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

Author Invincible Demon King F presents "LPL Doesn't Want Me? I Joined SKT Instead!" on Cola Novels.

"Forget all the vision control strategies we studied with SKT before!" Master Ahn decisively issued a new order. "From now on, don't just clear the bushes. Use true sight wards to clear every open area, blind spots, and wall edges! They're playing mind games with us!"

However, although SSG reacted quickly, SKT had already seized this precious breathing space.

With the support of visual information, SKT's previously stagnant gears started spinning wildly again under Xiao Yan's guidance.

"Brother Xianghe, Malzahar doesn't have his ultimate. He's currently farming in the bottom lane river and will most likely have to recall." Xiao Yan calmly directed while steadily controlling the minion wave in the bottom lane. "Peanut, go gank him. Don't go through the river. Go around from the enemy's blue buff jungle. I just had Wolf place a ward there; it's a completely safe route."

"clear!"

Peanut, who had been holding back for so long, finally showed his true colors. Lee Sin moved like a ghost through SSG's jungle and caught Malzahar, who was recalling, precisely at the river pass.

A precise sonic wave hits, followed by an echo strike, then a ward stun, and finally, a dragon's tail sweep!

A fluid combo kicked Crown back into Faker's Orianna's attack range. Faker showed no mercy, finishing him off with a single skill combo.

"SKT has defeated SSG Crown!"

The system notification echoed throughout the canyon.

"Beautiful!!" Miller shouted excitedly, "SKT has finally scored again! Relying on their bizarre ward placement, SKT successfully caught Crown out of position! This isn't just a kill; it's a complete disruption of SSG's operational rhythm!"

With Malzahar's death, SSG's pressure in the mid lane decreased sharply. Faker was finally able to push the minion wave across the river, and Huni's Gnar took the opportunity to take down an outer turret in the bottom lane, slightly recovering their economic disadvantage.

No one relaxed, and SGG's counterattack followed one after another.

Ambition and CoreJJ started buying real wards like crazy. They were no longer limited to scanning bushes, but used real wards to advance inch by inch, trying to remove all of SKT's "weird wards" hidden in the shadows.

At 35 minutes into the game, the economic gap between the two sides remained very close, and the kill count was also very even. However, the situation on the field had become even more suffocating than the previous team fights.

The operational rhythm completely turned into a fierce "war of vision".

"This is outrageous..." Wawa swallowed hard as she looked at the equipment panels of both players. "Look at their equipment stats, what kind of god-like match is this?"

On the big screen, the director gave a close-up of the equipment slots of the ten players from both sides.

Whether it's Camille or Gnar in the top lane, Jarvan IV or Lee Sin in the jungle, or even Orianna and Malzahar in the mid lane, everyone must have a slot in their inventory.

And in that square, there were two true sight wards placed one after another!

What made everyone's scalp tingle even more was that even the two ADCs—Ruler's Varus and Xiao Yan's Tristana—had stopped buying their last item even when the game was almost forty minutes in, leaving a slot open to buy two control wards!

"Insane! Absolutely insane!" Guan Zeyuan shook his head repeatedly, his tone filled with awe. "A Control Ward that costs 75 yuan has now become the most expensive strategic resource in Summoner's Rift! Ten players will always carry two Control Wards when they leave the game, which means there could be a battle involving twenty Control Wards at any moment!"

"This is the highest level of tactical warfare in the world!" Miller's hands were clenched tightly together, his palms already sweaty. "No one dares to covet those tiny bit of equipment stats, because everyone knows that at this point, whoever controls vision controls Baron or Elder Dragon; whoever controls information wins this do-or-die BO5!"

The entire Summoner's Rift seemed to have transformed into a giant Go board.

The wards placed by both the red and blue teams are like black and white chess pieces, frantically alternating, covering, clearing, and covering again in the jungle, in the river, and around the Baron pit.

"Wolf has led Peanut into the top half of the map! He placed a control ward, clearing SSG's ward! But Ambition was right behind the wall, and he immediately placed another control ward, blocking SKT's vision again!"

"Faker used his blue trinket to scan the Baron pit and spotted SSG, but the next second, CoreJJ's scan caught up and wiped them out!"

"Xiao Yan! Xiao Yan's positioning is extremely aggressive! He even personally went forward, using Xia's hook to test if there were any ambushes in the bushes, and then immediately placed a true sight ward!"

The commentators spoke faster and faster because the situation on the field was changing too quickly.

The area around the Dragon Pit appeared strangely "flickering" on the minimap. One moment it was illuminated by SKT's blue vision, and the next it was swallowed up by SSG's red vision. The two sides were like two armies groping in a dark forest, constantly sending out scouts and relentlessly eliminating each other's scouts.

"SSG is under immense pressure right now," Guan Zeyuan analyzed. "Although they are desperately building vision, their previous 'unconventional' warding methods have made them hesitant to trust their own judgment. Every step Ambition takes now requires him to suspect whether SKT has a ward hidden in the corner next to him. This kind of psychological torment is extremely exhausting."

In fact, SSG's team voice chat at this moment no longer carried the same composure as before.

"The grass along the river is blinding, but I always feel like someone is watching me." Master An's voice was tinged with weariness.

"I've used up all my control wards," CoreJJ said through gritted teeth. "I just placed a control ward in the red buff pit, but SKT's ward is placed next to the Blast Cone above the pit, so it can't see anything!"

"Don't rush, stay calm, and wear them down." CuVee controlled Camille to split push in the bottom lane, trying to distract SKT. "With them warding so recklessly, there will always be gaps in their defense. As long as we seize an opportunity, we can end it in one fell swoop."

"Huni, go to the bottom lane to defend Camille. Don't fight her, just make sure the minion wave doesn't reach the tower. You have two control wards, right? Block off the entrance to the bottom jungle and prevent her from TPing behind you." Xiao Yan issued the instructions methodically.

"Faker, you and Peanut are kiting around the Baron pit. Remember, don't use your control wards to clear their wards too easily."

"Why?" Peanut asked, puzzled. "How are we going to take down Baron if we don't clear wards?"

Xiao Yan's lips curled into a cold smile once more: "Because we need to use their vision to set a trap for them."

Xiao Yan glanced at the game time: 38 minutes and 45 seconds.

"Wolf, come with me."

Xiao Yan, controlling the little cannon and leading Wolf's Lulu, quietly left the mid lane and headed towards the upper river.

"What is Xiao Yan trying to do? He's an ADC, taking his support deep into the jungle? If they get caught, he's doomed!"