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Now, all the pressure is on TES's fifth-floor top laner and EDG's fifth-floor counter-laner.

On the fifth floor of TES, 369's profile picture lit up.

"I am like an indestructible shield!"

The lava behemoth—Morphite! Locked on!!!
"Malphite!! 369 locked Malphite on the fifth floor!!!" Miller shouted, clutching his head. "To coordinate with this aggressive engage composition, 369 completely abandoned all dignity and picked a carry monster! Once he reaches level six, Jarvan IV will use his EQ ultimate, and Malphite will follow up with his ultimate. I can't even imagine what that will look like!"

"This is the ultimate in head-on engagements! EDG's lineup simply can't withstand this kind of unreasonable team fight initiation!" Guan Zeyuan analyzed.

All eyes were fixed on EDG's fifth-floor player on the red team.

Faced with such an extremely disgusting and completely unreasonable aggressive lineup, and the desperate situation of banning five top laners.

"Mozi, pick Ornn or Sion to tank the pressure. We can't afford to get instantly killed this game." Mingkai frowned behind him.

Su Mo held the thermos and took a sip of warm water.

He looked at the several avatars across from him that seemed to want to crush him.

"Resilience?"

Su Mo's lips curled into an extremely cold, all-knowing smile.

"They want to charge? Then let them charge."

He put down his cup and began typing on the keyboard.

A headless knight's head, radiating a chilling aura of death and wielding a long-handled battle axe, suddenly lit up on the fifth floor!

Embrace death...

The Shadow of War—Hecarim!!!
locking!!!

"Centaur?!?!"

The entire room fell silent!

"Hecarim top lane?!" Wawa's voice cracked on the commentary stage, and he jumped up. "Brother Mozi is on the fifth floor of the red team, facing five engage heroes, and he locked in the jungler Hecarim to go top lane?!"

Miller was also incredulous: "This...is this supposed to be a direct confrontation?! You charge my backline, and I'll use Hecarim to charge your backline?! But how can Hecarim lane solo in the early game?!"

Zita swallowed hard: "That's insane... Mozi is leaving himself no way out! He's going to use the most violent charge to tear apart TES's defense!"

The match begins, and ten heroes are born in Summoner's Rift.

Su Mo's men bought Corruption Potion and summoner spells: Teleport and Speed!
The first battle has officially begun!
Welcome to Summoner's Rift!

Accompanied by an extremely ethereal and solemn female system voice, ten heroes were born in their respective fountains.

The director's camera immediately focused on the centaur ghost wielding a long-handled battle axe in the top lane of the red team.

Instead of the usual Doran's Blade or Doran's Shield for starting items, Su Mo aggressively bought a Corrupting Potion!
"The Corruption Potion is out! Mozi is about to have a high-intensity blood exchange with the Stone Golem online!" Wawa shouted in the commentary.

Meanwhile, 369 on the blue side was clearly well-prepared for this game. His Malphite also bought a [Potion of Corruption], and his runes included the extremely troublesome [Arcane Comet] and [Manaflow Band].

369 took a deep breath and rubbed his sweaty palms vigorously. Having experienced the painful baptism of the first two BO5s, he abandoned all distracting thoughts when facing Su Mo.

"Even if I'm just a rock, I'll break your horse's legs today!" 369 thought fiercely. He knew all too well the advantages Malphite had against Hecarim: his Q skill, Earthquake Shred, could steal movement speed, perfectly countering Hecarim's passive bonus; and his E skill, Earthquake Tremor, could further reduce the enemy's attack speed. As long as he didn't engage in prolonged melee combat with Hecarim, his chances of winning were very high!
At 1 minute and 30 seconds, the entire army launched an attack.

The minion waves converge at the top lane.

Su Mo controlled his horse, its heavy iron hooves swaying as it moved in front of the melee minions, preparing to use his Q skill [Berserk] to push the lane and accumulate stacks.

The instant he raised his hand, 369 decisively took a small step forward and unleashed his Q skill, Earthquake Shard, which rolled directly to Hecarim's feet!

"boom!"

As a massive rock fragment crashed down, the Arcane Comet descended from the sky, striking with pinpoint accuracy!
Centaur's movement speed dropped drastically, while Malphite used the stolen speed to nimbly pull back, giving Su Mo no chance to hit him with his Q skill.

"Brilliant! 369's poke was incredibly clever!" Miller's eyes lit up. "He knew Hecarim would level up Q at level one, so he used his range advantage to get a free Comet's damage, then used the speed boost to create distance, preventing Hecarim from stacking Q!"

Su Mo looked at the bloodline that had dropped, his eyes showing no emotion.

He calmly applied a layer of Corrupting Potion, and a green glow appeared on the centaur, his health slowly regenerating. Instead of chasing the Krugs, he walked to the center of the minion wave and used his Q ability, Rampage, to hit three melee minions.

"Ding!" Q skill hit, cooldown time reduced.

"Trying to kite me?" Su Mo's lips curled into a very faint smile.

At this moment, in the lower jungle, TES's jungler Tian was clearing the red buff with extremely high efficiency.

As a former FMVP, Tian has an extremely keen sense of opportunity. While smite the red buff, he switched his view to the top lane.

“369, he’s crossed the line, I’m coming for him!” Tian said decisively in the voice chat.

"I'll leave Q to slow him down!" 369 was greatly encouraged.

2 minutes and 10 seconds!
The prince, who had just reached level two, didn't even bother with the F6 camp or the Krugs. Instead, he grabbed his spear, crossed the triangular bush above the Baron pit, and charged headlong into the top lane with incredible ferocity!

"Level 2 gank top!! Xiaotian has chosen the classic level 2 gank top tactic with Prince!!" Guan Zeyuan suddenly raised his voice on the commentary stage, "Mozi positioned himself a little too far forward in order to stack Q skill stacks, this wave is very dangerous! His Centaur Warrunner has Teleport and Ghost, but no Flash!!"

2 minutes and 15 seconds!
The prince suddenly charged out from the riverbed bushes, cutting off the retreat of his men and horses!
Seeing this, 369 didn't hesitate to unleash his newly unlocked Q skill, Earthquake Shard, on Hecarim, instantly severely reducing Hecarim's movement speed!

"Kill him!" A murderous glint flashed in Tian's eyes as he hurled the Demacian flag, followed immediately by his Q ability, Dragon Slam!
EQ combo! Targeting the slowed Centaur!

Just as the prince charged forward like an angry dragon, about to send his men flying in a mere tenth of a second!
Su Mo pressed the Summoner Spell button with extremely heavy force!

Ghost Step (Sprint) activated!!

"boom!"

With a beam of eerie blue light emanating from them, the centaur's previously slowed movement speed experienced an incredibly terrifying burst of growth in an instant!
Su Mo made an extremely delicate swipe of the mouse to the side and forward!
"Whoosh!" The massive body of the centaur turned into a dark blue afterimage, and it brushed past the very edge of the limit judgment of the prince's EQ combo with extremely smoothness!
The prince's aerial attack missed!
"He dodged it!!! My God! Brother Mozi used his sprint to accelerate and forcefully dodge the Prince's EQ combo!!" Wawa roared hoarsely.

But this is not over yet!
The instant he dodged the control, Su Mo didn't choose to run away! He turned around with extreme ferocity and activated his level 2 W skill, [Spirit of Fear]!
A layer of eerie green aura enveloped the prince and the surrounding soldiers. Combined with the burning damage from the [Corruption Potion], the centaur wielded his battle axe and slashed fiercely at the prince!

Basic attack! Q skill [Berserk]! Another basic attack!

With the high movement speed bonus from Sprint, Centaur's passive ability [Path of Conquest] transforms into extremely terrifying attack power!
In just one second, the prince who was trying to capture someone had his health bar drained as if by a pump, dropping to one-third in an instant!

"Holy crap! How can the damage be so high!" Tian was shocked. He never expected that this centaur would not only not run away, but also launch such a terrifying counterattack!
Seeing Centaur raise his battle axe again, Tian had no choice but to use Flash in extreme frustration and escape back to his own jungle!

"A counter-attack!! They forced Xiaotian to use Flash!!" Miller slammed his fist on the table excitedly. "That counter-attack was so decisive! Although Mozi used Sprint, he managed to get the jungler to use Flash, and they almost got a level 2 kill!!"

Watching this scene from behind, 369 silently swallowed. The oppressive feeling that the centaur had just released made him feel as if he were seeing Riven wielding the broken sword again.

At the same time, in the middle lane.

EDG's jungler, Chen, after quickly reaching level 3 with Lee Sin, shrewdly moved to the mid lane, attempting to coordinate with Xiaoyue's Orianna to gank Rookie.

"I'll kick him!" Ah Chen peeked out from the bushes, unleashing a Q skill, [Sonic Wave], aimed straight at the Azir!
However, this level of gank was clearly insufficient when facing Rookie, a former world champion mid laner.

Rookie remained extremely calm. The moment Lee Sin's Q skill flew in, he gracefully dodged it, then summoned Sand Soldiers and used his Q skill, Sandstorm, to stab Lee Sin in the face. He then followed up with a WEQ combo, not only elegantly sliding back to the tower but also dealing a full combo of damage to Lee Sin.

"Beautiful! Rookie's positioning was so precise, he completely neutralized Chen's gank!" Guan Zeyuan exclaimed. "That's TES for you! They're not pushovers!"

The game time has reached 3 minutes and 00 seconds.

The laning phase in the top lane became an extremely exciting battle.

Su Mo's Hecarim used the healing from W and Corrupting Potion to keep his health at an extremely healthy level. 369's Malphite, on the other hand, played very cleverly. He never engaged in prolonged battles with Hecarim, only using his Q skill to trade damage when his passive [Granite Shield] was active, before immediately retreating.

"369 has stabilized! The cost-benefit from his Comet and Corruption Potion is showing. Although Mozi pushed the lane, he didn't gain much advantage!"

At 3 minutes and 30 seconds, the river crabs in both the upper and lower river channels spawn simultaneously.

This is an extremely crucial point for early resource contention.

Ah Chen's Lee Sin, having failed to gank mid lane, was now heading towards the river crab in the top half of the map. Meanwhile, Tian (Jarvan IV), who had just recalled to base and was fully healed, was also heading towards the top river.

"Brother Mo, can we take the river crab?" Ah Chen glanced at the minion wave in the top lane; Su Mo's Hecarim had lane priority.

After pushing through a wave of minions, Su Mo controlled his horse and headed towards the river.

"Answer it," Su Mo said calmly.

However, just as Su Mo and Ah Chen emerged from the riverbed...

The Azir, who was being pressured by Orianna in the mid lane, actually abandoned the wave of cannon minions under the tower and decisively moved to support the top river!

Meanwhile, 369 in the top lane also recklessly abandoned the minion wave under the tower and bravely squeezed into the river while taking damage from the minion wave!
"3v2!! TES's support is too fast!! Rookie even abandoned the cannon minion just to help Xiaotian control this river crab!!" Wawa exclaimed.

Facing the aggressive three TES players closing in, Su Mo narrowed his eyes and instantly calculated the combat strength and skill cooldowns of both sides in his mind.

"Return it. Give it to them." Su Mo's voice was extremely calm, without the slightest hesitation.

Although Ah Chen was somewhat unwilling, he absolutely obeyed Su Mo's command and immediately retreated to his own jungle.

The prince of Tian firmly punished the river crab.

"TES secured the top river crab! This teamwork was perfect!" Miller couldn't help but exclaim. "This is a finals-level match! TES's execution was off the charts. They sacrificed minion waves in the mid and top lanes to forcefully maintain Tian's early jungle rhythm!"

4 minutes 15 seconds.

The director suddenly switched the camera to the bottom lane!

JackeyLove's Aphelios (in his red and white sword form) and Meiko's Nautilus relentlessly pushed the minion wave under EDG's tower.

"Watch my hook!" Meiko's eyes flashed.

At the critical moment when an EDG melee minion died, Meiko's Titan made an extremely sneaky hook!

The massive iron anchor pierced through an extremely narrow gap between minions, hooking Varus, who was last-hitting under the tower, with deadly precision!

"Got it!! Meiko's amazing hook!!"

Seeing this, JackeyLove unleashed a frenzied burst of healing and speed boosts, unleashing a barrage of attacks with his red blade [Soul Breaker] Q skill, instantly switching to his white blade [Mirror Breaker] Fahrenheit, resulting in explosive damage!
Leave's Varus's health plummeted like melting snow, terrifying him so much that he frantically pressed the keyboard, using Flash and Heal to barely escape back to the second tower!
"EDG's bot lane has been forced to use both summoner spells! TES's bot lane is exerting extreme pressure!! The 'Water Ghost Duo' (JackeyLove and Meiko) has shown their sharp fangs!!" Guan Zeyuan roared on the commentary stage, "This is definitely not a stomp! TES is putting terrifying pressure on EDG from every position except the top lane!"

In the rest room, Abu watched the screen as the top and bottom lanes were badly beaten, his palms sweating. The tactical awareness and laning ability displayed by this TES team truly deserved to be on the finals stage.

4 minutes 50 seconds.

Su Mo perfectly positioned a large wave of minions in front of the Golem tower, forcing 369 to use his skills to last-hit minions in a very difficult situation before pressing the recall button.

He glanced at the movements of TES's various lanes on the minimap, his deep eyes flashing with extreme calmness.

"They played very well," Su Mo commented calmly over the voice message.

Back at the fountain, Su Mo opened the shop and, instead of choosing offensive items, pragmatically bought a pair of [Boots of Brilliance] (cooldown reduction shoes) and a [Tear of the Goddess].

In less than five minutes, he had CD boots and Tear of the Goddess. For Hecarim, this meant extreme cooldown reduction and infinite sustain with his Q skill.

5 minutes and 00 seconds.

With a deep dragon roar, the first dragon of the entire game (Hextech Dragon) spawned precisely in the lower river.

At this moment, TES's mid and bot lanes both held an absolute lane advantage, and Tian's Jarvan IV had already entered the bot river with a true sight ward.

Storm is coming.

The real positional warfare is about to begin at the first small dragon pit. (End of Chapter)