Yu Yue could not hold back, and replied to him on the spot:

[All] JK-Eden (Liu Bang):  It’s not me who wanted to come!

[Enemy] Hou Yi:?

[All] JK-Eden (Liu Bang): It’s fate! It’s this unfair fate that compelled me to come!

[Enemy] Hou Yi:……

Without a doubt, it was Diao Chan from before.

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Unknowing what the other side was thinking, Lu Qi felt embarrassed on behalf of their support, “If you keep blabbering, I’ll throw you out of the base.”

They were all on voice chat, so naturally, everyone heard their conversation.

The jungler asked cautiously, “Are you guys really pro players?”

Qing Guang said, “Yeah.”

“You’re kidding me, right?” The jungler did not believe it. “Now even girls can play professionally? Then I might as well be the starting lineup.”

“What’s wrong with girls playing professionally? What’s wrong!” Yu Yue was so angry, banging the chair like a furious rooster. “JK posted on Weibo half a year ago recruiting female players. It’s your ignorance, can you blame others for that?”

The jungler smiled and said, “I simply can’t believe it.”

The bot laner said, “Is your ID your stage name? I have no impression of this player.”

The jungler asked, “You guys are a trio, right? Who are the other two?”

“I am ARE’s Qing Guang,” Qing Guang took the initiative to reply, “As for the orphan in the mid lane…… Why do you care so much? Just play the game.”

After some thought, both the jungler and bot laner agreed.

They had a chance encounter and probably would not meet in the game anymore.

Why bother so much?

And that girl named ‘Eden’ seemed quite knowledgeable, knew how to rotate, and could handle the opposing conjoined twins for six minutes.

She was already very diligent.

As a teammate, she was competent.

Moreover, since the ‘orphan mid laner’ could say something like throwing Eden out of the base, he was most likely a pro player too; just not sure who.

“I originally thought you guys were cheating because a six-seven-minute Nu Wa with such high damage is unheard of. But now that I know you’re pro players, it’s all good,” the bot laner said, “The same hero, feels like in the hands of a pro, can it then unleash its ultimate power.”

Pro players and casual players looked like they were playing two different heroes.

The jungler: “Actually, telling me who you are won’t help because I really don’t know many pro players. I only know those in QAQ…… because they’re really strong.”

“Right now, the strength of marksmen is a bit off the charts. If they get their late-game items and have a protector, several people may not be able to kill him,” Lu Qi took the blue buff given by the jungler and calmly instructed, “Focus on the opposing Hou Yi.”

Qing Guang: “……”

Makes sense.

If I didn’t know you guys had a conflict, I would’ve almost thought you were in it for the win.

But Lu Qi really was in it for the win.

The current meta required them to kill the marksmen, if not when they became fed, just their basic attacks could melt down a tank.

Since the boss gave the order, not killing the marksman was not an option.

So a casual game with strangers turned into a five-man squad, playing until the opposing Hou Yi did not even want to leave the fountain anymore.

[Enemy] Hou Yi: f*@k your m*ther, I am your daddy!

[Enemy] Hou Yi: Can you stop killing me?

[Enemy] Hou Yi: Nu Wa! I @#…&*

[Enemy] Hou Yi: I’m reporting your mid laner for hacking! I’ve returned to the fountain and still manage to one-shot me?

[All] Your dad is planting loquats (Nu Wa): What’s so strange? Positioning of a Gold Rank player, taking my hits isn’t such a weird thing.”

Qing Guang could not help but sigh, “You’re so lucky your opponent’s marksman playing like they’re in Gold Rank, weren’t you always defending the high ground right on time at minute six before.”

When he said that, the audience in the live stream room immediately remembered:

Yeah! When Lu Qi was playing rank previously, whether it was smooth sailing or not, he was always guarding the high ground within ten minutes, saving the world all by himself!

[Qi Ge finally met normal teammates]

[The noob teammates all went to the opposite side]

[Congratulations]

[Report Hou Yi for vulgarities]

[Be a human 2333]

[How silly, still playing Hou Yi at Grandmaster]

[He can be played, just needs to be protected well. But better to have self-preservation skills like Marco Polo and Gongsun Li…… The biggest problem might be his girlfriend, too clueless, playing Yaria with this level of skill. She doesn’t know how to switch between the two forms and doesn’t pay attention to the map, it’s too painful to watch]

[I used to be annoyed when people said Yaria can’t do this or that, now seeing this girl playing Yaria…… Hmm…… I also think it’s not good]

[These are the kind of people who tarnish Yaria’s reputation! Not even buying shoes^[1]roam equipment, instead buying a third-level support item to eat their teammates’ gold, who can withstand that!? This guy really, with a girlfriend of this skill level, why bring her to Grandmaster matches and ruin others’ games? Why not stay at Gold rank and have fun there?]

The barrage was filled with indignation, everyone was talking about the exotic gameplays they had seen from female players who were carried to Grandmaster matches.

Don’t know how to fill other positions, always playing mid laner or marksman but were bad at it, lacking awareness. If they did fill other positions, it was always soft support, and the first item was always a third-level item, and that item added defense!

[It’s clearly a default build! As a soft support, why add defense? Aren’t the other three support items better?]

[Right…… Polar Shadow, Wings of Redemption, and Howling Emblem feel better than Guardian’s Glory. Guardian’s Glory is more suitable for heroes like Niu Mo, right?]

[Putting it like that, isn’t my child who can fill other positions……a goddess among mortals?]

As expected, the goddess among mortals, Yu Yue, won the match.

Even exclaiming that it was ‘too easy.’

[……]

Listen, were these words spoken by a human?

In the end, she even reported Hou Yi for using vulgarities.

“I can sympathize with him, but how can we not target the marksman in this current meta?”  Qing Guang scratched his head, starting the next game. “Since you picked him, you need to be prepared to be targeted by others.”

[Sounds reasonable, but we all know these are just excuses]

[You all just want to attack him]

“After this match, it’s over.” Yu Yue waved her hand, saying seriously, “There’s no intention to purposely target him, but he’s the enemy. To win, we need to focus on him. You guys had played ranked games too, when the marksman is fed, there’s no need to play anymore. Even with good mechanics, you can’t compare to their basic attacks.”

The barrage fell silent.

It’s true.

Previously, they added an attack speed threshold, but……

Your daddy is still your daddy.

“The next meta might be the marksman meta, when will we have a mage meta?” Yu Yue said, “If there’s a mage meta, JK might directly win a championship and become a legend, hahaha, it’s all a reasonable guess.”

“Is that reasonable?” Qing Guang could not help but laugh, saying to Lu Qi, “Your support is getting cocky, huh.”

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“The current trend is that mages are being used as dogs for the marksmen,” Lu Qi finally replied after a long pause, “The cost of a mage carrying a match is much higher than that of a marksman, in the future, the probability of utility mages appearing in matches will be higher than that of mage assassins.”

This meant that mages acted as half a support, providing stuns and protection for the marksmen.

And supports lean more towards a protective role, requiring tankiness and stuns.

Overall, it was highly likely that the future would be a cold winter for mage assassins, which was not favorable for Lu Qi.

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At this point, the matchmaking was done, and the trio entered the BP phase.

The barrage also quietened down.

After banning the heroes her teammates wanted to ban, Yu Yue first signaled, “I’ll play support.”

Then she noticed that Qing Guang and Lu Qi on the fourth and fifth floors also sent the same signal.

[I’ll play support]

[I’ll play support]

[I’ll play support]

The three identical signals drove the two random teammates crazy.

[Second floor]: What’s going on? Is the support role in such high demand now?

[Third floor]: What are you doing? Normally, there are not many people willing to play support, and now three people are fighting to play. Okay, let the competition begin!

Qing Guang: “Brother, look at my common heroes, they are all supports. Let me play support and I’ll carry, alright?”

[Third floor]: You call a 60 matches 30% win rate Lu Ban support, and you think you can carry?

Qing Guang burst into laughter and tried to argue, “This is my Smurf account, it doesn’t count! Let me play support and I’ll carry!”

[Second floor]: I don’t believe you! First floor, hurry up and pick Da Qiao!

Yu Yue obediently chose Da Qiao.

For Lu Qi, as a mid laner, he did not dare to speak.

Qing Guang: “Later, swap with me, and you can play as a damage dealer, okay? How can a beautiful lady like you play support for a guy like Lu Qi?”

Yu Yue: “No, I want to play support.”

Lu Qi: “Let her play. This person is quite pitiful, always using Zhang Fei and Niu Mo in competitive games.”

The beautiful-looking supports had no fate with her.

“Qi Ge, you’re in the wrong here!” Qing Guang slapped his thighs and accused, “Look at yourself, what a scumbag! We wanted a female player so badly, you not only did not cherish her, you even made the poor girl play as your lapdog all day long! Is this how you treat people?”

Lu Qi who suddenly became a scumbag: ”……”

Lu Qi: “Fine, I’ll play support later.”

“Yay!” Qing Guang’s voice became cheerful, saying, “I’ll play bot laner! I’ve been itching to play for a while!”

Unlike the mid core for JK, ARE initially employed the marksman core.

The support was the lapdog for the marksman.

Lu Qi: “……”

He could not expect this person to be normal.

The second and third floors picked Li Bai for jungler and Guan Yu for top laner.

Little did they know, Qing Guang and Lu Qi, on the fourth and fifth floors, picked Consort Yu and Liu Bang.

[Second floor] and [Third floor]: Are you guys messing around?

[Second floor] and [Third floor]: Where’s the mage?

Qing Guang: [Da Qiao can go mid.]

[Second floor] and [Third floor]: Forget that, can’t you be normal?

[Second floor] and [Third floor]: Pick a mage.

[Second floor] and [Third floor]: We need a mage!

Lu Qi: “You see…… I can still change now.”

Qing Guang: [Do you guys know?]

[Second floor] and [Third floor]: ???

Qing Guang: [Supports are only support because they’re so strong, so believe me, mid lane Da Qiao is invincible!]

When Yu Yue returned with a cup of water, she saw this “mid lane Da Qiao is invincible” scene, but her hero was already locked in, and the countdown had begun.

Oh no, this was bad.