Chapter 64 I Hope You Honor Our Bet

Back-to-back solo kills turned the camera's focus entirely to the top lane.

At the nine-minute mark, Twisted Fate completed his first item, Blade of the Ruined King. Only then did everyone realize it was an AD Twisted Fate build!

Lin Feng saw Twisted Fate's items as well, and his heart skipped a beat, suddenly overwhelmed by a wave of unease.

"Focus on steady farming for now; I'll find a breakthrough in the other lanes!"

……

The game continued. Calculating the time in his head, Lin Bai suddenly activated his ultimate for no apparent reason.

Twisted Fate's ultimate grants global vision. The audience was baffled, unable to figure out why Lin Bai had suddenly used his ultimate. Had he misclicked?

The next second, Lin Bai proved his intentions with actions.

The very second his ultimate went off, lurking in the bot lane river brush, the enemy Fiddlesticks and Nocturne were both revealed.

Fiddlesticks and Nocturne both popped their ultimates, but unfortunately, Twisted Fate's ultimate had provided vision in advance. Forewarned, Xu Youmeng, Luo Jian, and Xu Qiao decisively retreated toward the safety of their turret, while Li Yu started moving down toward the bot lane. A team fight was on the verge of breaking out.

As Nocturne's ultimate ended, the four members of the Canglong Team converged, attempting a dive to slaughter Xu Youmeng and Luo Jian under the turret.

At the critical moment, Li Yu's ultimate crashed down, not only successfully repelling the Canglong Team's assault, but also claiming Nocturne's life on the spot.

Hiss—

"That was too aggressive..."

"What the hell! Olaf got solo killed again! This guy is match-fixing!"

While the team fight erupted in the bot lane, the top-lane Olaf was solo killed for the third time, and his dwindling health turret was smoothly claimed by Twisted Fate.

Twisted Fate was snowballing hard. Watching Twisted Fate hold two and a half items in under fifteen minutes, Lin Feng's face turned ashen.

"Everyone, converge on the top lane! Shut down Twisted Fate's scaling!"

"Understood!"

While Lin Feng was dispatching his troops, Lin Bai issued his own command: "Xiaomeng, Luo Jian, head up toward the top lane."

"Got it!"

Twisted Fate appeared in the top lane pushing the minion wave when suddenly, darkness fell! Nocturne activated his ultimate once more!

"Ignore me! Stay under the turret!" Lin Bai shouted firmly.

Then, Lin Bai triggered his ultimate, teleporting away from the spot and causing Nocturne's ultimate to miss completely.

Bang!

"Dammit!"

Lin Feng slammed his fist onto the table, burning with rage.

As the darkness lifted, the members of the Canglong Team watched as Twisted Fate appeared in the mid-lane, frantically destroying the turret alongside Galio. Soon, the mid-lane outer turret crumbled.

"Damn it! So annoying!"

"Hahaha, nice! Well played, Brother Bai!"

After taking down the mid-lane outer turret, taking advantage of the Canglong Team's four-man rotation back to defend mid, Lin Bai decisively used Teleport to the bot lane, stripping away their outer turret as well.

Because Twisted Fate had gone for a physical damage build, his turret-pushing speed was frighteningly fast.

"What the hell! This was clearly an attack initiated by the Canglong Team, how did they end up losing two turrets of their own?"

At this moment, Lin Feng finally understood the true purpose of Lin Bai locking in Twisted Fate.

From then on, having lost three outer turrets, the Canglong Team's vision was infinitely restricted. Coupled with the top-laner Olaf suffering three solo kills and mentally collapsing, they threw several crucial team fights in a row.

Ultimately, when the clock hit the 21-minute mark, all three inhibitor lanes of the Canglong Team were breached. A massive horde of super minions marched forward, and Lin Bai led his teammates to effortlessly secure Baron Nashor, closing out the match in the final push.

"Woohoo! We won!" Luo Jian and Xu Qiao jumped up in excitement, cheering loudly.

Lin Bai and Li Yu bumped fists and exchanged a smile.

Xu Youmeng let out a long breath, feeling significantly lighter.

"Do you even know how to play, dammit? Is staying alive really that hard? Fuck your mother!"

On the opposing side, Lin Feng kicked his chair away, pointing at his top-laner and screaming curses, completely unconcerned with saving face.

The top-laner lowered his head, his fists clenched tightly together.

"Damn it, we specifically picked a counter-matchup for you, and you still got solo killed three times! How do you justify this to us?"

"Fuck!"

Furious, Lin Feng kicked his chair, turned around, and stormed out to smoke a cigarette.

Ten minutes later, the second game commenced.

The details of the match need not be repeated. Lin Bai's Twisted Fate was banned, leaving Li Yu's signature Yone open, which they decisively secured.

Lin Bai picked top-lane Jax, executing their classic 1-3-1 split-push strategy as always.

bolstered by Lin Bai and Li Yu's overwhelming individual prowess, the Canglong Team completely surrendered lane priority in both top and mid. The loss of lane priority inevitably signaled the plundering of their jungle.

The butterfly effect spun completely out of control. Game two ended in an even more thorough defeat than game one; in a mere sixteen minutes, the Changying Team flattened the Canglong Team's Nexus.

"Damn it! A bunch of trash! Useless trash!"

Lin Feng was practically driven mad with fury, screaming curses at the top of his lungs.

In stark contrast, on Lin Bai's side:

"There's one last game left, let's push through!"

The five of them bumped fists together, their fighting spirit soaring.

Since it was a best-of-five series, Lin Bai and his team needed to win three games.

In the third game, the Canglong Team, whose mentality had already suffered severe damage, completely crumbled without the ability to put up a fight. Their base was flattened by the Changying Team in just thirteen minutes.

The match concluded with a score of 3:0.

"Woohoo—we won! We won, we won, we won, hahaha..."

Xu Qiao, Luo Jian, and Li Yu cheered in ecstasy, and even Xu Youmeng's face was lit up with joy.

Nearby, Chen Zhang and the other two had somehow managed to procure a banner, displaying six bold characters:

"Changying Team is invincible!"

Lin Bai shook his head wordlessly, maintaining a calm demeanor. He got up, walked over to Lin Feng on the opposing side, and patted him on the shoulder.

"Matches still rely on raw skill; underhanded tricks are never a long-term solution. Did you really think buying off some guy named Fang Dawei would give you peace of mind?"

"I expect you to honor your bet."

Lin Feng didn't reply, nor did he even turn his head. He stared blankly at the computer screen, which still displayed the word "DEFEAT."

Without further ado, Lin Bai turned around, walked up to Zhan Dajun, and held out his hand.

"Money."

Zhan Dajun glanced at Lin Feng, hesitated for a moment, and under the scrutiny of the surrounding gazes, ultimately handed a total of fifty thousand yuan over to Lin Bai.

Lin Bai weighed the cash in his hand before tossing it to Li Yu behind him.

"Split it up. Ten thousand per person. Tonight, my ten thousand will treat everyone to a huge feast!"

"Woohoo!—Brother Bai is mighty! Brother Bai is a legend!"

Amidst the jubilant uproar, Luo Jian and Xu Qiao both lunged at Li Yu to claim their respective shares.

They were all college students, and ten thousand yuan was a genuinely large sum.

"What about us, what about us! We contributed too! You can't leave us out of the dinner!"

Chen Zhang and the other two rushed over as well, and Lin Bai certainly wasn't going to forget them.

"Everyone gets a share, everyone gets a share! We're all dining together tonight!"

"Haha, awesome! Brother Bai rocks!"

[Beep! Congratulations, Host! Main quest 'Gain Xu Youmeng's Affection' completed! Quest reward: 5000 points, now applied.]

As everyone cheered, the system's voice echoed in Lin Bai's mind.

Lin Bai paused for a fraction of a second, then turned his gaze toward Xu Youmeng.

Their eyes met, and Xu Youmeng quickly looked away, reverting to her usual icy demeanor.

"Ahem."

Lin Bai smiled silently, understanding everything in his heart.

He had done so much previously without managing to win Xu Youmeng's affection, but winning the match had finally cleared the quest. He could only say it hadn't been easy!

The group swarmed around Lin Bai as they left the internet cafe, and the audience had mostly cleared out as well.

Back at the Canglong Team's station, Lin Feng was still slumped in his chair, his chest heaving slightly.

"Captain..."

A teammate stepped forward, speaking with extreme caution.