Chapter 652
Take it down!
With the collapse of that vanguard team, the game came to a brief standstill.
12 minutes 45 seconds.
Su Mo's Ornn was safely farming turret plating in the top lane.
He was like a mobile fortress standing in front of the red team's tower, calm and composed.
Zeus's Jayce switched to hammer form and tried to unleash a combo, but Su Mo didn't even bother to dodge. Instead, he used his W [Bellfire Breath] to unleash a burst of flames, tanking Jayce's burst damage with his shield, and then finished off with a basic attack with the Fragile effect.
"clang!"
The crisp sound of metal striking metal rang out. Jayce not only failed to gain an advantage, but was also knocked down by Ornn's percentage-based damage, losing a large chunk of health. He could only sheepishly switch to cannon form and create distance.
"Damn it..." Zeus gritted his teeth, beads of sweat forming on his forehead. He hadn't actually had a bad game, even outfarming Ornn by more than ten CS, but he just felt frustrated.
The feeling was like punching cotton with all your might; not only did you not get any leverage, but the impact also made your wrist ache.
At this critical moment, the South Korean team, facing dire straits, finally demonstrated the terrifying resilience they possess as a top-tier team.
14 minutes 20 seconds.
A battle erupted at Xiaolongkeng.
Jiejie's Lee Sin, taking advantage of his early game, played a bit aggressively, trying to clear the control ward behind the dragon pit.
"Look at the blind man! He can be killed!" Faker keenly seized this fleeting opening.
Without any hesitation, Faker's Azir used WEQ for an extremely long-range dash and then used Flash in mid-air!
"Drift push" at the limit distance!
R [The Forbidden City Wall]!
The shield wall formed by the sand soldiers not only pushed Jiejie's Lee Sin back into the Korean team's crowd, but also accidentally hit Meiko, who was positioned further forward!
"Faker!! Lee Sang-hyeok stepped up in the face of death!!" Remember exclaimed in shock, "That push was so decisive! Jiejie couldn't even react!"
Kanavi's Sejuani immediately followed up with her ultimate, Frostfire Gauntlet, freezing Lee Sin solid. Ruler's Aphelios then used his purple blade to control the situation, switching to his red blade to instantly deplete Jiejie's health bar.
Meiko's Titan managed to escape using Flash, but was left with only a sliver of health, forcing the Chinese team to abandon the dragon.
The South Korean team finally got a chance to catch their breath.
"Oh my god, I panicked this time." Jiejie looked at the gray screen and slapped his thigh in frustration. "How can Faker's hand speed still be so fast?"
"It's nothing, just a small dragon." Su Mo's voice rang out in the voice channel, as calm as a still lake. "The other side is Faker, don't treat him like a piece of cake. You guys focus on farming and wait for me to get my items."
JackeyLove smacked his lips: "That Azir pushed really well, I almost got dragged into it too. Brother Mo, when are you going to come back to the game? With that poke composition on the other side, once Jayce and Azir get their items, it'll be hard for us to reach their backline."
"Almost there." Su Mo glanced at the experience bar. "Level 14."
Time passed by, second by second.
With Azir's wave clear and Jayce's poke, the Korean team managed to drag the game into their preferred macro-management style. The economic difference between the two sides remained around 2,000, and neither side could deliver a decisive blow.
Until the game time reaches 22 minutes.
Su Mo's Ornn has finally reached level 14!
This is a crucial turning point for Ornn – he can now upgrade his teammates' Mythic items!
"Jack, come here." Su Mo pinged a signal in the lower jungle.
JackeyLove's Kai'Sa ran over excitedly.
Su Mo, controlling Ornn, swung his massive hammer, smashing it down on Kai'Sa's equipment with a series of clangs. A flash of golden light appeared, and Kai'Sa's Mythic item, [Siren Slayer], upgraded to [Siren Sacrifice], its stats skyrocketing!
"Aww, that feels good!" JackeyLove looked at the attack power and attack speed that had suddenly appeared on his panel, and his confidence instantly soared. "Thanks for the gift, Brother Mo! I'm definitely going to take down that Aphelios this time!"
Afterwards, Su Mo upgraded Knight's Neeko with the [Push Stick].
"The equipment's all distributed, time to get to work." Su Mo bought a Stopwatch, along with an Abyssal Mask and a Sunfire Aegis. "Force Baron Nashor. I'm not going to flank this time, I'm going to stand in front."
24 minutes 10 seconds.
All five members of the Chinese team gathered at the Dragon Pit, cleared the vision, and immediately attacked the Dragon!
The Korean team had no choice but to accept the challenge. If they didn't, Kai'Sa, with her upgraded Siren, could take down the dragon extremely quickly, and once the Baron was lost, the Korean team's poke strategy would crumble.
"They're playing very aggressively." Faker hovered above the dragon pit, with Sand Soldiers providing vision. "Poke slowly, don't rush in, wait for Zeus's cannon."
Zeus' Jayce had already built Eclipse and Manamune, making his damage output terrifying.
"boom!"
A powerful, accelerated shot pierced through the wall where there was no vision and struck Knight's Neeko precisely!
Even with Neeko's upgraded health bonus, this shot still took away a third of his health!
"Jayce's poke is too painful!" Guan Zeyuan frowned. "The Chinese team can't be worn down like this, they have to engage! But the Korean team's formation is very well maintained, with Rael and Sejuani in front, and Azir holding his ultimate. Who dares to go in?"
Just when the situation was at a stalemate.
Su Mo moved.
Instead of unleashing his ultimate ability, he controlled the cumbersome Ornn and walked out of the dragon pit alone, standing head-on against the five members of the Korean team!
"What is he doing? How can he stop five people by himself?" The Korean commentator was a little confused.
Seeing this, Zeus immediately switched to hammer form and used his Q [Sky Leap] to smash Ornn, attempting to coordinate with his teammates to focus fire and eliminate this front-line tank. Ruler also switched to his red and white swords and unleashed a barrage of attacks.
However, when their damage landed on Ornn, everyone despaired.
Su Mo activated his W skill, [Bellfire Breath], which not only blocked crowd control but also granted him a thick shield. The Abyssal Mask weakened the enemy's magic resistance, while the Sunfire Aegis burned relentlessly through the crowd.
"What kind of monster is this?! We can't hurt him!! We can't hurt him at all!!" Miller shouted frantically from the commentary booth. "Mozi is like a wall of sighs, absorbing all of the Korean team's damage! His health bar has only dropped by half!"
"Now!" After withstanding the most intense burst of attacks, Su Mo calmly issued the order, "Left Hand, Jack, enter the fray!"
After Su Mo absorbed all of their attention and control skills, the Korean team's back row was completely exposed!
Knight's Neeko flashed in with her ultimate, and although Faker reacted quickly and pushed her away with his ultimate, he still managed to stun Zeus and Keria.
But the real reaper has arrived!
JackeyLove's Kai'Sa used her ultimate ability to fly directly to the side and rear of the Korean team's formation, dodging Azir's ultimate range!
Kai'Sa with the upgraded Siren Ornn is dealing damage that's simply incomprehensible!
The Icathian rain poured down on Aphelios, who had no abilities available. Ruler didn't even have time to use Flash before he was instantly melted!
"AD is down!! Ruler is down too!!"
Without their core AD carry, the Korean team's team fights crumbled instantly. Although Faker tried his best to kill Jiejie who entered the fray with his Sand Soldiers, he was powerless to turn the tide against the swarming Kai'Sa and the Ornn who stood like a mountain in front of him.
Seeing Faker preparing to escape, Su Mo used Q [Volcanic Strike] to slow him down, followed by E [Blazing Charge] to smash the rising stone pillar and send Faker flying high into the air.
"Here's your head," Su Mo said calmly, taking a step back despite the injury.
JackeyLove secured Faker's kill with a single basic attack.
Double Kill!
Triple Kill!
Quadra Kill!!
"A quadra kill!! JackeyLove got a quadra kill!!" Guan Zeyuan's voice cracked with excitement. "My God! This is the Chinese team! This is our FMVP top laner! He doesn't need to get kills, he just needs to stand there, and he's the team's strongest support!!"
"In this team fight, Mozi's Ornn absorbed a full 10,000 damage!! 10,000!!" Ji De looked at the data panel and gasped.
After wiping out the South Korean team, the Chinese team naturally secured the Baron Nashor.
26 minutes 30 seconds.
With the Baron buff, the Chinese team pushed down the Korean team's mid-lane inhibitor. The gold difference had now reached 12,000.
The suspense has been completely gone.
At 28 minutes, five members of the Chinese team gathered in the bottom lane.
Su Mo's Ornn led the way, like a heavy bulldozer. All the Korean team's poke attacks on him were like tickles.
"One wave after another!!" JackeyLove yelled frantically in the voice chat, clicking his mouse like crazy. "Brothers, keep up! This time I'm going to fountain-camp! I'm going to get all the revenge they gave me last game!"
"Stay calm, don't get carried away." Su Mo's voice was like a bucket of warm water poured over JackeyLove's boiling brain. "Push the tower, don't dive. Meiko, protect Jack to the death. Jiejie, keep an eye on the Tsar's entry position, don't give him a chance to create a miracle. I'll be in front, they can't get through."
At this moment, the atmosphere in the South Korean team's bench had become incredibly tense.
Zeus's hands were trembling slightly. His Jayce fired a shot at a super minion, but it didn't even take away half of its health. In front of the high ground, Ornn, who was covered in flames, was simply an insurmountable wall of lamentation.
“I can’t clear this wave of lines…” Zeus’s voice was filled with undisguised despair.
"Stop laning!" Kanavi gritted his teeth, staring intently at Kai'Sa behind the screen. "Leave the inhibitor turret there, find an opportunity to engage that AD carry. If Kai'Sa doesn't die, we have absolutely no chance of winning."
Faker took a deep breath, the veins on the back of his hand bulging.
His Tsar only had two and a half pieces of equipment at this point, and facing a Chinese team with a 12,000 gold lead, any conventional defense would be futile.
"Kanavi, use your ultimate to force Ornn's W. Keria, find an opportunity to Flash and drain Kai'Sa's life." Faker spoke incredibly fast, his brain racing. "I'll push! Even if I die, I'll push Kai'Sa and Neeko back to the fountain!"
This is the only script for a comeback in a desperate situation.
28 minutes 45 seconds.
With a densely packed reinforced minion wave, the Chinese team pushed down the Korean team's bottom lane high ground and headed straight for the two inhibitor turrets.
"The turrets are down! The South Korean team has no way to retreat!" In the commentary booth, Guan Zeyuan had already stood up, his hands on the table, his voice hoarse. "This is the ultimate test of defense and counter-attack! As long as we take down these two turrets, the gold medal is ours!"
"The Korean team isn't going to sit idly by! Kanavi's Sejuani has made a move!"
On the screen, Kanavi's Sejuani suddenly used Q-Flash to attack, and her ultimate skill [Frost Prison] was aimed directly at Su Mo at the front!
He wanted to use Frostfire Prison to force out Ornn's W [Bellfire Breath], thus removing Ornn's immunity to crowd control and paving the way for Faker's entry!
"Trying to force me to use my skill?" Su Mo's lips curled into a cold smile, his finger not even on the W key.
We'll just have to tough it out!
boom!
The massive block of ice shattered, freezing Ornn in place, but his outrageously thick health bar only lost a tiny bit of health!
"He didn't use W!! Mozi tanked Sejuani's ultimate!!" Miller roared, "He knows what his mission is, he's defending against Azir!!"
The moment Ornn was frozen, Faker moved!
This is one of the countless miraculous feats that Lee Sang-hyeok has staged in his career—
The Sand Soldier appears, uses his E skill [Quicksand Shift] to glide, then uses his Q skill [Sandstorm Assault] in mid-air, followed by Flash!
Super long-distance drift!
The target is Knight and JackeyLove, who are hiding behind the formation!
"Faker's in!! That push was so precise!!" Remember exclaimed.
But just a fraction of a second before Faker was about to press R [Forbidden Wall], the freezing effect on Su Mo ended.
"I've been waiting for you for a long time, Sang-hyeok."
Su Mo's eyes sharpened, and with a precise click of the mouse, Ornn's massive body suddenly spewed out a burst of flames!
W [Bellfire Breath]! Unstoppable Invincible Body!
Ornn's massive body blocked the Tsar's drifting path!
"Drink!"
The Tsar's ultimate ability, "Imperial Guard Wall," was unleashed with a thunderous roar. The golden sand soldier shield array slammed into Ornn, but it was as if it had crashed into a real, towering mountain. Not only did it fail to push Ornn back even a step, but the angle of the Imperial Guard Wall was fatally shifted due to the obstruction of Ornn's body!
JackeyLove reacted extremely quickly, using Kai'Sa's E skill [Overload] to accelerate and narrowly escape the edge of Azir's ultimate!
"He missed!! Faker was blocked by Mozi's invulnerability!! His ultimate missed!!" Guan Zeyuan roared, his voice completely cracking, "This is the Mountain Hidden Flame!! He alone extinguished all hope for the Korean team!!"
"Counterattack!!" Su Mo roared and unleashed his ultimate move without hesitation.
"Sheep, come here!!!"
The ancient and deep sound of horns echoed over the South Korean team's training base.
A colossal lava ram rolled in from the direction of the spring, and Su Mo controlled Orn to crash into it!
boom! !
The second ultimate move, a perfect cover!
Faker, whose attempt to engage failed, was the first to be hit, being launched high into the air. Keria and Ruler followed closely behind, trying to follow up!
"The sky is falling and the earth is cracking!!"
Knight's Neeko didn't hesitate any longer, flashing in and using her ultimate [Rage] to follow up with a series of crowd control effects, keeping the Korean team rooted to the spot.
JackeyLove's Kai'Sa was like the Grim Reaper descending, the upgraded Siren Slayer unleashing terrifying true damage amidst the crowd, relentlessly tearing apart the Korean team's defense with each Void Plasma attack.
"Double Kill!"
"Triple Kill!"
There will be no miracles.
With Ruler's Aphelios finally falling in a pool of blood, all five heroes of the Korean team were eliminated.
Ace!
Destroy the group!
"Destroy! Destroy the tower!! Ignore the people, attack the crystal!!" Meiko shouted frantically in the voice chat, her voice even sounding like she was crying.
"I clicked! I clicked!! Ahhhhh we won!!" 369 jumped up on the bench and hugged Coach Zhu Kai tightly.
Su Mo didn't speak. He controlled Ornn, hammering away steadily at the bright red base crystal of the Korean team.
Every hammer blow seems to resonate with the bitter history of LPL's struggle against Korean teams over the past few years; every hammer blow heralds the birth of a new dynasty.
29 minutes 15 seconds.
The crystal shattered with a deafening roar, turning into countless blue fragments.
In the center of the screen, two glittering English words are frozen in time—
VICTORY!
"We won!!! We are the champions!!!"
In the commentary booth, Guan Zeyuan ripped off his tie, his eyes red and swollen, and roared into the microphone: "3-0!! A clean sheet against South Korea!! On the stage of the Hangzhou Asian Games, the Chinese team crushed their invincible opponents in the most perfect manner!!"
Miller's voice was already choked with emotion as he pounded the table: "They kept the gold medal in Hangzhou! They did it! From the invincible Jax in the first game, to the world-destroying Aatrox in the second, and now the Wailing Wall Ornn! Mozi has proven to the world what the true ceiling of top laners is! What it means to be the world's number one!!"
I remember being so excited I was trembling: "Let's congratulate Team China! Congratulations to Su Mo, Knight, JackeyLove, Jiejie, Meiko, and 369! Tonight, you are the pride of our nation!! The five-starred red flag is flying high in the wind!!"
"China team!! Awesome!!" (End of chapter)