When an Alpha is Marked by One of His Own Kind

Chapter 83

Shen Qiao took his Vladimir up to the top lane and faced off against Jayce. Typically, when these two champions faced off, they were pretty evenly matched. They were both rather fragile, after all. Vladimir could heal himself, while Jayce had a long range. As long as Jayce stayed where Vladimir's attacks couldn't reach him, he would be fine. But if Vladimir managed to reach him...
He would have no choice but to die.

As soon as Shen Qiao got to the top lane, he ignored all the minions and headed straight for Jayce, chasing him back to the other side's tower and keeping him trapped there with a relentless assault.

The bullet comments filled up with question marks.

[Saying these champions are evenly matched is a lie, isn't it? This Jayce, today... he's pretty much dead on arrival, isn't he?]

[The one who gets the first kill is the one who's entitled to start working on their creep score. You guys get it?]

[Farwell, Jayce. Nice knowing you.]

While Shen Qiao kept Jayce running, without even pausing to hack at some minions, everyone suddenly heard Shen Qiao say into the voice chat, "Thanks."

It was then that the fans noticed Shen Qiao's jungler had placed a ward in the underbrush near him, allowing Shen Qiao to easily keep an eye out for Lu Zhe coming up to gank him.

[That jungler is saying: I'm ready to stick to you like glue!]

[This is a perfectly positioned ward with very clear intentions. Dog Lu, watch out! Someone is trying to be more of a suck-up than you!]

[Question: I've played LoL for so many years. Why hasn't a jungler ever dedicated a ward just to me? Is it because I'm not Wolf Cub?]

Shen Qiao couldn't see what was being said in the bullet comments. He was focused on terrorizing Jayce, making it impossible for the enemy top laner to kill minions or improve his creep score. Shen Qiao didn't let up until he'd led his forces to the other team's tower. Once he hit Level 6, he finally typed a message into the global chat.

[A Rabbit Who Loves To Eat Carrots (Vladimir): Why aren't you coming?]

[Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh! A provocation! DG's top laner and jungler are about to duke it out!]

[Huh, all I can hear is flirting.]

Shen Qiao's teammates also laughed into the voice chat and asked, "Wolf Cub, if you provoke Captain Lu like this, will we be... totally obliterated by him later?"

Shen Qiao continued to farm minions while avoiding Jayce's skills. He answered, in a totally relaxed tone, "No. When he sees how arrogant I am, he'll only come after me."

As expected, the moment Shen Qiao finished speaking, Jayce advanced a little, coming out from under the protection of his own tower. At the same time, Lu Zhe's Elise showed up on the map. He boldly strolled over from the river and positioned himself right behind Shen Qiao, blocking Shen Qiao's path back to his tower.

Upon seeing Lu Zhe's arrival, Jayce moved away from their tower and used his E to open up his acceleration gate. He started to attack Shen Qiao with his Q, finally taking an aggressive stance to show off some heroics.

Shen Qiao healed himself as he retreated, but he'd led his forces too deep into the other team's territory. It was a long way back to his own tower. Even if he had his Q to restore his HP, and his E-

Ultimately, he could only avoid Jayce's attack by retreating to his own tower. He couldn't avoid Lu Zhe's spiderlings, and he was helpless against Lu Zhe's final attack.

A cold voice rang out through the livestream-

"First blood!"

Shen Qiao, with the camera fixed on him, held his breath for a few seconds. In the end, he couldn't help but huff a laugh as he stared at his grayed-out screen. Then he started changing his equipment as if nothing had happened.