Teamfight can be lost, but Teemo and Luban must die.

Four minutes into the match, the score had reached a staggering 0-4.

Zhong Yi had died twice, while Zhou Yue and Zhou Qiaoling each fell once.

Mu Yawen had died three times, though since these were deaths to jungle monsters, they didn’t count toward the score.

Li Moran, fighting alone against two opponents in the top lane, was the only one who hadn’t fallen yet.

"Senior Brother, what kind of ancient demon is this Crimson Treant? Why can’t I defeat it…"

Mu Yawen and Zhong Yi respawned at the fountain together, the former looking thoroughly frustrated.

"Is it really that hard? Maybe I should help you out."

Zhong Yi sighed.

Glancing at the minion waves, he realized he wouldn’t get any farm if he returned to lane now, so he might as well assist Mu Yawen with the jungle camp.

When Zhong Yi arrived at the Crimson Treant’s camp and saw Mu Yawen sacrificing his health to channel a purple aura into his axes, he immediately understood why his junior brother was struggling.

"Junior Brother Mu, why did you pick a skill that drains your own HP to attack?"

Mu Yawen grinned proudly at the question.

"Senior Brother, I followed your teachings and thought it through carefully! My character cultivates the Bloodthirsty Art—the more injured I am, the faster and fiercer my attacks become! By using this skill to lower my health, I become stronger, right?"

"……"

Watching Mu Yawen get chunked down to half health while his axes barely scratched the monster, Zhong Yi was speechless.

What a genius interpretation!

"Fine, let me help you."

……

[The Crimson Treant has slain "Genius Cultivator" (The Unforgiven)!]

[The Crimson Treant has slain "Training Makes Perfect" (The Berserker)!]

"Zhong Yi, stop feeding already!"

Zhou Yue fired off a spirit bullet to last-hit a siege minion while throwing in a complaint.

By now, he was getting used to controlling his character and handling the bot lane pressure with increasing ease.

"Ahem, this jungle monster really is tough. No wonder Junior Brother Mu couldn’t handle it."

Zhong Yi’s face flushed slightly.

"Maybe Junior Brother Mu should go help Li Moran instead? She’s fighting two alone up top—it must be rough…"

[Li Moran (The Duelist) has slain Alistar (Bot)!]

[Li Moran (The Duelist) has slain Ryze (Bot), achieving a Double Kill!]

Before Zhong Yi could finish, the announcement rang out.

"???"

Zhong Yi was stunned, quickly switching his view to the top lane.

"Junior Sister Li, how did you pull that off?"

"Fighting two slows their leveling… At level 6, I unlocked an ultimate skill. Seizing the right moment, taking them both down wasn’t hard."

Li Moran swung her blade smoothly, clearing the minion wave before leisurely recalling.

Recalling how she had transformed into a flurry of sword energy with [Blade Waltz], slicing through everything, she felt a lingering thrill.

It was a novel way to merge her body with the sword.

"Junior Brother Mu, no need to help me. Go assist Senior Brother Zhong instead."

"Got it!"

Mu Yawen nodded, buying another Vitality Crystal before following Zhong Yi toward mid lane.

One minute later.

[Annie (Bot) has slain "Genius Cultivator" (The Unforgiven)!]

[Annie (Bot) has slain "Training Makes Perfect" (The Berserker), achieving a Double Kill!]

[Annie (Bot) is on a Rampage!]

"Zhong Yi, stop dragging Mu Yawen into your feeding spree!"

Zhou Yue couldn’t hold back his criticism.

"Tsk… I’m not feeding! That little girl is just really strong!"

Zhong Yi shook his head helplessly.

"Hah, now you see the power of us fire-attribute cultivators? If you can’t handle it, let me play The Unforgiven next game!"

Zhou Yue smirked.

"Hahaha, Senior Brother Zhong in a little girl’s outfit? I’d love to see that!"

Zhou Qiaoling found a new angle to tease him.

Of course, the spectacle she imagined was unlikely to happen.

When summoning foreign spirits, players could customize their avatars with accessories.

Aside from a few eccentric players who enjoyed cross-dressing, most kept their appearances fairly normal.

"Zhou Yue, don’t laugh… This Annie deals insane damage and has crowd control—she’s ridiculously hard to fight!"

Zhong Yi, ever stubborn, refused to admit defeat.

"Oh? Let me see."

While recalling to heal, Zhou Yue checked the mid lane.

Seeing Annie lazily wandering behind minions, showing zero aggression, he was baffled.

Compared to the nightmare he faced in bot lane—where the enemy Ashe and Cho’Gath practically danced on his grave—this Annie looked like a training dummy!

Her movements were sluggish, her positioning amateurish.

Could the bots have different difficulty levels?

"Zhong Yi, you’re getting bullied by this?"

Zhou Yue couldn’t help but laugh.

Instead of returning to bot lane, he headed straight for mid.

"I’m coming to help!"

"Hurry up… Once she backs and buys items, we’re done for!"

Zhong Yi was sweating bullets.

Venturing into Annie’s range meant instant death, so he couldn’t even use [Steel Tempest] properly.

But an Unforgiven who couldn’t dash was a joyless shell of a champion, leaving him utterly deflated.

Zhou Yue hid in the river brush, observing Annie’s clumsy movements.

Convinced she was far weaker than his bot lane opponents, he grew confident.

"Here I come!"

The moment Zhou Yue stepped out, Annie locked onto him—and suddenly, her entire demeanor changed.

Flash. Ultimate. Spell rotations woven seamlessly with autos.

The sheer level gap and flawless execution turned Zhou Yue into a charred corpse in seconds.

"???"

Zhou Yue was dumbfounded.

This wasn’t the same Annie who had been drooling on herself moments ago!

Rubbing his eyes, he watched as—after his death—Annie reverted to her braindead state.

"This makes no sense!!!"

In Lu Ze’s past life, if one hero from League of Legends and one from Honor of Kings were singled out as universally despised, it would be Teemo and Lu Ban.

While developing Immortal Demons’ Clash, Lu Ze had added an easter egg:

"Teamfights can be lost, but Teemo and Lu Ban must die."

The bots followed this rule religiously, their combat logic upgrading drastically when facing these two champions.

This was why Zhou Yue, despite his decent mechanics, was suffering so much.

……

Twenty minutes later.

"Zhou Yue, just stay in bot lane and keep taunting! Lure all the bots to focus you!"

"Zhou Qiaoling, plant more mushrooms at our base! After Zhou Yue dies, it’s your turn to dance in bot lane!"

"Mu Yawen, stop conserving mana—clear the waves! We must defend our nexus!!"

Transformed into a spiritual entity, Zhong Yi observed the battlefield from a god's-eye view, calmly directing the flow of battle.

During the match, Zhong Yi realized Zhou Yue hadn’t been exaggerating.

With Teemo and Luban present, the AI opponents truly became far more formidable…

When both were on the field, even Li Moran—who had been farming exceptionally well—stood no chance against them!

If the team stuck together as a group of five, defeat was inevitable.

So Zhong Yi quickly devised a countermeasure—

Exploiting the AI’s berserk aggression toward Teemo and Luban, he had them lure the enemies in the bot lane.

Meanwhile, their strongest fighter, Li Moran, was sent to split-push top lane.

"Li Moran, push faster, faster! We can’t hold them off much longer!!"

"One more hit… just one more!"

"Woohoo!! We won!!!"