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

Chapter 25 Breaks the Defense of the Entire Opponent Team

After gaining the advantage, Xiao Yan did not launch a fierce attack as he usually did, but instead displayed a chilling "strategic maneuvering".

"Sang-hyeok, push the lane and disappear from the map. Don't go to the side lanes. Just stay in the mid lane bushes and put pressure on them."

"Wolf, go and place deep wards, and light up the enemy's red buff area."

"Huni, now we can push it, pin the big tree to the tower."

SKT is like a giant spider web, which is gradually tightening under Xiao Yan's weaving.

JAG's players felt like they'd fallen into a quagmire. They wanted to fight, but SKT avoided battles and took towers; they wanted to farm and develop, but SKT invaded their jungle and stole resources.

Twenty minutes into the game, the kill score was only 3-0, but the economic gap had already widened to 20.

The atmosphere in JAG's voice channel was extremely tense.

"Damn it—is this really SKT? How come they seem to be able to drag this out even longer than us?" JAG's mid laner, Kuzan, looked at his pitch-black jungle, his mentality crumbling. "I can't even clear a single ward!"

Teddy, playing as the ADC, was even more desperate. His opponent, Xiao Yan, had a 50-creep lead in CS, and every time he tried to last-hit a cannon minion, Varus would hit him squarely in the face with an arrow. The distance control was so precise, it was like measuring with a ruler.

"Don't rush, don't rush, we'll drag it out until the late game—" JAG's commander was still trying to calm the troops down.

But Xiao Yan didn't give them any chance later on.

"Force a team fight at Baron Nashor, but don't engage." Xiao Yan marked the Baron pit. "Lure them over, then Huni teleports to steal the bottom lane inhibitor."

"clear."

The five SKT players lined up in the Baron pit, looking ready to rush Baron. The JAG players were terrified and quickly rallied to head to the river.

Just as the JAG members cautiously peeked out, the SKT members suddenly stopped and retreated collectively.

Meanwhile, an alarm sounded from the bottom lane—Huni's Rumble had already led a large wave of minions to the high ground!

"We've been tricked! Get back on defense! Get back on defense now!"

The JAG team was exhausted, running around the map like dogs on a leash.

This "boiling frog" tactic is more despairing than being directly slaughtered. It strips you of all hope of resistance, leaving you helplessly watching your base crumble bit by bit.

At 28 minutes, SKT, with a huge economic advantage of 10,000, destroyed JAG's main crystal.

Throughout the entire match, JAG failed to initiate a single decent team fight.

"GG".

As the crystal exploded, Xiao Yan took off his headphones, picked up the water on the table, and took a sip.

At the same time, a crisp electronic notification sounded in his mind:

[Ding! Detected that the opponent (the entire JAG team) is experiencing extreme frustration and a slight mental breakdown due to the host's "suffocating strategy".]

[Gain Attribute Points: Overall Awareness +2]

[Obtain a special item: a one-time consumable "Full Map Vision Card (3-second version)"]

(Note: This item can be used in the game. After use, it grants vision of all enemy players for 3 seconds. It can only be used once.)

Xiao Yan raised an eyebrow.

Full map vision? Although it only lasts for 3 seconds, in crucial late-game team fights or Baron Nashor battles, those 3 seconds of information are enough to determine the outcome of a match.

This is a really good thing.

"Wow, XiaoYan, your command is terrible—" Wolf turned around, looking at him like he was looking at a monster. "It's disgusting, really. If I were on the other side, I'd probably want to smash my keyboard right now."

Faker nodded, his eyes full of approval: "This bloodless way of winning is the most effortless and the most reliable. It seems that entrusting command to you was the right decision."

Xiao Yan smiled, about to say something modest, when he suddenly realized that the half-empty bottle of water he had placed on the table was gone.

He turned his head and saw Faker casually unscrewing the bottle of water and taking a sip.

"Brother Xianghe—" Xiao Yan called out helplessly.

Faker put down the water bottle and said seriously, "You've worked hard, Commander. I'll help you share some of the weight of the water."

Another burst of laughter erupted in the training room.

JAG team base.

In stark contrast to the relaxed and cheerful atmosphere at SKT's training room, it looked as if a catastrophe had just occurred.

The bright red "Defeat" logo on the screen was particularly glaring, and a sense of frustration and confusion permeated the air.

As JAG's star ADC, Teddy slumped in his chair, staring blankly at the ceiling.

In this match, he felt as if he were locked in a shrinking iron box, and no matter how much he struggled, there were only cold walls on all sides.

"Damn it—is this even a human being capable of playing like this?" Teddy scratched his head in anguish. "I feel like my every move is being monitored by the enemy. I want to last-hit a minion, and their skill arrives; I want to recall, and the enemy minion wave pushes into the tower. This suffocating feeling is ten times stronger than when we played against KT."

Jungler UmTi also looked terrible. Looking at his 0-0-0 stats, he said with a wry smile, "Don't even mention it. My jungle is like SKT's backyard. The ward placement is like they've got a global cheat code. I'm seen wherever I go, so I can't gank anyone at all."

"The scariest thing is, they don't even fight us," mid laner Kuzan said with lingering fear. "Before, although SKT had strong macro play, Faker would sometimes give them opportunities and try to make plays. But today—today's SKT..."

Like an emotionless machine, cold, precise, and infallible.

Just then, support player Wraith, while looking at the post-match stats panel, muttered thoughtfully to himself, "Hey, do you guys think—SKT's command style changed so much this game, could it be that they changed their commander?"

The training room fell silent for a second after those words were spoken.

But it only lasted a second.

The next moment, everyone acted as if they had heard a joke and did not take the words to heart.

"Change the shot-caller? How is that possible?" UmTi waved his hand and scoffed, "Do you think anyone in SKT can snatch the shot-calling responsibility from Faker? Is it Bang, who only cares about KDA? Or that Chinese rookie who's only been here a few days ago?"

"Exactly." Teddy shook his head, rejecting the absurd conjecture. "XiaoYan's actions were indeed impressive, but that kind of strategic vision and operational rhythm is definitely not something a newcomer can possess. That level of experience requires at least five years of professional experience."

Wraith scratched his head, realizing he was overthinking things: "Yeah, besides Faker, who else has that kind of brain?"

After a moment of silence, the group came to a conclusion that made them even more desperate.

"It seems there's only one explanation."

JAG's coach sighed, his tone filled with awe and helplessness. "This is Faker evolving. He's trying a completely new, more extreme operational model. And we—unfortunately—have become his guinea pigs."

"Using professional teams as guinea pigs to practice new tactics—" Kuzan gasped, his admiration deepening. "Truly worthy of being called the Demon King. While we were still figuring out how to lane, he had already started figuring out how to use minion waves and vision to completely destroy people."

"This learning ability and evolution speed is terrifying," UmTi exclaimed. "It seems that SKT will become even more difficult to deal with in the future."

The JAG team members looked at each other, their fear and admiration for the "Great Demon King" reaching their peak at that moment.

They had no idea that the "mastermind" they worshipped and regarded as a god was sitting in SKT's training room, fighting with Faker over a bag of seaweed.