This round's intense match featured a marksman. GDT, being a veteran team, possessed rich combat experience. Despite losing two rounds consecutively, they quickly adjusted their state, playing the fifth round with significantly more caution.
In matches between strong teams, it often comes down not to skill, but to mentality.
Whoever can maintain composure and avoid mistakes will win.
For the first five minutes of the game, both teams played very steadily. With neither side making errors, it was impossible to tell who held the advantage.
This situation persisted until approximately seven minutes and thirty-eight seconds, when the stalemate was broken. The opposing marksman, believing Sheng Kuang, who was at half health, had returned to base, boldly advanced to clear a minion wave. The moment he used his skills, Sheng Kuang, who had been lurking in the adjacent brush in the jungle, used his ultimate ability to instantly kill the opposing marksman.
GDT's support arrived swiftly. Unable to escape, Sheng Kuang, to prevent the kill from going to Yang Sinian, intentionally died to an enemy turret after being hit by the opposing support. The kill was thus secured by the enemy support.
Although the kill count was one to one, Sheng Kuang secured the first blood for yLs, while GDT's kill was by their support.
The deadlock of nearly eight minutes was broken at this moment, and from then on, yLs played steadily, their advantage becoming increasingly apparent.
However, when the game reached twelve minutes and yLs was taking the dragon, the opposing marksman, from a distance, managed to steal the dragon with a well-timed skill shot, purely by luck.
yLs' advantage was thus diminished, and the two teams were once again locked in a stalemate.
At fifteen minutes and forty-seven seconds, yLs' mid laner, He Wang, misjudged a situation. While scouting brush, he was instantly eliminated by the opposing offlaner. The stalemate was broken again, and GDT gradually began to gain the upper hand.
At eighteen minutes into the game, an offlaner's minor mistake exposed their position. yLs immediately counter-attacked, turning a disadvantageous situation back into an advantage.
The two teams traded blows back and forth for about three to four rounds. The game reached thirty minutes, yet it was still not over.
This was an exceptionally long match in the history of KPL, a truly classic and thrilling game. yLs and GDT fans, who had been fiercely arguing in the chat, fell remarkably silent towards the end of the match.
In this game, both teams performed exceptionally well. Even the commentators found it difficult to definitively predict the outcome, as the game grew more tense and exciting towards the end.
At thirty-four minutes into the game, a team fight resulted in both teams being wiped out.
Simultaneously, the super minions from both sides reached the opponent's nexus.
At this moment, it truly came down to the will of fate.
However, yLs seemed to have a tiny bit less luck. Their nexus exploded first, and GDT narrowly managed to win a round.
Although yLs lost the fifth game, everyone understood that they lost to luck, not to their opponents' skill.
This kind of defeat can be incredibly frustrating and can severely impact a player's mentality. The upcoming sixth game was a match point. If yLs' mentality was affected and they lost another game, GDT would become the champions of this autumn season.
Therefore, after losing this match, Lan Bowen's first instinct was to take everyone back to the lounge for psychological readjustment.
On the way back to the lounge, Lan Bowen was quite nervous, constantly trying to figure out how to help everyone maintain their composure.
Jiang Xin was waiting in the lounge. As everyone entered, she carefully opened several bottles of water and handed one to each person.
The atmosphere in the lounge was somewhat stiff. Just as Lan Bowen cleared his throat, intending to quickly offer some words of encouragement, Sheng Kuang's phone suddenly rang.
During the game, the phones were kept in the lounge, placed on the table.
The moment his screen lit up, Chen Jing, standing by the table, keenly glanced at Sheng Kuang's screen.
He saw the caller ID displayed as "Han Fengyan" and his expression instantly turned extremely unpleasant.
Chen Jing, already feeling annoyed and angry from the unlucky loss, let out a curse. Without thinking, he unilaterally rejected Sheng Kuang's incoming call: "Damn it, what is this idiot calling for?"
Han Fengyan's call came in again quickly.
Chen Jing rejected it again.
After repeating this twice, Sheng Kuang's phone received a text message.
It was from Han Fengyan.
Chen Jing glanced at the screen, not even fully reading the message. Upon seeing the characters "October," he exploded: "What the hell, how can he be so shameless to bring up the past? I'm already pissed off right now and looking for someone to argue with, damn it..."
Chen Jing ranted for nearly two minutes without taking a breath. Then, as if struck by a thought, he turned to Sheng Kuang: "That time we lost to GDT in the playoffs, we all went to the restroom, and you were the only one outside. Did Han Fengyan say anything to you?"