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

Chapter 29 Tower Dive, First Blood

In the commentary booth, Quan Yong'e's voice instantly rose eight octaves: "Wow! Panut! That counter-jungling was brilliant! SSG's strategy backfired spectacularly! Ambition exposed his position to protect the bottom lane, but not only did he fail to catch anyone, he also lost his own red buff!"

"That's right," CT nodded repeatedly, his tone full of amazement. "That's what makes SKT so terrifying right now. XiaoYan's pressure in the bottom lane frees up Peanut, and Peanut's invasion, in turn, compresses Ambition's space to maneuver. It's a tightly linked system, so meticulous."

On the field, Master An stared at the empty red buff pit, his face ashen. But being a seasoned veteran, he quickly adjusted his mindset, cleared the remaining jungle, and immediately turned his attention to the top lane.

Since they can't gank the bottom lane and their jungle has been invaded, they can only try to get revenge on the top lane.

With his large belly protruding, Gragas stealthily made his way to the top lane, using the shadows in his vision as cover.

However, Huni refused to leave the tower, preferring to lose minions and let his own units slip through his fingers rather than venture out. "Damn it—this strategy is too conservative!" Master An gritted his teeth.

He crouched in the grass for a full ten seconds, but Huni didn't even glance at him, just wandered around the tower.

"I'm gone."

Sect Leader An sighed helplessly and could only turn and leave.

If he squats down any further, his development will completely collapse.

At this moment, the bottom lane was nothing short of hell for SSG's bot lane duo.

As time went on, the economic gap caused by the difference in last-hitting became apparent.

Xiao Yan returned home and managed to retrieve the Storm Greatsword, while Ruler could only manage to pull out a pair of straw sandals and an Extract weapon.

The minion wave was pushed back to SSG's tower once again.

"How are we supposed to play this?" Ruler looked at the traps scattered all over the floor, feeling a bit overwhelmed.

Xiao Yan's female police officer was extremely cunning; she placed the traps in a triangular pattern in the blind spots of the defensive tower and at key finishing positions.

If Ruler wants to last-hit that ranged creep, he has to go around the trap.

But as soon as he moved, WoIf's Lulu shielded the policewoman, and Xiao Yan used the speed boost to cross the edge of the turret's attack range, landing a basic attack on Kog'Maw, and then immediately followed up with his Q skill.

boom!

The bullet pierced through the soldier, while the wolf viciously scraped against Big Mouth's body.

Ruler's health dropped significantly instantly. He tried to fight back, but Caitlyn had already used the recoil from her E skill to escape the turret's aggro range.

Consume without taking damage.

"This is so frustrating—" The support player also looked bitter. His Rakan was completely useless under the tower. He wanted to use his W to lift the enemy, but he found that Caitlyn was always a step beyond the maximum range of his W.

If he dares to move, he will be met with a beating.

After clearing a round of jungle monsters, Master An switched screens and glanced at the bottom lane, only to feel a tightness in his chest.

"I'll go to the bottom lane and help you clear a wave."

The barrels moved towards the bottom lane again.

However, as soon as he reached the river near Xiaolongkeng, a red scanning circle lit up above his head—the deep vision left by SKT.

"We've been discovered." Sect Leader An paused in his steps.

Almost simultaneously, the minimap showed Peanut's Lee Sin swaggering into SSG's jungle and, right in front of Camille, starting to steal the small jungle camps that had just spawned.

This is a blatant and overt scheme.

If you dare to gank bot lane, I'll completely destroy your top half of the map. Besides, because the vision is exposed, SKT's bot lane is already prepared, so going there is pointless.

"Let's retreat," Sect Leader An said, frustrated. "It's no use me going; they've already gone back."

Ruler watched in despair as the barrel turned and left, and could only grit his teeth and continue to serve his sentence at the foot of the tower.

He was finished off, but then he got targeted.

Missing a cut means losing money.

Go home to catch up on your skills, but you'll lose experience points.

This is a vicious cycle.

SSG did consider a 4v2 gank, but they simply didn't have the chance. They always carried two control wards, which they placed in the bushes. As soon as they showed their faces, they would be spotted. The mid lane was still being suppressed. The only one with an advantage was the top laner, but Xiao Yan was controlling the lane at the intersection of the minion waves. The top laner teleported down, and with Caitlyn and Lulu by his side, they had enough time to react.

This made things very difficult for SSG. The coach was already regretting not banning Caitlyn.

I never expected Xiao Yan's policewoman to improve so quickly.

The match proceeded smoothly without any kills, until—

The first dragon is a fire dragon. "Take the dragon," Xiao Yan commanded calmly.

SKT's four players quickly regrouped. Peanut soloed the dragon, the bot lane duo set up fire in the river, and Faker provided cover in the mid lane.

On the SSG side, everyone remained silent.

They didn't even dare to glance at it. The bottom lane was pinned under their tower, unable to move; the jungler was behind in level; and the mid laner had no lane priority. They had no choice but to surrender the fire dragon.

"roar--

—"

With a mournful cry, the Fire Dragon was firmly captured by SKT.

The system notification sounded, and the entire audience cheered.

However, Xiao Yan did not return to the city to upgrade his equipment as usual.

He pressed the Tab key and quickly scanned both players' equipment slots.

The damage calculation was completed instantly in Xiao Yan's mind.

"That's enough damage."

Xiao Yan closed the equipment menu, his eyes turning cold and bloodthirsty.

He called out softly in the voice channel, "Brother."

"Here!" Peanut, who had just finished fighting the dragon, perked up.

Xiao Yan marked Luo, who was low on health and had just returned to base to heal, and headed towards the bottom lane. Ruler, who was under the tower with more than half health remaining, curled his lips into a cruel smile: "Come to the bottom lane."

After saying that, he controlled the policewoman to clear the lane, and then led a large wave of minions to push towards SSG's bottom lane tower again.

As Peanut reached the bush behind the first tower, a massive wave of minions, which had accumulated twice, surged into SSG's bottom lane first tower.

Ruler stared at the tempting minion wave, his heart pounding. It was experience, it was gold, it was his hope for a comeback. Although his intuition told him that Lee Sin had just finished the dragon and was likely nearby, his reason screamed at him, "Run! Don't take this wave!"

But—that's two whole waves of soldiers! And sports cars too!

If he doesn't take this wave of minions, his Kog'Maw will be completely useless, no different from being AFK.

"As long as I'm careful under the tower, and I have Flash, I should be able to make a move—" Ruler thought with a glimmer of hope, his feet lingering behind the tower for a moment.

That one second of hesitation sealed his fate.

"He didn't leave." Xiao Yan's eyes narrowed, and his fingers tapped on the keyboard, "Tower dive."

Before the words were even finished, Lulu from WoIf moved.

This usually smiling chubby guy showed the decisiveness of a top-notch support player at this moment.

Lulu immediately cast a shield on herself, bracing herself against the tower's red laser beams, and strode into the tower's attack range.

"Pixar, help!"

A single Q skill, [Shining Spear], precisely slowed down the big mouth as it tried to retreat.

The turret instantly locked onto Lulu, and the first laser shot struck, knocking off a section of Lulu's shield.

At the same time, a lithe figure emerged from the shadows behind the turret like a ghost.

It's Peanut's Lee Sin!

First there was Lulu, the policewoman, and now there's the blind monk.

Catching a turtle in a jar!

Ruler's pupils constricted, and his fingers frantically pressed the Flash key, trying to escape towards the second tower.

But Peanut gave him absolutely no room to maneuver.

A flash of golden light!

Lee Sin used his R-flash to reposition himself and delivered a powerful Dragon's Tail kick to Kog'Maw's bulky body!

"Ichigo!"

Ruler's big mouth was kicked back like a ball, and it crashed right into the trap that Xiao Yan, the policewoman, had set up.

Click!

The clamp is triggered, and the headshot marker lights up.

Xiao Yan remained expressionless, his sniper rifle already itching to fire.

Follow up with a basic attack followed by Q [Peacekeeper], then another headshot basic attack, and finally finish with an E skill [90 Caliber Net].

boom! boom! boom!

The policewoman's damage was unleashed at that moment, each number like a heavy hammer blow to Ruler's heart.

The big mouth, which already only had a little over half health, had its health bar evaporate instantly.

"First

Blood!

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