Chapter 121: Against All Odds on a Lone Steed

At the edge of the field of vision, Guan Yu’s silhouette emerged from the opposite red buff zone!

At almost the same moment, Yuan Ge in the top lane sent out a signal!

But it was already too late!

The team fight had reached such a point that there was no longer any way to retreat. From the moment Lin Hao entered the red zone, the skirmish in the bottom lane had already ignited. Lin Hao had been using a three-finger control setup throughout the process, monitoring the front line while his mind calculated the perfect timing and entry point for his strike.

As for Guan Yu’s roaming, there was no need to watch. With the skill set of a top-tier national server Guan Yu, his grasp of fundamentals and map awareness were already second nature. Combined with his "x-ray" level of awareness, Lin Hao could have navigated the map without even looking at his screen; he could have pushed a buff all the way to the enemy fountain blindfolded without a single issue.

Upon arriving at the scene, Lin Hao charged directly toward Nakoruru’s position.

His first priority was to peel for his teammates. Mozi’s crowd control was simply too oppressive, and because it was close-range, even Nakoruru, despite wearing Resistance Boots, couldn’t escape immediately. Meanwhile, Pei Qinhu was relentlessly unleashing damage upon her.

Under these circumstances, using his ultimate to charge in would have been imposing, but it wouldn't have provided the immediate fire-breaking support that his second skill offered. Therefore, Lin Hao tapped the second skill. Guan Yu leaped into the air and brought his blade down with a heavy stomp.

Mozi and Pei Qinhu were instantly knocked aside!

Just then, the slowest member of Lin Hao’s team, Kongming (Mai Shiranui), finally arrived. She entered with an ultimate-flicker combo, perfectly coordinating with Lin Hao to knock up both Mozi and Pei Qinhu.

Attentive viewers noticed that as Lin Hao initiated his second skill, he had already triggered his ultimate while still in mid-air. Upon landing, Guan Yu sprinted for two steps and immediately entered his galloping state!

By then, Kongming had already unleashed her combo, following up her enhanced basic attack with her first skill to send Pei Qinhu and Mozi flying into the air. Lin Hao swiped his control wheel, rotating it 180 degrees, and unleashed a sweeping slash!

*Slash!*

Pei Qinhu was cleaved to death instantly! Mozi was left with only a sliver of health.

Lin Hao then wheeled his horse around and charged toward Li Yuanfang. The latter, having exhausted all his skills earlier, now possessed no mobility. Despite having a third of his health left, he became a lamb waiting for slaughter before Lin Hao’s Guan Yu. With two effortless pushes, Lin Hao secured the kill on Li Yuanfang.

The remaining Niu Mo fled with low health. Lin Hao gave chase for a moment but realized he couldn't catch him, so he let it go. On the other side, Kongming landed a precise second skill, catching Mozi during his recovery animation, and finished him off with a single fan.

A complete victory!

However, while the fierce team fight was raging, Yuan Ge in the top lane had quietly pushed the minion wave into the defensive tower. Once the minions reached the tower, Yuan Ge’s vision vanished from the top lane.

This movement was detected by the hyper-aware Lin Hao, who, even in the heat of battle, had kept a fraction of his focus on Yuan Ge. On the mini-map, the teleportation circle had already lit up while he was cleaving Pei Qinhu. Since voice chat was off, Lin Hao could only mark the river area for his teammates before racing toward it.

At the edge of his vision, Yuan Ge suddenly closed in, his puppet instantly getting within range of Kongming. He intended to quickly retract the puppet to trigger his third-skill cross-slash, aiming to delete the injured Kongming in an instant!

Any veteran Yuan Ge player knew that Kongming usually built Resistance Boots and possessed high burst and CC; to solo-kill her, one had to catch her off guard with a 1-4-3-1-3 combo before she could react.

Lin Hao’s Kongming had no skills available, and her enhanced basic attack was on cooldown. In her desperation, she could only fire off her second skill. But no matter how absurd Kongming's damage was, a single fan couldn't one-shot a puppet!

Just then, Guan Yu’s figure appeared, and he unleashed a slash!

The angle was perfect—a forward leap that struck the puppet, dealing both waves of damage to it, while the tip of the blade clipped Yuan Ge’s main body.

*Slash!* The puppet was destroyed instantly!

"Rage points from Yuan Ge player +500."

This was a veteran Yuan Ge player; he didn't break down entirely over a lost puppet—he had seen it all before. But how could this Guan Yu be so precise? He had struck exactly at the right moment, leaving no time to retract the puppet.

The play was absolute perfection. Had he successfully retracted the puppet, the outcome would have been different: Kongming would have been knocked up, the cross-slash would have secured the kill, and he could have escaped. Guan Yu’s ultimate would have expired, and he wouldn't have dared to chase deep.

Instead, the reality was that he was now forced to stand still for two seconds. For a Yuan Ge in this position, that was fatal.

Lin Hao continued to move, circling Yuan Ge. Kongming walked over, timing her fan throw to the final moment of Yuan Ge’s stun. Two seconds later, Yuan Ge regained control and fired off his cross-slash as a prediction.

Lin Hao sidestepped it!

Yuan Ge hurriedly pressed his fourth skill, but Lin Hao was already closing in. Seeing this, he smiled slightly: "I was just waiting for you to use your ultimate."

With an effortless first-skill spinning slash, he claimed the head of the Yuan Ge who had emerged from the void.

Following this team fight, the enemy team was wiped out, save for the low-health Niu Mo. Lin Hao’s team had only lost Li Yuanfang. Nakoruru’s health bar was nearly invisible, but she remained standing, and Su Lie had been revived by his passive.

A one-for-five trade—a massive profit!

In Lin Hao’s livestream, the viewers flooded the chat with "666."

"That entry was fierce!"
"An instant shift in the team fight!"
"When Lin Hao was using the three-finger view on the front line, I also saw a detailed kill on Di Renjie by Han Lao-Er. Seeing masters clash is truly a treat."

In such a time-sensitive team fight, Lin Hao had no time to recall or send apologies; playing Guan Yu required constant movement and execution. Yet, after this fight, Lin Hao had harvested a huge amount of rage points. With the strength of a single rider, he had turned the entire tide of the battle.

...

In Han Han’s livestream:

"Damn it! That Guan Yu ran all the way from the top lane—he was practically in your face for so long, and you only tell us now?" Han Han was visibly frustrated. If they had lost the team fight naturally, it would have been one thing, but they were about to kill Nakoruru and win the fight when Guan Yu suddenly appeared and reversed everything.

And it all started because the top lane hadn't given a signal.

He then watched as Yuan Ge’s puppet was destroyed, Yuan Ge gave up another kill, and the team was wiped out.

"Brother, are you a paid actor?" Han Han demanded.