Chapter 133: To Think It Was Exchanged for a Golden Body!

"Quick, quick, quick! Use the Interference! I'm tanking the tower!" Yifan shouted, his voice laced with urgency.

However, Sun Bin had just been knocked airborne by Zhang Fei’s ultimate. He couldn't trigger the Interference in time, and all he could do was watch as Yifan’s Old Master was shredded by the defense tower, losing over half his health in a single second.

At the same time, the enemy reinforcements arrived in a flash. The only reason Yifan had dared to initiate and bind someone was that the enemy was spread thin, busy clearing waves in the top and mid lanes. But by the time they finished clearing and arrived, they saw Yifan dancing around Zhang Fei alone, only to be struck by the golden radiance of the tower.

The moment Yifan spotted Marco Polo, his eyes lit up. He calculated the balance of power in an instant. Under normal circumstances, if both players had their summoner spells up, Old Master wouldn't necessarily have the advantage against Marco Polo. But right now, Old Master bore no marks of Marco Polo’s true damage—not a single stack. Furthermore, having been hammering Zhang Fei, Old Master was currently in his "Red Rage" state. For the next five seconds, provided there wasn't an overwhelming amount of crowd control, he could theoretically spam his second skill indefinitely to soak up damage.

Yifan made a decisive move, flashing forward to bind Weiliang. It was an incredibly aggressive, perhaps even reckless, play. The tension of this pivotal team fight—the one that would decide the match and secure the top spot on the leaderboard—had clouded his judgment.

The reality, however, was that while Yifan had calculated the distance perfectly, Weiliang still had his Purification ready. Just like in the dragon pit skirmish, Weiliang proved his mettle; with lightning-fast reflexes, he used a predictive Purification to dodge Old Master’s blink-ultimate.

Weiliang had been using his second skill to close the gap, but he quickly opted to fire his first skill at point-blank range while rapidly retreating. Yifan missed his flash-ultimate, but he continued to operate, bobbing his head to dodge the majority of the bullets. Old Master’s speed was no match for Weiliang’s.

On the other side, Ying Zheng, Ma Chao, and Li Bai arrived one after another, reacting immediately. Li Bai dashed in with two segments of his first skill to reach Yifan. Knowing Old Master lacked his ultimate, Xiaojin was fearless, standing his ground and trading auto-attacks to build up his own ultimate. Ying Zheng opened his arms, preparing to unleash his barrage—he just needed a moment for his "Thunderbolt Fighter" to be ready. Ma Chao also drew his spear, preparing to strike Yifan down.

At this point, there was no sense in trying to dive the backline. Although Zhang Fei’s ultimate had hit three people, Old Master was clearly isolated, having dived deep into the high-ground tower and near the crystal. He had to be dealt with first. If the enemy team forced the team fight now, it would be a tower-dive engagement; if they retreated toward their fountain while fighting, the opponents wouldn't be able to handle it. Xiaojin’s plan was sound. After charging his ultimate, even though Yifan’s health hadn't dropped much under Li Bai’s relentless scraping, he was brimming with confidence that they would win the fight.

Elsewhere, Weiliang was also forced into a melee brawl with Yifan, ready to unleash his ultimate at any moment.

"Sacrifice me, sacrifice me!" Yifan called out while assessing the situation.

Lin Hao didn't have his mic on, but if he did, he would have agreed: Yifan definitely had to be sacrificed. However, his teammates, having recovered from the stun of Zhang Fei’s shockwave, resolutely followed up, intent on forcing the team fight.

Sun Bin and the others had been blown to the edge of the high-ground tower. Sun Bin cast a speed-up and immediately triggered the Interference. The marksman, Sun Shangxiang, began dismantling the tower instantly. Zhou Yu was even more aggressive; fueled by Sun Bin’s speed boost, he flashed to catch up to Old Master, dropped his second skill at his feet, and then activated his first, unleashing a firestorm! He was setting the enemy base ablaze!

Ma Chao quickly locked onto Zhou Yu, bypassing Old Master to charge at him. Lin Hao watched this and realized the fight had to happen. He glanced at the minion waves in all three lanes. Excellent—all three waves had been pushed before the assault. This meant that even if Lin Hao’s team were wiped out, the worst that would happen was losing vision of the dragon pit or giving up the Dark Tyrant or the Overlord; the defense towers would remain largely intact.

With no further concerns, he committed.

Facing Ma Chao’s charge, Lin Hao anticipated the movement, placing his first skill near Zhou Yu before using his ultimate to fly toward it. The prediction was precise. Luna closed in on Ma Chao, who immediately pulled back. Lin Hao didn't use his second skill; instead, after resetting his third skill, he used Ma Chao as a stepping stone to fly into the heart of the team fight where Old Master was.

At that moment, Lin Hao saw that the fresh wave of enemy minions had been gathered together by Old Master! As Lin Hao dove in, Marco Polo unleashed his ultimate, the "Invincible Whirlwind." With two rapid spins, even with the remaining duration of his "Sky Dome" active, Old Master couldn't withstand the explosive damage of Marco Polo’s true damage and fell. Behind him, Ying Zheng was silently raining arrows down.

Facing such concentrated burst damage, even a dog would know to retreat. But Lin Hao dove in without hesitation, his health plummeting to below one-third! With lightning-fast hands, he triggered his second skill!

Luna plunged her blade into the earth and pulled!

The effect was devastating. The newly arrived side-lane minions, the cannon minion from the mid-lane, the charging Ma Chao, the spinning Luna, and Ying Zheng—who had been happily sweeping away at point-blank range—were all yanked into a single pile!

For a split second, the screen went silent.

In that instant, Lin Hao pulled away with his ultimate! He landed one auto-attack, and his first skill—used earlier to support Zhou Yu—was back up. He immediately cast it again, then used his ultimate to dash right back into the fray!

Then came the most crucial maneuver. Lin Hao continued his assault, pulling out with his third skill, but there were almost no marks left on the field to refresh his ultimate! Or rather, the only mark left was on Ma Chao, who had been caught by the second skill and hit by the returning first skill, and was now scrambling to escape to the side!

Lin Hao didn't fly to that mark. Instead, he dashed directly toward the enemy crystal!

This...

In that moment, the audience, stunned by Lin Hao’s maneuvers, fell silent. The next second, Marco Polo cast his second skill to retreat, but Luna passed right through him, flying straight into the enemy fountain!

Weiliang’s Marco Polo saw his health bar vanish and fell!

"Holy cow, that prediction!"

The kill on Marco Polo, achieved by breaking the ultimate chain, was all down to that prediction. It was decisive! As the audience came to their senses and prepared to flood the chat, a golden light erupted from Luna!

Lin Hao had swapped to his "Golden Body" (Immunity)! His hand speed was at an unimaginable level!