LOL: What does it mean to torture players?

Zeus stared at the screen in despair. Jiejie's ultimate move, with its twisted vines, had sealed off all his escape routes.

“I can’t leave.” Zeus’s voice was filled with a deep sense of helplessness.

With the dead tree entwining him, Jiejie didn't need any complicated maneuvers. He simply walked up and used his Q skill, Thorn Strike, to slightly knock the captain back.

Su Mo, on the other hand, was like a cold-blooded executioner.

Q skill [Leap Slash] is off cooldown.

Take off and land.

AWA, the divine blade effect of the Divine Separator illuminates the lamppost.

"Boom!"

The muffled thud depleted Zeus's captain's last bit of health, causing him to collapse to the ground.

Su Mo didn't even glance at the corpse, and turned around to continue attacking the tower.

"T1's bottom lane tower has fallen! Zeus is dead!" Miller shouted. "Is this the price to pay for targeting Mozi? They failed to break through the top lane, and instead, this Jax became the most terrifying boss in the entire game!"

However, T1 is, after all, a three-time world champion team, and their resilience and ability to seize opportunities are world-class.

Just as the director's camera was still focused on Su Mo's heroic act of destroying the tower, a deadly threat suddenly appeared on the other side of the map.

"Look at the mid lane!" Guan Zeyuan suddenly raised his voice, "T1 has made their move! Their trade this time was very decisive!"

It turns out that the moment Jiejie showed up in the bottom lane, Oner's Fiorentina had already quietly circled around to the F6 camp behind the mid lane tower.

Faker's Viktor activated Ghost, and his E [Death Ray] struck Viper, who was clearing a wave.

“I can catch them too!” A fierce glint flashed in Faker’s eyes.

W [Gravity Field] blocked the path and was placed directly at Ashe's feet.

Viper reacted extremely quickly, using Flash to create distance.

But in the shadows, Keria's Lenata flashed and used her Q [Iron Hand] to predict Ashe's flash location!
"Gotcha! Keria's prediction was amazing!"

Viper was pulled back by Lena, and then Oner's Fryegor unleashed a devastating strike. Gumayusi's Varus charged up his Q from a distance and fired a fatal arrow.

Viper's Ashe melted instantly.

Meiko unleashed her ultimate turret attack in an attempt to counterattack, but was helplessly brought down by the combined fire of the four T1 members.

1 for 2!

T1 used their top laner's kill to take down EDG's bot lane duo and then secured the newly spawned Rift Herald.

However, taking this opportunity, Su Mo and Jiejie also obtained the little dragon.

"T1's stop-loss move was brilliant!" Remember exclaimed. "This is the kind of game between top teams: you gank my top lane, I'll kill your bot lane. The gold difference isn't that big; both sides are neck and neck!"

The next few minutes saw the game enter a breathtaking operational phase.

Su Mo went home and crafted a small piece of the Blade of the Ruined King. At this moment, he was equipped with the Divine Separator, Bilgewater Scimitar, and Recurve Bow.

Meanwhile, Zeus's captain had only just unleashed the power of the Trinity Force and was still wearing straw sandals.

17 minutes.

Su Mo pushed down T1's bottom lane second tower with a solo push.

This is not just the destruction of the defensive towers, but also the complete loss of vision.

EDG capitalized on Jax's split-pushing advantage, relentlessly invading T1's lower jungle. Oner's jungle monsters became Su Mo's private property.

"Brother Mozi's Jax is too thuggish." Wawa watched Jax on the screen clear the Krugs and then go to clear the Red Buff. "Oner's Fryego is seriously underfarmed this game. He has to be on tenterhooks when he goes into the jungle, afraid that a streetlight will jump out of the bush."

19 minutes 30 seconds.

The third dragon is about to spawn.

This is a winning hand with EDG and two other cards.

T1 faces a huge decision.

"Should we take the hit?" Keria asked. "Jax now has two Blade of the Ruined King items and a Stopwatch. It might be a bit difficult."

Faker glanced at the minion wave and said in a deep voice, "Take it. We can't give up the Dragon Soul point. Besides, our Viktor and Varus have two items now, so their poke ability is very strong. As long as Jax doesn't dive in, we can fight."

T1's five players huddled together and cautiously advanced towards the dragon pit.

EDG, on the other hand, secured their positions early on.

Su Mo wasn't facing him directly. Like an assassin, he hid in the bushes at the T1 Blue Buff intersection, holding a Control Ward to block the surrounding vision.

“I can’t see Jax,” Gumayusi said uneasily. “He’s definitely circling around.”

“It’s okay, I have my ultimate move.” Keria gripped the mouse tightly. “If he dares to jump in, I’ll unleash my ultimate move.”

20 minutes exactly.

The dragon has respawned.

Jiejie's tree directly activated its ultimate skill, "Nature's Grasp," forcing T1 to reposition.

Faker's Viktor countered with his ultimate, Chaos Storm, in an attempt to divide the battlefield.

Both sides exchanged skills tests.

Just then, Viper's Ashe fired a magic crystal arrow, aiming straight at Lena, who was positioned in the front!
Keria reacts extremely quickly, purifying and detoxifying in seconds.

Yes, he brought purification!
"The raid has started!!" Miller shouted.

In the chaotic moment of the exchange of skills between the two sides, a figure emerged from the shadows on the flank like a tiger descending the mountain!
Jax activated his E [Counter Strike], launched himself into the fray using the explosive fruit, and then flashed into the enemy with his Q!

This set of movements is so fluid and fast that it's hard for the naked eye to catch it!

The target is clearly Faker and Gumayusi!

"Jax has entered the game!!"

Keria's reaction was also world-class; the moment Jax landed, R [hostile takeover] made its move!
Golden poisonous fog spreads!
This is Jax's most feared skill! Once controlled, he will frantically attack his teammates or allies.

However, Su Mo seemed to have foreseen the future.

Just 0.1 seconds before the poisonous fog was about to touch him.

"Ding!"

Golden Body!

The stopwatch dodged Lena's ultimate attack!
"He dodged it!! Mozi used a stopwatch to avoid the most fatal control!" Guan Zeyuan roared, "T1's backline is exposed!!"

The 2.5-second invincibility period felt like an eternity for the T1.

They wanted to focus their fire on Qiqihar, but Jiejie and Scout had already charged in from the front.

Scout's Tsar Shifting Sands, R [Imperial Guard Wall] pushed back Fryego and the Captain who were trying to cover the back row.

The golden statue is finished.

Su Mo's Jax stood up.

At this moment, although his E skill had ended, Lethal Tempo had already been triggered, and the street lamp in his hand was flashing with a bloodthirsty light.

Q skill refreshed!
Jump slash!

He rode right in front of Gumayusi, who didn't have Flash!

A! W! Ruined hero takes a breath!
Varus's fragile little body was like a thin sheet of paper in front of the God-Shattered Jax.

Two blows with the stick and the health bar vanished instantly.

"AD is down!!"

Immediately afterwards, Su Mo turned his attention to Faker.

Faker's Viktor used Flash to create distance and activated Ghost.

But Su Mo's Jax is too agile; his Q skill cooldown refreshes, and he jumps right over!

Another round of random banging.

Although Faker unleashed a burst of damage, bringing Jax to low health, the lifesteal from Blade of the Ruined King allowed Su Mo to remain standing amidst the chaos of battle.

Viper's Ashe unleashed a barrage of attacks from afar, reaping the remaining enemies.

Zeus's captain tried to place barrels to blow up the enemy, but Meiko's turret blocked his position. He placed two barrels, but Meiko snatched them away. In the end, he was killed by the chaotic army before he could even place any barrels.

T1 suffered a crushing defeat, with only Oner's Fryego surviving and fleeing in panic.

0 for 4!

EDG won a resounding victory and secured the win.

"Invincible!! This Jax is invincible!" Remember was so excited his face turned red. "That stopwatch to avoid Lena's ultimate was crucial! T1's backline had absolutely no chance of survival in front of him!"

After this team fight ended, the economic gap between the two sides instantly widened to 5000.

After securing the dragon, EDG didn't go home; instead, the entire team went to fight the Baron.

With five people still alive, the dragon-slaying speed was not up to par.

Oner, now the only survivor, tried to steal the dragon, but this was like a moth drawn to a flame.

Jiejie secured Baron Nash with a solid Smite.

At this moment, Su Mo returned home and retrieved the [Dance of Death].

Divine Intervention, Ruined, Death Dance, Mercury Shoes, Stopwatch (broken).

Jax with three items in 22 minutes.

For T1, this is the end of the world.

"This is unplayable." PDD shook his head in the second live stream. "If Jax stands in front, even the three carries of T1 combined can't touch him. With Death's Dance, the margin for error is maxed out."

With the Baron buff, EDG began their classic split-push strategy.

Su Mo led the bottom lane alone, while EDG pushed the mid lane with four players.

T1 has fallen into a state of slow death.

Zeus trembled under the bottom lane inhibitor turret.

Compared to Jax, his current equipment is like that of a caveman.

Su Mo led the enhanced minion wave into the tower.

This time, he directly attacked the tower while acting as the captain.

That silent arrogance completely shattered Zeus's composure.

He used two barrels to detonate the weapon, only to find that it only took off a little over a hundred health points, which left him completely helpless.

However, what he didn't know was that Su Mo's voice had already rang out from within the EDG team: "Brothers, let's attack!"

Upon hearing his words, Viper's Ice Spirit immediately took action. He pressed R!

"Look at the arrow!"

The game time is currently 23 minutes and 55 seconds.

A massive magical crystal arrow, imbued with the chilling aura of frost, shot out from in front of the ruins of the T1 mid-lane high ground tower, slicing through the air and heading straight for the defensive formation in front of the T1 inhibitor tower.

"Viper has initiated the team fight!" Miller stared intently at the screen. "That arrow was shot at a very tricky angle! It's aimed directly at Oner, who doesn't have Flash!"

The moment the arrow was fired, Su Mo in the bottom lane also moved.

He didn't even look at the situation in the middle, as if that arrow was the starting gun.

A gunshot rang out, and people moved.

Zeus's captain is setting up a double barrel at his feet, trying to clear out the minions entering the tower.

Just as he raised his hand to detonate the A barrel, Jax, who had been "gently" destroying the tower, suddenly sprang into action!

E [Counterattack Storm] activated, the street lamp in hand was swung into a whirlwind of fire.

Q [Jump Slash]!
There are no fancy tricks, just the most simple and unadorned face-riding.

Zeus was shocked and instinctively tried to use his oranges to break free from the control effect, but he forgot that Jax hadn't stunned him yet!

The moment Su Mo landed, WA reset his basic attack!

The Divine Separator's cursed blade effect, combined with the Ruin's passive damage, was unleashed in that instant.

"Boom!"

Captain Zeus's health bar disappeared by two-thirds in an instant, as if by magic!
"This damage?!" The doll was so shocked her jaw almost dropped. "Where's the health bar?!"

In his panic, Zeus used Fire Blade, but against the damage reduction from Death's Dance and Jax's high armor, the damage was practically nothing to Su Mo.

At this moment, Su Mo slowly pressed the second stage of his E skill.

Dizziness!

Then take the flat A.

Zeus didn't even get to use his ultimate ability before he collapsed.

Single kill!

It's as easy as crushing an ant.

"Zeus's down! He couldn't hold on at all!" Guan Zeyuan shouted. "Brother Mozi didn't even lose any health! After killing someone, he immediately turned around and headed towards the mid lane; he's going to gank!"

At this moment, the battle in the middle lane had also broken out.

Viper's Crystal Arrow struck Oner's Fryegwerk precisely.

Although Oner reacted quickly and used his W dash, he was still grazed by the edge of the Crystal Arrow, which slowed him down.

Jiejie's big tree decisively followed, and W [Twisted Thrust] transformed into tree roots to bind it. Immediately afterward, R was released.

Scout's Tsar was even more aggressive, drifting into the fray with WEQ, ignoring Faker's Viktor position, and directly poking at the controlled Fryegor.

"Fire! Can you kill it instantly?!" Meiko shouted, throwing out Big Head's grenade to catch the enemy.

T1 was forced to accept the team's offer.

"Protect Oner! Clear the minion wave!" Faker roared in the voice chat, his beam of light lashing out wildly as he unleashed his ultimate, Chaos Storm, into the EDG crowd in an attempt to force them to retreat.

Gumayusi's Varus was also desperately dealing damage.

However, just as T1 had used all their skills and were barely managing to hold off this offensive,

A figure that evoked despair strode across from the gap in the lower high ground, carrying a street lamp.

That was Su Mo, who had just finished dealing with Zeus.

That's how he openly and legitimately cut in from the side.

"Jax is here!!" Remember's voice instantly rose eight octaves. "T1's formation is about to fall apart! Who can stop him?!"

The moment Gumayusi saw Jax, his actions faltered. He instinctively shrank deeper into the bastion.

But Su Mo's target wasn't him at all.

Q skill is off cooldown.

Su Mo jumped directly onto Lena's face while she was casting her E skill!
Keria was shocked and wanted to give Q control.

Su Mo dodged and twisted his position, then struck Nata twice with his stick, crippling her.

At this point, the Divine Separator's CD is working again.

Su Mo turned to look at Faker.

"Brother Li, it's time to rest."

He used Flash and charged straight at Viktor.

Although Faker used Zhonya's Hourglass to avoid the first wave of damage, it meant he became a lamb to the slaughter.

The EDG players immediately surrounded them.

Get up!
The moment the invincibility ended, Su Mo unleashed a charged W attack.

"Boom!"

Faker falls.

With the deaths of their two carries and top laner, T1's remaining two players were completely unable to put up a fight.

Viper's Ashe was relentlessly kiting and dominating the battlefield.

Triple Kill!

Viper gets a triple kill!

ACE!

Destroy the group!

24 minutes 45 seconds.

In the vast Summoner's Rift, only the figures of the five EDG players and the two lonely turrets of T1 remained.

"One wave! One wave! Destroy the tower! Destroy the tower!" Jiejie excitedly clicked on the tower like crazy.

All five of them exerted their strength together.

Soon, the two front teeth towers of T1 also collapsed.

The red base crystal was exposed.

Viper fired his final basic attack.

The crystal shattered!

The image freezes on the moment of victory, with all five EDG players huddled together.

"Congratulations to EDG!!" Miller roared hoarsely, "They've taken the first game! 1-0! In this highly anticipated final, EDG has demonstrated absolute dominance!!"

"They're too strong! Absolutely too strong!" Guan Zeyuan exclaimed, shaking his head. "EDG controlled the tempo from start to finish. Especially Mozi's Jax, getting three items at 23 minutes was simply a game-changing blow! Zeus's Gangplank had absolutely no fun this game!"

Wawa added, "It's not just the top lane. Look at the final team fight, Viper's arrow, and Scout's entry. The entire EDG team was in ridiculously good form! Although T1 is very resilient, all skills seem pale and powerless in the face of absolute power!"

The entire audience erupted in cheers.

The camera pans to the T1 players' bench.

Zeus took off his headphones, staring blankly at the screen, his fingers still trembling slightly.

This time, his net worth was reduced by half.

Gumayusi scratched his hair in frustration and said something to Keria with some dissatisfaction, seemingly reviewing the situation where the bottom lane was targeted earlier.

Faker silently took a sip of water, his gaze deep. He didn't blame his teammates, but simply stared at the damage panel.

There, Jax's damage pillar was blindingly high.

"Let's go back to the rest room." Faker stood up. "It's only the first game."

……

EDG Lounge.

As soon as he entered, Abu rushed up and gave Su Mo a bear hug.

"Well done! That Jax play was so satisfying!"

Su Mo laughed and broke free: "Alright, alright, that's basic stuff, don't be silly. Hurry up and think about how to draft the next game, T1 will definitely have to change their lineup."

"They're definitely going to switch sides." Coach Maokai walked over with his notebook. "T1 will definitely pick the blue side next game. Although they lost this game with their Varus system, it was because our Heimerdinger system countered it. If they pick or ban Heimerdinger, the bot lane will still be under pressure."

Jiejie slumped on the sofa, wiping the sweat from her hands: "To be honest, Oner was a bit dizzy this game. They'll definitely have to protect the top lane next game. Zeus's mentality is so broken, if they don't protect him, he'll be finished."

Su Mo unscrewed a bottle of water, a hint of amusement flashing in his eyes:
"Protect the road? That's even more interesting."

"If they dare to come and catch me, I'll show them what it means to take on two opponents in the top lane."

"Next round, give me an even tougher one."

Meiko leaned closer curiously: "Even more ruthless? Fiora? Camille?"

Su Mo shook his head, a mysterious smile playing on his lips:

"No, since it's the final, let's show the world something different."

"I want them to know that some heroes are only T0 when they are in my hands."

The internet was in an uproar.

[Is Mozi's Jax playing cheat code? The timing of that Counter Strike was perfect!]

[Zeus: You keep picking Captain for me to get beaten up, Coach, are you even human?]

[This bot lane Heimerdinger composition was a stroke of genius; it completely neutralized T1's laning pressure.]

If T1 doesn't target the top lane in the next game, the finals could really be a 3-0 victory!

[I think Mozi's dance at the end was absolutely devastating!]

The brief rest period passed in the blink of an eye.

A staff member pushed open the door: "EDG, you're on stage!"

Su Mo stood up, straightened his team uniform, and his eyes sharpened again.

"Let's go, brothers."

"Let's take our match point." (End of Chapter)