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

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In Summoner's Rift, a highly competitive training match without spectators or commentators has officially begun.

Blue side SKT: Top laner Huni (Cho'Gath), jungler Peanut (Jarvan IV), mid laner Faker (Cassiopeia), AD Xiao Yan (Vayne), support Wolf (Lulu).

Red team RNG: Top laner Letme (Shen), jungler Mlxg (Sejuani), mid laner Xiaohu (Corki), AD carry Uzi (Caitlyn), support Ming (Karma).

"This time, I'll show him what it means to be unable to move an inch."

At the RNG base, Uzi chewed gum, his eyes sharp.

He's very familiar with the Caitlyn vs. Vayne matchup; in the bot lane ecosystem, it's like an eagle catching a chicken.

As soon as the minion wave appeared, Uzi displayed an overwhelming dominance.

Karma unleashed a burst of Inner Flame with her RQ, and Caitlyn pressed forward, using her range advantage to land a headshot auto-attack on Vayne.

Snapped!

Vayne's health dropped by one bar instantly.

"How fierce." Wolf frowned, manipulating Lulu to cast a shield in an attempt to relieve Xiao Yan's pressure.

But this is only the beginning.

Uzi's control over distance is terrifying. He timed his auto-attacks perfectly to coincide with Vayne's last-hit animation, making every move seem like a punishment for Xiao Yan's positioning.

Adding to the damage from Ming's Karma's unreasonable Q skill, in just three minutes, Xiao Yan was already pinned under the tower, missing three ranged minions, and his health was reduced to below half.

"How are we supposed to play like this?" Peanut glanced at the disastrous state of the bot lane. "Should I go help?"

"Need not."

Xiao Yan's voice was eerily calm.

His eyes were fixed on the screen, his fingers dancing lightly across the keyboard. Although his health was low and last-hitting was difficult, there was not a trace of panic on his face.

What Xiao Yan perceived as Uzi's seemingly impenetrable suppression was not actually invincible.

With every movement, every pause using the S key, and every roll used to dodge non-targeting skills, Xiao Yan was maximizing his development at the lowest possible cost.

He was like a tightrope walker in a storm, teetering on the brink of collapse, yet never falling.

"what?"

Uzi frowned slightly.

According to his script, Vayne with that much health should have gone back to base to replenish her supplies long ago, or been taken down by him in one combo because she was greedy for minions.

But this Xiao Yan is like a stubborn rock; no matter how much you hit it, it just won't break.

Although his last-hitting was behind, he didn't miss any experience, and his health was always kept at a seemingly dangerous but just-right "temptation line" where he wouldn't die.

"Trying to seduce me?" Uzi sneered. "Let's see how long you can last."

The game lasted 6 minutes and 30 seconds.

Both sides have been promoted to level 6.

The minion wave was pushed back to SKT's tower.

Uzi's Caitlyn, taking advantage of the traps blocking the way, crossed the minion wave to try and chip away at the tower plate, while also whittling down Vayne's health under the tower.

"Ming, push forward. If he dares to show his face, he's dead," Uzi commanded.

In that very instant.

Vayne, who had always been timid and submissive, seemingly only capable of taking a beating, made a move.

That was an extremely subtle movement.

When Uzi's Caitlyn raises her hand to auto-attack the turret, there is a 0.3-second stun.

In just 0.3 seconds!

"Wolf, ultimate move!"

Xiao Yan gave a low shout over the voice chat.

R skill [Final Moment] activated!

Vayne's silver crossbow was instantly enveloped in dark energy, and her cloak fluttered behind her.

Q skill [Dodge Strike]!

Vayne rolled forward and instantly became invisible.

Uzi reacted extremely quickly, using his E [90-gauge rope net] to predict Vayne's landing point while simultaneously placing a trap at her feet.

If it were a regular Vayne, she might have crashed into it.

However, Xiao Yan's Vayne did not use a basic attack the moment she appeared. Instead, she used the acceleration effect of her passive [Night Hunter] to move towards the enemy hero and made an extremely strange right-angle move!

That was a twisting motion that almost defied the laws of physics.

Whoosh!

The policewoman's rope net flew past Vayne's clothes!

It's empty!

"What?!" Uzi's pupils suddenly contracted.

The moment Vayne evaded the control, the giant crossbow in her hand roared.

Flat A!

E Skill [Demon Judgment]!

This wasn't a life-saving E that pushed someone away, but a precise surgical strike.

At this moment, the policewoman positioned herself slightly against the wall to gain the upper hand. The angle was extremely tricky, with only a very narrow line to pin her to the ruined wall behind the tower.

Xiao Yan found that clue.

boom!

A muffled thud.

The once arrogant policewoman was pinned to the wall and fell into a daze!

"Holy crap!" Ming exclaimed in shock, quickly putting a shield on the policewoman and chaining Vayne at the same time.

But Wolf's Lulu was no pushover either. She flashed and used her W [Whimsical Idea] to turn Karma into a sheep, then used her ultimate [Wild Growth] on Vayne, knocking away Sejuani who was trying to engage.

The attack power bonus after activating the ultimate skill, combined with the true damage of W [Holy Silver Crossbow].

One, two, three!

Snapped!

The true damage is explosive!

Uzi watched his health plummet to almost zero and frantically pressed heal and flash, but the instant the stun ended, Xiao Yan predicted his flash location and followed up with a basic attack.

First Blood!

First Blood!

SKT Xiao Yan kills RNG Uzi!

The entire RNG training room fell into a brief silence.

Uzi stared at the black and white screen, then stopped chewing his gum.

He stared in disbelief at Vayne, who had left with low health and a carefree air, his mind replaying the play she had just made.

That dodge move... that angle of the wall pin...

Is this even a human reaction?

His supposedly dominant power unexpectedly became the opportunity for his opponent to turn the tables.

This feeling of being "intelligence crushed" is even more painful for Uzi than being crushed.

At the same time that a kill occurred in the bottom lane, good news also came from the mid lane.

Faker's Cassiopeia, without any jungle assistance, used extreme kiting and the Twin Fangs refresh mechanism to solo kill Xiaohu's Corki in front of the tower.

"Nice, Sang-hyuk hyung!" Peanut shouted.

Faker adjusted his glasses, glanced at the bot lane, and said casually, "That play in the bot lane was even better. That wall-stabbing was very decisive."

After getting the kill and returning home to upgrade his Bilgewater scimitar, Xiao Yan's demeanor completely changed.

If he was a stoic assassin before, then he is now a beast unleashed from its cage.

Back online, Xiao Yan no longer retreated.

As long as Uzi dares to come up and finish off the enemy, Xiao Yan will immediately activate his ultimate skill and start attacking him relentlessly.

With Lulu's speed boost and shield, Vayne's mobility is maximized during her ultimate.

Uzi realized he couldn't target Vayne at all!

Using his Q skill's invisibility and the vision provided by the bushes, Xiao Yan moved around the policewoman like a ghost.

Every time it appears, it unleashes a triple-ring burst, attacks and runs away, never greedily taking hits.

"That positioning...it's disgusting!" Ming felt a wave of helplessness; his Karma RQ hadn't hit a single time.

At 11 minutes, SKT's bot lane duo, with the help of jungler Peanut, secured the first Infernal Dragon.

At 13 minutes, Xiao Yan caught Ming, who was warding in the jungle, and immediately activated his ultimate to chase and kill him in three hits. He then switched lanes and pushed down the bottom lane tower.

With Blade of the Ruined King and Berserker's Greaves, Vayne now possesses the ability to solo kill any squishy champion.

"Let's switch lanes, I'm going to farm in the top lane for a bit," Uzi said through gritted teeth. His Caitlyn was severely hampered in farming and desperately needed to catch up.

However, Xiao Yan gave him no chance to catch his breath.

SKT displayed a devastatingly strong operational capability. Xiao Yan, leading Wolf, relentlessly clung to Uzi's lane-swap strategy. If you go top, I'll go top; if you go mid, I'll go mid.

I'm going to kill you!

At 22 minutes, the Baron Nashor spawned.

At this point, SKT had a 4,000 gold lead and held two dragons.

The two sides clashed near the Dragon Pit. RNG not only had to guard against SKT taking the Dragon, but also had to be wary of the elusive Vayne.

"Keep an eye on Vayne! Don't let him in!" Letme's Shen was holding back his taunt, while Mlxg's Sejuani was also ready to pounce.

In the vision control battle, RNG cleared one of SKT's control wards, but also revealed their position.

Just when everyone in RNG thought SKT was going to play it safe and force team fights—

"Huni, unleash your ultimate move!"

Xiao Yan suddenly shouted in the voice chat.

Although Huni's giant bug was a little confused, it instinctively activated Righteous Glory and charged forward to draw fire.

RNG players instantly unleashed their skills on the giant bug.

Amidst the chaotic interplay of light and shadow, a red figure emerged from the shadows on the flank.

That's Vayne with the [Final Hour] activated!

"Is he crazy?! He splashed water on my face all by himself?!" Xiaohu exclaimed.

Xiao Yan is not crazy.

With the blessing of [God-level Proficiency], all information on the battlefield was broken down into slow motion in his mind.

Sejuani's ultimate move? Roll away to dodge!

Shen's taunt? Mercury instantly counters!

Aircraft missiles? Dodge them with your movement!

Xiao Yan, controlling Vayne, actually initiated the team fight with his bare hands, rolling right into the face of the RNG players!

This is the biggest humiliation for RNG!

"Kill him! Kill him now!" Uzi roared, and the policewoman unleashed a barrage of attacks.

But Xiao Yan's goal is very clear—it's you, Uzi!

Take a breath of the ruined one, and slow down!

Basic attack, move, basic attack, Q to stealth and adjust position, basic attack!

Snapped!

The Third Ring Road explodes!

The policewoman's health bar instantly dropped by a large portion.

Wolf's Lulu flashed in time to follow up, and used her ultimate on Vayne again, knocking away Shen who was trying to protect Uzi.

The enlarged Vayne was like a war god, enduring the firepower of three RNG players, with only the policewoman wearing a top hat in her eyes.

"What kind of damage is this?!" Uzi was in despair.

Every bolt Vayne fired was like an invitation from the Grim Reaper.

The final Demonic Judgment pinned the policewoman, who had used Flash to try and escape, to the wall of the dragon pit.

Goodbye!

SKT Xiao Yan kills RNG Uzi!

After killing AD, Xiao Yan did not stop.

The passive acceleration was triggered, and he turned around and aimed his gun at the plane that had no movement.

Before Xiaohu could even use his W ability, he was pierced through by Vayne's arrows.

Double Kill!

At this moment, Faker's Cassiopeia and Peanut's Jarvan IV finally entered the fray to clean up the remaining enemies.

Without their two core players, RNG is like a tiger with its teeth pulled, left helpless and at the mercy of others.

Letme's careful fall.

Mlxg's Pig Girl has fallen.

Ming's Karma fell.

ACE!

Destroy the group!

"My God..." Wolf looked at the corpses all over the ground, swallowed hard, "Xiao Yan, the way you entered the fray just now... you didn't treat the other side like human beings at all."

Xiao Yan rubbed his wrist, looked at the Dark Hunter standing amidst mountains of corpses and seas of blood on the screen, and smiled faintly:

"I said, hunt down those who have fallen into darkness."

"With my background music playing, no one can defeat me. Not even Uzi."

[Ding! Uzi's emotions have fluctuated significantly.]

[Congratulations, host, you have received a reward: Xia's proficiency level 100]

The atmosphere inside RNG's training room was somewhat eerie.

The oppressive feeling of being unilaterally slaughtered by Vayne just a second ago miraculously dissipated the moment the replay started playing.

Uzi stared intently at the screen, chewing his gum rapidly, as if trying to swallow all the pent-up frustration he had just felt.

His gaze was focused on Vayne, who had humiliated him, as he replayed Xiao Yan's actions frame by frame.

At first, his eyes were filled with anger, but as he looked at him, that anger gradually turned into disdain, and finally evolved into a mysterious confidence.

"Look at this play," Uzi pointed at the screen, his voice suddenly rising, "Vaine's positioning was really problematic! His roll was too aggressive. It was only because my E skill was still on cooldown that he was definitely dead!"

Ming nodded weakly from the side: "Indeed, this is a bit of a gamble."

"And this last wave," Uzi said, getting more and more excited, as if he'd discovered a new continent. "He completely relied on his superior equipment to overwhelm the opponent with sheer damage. In an even game, would he dare to play like that? I would have turned him into a sieve by now!"

A powerful psychological suggestion began to grow wildly in his mind:

It's not that I'm bad at the game, it's that the hero counters me.

It's not that I'm slow to react, it's that the equipment gap is too big.

If I had Vayne in that game, I could have outplayed him ten times better!

"This kid's Vayne is just so-so," Uzi said, turning off the recording, taking a deep breath, and reverting to his arrogant "world's best ADC" demeanor. "His damage is all built up through gold. In terms of mechanics and lane dominance, he's still too green."

Meanwhile, far away in Seoul, Xiao Yan was idly twirling his pen.

The system in my mind remained completely still.

"Once someone breaks down, their emotional threshold is raised significantly for a limited time. Let's let Uzi off the hook today. Let him practice some new heroes."

After Xiao Yan showed off his Vayne skills in front of Uzi, he instantly lost interest in scrims. As for seriously playing matches to maintain his form, scrims were just for fun.

As a result, the style of the next few training matches changed drastically.

In the second game, Xiao Yan chose Ezreal. He didn't aim for nothing, but rather for no mistakes. Throughout the game, he played like a slacker, using his Q skill randomly and observing from the sidelines during team fights, never engaging in team fights himself.

Uzi burst out laughing when he saw it: "See that? This is his true skill level! He can't even land a Q, and his movement is as stiff as a robot with a broken script."

In the third game, Xiao Yan picked the Frost Archer. This time, he took the "playing it safe" strategy to the extreme, only being useful when initiating team fights with his ultimate, and spending the rest of the time farming minions.

Uzi's Caitlyn finally had a blast this game, out-farming Xiao Yan by twenty CS. Although they ultimately lost because Faker's Ryze backdoored, Uzi was incredibly satisfied: "He didn't dare look at me during the laning phase! That Vayne game was definitely just luck!"

Fourth game...

They played all the way to the fifth game.

The RNG players were like they were on steroids, fighting harder and harder.

They all felt that they had reached the limit of that SKT rookie marksman. Apart from that Vayne game, his performance with other heroes was just average, or even mediocre.

Fifth game.

Xiao Yan selected Xia, who had just received a reward, but he didn't show any amazing skills. Instead, he methodically tested the landing point of the feathers and the extreme distance of the barbs.

Even with god-level proficiency, you still need to play occasionally. If you become too rusty, your proficiency won't drop, but your feel for the game will become rusty.

Ultimately, thanks to Mlxg's decisive team fight initiation and Uzi's Tristana's relentless kills, RNG finally destroyed SKT's base.

VICTORY!

The RNG training room erupted in cheers as the word "victory" appeared on the screen.