LPL didn't want me? I joined SKT instead!

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"He's baiting out a skill!" Clearlove's pupils contracted, his voice booming in EDG's voice chat, "Mouse, run! Don't be greedy for that one auto-attack!"

However, it was all too late.

"Too late." A cold smile curled at the corner of Xiao Yan's lips, and his eyes flashed with murderous intent.

What was initially a feint leap now transformed into a true death sentence. The little cannon's chubby body slammed heavily onto the open ground beside the turret, kicking up a cloud of dust. And then…

"Growing wildly!"

Lulu unleashed her ultimate ability on Tristana once more. Ripples of emerald green energy spread out, and Tristana's body instantly swelled into a moving mountain, her health bar becoming despair-inducingly thick, while her attack range extended to a terrifying area that even turrets couldn't fully cover.

"Trying to run? Did you even ask me?"

Xiao Yan's fingers danced across the keyboard like afterimages. His Q skill, "Rapid Fire," activated, maximizing his attack speed, and his cannon unleashed a continuous barrage of fire. Each shell carried bonus magic damage from Lulu's passive, "Pix," raining down on the clumsy tree like a storm of pear blossoms.

Mouse frantically clicked the mouse, trying to use the tree's passive ability to transform into a small puppet to avoid damage, while rushing towards the depths of the second tower. But the time bomb of Tristana's E skill "Explosive Spark" had already been precisely placed above his head the moment he jumped.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The attack frequency was dazzling, and the tree's health plummeted like a flood, dropping below half health in the blink of an eye. The turret's laser beams were locked on the cannon, bombarding its massive shield and health boosted by Lulu's ultimate, but that damage was nothing more than a tickle to the "giant cannon" at this moment.

"Help me! Factory manager, help me!" Mouse's voice was trembling with sobs, a desperate roar.

The factory manager stood at the edge of the river bushes, his fingers gripping the mouse so tightly that his knuckles turned white from the force. His Lee Sin had no Flash, no ultimate, and had even just used Smite to steal a small river crab. Looking at the Tristana rampaging like a demon under the tower, a deep sense of powerlessness welled up inside him.

Charge in? That would be a double kill.

If we don't flush, Mouse is doomed.

"Let's retreat..." The factory manager finally squeezed out these two words through gritted teeth, his voice terribly hoarse, "To save Big Mouth, to save development."

These words were like a heavy hammer blow, shattering EDG's last shred of will to resist.

Beneath the tower, the tree's health was nearly depleted. The red bomb emitted a piercing countdown tick, its color deepening to a blood-red hue.

"Die." Xiao Yan coldly uttered the last word, and his final basic attack landed with a devastating thud.

"boom--!!!"

The explosion and sparks went off in front of the top lane second turret in Summoner's Rift, and a huge mushroom cloud rose into the air, taking away Mouse's last bit of life.

The sound effects of the kill echoed throughout the stadium, but this time, the expected cheers did not erupt in the Guangzhou Gymnasium; instead, an eerie silence fell over it.

Miller took a deep breath and analyzed rapidly, "Everyone, pay attention to the details! Before Xiao Yan jumped in, he had already calculated that Mouse would use his crowd control. He used this time difference to not only avoid the most crucial crowd control but also to put himself in the safest position to deal damage. More importantly, his damage calculation was accurate to the single digit! He knew that even while tanking the tower's damage, with Lulu's ultimate and his own burst damage, he could kill Maokai before the tower could kill him! What confidence! What calculation ability!"

On the screen, Tristana didn't retreat after securing a double kill. Instead, he turned around, facing the already crumbling top lane second turret, and raised his cannon once more.

Just then, SKT's minion wave arrived. A dense swarm of minions poured under the tower, and with Tristana's terrifying tower-pushing speed, the tower's health began to crumble visibly.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Every shell felt like a blow to the hearts of everyone in EDG.

The factory manager stood at a distance, watching helplessly as the second tower, symbolizing the top lane's defensive line, collapsed before his very eyes. Debris flew everywhere, and dust filled the air, as if mocking EDG's incompetence at that moment.

"It's over..." iBoy sat behind the bottom lane's high ground turret, staring blankly at the black and white screen.

Now, all three outer turrets of EDG have fallen, the second turret in the top lane is in dire straits, and the first turret in the bottom lane is long gone. Throughout the black fog of war on the entire map, the figure of that chubby little guy wielding a cannon seems to be everywhere.

"Everyone back to defend the high ground!" The factory manager gritted his teeth and gave the order, his voice tinged with exhaustion. "Hold on! As long as we can stall until Kog'Maw gets his three items, we still have a chance! Janna, protect Kog'Maw! LeBlanc, go clear the wave! Maokai, go ward as soon as you respawn! Don't let him get separated!"

However, the so-called "opportunity" seems so pale and powerless in the face of an absolute gap in strength.

The next ten minutes became a nightmare for the entire EDG team, and also became the darkest "teaching game" in LPL history.

Xiao Yan's cannon seems to have the ability to see through the entire map.

He was no longer confined to a single route, but transformed into a roaming Grim Reaper, carrying Wolf's Lulu and Peanut's Jarvan IV, shuttling back and forth between EDG's jungle and minion waves.

At 16 minutes, SKT secured their second dragon. EDG players cowered on their high ground, not even daring to glance at the dragon pit.

At 18 minutes, Xiao Yan was pushing the bottom lane, deliberately revealing an opening. EDG's Scout couldn't resist controlling LeBlanc to try and ambush, but as soon as he stepped into the bush, he was instantly killed by the lurking Tristana and Jarvan IV.

"This is the price of missing an order," Xiao Yan said calmly, then casually pushed down EDG's bottom lane second tower.

At 20 minutes, the Baron Nashor spawned.

EDG was forced to defend. However, as they cautiously approached the dragon pit, they discovered that SKT had no intention of taking the dragon at all. Xiao Yan's Tristana stood at the entrance of the dragon pit, blocking the path of all five EDG players by herself.

"Fire! Focus fire and take down the cannon!" the factory manager roared, this was his last gamble.

If they can eliminate this key damage dealer, EDG might still have a chance to survive.

Meiko's Janna started with a gust of wind, Scout's LeBlanc threw out her chain, Mouse's Maokai followed up with his tether, iBoy's Kog'Maw activated his W and started spewing wildly, and Clearlove's Lee Sin even risked being counter-attacked by kicking Tristana.

Five people, all their skills, were poured into that small figure.

However, just as the skill was about to hit, a golden light flashed.

"Mercury ribbon!"

Xiao Yan instantly broke free from the control effect, and then Lulu's ultimate skill struck again!

"Growing wildly!"