179: Chapter 179 The Battle Begins!

"Although the strategic maneuvering this game has been brilliant, luck is not on A Shui Team's side. With a 10,000 gold deficit, I don't even know how they could stage a comeback."

"A 10,000 gold deficit is truly too exaggerated."

"Let's congratulate Uzi Team; they've played really well this game."

"It's a pity; we won't get to see a reverse sweep."

At this moment, when the economic gap officially widened to 10,000, the comments in the major official live streams were almost universally convinced that the outcome was decided. A 10,000 gold deficit—let alone in a high-level match like this, even in ordinary low-rank ranked games—is extremely difficult to overcome.

If A Shui Team wants to win, it will likely take a miracle.

One must understand that in this game, A Shui Team didn't make any major mistakes. The only issue might have been being outplayed in the Level 1 team fight, after which the snowball effect took over.

Other than that, A-Shui and his team did almost nothing wrong.

On the other side, Uzi and his teammates played their most cautious game out of the five, avoiding reckless plays or hasty pushes, simply playing steadily to widen the gap.

Under these circumstances, although many viewers supported A Shui Team, they didn't know how they could win.

The situation was too difficult to reverse.

Although this game hadn't fully ended yet, in the eyes of most viewers, the result was practically set; it just hadn't been officially declared.

At this moment, as time continued to pass, in the packed arena, countless viewers held their breath, staring fixedly at the two large screens in the distance. As the new Baron Nashor was about to respawn, Uzi Team was already approaching the Baron pit while clearing vision.

Basically, this was the most critical team fight of the match.

A Shui Team didn't contest the previous Baron and had their outer turrets on all three lanes and the mid-lane inhibitor turret pushed down. This time, if they gave up the Baron again, they would likely be unable to withstand Uzi Team's push any longer.

But if they didn't give it up, being 10,000 gold behind meant they had absolutely no chance of winning a head-on team fight.

It was indeed a dead end.

In the first row of the audience, Jiang Youyou's grip on Qin Mo's arm tightened.

"Sigh, what a pity."

"I really wanted to see a reverse sweep, but a 10,000 gold deficit is just too exaggerated."

"This game shouldn't have any suspense anymore, right?"

Speaking of which, Jiang Youyou looked at Qin Mo beside her and asked.

"Do you think A Shui Team still has hope in this game?"

Having watched from the first game until now, Jiang Youyou was completely immersed in the match. She hadn't expected the competition to become increasingly exciting and so enjoyable by the end.

Hearing her query, Qin Mo looked up at the team compositions. He took a slow, deep breath.

"Perhaps there's a chance."

In his past life, he knew of quite a few games where teams staged comebacks from desperate situations.

Hearing this answer, Jiang Youyou was stunned for a moment.

"There's still a chance when trailing by 10,000 gold?"

Qin Mo nodded.

"In league of legends matches, there is never a shortage of miracles."

"Even if one doesn't happen in this match, there will always be one eventually."

"If a trailing team never had a chance to turn things around in a match, then the game would lose its appeal."

Not far behind the first row, Zhao Erming watched the Baron respawn timer on the screen, feeling as though it was a countdown to A Shui Team's death.

He had participated in the previous two rounds of the competition, so he knew very clearly that a situation with a 10,000 gold deficit was already a dead end; it was impossible to turn around.

At least in the matches he had experienced, there had never been a situation where a team turned things around with such an exaggerated economic gap.

The only hope might be that in the eyes of the players on the field, they didn't know the exact gold difference between the two sides, so they wouldn't be as desperate as the audience.

At this moment, messages from his roommate kept popping up on his phone.

"It's a pity, A Shui Team is likely done for."

"If I had known it would go to five games, I should have gone to the venue to watch. But fortunately, the fifth game isn't particularly exciting, otherwise I would definitely regret it to death."

"I'm going to play Jarvan IV tonight when we play together; I want to try the EQ Flash!"

Zhao Erming didn't reply to his roommate's messages, his gaze still fixed on the big screen in the distance.

Simply because the new Baron had finally respawned, and A Shui Team could no longer avoid the fight. If the opponents took this Baron buff, they could easily push down the inhibitors in all three lanes.

By then, they would likely be worn down to death without even having a chance to resist.

The members of A Shui Team thought the same.

After clearing the last wave of minions, everyone left the base and gathered towards the Baron pit.

Everyone understood. This was A Shui Team preparing for a desperate, final stand.

"It's the final team fight. A Shui Team would rather die standing than wait for death; they still intend to go to the Baron pit for one last attempt."

"Trailing by 10,000 gold, it still feels a bit too difficult."

"Uzi Team has already started the Baron, without the slightest hesitation. Do A-Shui and his team have a chance?"

Although he knew A Shui Team had almost no chance in this team fight, Colonel Guan's voice was still a bit hoarse, carrying a trace of expectation, even though he knew this expectation would likely require a miracle to be realized.

In the broadcast, after Uzi Team cleared and set up vision around the Baron pit, they didn't hesitate at all and started the Baron!

The Baron's health bar kept decreasing in the live broadcast, and at this moment, Uzi Team still didn't give A Shui Team any chance to get close.

Whether it was vision control or the top laner and support, they locked down A Shui Team's position tightly. There was no way for the Jungler's Jarvan IV to flank; Uzi Team had set up their vision too thoroughly.

Furthermore, as long as A Shui Team made any move to press forward with all five members, Uzi Team would immediately stop hitting the Baron and counter-press; they didn't even intend to give them a chance to steal the Baron.

"Either watch us take the Baron, or start a team fight."

Finally, after two rounds of skirmishing, the A Shui Team members left the river, gave up on the Baron, and headed towards the Dragon, as if wanting to recoup some losses by taking this Dragon.

But everyone knew that one Dragon wouldn't affect anything. In this game, they no longer had any chance.

Risking everything to steal this Baron was likely their only hope, but Uzi Team didn't give them that chance.

"Now it's truly a dead end."

"That's right, A-Shui and his team simply can't defend against Uzi Team's push after they take the Baron."

"The Baron has 3,000, 2,000 health left—it's been taken by Uzi Team. They didn't even think about recalling; they are heading straight to the mid lane to prepare for the final push."

Watching the members of Uzi Team, the voices of Colonel Guan and Caster Wang Duo carried a hint of regret. It seemed that the first reverse sweep in a league of legends match would not happen today.

However, in the next second, Colonel Guan seemed to have noticed something, and his voice rose a few notches.

"Wait!"

"Why didn't A Shui Team go for the Dragon? They are camping in the mid lane. Could it be that they want to force an unexpected team fight at this moment? The opponents really didn't realize it."

"A-Shui's Twitch is stealthed right in the mid lane, and everyone else is hiding nearby. Because Uzi Team put all their vision near the Baron, they really don't have vision in the mid lane. But can they really fight while trailing by 10,000 gold?"

"Uzi and his team haven't noticed and have started clearing the minion wave in the mid lane!"

"They're going in!"

"Rakan uses Flash to initiate! The team fight has begun!"