Chapter 146: The Sound of a Bullet Chambering

This move by Meng Lan was entirely intentional. That Flash was meant to be used anyway, simply to bait out Bodhidharma's ultimate.

As for the timing, it was quite easy to grasp. Bodhidharma was definitely spamming his ultimate, hoping to kick Meng Lan into a wall the exact moment Donghuang's ultimate ended. Therefore, Meng Lan only needed to stay one step ahead, watching Donghuang's ultimate and Flash.

Right now, Li Yuanfang was in an exceptionally good output position, having successfully baited out Bodhidharma's ultimate.

To make things even better, he had a Yang Yuhuan and a Xiahou Dun acting as bodyguards on his left and right, creating an extremely comfortable environment.

"Li Yuanfang has no mobility left!"

Bodhidharma had his mic open when he died. Lin Hao clearly heard the sound of something striking a hard object, followed by Bodhidharma's exasperated voice.

Good grief, he didn't smash his phone out of anger, did he?

Lin Hao guessed that Bodhidharma must have been watching Donghuang charge in with Wolf Howl, calculating it all beforehand, ready to anticipate Donghuang's Flash and kick him straight into the wall.

Whether his hand speed was too slow or Donghuang's ultimate simply had a higher priority than Bodhidharma's skill, Donghuang ultimately managed to bite down on Bodhidharma.

"No worries, no worries, I'm here!"

Bumu had also arrived at the scene by this point.

Bodhidharma's death brought a wave of pleasant satisfaction to Bumu.

Not to put it that way, but once again, during a crucial team fight, he was entering as the back-line reinforcement, yet Donghuang hadn't saved his ultimate for him, choosing instead to engage directly on Bodhidharma.

In that case, wasn't this just completely free to play?

The Luna walked straight in, clipped an opponent with her first skill, and then repeatedly tapped her third skill, starting to fly.

The enemy side might look tough to break through, but their crowd control skills were mostly exhausted now, making it seem rather difficult to restrict the Luna.

All they could do was dump raw damage.

After completing a single flight segment, Bumu immediately drifted away.

This was already 2022; naturally, Luna could no longer fly around in the middle of a crowd like she did in ancient times, achieving a team wipe purely through mechanical skill and continuous chaining.

Nowadays, Luna's ultimate did not grant a shield and only provided limited spell vamp. Once Bumu finished executing a short combo and applied his second skill, he had to fly back out of the crowd and wait for his next cooldown rotation.

Of course, this was also known as kiting.

Meanwhile, on Lin Hao's side, Xishi and Zhong Kui took advantage of the shift in Luna's firepower to secure a kill on Donghuang.

"That second skill was so flashy! Ultimate to fly, second skill into a basic attack, it's as smooth as Dove chocolate! You're really carrying, Brother Mu!"

Lin Hao didn't have his mic open. Crouched down with his sniper rifle braced, his field of vision was extraordinarily broad, and every action in the frontline battle was crystal clear to him.

So, Lin Hao simply started providing live commentary.

"Observing the team fight!"

"Wouldn't it be great to just step up and basic attack right now? Oh, come on, you're right across a wall, at least help Luna deal some damage!"

"???"

"He's actually doing live commentary now."

In Lin Hao's livestream chat, many fast-typing casual viewers were already starting to voice their doubts.

This was precisely the kind of teammate behavior they despised the most in ranked matches.

Their teammates were fighting tooth and nail on the front line, while a Shouyue in the back was leisurely blowing a suona?

Was this even reasonable?

Lin Hao was not in a hurry.

What the viewers saw was him observing the team fight.

However, through his scope, Yang Yuhuan—along with Xiahou Dun, who had been holding onto his skills—was subtly positioning themselves to shield Li Yuanfang from behind.

They were all high-tier players in the top one thousand of the peak leaderboard. In team fights, paying attention to the ADC's positioning and creating a favorable output environment for the ADC was such a basic concept that they couldn't possibly be unaware of it. On the contrary, they executed it exceptionally well.

Before Luna dived into the backline, Lin Hao's direction constituted the frontline battlefield, so naturally, they had positioned themselves in front of Li Yuanfang to protect his output.

Still couldn't get a clear shot at Li Yuanfang.

Let's wait a little longer.

Lin Hao narrowed his eyes, casually aiming the red line of his second skill toward the side, but his gaze remained locked tightly on Li Yuanfang.

Perhaps Meng Lan also sensed that Lin Hao was locked onto him from the side; while counterattacking Luna, he subtly drifted toward their red buff jungle area. A little further, and he might step completely out of Shouyue's second skill range.

At that moment, Xiahou Dun made his move.

Catching the recovery animation of Luna flying away, Xiahou Dun finally unleashed the ultimate he had been holding onto for so long!

His chained blade locked onto Luna and was hurled forward fiercely!

Xiahou Dun successfully crowd-controlled Luna!

Li Yuanfang immediately followed up with his output!

Luna's health bar plummeted significantly in an instant.

Yang Yuhuan nearby also activated her second skill at the precise moment, preparing to chain the crowd control.

The situation was extremely critical!

Yet at this moment, the corners of Lin Hao's mouth curled up slightly: "Got you."

Xiahou Dun's crowd control caused the enemy's airtight formation to develop a flaw on the side facing Lin Hao's position!

Li Yuanfang was suddenly exposed right under the barrel of the sniper rifle!

Furthermore, Li Yuanfang's movement clearly showed an eager intention to step up and burst down Luna, causing him to completely lower his guard against Baili Shouyue's lurking presence on the flank.

Lin Hao flicked his right-hand thumbstick, shifting the red line instantly. The exact microsecond it overlapped with Li Yuanfang, he pulled the trigger!

Bang!

A snapshot flick-shot, hitting Li Yuanfang with absolute precision!

Li Yuanfang's health bar instantly plummeted, leaving him with only a sliver of health remaining!

However, Luna was still under crowd control at that moment.

Xishi and Donghuang were already rotating around, heading toward the river path, though they wouldn't be able to arrive instantly.

The opposing Yang Yuhuan had already completed the crowd control chain using her second skill's stun.

Li Yuanfang was still outputting damage!

Bumu, despite being crowd-controlled, was not idle. Seeing his health drop to a dangerously low level, his hands moved with astonishing speed. Within a single second, he swapped his gear, instantly bringing out a Guardian's Angel!

Meng Lan landed the final critical hit, finishing off Bumu's Luna.

With the Guardian's Angel already triggered, Bumu's hands didn't pause for a fraction of a second as he immediately began swapping into a Immortality/Sages Sanctuary item.

"The sound of the bullet chambering is the prelude to my song."

Amidst Shouyue's low whisper, his second bullet was quietly locked and ready!

Lin Hao clearly sensed that the moment Bumu was eliminated, Meng Lan's Li Yuanfang began to shift his position.

If one switched to Meng Lan's perspective at this moment, they would see that amidst the chaotic team fight, Meng Lan was actually frantically trying to swap for a Guardian's Angel!

His current economic state couldn't actually fully support purchasing a Guardian's Angel on the fly, but after a brief hesitation, he ruthlessly sold his boots and the Black Cleaver closest to his boots!

Yang Yuhuan opened her arms nearby, finally releasing the ultimate she had held onto for so long!

However, Yang Yuhuan's airborne state rendered her temporarily untargetable!

This meant that at this very moment, there was no longer any bodyguard by Li Yuanfang's side to block bullets for him!

Lin Hao said softly: "Hit!"

Shouyue's second shot rang out. Just as Li Yuanfang moved, tilting his head slightly, he intercepted the bullet head-on!

"Anger points from Meng Lan +1500!"

At that exact second, Meng Lan closed the shop interface. The sound effect of a successful Guardian's Angel purchase had just echoed when he was struck down by Shouyue's single bullet.

Yet, there was no two-second resurrection delay to save him.

Ultimately, this Guardian's Angel had been purchased just a fraction too late.