Chapter 24: A flick of the wrist, the dog's head severed!

Chapter 24: A Flick of the Wrist, The Dog’s Head Severed!

Of course, it is difficult to expect a player at the Iron rank to perform calmly during a three-on-one dive.

Cheng Xian’s so-called "maneuvers" were nothing more than face-rolling the keyboard. A chaotic, mindless mash of keys and frantic mouse clicks. Yet, as the fight dragged on, Cheng Xian suddenly noticed something peculiar. The opponents’ health bars were mysteriously dwindling, while his own health always seemed to hover at a level that looked precarious, yet somehow recovered just enough with a single heal.

Before long, Karma, who had been tanking the tower first, saw her health bottom out and immediately flashed away to escape.

Want to run? Even if she tried, she couldn’t get away.

"It seems that Shaqima didn't choose to run this time because he had the confidence of a guaranteed kill! He has interpreted what it means to fight with one's back against the wall through his sheer composure!" Tong Xi praised incessantly.

"Get lost!"

Honestly, with that tiny sliver of health left, anyone could have finished her off with a single auto-attack. Looking back, it was already too late.

He was met with the middle fingers of his entire team and a chorus of synchronized responses. Once the deed was done, he just chopped them all down.

"Don't snatch my Xian-bao! /Crying, don't snatch my Xian-bao! /Crying! Even though I'm a guy, I will never allow those wicked women to take my Xian-bao away /Silly-grin /Silly-grin."

Next, the Viego, already at half health, took a shot from the defensive tower and was instantly reduced to a sliver. Suddenly, Darius pulled off an unexpected, sharp movement, feinting a retreat.

The Viego, having just recovered from his stun, attempted to engage, but was caught and interrupted on the spot by Darius’s E ability.

His confusing triple-kill maneuver hadn't attracted female fans, but instead triggered a wave of "bro-love" subculture among the viewers.

Only by unleashing a full burst of damage, combined with the chip damage from Karma and Ziggs, could they have possibly burst down Darius and allowed all three to escape the tower.

TRIPLE KILL!!!

Huh?

Facing the adulation of his teammates, Cheng Xian reached up and wiped his face. "What’s wrong? Is there something on my face?"

Ziggs face-rolled his keyboard, bombarding with his QWER combo, instantly shaving off three-quarters of Darius’s health, leaving only a thread.

He had managed to tank Karma’s attack just in time. A single life-saving heal pulled Darius back from the brink of death.

*Snap!*

"Do you know what this feels like to me? It’s as if every single movement, pause, stutter-step, and harvest he made was meticulously calculated, leaving no room for error. How can someone be so perfect?" Tong Xi’s eyes sparkled with genuine admiration.

"Where are the people who were flaming my Xian-bao at the start? Why don't you crawl out and apologize?"

To be fair, Karsa’s charge wasn't technically wrong. When Darius had just walked into Viego’s attack range, Karsa had already raised his longsword. But Darius, as if wound up like a spring, instantly twisted and turned back.

Why was this guy able to dodge even basic attacks? And he didn't just dodge once; after twisting around, he moved right back into Ziggs’s attack range. Looking at the overall scene, the members of TES looked like they had been drinking fake liquor, chasing after Darius’s tail, stopping and going.

At this moment, the director had fully switched to the game feed.

Control chain broken!

Meanwhile, Darius unleashed a flowing AWQA burst on Karma.

She never thought such a perfect professional player could exist. Finally, when the three of them adjusted their positions, forcing Darius into a dead end—trapped, squeezed, and surrounded—Darius still had that tiny sliver of health left.

It was simply preposterous!

Just as Viego’s R ability, Heartbreaker, was about to land, and his character model leaped forward, Darius, having recovered from the crowd control, reacted with incredible speed, stepping straight toward Viego.

This single step moved him out of the range of Viego’s R.

Undoubtedly, this provided the highlight reel for Darius’s triple kill!

As the clip played, the live stream chat was filled with astonished discussion.

"Yes, almost every single move he made had to be perfect, otherwise he would have died. And yet, Shaqima really demonstrated to us what absolute zero-error play looks like," Tong Xi said, her eyes glistening.

Viego had no choice but to bite the bullet and dive in. Cheng Xian sighed inwardly.

Darius suddenly began circling the tower in an erratic pattern. The idea was sound, but it invited a massive wave of "bro-love" memes.

Die together there.

This was a rare sight for the entire Summer Split.

"I’m on my knees... too strong..."

"Still calling him 'Bao'? Do I even need to say what rank he deserves now?"

"When Mazi-ge was playing recently, I noticed people in the chat acting crazy. At first, I thought everyone was just joking about the homoerotic subculture—it's abnormal, but understandable. But seeing the screen full of 'Xian-bao' now, I’m starting to get scared... I’m afraid you all will steal my Xian-bao /shy /shy."

JackeyLove was mashing his mouse so hard it was about to break, yet he couldn't get his auto-attack off, shouting in anger, "Is this really the LPL of the last two years, where operations are supreme and team fights are played with such hesitation?" a viewer lamented.

He only knew he had sneezed two or three times in a row just now.

This was the scene that drove the casters and the audience wild.

Ziggs and Karma had no follow-up damage left, and Darius was still sitting at over half health.

"Phew, even though I know how it happened, watching the replay still feels incredibly shocking. There are just too many details; if he had missed a single one, he would have dropped dead," Guan Zeyuan let out a long breath, deeply moved.

It left Viego’s raised sword unable to land.

Stutter-step!

With a sudden lunge, he leaped high into the air, the crimson axe in his hands descending with the force of a collapsing sky, swift and thunderous.

He tried hard to recall.

Another one cleaved to death.

It wasn't hard, right? Who doesn't know how to press R? It’s not like I’m disabled.

What move did I just pull off?

Meanwhile, the live chat had completely exploded.

Among the casters, Tong Xi had a relatively high rank; she had once reached Master tier in solo queue. However, she knew that if she were in that situation, forget a triple kill—she would have been gone.

"I can't get my auto-attack off!!!"

The replay finally arrived.

Viego finally landed his attack.

The professional players this year didn't seem very capable; they could win even by mashing the keyboard.

Hm, the fight was too intense, he was sweating a bit.

He saw Darius, now free from control, react with impossible speed, stepping straight toward Viego.

He put on a textbook performance—how to dodge an auto-attack.

Cheng Xian breathed a sigh of relief.

If he hadn't charged, Karma and Ziggs would never have been able to get out. But when he looked at his teammates, he found them staring at him as if they had seen a ghost.

666 was spammed layer after layer.

Xun’s eyes nearly popped out. "What the hell??!! Was that move actually performed by a human?"

The slower the playback, the more he felt the calm composure of this player named Shaqima.

He was just about to throw it.

At the caster desk, Guan Zeyuan was so excited he nearly stood up.

"Damn, Brother Xian is brave! Truly brave!"

By the time Karma finally managed to land an auto-attack on Darius, even after Viego finished his combo, combined with the chip damage from Ziggs and Karma...

Eh? Why is this Viego at low health too?

What happened?

Whatever, forget it.

These days, the truth is rarely believed.

Darius one-versus-three under the tower, killing all three.

Instant execution!

Finally, only Ziggs was left.

He didn't know who was spreading rumors about him.

With a Decimate, he dedicated it to the TES players who were also pressed against the wall, unable to breathe or move.

Ziggs had already tossed his little bomb.

"Isn't this just something you do with your hands?" Cheng Xian replied with a completely serious expression.

It felt like the lead actress in a certain island nation’s adult film—once she’s fully dressed, you wouldn't even recognize who she is.

"Wuwuwu, I'm sorry, Xian-bao."

Only the lonely little Ziggs remained, and after taking a super-powered shot from the defensive tower—which had stacked its damage N times—he too was cut down by the Noxian guillotine.

Chopped them all up together.

Of course, Cheng Xian, who was still fully focused on the match, could never have imagined this.

"Triple kill! Shaqima has completed an epic counter-kill show! With the help of the defensive tower and his own flawless, drip-tight mechanics! He has put on a shocking performance for us! This player, Shaqima, truly defines for us what it means to be calm under pressure!!!"

You guys... you three, you’re just here to give out gifts, aren't you?

Ten minutes in, and he had given them three highlight reels? And all from the same player.

"Xian, my tough guy!"

Cheng Xian remembered he hadn't done anything special; he was just fighting, and suddenly he realized those people were mysteriously at low health.

A flick of the wrist, the dog’s head severed!

Sigh.

"This guy is so strong! It makes me feel sick!"

Darius’s Q ability cooldown finally finished.

Of course, Cheng Xian didn't know any of this.

Karsa’s Viego also held a charged attack and lunged forward.

Just as he wanted to use Flash to escape, he was chased down by Darius and chopped to death.

But Karsa really hadn't expected Darius’s movement...

"This one in front is even more of a heavyweight."

*Snap!*

"Xian-jiang, Mommy loves you! If I donate to be the top fan on your stream, can I get your WeChat?"

But she asked herself, if it were her, forget the triple kill.

The solemn female voice echoed through Summoner’s Rift.

Karma had delicate skin and tender flesh; she couldn't withstand the tower shooting that terrifying stuff over and over.

"That series of moves just now—that's a lock for the Top 1 of the season!"

"Shine!!"

Cheng Xian looked confused.

Chopped to death.

It wasn't until today that he saw Shaqima’s debut.

Combined with the tower, he instantly reduced Karma to low health and took a little "sip" of healing himself.

He looked over and found them staring at him as if he were a ghost.

Yo, you’re at low health too, kid?

That’s good business.

First, ask if the guillotine in the hands of this great Noxian officer agrees.

In the 0.5x speed replay, one could clearly see that the moment Karma’s Spirit Tether restrained Darius and she began tanking the tower...

Darius relied on his shallow lifesteal to raise his health bar by just a tiny, tiny bit.

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Brothers, there’s nothing left to say.

Break to build.

EDG, charge for me!

(End of chapter)