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Chapter 416 The Fastest Spinning Kick in History (First Update)
As Lin Ruo's performance became increasingly unrestrained, netizens in the domestic live chat couldn't contain their excitement.

I apologize for previously comparing Little Peanut to Lin Yi'er, because now it seems she's far more exaggerated than Lin Yi'er; she's basically a pig farm.

[Little Peanut wilted whenever he was around Lin Ruo. Don't ask why; if there's a reason, it's because of the beef noodles. It's not that Lin Ruo is too scary, nor that Little Peanut is too weak.]

[Hmph, I feel I need to say something fair for Peanut. You guys always call him Lin Yi'er, but which jungler hasn't been beaten like a son when they encountered Lin Ruo this year?]

[Indeed, it's just that Peanut has encountered Lin Ruo far more often than others. Hopefully, Peanut can maintain this level of performance. This isn't your fault, haha.]

You didn't let him go either.

[I've heard Peanut has a bad reputation on Korean online forums. My suggestion is that Peanut shouldn't participate in international tournaments starting next year. This would prevent him from being further exploited by Lin Ruo, and also let other LCK junglers experience the terror of Lin Ruo. This way, Peanut will definitely be able to clear his name.]

Yes, yes, I wholeheartedly agree for Peanut's future.

Unlike Korean online forums where people just criticize and ignore, LPL viewers, while having fun, were also actively offering suggestions to whitewash Peanut's image.

It's a bit premature to start clamoring for redemption before the first game of the BO5 is even over.

It does seem a bit early, but once you actually watch the game, you'll realize it's not early at all.

KZ's use of Illaoi as their trump card has not yielded significant results so far.

This is largely due to the loss of the red zone in the early game. Lee Sin's invasion made Illaoi's lane pressure area very vulnerable, and the fact that she went up to fight at level two further restricted Khan's development space.

The teleportation kill in less than 5 minutes is a huge loss for Illaoi, who desperately needs results in the laning phase.

Ornn can roam to support other lanes in the early game without farming, but Illaoi is far from capable of doing so; such a sacrifice would be completely unbecoming of the champion's characteristics.

This also caused Khan to experience significant developmental delays.

He didn't want to teleport in 4 minutes, but the thought of Ornn blocking his way was terrifying.

This forced him to follow along, and in conclusion, Little Peanut's actions harmed him.

After only 8 minutes into the game, Khan felt hopeless. There was nothing he could do; that's how it is against EDG—it's inevitable to start feeling hopeless early on.

The only way he can think of to win the game right now is probably for EDG to send someone to target him and let him use his ultimate skill like R-Flash to have some fun, thus giving him an advantage in development.

That's all...

Lin Ruo didn't even glance at the top lane. The only time he might pass through the top lane was to sneak into the tri-bush to steal the red buff.

Illaoi can be caught; she's not unkillable. But if she gets a counter-kill, our top laner Ornn will become a sitting duck.

Therefore, Lin Ruo would never go, and if she were to go, it would be in a small group of three or five to increase the intensity.

He does nothing but torment his best friend, Peanut.

For example, just 12 minutes in, Lin Ruo, controlling the Blind Monk, launched a surprise attack on the blue buff area, stealing the blue monster and retreating with lightning speed.

The newcomer, Peanut, was completely mesmerized by the sight of it.

However, he is different now; he has grown up and become stronger.

The pillar blocked Lin Ruo's path with precision, and Peanut activated his ultimate ability to take a deep breath, instantly slowing the Blind Monk's movements to a snail's pace.

Even though Peanut kicked the troll away, he quickly caught up with Peanut, who had activated his W skill.

What made things even worse for Lin Ruo was that Braum also came from behind the tower and stuck to Trundle just as his Lee Sin entered the river.

The icy block slammed down, slowing the opponent down, and a massive, earth-shattering crack appeared from the ground. The barrage of crowd control abilities successfully knocked the Lee Sin into the air.

However, Lin Ruo, who was initially very flustered, was now completely calm. At the moment he was knocked away by Braum, he unleashed his ultimate sonic wave into the dragon pit, hitting the sleeping fire dragon inside.

Just as the troll attacked and bit him, reducing his health to half, Lee Sin used his second Q to dash a super long distance and leap into the dragon pit.

Coincidentally, the fire dragon's roar once again blasted Lin Ruo into a corner.

Yes, this corner is close to our own jungle area.

After lingering for two seconds, Lin Ruo casually touched the ward, went ashore, and returned to his own jungle.

In short, he ran very smoothly, leaving Peanuts and Gorilla on the periphery dumbfounded.

The third buff has already been stolen, and the game is only 12 minutes in, the buffs have only respawned a few times...

Looking back, Peanut felt numb. He could vaguely hear the cheers from the scene, which seemed to be mixed with mockery of him. In any case, the cheers were definitely not for him, but for Lin Ruo's brilliant escape.

Yes, that's why the person went numb.

Compared to being at a disadvantage, what's most frustrating is being constantly tilted. If you can just steal three buffs and leave gracefully, it doesn't count as tilting your mentality.

Then there's nothing in this world that can be considered a matter of mindset.

Even someone as cheerful as Peanut can't resist a smile.

If we really need to find someone who can handle it, then we might have to find Wolf Walk, who has a lot of connections with Peanut in the future.

At this point in time, once Taliyah has her ultimate ability, she can undoubtedly bring a stronger synergy to EDG.

Therefore, Lin Ruo's first priority is to ensure a good view near the center line, as this will create more space for Taliyah to move around.

For the next two minutes, Lin Ruo basically roamed around the center line without anyone noticing.

The best spot to ambush is the bush behind the blue monster at the end of the river, where the red team's blue monster is located. Trolls will most likely pass through here if they want to enter the river to scout the situation.

However, Peanut was not unaware of the risks involved, but he had no choice but to take a look, since he couldn't give up on entering the river just because he couldn't see it.

What's the difference between that and being given something by your family?

And the result after they went there was obvious. The towering pillar fell into the grass, and the Blind Monk's Sonic Wave and Taliyah's Rock Spike appeared one after another.

Peanut, who had anticipated this, could only Flash back, sacrificing his Summoner Spell to scout the bushes. Later, while the enemy was out of abilities, he and Karma quickly secured vision control in the river.

The push-and-pull mode is a back-and-forth game, and the only result is that more and more people gather on both sides, and soon the support will join the battle.

Soon after, both teams' AD carries arrived.

The experienced Scout maneuvered Taliyah to hide at the corner of his own river, keeping a close eye on the Troll and Braum. As the two entered the river, Scout summoned a stone wall that spread out to block the small bushes behind them.

The experienced Gorilla, positioned relatively far back, managed to retreat in time and was successfully pushed back into the bushes at the entrance of his own jungle by the stone wall.

In comparison, Peanut wasn't so lucky. He retreated too slowly and was pushed further into the river area, where he bumped into Lin Ruo, the blind monk, who was coming from the opposite direction.

With deep affection and loyalty, Gorilla raised her shield and leaped over the stone wall, pressing herself against the troll for protection. The two massive figures were lifted up by the landing Taliyah, leaving them both frozen in place.

Even though they were controlled and forced into a trap, their greatest strengths were still evident.

That's enough meat.

Peanut's ultimate ability, Peanut, inhaled deeply into Lee Sin, causing him to become excessively tanky and deal massively more damage to Lee Sin, whose armor had been greatly reduced.

Lin Ruo had already experienced this when he stole the blue buff earlier, and he experienced it again today.

With the slow effect and Braum's ultimate ability knocking him up, Lee Sin, who was primarily built with damage items, clearly couldn't withstand the Trundle's damage output. In just a few hits, he was bitten and followed up with auto-attacks, and Lee Sin's health dropped by half again.

This is the damage output of the troll in the early game; it is both a front-line tank and a considerable damage dealer.

In particular, Peanut not only bought the jungle item but also Tiamat, showing that he did not choose to switch to a defensive strategy despite the disadvantage in economy and pace.

This Tiamat item played its greatest role at this moment, allowing the Troll to unleash its full damage even as the Taliyah kept lowering his health, forcing Lin Ruo, whose health had dropped to about a third, to hastily ward and retreat.

Generally speaking, engaging the enemy jungler or support is not a good way to initiate a team fight, unless there is a high probability of securing a kill.

However, 2v2 is obviously not a sure thing. Scout dared to block the road directly because his bot lane trio could arrive in time.

However, plans can't keep up with changes. Tianye, who had just reached the Dragon Pit area, spotted an even better target: Kai'Sa suddenly appeared at the entrance of the jungle.

A fleeting gesture.

The 2v1 chase began.

This led to a 2v2 duel at the edge of the jungle, where neither side could gain a clear advantage. Not only did they fail to kill the low-health Trundle in time, but Lee Sin's health dropped even lower than expected, and Karma's timely arrival at the edge of the jungle seemed to signal the end of the team fight.

However, when the teleportation marker on the center line lit up, a new rhythm instantly arrived, and Peanut, who was retreating towards the center line, suddenly became nervous.

The three KZ players, jungler, and support, who were scattered, were all restless and couldn't help but focus their attention on the spot that could block their way.

Bdd's Karma can turn around and retreat towards his own jungle at any time from outside the bushes at the entrance to the small jungle.

Even Braum, who is closer to Taliyah in diagonal distance, can safely retreat and quickly create distance with Karma's dash and flash.

The only exception is Peanut and Troll Warlord.

Just now, after chasing and biting the Lee Sin, his position inevitably moved quite close to the entrance of EDG's jungle, which is why he chose to go directly down and up the mid lane when he was escaping.

But this TP interrupted his path.

If he tries to go mid lane with his current health, Ornn coming down to take his kill shouldn't be a problem.

So Peanut could only turn back and walk diagonally, trying his best to head towards the empty bushes in his own jungle area. What he needed to guard against now was Taliyah's damage output on the other side.

As for the Lee Sin who was lingering in the blue side's jungle with low health, Peanut didn't pay any attention to him.

But Lin Ruo cared about him a lot.

A sonic wave struck Braum, who was still not far away. Without hesitation, Lin Ruo used his second Q to kick out, closing the time gap to face-to-face with Braum.

Lin Ruo focused all her attention on Karma, who was positioned diagonally behind Braum and outside the bushes, preparing to cover the retreating troll.

What followed was breathtaking.

Before Bdd could react, Lin Ruo instantly appeared behind him and kicked him away, sending him crashing into the retreating troll and skewering him like a string of candied hawthorns.

Then came Ornn and Goat. Under Taliyah's full skill output, not only was Trundle instantly killed, but even Karma, who was at full health, died without even being able to use Flash.

Bdd was still in a daze until he died. He had only one question in his mind: how did the Blind Monk get behind him in such a short time?

At the peak of his career, he believed he could dodge any visible kick from the Blind Monk, but this kick was too fast, flashing past his body like lightning, and was completely beyond his ability to withstand with the naked eye.

So what exactly happened...?

Bdd, whose screen was black, stared blankly to the side, trying to get the answer from Gorilla, who was subsequently surrounded and killed, because Lee Sin had used his Q skill to reposition himself.

But Gorilla responded with the same number of question marks... even he couldn't see them clearly.

Only Little Peanut seemed to have a clue in his mind; this seemed to be the legendary move?

At that moment, the stadium in Paris erupted in endless cheers as soon as Lin Ruo, the blind monk, kicked out.

Everyone's emotions were ignited.

Simply put, that kick was so cool it was explosive. Even though none of the viewers saw it clearly, it didn't stop them from getting fired up like Boruto.

The official live stream chat was filled with enthusiastic responses, with "666" constantly flooding the screen.

[Terrifying, Lee Sin is godlike! This is the first time I've ever failed to see clearly what Lee Sin's kick was like.]

[So what kind of kicking speed is that? I, Tahm Kench, didn't even see it clearly. Is it some kind of Foshan Shadowless Kick?]

[Is this the legendary hand speed that's been around for eighteen years? Someone like me, who's been single since I was ten, definitely couldn't have such fast hands.]

[You started masturbating when you were ten? Wow, that's impressive. I bet your hand speed is even faster than Lin Ruo's.]

More than being surprised, most viewers in the live stream were thinking about another question: what kind of combo was this, and how could it be several times faster than their usual kicking speed?

So... is it ward-hop R-flash? Or flash-ward-hop?

In the commentary box.

After the exhilarating shouts of "zero for three!", Guan Zeyuan, having calmed down, was the first to raise questions.

Judging from the ornaments outside the bushes, it was clear that Lin Ruo had used her eyes to reach behind Karma.

However, the speed at which Lin Ruo flashed and touched the ward was not the speed that Lin Ruo presented.

Guan Zeyuan was 100% certain that Blink and Eye Touch could never be as instantaneous as Dao Guang.

So how exactly did they do it?
Guan Zeyuan was stunned... Wang Duoduo and Ji De, who were sitting next to him, were also stunned, and the English commentator on the main commentary stage was even more stunned.

No one knows how Lin Ruo pulled it off; probably only top-tier Lee Sin players would know.

All of this will be revealed in the following replay.

As the audience watched intently, the director's extremely slow-motion replay began as scheduled, zooming in on every detail of Lin Ruo's actions.

But many viewers still didn't understand it.

Because after Lin Ruo used Q to get close to Braum, he flashed away almost instantly, and the ward behind Karma was placed down. Then he hopped over the ward and kicked diagonally.

How did they manage to flash and the eye strike almost simultaneously?
Logically, placing a ward after flashing should be a quick sequence, but Lin Ruo was so fast precisely because the flash and the ward were moving at the same speed.

Amidst the gasps and disbelief of the crowd, Guan Zeyuan finally uttered those words: "Is this what they call Eye Flash W?"

What is a W-shaped eye flash?

Actually, a simple comparison will tell you the answer.

The W-Flash combo involves placing a ward first and then flashing, thus achieving the effect of kicking the opponent.

The opposite is true of the ward flash W, which is to flash first and then place a ward. As for why the flash and the ward are at the same speed.

The reason is even simpler: press the ward placement key first, then use Flash.

In League of Legends, if a ward is placed outside the designated warding range, the champion will be instructed to automatically move there to place the ward and complete the task.

So, if you master the extreme distance between the ward and Flash, press the ward hotkey and then immediately follow up with Flash and W skill, and you've completed a cool ward flash W combo.

The biggest difference between it and W Flash is the speed of completion. The former is much faster than the latter, making it impossible for people to react.

That's how Bdd was unconsciously kicked by Lin Ruo.

Once the candied hawthorns were completed, Ornn's goat followed with a double top, and KZ's situation immediately collapsed.

While the audience, who couldn't understand the Chinese commentary, were still confused, Scout in the player's seat was the first to exclaim in surprise. As a skilled Lee Sin player, he easily recognized the ward flash W combo.

No operation is required; the only thing needed is a suitable hand speed.

The faster the action, the better. Obviously, Lin Ruo's hand speed had met the requirements, so he used this elegant ward flash W combo.

Including the movement from Braum, it's actually a bit more difficult than a simple ward flash W, but Lin Ruo did it so easily, like eating and drinking.

Well, Lin Ruo, having finished stringing the gourds together, calmly took a sip of water.

Only Jin Gong on the side couldn't stop shouting, his saliva almost spraying onto Lin Ruo's face: "Holy crap, awesome, what is this? What kind of operation is this? It's too scary."

He didn't understand it, but he was deeply shocked.

However, because it was Lin Ruo, GimGoon quickly calmed down. In the realm of League of Legends, he wouldn't be surprised by any amazing moves Lin Ruo might make.

All he could do was worship.

That's right, this team fight deserves respect not only for Lin Ruo, but also for Khan in the top lane. It's a good thing he didn't teleport down.

After spending four minutes delaying his development with teleportation, Khan chose to ignore this teleportation, because once Ornn left, he could solo push down the top tower, which would definitely widen the gap.

If they only lose one jungler, Trundle, in the mid lane, it would be perfectly acceptable for them.

But after Ornn teleported down, all three of them inexplicably died without even realizing it.

There's only one outcome now: they've lost everything.

(End of this chapter)