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

"What?!"

The SKT team voice chat instantly erupted in chaos.

"Attack Baron? It's only 19 minutes and 30 seconds! Baron just spawned!" Peanut's voice suddenly rose, and his hand holding the mouse trembled. As a jungler, he knew all too well how terrifying Baron was when it spawned at 20 minutes.

That's not an ATM, that's a real epic monster with ridiculously high damage, and it also comes with extremely strong damage reduction and armor penetration debuffs.

"Xiao Yan, calm down!" Wolf was also anxious, speaking rapidly to dissuade her. "We have a huge advantage right now, there's no need to take such a big risk. Huni's Cho'Gath is underfarmed and can't withstand Baron's damage at all. My Lulu is a squishy support, and Peanut's Gragas isn't fully built yet. If we try to force Baron, and RNG gets bogged down, we'll be killed by Baron's attacks in the pit!"

Even the usually composed Faker frowned slightly, glanced at the Trundle who was pushing the lane aggressively in the top lane, and said in a deep voice: "The Trundle is taking down towers too fast. If we don't take down the dragon quickly enough, the top lane inhibitor will fall."

Furthermore, RNG's lineup has extremely strong kiting capabilities in narrow terrain like the Dragon Pit.

Despite his teammates' doubts, Xiao Yan's gaze remained unwavering.

"It's precisely because they have strong kiting ability, and because the Troll Warlord can push lanes quickly, that we have to fight them!"

Xiao Yan's voice wasn't loud, but it struck the hearts of every SKT player like a heavy hammer. "Haven't you figured it out yet? RNG's current tactic is 'extreme attrition in a slow death.' Four of them are avoiding direct combat, pouring all their resources and hopes into Letme's Trundle. If we send someone to gank Trundle now, we'll need at least three. Once we split up, Uzi's Twitch and Mlxg's Jarvan IV will immediately counter-attack mid lane, take the dragon, and establish vision."

"It's like a noose that keeps tightening. The more we try to play it safe and deal with the minion waves, the deeper we get pulled in. Once we reach 30 minutes, the Trundle will be fully built, and the Twitch will have his three core items; then we really won't be able to win!"

Xiao Yan, controlling the small cannon, pressed the recall button without hesitation.

"Listen to me, buy control wards and bring scanners. At twenty minutes, at the Baron pit, force them to engage. If they don't, we'll take Baron, and with the Baron buff, Trundle's split-pushing will crumble; if they dare to engage..."

A bloodthirsty smirk curled at the corner of Xiao Yan's lips as he stared intently at the recall animation scrolling on the screen. "Then let's crush them completely in the Dragon Pit!"

In the locker room, Coach Kouma stared intently at the screen, cold sweat beading on his forehead.

"Madman...this kid is really a madman..." Koma muttered to himself, his hands unconsciously clenching the strategy book. He had coached SKT for so many years and had seen all sorts of ups and downs, but Xiao Yan's decision to force a Baron rush at just over twenty minutes in, with no reliable front line on his team, was simply an unprecedented gamble!

This isn't just walking a tightrope; it's dancing a waltz with your eyes closed above an abyss!

But at the same time, Kouma felt an indescribable excitement welling up inside him.

Because he knew that Xiao Yan's analysis was completely correct.

RNG's resilience in this game was terrifying. If they don't take drastic measures, SKT might be dragged down and killed by this 4-1 split push lineup.

……

"boom!"

The time in Summoner's Rift jumped precisely to twenty minutes.

With a deafening roar, Baron Nash, his body radiating a ghostly green venom, burst through the water and descended into the Great Dragon Pit.

Meanwhile, the five members of SKT, like five hungry wolves that had smelled blood, silently crept into the upper part of the river in the Dragon Pit.

"Clear the wards! Wolf, clear all vision in the dragon pit! Peanut, place the control ward at the deepest part of the dragon pit to ensure RNG has no vision!" Xiao Yan commanded methodically.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The cannons in the gunner's hands had already begun to roar, and huge shells were slamming into Baron Nash.

In the commentary booth, all three commentators stood up the moment they saw SKT heading towards the Baron pit.

"My God! What is SKT doing?! They ignored the Trundle pushing the top lane and all five of them went straight to the Baron pit! Twenty minutes! Baron just spawned!" Wawa's voice became sharp and distorted with extreme shock.

"That was so decisive! So insane!" Miller clutched his head, his eyes wide like saucers. "Xiao Yan's decision was absolutely groundbreaking! He's gambling! He's betting all the advantages SKT built up in the first twenty minutes! They're playing too fast. Tristana's current build is an Infinity Edge, a Statikk Shiv, and a Quicksilver Sash. His sustained damage output is incredibly high!"

"But Baron's damage is also very high!" Changmao shouted immediately. "Huni's Cho'Gath is at the very front, and his health is dropping very quickly! Moreover, Baron's 'Corruption' armor penetration effect has already been applied to Huni, and his armor and magic resistance are decreasing rapidly! RNG has spotted it! RNG's vision has seen SKT's movements!"

On the field, the RNG team's bench.

"They're taking down the dragon! SKT is taking down the dragon!" Ming shouted as he watched the five red dots on the minimap disappear in an instant, and the last image captured by the last trinket ward in the blue side's jungle.

"Twenty minutes to kill the dragon? Are they crazy?" Spicy Hot Pot gritted his teeth and immediately controlled the prince to rush towards the upper half of the river.

Uzi's eyes instantly sharpened. He glanced at his equipment: Blade of the Ruined King and Runaan's Hurricane. Although he wasn't at his strongest yet, he was definitely capable of putting up a fight.

"Go! We have to go! We absolutely cannot let them take this dragon! If they get the dragon, we'll be completely finished!" Uzi's voice echoed in the voice chat, carrying a do-or-die determination.

However, just as the four RNG players were frantically gathering in the upper river, Letme in the top lane was in a state of extreme dilemma.

At this moment, the troll was wielding his club, frantically hammering at SKT's top lane second turret. The turret's health was already on the verge of collapse; if he had just ten more seconds, he could push down the second turret and head straight for the high ground.

"Should I... should I teleport? I have a ward here, I can teleport directly to the Dragon Pit!" Letme's fingers hovered over the D key on the keyboard, his palms were sweaty.

His mind was in turmoil.

As a top laner, seeing his teammates about to face a life-or-death team fight of 4v5, his first reaction was to abandon the minion wave and immediately teleport over to provide support.

However, Feng Ge's pre-match instructions and the pressure he had endured in the top lane like a lone wolf for the past twenty minutes reminded him that his task was to push through this lane.

"Junze! Don't kick! Please don't kick!"

Just as Letme was about to press the teleport button, Uzi's voice rang out in the voice chat.

"Proud?" Letme was stunned.

"Keep pushing! Don't worry about us! Take down SKT's high ground!" Uzi stared intently at the screen. Twitch had already entered the river bush. "SKT's current lineup is very vulnerable to dragons. They don't have a tanky frontline! The four of us will go over there, not fight them to the death, but just kite them! Just wear them down!"

"Yes! Junze, you have faith in us!" Ming shouted loudly. "My Janna has her ultimate and shield, Xiangguo has his EQ combo, and Xiaohu has his silence. We can hold them off! Your task now is to dismantle! The faster you dismantle, the greater the psychological pressure on SKT!"

"If we stall long enough, they'll be killed by Baron's breath!" Mlxg licked his chapped lips, his eyes gleaming with madness. "If they dare stop and come out to fight us, you're basically guaranteed to win the game on the top lane!"

Letme's eyes welled up with tears as he listened to his teammates' almost screaming voices through his headphones.

He knew that his teammates were entrusting their lives to him.

Four against five, facing the invincible SKT, and Xiao Yan who was like a killing machine, these four RNG players were planning to use their bodies to fill the Baron pit, to buy him even one more second to take down the tower!

"Fine! I'll demolish it! I'll tear down their base!"

Letme, his eyes red, roared and clicked the mouse so hard it almost flew. The Troll King activated his W skill, "Frozen Domain," instantly boosting his attack speed. A massive ice pillar slammed into SKT's second tower with a deafening roar.

"Boom!"

SKT's second top lane turret has fallen!

At this moment, the tug-of-war at the Dragon Pit had only just begun.

The dragon's health has dropped to eight thousand.

"RNG is here! They didn't give up, but instead surrounded us with four players! But Letme didn't use Teleport! Trundle is still pushing! RNG is determined to stick to the 4-1 split push!" Wawa excitedly commented.

"But how can we fight four against five? SKT's economic lead is too big right now!" Long Hair said with a worried expression.

"We can't fight head-on, we can only harass!" Miller's eyes shone brightly as he saw through RNG's intentions. "Look at RNG's positioning! They're not even going into the dragon pit!"

On the big screen, the four RNG players displayed an extremely formidable level of tactical awareness and discipline.

They were like a pack of cunning coyotes, hunting down a pride of lions that were dealing with a giant beast.

Xiaohu's grasshopper stood at the very edge of the dragon pit, at the perfect distance, and landed his Q skill **"Void Summoning"** precisely at the entrance of the dragon pit.

This purple void portal not only interrupted Peanut's Gragas's skill casting, but also accidentally hit Huni's Cho'Gath.

"Don't go out! Keep attacking the dragon!" Xiao Yan shouted coldly in the voice chat, his fingers flying across the keyboard. His little cannon moved extremely cunningly, managing to break through the grasshopper's silence and continue to relentlessly attack the dragon.

"call out!"

Ming's Janna began charging her Q skill, "Hurricane Howl." A tornado roared out from the river bushes, passed through the walls of the Dragon Pit, and headed straight for the SKT team.

"I'll block it!" Faker's Galio activated his W skill "Duran's Shield" without hesitation, his massive body blocking in front of Tristana and taking the knock-up.

But just as Galio was knocked away, a cloud of green venom fell from the sky and exploded inside the dragon pit!

It's Uzi's Twitch's W skill, "Poison Barrel"!

The venom instantly covered half of the dragon pit, not only slowing the monster down, but more fatally, it applied the rat's passive venom stacks!

"Damn it! This is so annoying!" Huni cried out in the voice chat. His Cho'Gath was already struggling to farm, and now, with Baron Nashor taking damage and RNG constantly harassing him from the outside, his health had dropped below half.

"RNG's kiting was perfect!" Miller exclaimed. "They just wouldn't go in! When the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy retreats, we harass! Mlxg's Jarvan IV was just hovering above the dragon pit, putting immense psychological pressure on SKT. As soon as the Baron's health dropped below Smite, Mlxg was ready to jump in and steal it!"

Dragon's HP: 6,000!

"The Baron Nashor fight is going very slowly! Apart from Tristana, the rest of SKT aren't taking down the Baron Nashor fast! And the Baron Nashor's continuous 'Corruption' debuff has reduced Huni's magic resistance and armor to rock bottom, while the others' health has also been reduced by the Baron Nashor's AOE breath attack!" Wawa looked at the health bars of both sides on the screen, her heart in her throat.

Xiao Yan's brows furrowed slightly.

He underestimated the resilience of RNG's four players, and also underestimated Uzi's ability to find a way to deal damage in dire situations.

Although Twitch didn't activate his ultimate, his W skill and basic attacks alone were enough to make things very difficult for SKT. Moreover, the red dot representing Trundle on the minimap was already approaching SKT's top lane inhibitor turret!

"Warning! The top lane inhibitor turret is under attack!" The system's cold female voice rang in SKT's headset.

The sound was like a countdown to death.

"Xiao Yan, we can't fight anymore! Huni can't hold on! Troll Warlord is pushing the high ground!" Wolf's voice was tinged with panic. Lulu's shield had been given to Cho'Gath, but against Baron's continuous breath attacks, it was still a drop in the ocean.

"Faker, force them back! We can't let them wear us down any further!" Xiao Yan's mind was racing. He knew they absolutely couldn't stop now. If they stopped, Baron would heal, and their decision to force a Baron fight would be a complete failure. Not only would they have wasted time, but they would also lose their high ground for nothing.

"clear."

Faker's eyes instantly became incredibly focused. Galio immediately used his E skill, "Righteous Punch," passing through the wall of the dragon pit and charging towards RNG's formation!

"Faker has moved! Galio is out of the dragon pit! SKT is trying to engage!" Longhair shouted.

"Back off! Create some distance!" Uzi reacted extremely quickly, and the mouse immediately retreated.

Ming's Janna countered by applying Galio's W skill "Gentle Breeze" to slow him down, while keeping her ultimate "Revival Monsoon" ready to blow away any advancing enemies.

Faker's Galio didn't chase too far; his goal was simply to force RNG out of the range of attrition.

Seeing RNG retreat, he immediately turned around, preparing to return to the dragon pit to continue fighting the dragon.

However, just as Galio turned around, a figure that had been holding back for a long time moved!

He is Mlxg's prince!

Xiangguo was like an assassin lurking in the shadows. He ignored Galio outside and instead stared intently at the health bar of the dragon in the pit.

Five thousand!

Four thousand five!

"Now!"

With a roar, Xiangguo unleashed a blind-sight EQ combo from above the Dragon Pit, like a dragon emerging from the sea, plunging down the wall and heading straight for the center of the Dragon Pit!

"Xiangguo went down! My God! Xiangguo chose to go down into the dragon pit at this time! Is he going to steal the dragon?! The dragon still has 4,000 health! It hasn't reached the penalty threshold yet!" Wawa roared frantically.

"No! He's not going to steal the dragon! He's going to start a team fight!" Miller saw through Xiangguo's intentions at a glance, and goosebumps rose all over his body.

The moment the prince landed, he didn't even look at the dragon. Instead, he unleashed his ultimate move, "Heaven and Earth Collapse," slamming it down on Xiao Yan's Tristana and Peanut's Gragas!

"Demacia!"

A massive circular barrier wall rose from the ground, trapping SKT's jungler and AD carry inside.

"Beat them! Beat them to death!" Xiangguo roared hoarsely in the voice chat.