a Light Binding behind her! It was a panic reaction.
Yasuo had the skill Wind Wall.
He cut upwards with his sword, commanding the winds to protect him! The Light Binding disintegrated before it reached Yasuo!

“Sweeping Blade,” Lin Feng mumbled as he pressed down on the E key quickly followed by the Q key.
His Yasuo dashed through the Lux and then swept out around him with his blade! Steel Tempest! Gusts of wind gathered around the tip of his blade, a storm slowly brewing.
Jarvan IV was in range and Yasuo cast Sweeping Blade again to dash through his next target! He then linked this skill with Steel Tempest for a second time! His katana swept through Jarvan IV and a storm gathered at the tip of the blade!

“What’s he doing? Why is he dashing away from the Lux?” Silent Reed asked.
She moved the microphone a bit closer to her lips and looked out at the audience.
“Does he want to kill the tanky Jarvan IV?”

“Maybe those early kills got to his head,” Rollfire chimed in from the side.
He grinned and continued, “Now he won’t get either of them! He threw away a surefire kill!”

The large LCD screen showed exactly what Rollfire predicted.
Jarvan IV used his flag toss combo to get away from the Yasuo, jumping over the wall next to the Blue Buff camp and running away together with Lux! “See?” Rollfire asked, laughing.
“He forgot to take Jarvan IV’s skill cooldowns into account! Now both Jarvan IV and Lux are getting away!”

“WHAT A MISPLAY!”
“This is going to cost them…”
“They could’ve had both of them!”
“Maaaaan, so embarrassing!”
“I wouldn’t wanna be in their booth right now, haha!”
“Kids gonna be kids.”

✹

Lin Feng smiled. It’s too easy at this level.
Just too easy. He’d placed down a ward along the edge of the Blue Buff Camp on his approach.
Now he had perfect vision as Lux and Jarvan IV tried to run away together.
They were practically standing on top of each other in the thin pathways of the Jungle.
Lin Feng glanced down at his skill bar.
He’d cast Steel Tempest twice in a row already.
His next attack would launch a tornado.
He pressed down on his Q key and said over the team’s voice chat, “I’m going in! Give me the follow up!”

Yasuo swept his katana forward, unleashing terrifying winds onto Summoners Rift! They gathered together and spun around each other, forming a massive tornado that barreled through the Jungle! It chased down Lux and Jarvan IV and hurled them up into the air! This unlocked Yasuo’s ultimate skill, Last Breath! He Blinked towards the two Airborne Champions and kept them suspended there, attacking them with a flurry of strikes! Then he raised his katana high above his head and hacked down with all his might! Empowered by wind and with the help of gravity, he slammed Lux and Jarvan IV back to the ground!

An Xin’s Evelynn flashed over the wall separating her from the fight and then cast her ultimate on Lux and Jarvan IV! Agony’s Embrace! Venomous lashers erupted from the ground and impaled Lux and Jarvan IV, hampering their health and draining their movement speed!

Lux was on the brink of death after eating these attacks.
Lin Feng’s Yasuo struck her with Steel Tempest.
The clean cut of the blade sheared away the remainder of her health.
He followed up with Sweeping Blade, dashing through Jarvan IV and then struck him with an auto attack! Steel Tempest came off cooldown a second later and a clean cut pierced Jarvan IV! His health bar emptied out!

《Double Kill!》

“THEY GOT THE DOUBLE KILL! YASUO GOT THE DOUBLE!” Silent Reed exclaimed, smiling. They’re so much better than during the Shanghai 16 School Tournament! It’s really fun to see them progress! “GO TEAM SHANGHAI!”

“HOLY SHIT! WOOOOOOO! DOUBLE KILL!”
“WHAT A GOD! YASUO IS A LEGEND!”
“YASUO HAS HIT HIS POWER SPIKE! HE HAS HIT HIS POWER SPIKE!”
“Oh my god! How did he hit both of them!?”
“I NEARLY PISSED MY PANTS! YASUO IS MY NEW HERO!”
“Eve did bloody well as well!”
“TEAM SHANGHAI! WOOT WOOT!”

“Tell us what you think!” Silent Reed said to Rollfire. Let’s have a little fun here! Annoy this annoying ass! She giggled and continued, “Wasn’t that amazing? And you were totally mistaken! He didn’t let them get away!”

Rollfire glared at Silent Reed and felt his nose twitching again. Don’t think I don’t see what you’re trying to do! You’re trying to get my rating down so that you get more invitations to cast games! But it won’t be that easy! This was just a lucky play! Or skilled… He moved his lips around and furrowed his brows. Fuck me! Why couldn’t he miss that tornado? All he had to do was miss that damn tornado! He opened his mouth to say something, but then saw Silent Reed giggling again.
He could also hear the crowd cheering in the background. They don’t want to hear anything from me.
They’re already fired up. He took a deep breath and closed his mouth. Fuck, I’ll get back at you for this!

✹

Sun Ruinian watched the replay on the large LCD screen in silence.
His teammates were cheering for the Yasuo and Evelynn, as was everyone else in the venue.
But he didn’t have the time for that. That Yasuo knew what he was doing from the start.
He needed a bit of luck to have Jarvan IV and Lux stack on top of each other.
But everything else… His mechanical abilities, judgement, confidence… how is it all so good?

Sun Ruinian glanced at Zhejiang University’s Midlaner and pursed his lips. Shit.
That Yasuo is better than our Midlaner.
A lot better.
I can only give so much credit to luck.
That play was all Yasuo.
Luck or no luck, he got the two kills.
And this wasn’t even the first time this game! What rank wou—

Goalie. Sun Ruinian looked through the glass of the soundproof booth at Lin Feng. We gave Goalie an A+.
He’s the best of the best.
No one is as good as he is in the mid lane in this tournament.
If the rest of that team comes together, they might even win this entire tournament! He glanced up at the large LCD screen again. But this Yasuo.
He might compare to Goalie… He knitted his brows and mumbled, “Or maybe I’m looking too hard into this.
Maybe there was some luck and he’s only A-…
Only A-, what am I saying? We can’t beat that.” He chewed on his lips and shook his head. I need to come up with something to deal with him.
We can’t expect to play our game and just magically beat him.
He’s good.
Really good.
Too good.