Chapter 724
Savior!
This sudden, deadly charge caused EDG's formation to collapse instantly.
Leave and Vamp didn't even have time to react before the screen turned black and white. Although Chen's Sejuani was tough, she only lasted two more seconds under Aphelios's relentless bombardment and Bin's Jax's subsequent entry.
"I did my best, Brother Mo..." Ah Chen gritted his teeth and collapsed in front of the tooth tower.
In the blink of an eye, EDG went from a five-man army to only Su Mo's Kalista and Xiao Yue's Syndra!
"BLG held on!!! They pulled off a perfect miracle team fight in the face of adversity!!" Guan Zeyuan's voice cracked, and the Mercedes-Benz Arena erupted in a thunderous roar of amazement.
Despite the successive deaths of his teammates, Su Mo's eyes remained as still and unfathomable as a stagnant pool.
He did not panic, nor did he choose to retreat immediately.
"Xiao Yue, step back and deal damage, don't get jumped on by Jax."
With a calm voice, Su Mo's Kalista began her breathtaking solo performance.
He stood at the edge of the ruins of the dental tower, clicking the mouse so fast it almost left afterimages.
Basic attack, then glide to the side and backward!
Facing the monkey charging forward with its ultimate skill [Havoc in Heaven], Su Mo calmly used the active effect of Blade of Ruin to slow down the monkey. At the same time, he used the split arrows of Hurricane to evenly spread the dark green spears on the monkey and Sylas who were charging at the front.
Bin's Jax activated Counter Strike, attempting to Flash and stun Su Mo. However, Su Mo seemed to have eyes in the back of his head. In the 0.1 second that Jax jumped, he used Heal and pulled his body to a very tight right angle, perfectly avoiding the stun!
"He dodged it!! Mozi's skateboard shoes are completely out of control!!"
"Tear!"
Pressing the E skill instantly killed the low-health Wukong and Sylas!
"Double Kill!"
However, Su Mo's condition was also very bad at this time. Under the subsequent pulling of Aphelios and Jax, Kalista's health had dropped to one-third, and Xiao Yue's Syndra was smashed to pieces by Jax while trying to protect him.
"Don't hit Brother Mo! You have to leave!" Xiao Yue shouted anxiously from the spring.
Su Mo glanced at his own last sliver of health, and at the Aphelios, Jax, and Thresh on the other side, who were still standing despite being low on health.
"You guys are lucky to be alive."
He coldly uttered a sentence, then controlled Kalista to slide backward three times in succession, using the minion wave to create distance, and finally disappeared into the fog of war on BLG's high ground.
"They held on!! BLG really held on!!" Rita breathed a long sigh of relief in the commentary booth, her chest heaving. "With a deficit of 11,000 gold, Elk's Aphelios stepped up! This two-for-three exchange pulled BLG back from the brink of defeat!!"
The match has reached the 20-minute mark.
Both teams were dragged back to base with low health. Although BLG's high ground was in ruins, their base crystal remained standing. This successful defense not only gave BLG a much-needed breather but also greatly boosted the morale of the all-Chinese team.
"Don't worry, it's my fault. I didn't use my ultimate move just now," Leave said with some self-reproach in the voice chat.
Su Mo picked up his thermos, took a sip of goji berry water, tightened the lid, and said in a calm tone, "It has nothing to do with you guys. The other side played well. Update your equipment and establish vision around Baron."
Upon returning home, Su Mo immediately pulled out the spare parts for the Resurrection Armor, maximizing his margin for error.
The next few minutes saw the game enter into a breathtaking back-and-forth battle.
Although EDG still holds a significant economic advantage, BLG has completely changed their playstyle. They have abandoned all lane contests, grouping up tightly and defending their high ground flawlessly. Elk's Aphelios, after accumulating countless jungle and minion resources, has finally completed his build, becoming the biggest obstacle to EDG's push with his three core items.
Twenty-five minutes later, the second dragon let out a deep roar in the river.
This is the ultimate neutral resource that determines the outcome of the entire match.
"Force a team fight at the Dragon's Head." Su Mo's command was very concise.
EDG's five players gathered at the Baron pit, cleared the vision, and immediately attacked the Baron. Kalista, combined with Sejuani who deals percentage-based damage, made the Baron kill extremely fast.
The dragon's health is dropping rapidly.
Eight thousand! Six thousand! Five thousand!
BLG's players finally arrived at the river. They had no way out; if EDG secured the Baron Nashor, combined with the super minions on all three lanes, the game would be a foregone conclusion.
"I'm going in to grab it! You guys cover me!" Xun's monkey crouched above the dragon pit, staring intently at the movements inside.
"Watch the monkey's position, Ah Chen, prepare to punish it." Mingkai gripped his notebook tightly backstage, his palms sweating profusely.
The dragon has 3,000 HP!
Just then, Knight's Sylas launched another attack! He used the Syndra ultimate [Power Surge] that he had stolen earlier to flash into the dragon pit and slam countless dark orbs into the low-health Sejuani!
"Silas has entered the fray!! He's interfering with Archen's Smite!!"
In order to protect himself, Ah Chen was forced to use his Q skill to reposition, causing a pause of a fraction of a second in the rhythm of his Smite.
And in that tiny gap of a fraction of a second!
Xun moved!
Instead of walking directly down into the dragon pit, he stood above it and decisively knocked off the explosive fruit at his feet!
But in the instant his body was blasted into the air, Xun's left hand swiftly pressed the W skill [True and False Monkey King]!
A fake monkey was left above the dragon pit, while the real monkey, which had disappeared, descended like a divine soldier and landed directly in the center of the dragon pit!
"Xun went in!! He disappeared into the shadows!!"
Su Mo's gaze remained calm, his hand already pressed the button for his E skill, [Tear]. Kalista's E skill combined with Smite makes this the least likely dragon-stealing combination in the League.
However, Bin's Jax stepped up at this moment!
He activated his ultimate ability, teleporting directly to the ward in front of the dragon pit. The moment he landed, he activated Counter Strike and flashed to use his Q skill to smash into Su Mo's Kalista!
This is a suicidal charge, the sole purpose of which is to force Kalista to reposition and delay the time it takes for her to press her E skill!
To avoid the dizziness, Su Mo was forced to slide backward a body length.
It was that 0.5 seconds of the gliding jump!
Dragon's HP: 900!
"Punishment!!!" Xun roared in the voice chat until his voice cracked.
Golden lightning struck!
"Roar--!"
Baron Nash let out a scream and collapsed with a crash!
The system notification sound rang out shrilly from above the canyon:
BLG.Xun has snagged Baron Nashor!
The stadium was deathly silent, then erupted into a deafening roar that could have blown the roof off the Mercedes-Benz Arena!
"He got it!!! He got it!!! Oh my god!!!" Guan Zeyuan jumped from the commentary booth onto his chair, completely excited. "Xun!!! He's a hero!!! In a desperate situation, despite Mozi's skateboard shoes and Achen's Smite, he risked his life to steal this life-saving dragon!!!"
"Incredible! It's a miracle!!" Miller's face was flushed, and he excitedly waved his fist. "Exploding Cone followed by W invisibility, perfectly timed when Mozi was forced back by Jax! BLG pulled off an incredible comeback and stole the dragon despite being 10,000 gold behind!!"
Inside the river-view apartment, the four girls gasped in shock. Luo Xin dropped the potato chips she was holding onto the carpet, Xiao Yu covered her mouth, and Rita's eyes widened in disbelief: "This...this can be stolen?!"
Yu Shuang remained seated, though the knuckles of her fingers holding the teacup were slightly white. She took a deep breath: "So what if we got it? Da Long ruined my life. Let's see how Su Mo handles it."
In the game, the dragon pit instantly turned into a living hell.
Although Xun managed to steal the Baron, his Monkey King was trapped in EDG's encirclement.
"The dragon belongs to them, but their lives are spared."
Su Mo's voice rang out like an eternity of ice in EDG's frustrated voice channel. There was no anger, no self-blame, only pure, extreme killing intent.
The moment the dragon was lost, Su Mo's Kalista transformed into a vengeful goddess.
He completely ignored the monkey who had already activated his invincibility and was waiting to die, and instead directly aimed his spear at Sylas, who had just flashed down to interfere!
A straight attack, a glide jump!
Even with Sylas's high regeneration, he's as fragile as paper under the damage of 100% critical strike chance and Blade of the Ruined King.
"laugh--"
Sylas instantly died due to his E skill, Tear!
Then, Su Mo switched his focus to Jax. Although Bin was very tanky, in the dragon pit terrain where Aphelios with his red and white blades couldn't keep up with the damage output, he could only become a target for Kalista's stacked spears.
With the help of his teammates' damage, Jax and Wukong, whose Zhonya's Hourglass had ended, were quickly melted.
"Triple Kill!"
Su Mo secured a triple kill once again!
But BLG had already achieved their goal. ON's Thresh threw down a lantern at the edge of the dragon pit, catching Aphelios who had secured the Baron buff, and the two fled back to their base without looking back.
"Although they managed a 3-for-1 trade, the Baron buff seed was preserved! Elk's Aphelios survived with the Baron buff!" Zz1tai analyzed from the commentary booth. "This means that BLG can use this Baron buff to not only clear the super minions on both lanes, but also forcefully delay the game by at least three minutes!"
The match time has reached twenty-eight minutes.
What should have been a one-sided game that ended in twenty minutes was miraculously saved by BLG through a strong defense of the inhibitor turret and a miraculous dragon steal.
Although the economic gap between the two sides is still 8,000, by the 28-minute mark, the carry's equipment has gradually become saturated, and the advantage brought by the economic gap is being infinitely reduced.
Even more critically, an Aphelios with three core items and Infinity Edge already possesses the ability to take over team fights.
In the EDG rest room, Abu's brows furrowed deeply: "This game dragged on for too long. After thirty minutes, Kalista's disadvantages of short range and fragility will be magnified infinitely. As long as BLG can withstand the next push..."
"Brother Mo, I'm sorry, I was too slow in punishing him just now..." Ah Chen said with great self-reproach in the voice message, his voice even carrying a hint of crying.
Su Mo pushed the minion wave across the river, and Kalista quietly recalled to base from the bushes.
He released his right hand from the mouse, picked up the thermos, and slowly drank the last sip of goji berry water.
"Why are you crying?"
Su Mo's voice remained calm, yet it carried an absolute power to suppress all restlessness.
"It's just a game. They stole a dragon and think they can turn the world upside down?"
Kalista revived in the fountain.
Su Mo sold one of his spare items, opened the bottom menu of the shop, and purchased an extremely expensive item that ADCs rarely buy at this time in professional matches.
Blood-Drinking Sword!
Combine with Guardian Angel, Shieldbear, Blade of the Ruined King, and Hurricane.
At this moment, Kalista has become an ultimate monster with quadruple lifesteal and full critical hit rate.
"Since they don't want to leave work, then let's smash their crystal completely."
Su Mo controlled Kalista, like a vicious wolf carrying the aura of death, and stepped lightly back into Summoner's Rift.
28 minutes and 30 seconds.
With the Baron buff, Aphelios became the most solid bulwark on BLG's high ground.
Elk, wielding the Mirror of Destruction and the Soulbreaker, used the Baron buff's enhancement effect on minions to firmly block the super minion waves surging into the base from the mid and top lanes, preventing them from reaching the crystal ruins. Even though EDG still held a huge economic lead, under the protection of the defending inhibitor turrets, forcing an attack on the high ground against an Aphelios with three items would be tantamount to suicide.
"Retreat." Su Mo looked at the situation on the screen and gave the retreat order without hesitation. "Clear their entire jungle, don't leave a single ward. Wait for the Baron buff to disappear."
The EDG players retreated like a receding tide.
As time ticked by, the atmosphere inside the Mercedes-Benz Arena did not ease due to the truce; on the contrary, it became even more tense due to the suffocating tension.
Thirty-two minutes.
The fourth dragon has spawned in the river. This is EDG's Hextech Dragon Soul point, a crucial resource that BLG absolutely cannot afford to give up.
"We must fight for this dragon. If we get the dragon soul, they will be completely helpless." Mingkai paced back and forth backstage, his brows furrowed.
After this period of delay, although BLG's economic disadvantage is still 6,000 on the stat sheet, the equipment of their two carries has shown a serious diminishing effect. Elk's Aphelios has built Infinity Edge and Bloodthirster, while Knight's Sylas has also acquired Zhonya's Hourglass and Cosmic Drive.
"They'll come out to meet the team." Su Mo's Kalista walked on the side of the team, holding Blade of the Ruined King, Hurricane, Shield Bow, Bloodthirster, and Guardian Angel in her hands, truly a god-tier build.
He glanced at the panel and saw that Bin's Jax at this point in time had not only built Divine Separator and Spear of Shojin, but had also added a Frozen Heart and Sterak's Gauntlet of Defiance.
When facing Jax in the late game, Kalista's 525 attack range becomes extremely dangerous.
Thirty-two and a half minutes.
Both sides deployed their forces in the Xiaolongkeng River. The real and fake eyes in this area were repeatedly emptied, and the area was filled with scanning red halos.
Xun's monkey was hiding behind the wall of F6, keeping a close eye on the movements of EDG's backline.
"I'm going to find the skateboard shoes! Watch out for the front!" Bin shouted in the voice chat. His Jax activated his scanner and crept over step by step from the river bush in the bottom lane.
"A team fight is about to break out! BLG's formation is clearly an attempt to flank!" Guan Zeyuan spoke rapidly. "Bin's position is very deep, and EDG doesn't seem to have noticed!"
Just then, ON's Thresh decisively flashed over the wall, and a predicted [Death Sentence] precisely locked onto Syndra, who was positioned in the front!
"We've arrived! Xiao Yue has been hooked!"
Knight's Sylas instantly sprang into action, using his E skill to close the distance and steal Sejuani's ultimate. He then unleashed a powerful Frostbite into the center of EDG's team, not only controlling Syndra but also slowing down Xayah next to him!
The team fight erupted instantly! (End of Chapter)