Chapter 746
You Eat the Meat, I'll Drink the Soup
"Brother Mozi is playing so aggressively! He crossed the minion wave at level one and used Q to trade blows!" Guan Zeyuan's eyes lit up. "He's not dealing damage; he's treating Ornn like an ATM, frantically collecting energy to transform into Red Kai!"
Bin frowned slightly and retaliated with a basic attack on Kayn, but Su Mo had already used his Q skill to create distance and hid in the top lane bush, avoiding the minions' aggro.
"Trying to trigger my passive ability? Not so easy." Bin gritted his teeth, secretly on guard.
Two and a half minutes.
The broadcast then showed the routes taken by both junglers.
Xun's Sejuani chose to start with Red Buff and farmed all the way to the top half of the map, with a very clear intention—to gank the top laner Kayn who was walking a tightrope.
On EDG's side, Achen's Maokai started with blue buff and farmed downwards.
"Brother Mozi, Xun is probably going to mess with you. I'm going to farm down the map to help Xiaoyue and Leave develop. Be careful," Achen reminded him in the voice chat.
At this moment, in the mid lane, Knight's Syndra was dominating Xiaoyue's Annie thanks to her long range advantage; in the bot lane, Elk's Jinx and Tahm Kench were also farming steadily with Aphelios and Lulu.
"Don't worry about me. You control the river crabs." Su Mo's tone remained as calm as a lake in the early morning, without a ripple.
Three minutes and fifteen seconds.
River crabs in both the upper and lower river channels spawn simultaneously.
Xun's Sejuani finished clearing the top half of the map, reached level three, and, wielding the Frostbite Hammer, quietly sneaked into the top lane river bush, venturing into the blind spot of vision.
At this moment, Su Mo pushed the minion wave to the center of the river.
"I'm in! Bin, hold on!" Xun shouted in the voice chat.
Bin's Ornn immediately launched an attack, using his Q skill to slow Kayn, followed by his E skill [Fiery Charge] to charge down and try to knock Kayn into the air!
At the same time, Sejuani burst out of the bushes and used her Q skill, Arctic Assault, to block Kayn's retreat!
Faced with this seemingly inescapable predicament, Miller in the commentary booth gasped: "A pincer attack from both sides! Kayn is too squishy in the early game; once he gets knocked up, he's dead!"
But on the screen.
Su Mo not only didn't use Flash, but he didn't even seem to intend to reposition himself.
Just a fraction of a second before Ornn was about to collide with him and Sejuani was about to get right up to his face!
A very faint tapping sound came from the keyboard.
E Skill - Shadow Step!
Kayn's body instantly transformed into a blur of shadow, sliding directly into the thick top lane wall in a manner that defied the laws of physics!
"boom!"
Ornn slammed headfirst into the wall with a dull thud, only to hit nothing but air. Sejuani's Q skill also grazed the wall and missed completely.
"He's inside the wall!!" Rita clapped her hands excitedly. "Kayn's E skill ignores collision volume and restores a small amount of health inside the wall! Although the E skill only lasts for 1.5 seconds in combat, that's enough for Mozi to avoid the first round of fatal crowd control!"
One and a half seconds later, Kayn was squeezed out of the wall.
Instead of fleeing towards his own turret, Su Mo turned around and used his W skill, Blade Slash, to precisely strike Ornn and Sejuani, slowing them down while simultaneously drawing in a large ball of red energy!
Then, he slowly walked towards the defensive tower.
Xun watched Kayn's retreating figure, his teeth itching with anger: "Damn it! That hero is too cheesy! He's impossible to kill!"
The pig girl's failure to catch anyone not only wasted time, but also allowed Ah Chen's big tree to comfortably control the river crab.
Five minutes have passed.
This is an extremely crucial resource node. The first Water Dragon spawns in the bottom lane, while in the Baron pit in the upper half of the map, six Void Larvae have also opened their eyes.
"I'm going to take the dragon, you guys hold on." Knowing that he couldn't kill the top laner, Xun decisively changed his strategy and led the bottom lane duo to control the water dragon.
Meanwhile, Ah Chen's big tree swaggered into the upper half of the bracket.
"Brother Mozi, come and eat the larvae."
At this moment, an extremely "abstract" scene unfolded on the top lane.
Bin's Ornn's health was reduced to below half by Su Mo's frequent QW combos. He saw Kayn disappear from the lane and assumed Su Mo had gone to help the jungler kill the larvae.
In order to gain experience from the minion wave, and also because he could farm items in lane thanks to Ornn's passive ability.
Bin, controlling Ornn, hid at the edge of the bush near the top lane's first tower and surprisingly started swinging his hammer, clanging and banging as he began crafting a Ruby Crystal for himself.
The commentator, Wawa, was completely dumbfounded: "Wait, what is Bin doing? Half-health Ornn playing blacksmith in lane? Does he think Mozi is gone?"
Just as Ornn's equipment progress bar was halfway through.
Suddenly, a huge, scarlet scythe emerged from the wall above.
Su Mo didn't even bother attacking the larvae! He stayed inside the wall, using the line of sight to wait for the cooldown!
"Blacksmithing? That's taxable."
Kayn bursts through the wall, his Q skill dealing two hits directly in Ornn's face as he's forging metal, and his W skill applies a slow!
Bin was so startled that his hand trembled, and his attack was interrupted. He hurriedly used his E skill to run towards the tower, but his health had already dropped to one-third.
"This is too abstract! Bin's mentality must be shattering after his spellcasting was interrupted!" Miller couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Six and a half minutes.
Both sides reached level six.
Su Mo's energy bar had turned a blinding deep red, and he was only a few attacks away from transforming.
He slowly pushed a wave of minions carrying siege minions towards BLG's top lane tower.
At this moment, Bin only had about 400 health points, and because his equipment crafting had been interrupted, he was still in poor condition.
"Don't go over there, he has his ultimate ability ready, I'm coming right away." Xun's Sejuani had just finished clearing the Krugs and was rushing to the top lane.
But Su Mo is completely unreasonable.
Kayn stepped directly into the red line of the turret.
Upon seeing this, Ornn immediately activated his ultimate ability, "Call of the Forging God," and a giant magma ram's head charged from afar, ready to knock Kayn away.
Su Mo's eyes were as calm as a still well.
He was at the moment when the ram's head was about to collide with Ornn, and Ornn was preparing for a second impact.
Ultimate move – [Shadow Shatter]!
Kayn transformed into an untargetable shadow and instantly burrowed into Ornn's body!
Ornn, having lost his target, completely missed with his second ultimate! Not only that, the turret's aggro was also instantly reset because the target disappeared.
Two and a half seconds later.
"Rip—"
Kayn burst forth with terrifying finishing blows, his scythe slicing through Ornn's thick body as it collapsed with a deafening crash.
"EDG.Mo has killed BLG.Bin!"
"First Blood!! Tower dive kill! Mozi perfectly dodged Ornn's ultimate!" Guan Zeyuan roared.
The instant Ornn was killed, a large surge of red energy flowed into Kayn's body.
At the bottom of the screen, a scarlet avatar began to flash wildly.
Energy is full!
Eight minutes.
After pushing the minion wave, Su Mo stuck in the bushes and pressed recall.
In the spring water.
With a click of the mouse by Su Mo, Kayn's body floated in mid-air, and the will of the Darkin completely took over the body.
The enormous red horns shot into the sky, and the scythe in its hand transformed into a blood-drinking demonic blade.
Red Kai—the Darkin incarnation—has arrived!
Su Mo opened the shop and, taking advantage of the first blood's gold and perfect last hit, immediately pulled out a [Serrated Dagger] and a [Caulfield's Warhammer] Star Eclipse set.
"Eight minutes! Eight minutes of Red Kai!!" Rita clenched her fist excitedly. "The game is over! Once Red Kai transforms, he's an invincible bulldozer in the top lane, let alone Mozi's Red Kai!"
At 8 minutes and 30 seconds, Hong Kai returned to the online position.
The next two minutes were an absolute hellish ordeal for Bin.
Red Kai's Q skill deals damage based on a percentage of the target's maximum health, and his W skill has a knock-up effect.
Ornn's prized armor and health were like a fresh health pack in front of Red Kai.
Nine minutes and ten seconds.
Bin just wanted to go up and eat a melee minion.
Su Mo used his Q skill to dash forward, and then used his W skill [Blade Pierce] to instantly knock Ornn into the air!
With just one unreasonable combo, Ornn's health was reduced by a third, while Red Kai's health remained completely unchanged due to his passive's terrifying lifesteal.
"It's impossible to lane like this." Bin sighed desperately in the voice chat, his hand gripping the mouse even feeling a little stiff. He didn't even feel safe staying under the tower now.
"I'll help you clear the wave. Knight has finished pushing the wave too. Let's gank one as a trio!"
Nine minutes and forty seconds.
BLG mobilized all their forces to salvage the collapsing top lane.
Xun's Sejuani flanked from the jungle, while Knight's Syndra arrived from the river with her scanner activated.
"Brother Mozi, the enemy mid and jungle are going top, I'm on my way, can you hold them off for a bit!" Ah Chen's Maokai had just finished clearing the wolves and was hurrying towards the top lane.
"No need to rush." Su Mo's voice remained calm, even carrying a hint of anticipation. "Let them come."
Instead of retreating, he pushed the minion wave to BLG's top lane tower. (9 minutes and 50 seconds)
The three surrounded them.
Syndra uses her long-range QE combo [Weaklings Begone] to push in a Dark Orb. Sejuani uses Q-Flash to prepare for a strong crowd control. Ornn also activates his W to follow up with Brittle.
This is an absolute dead end; any top laner would have already taken their hands off the keyboard by now.
But in front of the screen, a sharp, intense glint ignited in Su Mo's eyes.
"The killing has only just begun."
Ultimate move: Shadow Shatter!
At the 0.01 second mark between Syndra's orb and Sejuani's collision.
Red Kai once again transformed into an untargetable shadow and burrowed directly into Sejuani, who was charging at the forefront!
All control skills instantly missed!
"He dodged it!! My God, is that reaction speed monstrous?!" Miller shouted, clutching his head.
Two seconds later.
Red Kai burst forth, and the terrifying percentage-based damage instantly drained a third of Sejuani's health, while restoring a large amount of health to himself.
The moment he landed, Su Mo didn't pause at all.
W skill [Blade Piercing] slams the ground hard!
"boom!"
Sejuani and Ornn, who had arrived at the scene, were simultaneously knocked into the air!
Q skill [Giant Scythe Sweep] drew a crimson arc, passing through the two people's bodies once again!
With extreme armor penetration damage combined with lifesteal, Red Kai is like a war god dancing in a pool of blood, his health increasing as the fight goes on!
Ten minutes exactly!
Ah Chen's tree finally arrived on the battlefield, and his ultimate ability, Nature's Grasp, blocked Syndra's retreat.
Ignoring the turret's attacks, Su Mo flashed and landed a basic attack, securing the kill on Sejuani!
Then, chasing after Syndra who was bound by the tree, he used another Q skill that had just been turned on!
"Double Kill!"
"Double kill!!! Mozi Ge outplayed us in a three-man gank! He turned the tables and killed two of them!" Guan Zeyuan shouted hoarsely on the commentary stage.
The remaining Ornn could only tremble and hide under the second tower, watching helplessly as the blood-soaked Darkin Demon God cleaved his own top lane tower in two with his axe.
Game time: 10 minutes and 05 seconds.
A cold system notification popped up at the top of the screen:
EDG.Mo has destroyed the first turret!
The game time has reached eleven minutes.
With a deafening crash as the top lane tower collapsed, the entire situation in Summoner's Rift underwent a dramatic transformation.
After pushing down the tower, Su Mo's Red Kai did not choose to return to base. With most of his health remaining and a Void Larva buff, he went straight into BLG's upper jungle.
"My red buff is gone." Xun cried in the voice chat. He had just respawned and walked to the F6 camp when he saw that the jungle vision was completely empty, not even a small monster was left.
"Give him the resources and stabilize the bottom half of the map first." Knight's Syndra returned to the mid lane and was also a bit troubled by Xiao Yue's Annie, who was farming steadily.
BLG's strategy was clear: the top lane was a mess, and Ornn could just AFK under the tower. They had to focus on Elk's Jinx in late-game team fights.
Eleven and a half minutes.
The director's camera showed an extremely "bizarre" scene.
After clearing BLG's top jungle, Su Mo's Red Kai used his E skill [Shadow Step] to pass through the wall and silently sneaked into the bushes in the mid lane river.
At this moment, Xiaoyue's Annie is pushing the minion wave towards Syndra's turret.
Knight played very cautiously, holding onto his QE combo and clearing minions from the edge of the turret's attack range.
"Xiao Yue, create an opening," Su Mo said calmly over the voice chat, his voice as even as if he were discussing what to have for lunch.
Xiao Yue understood immediately. He controlled Annie to deliberately take a small step forward, pretending to use her Q skill to finish off the cannon minion, making her movement seem a bit disjointed.
Knight keenly seized this opportunity!
"We have a chance to kill!"
Syndra decisively launched an attack, her Q skill Dark Sphere gathering at Annie's feet, followed by her E skill [Scatter the Weak], which she unleashed to stun Annie in place.
Just as Syndra used her E skill.
A crimson shadow burst forth from the wall of the river!
It's Su Mo's Red Kai!
Instead of following the conventional gank route, he used the high mobility of his E skill to burst through the F6 wall and landed precisely on Syndra's retreat route!
"Holy crap! What's he doing here?!" Knight exclaimed in shock.
Without her E skill to push enemies, Syndra is just a lamb to the slaughter in front of Red Kayn.
Su Mo's W skill [Blade Piercing] instantly knocks Syndra into the air, and his Q skill [Giant Scythe Sweep] deals full damage in two stages.
Xiao Yue's Annie woke up from her stun and used Flash to unleash her ultimate, Tibbers' Wrath, directly on Syndra's head, initiating a chain of crowd control.
Su Mo didn't even use his ultimate skill; a few basic attacks combined with the red buff's slow effect easily secured the kill.
"EDG.Mo has killed BLG.Knight!"
"My God! Mozi's flank was brilliant! He completely saw through Knight's psychology and took advantage of Xiaoyue's positioning mistake to execute a perfect counter-gank!" Guan Zeyuan exclaimed in admiration from the commentary booth.
12 minutes and 20 seconds.
After securing the kill on Syndra, Su Mo returned to base to replenish his supplies.
At this point, his economy was already leading the pack.
Upon opening the shop, Su Mo decisively purchased the Mythical equipment—[Star Eclipse], along with a pair of [Boots of Brilliance] and a [Serrated Dagger].
Twelve minutes to acquire Mythic gear and its components—this gear progression at this point in time is simply devastating.
"Chen, go control the second dragon in the bottom half of the map. Spread out vision and don't give them a chance to engage in team fights." Su Mo directed the operation methodically while waiting for his health to fully recover in the fountain.
"Got it, Brother Mo! I'll stick with you this round!" Ah Chen's Big Tree walked happily towards the bottom half of the map.
Thirteen minutes.
The second dragon (fire dragon) spawns deep in the river.
BLG really wanted to contest this dragon because their bot lane duo, Elk and ON, had a good early game, and Jinx had already completed her first item.
But when they saw Red Kai on the big screen, with a 3-0 record and radiating a dark red killing intent, all their will to resist crumbled instantly.
"I'll give up, there's no way to fight this game." Xun's Sejuani glanced at her pitiful equipment and sighed helplessly. "This Kayn can take away half my health with just one Q."
EDG secured the second dragon without firing a shot.
Thirteen minutes and forty seconds.
Su Mo's Red Kai returned to the top lane once again.
At this point, Bin's Ornn had reached level nine and was cautiously controlling the lane in front of the second tower. His game experience was terrible; he could only watch helplessly as the experience bar rolled, praying that he could survive until level thirteen to farm items for his teammates.
But Su Mo clearly didn't intend to give him that chance.
"Push the lane, take down the second tower." Su Mo led a large wave of minions and directly pushed towards BLG's top lane second tower.
Ornn stood under the tower and activated his W skill, Flame Breath, in an attempt to clear the minion wave.
Su Mo glanced at the turret's health, then at Ornn's location.
An extremely bold idea emerged in his mind.
Instead of attacking the tower, he walked to the open space between the second tower and the high ground tower right in front of Ornn!
"Cutting the minion wave?! Not again?!" Miller's eyes widened. "Mozi is too arrogant! Cutting the wave between the second tower and the high ground tower, he's completely disregarding BLG's top and jungle!"
When Bin saw this, he was so angry that he almost smashed his mouse.
"He's too arrogant! Xun, can you come? We can kill him with the help of the turrets!" Bin shouted through gritted teeth in the voice chat.
Fourteen minutes and ten seconds.
Xun's Sejuani had just finished clearing the jungle camps in the top half of the map. He glanced at Red Kai, who was leisurely clearing minions between the two towers, and hesitated for a moment.
"I'll give it a try. Knight, you move closer too. I'm afraid we won't be able to deal enough damage."
BLG's top, mid, and jungle players regrouped towards the top lane's second turret.
This time, they were smarter.
Instead of charging straight in, Sejuani circled around to the jungle entrance on the side of the high ground tower, attempting to block Kayn's retreat route back to the jungle.
Syndra flanks from the jungle, while Ornn is ready to use crowd control under the tower.
Fourteen minutes and twenty seconds.
The decisive three-on-one situation has once again been created.
The entire audience held their breath.
"BLG's gank was incredibly tight, Mozi was trapped between the two towers!" Guan Zeyuan spoke rapidly, "The walls were covered by Syndra's orbs, even if he used his E skill through a wall, he would be instantly stunned!"
Faced with this desperate situation.
Su Mo's lips curled up slightly.
His fingers glide lightly across the keyboard. (End of Chapter)