Chapter 760
Psychological Shadow
Before Tarzan could react, a furry figure emerged from the shadow of a large tree nearby!
"Shhhhhh!"
The poisoned darts, inflicting blindness, rained down on Zhao Xin.
Zhao Xin was severely slowed after stepping on a mushroom. He tried to use his E skill to dash towards Teemo, but found Teemo stuck on the other side of the wall near the Red Buff, and he couldn't reach him!
"Help! Teemo is in the jungle!" Tarzan shouted in the voice chat.
Scout's Azir was completely suppressed by Syndra in the mid lane and couldn't break free at all.
Three seconds later.
Tormented by both venom and the mask of death, Zhao Xin screamed and collapsed in his own red buff camp.
"EDG.Mo has killed LNG.Tarzan!"
"Another solo kill!! Teemo solo killed the jungler in the jungle!!" Wawa roared, "That mushroom planting was so insidious! He used the blind spot of the scanner to lay the mushrooms, then hid and ambushed! Tarzan didn't even get a chance to touch Teemo before he was instantly poisoned to death!"
12 minutes and 30 seconds.
After killing the jungler, Su Mo casually took LNG's red buff. With both red and blue buffs under his feet, Teemo was now like a devil incarnate.
The economic lead has reached an astonishing four thousand dollars.
Among them, Su Mo's Teemo has a 2,500 gold lead over his opponent.
Thirteen minutes.
The second-generation Rift Herald let out a low roar in the river.
This is a resource that LNG, which urgently needs to reverse its disadvantage, must fight for.
"Go for the vanguard! We have to engage in this wave, otherwise the mid-lane tower will be gone, and vision will be completely compressed!" Coach U was sweating profusely backstage as he issued the order.
The remaining four members of LNG (Zhao Xin had just been resurrected and was still on his way) gritted their teeth and headed towards the lower half of the river.
They had the support Leona walk at the front, using her scanner to clear mines along the way.
"LNG is going to engage this vanguard!" Miller spoke rapidly, "but their formation is having a very difficult time, one step at a time. Mozi's mushroom formation has already reached the river!"
Thirteen minutes and twenty seconds.
The five LNG players finally managed to regroup in front of the Vanguard Pit.
On EDG's side, A-Chen's Lee Sin and Xiao-Yue's Syndra have already started taking down the vanguard.
"Initiate! Leona, find an opportunity to engage Syndra!" Scout commanded in voice chat.
Support Hang took a deep breath, and Leona's ultimate [Solar Flare] instantly exploded at Syndra's feet!
"We've arrived!"
Zhao Xin immediately used his E skill to charge forward, and Olaf also activated his ultimate, Berserker Mode, and charged towards EDG's backline!
Team battle is about to break out!
Xiao Yue reacted extremely quickly, using Purify and Flash to create distance before being stunned, and then used a QE combo to push away Zhao Xin, who was charging at the front.
Ah Chen's Lee Sin used his W ward to get to the back row and kicked Olaf away with a Dragon's Tail kick.
However, LNG's impact was very strong. Tsar drifted in and used his ultimate [Forbidden Army Wall] to trap EDG's two carries in the corner.
Just as the battle on the front lines was fiercely contested, and LNG seemed to have gained a slight advantage...
The director suddenly switched the camera to the entrance of the red buff jungle on the flank.
Because they were in such a rush to clear the mines, LNG's female tank didn't detect the bushes hidden in such an elusive location.
There were no mushrooms in that patch of grass.
But there stood a Teemo, motionless.
Passive [Guerrilla Stealth], triggered.
Thirteen minutes and thirty-five seconds.
After Scout used his ultimate, his Azir retreated towards the red buff to avoid Syndra's burst damage.
Just as he retreated to the edge of that patch of grass.
"call out!"
A deadly poisoned arrow shot out from the void!
Blinding!
Teemo emerges from stealth with a massive attack speed boost!
The flames from the large mask, combined with the venom from the E skill, burned fiercely on Azir's squishy body.
Scout was shocked; he never expected that Teemo had been hiding here all along!
He tried to use Flash to escape, but Su Mo's hand speed was too fast.
Basic attack, Q skill, then another basic attack. Ignite on!
The damage explodes instantly!
The Tsar's health plummeted like a waterfall, and he didn't even last two seconds before he was brutally killed by Teemo's blowgun!
"EDG.Mo has killed LNG.Scout!"
"Stolen!!! The Azir was stolen by the invisible Teemo!!!" Ning was so excited on the commentary stage that he was incoherent. "Assassin! This isn't just Teemo, it's a combination of Twitch and Talon! He was hiding and observing the whole time, waiting for the right opportunity to strike and kill!"
Without their main damage dealer, Tsar, LNG's team fights collapsed instantly.
Zika's Olaf ultimate ended, and he was melted by EDG's two carries focusing fire.
Tarzan's Xin Zhao and Leona were also unable to turn the tide and both fell in the river.
Only Gala's Ashe, far away, used Flash and fled back to the mid-lane second tower in a sorry state.
"One for four! EDG pulled off a perfect 1 for 4 team fight!" Wawa exclaimed. "Mozi's stealthy flank and kill of the carry has completely killed any suspense in the game!"
Fourteen minutes.
EDG easily secured the second Rift Herald by stepping over the corpses of four LNG players.
With the vanguard's lament, EDG's economic lead officially surpassed 6,000 gold.
Su Mo sat in the gaming chair, his expression remaining calm and composed.
He controlled Teemo, hopping and skipping towards the mid lane, planting the newly regenerated mushrooms on the only path between the ruins of the first and second mid towers of LNG.
"Lead the charge in the middle lane. Fifteen minutes ago, we destroyed their high ground."
Su Mo's voice was cold and resolute in the audio recording.
"Let them experience what a real minefield is like."
Fourteen minutes and thirty seconds.
Ah Chen crushed the Herald's Eye in the mid lane.
A massive Rift Herald rose from the ground, heading straight for LNG's mid-lane second tower.
At that moment, the LNG team members had just been revived from the fountain.
Fourteen minutes and thirty seconds.
Ah Chen crushed the Herald's Eye in the mid lane.
The massive Rift Herald rose from the ground, its enormous body swaying as it headed straight for LNG's mid-lane second turret!
At this moment, the LNG players had just respawned in the fountain. Faced with EDG's fierce push, they found themselves in an extremely passive situation.
"We can't let the Vanguard crash into the high ground tower! Let's give up the second tower first and clear the wave in front of the high ground!" Scout anxiously commanded in the voice chat.
"I'll activate the scanner to clear mines, you guys stick close to me." The support Leona gritted her teeth, activated the scanner, and cautiously walked in front.
Fourteen minutes and fifty seconds.
With the sound of the vanguard's impact, LNG's second mid-lane tower collapsed.
EDG pressed their advantage, pushing forward with the Vanguard and a large wave of cannon minions towards LNG's mid-lane high ground tower.
The Leona's red scanning beam swept across the area near the ruins of the second tower, revealing two mushrooms that shimmered with an eerie green light.
Just as Leona stepped forward to clear the mushrooms, Xiaoyue's Syndra seized the opportunity!
QE 2nd Company [The weak retreat]!
The Dark Orb hit the Leona who was warding precisely, stunning her in place!
"They've got it! EDG initiated the attack while pushing the high ground!" Wawa shouted.
But LNG's resilience was demonstrated at this moment.
Tarzan's Xin Zhao didn't hesitate, immediately activating his ultimate [New Moon Guardian] to sweep Syndra and Lee Sin away, while simultaneously using his E skill [Fearless Charge] to stab Aphelios, who was positioned forward to deal damage!
Scout's Tsar also seized the opportunity, using the WEQ combo to drift into the fray, and then unleashing his ultimate, "Imperial Wall," to sweep across the narrow high ground tower!
"boom!"
A golden wall of sand soldiers instantly split EDG's formation! Aphelios was pushed to the corner, and although Braum raised the security door, his health dropped rapidly under the combined fire of Azir and Ashe.
"What a brilliant counter-attack! LNG executed this team fight flawlessly!" Miller exclaimed. "Despite being six thousand gold behind, they executed an excellent control chain!"
EDG's bot lane duo was instantly in dire straits. Leave's Aphelios was killed by Azir's sand soldiers before he could even use his Wind Force. Vamp's Braum followed suit and died soon after.
Fifteen minutes and ten seconds.
"Retreat! We can't fight this wave!" Seeing the situation was bad, Ah Chen used his W ward to create distance. Xiao Yue's Syndra also used Flash to escape.
LNG executed a brilliant 2-for-0 trade, successfully defending their mid-lane high ground and eliminating the Rift Herald.
The LNG fans erupted in cheers, seemingly seeing a glimmer of hope for a comeback. "Stay calm! Our lineup can handle the late game!" Zika shouted in the voice chat, boosting morale.
However, in this intense team fight, everyone overlooked one figure.
Su Mo's Teemo.
He did not participate in the direct confrontation at the mid lane high ground, but instead took advantage of the fact that the entire LNG team was defending the mid lane to quietly sneak up to the bottom lane.
Fifteen minutes and twenty seconds.
Just as LNG was about to breathe a sigh of relief after defeating EDG,
A system notification suddenly popped up on the right side of the screen:
"EDG.Mo destroyed the turret!"
LNG's bottom lane second turret was taken down by Teemo alone!
"Teemo is split pushing! Mozi is completely ignoring the team fight and he's stolen the bottom lane's second tower!" Ning shouted from the commentary booth, pointing at the minimap.
Scout frowned: "He's pushing the lane too fast. Zika, go defend the bottom lane and don't let him push onto the high ground."
Zika's Olaf activated Ghost and charged aggressively into the bottom lane.
Fifteen minutes and forty seconds.
Su Mo pushed the minion wave towards the high ground tower. When he saw Olaf coming to defend, he did not retreat, but instead hopped and skipped into LNG's lower jungle.
In the next minute, Su Mo put on a textbook-perfect "Teemo jungle horror game".
He used his ultimate ability's mushrooms to fill every key pass, including the Red Buff area, the Krugs intersection, and the F6 tunnel, with mines.
Sixteen minutes and thirty seconds.
The third dragon (earth dragon) is about to spawn.
This is a key neutral resource that will determine the medium-term trend. LNG must be deployed to establish a presence.
"I'll bring the scanner, everyone follow me." Leona once again took on the responsibility of clearing the mines, leading the four LNG players (Olaf was clearing the wave in the bottom lane) towards the lower jungle.
However, Su Mo's mushroom placement was extremely cunning, utilizing all the corners and blind spots in the scan.
Sixteen minutes and forty seconds.
The four LNG players walked to the bushes behind the Red Buff. Leona's scanner had just revealed a mushroom in the bushes.
Just then, Gala, the Frost Archer, took a small step to the side to avoid the Leona who was clearing wards.
"boom!"
A crisp sound!
Gala stepped on a mushroom that wasn't placed in the grass, but rather in the shadows of a corner!
A purple poisonous mist instantly filled the air. The burning effect of the large mask, combined with Teemo's over 200 ability power, caused Ashe's health to drop by a third, and she was severely slowed!
"Damn it! How come there's one here too!" Gala exclaimed in a panic.
Just as the LNG formation broke apart due to deceleration!
"Now!"
Ah Chen's blind monk emerged from the riverbank bushes, seemingly by touching his eye!
Q skill [Sonic Wave] precisely hits the slowed Frost! The second Q, Echo Strike, follows up! In mid-air, R skill [Dragon Tail] roars out!
With a powerful dragon tail swing, the nearly dead Ice was kicked like a ball towards Xiao Yue Syndra!
Syndra followed up with crowd control and instantly killed Ashe!
"Beautiful roundhouse kick! EDG seizes the opportunity and instantly kills the AD!" Wawa shouted.
Without AD, LNG was forced to accept team fights.
Azir drifted in to try and take down Syndra, but was knocked up by Braum's ultimate. Xin Zhao entered the fray but was also focused down.
But just then, Zika's Olaf activated his ultimate ability and charged in from the flank, killing the low-health Syndra with a single axe strike, and then chasing after Lee Sin to hack away.
The team fight ended in a brutal 2-for-2 exchange.
LNG lost their AD carry and support, while EDG lost their mid and jungler.
In the endgame, neither side was able to contest the dragon anymore, so they could only spread out.
Seventeen and a half minutes.
Although both sides suffered casualties in this team fight, EDG's Teemo emerged as the biggest winner.
While the two sides were locked in a fierce battle, Su Mo not only took down the second tower in the top lane, but also soloed the unguarded dragon!
"Mozi is too cunning! After planting mushrooms in the jungle, he went straight to the top lane to steal the dragon!" Miller exclaimed in astonishment. "This Teemo is practically a map controller; he stirs up trouble wherever there's an opening!"
At this point, the economic gap had reached seven thousand yuan.
Su Mo returned to base and crafted his second Mythic item—[Nash's Tooth]!
The large mask and Nashor's Tooth have resulted in a significant leap in sustained damage output and tower-pushing capabilities.
Eighteen minutes.
With the Baron Nashor about to spawn, the battle between the two sides has reached a fever pitch.
LNG is well aware that if Teemo recklessly splits pushes them, their vision control around Baron Nashor will be completely suppressed.
"We have to kill Teemo once! We can't fight Baron unless we kill him!" Tarzan gritted his teeth in the voice chat.
"I'm going to gank! My ultimate is ready!" Zika's Olaf bought a magic resistance cloak and charged aggressively into the top lane.
At this moment, Su Mo's Teemo was pushing the lane near the ruins of the second turret on the top lane.
"Olaf is ganking Teemo! This is a crisis for Teemo!"
Eighteen minutes and twenty seconds.
Zika activates his ultimate ability, Ragnarok, becoming immune to all slows and blinds, and pounces on Teemo like a maddened beast!
Su Mo remained calm. He pressed W to accelerate and pulled backward.
Olaf relentlessly pursued Teemo, landing a precise Q skill axe strike! Slowing him down!
Olaf caught up with Teemo and unleashed a barrage of auto-attacks!
But Su Mo's maneuvering was extremely subtle. He used his swift footwork to accelerate and constantly counterattack by moving and attacking during the gaps in Olaf's basic attacks.
With the attack speed bonus from Nashor's Tooth, Teemo's poison arrows rained down on Olaf.
Olaf's health dropped very quickly, but Teemo was also very fragile, and his health was about to drop to zero!
Just as Olaf was about to unleash a fatal blow!
"boom!"
Olaf stepped on a mushroom that had been lying in wait!
Although the ultimate ability grants immunity to slows, the mushroom's high magic damage and the Liandry's Anguish's burn became the final straw that broke the camel's back!
Olaf's health bar is reduced to zero!
"A comeback kill! A comeback kill with a sliver of health!!" Ning shouted excitedly, "Brother Mozi used the terrain and the mushrooms he planted beforehand to kite Olaf, who was using his ultimate, to death!"
Eighteen minutes and fifty seconds.
With Olaf's death, LNG completely lost the right to contest vision before Baron Nashor.
Su Mo stepped over Olaf's corpse and pushed the minion wave into the high ground tower.
"Force a team fight at Baron Nashor." Su Mo calmly gave the command over the voice chat.
The four EDG players immediately gathered towards the Baron pit, clearing all vision and quietly waiting for the nineteen-minute mark, when Baron Nashor, who would decide the fate of the entire game, would arrive!
20 minutes.
With a deafening roar, Baron Nashor tore through the void and descended into the depths of the Summoner's Rift river.
At this moment, the four EDG players had already positioned themselves near the dragon pit, illuminating LNG's red buff jungle as if it were daytime. Su Mo's Teemo, after killing Olaf, did not immediately recall but instead disappeared into the shadows outside LNG's top lane inhibitor wall.
"Hit." Su Mo said succinctly in the voice message.
Ah Chen's Lee Sin and Xiao Yue's Syndra immediately started attacking the dragon. Leave's Aphelios drew his red and white swords, and Fahrenheit frantically slashed at Baron, causing the dragon's health to drop rapidly.
"EDG is going straight for Baron! They're playing very decisively!" Wawa shouted from the commentary booth. "Does LNG want to watch? Without Olaf, they're outnumbered in the front line!"
In the LNG fountain, Zika stared anxiously at the grayed-out screen: "Take a look! I have to take a look! If Baron Nashor is lost, this game is over. I have ten seconds to respawn, and I have Teleport!"
Tarzan's Xin Zhao, equipped with a scanner and under the cover of his support Leona, cautiously approached the river. Scout's Azir and Gala's Ashe followed closely behind.
"Slow down, slow down, watch out for mushrooms in the bushes!" Leona's red scanning beam swept across the ground, revealing two mushrooms, which she immediately rushed forward to destroy.
But because of that brief delay caused by the mushrooms, Baron's health had already dropped to below half!
The four LNG crew members finally reached the narrow pass in the river.
At this point, the dragon still has 4,000 health points left!
"I'm in! Leona, follow me!" Tarzan knew he couldn't wait any longer, so he immediately used his E skill [Fearless Charge] to stab the Lee Sin who was tanking damage in the dragon pit!
Leona didn't hesitate either, her ultimate [Solar Flare] instantly exploding in the center of the dragon pit, slowing down both Syndra and Aphelios!
"LNG has made their move! Xin Zhao charged straight into the enemy formation, and Leona's ultimate restricted the movement of EDG's backline!" Miller spoke rapidly.
A team fight erupted instantly!
Ah Chen's Lee Sin reacted extremely quickly. The moment Xin Zhao lunged forward, Ah Chen used Dragon's Tail to kick Xin Zhao out of the dragon pit, and at the same time, his ultimate hit Azir who was rushing in from behind!
"A beautiful kick that resulted in two kills! Ah Chen's play was absolutely amazing!"
But LNG's counterattack was extremely fierce.
Scout's Azir used Cleanse in mid-air to remove the knock-up, and the moment he landed, he used WEQ to drift into the fray, unleashing his ultimate [Imperial Wall] across the narrow terrain of the Dragon Pit!
"boom!"
A golden wall of sand soldiers completely shattered EDG's formation! Syndra and Braum were pushed against the wall, momentarily stunned.
Meanwhile, on the high ground!
"I teleported! I teleported!" Upon resurrecting, Zika saw the battle begin and immediately used her teleport to a trinket ward above the dragon pit!
Olaf, filled with rage, descended from the sky like a god of death!
"Olaf has landed! He activated his ultimate and directly cut into EDG's backline!"
The situation took a sharp turn for the worse!
Zika's Olaf went into berserk mode, ignoring all crowd control, and chopped Syndra, who was stuck in the sand wall, with an axe, killing her instantly with two strikes!
Then, like a runaway dump truck, he charged toward Leave's Ephelios!
Although Aphelios used his Gale Force and Flash to create distance, his health was instantly reduced to almost zero under the combined assault of Azir's Sand Soldiers and Ashe's barrage of arrows from afar, and he was finished off by Olaf's precise Q skill, the axe! (End of Chapter)