Chapter Nineteen: Divine-Level Foresight!

"Master didn't use Flash, go for him!"
Yifan spoke to his teammates, then dashed straight in with his second skill.
Li Ji-eun was already in position behind him, just waiting for Master to use his skills so she could go in and finish him off in an instant.
But Lin Hao had no intention of running away.
The Ma-Yao combo was here, and he had no Flash in hand—escape?
Impossible.
His only hope was to hunker down under the turret and maybe pull off a miracle.
Calm and unhurried, Lin Hao tapped recall three times in quick succession, then sent an apology through the quick messages.
Maximum taunt!
Charlotte had built up one stack of rage just now; this time, Lin Hao failed to dodge her second skill dash, giving her two stacks. Charlotte waited for the one-second cooldown.
One second passed; Charlotte's second dash was ready. Master was moving upward, his back against the wall...
A dead-end position!
Master had reached a spot where the canyon's edge wall completely blocked his left side.
A perfect opportunity!
In that instant, no words were needed—everyone present was a top ten-thousand player, and Yifan and Li Ji-eun were even in the top one hundred. They seized the moment and unleashed their burst simultaneously!
Charlotte dashed in with her second skill!
Marco Polo swept in with a full burst from his gun, the angle sharp and precise!
Mirror instantly activated her first skill and ultimate, transforming into a deadly blade and charging toward Lin Hao's Master!
Just then, Lin Hao's Master moved.
If your movement space is limited—
Create your own opportunity!
Lin Hao swiftly dragged his ultimate, and at the very moment he reached the seeming dead-end, he released Master's only displacement skill outward!
Master sprinted a few steps, moving from the canyon's edge to the turret's health pack spot!
That short burst of movement was enough to make Charlotte's second skill and Marco Polo's first skill miss completely!
And it wasn't over yet—Mirror's combo bloomed at Lin Hao's original position!
Golden shards scattered, but Lin Hao's Master stood aside, untouched.
Unbelievable!
This repositioning with the ultimate was a perfect prediction of the opponents' actions!
Such predictions are not rare—like when an enemy Clockmaker chases you along the canyon wall, and you reverse direction just as he reaches the optimal hook range, making his hook miss entirely.
That's the art of movement!
Another example: some players habitually step back suddenly while crossing a bush without vision.
The enemy Angela's second skill, Wang Zhaojun's first skill, or the opposing jungler's skills will often land on your expected path, but you've already dodged.
Lin Hao's move surpassed all these examples.
He deliberately forced himself into a dead-end, difficult-to-move spot, then instantly repositioned with his ultimate!
He even anticipated the opponents' strength, accurately reading their minds!
This is movement at its peak—if there is no chance, create one!
Lin Hao dodged all three core bursts from his enemies!
Yifan, Li Ji-eun, and the Marco Polo player all frowned deeply at the same time.
That was spectacular!
Next, they saw Master, after his godlike play, tap recall three times right there.
Seriously, who could tolerate this?
Marco Polo snapped—regardless of how many layers of true damage passive were on Master, he dove in with his ultimate, spinning through the whole turret area!
Try dodging this!
Yao activated interference, nullifying the turret's damage that was about to hit Marco Polo.
Mirror and Charlotte were left in an awkward position.
Charlotte needed skill hits to stack rage.
Mirror needed them, too.
Technically, since Master had retreated a bit, with the minion wave in place and his ultimate gone, and everyone knew Flash wasn't ready yet, there was no way he could escape twice.
But after seeing Master dodge their crucial burst and brazenly recall instead of fleeing, it was too much.
Even top hundred players like Yifan and Li Ji-eun threw caution aside, attacking like Diamond rank players, wildly spamming basic attacks and dragging their control wheels toward Master!
Lin Hao tried to use his first skill to grab Marco Polo nearby, but unfortunately, it didn't connect.
Damn, Marco Polo had activated Purify!
The turret was interfered with, too.
Two skill-less enemies were closing in, and Yao had bounced Lin Hao twice with her first skill.
No one could survive this, no matter how skilled.
Lin Hao could only activate his second skill for a speed boost, charging forward to the minion wave at the edge of the turret, frantically last-hitting.
Attacking the enemies was pointless—turret was down, he was alone.
Might as well clear the wave.
Aside from movement skills, Lin Hao's Master had a 2000-point rating; his decision-making under pressure was spot-on.
Marco Polo, without prior stacks, started from zero, spinning out true damage.
Mirror landed a basic attack on Master, triggered her skill, spun with her second skill, then immediately followed up with her first skill.
Fortunately, Lin Hao managed to clear the minion wave before dying.
In his final moments, he didn't attack Mirror twice more, but instead tapped recall once again!
Boom!
Master finally fell.
"The wave is cleared—it's not a loss!"
Lin Hao's death gave him a broader perspective, and he saw that Chess Star had quietly arrived.
But it was still a step too late. Chess Star reached the river, at the junction of the blue zone and the first turret, and cast his ultimate centered on the turret, enveloping all four enemies.
Seeing this, Marco Polo dashed out of the turret with his second skill, heading straight for Chess Star.
Mirror, having used up her skills, was trapped by Chess Star's ultimate before she could swap positions.
A fierce battle followed: Marco Polo gunned down Chess Star at close range.
Mirror was trapped on the board, and the restored turret finished her off.
Yifan's Charlotte barely escaped.
Lin Hao's corpse lay there, but he wasn't idle.
He opened the chat box, filled with quick messages: "Sorry."
Lin Hao tapped it; Master's corpse quietly sent: "Sorry."
"Rage from Li Ji-eun +900!"