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The giant flying axe roared out, shoving the Ice Maiden who had just landed away and interrupting her skill combo!
"Interrupted!! Mozi perfectly predicted Faker's landing time with his E skill!"

The moment the control was interrupted, Draven activated his W skill to accelerate, and a basic attack with a spinning axe slammed into the Lissandra.

"Clang!"

The high critical hit damage instantly reduced the Ice Maiden's health bar by half.

Faker's pupils contracted slightly; he knew he had underestimated Draven's damage. Without hesitation, he immediately cast his ultimate, Frozen Tomb, on himself, entering an invulnerable state, attempting to buy time for Aatrox to follow up with his attacks.

But Su Mo completely ignored him.

Draven turned around and swung his axe down at the charging Sword Demon!

So what if it's a Greatsword Demon? It's just as fragile as a monster in the face of overwhelming numerical superiority.

Zeus used Flash to Q2 in an attempt to secure a strong control.

A flash of silver light.

Su Mo used Flash, not only dodging the Sword Demon's fatal knock-up, but also closing the distance with the Ice Maiden.

The moment Ice Maiden's ultimate skill ends.

"die."

He uttered a single, soft word.

Draven's second axe strike, combined with the two-stage damage of his ultimate [Cold-Blooded Pursuit], instantly wiped out the remaining health of the Crystal Maiden!
"EDG.Mo has killed T1.Faker!"

Solo kill!!
In a desperate situation where two were surrounding one, they managed to kill one of them!
The entire audience gasped, followed by a thunderous roar of amazement.

After killing the Ice Maiden, Su Mo's Draven still had one-third of his health remaining.

He didn't linger in the fight. He picked up the bounty dropped by the Ice Maiden, activated his W skill, and with the high movement speed bonus, disappeared like a gust of wind into the upper jungle of T1.

Zeus, the Sword Demon, was left alone under the second tower, looking at the mess on the ground, and fell into deep self-doubt.

"How can you play this?! How can you even play this?!" Miller exclaimed, clutching his head on the commentary stage. "Cutting the minion wave behind the second tower, getting ganked and still managing to kill Faker, and then calmly retreating afterward! Mozi's Draven is simply an unruly thug!"

12 minutes and 30 seconds.

Su Mo returned to the fountain and immediately pulled out the Infinity Blade!
In twelve minutes, with two core items, attack speed boots, and nearly two thousand gold from his passive bounty, Draven's economy was already a full five minutes ahead of the timeline.

"Chen, go control the bottom half of the map and take the second dragon. Their mid laner doesn't have his ultimate, and their bottom laner doesn't dare to engage in team fights." Su Mo was waiting in the fountain for his health to fully recover while clearly outlining the tactics in the voice chat.

"Got it, Mo-ge! I'll just be a ruthless map control tool this game!" Ah Chen grinned from ear to ear. This kind of game, where he didn't have to worry about the top lane and could just focus on farming and controlling resources, was incredibly comfortable to play.

Thirteen minutes.

The second small earth dragon spawns in the river.

EDG's four players gathered in the bottom half of the map. Because Faker's ultimate was still on cooldown, T1's Oner Sejuani didn't dare to recklessly steal the dragon and could only watch helplessly as EDG secured it.

Meanwhile, Su Mo's Draven reappeared in the top lane.

This time, instead of continuing to pressure the second tower, he turned his attention to the newly spawned second Rift Herald.

"I'll take the lead, you guys go pressure the mid lane." Su Mo walked into the Rift Herald's lair alone.

With Infinity Edge and lifesteal, Draven's speed in a one-on-one fight against the Rift Herald was astonishing. In less than twenty seconds, the Rift Herald let out a mournful cry and fell to the ground as the Herald's Eye.

Su Mo picked up the vanguard and glanced at the minimap.

At this moment, T1's mid-lane tower was still at a relatively healthy health level, and Faker's Lissandra was carefully clearing the wave under the tower.

"Xiao Yue, control him." Su Mo's voice rang out in the voice chat.

Xiao Yue's Annie immediately understood. He flashed across the minion wave and unleashed his ultimate, Tibbers' Wrath, with its passive stun, directly onto the Lissandra!
The massive shadow bear roared as it crashed down, stunning the Ice Maiden into a deep sleep.

Almost at the same time, Su Mo's Draven emerged from the jungle!
The Rift Herald is here!

boom!
The vanguard crashed headfirst into T1's mid-lane tower, reducing the tower's health to almost zero.

Su Mo, however, had already activated his killing mode.

Two throwing axes spun in his hands.

One cut! Two cuts!

The Ice Maiden, who had just woken up from her dizziness, was instantly vaporized by this terrifying damage before she could even use her movement skill!

"EDG.Mo has killed T1.Faker!"

Another kill!

"The mid-lane tower has fallen!! Mozi, with the Rift Herald and Annie, tower dived and killed Faker!!" Guan Zeyuan shouted excitedly, "EDG's rhythm is too suffocating! In less than fifteen minutes, T1's top and mid outer towers have both fallen, and their jungle vision has been completely compressed!"

Fourteen and a half minutes.

T1's bot lane duo finally pushed down EDG's bot lane tower, gaining a meager economic advantage.

But when they tried to switch lanes to farm gold, they found that their jungle had been completely taken over by the demon wielding two axes.

Oner's Sejuani was trying to clear wards near her own red buff when she was slashed to near death by Draven, who was hiding in the bushes. She had no choice but to use her ultimate to escape.

The entire upper half of the bracket became a no-go zone for T1.

Fifteen minutes.

The director switched to the economics panel.

EDG's overall economy is 7,000 units ahead.

Su Mo's Draven had a personal gold lead of 4,500 over his opponent, Aatrox!

This was not only a crushing defeat in terms of equipment, but also a complete collapse of psychological defenses.

Zeus looked at his pitiful single piece of the [Eclipse] item, then at the Draven opposite him who had already started building his third item, his eyes terribly empty.

Fifteen minutes and thirty seconds.

Inside the T1 base, the oppressive silence was almost suffocating.

Faker respawned and stepped out of the fountain, his gaze fixed on the gloomy jungle. As the soul of this team, he knew he couldn't let this despair continue to spread.

"We have to find an opportunity to make a move." Faker's voice was hoarse, but it carried an undeniable determination. "We can't let Draven continue to snowball. Zeus, forget about the top lane second turret and come face up with us. We'll use Jinx's wave clear to stall for time and look for opportunities to engage isolated targets."

Tom clenched his fist on the coach's bench. T1's only chance of winning now is to use the combined strong initiation of Lissandra and Sejuani, along with Jinx's finishing ability, to create a numerical advantage in certain areas.

Sixteen minutes.

EDG's formation began to spread out. Su Mo's Draven was pushing the bottom lane, preparing to take down T1's second bottom lane turret. A Chen's Wukong and Xiao Yue's Annie were setting up vision in the mid lane, while Leave's Zephyr and Lulu were farming in the top half of the map.

T1 keenly seized this opportunity.

"They only have Draven in the bottom lane!" Oner's Sejuani scanned the vision gap in the bottom river and immediately shouted in voice chat, "I'm flanking! We can gank this!"

Faker glanced at the minion wave in the bottom lane and decisively commanded, "All to the bottom! Four against one! We must stop his bounty!"

Apart from Zeus, who was pushing the top lane, the other four members of T1 quickly moved towards the bottom lane's second turret.

Sixteen minutes and twenty seconds.

Su Mo's Draven had just pushed a wave of minions to the ruins of T1's bottom lane second turret.

Suddenly, Oner's Sejuani appeared from behind the jungle wall with a Q-flash!
Draven unleashed his ultimate ability, "Frost Prison," mid-air, sending a massive block of ice hurtling precisely towards him!

"T1 has made their move! A four-man gank on Mozi!" Guan Zeyuan exclaimed in shock. "Sejuani's ultimate hit! If this control chain continues, Draven is doomed!"

The moment the ice block freezes, T1's follow-up damage surges in like a tidal wave.

Tahm Kench activated his ultimate ability, Abyssal Dive, and landed behind Draven with Jinx, blocking his escape route.

Faker's Lissandra emerged from behind the second turret, her E skill, Ice Claw, ready to deliver the final, fatal blow. Facing the encirclement of four, Su Mo's eyes remained as cold as an icy wasteland.

"Ding!"

The silver light shone once more.

Su Mo handed over the mercury belt, instantly relieving Pig Girl's dizziness!
They didn't run away because Tahm Kench and Jinx had cut off their escape route.

He moved the mouse, and Draven, instead of retreating, advanced, meeting the charging Crystal Maiden with a swing of his axe!

"Arrogant!" Faker gritted his teeth, and his W skill [Frost Ring] exploded instantly.

But at this critical moment, Su Mo pressed Flash!
A flash of golden light.

Draven not only dodged Lissandra's W, but also flashed directly to the side of Sejuani and Lissandra, placing himself in an absolutely safe position to deal damage!

Jinx uses her E ability, "Pushing Axe," to push away Jinx who is trying to get close.

Then, the two throwing axes spun wildly in his hands.

One strike, a critical hit! The Ice Maiden's health instantly dropped by half.

With two strikes, the Ice Maiden used her ultimate ability to protect herself.

Without hesitation, Su Mo turned around and targeted the pig girl next to him.

At this point, Draven's damage output had reached an outrageous level. A single strike on Sejuani made her thick health bar seem like it was made of paper.

Oner was terrified and tried to run down the tower.

But Draven activated his W for speed and followed like a ghost. Two strikes, and Sejuani was dead!
"EDG.Mo has killed T1.Oner!"

After killing Sejuani, Crystal Maiden's ultimate ability had just ended.

Su Mo turned around and unleashed his ultimate move, [Cold-Blooded Pursuit]! Two giant axes crushed through the Ice Maiden's body, instantly killing her!

"Double Kill!"

Within two seconds, a double kill on the mid and jungle!

But at this point, Draven's health had already been reduced to one-third by Jinx.

Tahm Kench seized the opportunity and used his Q ability, Tongue Lash, to lick Draven, applying a slow effect.

Gumayusi's Jinx switched to the rocket launcher and landed a critical hit with a basic attack, bringing Draven's health to almost zero!
"They're replacing him! T1 is replacing Mozi!" Miller clenched his fists.

Just as this fatal blow was about to land.

Heaven sent down timely rain!

"Brother Mo, I'm here!"

Ah Chen's monkey activated W to become invisible, then rushed out of the jungle and used E to hit Jinx directly in the face. His ultimate, "Havoc in Heaven," instantly swept up the two of them!
Immediately afterwards, Xiao Yue's Annie arrived on the battlefield and unleashed her ultimate, Tibbers!
With a massive roar from the Shadow Bear, Draven, who was low on health, was miraculously saved.

Jinx and Tahm Kench, unsurprisingly, fell to their deaths in pools of blood due to the explosive play from EDG's mid and jungle.

"They won!! EDG's counterattack was a success!! The four-man gank not only failed to kill them, but Mozi also managed to kill two of them, and with his teammates, they wiped out T1!" Rita jumped up excitedly in the commentary booth, "Mozi's quick use of Mercury's Treads to dodge Flash and W was so smooth! T1's mentality is about to completely collapse!"

Seventeen minutes.

With four T1 players eliminated, EDG took the opportunity to push down T1's bottom lane inhibitor tower.

The economic gap has widened to an absurd 10,000 yuan.

But T1 did not give up.

Eighteen minutes.

The third small dragon, the Fire Dragon, spawns in the river.

This is EDG's winning hand.

"Push out the vision, we can't give up this dragon." Faker commanded from the fountain, his voice filled with a do-or-die determination.

T1's five players huddled together and cautiously advanced towards the dragon pit.

At this point, Zeus's Aatrox had accumulated a lot of resources on the side lane and finally managed to get the Bloodthirster and Cloth Boots, which slightly improved his tankiness and damage.

EDG, on the other hand, seemed somewhat relaxed.

Ah Chen's monkey is taking down the river crab, trying to gain control of the area.

Suddenly, Faker's Lissandra emerged from the bushes with her E, and then used her ultimate to flash and lock onto Wukong!

"They've got it! T1 caught Ah Chen who was setting up vision!"

Oner's Sejuani followed up with her ultimate for crowd control, while Jinx unleashed a barrage of attacks from behind.

Ah Chen didn't even have time to unleash his ultimate move before he was instantly melted!
"The jungler got instantly killed! T1's gank was so decisive!" Guan Zeyuan shouted.

After killing the monkey, T1 took over the dragon.

The remaining four members of EDG had no choice but to retreat.

Nineteen minutes.

T1 not only secured the dragon, but also took advantage of EDG's incomplete roster to destroy EDG's mid-lane tower.

The economic gap has been narrowed slightly, and the suspense seems to have returned a little.

"T1 has regained some ground," Miller analyzed. "This Lissandra's initiation was too fatal, directly disrupting EDG's dragon-slaying rhythm. Moreover, Jinx got a kill and her items are starting to come together. If the game drags on to thirty minutes, T1's lineup has a higher margin for error in team fights than EDG's."

"That's right." Guan Zeyuan nodded. "Although Draven is fed, he's too reliant on his output environment in late-game team fights. Once he gets controlled and killed, EDG's damage will suffer. The Baron Nashor is about to spawn, and this will be the most crucial wave to determine the outcome of this BO5!"

twenty minutes.

With a deafening roar, Baron Nash descended in the middle of the river.

The battle horn has officially sounded.

T1's morale soared, and the five players huddled together, clearing out all vision around the Dragon Pit.

On the EDG side, however, the atmosphere was slightly tense.

"Oh dear, I shouldn't have tried to steal that river crab," Ah Chen apologized regretfully over the voice message.

"It's nothing." Su Mo's voice remained calm, like a bottomless lake.

He controlled Draven and bought his fourth item in the fountain – Phantom Dancer.

He glanced at the game time displayed on the screen.

20: 00.

"No more overtime."

He said it casually, picked up the two blood-stained giant axes, and walked towards the Great Dragon Pit.

Twenty minutes and thirty seconds.

Inside the Copper Box Stadium, the tense atmosphere was palpable.

Near the Dalongkeng pit, real and fake eyes alternated repeatedly, their scanning red lights weaving together into an impenetrable net.

"T1's formation is very tight; they know they can't give Draven any chance to pick them off one by one." Guan Zeyuan spoke very quickly. "Oner's Sejuani and Zeus's Aatrox are at the front, while Faker's Lissandra is hiding in the shadows of the red buff pit, ready to enter at any moment!"

EDG's lineup was equally prepared.

Ah Chen's monkey and Xiao Yue's Annie walked ahead, acting as pathfinders. Leave's Zeli and Lulu followed behind.

Su Mo's Draven, meanwhile, hovered on the flank of the formation, positioned at a very delicate distance. (End of Chapter)