Chapter 71

Thanks to the gold successfully secured by Draven, the stalemate in the bottom lane was broken.

The strength of the Senna-Tahm Kench lane lies in Senna being a ranged champion who doesn't need to last-hit minions, allowing her to constantly harass the opponents with her range and Q ability, while the opponents can only target Tahm Kench, who isn't afraid of being harassed.

Previously, the bottom lane had indeed been suppressing Draven, gaining a certain lead in minion kills.

But, once Draven has an advantage, things are different!

The reason everyone says Draven’s snowballing ability is terrifying is because his Q ability, [Spinning Axe], can add a high amount of bonus AD, reaching 115% at max level.

This means that, with the same equipment providing 100 attack damage.

Each of Draven’s basic attacks will deal a full 115 points of damage more than others—more than double!

"Just like in the last game against Top Esports, EDG has secured a strong early-game composition with Draven, Pyke, and Zhao Xin, so their priority for resource fights like the Dragon and Rift Herald will be extremely high!" Jiejie looked at the formation already beginning on the red side.

"The EDG bottom lane is already preparing to move early; they should be waiting for Pyke to reach level six."

The reason Top Esports collapsed so quickly in the previous game was because of Draven’s characteristics and the loss of two consecutive key Dragons, which is something an early-game aggressive composition absolutely cannot tolerate.

Although Pyke occasionally shared experience with the jungler, he had long since made up for the deficit by stealing jungle camps and roaming successfully, so his leveling was only fast, never slow.

At 5 minutes and 20 seconds, both mid laners reached level six one after another, and then both disappeared from the map.

Disappearing at the same time were both teams' bottom lane duos.

"Senna and Galio don't have Flash this wave, so I won't rush in. Master Ye, hook whoever you want and we'll fight!" Jiejie, preparing to start the Dragon, gave the command.

"Mm, we should be able to win this fight easily; Viper and I have all our abilities up," Meiko agreed.

However, Ye Bo vaguely felt something was wrong.

Although it is in Top Esports' nature to often force those teamfights that clearly look disadvantageous.

But with both their mid and jungler missing, and Senna having died twice, her development is really poor; their biggest reliance seems to be the level six Galio.

"Flandre, be careful. I have a feeling their mid and jungler might have gone top again."

Because there was no vision of the enemy mid and jungler, Graves had been focused on farming and hadn't revealed any information recently.

So Ye Bo could only guess.

"Should I retreat directly to the second tower?" Flandre hesitated for a moment.

There is a game of choices here.

The so-called operations in Summoner's Rift can, in the vast majority of cases, be broadly explained as "deploying troops and arranging formations."

That is, letting certain people do certain things.

The Rift is so big that everything takes time; generally, only the two solo lanes will take Teleport, and Teleport has a long delay.

And regardless of economic disadvantage, composition disadvantage, or even skill disadvantage.

As long as it hasn't exceeded conventional limits, it can generally be forcibly broken using a "numerical difference."

So, every choice in the deployment of troops by both sides is the result of a game.

Take this Dragon wave, for example.

In a normal 4v4 Dragon fight, EDG would definitely win.

But what if Top Esports chooses to give it up, and secretly sends their mid and jungler top for a 3-man gank on 1?

Or, what if Top Esports is pretending to give it up, but actually wants to bait one or more people into protecting the top lane, and then counter-gank in the Dragon pit to catch a 4v3 numerical advantage?

Switching to Top Esports' perspective, they also need to consider whether the opponent will gank top while starting the Dragon, wanting to have it both ways.

Layer upon layer.

Any choice made by either side will lead directly to different results.

The safest move here is to have Kennen retreat directly to the second tower, assuming the opponent is coming for a 3-man gank, taking the loss, while the four in the bottom half of the map steadily secure the Dragon.

But Ye Bo felt that Kennen had already suffered a big loss early on, and his own team's composition relies on him as the only source of AP and large-scale AOE.

If they continue to sacrifice Kennen's development, it will likely be a hidden danger for EDG!

Mainly because he saw the state of the top lane and realized that because of that death, Kennen, who should have reached level six at the same time as the mid laner, was at least one minion wave behind.

Ye Bo put himself in their shoes.

He believed that if it were him, he wouldn't let this opportunity go either.

However, for EDG, the Dragon is something that cannot be lost, so he had to move himself, using Pyke's movement speed advantage to travel back and forth between battlefields quickly.

"You can take the Dragon a bit slower; I'm leaning towards the top lane," Ye Bo made a detailed adjustment. "If their mid and jungler are there, pull the Dragon away first. I'll be back very quickly."

"Flandre, don't let them poke your health down. I really feel like they might have gone there."

"OK."

Zhao Xin pulled the Dragon out while activating his scanner to cover Renata as she approached the Dragon wall to throw abilities and probe—at the time of the first Dragon, there are no Sightstones to provide vision.

And when the Dragon was already being fought, Renata threw an E toward the jungle brush on the bank to probe, but didn't hear the sound of the ability hitting anything.

The situation was almost confirmed.

At the same time.

In the top lane, Flandre steadily preserved his health, letting the minion wave be pushed in without any intention of retreating.

"We can kill him, they've already started the Dragon!" Top Esports' bottom lane analyzed based on the fleeting information from the scanner.

"I'll tank, I'll tank. He's not six, we can dive him easily," Scout said, his voice slurred but clearly confident.

In fact, before the mid lane reached level six, Graves had already started moving toward the top lane.

Karsa is a jungler with his own ideas; even during the "Golden Jade" period, he didn't rely much on mid-lane commands, and after coming to Top Esports, he had already developed the habit of "self-reliance."

It’s just that he didn't actually think that much.

He just thought that since Kennen was killed last time and would be "stuck at level five," he wanted to use the Dragon resource to make a trade.

Although Vladimir's experience was similar to Kennen's, who teleported back to lane after his TP was interrupted, Kennen would definitely be hurt more without his ultimate!

The game of deployment is like this.

Perhaps your opponent didn't think that much at all, and the final result doesn't show the process of the game.

But if you want to gain the upper hand in the game, you have to think one step ahead.

If you are used to deploying troops based on normal thinking, once you encounter a truly formidable "thousand-layer cake" strategist, you will inevitably be played in the palm of their hand!

"Kennen should really retreat! Flandre's caution didn't pay off this time; a level five Kennen has to face a three-man siege!" Jiejie broke into a sweat for Kennen, who was shivering under the tower.

"Pyke is already on his way, but with just a single Pyke, it's not certain he can save him!"

Guan Zeyuan defended Flandre: "Actually, it's understandable. If Kennen had retreated directly to the 'autistic brush' this time, he would have lost at least three waves of minions plus two or three plating stacks, and his level and development would have exploded. First of all, the top lane matchup would have been unplayable."

"Galio has activated Predator; he's moving very decisively!"

As the minion wave entered the tower, Galio activated his Predator boots and appeared from behind, blocking Kennen's path.

"I'm almost there, can you hold on for a bit!" Ye Bo’s voice was urgent, but his mind was already conceiving a plan.

Flandre didn't reply, but upon hearing Ye Bo's voice, he immediately changed his original plan.

From Kennen's perspective, the best way to handle this would be to E and run away before Galio rushed in, using his Lightning Rush to dash into the minion wave, apply marks, and detonate them to get as much farm as possible.

But that would mean the main battlefield wouldn't be under the tower!

So, Flandre used his seasoned experience and understanding of the Graves champion to make a different move, hoping to create better conditions for Pyke.

Facing the rushing Galio, Kennen didn't use any abilities.

He just stood in the corner behind the tower!

Flandre knew very well—this position would make it very difficult for Graves, reducing his output efficiency to the maximum.

Galio chased into the tower, starting with a full W charge, followed by an E knock-up, and then dealt full Q-A damage!

Vladimir followed up with a Hemoplague.

Graves took a step forward, threw out his Smoke Grenade in a slight hurry, and quickly pulled the trigger of his shotgun.

"Oh, why is Tian's Graves lacking detail? Both his Q and basic attack had half their damage split by the tower; he should have E'd into his face first!" Ye Chujun sat in the god's-eye view and saw it clearly.

"But Kennen is too squishy at this point! And Galio, he can rotate aggro when diving!"

Ever since Kennen transferred the bonus resistances from his E to his ultimate, he has had no means of self-preservation without his ultimate.

Although the main damage dealer, Graves, didn't execute the damage perfectly.

Kennen's health bar was still dropping rapidly!

Flandre could only try his best, throwing all his abilities at the three people in his face to deal all his damage.

Galio was hit by crowd control, but he didn't retreat out of the tower at all, choosing the face-to-face Graves as his target and jumping into the air for [Hero's Entrance]!

The tower's final attack landed, and Galio jumped into the sky and disappeared, transferring the aggro!

Vladimir followed up with a basic attack to draw aggro, relying on his Sanguine Pool to convert the tower aggro once more without fear.

The Colossus's fist slammed into the ground, smashing Kennen's corpse into a deep pit!

At this moment, Pyke finally arrived at the battlefield.

However, in fact, Pyke had already walked to the tri-brush; if he had used E over the wall, he could have arrived at least 3 seconds earlier.

A normal play would have been to Flash-Q over the wall to interrupt Galio's ultimate takeoff, then use R to execute and share the gold with Kennen to stop the bleeding; that way, the support in this game of choices would have been effective.

But Ye Bo didn't do that.

On his way here, he had conceived a deeper idea!

So even though he saw that Flandre was about to die, Ye Bo didn't panic; he took a deep breath, stayed calm, and insisted on carrying out his intention.

At this moment, Pyke, who had surfaced from behind, moved.

Relying on the high movement speed of his W, he approached Galio, who had no abilities left after landing, and used A-Q-A with Hail of Blades to light up the health bar above Galio's head!

But Pyke didn't raise his blade.

Instead, he unexpectedly turned and E'd toward Graves below!

"Zhou Zhou Zhou!" Scout shouted, knowing he couldn't escape death.

"No need to use Flash! Just pull out, don't be afraid, I'm tanking the tower!" Breathe shouted out a reassuring suggestion.

Although they didn't expect Pyke to arrive so quickly this time.

A 1-for-1 trade is still acceptable.

In any case, the dragon couldn't be taken anyway; even if Kennen shared in the gold Pyke distributed, without Teleport, he would miss at least three or four waves of minions, and Pyke clearly had no chance of killing the remaining two, and could even continue to eat some turret plating.

But they didn't know.

Although Pyke's face was charging toward Graves.

In reality, it was a feint!

The true target wasn't Graves at all—but the Vladimir tanking the turret!

To be precise.

The true target was everyone here.

During the [Phantom Undertow] dash, Pyke leaped high into the air, raised his blood-steel dagger to aim [Death from Below] at the Galio behind him, but the moment the 'X' mark appeared on the ground, he turned back early, using [Flash] to intersect with Vladimir!

The drowned ghost of the Phantom Undertow performed three full transformations in mid-air.

First rushing toward Graves, then preparing to rush toward the Galio locked by the ultimate, then forcibly pulled behind Vladimir by the Flash during the return moment, and finally pulled back by the return slash of Death from Below!

In this instant, it was as if only a pitch-black 'Z' shaped lightning bolt remained in the air!

Pyke's "R-Flash Ghost Return Slash"!

"Holy sh*t!!!" Three simultaneous, sharp cries of national profanity.

The stone statue's head was severed on the spot.

And the other two people hit by the drowned ghost stood frozen in place.

Vladimir's second turret shot had already been fired; the stun duration increased by Pyke's {Sudden Impact} + {Serrated Dirk} was enough to let Vladimir stand frozen and take the third turret shot!

A level five Vladimir, facing a turret warmed up to full damage stacks, could not possibly survive four shots.

Seizing the moment the third turret attack hit.

A bloody red frame appeared above Vladimir's head.

And Ye Bo still didn't panic, pushing the mechanical details he had practiced these past few days to the limit.

He found the angle between Vladimir and Graves, aimed at the center of the bottom-left and top-right poles of the [X] mark, and only then slashed down with the refreshed Death from Below!

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Pyke's "Corner R"!

Pyke's ultimate is not a circular AOE, but an "X" shape with very strict judgment; the damage judgment point is entirely and solely on the lines of the X mark, which is why players without enough proficiency easily miss their ultimates at point-blank range.

But precisely because of this, as long as one can use the range of the four corners well.

The actual damage range of Death from Below is actually much longer than the center judgment point!

While Pyke executed Vladimir, the damage from the second ultimate also slashed onto Graves!

Death from Below was also refreshed once again.

"Oh my mama!?" Chujun widened his eyes and held his head with both hands, making an extremely exaggerated expression of shock: "What kind of play is this!!!"

"Holy sh*t, holy sh*t, holy sh*t!!!"

"That's so f*cking cool! Master Ye is just too f*cking cool, right! Can you actually hard-carry and turn it around like this!?"

"Wait a second, wait a second... it seems it's not enough yet, he's still chasing!"

Graves was under protection the whole time and didn't tank the turret.

Although he had lost some health to Kennen and was caught in the splash damage of the ultimate, his health wasn't exactly in the danger zone.

Xiaotian was also a bit dazed by this burst, but his mind was still clear enough to Flash out of the turret range the moment he was crowd-controlled, not letting Pyke continue to add damage.

Pyke had no skills left, and theoretically, there was no reason to chase.

But, he was still chasing.

From the enemy turret to his own turret, it takes about 12 seconds to run naked.

And Pyke's QWE rotation has about that same cooldown.

Both sides had equal health; after all, Pyke still had his refreshed ultimate, so Xiaotian could only stutter-step to deter him while running back to his turret.

But Pyke remained undeterred.

Graves walked into the turret, and Pyke paused for a second outside.

He was waiting for cooldowns.

Subsequently, he submerged into the water, resolutely E-dashed into the turret to get in his face + instant Q slow-poke + auto-attack, confidently connecting the Death from Below to execute him once he reached the threshold!

Of course, Pyke had no way to get out after entering the turret with all skills used; it was a 1-for-1 trade.

But at this moment, Kennen's item slot—stunningly contained three golden [Money Bags]!

The uproar of the entire arena, which had already erupted once, was held back in bated breath as Pyke chased.

At this moment, it could finally explode into a tidal wave of sound!

"Oh my heavens!!! An incredibly perfect triple kill! What have we all just witnessed!" Jide shouted, pounding his chest, even getting so excited he misspoke his own catchphrase.

"In a desperate situation in the top lane, player Ye not only predicted the support in advance but also relied on extremely stunning mechanics to complete a magical reversal!"

"Honestly, I didn't quite see that play clearly, but this is player Ye!"

Guan Zeyuan also excitedly raised his voice to follow up: "EDG has already taken the dragon; this play can no longer be described as key, it has completely changed the situation of the game!"

"Although it was a 1-for-1 in the end, I want to remind everyone about the bounty mechanism; Pyke won't have a bounty right after getting a kill! It's equivalent to trading a life for double the money, he's absolutely making a fortune!"

The "Bounty Mechanism" only takes effect after being out of combat for a certain amount of time; it doesn't happen immediately upon getting a kill.

This is why Ye Bo dared to go for the 1-for-1.

And those three full-value kill bounties slashed out by Death from Below all had a share for Kennen!

The director pulled up the replay to slow down the 'Z' rotation slash.

The gorgeous method, the bizarre angle, and the movements that exceeded conventional understanding once again ignited the chat!

[Oh my god! Master!!!]

[Confidence is the peak! So cool!]

[Those who don't play Pyke might not know how crazy this is; it gave me, a Pyke player, a hard-on. Suddenly I feel Master Ye is so cool, I want to...]

[You can tell just by looking how high the error rate is; this isn't just mechanical ability, it's mainly Master's mentality of daring to make the play! And he's still a rookie!]

[Master has such a sense for the camera, a born superstar!]

[Indeed, this is why I like watching Master Ye's matches; this is what you call cool! Isn't it much cooler than the guys next door who feed and then say 'He's so cool'?]

A full 900 gold coins into the pocket, plus the experience from three assists.

The water ghost's retractable bone blade was like a rope climbing to the sky, pulling Kennen from hell to heaven in one go!

This is the role of Pyke, the meaning of Pyke.

If we talk solely about roaming and support ability, although Pyke's mechanics are very powerful, there are definitely many substitutes, and he has the fatal flaw of poor wave clear.

But, no other hero can provide teammates with extra economic power like Pyke.

A level six Pyke, one successful gank.

It might very well blow up the economy in one go!

This is the "acceleration" ability that belongs only to the hero Pyke, capable of pushing the game's tempo to an unreasonable degree.

How unreasonable can it be?

Just look at the 8-minute Rift team fight.

Pyke and Kennen, both of them already have Mythic items in hand!

This item gap, which would normally take at least 10 minutes, is something Top Esports wouldn't dare to contest as long as they have a shred of sanity left!

Both the front and back stages of Top Esports were silent for a moment.

White Crescent watched the recording backstage, feeling very bitter inside.

Damn it... this is the Draven-Pyke combo effect we imagined!

Why didn't we pull it off when we played it?

"It's okay, it's okay, brothers!" JackeyLove broke the silence, adjusting the atmosphere: "It's not a big problem, we can still play!"

"Really? The problem seems pretty big, though." Xiaotian habitually said something contrary with his usual sharp tongue.

"Aren't you still pretty fed? If we kill this Pyke once for his big bounty, we'll take off. We can come eat our bottom lane waves later."

"With our iron-clad formation, Pyke won't be able to charge in easily. Just be careful of Kennen!"

"What are you afraid of? We haven't lost less this year anyway; at worst, we'll just kill our way back in the playoffs!"

After JackeyLove's heavy-handed comfort, everyone thought it seemed true, and even Xiaotian, who wasn't in a great mood, shrugged.

However, the atmosphere can be comforted, but there is no comfort in Summoner's Rift.

EDG completely unleashed the oppressive feeling of this offensive lineup, rapidly accelerating after taking the Rift Herald.

Galio had completely lost the chance to make plays, and Rookie could only maintain distance from Pyke extremely steadily at all times.

Kennen turned the tables in the top lane, Vladimir could only turtle and farm, and there's no need to mention Draven in the bottom lane.

TES's only hope at the moment was Graves.

Don't look at how Graves collapsed at the start; both kills in the top lane were taken by him, and even with this death, he was still 2-1, second only to Pyke.

And at this time, another combo advantage of Senna-Tahm Kench was able to be utilized.

This combo, under special circumstances—can almost not eat any gold!

Senna can't farm minions anyway, and the truly important things are the dropped souls.

Tahm Kench is just a front-line role anyway, and it's hard for him to withstand the opponent's damage in a disadvantageous game.

So that means they can squeeze out the economy of one lane and give it to Graves, allowing him to accelerate his growth as much as possible without triggering the monster hunter penalty.

It can be called the human version of Zhang Jiawen!

"Hurry before the plating falls! Under the fierce offensive of the mid-jungle, EDG has successfully plundered all the plating in all three lanes! The advantage is being torn open and expanded rapidly; this mid-lane Pyke is truly orchestrating a perfect mid-jungle rhythm!"

"Pyke hooks Senna again. It's a good thing Tahm Kench is there; the utilization of Tahm Kench's ultimate in this game is extremely high!"

"In just 14 minutes, the gold difference has already exceeded 5k, and this is still because TES's economic focus is entirely on Graves!"

"But this is Top Esports; even with such a large disadvantage, they are still constantly looking for opportunities to take the initiative. Graves and Galio keep looking for chances, and although they haven't succeeded, they have a lot of momentum!"

"EDG has successfully taken the third dragon, and Top Esports continues to avoid a head-on team fight. Looking at it this way, Top Esports is likely preparing for a decisive battle at the Dragon Soul fight!"

[EDG leads by five thousand and shows signs of fatigue; TES trails by five thousand and the future is promising!]

[There's no helping it, we EDG fans have trauma. A 3k lead is considered a disadvantage, a 5k lead is considered even, and a 10k lead—that's when we start to panic!]

[I feel like Brother is really going to be hooked into trauma this game. How many times has it been? If it weren't for the Iron Fan Poppy, I wouldn't dare imagine how many times he would have died this game! Next time he plays against Ye Bo, he should pick someone with a dash!]

[Pyke's Prowler's Claw E is too shameless, there's no way to counter it. It feels like one Prowler's Claw equals one kill!]

[? That's because the advantage is huge this game. Without this advantage, without a jungler acting as a bodyguard, and without this mechanical skill, E-ing with Prowler's Claw and not being able to come back is just pure feeding!]

[Ye is truly too team-oriented; he keeps giving up gold, and his CS isn't even as high as Galio's anymore. I'm crying. Have the other members of EDG ever enjoyed this kind of treatment?]

It is not just Top Esports that is funneling resources; Ye Bo is doing it too.

Pyke is not as gold-hungry as one might imagine, which is also Ye Bo's positioning for mid-lane Pyke in the competitive scene as he continues to explore it.

Generally, after completing key items, Pyke can start to concede gold, as long as he keeps his level from falling behind.

This maximizes the significance of picking Pyke.

The effect is naturally quite significant; both of EDG's top and bottom carries are already incredibly fed. As long as they can initiate a good fight, the team fights should be easy to play.

However, due to TES's continuous avoidance of fighting and the lack of pressure from resource-based team fights, forcing a fight is actually more likely to give away openings.

EDG is not in a hurry, choosing to let Pyke constantly exert pressure while roaming to find opportunities, slowly widening the gold gap.

Approaching 20 minutes.

The Infernal Dragon Soul is about to refresh, and both sides have already begun positioning and setting up in advance, preparing for the decisive battle.

But just at this moment.

From the spectator's perspective, one can see TES's strange movements.

"What are they doing again? Top Esports has gone crazy!"

"Starting Baron for no reason? But their lineup is very slow at taking Baron. They've been playing passively for ten minutes, there's no need for this!"

Top Esports has a kind of "Top-style operation."

In plain language: "Starting Baron for no reason at the drop of a hat!"

However, the timing for this wave is actually not bad.

Because EDG's advantage is so large, they don't have very strong defenses. Meiko's vision is mainly used to guard against ganks from Graves and Galio, as well as for setting up the Dragon Soul fight.

The main thing is that no one expected Top Esports, with such a large disadvantage, to still try to take the Baron like this.

However, everyone's reaction is very fast. Upon discovering that the opponents weren't showing up at the dragon pit, they immediately realized what was happening.

"Viper, use your ultimate to check!" Meiko shouted urgently after realizing his oversight.

Draven threw out Whirling Death to scout, and the five of them were already rushing toward the Baron pit.

The Baron vision was revealed, and sure enough, there were five thieves!

"Ah, my bad, my bad. I forgot they are the type to randomly steal Baron!" Meiko said, blaming himself.

"It's okay, it's okay. The speed shouldn't be very fast," Ye Bo glanced at the progress: "Ale can TP over. I can arrive first; I can scare them off."

Kennen TP'd to the top lane minion wave, and Pyke went into the river, gaining a massive movement speed boost to advance.

"Kennen TP'd!"

"Should we retreat first? I feel like we can't finish it."

"Can we finish it or not? They've reached the mid lane! Hurry, hurry, are we fighting or not?"

TES's voice chat was very chaotic, searching for a consensus.

The fact is that they really couldn't finish it, which is actually the reason why Meiko didn't expect it.

Basically, this lineup was relying solely on Graves to take the Baron; what kind of speed could one expect?

As for why they still started it, even those with the spectator's perspective couldn't understand; perhaps only the people from Top Esports themselves know.

"Fight, fight, fight, fight! Finish it! Just finish it!" Karsa slapped his forehead, not caring about anything else anymore.

"Knight, you go outside and hold off Kennen. Don't let him rush in. Once we finish, run away and save the Baron buff!"

JackeyLove still had a clear enough head to keep track of the shot-calling.

"Pyke is here too! Be careful, he has Smite!"

"Hey, watch Pyke! Watch Pyke! Pyke!!!"

JackeyLove's head was no longer clear.

To be precise, when the warning mark of the water ghost appeared under everyone's feet, they all felt a bit panicked.

In this game, Pyke had repeatedly used strange E-Prowler's Claw or ER combos in the mid-game, always managing to force out AOE stuns in unexpected ways.

Coupled with his elusive roaming on the side lanes, it felt like his presence was everywhere, and the deterrence he brought was even greater than Kennen's.

Fortunately, Knight still had a clear head at this moment, knowing whose threat was greater.

After all, Pyke had eaten significantly less gold; rushing in would at most just provide some crowd control.

But, letting Kennen in, in this cramped position inside the dragon pit, could be world-ending!

Galio walked out of the dragon pit and stood outside the wall, keeping a 1v1 watch on Kennen, who was coming from the river above, waiting to charge his wings the moment the opponent prepared to approach the wall.

"Ale, watch my position!"

Ye Bo detoured from below and arrived, noticing that the opponent was actually so stubborn that they were still forcing the fight, and he spotted an opportunity.

Seeing that the Baron still had nearly 3000 health, he didn't need to steal the Baron; he needed to create an entry opportunity for Kennen.

Pyke E-dashed from the bottom right corner of the dragon pit into the pit!

He used the R-Death from Below on the Graves under his feet as a second-stage dash, and at the same time, flashed toward the top left corner of the dragon pit to target Galio.

The drowning phantom's shadow didn't return this time, but flew horizontally for a thousand yards, changing direction four times, flashing back in the air in a trapezoid shape, and upon landing, controlled Galio!

Once again demonstrating the unique skill of Pyke's "ER-Flash-Pull Shadow"!

Because TES insisted on forcing the Baron, they had completely boxed themselves into a hellish terrain that couldn't be more suitable.

It was practically a stage set up for Pyke and Kennen!

Ale's Kennen made a prompt decision, summoning [Secret Technique: Slicing Maelstrom] and rushing into the dragon pit!

"Pyke stunned five people!!!"

"Galio was controlled and couldn't stop Kennen! Kennen's ultimate rushed in like entering an empty land!"

"It's! Going! To! Explode!"

Kennen's equipment had been fed by Pyke to the point of being the highest on the team; the terrifying power of ten thousand thunders almost instantly melted Vladimir and Senna.

Why wasn't Graves melted?

Because Tahm Kench, who had Mercury's Treads, swallowed the Graves, who had a Hexdrinker, into his belly to protect him at the exact moment he broke free from the crowd control.

However... this resulted in the Baron being missed!

Karsa was frantically clicking the floor, wanting to get out.

But after being swallowed into Tahm Kench's belly, there is a forced 1-second stun time; neither Tahm Kench himself nor the person swallowed can immediately get out.

Subsequently, one only saw Pyke strolling leisurely, taking a turn and walking into the dragon pit.

Smite————Secured the Baron!

"TES's terrible decision-making exposed a huge flaw! With the perfect cooperation of EDG's top and mid, they used the terrain to win a great victory!"

"Player Ye even backhanded and took the Baron!!"

"This Pyke... he is simply a flying man in the air!"

"The two people inside the dragon pit are also at the end of their rope, because EDG's teammates in the back have already arrived!"

"Only Knight's Galio successfully escaped, but in this case, it feels like TES has personally sent themselves to a dead end!"

Actually, even if TES had finished the Baron, they couldn't have retreated safely in this wave; at most, one or two people would have run away to keep the Baron buff, and then they would still have had to give up the Dragon Soul.

And this inexplicable, muddled, and stubborn dual-headed decision to force the Baron was equivalent to trapping themselves, causing them to not even get the chance to fight one last head-on team fight.

EDG successfully took both the Baron and the Dragon, returned to base to prepare, and set out.

Finally, at 23 minutes, they arrived at the high ground.

Pyke once again hooked through a gap in the crowd, hooking out the Senna who was positioned too far forward and even trying to auto-attack!

Zhao Xin stacked his Q, held his spear, and flashed forward, aiming at the rear and fiercely stabbing her into the sky!

Renata Glasc followed up with toxic mist, and Draven and Kennen followed up with damage.

Finally, Pyke opened up with Death from Below!

Only Tahm Kench and Galio managed to barely survive and flee back to the fountain, watching helplessly as the five opponents clicked and exploded their crystal!

The operation has been restored in the GIF image in this chapter's notes; Pyke's part was restored with a video in the back, everyone can flip the page to see it more clearly~

8k+, but because it's the extra update I promised yesterday that wasn't added, it doesn't count as paying off the debt; I'll start counting again tomorrow.

I wasn't late today, oh. I recorded the video for 2 hours; mainly, I spent over an hour getting the footage.

Actually, it's not that the operation is very difficult (although this one is really quite hard), it's just that I have obsessive-compulsive disorder. If it feels even a little bit unfluid or not "perfectly restored," I want to re-record it. Actually, I had already recorded the general idea long ago.

(Meow, next time I go to test the operation while typing, I must remember to turn on the recording!!!)

Pyke's stuff actually only used less than 30%~

Considering that I, your buddy, really spent over an hour getting the footage, please give me a monthly ticket, brothers! QAQ!

Thanks to the brothers for the monthly tickets!

Thank you for your support, brothers!

PS: I see some readers saying they often have to scroll back to find the GIF images after finishing the chapter. Actually, there's no need for that; you can just flip through the "Chapter Comment Overview" at the end to find them, no need to go back through the paragraphs specifically.

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