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369 was terrified when he saw Fiora enter the tower.

He knew he absolutely couldn't hold back on his skills, so he unleashed his ultimate ability, [Call of the Forging God], right under the tower!

A huge lava ram's head rolled in from afar with a thunderous roar!

At the same time, Ornn activated his W [Bellfire Breath], intending to apply the Fragile effect to Fiora.

But Su Mo's reaction was like that of a cold, precise killing machine.

"The weakness is on the left side."

Su Mo's eyes flashed, and his Q skill [Sky Piercing Slash] was thrust out diagonally with extremely smooth movements. It not only dodged the last part of Ornn's W fire breath, but also accurately broke through the opening on the left!
"laugh!"

With the true damage combined with the percentage-based damage from Divine Separator and Blade of the Ruined King, Ornn's once-proud health bar instantly dropped by a large chunk!

Just then, Ornn's second ultimate ability, Ram's Head, crashed into Fiora's face!

"Laurent's sharp eye!"

Golden sword energy erupted beneath the turret!

"boom!"

The menacing lava ram crashed into Fiora's sword energy and vanished instantly! The rebounding, piercing sword energy struck Ornn squarely from close range!

dizziness!

"Frozen!! Mozi used W to block the sheep, and stunned 369 under the tower instead!!" Miller roared.

Without pausing, Su Mo unleashed his ultimate move, [Peerless Challenge], directly onto the stunned Ornn.

A basic attack breaks through the front!

Tiamat's active effect resets her basic attack, and her E skill, [Deadly Thrust], is activated!
With a click of the mouse on the floor, a perfectly subtle movement and attack, Fiora slid to Ornn's right side like a ghost, and her second auto-attack, guaranteed to be a critical hit, slammed down!

"Crack!"

Three strikes! In just 1.2 seconds!
Ornn woke up from his stun, without even having a chance to use his E skill to escape, his health bar was instantly wiped out!

A giant healing circle bloomed brilliantly under JDG's bottom lane inhibitor tower, instantly restoring Fiora, who was taking damage from the tower, to full health!
"EDG.Mo solo-killed JDG.369!"

"Tower dive kill!! A full-health Ornn was melted in one and a half seconds by Fiora under his own high ground tower!!" Remember held his head, his voice completely hoarse, "What kind of insane damage is that?! A 369-point die was cleaved into dust by Mozi's sword in one strike!!"

"The bottom lane inhibitor is gone." 369 uttered these words bitterly in the voice chat, then leaned back in his gaming chair in despair.

When Kanavi heard the kill announcement, his heart sank, but he knew that retreating now would be tantamount to a slow death.

"Attack! Attack right here in the Baron pit!! Fiora didn't teleport over, it's 5v4 (actually 4v4)!" Kanavi roared, and Sejuani used her Q skill [Arctic Assault] to charge towards the narrow entrance of the Baron pit!

20 minutes 25 seconds.

A team fight erupted at the Dragon Pit!

Missing's Leona went all out, flashing in and using her ultimate [Solar Flare] directly at JackeyLove, who was teetering on the edge of the dragon pit!

"Jack, watch your position!" Meiko shouted. Rakan immediately activated his ultimate and W, charging towards Leona and Sejuani, trying to use his body to block JDG's team fight!
Knight's Clockwork Spirit found the perfect opportunity, looped the ball onto Sejuani, and unleashed his ultimate [Command: Shockwave]!
"Orianna pulled Rakan and Vi!! JDG's team fight coordination is still top-notch!!" Guan Zeyuan shouted.

Ruler's Zeli activated her ultimate skill, Lightning Collapse, leaping over the thick wall of the dragon pit, her body wreathed in raging lightning, and began to relentlessly attack the controlled EDG jungler and support.

"Kill the jungler first! Steal the dragon!"

With Chen's Vi's health nearing its limit and EDG's formation being disrupted, JDG seemed to see a glimmer of hope for a comeback!

But at that moment, a crimson teleportation beam silently appeared above the Dragon Pit, in a ward deep within the red team's red buff bush!

That was EDG's well-prepared, deadly positioning!

"TP!! Mozi teleported!!" Miller's eyes widened like saucers. "He didn't choose to destroy the crystal; he's going to completely bury JDG in the Baron pit!!"

For JDG, a four-second teleportation time is like a countdown to death.

"Retreat! Retreat! Stop fighting, Fiora is here!" Knight's voice trembled with fear when he saw the pillar of light.

But how could EDG possibly let them go?

"Stop them! Keep them here as long as you can!" JackeyLove's Xayah activated W, flashed forward, and unleashed a full-force hook, effectively trapping the retreating Leona and Sejuani in place!
Xiao Yue's fox also unleashed its ultimate skill without hesitation, using three dashes to stick tightly to Knight's Orianna!
20 minutes 30 seconds.

The red light dissipated.

That peerless swordswoman, wielding a sharp blade and appearing like a god of death descending upon the world, slashed into the flank and rear of the battlefield!
Ruler's Zephyr was using her high movement speed to deal damage from the edge of the map when she turned around and bumped into that cold face.

"Protect me!!" Ruler shouted in the voice chat, using his E skill to slide away and create distance.

Can they escape?

Su Mo's slender fingers tapped on the keyboard, and his Q skill [Sky Piercing Slash] was unleashed with extreme precision, instantly closing the distance with Zeli and exploiting an opening!
The combined slowing effects of [Divine Separator] and [Ruined King's Blade] made the originally slippery Zeli feel like she was stuck in a quagmire!

Flat A!

Tiamat resets her basic attack! Another basic attack!

With just two sword strikes, Zeli's health bar disappeared by more than half as if by magic!

Ruler desperately used Flash to create distance, but Su Mo's Flash was so fast it was like a script!

In the instant of the golden flash, Fiora's E skill, [Deadly Strike Combo], landed the first slow with a steady strike, followed by a critical strike that followed!

"laugh!"

"EDG.Mo has killed JDG.Ruler!"

Zeli didn't even have a chance to resist and was executed on the spot!
"AD is down!! Ruler was killed by two sword strikes!!" Guan Zeyuan shouted hoarsely.

JDG completely collapsed after losing their ADC. Knight's Orianna tried to Flash back to the jungle, but was precisely kissed by Xiaoyue's Ahri's [Charm]. Su Mo turned around and used his Q skill to pass through the wall, easily stealing the kill.

"Double Kill!!"

The remaining Kanavi and Missing, under the siege of EDG, predictably fell to their deaths in pools of blood.

"Ace!!"

"Team wipe!! EDG pulled off a perfect 0-for-4 at the Baron pit!! With 369 also dying in the top lane, JDG is completely wiped out!!"

The entire Olympic Stadium erupted in cheers with that shout of "Ace!" LPL fans waved their support signs wildly.

"Fight the dragon, fight the dragon." Su Mo glanced at the wreckage on the ground, his tone still calm, and even picked up his thermos and took a sip of water.

At 21 minutes and 00 seconds, Baron Nashor let out a mournful cry as EDG secured the kill with a clean sweep.

With the Baron buff, the entire EDG team recalled to base to replenish their supplies.

At 21 minutes and 30 seconds, the light flashed again. In Su Mo's inventory, a new item, the [Strucker's Challenge Gauntlets] (Bloodhand), and a [Stopwatch] had appeared!
"This equipment... who can withstand this..." Miller looked at Fiora's stats that were overflowing the screen, shook his head with a wry smile, "Now, even if all five members of JDG used all their skills on Fiora, they might not be able to break his Bloodthirster shield."

22 minutes 00 seconds.

EDG gave JDG absolutely no chance to breathe.

Five players, empowered by the Baron buff, pushed through JDG's high ground like a crushing machine, starting from the destroyed bottom lane and the crumbling mid lane.

The enemy is at the city gates.

The five JDG players stood in front of the two inhibitor turrets, looking at the Fiora standing at the very front, radiating a purple-red aura of the Baron Nashor, and felt an unprecedented sense of suffocation.

"Clear the lane...do your best to clear the lane." Coach Homme's voice was hoarse in the backstage dressing room.

However, against the cannon minion buffed by the Baron buff, Orianna's QW combo couldn't even scratch the cannon minion.

"I'll go up and sell, Knight, find an opportunity to unleash your ultimate!" Missing knew this was their last chance.

Leona activated her W and, steeling herself, stepped forward to clear the minion wave.

Su Mo's eyes turned cold.

"Open up the fields."

Meiko's Rakan didn't hesitate at all, flashing and using W [Grand Entrance] to lift up Leona!

The team fight ended in its final showdown in front of these two inhibitor turrets!

JDG launched a desperate counterattack, with Kanavi's Sejuani unleashing her ultimate on Xayah, 369's Ornn calling out his ultimate, and Knight's Orianna also unleashing her final ultimate.

But all of this pales in the face of absolute economic and equipment superiority.

Su Mo's Fiora didn't even bother to target the backline; he directly activated his ultimate on the charging Sejuani.

Four breakthroughs in one second!
A healing array blooms beneath the turret!

Pig Girl falls to the ground!

Then, Su Mo, braving the damage from the tower, activated his stopwatch and avoided the fatal blow from the clockwork.

"Ding—" The golden statue gleamed in front of the enemy's fountain.

The moment the stopwatch ended, JackeyLove's Xayah and XiaoYue's Ahri had already finished off the enemy team. Ornn and Leona fell one after another, leaving Zephyr and Orianna cowering in the fountain, trembling with fear.

"Push the tower." Su Mo stood up and calmly and coldly slashed at the turret with his sword.

At 23 minutes and 40 seconds, the first tooth tower shattered.

At 23 minutes and 55 seconds, the second tooth tower collapsed.

The massive blue crystal nexus was now completely exposed to the five EDG players.

Ruler and Knight tried to rush out of the fountain for a final stand, but JackeyLove's Xayah unleashed a barrage of feathers, forcing them back.

"Activate the crystal! Activate the crystal!!"

In the commentary booth, the three commentators all stood up straight.

As Su Mo's Fiora landed her final auto-attack, complete with a Radiant effect.

"BOOM—!!!"

The scene freezes at 24 minutes and 15 seconds.

The massive crystal nexus shattered into countless dazzling fragments!
Let's congratulate EDG!!!

Guan Zeyuan's roar echoed throughout the live stream, "In the first game of the LPL internal battle in the semifinals! In less than 25 minutes, they ruthlessly and domineeringly crushed the JDG super team that was highly anticipated before the match!! 1-0, taking the first game!!"

"That's incredible! Mozi's Fiora was a textbook example of a game-changing, overwhelming performance!" Miller exclaimed, his face flushed with excitement. "This wasn't just a complete stomp of his skills, but a total victory from the draft to the macro-level split-pushing and kiting! Under JDG's four-man gank and two-man counter-gank, he pushed down two towers; in the Baron fight, he descended like a god and slew both of their carries! This is the legendary man!"

On the gaming platform, Su Mo released the mouse and gently removed his headphones.

A deafening roar of cheers instantly filled the air.

On his handsome, aloof face, there was no trace of triumphant elation, only an unfathomable composure. He picked up the thermos on the table, slowly unscrewed the lid, took a sip of water, and then turned to look at the excited newlyweds beside him, who were practically jumping for joy.

"Let's go back to the lounge. Don't get too excited yet. Homme is good at adjusting. The next game will be the real battle."

The JDG booth was eerily silent.

369 held his head in his hands, staring at the damage panel on the screen. His Ornn's damage was less than a fraction of Fiora's.

Kanavi and Knight looked at each other, both seeing the fear in each other's eyes.

This is not a tactical issue at all.

In terms of raw power, they were utterly crushed by that mountain called "Su Mo"!
Backstage at Busan Stadium, two corridors seem to divide the space into two completely different worlds.

The atmosphere in JDG's lounge was so oppressive it was hard to breathe.

The air conditioner was blowing cold air, but 369's forehead was still covered with fine beads of sweat. He gripped his hair tightly with both hands, staring blankly at a tile on the ground, his mind filled with the terrifying image of being killed by that Fiora under the tower like a minion.

"Lift your head! The game isn't over yet!"

Head coach Homme strode in, holding a tactical board, and shouted loudly to everyone through the translator: "My drafting was the problem in the last game. I thought giving him Ornn would stabilize things, but I underestimated Su Mo's individual ability! In the face of absolute dominance, passively taking hits is just waiting to die!"

Homme walked up to 369 and slapped him hard on the shoulders: "369! Look at me! You're not just good at playing tanks, you're also one of the top warrior players in the LPL! Next game, I won't ask you to play defensively. Pick Renekton! Pick your most confident champion and go for it! Even if you die, die standing on the charge!"

369 raised his head, a fierce glint gradually igniting in his bloodshot eyes. He took a deep breath and nodded forcefully: "Coach, I understand. This time, I must roll a 9!"

"Kanavi!" Homme turned to the jungler, "Stop protecting the team. Pick your signature champions, pick a carry jungler or engage carry! JDG got this far because of our unparalleled teamfight prowess! Show me the fighting spirit you showed in the LPL Summer Finals!"

"Yes!" Kanavi clenched his fists, his eyes burning with the flames of revenge.

On the other side, EDG's rest area appeared to be in good order.

Ah Chen and Xiao Yue were still excitedly discussing the perfect team fight at the Dragon Pit in the previous game, while Su Mo sat quietly in the corner, adding some hot water to his thermos.

"Alright, everyone, focus." Mingkai clapped his hands, his expression serious. "JDG is no ordinary team. They are the challengers for the Grand Slam, having won all the championships this year. After being crushed by us in the first game, they will definitely bounce back in the second game and launch their most ferocious counterattack."

Mingkai looked at Su Mo: "Mozi, JDG has the first pick right this game, and they will definitely choose the blue side to pick strong heroes. You might not have a very comfortable time playing top lane this game."

"It's alright." Su Mo gently blew on the steam rising from the rim of his cup, his deep eyes remaining completely calm. "If they want to fight, let them fight. Since it's an LPL internal war, we have to show the world how brutal our region is."

These calm yet arrogant words instantly ignited the passion of several young EDG players.

After a short break, both players returned to the stage.

"Welcome back to the S13 semifinals, game two of the match between EDG and JDG!" (End of Chapter)