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Chapter 464: SKT Calls a Timeout After a Decisive Strike! Mata is Stunned!
Wang Yao stood in the triangular bush. Although Lee Sin and Irelia had arrived at the battlefield, there was nothing to worry about.

He's Parker, after all.

Watching the gem's health plummet rapidly.

The time has come!

Pyke starts with E-R.

Boom!
The gem, already low on health, was instantly killed!

Pyke's ultimate ability strikes all enemies in an X-shaped area, blinks to the target location, and executes enemies with (220-550)(+(80% bonus AD)) health or less.

Enemies that have not reached the execution threshold will take physical damage equal to 50% of the execution threshold.

The entire SKT team huddled together, and Sona also took the AOE damage from Pyke's ultimate.

The overall blood volume has reached an extremely unhealthy state.

Meiko's Titan had the Demolish rune, and the countdown started as soon as he entered the tower.

After hooking the gem, Titan did nothing else but wait for the explosion to finish before attacking the turret.

Boom!
The turret, with only a sliver of health remaining, collapsed instantly.

It's another 3v3 situation.

With no worries about the defensive towers, EDG went all out.

But at this time, SKT's Sona was too weak in combat!

I inexplicably ingested some AOE damage, and my health has reached a critical level.

Pyke stepped forward, auto-attacked Tiamat... and Draven followed up with a basic attack.

The health bar has reached the kill threshold.

Then Pike leaped high into the air again!

cut!
The fragile Sona was instantly killed without any chance to fight back.

The situation, which was originally three against four, was instantly reversed to three against two.

Although Faker's Irelia wanted to create a miracle, his Irelia performed a series of dazzling maneuvers, and his ultimate hit three people.

Then it flew around in the crowd again.

But it's completely useless!

His Irelia had no kills and his items were just so-so!
The controls are flashy, but the damage output is still far from sufficient.

Moreover, his Irelia had just taken a lot of AOE damage, and her health wasn't at full.

The battle between the two sides continues...

After killing the Gem Sona, Wang Yao did not rush to continue attacking.

That's just how Pyke is; he's not much tougher than Sona. He just took a hit from Lee Sin and Irelia, and his health is down to about a third.

Pyke might as well activate W immediately, and goohoo!

With a burst of movement speed, Pyke first created some distance between himself and Lee Sin and Irelia, roaming around the edge of the battlefield, letting iboy's Draven and Meiko's Nautilus hold the line for a while.

It doesn't matter if iboy's Draven plays poorly; he'll just stand there and fight you head-on!
The Titan's health was also low, but he could still withstand a couple more hits, helping to stun the Lee Sin and Irelia in front of him.

Meanwhile, Clid had already used up all of his Lee Sin's skills, and his combat strength was ultimately a bit lacking.

Seeing that Lee Sin's health was almost depleted, Pyke leaped high into the air once again!
Boom!
This time, Pyke didn't kill him.

Clid used his Flash in time to dodge Pyke's ultimate.

But this time, iboy finally performed normally.

Seeing the Lee Sin use Flash, I immediately followed suit with Flash.

A followed by A, dealing extremely high damage, instantly taking down the Lee Sin.

A triple kill in one fell swoop!

In an instant, only Faker's Irelia remained on SKT's side.

After quickly securing the kill on the low-health Titan, Faker immediately retreated.

Faker's Irelia came on strong, but he also flashed away very quickly!

However, EDG has run out of skills and can't catch up.

Sound the retreat!

Watching this chaotic battle, the LPL commentators were speechless and even stunned for a couple of seconds.

"My God, should I say EDG played too well, or SKT played too badly?"

I remember being the first to realize it, slapping my forehead and laughing as I spoke.

"That was awesome! Pyke really unleashed his power! A triple slash that shattered SKT!"

Miller's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Wow, that's incredible! Did you guys notice the economic difference just now?! Ten seconds ago, the economic difference between the two sides was 2000."

"But ten seconds later, the economic difference between the two sides was 4000!"

Wawa took a different approach, but was frightened by EDG's snowballing economic success.

But thinking about it, this is normal.

When an enemy hero dies within Pyke's X range, an allied player who assists will also receive an additional bonus equal to the full kill gold.

This means that Pike killing one person is equivalent to killing two people!

In addition, Draven killed Lee Sin and withdrew his own bounty.

Add to that the money from the economy of Yita, and it instantly becomes a wave of explosive economic growth!
In less than 8 minutes, the economic difference reached 4000!

The thing that SKT fans found most unacceptable has finally happened.

When iboy pulled out the Bloodthirster for Draven in less than eight minutes, everyone realized that this game was a bit unusual.

What made SKT fans even more disheartened was that after Wang Yao's Pyke recalled to base, he didn't buy any other items, but instead bought a pair of Boots of Speed!

Good guy!
Is this because they're not satisfied with just killing, and they want to buy a pair of five-speed boots to kill their way from the bottom lane to the top lane?!
After buying Boots of Speed, and with the W skill, Ghost Step, granting a decaying 40% movement speed bonus, Pyke runs incredibly fast.

In just 5 seconds, he ran directly from the fountain to the jungle.

After Wang Yao's Pyke quickly cleared two camps in the jungle, he began looking for prey.

Farming jungle monsters is nowhere near as exciting as killing people!

Wang Yao's Pyke then marked several points in the jungle.

"There are still a few groups of jungle monsters here, feel free to eat them if you want!"

His Pyke doesn't farm jungle camps, but his teammates can farm freely in the jungle.

The junior player's Ryze in the mid lane can also farm the wolves and raptors, since Ryze clears waves quickly anyway.

After iboy's Draven gets the Bloodthirster, he can farm jungle camps without taking any damage.

Just now, Wang Yao had casually stolen a few minions from iboy, so this was a way of repaying the favor by taking the jungle monsters.

After casually clearing two groups of jungle monsters, Wang Yao activated Pyke's W skill, and with a series of gurgling sounds, he went off to kill!
Wang Yao switched screens at lightning speed while browsing the three lines.

At this point, SKT's bottom lane tower had already been destroyed.

The Gem-Sona combo is completely useless, trembling in front of their own bottom lane second turret. There's no need to target them now.

It's a complete waste of time.

The only targets for ganking are the top, mid, and jungle laners.

Meanwhile, in the top lane, Flandre's Kennen and Khan's Gnar were peacefully farming together.

Both sides are long-range top laners, so neither can claim absolute dominance.

Especially after leveling up, it becomes too difficult to get a solo kill, so the two of them just take turns pushing a wave of minions and farming a wave of minions.

At that moment, Khan's Gnar was in his mini-Gnar form and pushed the minion wave back out.

Wang Yao seized the opportunity and instead of going from the top lane river entrance, he circled around the vision and directly used his E skill to enter the dragon pit.

Pyke then circled deep into SKT's jungle again, until Pyke appeared behind Gnar.

Saint Gun's Kennen has already used his ultimate to get close to Gnar and control him.

At this point, whether Khan's Gnar uses Flash or not is irrelevant.

Although Pyke doesn't have an ultimate ability, his equipment is too luxurious.

It's much more luxurious than his Nar.

With three consecutive slashes, Gnar's health plummeted.

Khan wanted to make another move, and Gnar attempted a backflip, but was precisely hooked back by Pyke's Q skill, Bone Spike.

"The Bloodharbor Ghost has killed Nar!"

“Dominating!”

"The Bloodharbor Ghost has taken control of the game!"

In just eight minutes, Wang Yao's Pyke had already killed five people.

They started from the bottom lane and moved to the top lane, killing one person every minute and a half on average.

Of course, as a jungler, Wang Yao's jungle clear count is less than half that of Clid's Lee Sin.

Meanwhile, Clid's Lee Sin was wandering aimlessly in the jungle like a headless fly, without any rhythm other than acting as a "miracle walker" in the jungle.

With Wang Yao's Pyke in the upper jungle, he didn't dare to come.

He dared not go to the dragon pit in the lower jungle, because this Draven's equipment was just too outrageous.

As for causing trouble for iboy Draven again...

Draven delivered a devastating axe blow, instantly reducing his health by a third.

Fortunately, Clid used his ward hop quickly, otherwise if Titan had hooked him again, he probably would have been killed again.

As for the Gem and Sona, they weren't even qualified to glance at them.

……

"Kshine! Kshine!"

"King K! King K!!"

"Brother Yao!!!"

In just eight minutes, Wang Yao secured his fifth kill of the game and began to dominate it, prompting an unparalleled roar of cheers from the fans in the arena.

Although the number of LPL fans attending this year's MSI was not large, Wang Yao has a considerable number of fans overseas. His outstanding performances in the World Championships for two consecutive years have earned him countless loyal fans worldwide.

Originally, it was thought that Pike would have a miraculous effect, but unexpectedly, less than ten minutes into the game, Wang Yao's Pike had already broken the "team record" set by Pike in previous games!
He truly deserves the title of "Mid Lane Demon King"—no, he's the jungle demon king now! Even when playing Pyke jungle, he plays it smoother and more fluidly than anyone else, making him practically invincible!
While the audience was cheering, Wawa, Miller, and Remember in the LPL official commentary booth were just grinning.

Because they were equally surprised that SKT would make such a serious mistake so early in the game.

When SKT picked Taric and Sona during the draft phase, we were a little taken aback, thinking that SKT was preparing for a decisive battle.

The result? That's it?! That's it?!

"After these two waves, SKT is really going crazy. Pyke has five kills, and with the Boots of Mobility, he's dominating all three lanes. This Draven is too fed, he got a Bloodthirster at eight minutes, this is too much."

"The main problem is that Sona died too easily at level one. EDG didn't use any skills, but Sona lost both of her summoner spells. It's like they were showing Pyke their hand and saying, 'Come on, come on!'"

"SKT's Taric Sona combo seems to have gone awry; it's completely useless!"

"This isn't just useless, it's a pure side effect!"

Miller was practically grinning from ear to ear. What does it mean to try to steal a chicken but end up losing the rice instead? That's exactly what happened to SKT – they tried to steal a chicken but ended up losing the rice instead!
SKT's bot lane picked a Taric-Sona combo, but they were treated like cash cows.

Although it was only the first match of the group stage, it was not a big deal.

But seeing SKT and Faker get thrashed makes Miller a little excited.

"Next, SKT will probably have to avoid fighting, but if you avoid fighting, you'll have to give up all the neutral resources."

"Yes, Dragon, Vanguard, Tapie..."

The subsequent situation unfolded exactly as the commentators had predicted.

That's how LCK teams are; once they fall behind, they start focusing on macro-management.

But EDG can't play any kind of strategy with you; they need to secure all the neutral resources first.

Facing a crushing defeat, SKT had a tough time.

The good news for all LCK fans is that in the next few minutes, SKT seemed to finally realize the significance of the saying, "If you don't do anything, you won't make mistakes."

Therefore, the overall pace of the game once again settled into a relatively slow state.

However, within a minute, I heard several times that neutral resources had been taken away.

At 8 minutes and 34 seconds into the game, Pike finally secured the first Earth Dragon.

After securing the dragon, Wang Yao's next strategic objective was naturally the Rift Herald.

SKT had no intention of leaving the tower to fight EDG. At this point, Pyke's ultimate was almost ready, and Draven's equipment was also ready.

At this point, engaging in combat outside the tower accelerates the game.

However, this kind of pace is actually torture for Wang Yao's Pyke, since he's here to kill, not to farm jungle camps.

9 minutes 30 seconds.

The two cash cows, Taric and Sona, were trembling under the bottom lane's second turret.

iboy's Draven had completely gone berserk, and without any support protection, he single-handedly crushed two opponents in the bottom lane.

But let's take a look at Draven's equipment.

A level 8 Draven with Bloodthirster and attack speed boots.

With a single strike, Mata's gem lost a third of its health.

Let's look at the gem's level; it's only level 5!
That's fine.

At that moment, the game screen suddenly went black.

It turns out that SKT requested a short timeout.

The commentators took this opportunity to chat and relax after their excitement.

"Yes, EDG's rhythm is still fine. As long as they play steadily or continue to target the Taric Sona in the upcoming matches, there shouldn't be any major problems."

"The only thing SKT needs to be careful about is that they absolutely cannot let Wang Yao's Pyke unleash his ultimate move again, otherwise SKT's economic deficit will only get bigger and bigger."

"It's not enough to just avoid being cut off by Pyke's ultimate; we also can't let Draven keep getting kills, otherwise the gold difference will widen even further!"

"Yeah, I reckon iboy's Draven will pull off a one-hit kill later on!"

The viewers in the LPL live stream were even more amused.

"My God, SKT wouldn't do something underhanded, would they? They unplugged the network cable."

"OMG! Yao's jungling talent is amazing! Clearlove is really going to have to retire now, hahaha!"

"Factory Manager: I never expected that the ones who forced me into retirement would be our own AD carry and mid laner."

"EDG's top laner next year: My turn! My turn! (rubbing hands together like a fly)"

"SKT's five players have probably really lost their memory from the beating!"

"Wow, iboy can even play Draven well, I'm really not convinced QAQ!"

"Seriously, I could do that too. With this Pyke, I, Draven, could do it too (laughs) (laughs)."

"LOL, it's been almost ten minutes and the support isn't even level 6 yet. Mata is really going to be forced to retire."

"Mata: Hey referee, why doesn't my hero have an ultimate ability?! Referee: You're only level 5, what kind of ultimate ability do you have?!

Mata: Ugh, where did my R key go?! Was it taken away?!

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Just as the commentators finished speaking and the camera paused, EDG resumed their actions.

EDG secured the Rift Herald at the 10-minute mark.

EDG then pushed forward on all three lanes simultaneously.

Scout's Ryze was pushing the bottom lane, while Kennen in the top lane was also taking tower plates.

Draven in the mid lane was even more arrogant, standing firmly in the middle lane, and no one dared to come near him.

In 12 minutes, although SKT didn't get any more kills, all of their towers fell, and the gold difference reached an astonishing 7000.

And crucially, Wang Yao Pike still has a Rift Herald he hasn't used.

This is another major turning point.

If EDG uses the Rift Herald well, they might be able to break through one lane of inhibitor turrets directly!

"How should we split up the lanes now, or should we keep pushing the tower?!" Meiko asked, puzzled, after taking down SKT's mid-lane tower.

Now it's EDG's turn to be a bit conflicted. Their advantage is too great, and they're not quite sure how to play.

Minions, tower plates, dragons, heralds, kills... they got it all, it's basically a streamer's entertainment game.

And it's the kind of situation where the opponent won't fight back.

Since it's just a casual game for the streamers, what's there to hesitate about?

"Let's continue with the mid-range push!" Wang Yao said calmly.

Even if the streamer gains an advantage, they shouldn't treat the opposing team badly.

Since I have nothing better to do anyway, I might as well spank the child on a rainy day.

"it is good!"

EDG's Kennen was split pushing on another lane. He had Teleport (TP) and could teleport to the front at any time, while the other four players grouped up and started pushing mid.

"Wow, EDG is really putting up with SKT! They're not leaving after taking down the first tower, they're going to push down the second tower!" Wawa exclaimed.

"It's a livestreaming game, an entertainment game! That was fast."

"They're really not treating SKT like human beings! Here it comes, Faker's Irelia has teleported behind..."

Just as the commentators were analyzing the situation on the field, Faker's Irelia teleported directly to a ward in the mid lane and made a super flanking maneuver.

But the next second.

Flandre's Kennen also pressed his Teleport.

That is, the main battlefield!

Wang Yao also summoned the Rift Herald from his body.

A 5v5 team fight is about to break out.

However, although Faker's Irelia teleported early, the teleport location was a bit far from the battlefield, so he needed to travel a bit quickly.

But Flandre's Kennen is different; he directly teleports to the front of the battlefield.

The instant he lands, he flashes and uses his ultimate (R) to summon a Hextech Protobelt!
Wan Lei Tian Lao leads!
Mata, having finally reached level 6 as the Gem Knight, immediately unleashed his ultimate ability, Cosmic Radiance!

However, Gem's ultimate ability has a 2.5-second delay before it releases a burst of cosmic energy to nearby allied heroes, granting them immunity to damage for 2.5 seconds.

That 2.5-second delay is fatal.

After Kennen, with his powerful crowd control, entered the fray, Draven immediately unleashed his ultimate ability without hesitation.

After these two waves of AOE attacks, the others are still okay.

But getting the Gem and Sona is really difficult!
They were only level 6 and were too fragile; their health plummeted instantly.

Meanwhile, he had already activated his W skill, Ghost Pool Stealth, and was gurgling and wandering on the edge of the battlefield.

Upon seeing a hero reach the kill threshold, there was no hesitation.

Start with ER!

It covered a distance of nearly a thousand yards and struck the gem directly on the head.

Boom!
Before Gemstone could even unleash his ultimate attack, he was already dead.

Wang Yao's Pyke then attacked Teddy's Sona again without any pause.

The captain had just used his Flash ability, which he had just managed to activate, and had no choice but to give it up.

But handing it over won't do any good.

iboy's Draven followed up with a Flash and a slash.

Ding ding ding.

Countless gold coins bounced above Draven's head!

SKT's bot lane duo, Taric and Sona, were instantly killed within two seconds of the team fight starting.

They didn't even get to see Gem's ultimate move.

SKT's Gnar and Lee Sin jumped back immediately, especially Clid's Lee Sin who kicked away Nautilus, saving his own life.

At this moment, Gem's ultimate move landed, but it was useless.

The outcome of the team battle is already decided!

(End of this chapter)