Killing the blue side’s support gave their own bottom lane immediate relief from the laning pressure.
Tofu didn’t care about what the livestream chat was spamming—if anything, he was the one who first started calling Fenglan “daddy.” Right now, he was especially smug: “I advise some of you in chat to recognize reality. This summoning technique isn’t something just anyone can use.”
“First of all, you have to be in the same rank as daddy.” He circled his mouse around Sui Ning’s avatar frame, then pressed tab to pull up the info panel, deliberately hovering over the “War of Glory” rank icon next to his own ID.
“And then, you also need to establish a good relationship with daddy.”
With that, Tofu began typing in the chat channel.
[Clear Soup Mapo Tofu]: @Fenglan, baby, take my red.
[Fenglan]: ……
[High Emotional Jungle King]: ?
[66666, the jungler is confused. How did your red buff suddenly become yours to give away hahaha.]
[Jungle King: You’re just giving away my red right in front of me, huh.]
[Sad Jungle King: Clearly it’s a three-person movie, but I don’t even get a name~]
[Sacrificing one red for a daddy—now that’s what I call big-picture thinking! (inhale)]
[Strongly recommend an investigation. What kind of bribery scene is this, I’m dying.]
[Clear Soup Mapo Tofu]: Baby, come help me gank again.
[Fenglan]: …… Coming.
Tofu’s eyes lit up, and he slapped the keyboard with a loud smack: “See that? It worked! This dad is reliable!”
[This dad is reliable lmaooo.]
[??? No shame at all, huh!]
[DNA activated. If you can swap dads but not marksmen, well, dad’s got his reasons.]
[These days, what level are national server marksmen even at? Tofu’s still the national marksmen, could he do it? Everyone’s just calling anyone dad to get carried now?]
[Stop stop stop, if you keep this word-chain going you’ll get sued lol.]
Regardless of how the barrage ridiculed him, Tofu finally felt a bit reassured: as long as mid and jungle came to help him a few more times, it didn’t matter if his support champion was on the weaker side.
At 16 minutes, Sui Ning once again found an opportunity to roam.
The blue side’s mid laner saw him disappear from vision and immediately pinged: “Enemy Yuna missing, fall back, fall back! She’s probably headed bot, wait for me!”
Their support Shadow Hawk glanced at the minimap, unconcerned: “It’s fine, we’ve got four wards in the bot side jungle, she can’t get around. Their Princess of Thorns is useless anyway. Just follow my lead when I engage—we’ll focus Yuna first.”
As expected, within three seconds of him saying that, Sui Ning’s Yuna appeared in vision on the blue side river.
“Tch, I thought she was a real expert, but she just walked the main path straight in. What a waste of all my wards.” Catching Yuna’s movement, Shadow Hawk curled his lip dismissively.
He had the trinket that recharges 3/3 free wards, and aside from spending 75 gold on a Control Ward, he hadn’t really used money on vision. Even so, choosing to invest all of their limited vision in the bottom side was a kind of “investment strategy.”
But this investment didn’t look too profitable. Judging from the outcome, one ward would’ve been enough to prevent this gank.
“Lost out, lost out.” Shadow Hawk shook his head, signaling his marksman to be ready to fight.
If they hadn’t spotted Yuna, he definitely would’ve pulled back with the marksman—ambushes from fog are the hardest to deal with, and losing first move in a 2v2 is far too risky. But now that every step Yuna took was lit up by wards, Shadow Hawk had nothing to fear.
At heart, he was also a high-rank support, extremely confident in his mechanics. With ult and flash up, plus the terrain advantage, why wouldn’t he fight?
Meanwhile, Xu Hexuan, who’d been watching Sui Ning’s screen, was baffled.
He’d been watching a lot recently and had picked up some basics about high-rank matches. Seeing Sui Ning take the direct route, he was confused: “Didn’t you say this path was very likely warded? Why not go around?”
Sui Ning casually tapped the minimap four times: “There are wards in these spots—should be four in total. No matter where I go, I’ll be seen.”
The spots he pointed to were exactly the four bushes and corners where Shadow Hawk had warded.
Xu Hexuan was stunned: “Wha… huh? How could you tell?”
“The Bird-Hawk duo has a very strong laning phase. Getting ganked once already hurt them badly. Before regaining lane advantage, the support won’t roam easily. In this game, every time Shadow Hawk recalled, he went straight back to lane without time to ward other areas. That’s one reason.”
Sui Ning opened the TAB scoreboard and pointed at Shadow Hawk’s item slots. “Second, last recall he had enough gold to buy an 800g Kindlegem (HP + CDR). But now, he only has 300g boots and a 400g Ruby Crystal (HP). Where did the other 100 gold go?”
“Go… where?”
Sui Ning tapped the four spots again: “Here. Three free wards from the support item, plus one 75g Control Ward. That leaves 25 gold—too little to buy anything else.”
“To stabilize the lane, all four wards are in the bottom side jungle. No matter which path I take, I’ll be seen. So I might as well take the river—the shortest, most open path, easier for me to maneuver in.”
[Fenglan]: I’ve been spotted, we can fight.
[Fenglan]: Watch positioning, I’ll go first.
[Fenglan] signals he’s on his way.
[Clear Soup Mapo Tofu]: Got it!
Tofu responded, then clicked on his own skill bar.
[Clear Soup Mapo Tofu] signaled that his [R – Soul Chain] was off cooldown!
[Clear Soup Mapo Tofu] signaled that his [Flash] was off cooldown!
[Didn’t get it… if they’ve already been spotted, why still fight?]
[It’s an open strategy. The enemy mid can’t finish clearing waves in time to rotate, their jungler is also on the bot side ready to help, even if support afks, worst case it’s 2v2. Why not fight?]
[Also, doesn’t Yuna’s build look kinda crazy? Nearly completed her three-item core by 14 minutes, yet she’s only 2/0/1.]
[She’s got 170 CS though, as if last-hitting doesn’t print money. Whoever leads in CS at this point is basically a Chrono Warrior—insanely strong.]
[Um… can I just ask… am I the only one who doesn’t get why Feng-bao said “I’ve been spotted”? The enemy bot lane… didn’t retreat either?]
[Honestly I don’t get it either, but if Feng-bao says so, then it is~!]
His eyes unconsciously followed the young man’s mouse movements. Xu Hexuan stared blankly for ages, his head filled with a jumble of pro-gaming jargon clashing together, yet he still couldn’t figure out how buying a single item revealed the ward placements on the map. What did those two things even have to do with each other?
Opening his mouth, it took him a long while before he rasped out: “Then… how did you tell it was exactly 800 gold?”
Was it displayed on the TAB screen? Did he miss it?
At that, Sui Ning shot him a look full of near-pity, as if saying: If I spelled out all the details here, it could fill a ten-thousand-word thesis, touching on mathematics, statistics, Glory-studies, mid-lane studies, and multiple other disciplines. In short, once you’re skilled, you can roughly calculate the value.
The black-haired youth spoke unhurriedly: “Are you sure you want to hear it?”
“No, no.” Xu Hexuan broke into a sweat.
This kind of arcane knowledge—he wouldn’t understand even if he heard it. He’d better stick to his “just buy whatever the system recommends” casual style of play.
The youngster wiped his sweat and muttered: “I really don’t get how your brain works this well. A few glances and you can calculate so much… If you actually studied properly, you might have been a mathematician.”
“No, I’m just the Oil-Seller.”
“…what the heck?”
“The oil passes through the coin’s hole, yet the coin stays dry—it’s all about skilled hands.” Sui Ning smiled. “Practice enough, and you’ll get it.”
Xu Hexuan: “Okay… that’s actually cultured.”
…But sir, do you even remember how short a time it’s been since you created this account?
——a
Winter Queen Yuna’s position drew closer to the bot-side river brush.
Shadow Hawk’s plan was simple: “When she steps here, I’ll W-Flash engage on her.”
He marked a spot on the map, right at the junction of bot lane and river.
White Bird hesitated: “You sure about this? Feels like a bad position… maybe wait for mid and jungle first?”
“As the sages say, hesitation means defeat. This Yona’s build is decades ahead of our mid’s. If we wait for a 4v4, their formation will already be set, and who wins who loses is anyone’s guess. But right now, it’s a 2v2 with us engaging first—that’s a real chance.” Shadow Hawk was full of confidence.
“Alright then, your call.” White Bird sighed silently, adding in his head: The sages also said that acting rashly just gets you killed.
[Clear Soup Mapo Tofu]: Dad, what’s the call?
[Fenglan] signaled he was on his way.
“Good! Let’s fire it up, brothers.” Tofu’s left index finger hovered over the R key, trembling slightly. “This Shadow Hawk really has no fear, huh. That movement? He’s practically tap-dancing on my patience.”
[LOL, then R him if you dare?]
[Being scared of whiffing an R in front of dad—that’s the real embarrassment.]
[If Feng-bao freezes them and the kiddo still misses his R, just carry him off the stage.]
Tofu forced himself to stay calm: “Don’t jinx it, guys, I’m accurate—”
His skill indicator was already aimed at the enemy bot duo.
Soul-Piercing Spear · Grier’s ultimate [Soul Chain], shackled the first enemy it hit for 2 seconds, then spread to nearby targets who weren’t shackled. The spread was fast—if the Shadow Hawk duo stood close together, they’d basically both be rooted instantly.
As long as he didn’t whiff, it was all good!
Tofu swallowed hard, his heart pounding wildly.
Soon, Yuna’s tall, regal figure in flowing skirts emerged from the river shadows.
“She’s here—now!”
It was as if someone hit the play button on a show—several voices overlapped, and both sides simultaneously made their moves in the same instant.
No countdown needed. In the blink of an eye, the once-calm bot lane erupted in chaos. Brilliant colors from different abilities crisscrossed, each of the four participants acting out the scripts they’d already written in their hearts.
The viewers in Tofu’s stream were just as eager—the clash at this level could only be described as “each side with their own schemes.” So, who would have the last laugh?
The first to act was Shadow Hawk, Kong. The wine-red-haired girl’s ink-black feathered robe fluttered in the wind, her eagerness palpable.
One second she was at White Bird’s side; the next, just as her summoner intended, she soared straight toward Yuna with ease. Her body leapt high, feathered cloak unfurling like a pair of fallen angel wings, casting the proud Queen of the Northlands into shadow.
Her dark crimson vertical pupils locked tightly onto Yuna’s helmet, as if trying to pierce the ice to glimpse the queen’s expression behind it—was it shock? Panic? Would she be thrown into disarray at this ferocious black hawk’s grand entrance?
However, Yuna, whose very blood had been frozen solid, would never respond to these questions that still carried any trace of “warmth.”
She shifted lightly a step to her right and behind, her ice gown swaying.
Her proud face was like the ice of the polar regions—never melting. From her every movement, Shadow Hawk seemed to read a saying from the northern lands:
Savage outsiders, if you wish an audience with Her Majesty, you must kneel beneath the ice spikes.
A plain, unadorned shard of glacier shot forth from Yuna’s hand.
Almost without feeling pain, Shadow Hawk froze in shock. Her [W – Grand Entrance] was interrupted as she plummeted straight from the sky, and her beautiful ivory-black feathered robes were stained with a crude shade of red by the warmth of her blood.
“Damn it!” the support cursed. “What kind of positioning is that? Even a W-Flash dodge with a twist of the waist? Are you serious right now?”
“I’m coming.” Gritting his teeth, the marksman lunged forward without hesitation. At moments like this, the worst mistake is that wavering of “wanting to fight but not really wanting to fight.”
Tofu, watching the scene, was overjoyed: “Holy crap, that dodge was insane! Feng-bao!!”
Though the enemy struck first, they hit a steel wall. Sui Ning had been on high alert, and the instant he saw Shadow Hawk, he instinctively sidestepped into position—just as expected, dodging her deadly W-Flash.
[You can dodge that? Really? How’s that even possible?]
[That’s not a hack? How could it not be a hack?!]
[Fun fact: A bot playing the game doesn’t count as hacking (lmao).]
After dodging, Sui Ning almost instinctively cast a Q – Glacier Shard. But then he clicked his tongue softly: “Mistake.”
Xu Hexuan was stunned: “Eh? Where? Are my eyes that bad? How did I not notice?”
Wasn’t that a godlike operation just now?!
There was no time to explain. Sui Ning continued to focus. Realizing he shouldn’t have thrown that Q, the young man hesitated for less than half a second, but his reflexes still had him Flash into the middle of Shadow Hawk and White Bird. It was the perfect entry position. [W – Bone-Chilling Gale] roared forth.
“Crap, Flash it quick!” the support exclaimed in alarm.
But the marksman controlling the White Bird wasn’t some rookie—he Flashed at the last possible moment, repositioning just before being frozen.
This kind of split-second gamble stirred his blood with a touch of excitement: “Don’t panic, I still have my ult, we can fight.”
“Bro, don’t act like I don’t exist, okay?” Tofu chuckled as he cast his own ultimate. “So what’s it gonna be? Save it and I control two, use it and I lock your support—your call.”
Expressionless, Soul-Piercing Spear raised his bow. A bone arrow glowing with ashen-blue light streaked from the string.
Knowing the spreading entrapment effect of that bone arrow, White Bird clenched his teeth and was forced to use his [R – Celestial Garb], slipping into 1.5 seconds of untargetable state to evade the shot.
But Shadow Hawk behind him wasn’t so lucky. Bound for a full two seconds, she could do nothing but watch like a bystander as White Bird made his next move.
The support scolded in frustration: “Come on, that ult was way too casual! What’s the worst that could happen from a bind? You’re ranged—can’t move your feet but you can still attack!”
“It’s fine, Yuna’s ult shouldn’t one-shot me. I still have Heal!”
Even as he spoke, a vast bramble of thorny vines bloomed beneath their feet.
The Princess of Thorns was only slow to react, a little timid, but she wasn’t AFK. Faced with this golden opportunity, she finally stopped hesitating and Flashed forward, chaining her ultimate [R – Strangling Vines] to complete the final piece of the lockdown.
Sometimes opportunity exists only in that fleeting instant.
For a moment, Yuna seemed to tilt her head and glance her way, before raising her hand to summon a colossal ice sword.
[Beau—ti—ful—!]
[Princess!! I wronged you!!]
[Who the hell was badmouthing my Princess earlier? Stand up!!]
[All hail the world’s number one Princess.jpg]
[Weeb above, log off pls]
[Fenglan (Winter Queen) has slain NoobADC (White Bird)!]
[Fenglan (Winter Queen) has slain AIIsStrongerThanMe (Shadow Hawk)!]
【Double Kill！】
[Double Kill!]
——a
After securing a double kill, Sui Ning continued to control the pace of the game. The match ended at 26 minutes, with him boasting an impressive 7/0/5 record and earning MVP.
This was Sui Ning’s national server promotion match. With this win, his Winter Queen officially claimed the #1 spot on the national server with 16,500 points.
Tofu quickly sent his congratulations.
[Clear Broth Mapo Tofu]: 66666, truly worthy of the name, my dear. That makes your second national server #1, right?
[Clear Broth Mapo Tofu]: Too strong. Those two ganks got me so hyped. Can I add you as a friend?
Sui Ning accepted his friend request.
Tofu moved fast, immediately renaming him to [Dad].
[Clear Broth Mapo Tofu]: Duo queue?
[Fenglan]: Invite me.
Sui Ning’s tone was calm. Even after claiming a new national #1, his expression wasn’t one of excitement—there was even a faint trace of regret.
“What’s wrong?” Xu Hexuan, who had been sharing in his joy, was startled. All his excitement drained away. “Why aren’t you happy?”
Sui Ning sighed. “I made a mistake.”
“…Everyone makes mistakes. It’s normal.”
“This is different.” The young man furrowed his delicate brows, pressing his lips together. “I shouldn’t have used that Q.”
Xu Hexuan broke into a cold sweat. “It’s just one Q…”
But Sui Ning was stubborn: “It’s not about one play—it means my understanding of this champion is flawed.”
Xu Hexuan glanced at the glowing #1 badge on the young man’s profile and held his tongue. Him, a mere Gold rank—how could he even speak here?
“I was too hasty. The Q has small-area AoE damage. I should’ve waited to position it properly first.”
Sui Ning’s voice was soft. With his eyes closed and a hand against his forehead, he looked like a student about to cry after scoring only 99 out of 100.
Xu Hexuan: …
The young man’s vibe was strange.
Put him in a school, and he’d be the classic “overachiever” who tops the exams yet still calls himself trash. While he, Xu Hexuan, had been a lifelong slacker—he had no idea how to comfort someone like that.
It took a long while before Sui Ning adjusted his mood. Then, almost childishly, he declared: “No, I have to truly master her.”
“…Uh. As long as you’re happy.”
Xu Hexuan glanced at the #2 rank’s 16,470 points, and swallowed what he was about to say. Looks like… another massacre of the second place by thousands of points is coming…
Whoever that unlucky soul was, please accept his deepest respect in advance.
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