Chapter 33 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

After killing Merman, Chen Mu finally had the opportunity to recall. To ensure that the damned Merman did not get a single opportunity to farm, Chen Mu had painstakingly frozen the lane until Level 6 and did not have the chance to purchase any items.

Chen Mu purchased a pair of Sorcerer’s Shoes and a Negatron Cloak. Other than that, he also purchased a Vision Ward and two Stealth Wards. One attack item and one defense item—the two items shut down all possibilities of Little Merman solo killing him.

Seeing Cardsharp’s item build, Liu Fei nearly spurted a mouthful of blood. ‘Goddamnit, you already have a large advantage! What in the world are you still scared of?!’

The reason behind Chen Mu’s purchase was because since he had killed Merman, he could no longer continue freezing the lane. The difference between Cardsharp and Merman was as great as a two-story building. However, even if Cardsharp was one or two levels higher than Merman, Cardsharp would still die if he was hit by Merman’s fish. Anyone who thought they could relax in front of Merman just because they had some form of advantage would eventually learn a bloodied lesson.

The cause of this problem originated from Merman’s W that was able to deal damage based on a set percentage of someone’s health. Simultaneously, Merman’s E allowed him to dodge most abilities. Those two traits let Little Merman become an agile champion that could dodge abilities and retaliate at the same time. Furthermore, Merman possessed a long-ranged ultimate that could inflict insanely high damage on his enemies.

On the contrary, Cardsharp’s ultimate was more supportive in nature. Therefore, the champion lacked several hundred points of damage when it came to skirmishing. Before Chen Mu obtained Zhonya’s Hourglass, he could not afford to relax when facing Merman.

Returning to freeze his lane, Cardsharp continued to suppress Merman with his lead. Meanwhile, Little Merman got himself ready to hit the ping button whenever Cardsharp disappeared from his field of vision.

Despite that, Cardsharp chose not to extend at all. As long as Chen Mu did not fly across the river, his opponent would not be able to attack him. They could farm jungle monsters, but they would not dare gank any lanes; they could only farm.

On Liu Fei’s team, the top and bot lane champions moved tentatively in fear. Whenever they saw someone from the enemy team approach, they would immediately retreat out of fear of seeing Cardsharp teleport in front of them. Naturally, they started to balk in terms of CS.

One grand move from Cardsharp had led to his team securing an advantage in all three lanes. Farming for experience had become a luxury to the Chuzhou University students.

To make Liu Fei feel more fearful, Chen Mu had to come up with more ways to target Merman. After all, he would not get any points for killing other champions. Chen Mu wondered if he would trigger any missions if he insulted other people or gave them a little dance. Chen Mu made a mental note in his mind to try doing so next time.

After setting up vision on both sides, Chen Mu started to spam cards at Merman’s face without holding back. As a result, Merman had to choices left—he could either choose to give up CS or be prepared to eat Cardsharp’s array of cards. For the first time ever, Liu Fei regretted so much for having picked a melee champion. Had he known such a thing was going to happen, he would have chosen Clockwork. At least, with Clockwork, he would be able to last hit minions and in the late-game, perhaps cast a good ultimate and turn the tide in his team’s favor. On the other hand, he was now forever stuck in a state of half-health. He was too cowardly to engage whenever he saw the enemy jungler come close. Play his *ss.

While harassing Merman, Chen Mu kept himself busy by thinking like him. If he exchanged positions with Merman who was on the opposite team, what would he do to get out of this cul-de-sac? Despite Cardsharp having frozen the lane in the beginning, how could he solve this problem?

It was known that even if he failed to auto attack a few times, the lane could still push forward if the enemy was a pro player who knew how to manipulate minion waves.

If Liu Fei had been aware of it, what would he have done to exchange positions with Chen Mu. His Merman had been beaten up into a pathetic mudfish who could not one shot the enemy ADC even after utilizing his entire attack combo. If his and Cardsharp’s positions were reversed, his team would have secured a surefire win by now.

Nevertheless, Chen Mu disagreed. If a person had an extremely high understanding of the game, they would be able to come up with a way to break their fall even if the odds were not in their favor.

Even if Merman hugged his turret, did it mean he was safe? Not necessarily. It took only a Gold Card from Cardsharp to bait Merman to use his E while Blind Monk who was camping at the Raptor camp straight away rushed out to his ally’s aid, landing a kick on Merman’s chest and presenting him on a silver platter to Chen Mu.

Chen Mu cast a point-blank Q straight at Merman’s face to cut short the latter’s health bar. Following closely, Blind Monk’s Q came sweeping. Blind Monk rushed over immediately for the second time and dropped Merman to a low health percentage.

Merman utilized his Flash once again and threw his fish behind him; it was a frantic attempt to reduce his enemies’ movement speed so he could escape.