LOL: What does it mean to torture players?

Su Mo's words rang out clearly in the team's voice chat, and EDG, this sophisticated war machine, immediately began to execute.

Scout in the mid lane and Viper and Meiko in the bottom lane began to apply pressure on the mid and top lane minions, but they were not in a hurry to push forward. Instead, they made a show of grouping up to attract LNG's attention.

Meanwhile, Su Mo's Sett appeared alone in LNG's bottom lane with a wave of minions.

At this time, LNG's bottom lane second tower was still standing.

Upon arriving in front of the enemy's second tower, Su Mo did not hesitate at all. He walked straight forward, ignoring M1kuya's crocodile who came to defend the tower, and punched the tower again and again.

That arrogant and domineering attitude seemed to be saying to the entire LNG: I am right here, do you dare to come?

This scene, viewed from God's perspective, was clearly presented to all the spectators and LNG team members.

In the LNG convoy, alarms suddenly went off!
"He's in the bottom lane! He's all alone!" Iwandy, the support player, was the first to shout, his voice filled with disbelief and excitement.

"He's too arrogant! What makes him think he can push all the way to our second tower by himself?" M1kuya, the top laner who had been suppressed for the entire game, was now excited, with a glimmer of hope for revenge after being humiliated. "This is our chance!"

"What do you mean, Tarzan?" mid laner Icon asked immediately, looking at the team's decision-making mastermind.

Tarzan's breathing quickened instantly, his eyes fixed on the lone Sett icon on the minimap.

Three members of EDG have appeared in the mid and top lanes.

Only the jungler Lillia was not seen in the vision.

Is this a trap? Very likely. Lilia is probably nearby.

but……

Tarzan glanced at the equipment and levels of his five teammates, then at Sett's terrifying development.

He knew that if Sett continued to develop without any pressure, the outcome of the match would be a foregone conclusion.

Their only chance of winning is to gather all their strength and eliminate this point instantly, regardless of the cost!

If they kill him, they can get a huge bounty, buy time, and even try to take down the soon-to-spawn Baron!

To gamble or not to gamble?

"All of you!" Tarzan's voice was resolute, filled with the final madness of a gambler. "Five of us! Let's go to the bottom lane! Use all our abilities, no matter the cost, kill this Sett! If we kill him, we win!"

"it is good!"

"Done!"

"kill him!"

M1kuya, Icon, Light, and Iwandy spoke in unison, their anger and resentment, which had been suppressed for a full eighteen minutes, finally erupted at this moment!
This is their last desperate measure!

The operation unfolded in an instant!

M1kuya's Renekton, who was closest, took the initiative! He dashed forward with his E skill and locked onto Sett, who was attacking the tower, with his W skill. A red light flashed, and Sett was stunned on the spot!

At the same time, Tarzan's Udyr activated his bear form and quickly flanked from the jungle!
Icon's Viktor and the bot lane duo also surged out from behind the high ground tower. A tight encirclement of five people was tightening around the figure who was acting recklessly in front of the bot lane's second tower!

"They've made their move!" Miller's voice suddenly rose in the commentary booth. "All five LNG players have gone to the bottom lane! Their target is Mozi! This is a desperate gank! Jiejie's Lillia is in LNG's bottom jungle! Can he get there in time?!"

As the crocodile's stun ended, Iwandy's Alistar seamlessly followed up with a WQ combo that knocked Sett into the air once again!
Tarzan's Udyr also arrived in a flash, slamming down with a bear paw and stunning Sett once again!
The control chain is perfectly connected!
Light's Kai'Sa activated her E skill for a speed boost and unleashed a barrage of damage on Sett!
Icon's Viktor also unleashed his W [Gravity Field] and R [Chaos Storm], unleashing devastating energy that raged beneath Sett's feet!
A net so tight, there's no way to escape!
Su Mo's Sett's health bar plummeted instantly! It dropped from full health to half health, and it was still decreasing rapidly!
He seemed to be in a desperate situation, only able to passively take the beating.

On the faces of everyone at LNG, the joy of impending victory was evident!
However, at that moment, the corners of Su Mo's mouth turned up slightly.

This is the moment he's been waiting for!

Just as the chain of control was about to break, Su Mo's Sett finally regained his mobility.

He didn't choose to retreat, nor did he use his dodge ability. Instead, after taking tons of damage, he activated the active skill of the Bloodthirsty Battle Axe!
A crimson ring of blood burst open, hitting four enemies nearby and restoring a significant amount of his health!
Immediately afterwards, he pressed W [Deliberate Punch]!
A massive golden energy shield instantly formed, locking his critically low health bar and blocking tons of subsequent damage!
At the same time, the W skill also hit Udyr, Renekton, and Viktor in front of him, instantly reducing their health by two-thirds.

But that's all.

“Kill him! He’s out of W! He’s going to die!” M1kuya roared in the voice chat.

To ensure they could take down Sett instantly, LNG's five players positioned themselves more closely than ever before! They unleashed all their firepower on the man with his shield activated!
Seeing that things were going wrong, Su Mo hurriedly shouted:

"Jiejie, come quick!"

"They're here!" Jiejie's voice rang out, filled with barely suppressed excitement!

He was controlling Lillia, who had been waiting behind the wall in the bottom lane jungle for a long time!
He looked at the five figures huddled together, trying to kill Sett, and his eyes flashed with an unprecedented fierceness!
It's now!

flash!

A golden light flashed, and Lilia's figure instantly leaped over the thick wall, appearing on the flank of the LNG five-man formation!
R skill! 【Night Ballad】!
A dreamlike, pinkish-purple magical stardust spread out instantly from Lilia's center, like ripples!
That deadly melody precisely enveloped the five LNG team members!
"What?!" Tarzan's pupils contracted sharply.

He saw Lilia suddenly appear, and he saw the spreading stardust. An ominous premonition instantly enveloped his heart.

But, it was too late.

After a 1.5-second delay, sleepiness came.

M1kuya's crocodile, Tarzan's Udyr, Icon's Viktor, Light's Kai'Sa, Iwandy's Alistar...

The five people, like puppets under a spell, all fell into a deep sleep!

The whole world seemed to be muted at that moment.

"My God!!!!" In the commentary booth, Miller completely lost control. He jumped up from his chair and roared with all his might, "Jiejie!!! A divine flash! He flashed over and used his ultimate, putting all five of LNG to sleep! All five of LNG's players are asleep! This is a one-sided massacre!!!"

Opportunities are fleeting!
A fierce light, like that of a wolf king, burst forth in Su Mo's eyes!
How could he possibly let down the perfect stage his teammates had created for him!

The moment the five LNG players fell asleep, Su Mo activated his ultimate skill, "Amazing!"
His target is the meatiest bull's head in the crowd!

Sett scooped up Iwandy, leaped high into the air, and then, like a demon descending from the sky, slammed him down hard onto the sleeping Kai'Sa and Viktor behind him!

boom!
Unleashed burst damage upon landing!

The crocodile and Udyr were hit and instantly died. Then Su Mo flashed and used E to pull Viktor and Kai'Sa, who were both low on health. Viktor was pulled to death, and Kai'Sa was also taken down by his QAA combo.

"Quadra kill"

A quadra kill in an instant!

At this point, only a half-health Minotaur with his ultimate ability active remained on the field. Before the Minotaur could react, Su Mo had already charged towards him.

Su Mo didn't use any skills, just punch after punch, the most primal violence, venting it on this poor bull-headed creature.

Jiejie's Lilia didn't fight either; she just stood by and helped Su Mo guard the Minotaur's escape route, leaving it nowhere to run.

So, Minotaur gave up resisting and let the huge fist drain his last bit of health.

The instant Alistar fell, a system notification echoed throughout Summoner's Rift:
【PENTAKILL!!!】

Pentakill!!!

"Spray him with Q!!!" In the commentary booth, Wawa had completely gone crazy, his voice cracking, "Pentakill! In the opening match of the new season! Facing a five-man siege! Mozi used a devastating pentakill to announce the return of the king!!"

Miller was equally excited, his face flushed: "What kind of script is this! What kind of monster is this! From a sliver of health to full health! From hell to heaven! LNG thought they had grasped a lifeline, but little did they know, it was just a guillotine prepared for them by God! And Jiejie's kick! No, it was this sleep! He put the whole world into a deep sleep!"

EDG's team voice chat channel has now turned into a sea of ​​joy.

"Holy crap! Holy crap! Mozi is awesome!!!" Jiejie's voice was the loudest. He was proud of his own key move and even more shocked by Su Mo's kill. "A pentakill in the opening match, awesome!"

"Nice! Nice!" Viper was so excited in the team voice chat for the first time. Although he was speaking in Korean, everyone could feel his excitement.

Meanwhile, on the other side, there was complete silence in the LNG team's voice chat.

M1kuya slumped weakly in her chair, her hands trembling.

Tarzan stared blankly at the gray screen.

Icon covered his face in pain.

This encirclement and annihilation attempt failed, and they were wiped out with a five-kill team wipe. Everyone knew that the game was effectively over.

After securing the pentakill, the five EDG players didn't even recall to base. Instead, they pushed straight through the mid-lane minion wave.

The LNG players watched helplessly as their high ground, inhibitor turrets, and crystal were destroyed one by one by the unstoppable EDG team from the fountain.

VICTORY!

The world fell silent for a moment when the huge word "Victory" appeared on the screen.

One second, two seconds.

After the silence came the landslide, the tsunami, and the deafening celebration that had been building up for an entire offseason!

"Congratulations to EDG," Wawa's voice echoed in the arena, "They won the first match of the S11 Spring Split in the most incredible and exhilarating way! And let's also congratulate Mo for giving us a visual feast of a pentakill in his first match back!"

The stage lights focused on Su Mo again. He slowly took off his headphones, his face still showing that calm and collected expression.

But everyone knows that beneath this calm lies a powerful heart that controls lightning and dominates everything.

God has returned.

And the new season seems to have been firmly in his grasp from the very beginning.

As EDG's main crystal exploded amidst cheers, the players from both teams took off their headphones and stood up from their seats.

The stage lights were still dazzling, but the atmosphere surrounding the two teams of players was completely different.

On EDG's side, Jiejie was the first to rush to Su Mo and excitedly gave him a bear hug. Viper and Scout also surrounded him, their faces filled with barely suppressed excitement and admiration.

Meanwhile, the five LNG team members, seemingly drained of all their strength, walked heavily towards the passage. Their faces were filled with confusion, resentment, and deep frustration.

Especially top laner M1kuya, he kept his head down, not even daring to look at the dazzling figure on the other side, that sense of powerlessness almost swallowed him up.

The air in the LNG players' lounge backstage was so oppressive it felt like you could wring water out of it.

The five starting players slumped on the sofa, none of them speaking, only heavy breathing and occasional irritating sighs could be heard.

M1kuya held her head in her hands, burying her face deeply in her knees, looking utterly remorseful.

He kept replaying the level 2 solo kill in his mind, and the scene of being ganked by five people and then getting killed by the other five. Every detail was like a needle, piercing his heart.

"I really... don't know how to lane against him anymore." After a long silence, he finally spoke his first words in a hoarse voice, "I feel like every decision I make is within his calculations. I retreat, he controls the lane; I move forward, he trades blows; what I thought was an opportunity turned out to be a trap..."

“It wasn’t just you,” Tarzan, the team’s strategist, also lost his usual composure. He rubbed his temples, his voice filled with exhaustion. “That decision to have five people gank him was my fault… I was too eager to seize the opportunity, and as a result… we all became the backdrop for his pentakill. The timing of Lillia’s appearance on the other side was too tricky.”

LNG's coach looked around at the dejected players, but instead of getting angry, he took a deep breath and said, "I know you're all feeling bad right now, but this isn't the time to wallow in self-pity. Cheer up!"

Upon hearing this, the team members all sat up straight.

"Let's review why we lost so badly," the coach continued. "Was it because he's strong? Yes, he's strong! But more importantly, we fell into his most effective rhythm! You thought that five-man gank was an opportunity you found? Wrong! It was an opportunity he deliberately gave you! He wanted to use himself as bait to lure you out, then have his teammates ambush you from the sidelines for a two-man gank. This is a typical EDG-style encirclement and reinforcement attack. We analyzed it countless times before the match, so why did our minds go blank once we got on the field?!"

His words left everyone blushing and speechless.

"Next game," the coach's tone softened slightly, but still carried an undeniable decisiveness, "we'll change our strategy. Abandon top lane! Completely abandon it! Tarzan, you've been camping the bottom half of the map since level one, so we'll focus on the bottom half and help Light establish an advantage! I refuse to believe that Mo alone can defy fate!"

In stark contrast to the gloomy atmosphere at LNG, the EDG rest room was filled with laughter and joy.

"Brother Mozi, that pentakill of yours was so cool!" Jiejie exclaimed excitedly, gesturing wildly. "Wasn't my QR combo amazing? Sleeping five people! I feel like I'll never be able to pull off a play that cool in my entire life!"

Su Mo took a sip of water and laughed, "Indeed, that one night you slept was worth at least 500,000."

Viper, the newly arrived Korean AD carry, has completely let down his guard.

Speaking in somewhat broken Chinese, he sincerely said to Su Mo, "Brother Mo, you are really... amazing. In LCK, I had only heard your legend... but after experiencing it firsthand today, I know it's even more incredible than the legends say."

Veteran players Meiko and Scout watched them joking around with smiles on their faces. They were very familiar with this relaxed and joyful atmosphere after winning the game.

Just then, Coach Abu and the factory manager pushed open the door and came in.

"Well done, Xiao Mo." Abu first acknowledged Su Mo's performance, then a subtle expression appeared on his face. "However, there's something..."

Su Mo could tell from his expression that nothing good was coming, so she raised an eyebrow and said, "So, what is it now?"

"Ahem," Abu cleared his throat, "You'll probably have to keep playing. The official ratings for this opening match broke the Spring Split's record for the same period because of your presence! Sponsors and broadcasting platforms are ecstatic. So, the league... strongly hopes you can continue playing in the second game to maximize the entertainment value."

Su Mo nodded: "Sigh, there's nothing I can do. Everyone says I'm LPL's number 001 player. For the prosperity of LPL, and to avoid disappointing our supporters, I have no choice but to reluctantly work a little harder." (End of Chapter)