Chapter 104: It Turns Out I Am the True Lucky One

With a thunderous crash, Sun Ce’s ship collided with the binding spell Lin Hao had just unleashed, immediately running aground.

“What?”

Ye Huang was just about to set sail toward the lower lane to stir up some action, or perhaps cruise the river to catch an isolated enemy for a beating.

Yet, not even a quarter into the journey, they had already struck a reef?

In the next moment, Jin Chan emerged from the bushes, swiftly casting his second skill onto the trapped Sun Ce. After returning to base to mock twice, he promptly headed back to mid lane.

“Ye Huang’s anger meter +700.”

“Damn it! How is there a Jin Chan hiding in the bushes here?”

On Ye Huang’s livestream, the camera in the lower left corner showed a moment of utter frustration.

“Hahaha!”

“Binding effect in full swing, family—don’t panic.”

“That Jin Chan is so sneaky, he must have been lying in wait here all along, like waiting for prey to come by.”

“Jin Chan is Hao Ran.”

“Hey Ye Bao, don’t get mad. Jin Chan naturally counters Sun Ce. There’ll be even more infuriating stuff coming up, hahaha!”

Lin Hao harvested a wave of anger points, nodding in satisfaction.

Indeed, encountering Jin Chan when setting sail was enough to make anyone’s nose wrinkle in irritation!

However, Lin Hao’s decision to forgo supporting the lower lane gave the enemy’s Huo Wu an opportunity to strike there.

With Yu Ji’s assistance, Huo Wu flashed in and dove under the tower to kick Sun Shangxiang.

Dai Zi reacted quickly, cleansing and using his first skill to reposition.

But Yu Ji and Liu Chan followed the dive, providing control and damage.

Zhong Kui stayed close to Sun Shangxiang, but his hook was still on cooldown and he was powerless to intervene.

In the end, Sun Shangxiang was killed under tower pressure, while Zhong Kui secured Huo Wu’s kill.

It was an even exchange.

But for Sun Shangxiang, it was a bitter pill to swallow.

“Hao Ran, come to me! The enemy’s Huo Wu is going wild!” Dai Zi complained.

Lin Hao felt helpless; he had informed Dai Zi, but with Huo Wu’s flash, a dive under tower was impossible to stop.

“All right, I’m coming to assist now,” Lin Hao hurriedly replied.

Yet the game pressed on. When Sun Ce set sail once more, he was caught again in Lin Hao’s binding spell.

Dai Zi helplessly watched the river near mid lane.

Well, blocking Sun Ce’s ship wasn’t a bad strategy. If Ye Huang really cranked up the speed to rush the bottom lane, he might just break the Sun Shangxiang and Zhong Kui combo.

The game continued, and the advantage at the bottom lane slowly grew.

Dai Zi’s Sun Shangxiang outplayed the opposing Yu Ji in terms of skill.

Meanwhile, on Ye Huang’s livestream:

This was already his third attempt to traverse the river, only to be caught by Jin Chan’s first skill.

Ye Huang could no longer bear it.

“This Jin Chan is toxic! How do I always run into him in the river?”

He vaguely sensed targeted harassment from Jin Chan.

This was a streamer’s intuition.

Sometimes, Ye Huang was recognized by enemy fans and would get “special treatment.”

But this Jin Chan, according to the chat, seemed to be a streamer from Shark’s channel?

So this was surely not fan-related harassment.

“There have been several chances to open fights at the bottom lane. If I just sail through, dive under tower and kill, we could open up the bottom lane situation!” Ye Huang fumed. “But every time, this Jin Chan blocks me!”

“Worse still, that damn bald guy keeps taunting me!”

“Ye Ge really can’t play this game anymore!”

Ye Huang’s moments of frustration became a form of entertainment for his followers.

“Ye Ge says he wants to switch to Genshin Impact.”

“Hey, King of Glory designers! Can you see this? Sun Ce needs a buff!”

“This is ridiculous! Haha, but why am I laughing so hard?”

“By the way, where does the opposing monk stream? I want to see Ye Ge getting bullied from his perspective.”

“Just search Shark for Hao Ran. Many streamers have suffered under him.”

Another round of free promotion and traffic.

After ten minutes of gameplay, Lin Hao’s stream had drawn about 2.4 million viewers.

That viewership was extremely competitive in Shark’s King of Glory segment, even in prime time.

“Actually, Jin Chan isn’t necessarily stronger than Xi Shi when it comes to pure lane harassment. Xi Shi provides real crowd control, while Jin Chan only restricts movement. Against enemy marksmen, a well-placed hook from Xi Shi can be far more brutal.”

“But Jin Chan’s strength lies in stable control and damage from his ultimate. I recommend that Jin Chan look for opportunities in the side lanes early on. If the enemy side lanes have heroes like Guan Yu, Ma Chao, or Yuan Ge, being caught by Jin Chan is truly miserable.”

“Sun Ce is the same. It’s been twelve minutes, and the bottom lane is now even. That’s largely because Sun Ce couldn’t arrive in time to create pressure.”

“So limiting Sun Ce is basically helping the bottom lane.”

With Lin Hao’s farming route improving, the situation turned decisively in his favor.

Several team fights followed, all won by his side.

The enemy defended their high ground well, with Sun Ce’s initiations and Huo Wu’s flashes causing some trouble.

The match ended around the fifteen-minute mark with the destruction of the enemy’s crystal.

“Easy victory!”

After this match, Lin Hao’s peak rank points hit exactly 2,500, placing him sixth nationwide.

From this moment, the name Shared Heartbeat finally appeared on the peak leaderboard.

***

That evening, after ending the stream, Lin Hao prepared for a raffle.

Tonight’s gains were decent; reaching the top ten on this account increased his chances of encountering other streamers.

However, many were skill-based streamers with modest popularity, so the system’s anger-point bonus wasn’t particularly high.

“Starting the draw!”

At Lin Hao’s command, the system initiated the raffle.

As usual, each attempt cost 160 anger points, but the odds of winning were slim. After spending 10,000 anger points without a single prize, Lin Hao sighed.

“I should have saved them up.”

Honestly, it was more practical to exchange for skill points.

Just as Lin Hao resigned himself to losing all his anger points, a flash of golden light streaked past.

“Whoa! A golden legend!”

Lin Hao exclaimed in surprise.

Retracting his earlier doubts, he realized he was truly lucky!

Simultaneously, the system chimed: “Congratulations, host has received a Seer-level prediction skill point!”