Chapter 32 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Chen Mu stood in mid lane. He did not join the Level 1 team fight. There were not many Level 1 team fights among high level games where strangers matched up with each other. It was better for one to hold their position and prevent enemies from breaking through.

There was just too much uncertainty in Level 1 ganks. Pro players would rather not let a gank at Level 1 affect the outcome of the game so early on.

Merman was clad in a Fisherman skin. Liu Fei was pissed when he saw that Chen Mu was using Cardsharp’s default skin. ‘This person hasn’t been using any skins in the past three matches. Has he never played in a tournament before? Doesn’t he know that all the skins are free when using the server provided by the tournament? Does he have no idea how good Tango Twisted Fate looks like?’

One minute until the first minion wave spawned, Merman thought it was rather boring and started taunting Chen Mu in mid lane with his sharp voice.

“Ding! The Unkillable Demon King’s dignity is once again at stake. Anyone who insults the Unkillable Demon King will receive proper judgment. Similar to before, your reward will be based on your opponent’s level of fear, ranging from a hundred points to a thousand points,” the System prompted. ”

Chen Mu beamed in delight as though he had found a pathway that could bring him wealth and prosperity. As long as someone chose to insult him in League of Legends—no matter in-game or out of the game—missions to defend the Unkillable Demon King’s dignity would trigger. That was to say, whenever Chen Mu was capable of enticing someone to insult himself, he had the opportunity to farm points!

The moment minions started to spawn, Chen Mu turned serious. He had to use all of his skills to inflict extreme fear in Little Merman. He wanted to see if he would be presented with the chance to draw some lots if he managed to accumulate at least a thousand points.

Chen Mu stood directly behind his minions and remained stationary there. Little Merman saw that Cardsharp was not entering his attack range. Therefore, Little Merman stepped forward and auto attacked the enemy minions in front of him. Laning was an ingrained skill in every pro player. Level 2 combat strength would always be stronger than leaving base with a Doran item. Hence, Little Merman could not resist the chance to push the lane.

The moment he reached Level 2 and if Cardsharp happened to walk in the wrong direction, Littler Merman could straight away send a combo of spells flying at Cardsharp’s face to poke him. At Level 3, Little Merman could forcefully kill Cardsharp. That was why Merman was such an insane champion—he had the ability to solo kill at Level 3, especially against squishy mages.

Meanwhile, Chen Mu only sighed as he muttered to himself, “This round, I will let Merman understand the meaning of fear.”

Was Cardsharp great against Merman? No, but if Chen Mu’s skill level was much higher than the player who was playing Merman, then there would be no such thing as a counter pick anymore. Counter picks could not change the understanding of the game.

The reason why Cardsharp players were terrified of Merman was that Merman had dashes and could dodge Gold Cards. However, what if Cardsharp was standing in his turret range? It would allow Cardsharp to farm CS and simultaneously harass Merman. Merman would never be brave enough to dive Cardsharp who was under a tower.

The moment Little Merman performed a basic attack, it was decided that he should give up on trying to get the upper hand in the showdown.

Under Chen Mu’s control, Cardsharp only last hit the enemy minions. Other times, Cardsharp was ordered to kite and use Blue Cards along with basic attacks to harass Merman.

When the second wave of minions arrived, the minion wave started pushing toward Chen Mu but then neatly stopped in front of his tower. Chen Mu continued to last hit the minions.

“What is this feeling? Something feels wrong.” Liu Fei chewed on his Xylitol hard candy and realized that he was being forced to play somewhat passively. With the minion waves clashing so close to his enemy’s turret range, it was impossible for his team’s jungler to gank the lane. On the other hand, Blind Monk from the opposite team could jump out from a brush at any time.

Liu Fei felt uneasy at the position of the minion wave, but he convinced himself that it should be alright. All he had to do was wait for another wave of minions or two and the lane would push back to him. His past experiences convinced him that the situation would not last long.

However, when the next wave of minions arrived, Liu Fei’s eyes almost fell out of their sockets as the expression on his face froze.

The lane was supposed to start pushing in the opposite direction after the minions entered Chen Mu’s turret range and got killed. However, Chen Mu used Cardsharp’s body to tank the minions’ attacks, preventing them from entering his turret’s range.

Chen Mu had bought boots along with four Health Potions-he had plenty of Health Potions and did not mind tanking a few seconds of damage from the minions at all.

‘WTF! How am I supposed to play then?!’ Liu Fei exploded at Chen Mu’s method of blocking minions. He was terrified of farming CS and was being forced to deal with harass my Cardsharp that kept on throwing Blue Cards at him. Now that Cardsharp was playing it this way, did it not mean that the lane would always be frozen there?

It was Liu Fei’s first time encountering such a situation. A case whereby someone froze the lane with their own champion in such a way never happened even in matches of two thousand and one hundred ELO points. Normally, both players would focus on farming CS and damaging turrets cautiously while expending one Health Potion. Situations like this only occurred in high-level matches that were more multilayered. Additionally, they were only done by the support in bot lane.