Chapter 141: Severed Completely, Hahaha

Although Luna looked like a descending deity in the front lines, Xishi currently had all her skills on cooldown. Following Yang Yuhuan's ultimate, the health bars of Pei Captive and the others were instantly restored to their peak. It seemed the outcome of this team fight was still hard to predict. At this moment, Lin Hao's involvement became crucial. Because his defensive tower had been destroyed, Li Yuanfang could only take the path through the blue buff jungle if he wanted to come and support, meaning he wouldn't arrive in the short term. Shoyue entering the fray right now could undoubtedly tilt the balance of victory. Yet, Lin Hao simply sat down right where he was. What was this... The next moment, a scene that caused the live stream viewers' blood pressure to spike occurred. Shoyue actually sat down right in the middle of the team fight to open his sniper rifle! I believe every Honor of Kings player, upon seeing their teammate Shoyue do such a thing, would have an urge to let out a stream of curses. Just standing in the back lining up shots during a team fight—a team fight often gets lost just like that! "Go up and use basic attacks!" "Can you stop aiming!" "The streamer has sat down and started trolling!" The barrage was flooded with phrases like these. Lin Hao didn't have time to look at the barrage right now; otherwise, he definitely would have retorted: Those are the toxic Shoyues! When Lin Hao's second skill began to target, within his wide-angle vision, the movement trajectories of the enemies and the positions they might appear in next were continuously analyzed and spinning in his mind. Through Eastern Emperor, Luna rushed in front of Pei Captive and engaged him in close combat. Throughout the entire process, Pei Captive's damage output had virtually no weak points, and his human-form attacks still hurt tremendously in the early game. If he wasn't dealt with first, no matter how flashy Beimu's Luna was, she would still take a significant amount of damage from Pei Captive in human form. Pei Captive wasn't intimidated at all, with Yang Yuhuan by his side supplementing his damage, and his health state was quite similar to Luna's. Lin Hao watched as Beimu's Luna wove around Pei Captive and Yang Yuhuan, executing her mechanics to the absolute limit, actually fighting two against one! The health bars of both sides were plummeting rapidly! When Luna was left with only a quarter of her health, Pei Captive was also down to a quarter! Pei Captive transformed into tiger form, his cooldowns refreshed, preparing to unleash a burst combo to instantly obliterate Luna! Meanwhile, Luna's chain of dashes was reaching the point where she needed to fly away from Pei Captive. Right at that moment, a "bang" echoed without any warning. Lin Hao, who had been aiming from the side for three or four seconds, finally fired this shot unhurriedly. "You have slain an enemy!" Pei Captive's head was directly collected! This play essentially saved Luna, because Pei Captive's instant-burst combo was about to be unleashed. Of course, it was hard to say for sure; Beimu's Luna was also about to fly away the next second. Perhaps, even without Lin Hao's shot, Beimu could have dodged Pei Captive's damage? Wait... In his vision, when Luna flew toward Yang Yuhuan, Lin Hao seemed to notice something. His gaze flicked upward to the portraits in the top right corner. Good grief, the small green dot next to Luna's portrait had disappeared and never lit up again. Her ultimate interrupted,哈哈哈! Lin Hao couldn't help laughing out loud. However, with the pressure from Pei Captive—their main damage dealer—lessened, Luna, enhanced by the red buff, continued to pounce on Yang Yuhuan. Yang Yuhuan no longer seemed to have her Flash spell, and could only run while turning back to fight Luna. But even with an interrupted ultimate and the red buff, Yang Yuhuan was faintly starting to lose the duel. Over on Xishi's side, she used her second skill to entangle the ball-less Eastern Emperor, slowing him down so that Eastern Emperor couldn't manage to reinforce the front line in time. Lin Hao continued to hold down his second skill, and his field of vision widened once more. Seeing Yang Yuhuan's health pool, Lin Hao executed a very stylish flick-shot! In his field of vision, when Beimu was down to his last grid of health, she pressed her second skill at the absolute limit, absorbing a shield while simultaneously pulling Yang Yuhuan right beside her! Taking advantage of the stiffness from Yang Yuhuan's crowd control, Lin Hao executed a very cool flick-shot! Bang! He directly claimed Yang Yuhuan's head! "Double Kill!" "Rage points from Pei Captive +700!" "Rage points from Yang Yuhuan +700!" Lin Hao received the rage points from both individuals almost simultaneously. Lin Hao deduced that perhaps it was because these two could accept going all out in a duel against Luna—losing due to the opponent's superior skill or health disadvantage—but they simply couldn't accept having their kills stolen by a Shoyue observing from afar, especially two kills! A thought suddenly drifted through his mind: if he could collect Beimu's rage points, would it already be plus one thousand right now? Sure enough, Beimu turned tail and ran, refusing to tangle with Eastern Emperor anymore, while also sending out a "Well played!" Lin Hao smiled silently as he raised his sniper rifle for the third time. In his field of vision, Eastern Emperor was chasing after Beimu who was down to a sliver of health, while a half-health Xishi behind him was desperately trying to peel him off. With Eastern Emperor's health pool like that... Lin Hao took a slight aim and released another bullet. "Triple Kill!" Securing a triple kill! One must admit, this feeling was truly exhilarating! Putting away his gun and walking away, Lin Hao looked at the barrage with a rather smug expression. The praise he had imagined did not appear; instead, a group of viewers were bantering about Beimu. "Hahaha, stealing two kills from Beimu, I suddenly want to go check out Beimu's stream to see what his mood is like right now." "His nose is definitely crooked from anger." "To be honest, you can't really call that kill-stealing. Haozi sniped Pei Captive right there, but who knows, at that exact moment Pei Captive might have just obliterated Luna!" "No matter what, if I were Luna, I'd be spitting blood from anger. A highlight-reel play just got stolen by a Shoyue like that." Lin Hao coughed lightly and quickly changed the subject. "Did you see that? This is the value of Shoyue in a team fight." "Why do so many people despise Shoyue sniping from the back during team fights? Isn't it just because many Shoyues can't hit their shots, or fail to hit the priority targets?" "A play like mine is what you call a gentleman concealing his weapon within himself, waiting for the opportune moment. Those two crucial shots were not only accurate, but also well-timed and perfectly placed!" Shoyue's reputation was ruined by players who couldn't land their snipes yet desperately insisted on trying. While it's true that missing shots requires practice, and honing those skills in actual team fights is the most authentic way to improve the fastest... From a teammate's perspective, people like that are the most detestable. After acquiring the national-server Shoyue skill points, Lin Hao understood that the core of the hero Shoyue actually lies entirely in his second skill. If he played purely with basic attacks, Shoyue's damage output would definitely fall short of a regular marksman, so why pick him in the first place? And the fundamental reason why some people playing Shoyue are toxic boils down to the same old problem: failing to hit targets. If you can't hit anyone, Shoyue's damage-per-second (DPS) in team fights cannot go up. If you can achieve an eighty percent sniper accuracy rate during team fights, then on average, your DPS won't be inferior to certain marksmen. After all, Shoyue's second skill deals percentage-based damage, so sniping the front line still hurts immensely! And if you can penetrate the front line to snipe the enemy backline, then Shoyue's unique utility and his distinct advantages over other marksmen are fully displayed!