Chapter 152: U-Shaped Shadow! Yellow Sand Obscuring the View! Someone

The sound at the Madison Square Garden venue suddenly shot straight into the clouds!

The EDG fans in the stands transformed all their early-game worries and tension into a massive, roaring wave of sound!

"A desperate counter-attack from player Ye! He has sent the DK mid-jungle duo to their graves under the tower, and Kayn has even given up a shutdown!" Wang Duo on the commentary desk tore his vocal cords until his voice cracked: "This push is just too exaggerated!"

Beside him, Guan Zeyuan was equally beyond excited: "Ye! My god, in a match point game, he really dares to do this!"

"It can almost be said that in two consecutive waves, it was this Azir who single-handedly forcibly blocked DK's desperate offensive! He is the true clutch player!"

Listening to the bursts of screams and wails coming from the commentary desk next door.

Although they didn't understand Korean, the constant, clumsy pronunciation that sounded like "pizza pizza" was enough to understand.

As the replay played, everyone finally saw this push that could be called a turning point, and the key moment where it perfectly connected with Maokai's second ultimate.

When the scene of the wall-flip push knocking the two of them under the tower played again.

The LCK fans at the venue all turned their heads away, unable to bear watching.

The director even specifically cut to the backstage lounge.

Wearing headphones, Factory Manager had already been in his "Dark Kai" form, his eyes sharp and brows furrowed in front of the screen, empathizing with the players on the field—but suddenly, he was so moved by this scene that he stood up and shouted, directly transforming into "Ming Kai"!

Because Ye Bo was there, his role as head coach was basically just a title; he usually only helped with data organization and didn't pay special attention to training content.

So, when he saw that coordination with Maokai, he couldn't even believe his own eyes!

Thinking back on it now.

No wonder for the past few days, he had seen Ye Bo practicing Maokai every day; he had even thought it was strange at the time.

Although the champion Maokai doesn't have many mechanics, his skills have high stability, and every skill serves a strategic purpose, solid as a nail.

This was also the reason why Ye Bo studied this champion.

It was also because of this that he discovered quite a few things that wouldn't be easy to find unless one specifically studied them or played many games.

"Well played, Master Ye! Ah, cough, cough, cough!" Jiejie was overjoyed, so excited that even his coughing became much louder.

Although they had practiced in custom rooms.

But in truth, he hadn't expected such an effect in actual combat.

After all, Maokai only needs to throw the ultimate in the right direction, while Azir has to consider many things: the timing, direction, and positioning of the push.

And clearly, anyone with a discerning eye could see that this wave almost instantly rewrote the situation!

Although DK still had some gold advantage.

But it was about to reach 14 minutes, the plating was about to disappear, and DK, who were on the offensive in the early game, still hadn't achieved a decisive result!

Kayn's transformation progress had been hindered again, which had become a thorn in DK's side.

Through his headphones, Ye Bo could vaguely hear the earth-shattering cheers from the venue, which made his heart race, and he even wanted to let out a shout to vent his emotions!

However, he forcibly suppressed the impulse and tried his best to calm his restless emotions.

Now is not the time to celebrate.

In a critical match, Ye Bo didn't want to pop the champagne at halftime.

"Everyone stay steady and don't give them a chance. We can take the next wave; the resource fight is our advantage!"

EDG had previously given up resource fights only because of Azir's scaling nature; he didn't have much combat power during that period.

But now, having secured a double kill, the already well-farmed Azir had gained a lane advantage over Sylas and could easily control lane priority!

Furthermore, Azir already had two gank tools—his ultimate and Everfrost—and began to exert the influence of his lane priority.

One wave forced Gragas's Flash in the top lane, and another wave drove Kayn away in the jungle to protect their own jungle.

Conversely, for Kayn, who hadn't transformed, this period would be extremely difficult to endure.

"EDG's top-jungle really doesn't give Kayn a chance to soak up energy; he can only try to soak some in the mid and bot lanes..." The Roaring Emperor was distressed, empathizing with him.

"DK's team composition's engage ability is actually only Gragas; Nami's ultimate is too slow, and if Kayn could transform, Sylas would have a combo to use."

"I feel like the only way now is to force a resource fight to make the opponent fight, but the problem is, they might not even win the fight."

Reaching 16 minutes, the second dragon was about to refresh.

Logically speaking, this EDG composition could still choose to continue avoiding fights and drag it out for Azir's scaling time.

The tempo of this dragon and Rift Herald had also been very slow.

But EDG didn't do that.

It was still because of Kayn!

Kayn, who hadn't transformed, was currently the best-equipped person on the team, yet he was unable to provide the combat power he should have—instead, it resulted in the team's actual combat power being at a disadvantage!

Since they weren't necessarily going to lose, why give up resources for no reason?

The DK composition wasn't actually bad; due to Kayn's passive compensation mechanism, it was impossible for him to never transform.

As long as they dragged it to the late game when the multiplier compensation kicked in, he could transform just by soaking a little bit.

Therefore, in a clear-headed operation, EDG shouldn't just avoid fights during this time.

On the contrary, they should take the initiative while Kayn had a combat power deficit, not giving the opponent a chance to threaten the Dragon Soul fight in the mid-game.

"DK doesn't seem to have any intention of giving up this dragon either. They are clearly very pressed for tempo, knowing full well what giving up this dragon means for them!"

"Both sides are gathering at the dragon pit... hey, but watch Gragas's position!"

"Nuguri is flanking!!"

Because of the composition advantage, plus the early-game jungle tower dive, DK's only advantage lane besides the jungle was the bot lane.

EDG's bot lane basically didn't cross the river much anymore, so the river vision near the bot lane had never really been contested.

DK played a psychological game here.

Four people stood on the upper side of the river, and Kayn kept diving into the wall to intimidate them, showing the intention of wanting to "soak energy."

The most powerful and iconic skill of the champion Kayn is undoubtedly his E skill, Shadow Step, which is also the core of this champion's mobility.

Regarding the mechanism of diving into walls, unless there is "hard crowd control" that can also "enter the wall," even if you hit him with damage skills, you cannot immediately knock Kayn out of the wall.

But EDG had Thresh this game... both his E and Q could fish Kayn directly out of the wall!

This is why Canyon hadn't played like this before; even if this wave was a deliberate risk to lower the opponent's vigilance, he was still cautious and didn't dare to overextend.

But he still successfully attracted the attention of everyone on EDG.

Meanwhile, Gragas had TP'd to their own bot lane tower and arrived in the bot lane river brush via the tri-brush.

The bot lane minion wave was right in the middle, vaguely providing vision, and with four teammates covering in the upper half, no one noticed this.

"Something's not right, Gragas doesn't seem to be in the top lane!"

Aatrox, who was pushing the lane in the top lane, suddenly discovered that after they had just finished clearing the wave, Gragas didn't follow out for the second wave.

And Flandre's awareness clearly had a lapse this time, and the reminder was a bit late—he initially thought Gragas had run off to eat a Honeyfruit or was slow coming back from farming the jungle.

Ye Bo was immediately alert, but for a moment, he couldn't judge the situation.

Perhaps the opponent just went back to base to resupply items and was preparing to TP over?

"Flandre, just TP over, we're starting the dragon."

"If Gragas is baiting your TP, I can TP up to defend the tower after we finish the dragon."

Without more information, Ye Bo made the most prudent and correct decision.

He directed Meiko to throw a ward at his feet, and a TP lit up directly at the entrance of the dragon pit, not giving the opponent a chance to catch them at a timing where they were outnumbered.

"They found us!?" ShowMaker asked, confused, seeing the sudden ward placement and TP, which seemed to be an intent to force the fight.

"No, their positioning shows they haven't found us!" Canyon looked at the opponent's positioning and made a judgment with absolute certainty.

Since that was the case, they had to seize the brief time difference when the opponent's TP landed!

"Xia Quan! Engage!"

The four DK members stood above the river, seemingly waiting for something.

And at this moment, Gragas had already used his E, Body Slam, to jump over the wall into the jungle!

The five EDG members were standing in front of the main entrance of the dragon pit, a long way from the bot lane river brush; if Gragas wanted to walk out and throw his R at maximum range, there would definitely be plenty of reaction time.

So, this infiltration position was seeking an opportunity to strike from a blind spot!

"It's bad, EDG hasn't noticed at all!"

"Their vision focus is near the dragon pit and the upper river; there's no reason for them to set up vision in this part of their own jungle!"

Gragas had already landed, close to the wall.

The four EDG members were surrounding the TP ward; this was to ensure that Aatrox wouldn't land in a separated or misaligned position—but this also became a target area for Explosive Cask!

Nuguri exerted his strength to pull the fuse of 【Explosive Cask】 and threw it hard from the shadows!

"A perfect angle!"

"DK is about to blow the horn of counter-attack!!"

Everyone's attention was on the four people threatening them from above.

No one expected that an explosive barrel would fly out from their right rear!

However.

At this moment, Ye Bo made a move that seemed extremely absurd—

He pushed 【Emperor's Divide】 forward out of thin air.

"Azir even made a mistake! Ye is flustered and missed... wait, what!!!"

"Why!!!"

Two shrieks of disbelief came from the LCK commentary desk.

To avoid alerting the enemy, the four DK members had deliberately kept their distance—anyway, the four opponents would be blown into their faces.

So, unless this sand wall could block Nami's Tidal Wave, it was a "missed ultimate."

But strangely.

Just as the sand wall was pushed out, the Explosive Cask also landed precisely, exploding right at everyone's heels.

Yet, the bodies of the entire EDG team did not move even half an inch!

Not even by a single inch!

It looked just as if the Gragas had also "missed his ultimate."

But everyone saw it clearly; that ultimate was practically shoved into the mouths of the entire EDG team, and their health bars clearly flickered.

It just happened that it didn't cause even the slightest displacement.

"Turn back and find the Gragas!"

"He has no Flash and should be out of E!"

After Ye Bo regained his composure in the first instance, because there was vision defense on the outer edge of the Blue Buff, he easily guessed how the opponent reached this position based on the route the Gragas could have taken to sneak in.

And if Gragas's E does not hit a target to reduce its cooldown, the cooldown is a full 12 seconds!

Aatrox TP lands.

The four DK members in the rear still wanted to intervene.

But if this Gragas ultimate failed to blast anyone back, it was now equivalent to their formation being split!

Kalista immediately activated her ultimate, the Spirit Ball, to toss Thresh against the wall!

Nuguri had already sensed the danger, but without the two major crowd control abilities of E and R, he simply couldn't create distance to stall.

"Five people surrounding the Gragas! DK is stuck here; it seems they can't save him!"

"Gragas is the first to be killed!"

"In that case, the Dragon should be taken without any cost! Plus a kill on the Gragas!"

"No... so why didn't the Gragas ultimate knock anyone up in this play!?"

Even the LPL's own casters, after describing the battle situation, asked urgently.

The shocked DK members had originally wanted to press pause again.

But they were stopped by ShowMaker and Canyon.

Because, first of all, it was clearly visible that this must be related to the Emperor's "missed ultimate," as the timing of the two was simply too precise.

ShowMaker hadn't forgotten the embarrassment of the "Flash Snowball" pause during the group stage.

Not to mention having gone through three games.

Now, in his view, it seemed perfectly normal for this person on the opposite side to pull off any outrageous maneuver.

As for Canyon.

From the fact that he also likes to use various bizarre designs, it could be seen that he is also very good at studying these game mechanics, so he probably guessed some clues.

"Holy crap! Master Ye, how did you do that? I almost pressed Flash!" Jiejie's heavy nasal tone still couldn't hide his emotions.

"That? Let's take the Dragon first. Gragas likely TP'd over, so it should be an easy take!"

It was a bit complicated to explain, so Ye Bo focused on the match first.

Come to think of it.

This really wasn't an understanding granted by Level 7 Proficiency—the trivia from Level 7 Proficiency is even more shocking!

It was actually an "inspiration" Ye Bo gained after the first game ended, when he was reviewing the recording alone and inadvertently noticed a loose thread.

It was that "Triple Shatter in the Air" play in the canyon team fight.

As everyone knows: {The wall of the Emperor's ultimate, the Emperor himself and his teammates can all pass through directly, and it does not count as a wall obstruction.

But since it doesn't count as a wall for allies—why could it allow Ornn's E to successfully trigger a knock-up?

Therefore.

Ye Bo suddenly realized at that moment that perhaps the mechanism of the Emperor's ultimate was somewhat "special."

It was likely that, although the ultimate doesn't count as a wall for allies and himself, if a "forced displacement" skill is used, it would be judged as a wall.

Ye Bo went into the training camp at the time and tried using {Prowler's Claw} and {Galeforce}, and sure enough, it confirmed this point—the Emperor couldn't pass through his own wall with these two items either.

So, what is the use of this?

Ye Bo, with his wild imagination, thought of a point.

If the Emperor can build a wall at any time.

Then couldn't some crowd control skills that cannot "knock enemies back over walls" use the ultimate to perform a certain kind of "crowd control cancellation"?

Coincidentally, the subject of Ye Bo's experiment was Gragas!

Perhaps it wasn't really a coincidence.

Because there aren't many heroes who have "this skill cannot knock enemies back over walls" specifically noted in their skill description text.

Thanks to Ye Bo's mastery of Gragas, he was a hero he remembered, so naturally, he used him for the experiment.

And the result was this very scene!

This could be said to be a brand-new combo operation that completely combines "two heroes' mechanisms" and "game mechanics"!

"Knockback Cancellation Sand Wall"

"DK... this play is so painful!"

"It was supposed to be a counter-offensive for DK; if Gragas had blasted them back, this team fight would definitely have been half-won! Lucian is very well-farmed!"

"Gragas's head was fed to the Emperor again, and they are going to lose the Dragon."

"The main thing is that Kayn failed to get energy again, again, and again!"

The LCK caster booth, which had just caught its breath, suddenly deflated again.

But at this moment.

The core of the DK team stood up once again—the mid-jungle duo.

"Canyon doesn't seem to want to give up! He wants to be a hero!"

"But although Kayn has Flash in this play, Thresh can also exert powerful restrictions on him, not to mention the Emperor and Maokai... wait!"

Ye Bo was reminding them in voice chat to have the jungler and Kalista use their skills together.

But, there was a small foreshadowing.

That was something Ye Bo, as a mid-laner, was not sensitive to and difficult to notice.

Kayn had nothing else, but he farmed jungle monsters a lot; he had already finished 40 stacks of his jungle item by the 13th minute—the Smite had already evolved to 1200 damage.

However, because Maokai had been giving up the jungle, his jungle item was still several stacks short!

Kalista's E skill had long been nerfed and only dealt 50% damage to monsters; not to mention that with her items not being great, popping a few hundred health was a lot, and it wasn't as powerful as imagined.

Canyon knew Thresh was watching him, and when he made his move, he had already planned the operation.

"Kayn approaches from inside the wall near the Dragon pit... Flash into Axe!"

"Instantly triggers the ultimate mark to enter Thresh's body, dodging Thresh's skill; Canyon's details are so good!"

Kayn's ultimate must deal damage to be used.

But if he used his Q or W before transforming, he might be caught by Thresh due to the super long delay and lack of control.

So, Canyon directly flashed and used his axe, starting the mark the instant he got close!

Subsequently, Kayn stayed inside Thresh's body, steadily and precisely pressing {Primal Smite} from afar!

{When Kayn's ultimate is inside the opponent's body, he can use Smite.

"He stole it!!!"

"And Sylas touched over... stole Kalista's ultimate!"

"A Spirit Ball caught Kayn back from the air 1000 yards away; Kayn didn't even land!"

"This is DK's top-mid-jungle duo! This is the daring DK! They preserved the spark and hope of a comeback for the team... in that case, this play is still acceptable!"

The LCK caster booth, which had just been mourning, rose from the dead.

With this Dragon, DK still has a theoretical chance to force a Dragon Soul fight at 26 minutes.

And it's the very powerful Ocean Dragon Soul!

With Red Kayn, Sylas, and Gragas, the Ocean Dragon Soul is undoubtedly a huge boost, and EDG must contest it.

And if they hadn't gotten this Dragon, this theoretical time would have been delayed to at least after 31 minutes, by which time they would inevitably face a full-build Emperor.

The gap is clearly not just a little bit.

Jiejie blamed himself excitedly in the voice chat: "Ah! I really... I didn't even Smite it!"

Viper shook his head: "My bad, I pulled the spear too early."

Meiko also felt a bit apologetic: "It was me who didn't keep an eye on him; if I had known, I would have flashed to knock him out of the wall. Damn, my brain didn't switch over."

"I was also stunned this time, almost got ambushed by this Gragas, luckily there was Master Ye's ultimate," Flandre said with lingering fear.

Ye Bo naturally wouldn't blame his teammates and hurriedly spoke up to comfort them.

"No worries, no worries~ brothers, it's not a big problem. Didn't we kill someone? Not a loss!"

"I'm farming really well, just wait for my items and it'll be done!"

Although every teammate had some minor mistakes in this play, such as the vision in the bot lane at the beginning, the top lane information, and the jungler's Smite.

It also confirmed Ye Bo's concerns before the match—why he had to "go all in" on this game.

The longer this best-of-five drags on, the greater the variables. This was only the third game; if it really dragged to the fifth game, it might be truly dangerous.

And there was one key point in this play that was finally noticed by someone.

"Wait, Kayn seems to have enough energy after fighting Thresh this time!"

"Although it's Blue Kayn's energy... but at the very least, this way, just wait another four minutes!"

"At most four more minutes, Kayn will be able to transform and evolve!"

The energy Kayn obtained in the early game was basically from the bot lane, occasionally from the mid lane, and basically all ranged.

And don't look at how it seemed like he didn't hit Thresh many times in this wave, but these few minutes of vacuum time, plus the most important extra boost from "match time," the triple excess energy finally helped Kayn complete his breakthrough.

Of course, it is impossible for Canyon to turn into Blue Kayn.

The growth in this game isn't advanced enough; it's already impossible to play out the essence of Blue Kayn.

But the 4-minute waiting time can at least make the transformation no longer seem so infinitely far away.

And they also found a chance for an "acceleration."

Nuguri disappeared again after pushing the lane.

Saint-Gun Brother was worried about whether the opponent had gone running around again, so his always-steady positioning leaned slightly forward—but he ended up being caught by Kayn, who was lurking in ambush!

He decisively used Flash to escape from the World Ender, but the two DK members chased relentlessly and also used their Flashes!

Fortunately, Maokai was in the nearby jungle, using his ultimate from a distance to force them back, then decisively followed up with a Flash to rescue him.

Fortunately, no kill occurred.

But Kayn had already achieved his goal; the red energy absorbed from the two of them was accelerating the speed of his transformation.

At 18 minutes and 45 seconds, Kayn returned to the fountain again.

The scythe turned into a blood-colored vortex, swallowing Kayn, and the whispers of the Darkin drilled into his eardrums like venomous snakes.

Rhaast's sinister grin made the mortal bones hum, and the dark red patterns finally completely occupied this shell!

"Kayn has transformed! Before 19 minutes!"

"But to be honest, this progress is already very slow, and EDG has already achieved a comeback in the gold difference!"

"As long as you give Azir a little more time, the natural advantage is already very large!"

"It's just a bit of a pity. We were just saying that EDG might consider timing it to take the Rift Herald, or even timing it to pressure the Baron; it looks like there's no chance for that now."

Just as everyone at the LPL commentary desk was saying this.

The battle situation quietly changed again.

"Both sides seem to want to take advantage of the final time to take this Rift Herald; it's reasonable, after all, if they get it now, they should be able to directly pressure a tier-two tower!"

"Eh!? What does Canyon want to do again!"

"This is... is he going to do it again!?"

Kayn had come to the top lane once more.

The tempo of this game is the slowest of EDG's current World Championship; nearly 20 minutes in, and both sides haven't broken the other's tier-one towers in all three lanes.

But precisely because of this, vision is actually easier to set up.

After all, their own jungle is always safe, and with everyone's ward cooldowns rotating, it's not that easy for Kayn to invade.

There is only one problem.

The spectator perspective knows how Kayn got in at level one—but EDG doesn't!

A design like the wall on the edge of the map next to the defense tower is truly too unconventional; it's really hard to associate it with this for a while, and they would only guess if the opponent had gotten stuck in some vision.

And Kayn, eyeing the minion wave, repeated the same trick again.

Taking advantage of the gap while Aatrox went to the tri-bush to set up vision, he once again "openly and honestly" snuck into the back, arriving at EDG's Krug camp!

"DK still hasn't given up on the offense! In the first wave after his transformation, Canyon's Kayn has once again carried out a bold offensive design!"

"Kayn placed a Control Ward in the Red Buff bush; Sylas has used his Teleport!"

"The mid and jungle are flanking from behind!!"

"And this time, Sylas first stole Maokai's ultimate from the front; EDG couldn't have imagined Kayn's entry, and even less could they have guessed that the opponent would suddenly use Kayn's Teleport ward to get to the back, inside their own jungle!"

The EDG members already positioned in the river indeed could not perceive it.

Meiko in the backroom was going crazy, wishing he could put on a red robe to see if he could telepathically possess Red Kayn on the field and tip off his teammates!

The gold difference between the two sides is negligible.

Of course, negligible means EDG has the advantage; after all, they have two late-game guarantees and team-fight monsters in Azir and Aatrox, so continuing to farm is definitely an advantage.

But at least at this point in time, DK's team composition's brawling ability is only stronger than EDG's, not weaker!

What they lack is a means to initiate a team fight.

The composition Danny designed was originally very reasonable; the top laner specifically added a Gragas to make up for this problem—who would have thought it could be countered like that!?

Therefore, they must now have the mid and jungle find an opportunity first, and let Gragas provide the second-hand follow-up control.

For example, let Sylas first cast a perfect Maokai ultimate.

But it's very obvious that it's hard to hit with Maokai's ultimate when cast from the front, and the five EDG members aren't wooden stakes.

Canyon and Xu Xiu put their heads together.

This design immediately emerged.

It would be hard for anyone to imagine that the spreading Nature's Grasp could appear from the back of their own jungle!

"It's coming... it's coming," the Roaring Emperor whispered, as if afraid that his voice would be too loud and cause alarm on the field.

"If they can win this wave, it's very likely they'll get the Baron plus the Soul Point Dragon!!"

Seeing that the positioning was complete.

The encirclement seemed to be set, and he couldn't wait to shout out loud.

"The DK warriors are asking the heavens, and the only thing responding to them is their own selves from two years ago! They swear they will not let this BO5 end here; they are going to kill this match-point game!"

"This is DK Never Give Up!!"

"Sylas casts Nature's Grasp!"

【Nature's Grasp】 can spread for a full 3000 yards, and the closer it gets to the end, the faster it becomes, making it harder to dodge.

There was no extra warning, whether on the mini-map or sound effects; there were only visual effects that weren't very obvious.

Finally, Ye Bo noticed the anomaly in the direction of their own jungle.

But the Nature's Grasp that started from the Red Buff had already grown to a terrifying speed, and its direction was exactly covering their retreat!

The Nature's Grasp at this distance would cause a maximum crowd control of {2. 5 seconds}.

Furthermore, because it was a skill cast by Sylas, the damage after the high Ability Power bonus would also be quite frightening!

"How... how did it get there!" Jiejie once again voiced the same confusion as at level one.

"Sell me, sell me, I'll block it!"

Having said that, Thresh prepared to take the initiative to rush toward the Nature's Grasp, using his physical body to fight for a path of survival for his teammates.

But the lit-up blue eyes had already seen Red Kayn and Sylas following closely behind.

And let alone whether they could run.

Even if they really could run, they would at least have to pay with more than one Flash, plus the support's life.

That would instantly turn the scene into a four-versus-five, and the opponent would only have paid the price of one ultimate, and they would still have to give up all their positioning—perhaps even risking losing the Baron!

Not to mention it was obvious that DK wouldn't let them go easily!

"Don't go!"

Just at this moment, Ye Bo's firm voice tore through the voice channel.

"Listen to me!"

"Here! Here!"

"Go here and don't move!"

Extremely rapid and noisy ping signals rang out on the map.

The EDG members did not hesitate and immediately changed their pace in unison, as if they had received a mobilization order, moving toward the command point issued by the Emperor of the Sands, and then stood still.

As precise as "chess pieces" placed by hand.

And Azir himself retreated alone toward the bottom—looking as if he wanted his four teammates to "block" the skill for him!

To the outside world, this scene looked incredibly bizarre!

"The entire EDG team is running in the opposite direction; are they not planning to leave? Only Azir is leaving!?"

"Even if someone blocks it, they have to leave, and standing like this means they'll get hit by the R! The person blocking is definitely going to die!"

"Ah!?"

"Ah???"

"It passed... passed... passed... passed through!!!"

"The four EDG members passed through the incoming Nature's Grasp! What does this mean!!!"

A shocking scene appeared.

The four people who had gone to stand at the three closest points actually just like that, all brushed past the completely covering Nature's Grasp.

No one's health bar fluctuated... which very clearly showed that no one had been hit by the effect of this ultimate!

It was as if a fake ultimate had been cast.

All five DK members were stunned.

"Retreat first!" Xu Xiu shouted decisively, taking command.

Their original plan was that the Nature's Grasp would at least control one person, and Red Kayn and Sylas would flank from behind to follow up with double control and burst damage, coordinating with the three teammates surrounding from the left to slaughter them and complete a pre-battle kill.

But now, it was similar to the situation in the dragon pit team fight.

Once this kind of flanking initiation fails—it actually amounts to being the ones who had their battlefield split!

Fortunately, Sylas and Kayn hadn't come down yet, and of the three on the left, only Nami had used her ultimate to support.

They could retreat into their own blue jungle in a few steps, with no worries about retreating.

That's what the DK members thought.

But then they realized, was there something wrong somewhere?

What about Azir, who was "retreating" alone!?

The Emperor of the Sands had just withdrawn alone to the right in that instant; it looked like the opposite direction from the rest of the DK members on the left, and since the front line was in a "desperate situation," no one paid attention to the person fleeing.

But it was very obvious.

Soldiers fight hard in the midst of battle; how could a general return alone from the tent?

The Emperor of the Sands summoned sand soldiers behind the wall, using Shifting Sands to move backward; it looked like he was dodging the Tree Boundary, but before reaching mid-air, he changed direction—passing through the extremely thick wall of the Blue Buff.

Straight into the enemy's rear!

The wall became the best cover; throughout the whole process, no one discovered the figure of the lone, armored Emperor of the Sands!

Borrowing the super-extended displacement of "wall-clipping," he used an air-borne Flash-shuffle before landing!

Emperor's! Divide!

The flight trajectory of the Emperor of the Sands formed a "U-shaped Shadow Drift" shuffle.

Like a giant claw of yellow sand rising up on the river surface.

The Imperial soldiers pushed the three people who wanted to retreat into their own blue zone laterally back into the faces of their teammates, then followed up with Everfrost to crowd-control them!

"The Emperor of the Sands' push!!!" Rita was at a loss for words, only able to shout concisely.

"The top and jungle just retreated, but the three teammates in the back were shuffled back by the Shadow Drift! It was a shuffle with absolutely no vision or anticipation!" Guan Zeyuan described the battle clearly.

"He has 'counter-encircled' the three people who wanted to retreat back into the encirclement!!!"

The Twisted Treant met them head-on with his ultimate, and Thresh landed a hook to lock down the flying Gragas.

Aatrox swung his blade three times, and Kalista hopped around frantically to output damage.

The three DK members had barely escaped the control of the incoming Tree Boundary, and without even a chance to operate, they had successively turned into three corpses amidst the focus fire of the five!

Explosive screams from the venue rose one after another.

"It's too exaggerated! Ye's Emperor of the Sands! He can always deliver a game-breaking charge at the most critical moment!" Guan Zeyuan was so excited he was almost incoherent: "He is the strongest Emperor of the Sands in the LPL!"

"With the three DK members down, I'm afraid the Baron is not safe! A fatal ambush... has become a dead end!"

After the highly excited Wang Duo finished shouting, his poetic spirit surged.

"One man guards the pass, ten thousand cannot open it!"

"I am here; those who dare to cross the line shall be executed!"

"The DK generals pray to the heavens, but the only response they get is the sky full of yellow sand and a leaf obscuring their vision, completely shrouding the entire sky of DK!"

At the DK player station, there were only five portraits of stunned faces at this moment.

No one could have imagined this situation.

19 minutes and 45 seconds.

Baron Nashor was about to spawn.

But a 2-vs-5, it was clear there was no more suspense.

At this very moment, the only possibility seemed to be the last one: stealing the Baron.

But EDG would not give the same opportunity twice.

Sylas had already used his ultimate.

Kayn no longer had the protection of the Spirit Ball, and his Flash was still on cooldown; the only thing he could rely on was a forced approach with Shadow Step.

But the Emperor of the Sands—collided with his body, pressing Everfrost + Zhonya's Hourglass in mid-air!

In the state of the Golden Statue, he "collided" with Kayn inside the wall, causing Kayn's W, Blade's Reach, which he intended to use to stop him, to miss!

He was knocked out of the wall by a lump of golden chicken.

Thresh landed a steady hook, the Twisted Treant instantly flashed to W-bind him, and Aatrox took a big stride over the wall, bringing down a decapitating strike!

Along with the death of Kayn.

Baron Nashor also lost its final suspense.

"Baron taken!!!"

"Plus an almost total team wipe, this one wave created a gold lead of nearly 4k! A sudden explosion of the economy! A complete explosion!"

"EDG's extreme response from the whole team... seems to be gripping the throat of this match!"

The director provided a replay during the recall time.

And it was all displayed from the "first-person perspective" of the Emperor of the Sands.

The director, seeing all ten screens at once, knew how to restore the scene.

Even if the voice comms couldn't be heard.

But in that emergency, the Emperor of the Sands had clearly and rapidly clicked signals on the mini-map to instruct his teammates to disperse and head out, which still revealed everything.

That was actually something Ye Bo discovered while studying the Twisted Treant—"After the Twisted Treant's ultimate passes the halfway point, there is a 'gap' of half a character's width between each vine, and it gradually gets larger as it spreads."

"At first it was very narrow, barely allowing one person to pass, but after walking a few dozen steps, it suddenly opened up!"

Of course, in actual combat, due to the "ultimate angle" and "League perspective" issues, it is not easy to apply this and instantly find that spot.

But if someone can help find it, then just aiming the mouse and right-clicking is enough.

As for why Ye Bo could find it.

It is merely a matter of familiarity!

And in the slow motion, everyone clearly saw all of this.

And then, there was the stunning "U-shaped Shadow Drift."

Looking from the first-person perspective, it was even more shocking.

【Holy crap! Damn, is this Ye really "controlling the sand soldiers"? This works too!?】

【Soldiers! Form ranks!】

【The Ye era! Boiling with anticipation!】

【Whenever the team is in a desperate situation, he can always stand up; this mid-laner really gives such a sense of security! On the other hand (】

【In the face of danger, only responsibility—the God of Responsibility!】

【I can only say, with great power comes great responsibility, and the responsibility is getting bigger and bigger!】

【Though he is but one man, he seems to have an army of thousands!】

Carrying the Baron buff, plus the gold lead that had been instantly widened.

DK's third soul-point dragon was also taken by EDG.

It could be said that the last bit of hope was also shattered.

The growth of the Emperor of the Sands had reached an unstoppable point, not to mention that in this game, it wasn't just a single-core Emperor of the Sands!

After experiencing consecutive designs, EDG instead began to play steadily and advance slowly, operating steadily in all three lanes, compressing the space for mistakes to the minimum.

Gradually advancing, step by step depriving all of DK of their share of breathing air on Summoner's Rift.

"They're going to win, they're going to win!" Wang Duo couldn't wait to jump up from his seat: "The gold lead has been expanded to the 10, 00 mark! The damage of the Emperor of the Sands is too terrifying now!"

"DK can no longer stop EDG's advance!"

"The outcome of this BO5 is finally going to be settled!"

25 minutes and 57 seconds.

The DK main base's health bar was emptied, shattering into fireworks across the sky!

The expressions of the two on the LCK commentary desk were very colorful.

Brother CT suddenly turned his head with a strange expression, looked at the Roaring Emperor beside him, and spoke with a straight face.

"You say, is there a possibility that DK might still be falling for it today?"

(End of chapter)