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

Solo kill!

Moreover, even with the enemy jungler already ganking him, he managed to solo kill a giant Gnar with two lives and incredible tankiness right in front of the tower!

After a brief moment of deathly silence, the entire OGN esports arena erupted in cheers that seemed to lift the roof off.

Countless fans held their heads in disbelief as they stared at the elegant figure standing on the giant screen, stepping over Nar's corpse.

"Solo kill! Another solo kill!! Facing Smeb, the former world's best top laner, TheShy pulled off a textbook micro-management comeback from a desperate situation!!"

"So calm! That pause while hanging on the wall, that reaction of using his ultimate to dodge Gnar's Tathagata Palm—that's not something a human could do!!"

"This isn't a time bomb! This is clearly a nuclear bomb capable of destroying everything!!"

Inside the competition room.

Smeb stared blankly at his gray screen, his hands leaving the keyboard.

He felt a profound sense of powerlessness. It was like a remnant of the old era witnessing the relentless wheels of the new era crushing him. His pride in his experience and psychological maneuvering seemed utterly pale and powerless in the face of that boy's pure and unadulterated reactions and actions.

"I'm sorry... I haven't done it before," Smeb said bitterly in the voice chat.

Score's Sejuani stood beside Gnar's corpse, caught in a dilemma. Looking at Camille, whose health was down to a third, he felt a pang of fear and dared not approach to stop her.

TheShy simply glanced at Sejuani, didn't even use Flash, and calmly created distance using his newly available E skill, disappearing into the shadows of the jungle.

"Well done, I agree."

Xiao Yan's voice, tinged with laughter, came through the voice channel.

"Their jungler is in the top lane, and the dragon is taken. Peanut takes the dragon; Sang-hyeok pushes the mid lane tower."

With Xiao Yan's command, SKT, the newly integrated super team, finally revealed its ferocious fangs.

KT's defenses collapsed instantly due to the solo kill in the top lane and the jungler's fruitless attack.

SKT secured the Fire Dragon without much effort, and then four players gathered in the mid lane and directly destroyed KT's mid lane tower.

The economic gap widened instantly to four thousand.

The rest of the match completely fell into SKT's rhythm.

Or rather, it's time for TheShy to shine.

Camille has become an unstoppable split-pushing threat that KT cannot handle.

At 22 minutes, TheShy once again tower-dived and killed Pawn's Ryze, who was trying to defend, near the bottom lane's second turret.

KT had to send three players to catch Camille, who was split-pushing.

This was exactly what Xiao Yan wanted to do.

"Open the dragon."

Xiao Yan calmly issued the order.

Just as KT's three players had ganked and killed TheShy in the bottom lane, a mournful howl echoed from the Baron pit.

SKT's four players rushed down Baron Nashor at an incredibly fast speed!

"This strategy... is suffocating." In the commentary booth, a guest sighed and shook his head. "The current SKT not only has extreme individual skills, but what's even more terrifying is that they've rediscovered that despair-inducing minion wave management from back in the day. TheShy is like an invincible spear, and Xiao Yan and Faker are the hands that wield that spear."

With the Baron buff, SKT began their final push.

At 26 minutes, a team fight broke out on the high ground.

KT attempted a final, desperate gamble. Score's Sejuani's ultimate precisely hit Wolf in the front line, Mata's Braum flashed and used his ultimate to knock up two opponents, and Deft's Ezreal unleashed a barrage of attacks from the back.

However, just when KT thought they had seized an opportunity...

A golden bolt of lightning shot out from the shadows on the flank!

It was TheShy who teleported directly behind after respawning!

Camille, like a celestial being descending from the heavens, used her E-Flash to cross half the screen, trapping Deft, who was still dealing damage, with her ultimate!

"Protect AD!!" Mata shouted.

But it was too late. Camille, with her overwhelming equipment, emptied Deft's health bar in just two kicks.

On the main battlefield.

Xiao Yan's Varus demonstrated what a "true ADC" is.

With the threat of enemy assassins and AD removed, Xiao Yan unleashed a frenzied killing spree. His auto-attacks were like magic, each one dealing fatal damage. Faker's Orianna ultimate pulled in two opponents, and Xiao Yan followed up with his ultimate "Chains of Corruption," completely ripping apart the remaining KT formation.

"Double Kill!"

"Triple Kill!"

"Quadra Kill!"

Accompanied by the system's rousing female voice, Xiao Yan's Varus secured a quadra kill, resulting in a complete wipeout of KT!

"Congratulations to SKT!! They secured the first victory in a highly anticipated Spring Split match with overwhelming dominance!!"

"In this match, we saw a completely different SKT! We saw Xiao Yanshen's bottomless champion pool and his despair-inducing laning fundamentals, we saw Faker's still steady control of the game, and we saw even more..."

The commentator's voice suddenly rose, carrying a hint of pilgrimage-like fervor:

"We've witnessed the awakening of a monster top laner!! TheShy, with a perfect Camille performance, declared to the world what true top lane dominance is!!"

The competition ended, and the contestants took off their headphones.

The cheers inside the stadium surged like a tsunami, with deafening shouts of "SKT! SKT!"

TheShy sat in the chair, his chest heaving violently. His palms were sweaty, but his eyes were frighteningly bright.

He turned his head and looked at Xiao Yan, who was sitting on the far right.

Xiao Yan was standing up, straightening his team uniform. Noticing TheShy's gaze, Xiao Yan turned his head and raised his fist at him.

"I told you," Xiao Yan said with a proud smile, "I'll show them what the future number one top laner is all about."

TheShy bit his lip hard, his eyes slightly warm. He stood up and bumped fists with Xiao Yan.

"Thank you, senior."

At this moment, all doubts, insults, and confusion vanished in this exhilarating victory.

In the backstage dressing room, kkOma looked at the five team members walking off the stage side by side on the screen, and her eyes welled up with tears.

He knew that the red dynasty that ruled the world had evolved once again, and had evolved into a more terrifying and invincible complete form.

In the second game, KT's mentality completely collapsed.

TheShy picked his signature Jayce, and with Xiao Yan and Faker protecting him, he pushed down the top lane inhibitor tower in fifteen minutes, dealing an astonishing 40% damage share.

2: 0.

SKT won this highly anticipated battle cleanly and decisively.

At the post-match press conference.

Countless long guns and short cannons were aimed at Xiao Yan and TheShy, who were sitting in the middle.

The Seoul Sports reporter who had asked pointed questions after the opening match now held the microphone, his voice even trembling slightly:

"Xiao Yan and TheShy displayed terrifying dominance in today's match. Does this mean that SKT's 'super team' has fully gelled?"

Xiao Yan leaned back in his chair, his long, slender fingers crossed on the table, his deep gaze sweeping across the room.

He didn't answer directly, but instead turned to look at TheShy, who was still somewhat shy beside him, and then spoke calmly into the microphone, uttering a sentence that shook the entire esports world:

"Adjustment? No, this is just the beginning."