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"First Blood!"

The system's cold yet passionate female voice resounded throughout Summoner's Rift. The announcement of the first blood was like a heavy hammer blow, striking the hearts of all SSG fans and instantly igniting the passion of the entire competition venue!

"My God! He killed him! He really tower-dived and killed him!" In the commentary booth, Miller slammed his hands on the table, leaned forward, and his eyes almost popped out of their sockets. "Xiao Yan! At level two, just level two, he actually tower-dived and killed Ruler!"

The doll gasped, her voice filled with undisguised shock: "So decisive! That move, that courage! Just now, Janna applied Exhaust, and her Q skill's tornado was also unleashed. If Lucian had been lifted up for even half a second, the turret's next laser would have been fatal! But he dodged it! He dodged it right at the edge of the wind! What kind of nerve reaction speed is that?!"

However, the crisis on the field did not end with Ruler's death.

The turret's aggro remained firmly locked onto Lucian. The red laser beam emitted a teeth-grinding buzzing sound as the second turret shot materialized, transforming into a blazing ball of energy that mercilessly slammed into Lucian's frail body.

At this point, Lucian's health was almost depleted, like a candle flickering in the wind, ready to be extinguished with the slightest touch.

"Should we trade? If it's a one-for-one trade, it's actually a win for Lucian, since the minion wave has pushed into the tower." Guan Zeyuan stared intently at the health bar on the screen.

At this critical moment.

"Pixar!"

With a crisp, sweet shout, Wolf's Lulu used her E skill.

A faint but life-saving shield was instantly cast over Lucian.

"Bang!"

The turret's energy ball slammed down, instantly shattering Lulu's shield, but Lucian's health bar miraculously remained at a level of almost invisible black health!

He's down to his last sliver of health! A truly last sliver of health! Even a melee minion could touch him and he'd fall instantly.

But that's enough.

Xiao Yan's fingers flew across the keyboard, showing no sign of panic.

He controlled Lucian, using the small amount of health restored by the Dangerous Game talent triggered after a kill, and walked out of the turret's attack range without looking back.

Behind him, CoreJJ's Janna could only watch helplessly as the figure wielding dual pistols rode away. He only had his W skill on cooldown, and there was no way to cross the distance and finish off the low-health demon.

"Damn it..." In the SSG booth, Ruler stared at his gray screen, gritted his teeth, and turned ashen-faced.

He was careless. He never expected that Xiao Yan would dare to tower dive and kill someone at level two.

"Mine, I couldn't save it," CoreJJ said with some self-reproach.

"It's not your fault, he's just too good at the game." While clearing the top side's F6 camp, Master An glanced at the disastrous state of the bottom lane and frowned. "Bottom lane, hold on. Once I reach level six, I'll go and get revenge for you."

At this moment, the SKT voice channel was filled with a relaxed atmosphere.

"NICE! Well done!" Huni shouted from the top lane, the cold sweat from being caught earlier now replaced by excitement.

"Wolf's shield came at just the right time." Xiao Yan's voice remained calm, as if he wasn't the one who had just escaped with a sliver of health after a near-dive under the tower. He walked to a safe patch of grass and pressed the B key to recall.

Back at the fountain, with the 400 gold bounty from the first blood and the extra gold from the last hit, Xiao Yan's equipment inventory now included a longsword and a vampire staff.

When Lucian pulls out this item just over three minutes into the game, it's a nightmare for the opposing AD carry.

"Suppress, continue to suppress."

After purchasing the equipment, Xiao Yan controlled Lucian and headed to the bottom lane once again.

His eyes showed no sign of complacency after securing first blood; instead, they burned with an even colder, more aggressive desire to attack.

After it was relaunched, the ecosystem of the bottom lane underwent a complete change.

If at level one, Ruler could still manage to use the range of the cannon to engage in some micro-management battles with Xiao Yan, now, facing a Lucian who is ahead in equipment and level, and whose operation is as precise as a machine, Ruler feels an unprecedented sense of suffocation.

Xiao Yan is completely unreasonable.

He crossed the minion wave, placing Lucian's imposing figure between SSG's melee and ranged minions.

This was an extremely arrogant positioning. It meant that if the cannon dared to step forward and take even the experience of a melee soldier, Lucian's bullets would mercilessly rain down on his face.

"He crossed the line again! This is completely preventing Ruler from playing the game!" On the commentary panel, Wawa couldn't help but exclaim as he watched the scene on the screen.

"There's no way around it, the equipment gap is too big. Now that Lucian has Vampiric Scepter, even if Tristana fights back, she'll definitely lose in the trade."

"Moreover, Wolf's Lulu is constantly putting pressure on us. Whenever Tristana gets slowed by Lulu's Q, Lucian can slide in and take away half her health in one combo," Miller analyzed. "Ruler is having a really tough time right now; he can only wait for the minion wave to push in."

But will Xiao Yan let him comfortably wait for the minions to come?

The answer is obviously no.

Xiao Yan displayed an extremely terrifying ability to control the lane. He only finished off minions, and only pulled the trigger at the very last moment when the minions' health was reduced to a sliver, and even when the minions' attack projectiles were already flying through the air.

The minion wave was firmly blocked in the middle of the bottom lane river, slightly towards SKT's side.

A minute passed.

Two minutes passed.

Ruler's Tristana only gained a paltry three CS in those two minutes. And those three were barely managed to kill him with his E skill, Explosive Spark, after Lucian took away half his health.

"Damn it! Is this kid a robot? He doesn't even show a single weakness?" Ruler's forehead was already covered in fine beads of sweat. Under Xiao Yan's insatiable torment, like a frog being slowly boiled in water, his mentality was beginning to crack.

If this continues, before a team fight even starts, his little cannon will become a complete super minion within twenty minutes.

"Sang-hyeok, don't let Crown roam around." Xiao Yan kept Ruler pinned to the edge of the experience zone while communicating with Faker via voice chat.

"No problem," Faker replied briefly.

In the mid lane, although his Galio was slightly inferior to Taliyah in pushing lanes, he used his superb positioning and skill usage to keep Crown's Taliyah pinned down in the mid lane, preventing her from paying any attention to the dire situation in the bottom lane.

In the jungle position, Peanut's Gragas also understood the situation perfectly. He gave up some of his jungle development and frequently showed up in the bottom river to clear SSG's vision, putting a lot of pressure on Ambition and making Ambition dare not easily step into the bottom half of the map.

The entire SKT team began to snowball the huge advantage they had built around Xiao Yan in the bottom lane.

Time ticked by, and the competition reached a crucial point as it approached level six.