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Chapter 503 One Step Away from the Championship

The match time had just reached 3 minutes.

Lin Ruo then quickly secured the kill on Syndra with a series of simple, straightforward, and purely speed-based maneuvers.

First blood.

At this moment, the sound of the first blood was particularly jarring to Score's ears. He watched helplessly as the Lee Sin took the kill and passed right by him, but he had no way to stop him.

Although the Lee Sin's health wasn't very high, Syndra had walked to the tower before dying, and Lin Ruo, after a series of maneuvers, inevitably took some tower damage.

At the same time, the attack from the entire wave of minions caused his health to drop to about half. After taking two basic attacks from the Prince, Lin Ruo's Lee Sin health dropped even lower, to about one-third.

However, this does not mean that Score has the ability to kill Lin Ruo; on the contrary, he does not.

Out of anger, he made a basic attack when they collided, which was at most the last bit of dignity that Score didn't lose. Now that he has no skills, he can't keep the Lee Sin, not to mention that the LeBlanc who used a health potion has come back.

Although both of them had one-third of their health remaining, in a direct confrontation, it would definitely be the prince who would be pulled along.

That's what he said, but when he saw that the two opponents not only didn't retreat, but actually tried to push the minion wave into his own turret right in front of him, Score, who was burning with anger, couldn't hold back anymore.

He felt that the opponent's actions were the same as his own in the first game when he cleared minions in front of Sejuani.

My simple EQ combo is guaranteed to kill any target I provoke. What are you guys pretending for?

Staring at the two players still pushing the lane, especially Lin Ruo's Lee Sin who seemed to completely disregard him, Score calmed down and stepped forward to push the minion wave back.

He's waiting for his skill, but what's the other side waiting for?
Maybe I'll just wait to die.

Patiently waiting for the cooldown to expire, Score immediately unleashed an EQ combo and charged towards the Lee Sin not far ahead.

The flag dropped by E skill landed squarely on Lee Sin's head, but the subsequent thrust, along with Jarvan IV's close-range knock-up, missed unexpectedly.

Score paused for a moment, as if he could hear Lin Ruo's laughter in his head.

He got tricked again.

Because Lin Ruo decisively used his W skill to poke at LeBlanc on the other side while he had just used his E skill, thus creating distance.

Judging from this reaction, there is no doubt that this is a blatant attempt to seduce someone.

Unless Score has a perfect EQ flash combo, he absolutely cannot take down Lee Sin.

He wants to too.

However, Lin Ruo's reach is extremely limited, which means that even if the prince were to use his EQ flash combo, he would most likely be unable to reach the target.

Since the Lee Sin was not engaged, and their EQ combo is now on cooldown, the initiative has undoubtedly shifted to the Chinese team.

It doesn't matter that Lin Ruo used her W skill, since she still has another one. As long as Xiao Hu's W skill is still working, it's fine.

At this point, Xiaohu's health had returned to about half. Next, he needed to use his W skill to move forward and attach the chain to the hastily entering Prince.

If Score's Jarvan IV can withstand the damage from the mid-jungle duo of LeBlanc and Lee Sin, even with most of his health remaining, he will still be doomed.

Score, who was somewhat regretting entering the fray, certainly understood that what he needed to do now was either to use Flash to create distance without holding back, or to save a Flash and gamble on his positioning.

Weighing the pros and cons, it's clearly better to gamble by using positioning to dodge skills than to directly use Flash.

It's not that Score is particularly confident in his positioning; don't forget that when LeBlanc uses her W skill, she's only a few steps away from him, making it extremely difficult to actually dodge that W skill.

However, even if he gets chained, Score can immediately use Flash to break free and escape. So, regardless of whether he gets chained or not, he has the ability to use Flash to break free successfully.

So instead of directly using Flash, it's better to try to dodge by positioning yourself; you might be able to avoid it and save yourself a Flash.

It's hard.

However, this did not affect Score, who was not under much psychological pressure. The moment LeBlanc's W skill came on, he immediately started shaking left and right in an attempt to reposition himself.

The difficulty for Tiger to break free from the chain this time was actually much lower, because he was really close to the prince.

But at that very moment, as the prince swayed left and right, Xiaohu's casual E skill missed completely.

The chain is empty, and it feels so lonely...

Wang Duoduo, who was originally ready to cheer, was rendered speechless by Xiaohu's performance in the commentary booth.

No, can this be empty?
"Unexpectedly, the other team is quite good at maneuvering." Xiaohu explained awkwardly in the Chinese team's voice chat.

It's unbelievable that it could be empty; even Xiao Hu sometimes wants to question it.

Ok.

That was indeed a bit too outrageous. This gap allowed Score to avoid a crisis, and at least for now, his Flash saved him.

With no other option, Xiaohu used LeBlanc's Q followed by a basic attack to deal the remaining damage, and then tried to return to his original position to continue pushing the lane.

The bad news is that it's empty, but the good news is that at least the prince has really been driven away.

That's what they say, but Xiao Hu will soon find that this bad news can be salvaged, because just as he's about to turn back...

A sonic wave swept past him from behind. Taking advantage of the prince's momentary lapse in attention, Lin Ruo, who was behind him, casually unleashed a sonic wave that struck the target squarely.

Score was still reeling from his joy when he realized that the opponent had another skill that could threaten him. Without any counter-attack skills, the Lee Sin with the red buff could deal significant damage with his kick.

Moreover, his health had already been reduced to almost half by the Enchantress.

So it's a bit dangerous.

What followed proved to be not just a little dangerous, but extremely dangerous. As Lin Ruo's Lee Sin kicked over, his basic attack triggered Electrocute, and the red buff's burn effect slowed him down.

Prince Score had to slow down.

Now Little Tiger's Enchantress caught up, unleashing one basic attack after another, turning the situation into a two-on-one battle.

Lin Ruo's skill cooldowns are quick, allowing her to activate her W skill and apply a shield at any time. She is not afraid of the prince at all, and even acts arrogantly.

Even if his health is less than a third of what it used to be, Lin Ruo would never believe that the prince was capable of killing him.

Score, who was furious and retreating while attacking, realized he needed to create distance quickly, otherwise his skills would refresh before he did.

Finally, when his health dropped to just one small potion, almost enough for LeBlanc to finish him off with a single W skill and a basic attack, Score stumbled to the entrance of the blue side's jungle and decisively flashed away, disappearing into the bush behind the red monster.

Neither Lee Sin nor LeBlanc had Flash, so there was absolutely no way they could catch up with him at this moment.

However, this still doesn't mean he can escape, because this position is the Chinese team's jungle, not his or the Korean team's jungle. In other words, Score's move away is tantamount to walking into the lion's den.

It wasn't that Score was stupid, nor that he didn't want to escape from his own jungle; it was simply that he had no other choice. The moment he was positioning himself to dodge LeBlanc's chain, his steps began to move to the right.

It was this rightward twist that allowed him to narrowly avoid the chain, but it inevitably pushed him further towards the Chinese team's blue side jungle.

Then he was entangled by Lin Ruo's Blind Monk, so he couldn't expect to turn around and head diagonally towards his own jungle again.

Score knows which is more convenient for getting around: driving straight or driving on curves.

If he had gritted his teeth and headed back into his own jungle, he would be a corpse by now.

Of course, this doesn't seem to affect the fact that he will most likely end up as a corpse, but at least there's still room for maneuver.

Score, who had already hidden in the bushes behind the red monster, was not yet at his most desperate moment, firstly because the two opponents had no vision of him.

Secondly, I'm sorry, my skills have been refreshed.

Since there was no way to escape, there was no point in running away. Seeing the Blind Monk still daring to approach the bushes, Score's anger boiled over once again.

He was practically screaming inside: "I already have skills, what are you still pretending for?"

Given Lin Ruo's low health as a Lee Sin, if he could use his EQ combo to turn around and knock up the opponent, it would still be a guaranteed kill. Therefore, Score decided to turn around and trade one for one.

At least I won't lose so much; it's better than dying alone.

Score, having made up his mind, saw that the Lee Sin was still moving. With a quick glance, he dropped the flag and then leaped out, his target the Lee Sin at the entrance of the jungle.

Provoking it will surely lead to certain death.

Compared to Score's all-or-nothing approach, Lin Ruo's expression was much calmer in the Chinese team's voice chat, as he enthusiastically said, "He's back."

Indeed, the prince did turn back, just as Lin Ruo had predicted.

Lin Ruo wasn't stupid; how could he not know that, in a desperate situation, once the prince acquired his skills, he would definitely want to turn around and finish off the weakened prince?

What's more, Score just happened to slip into the bushes, making it even easier for him to turn around and fire a shot from the shadows when there was no line of sight.

Therefore, it was inevitable that the prince would turn back, and Lin Ruo knew this better than anyone else. So, the moment the flag was planted, she didn't forget to make a joke in the voice message.

His next task was naturally to dodge this expected EQ combo.

As I said before, as long as he isn't provoked, it will definitely be the prince who dies.

However, compared to the previous wave, even though the W skill has a very short cooldown, Lin Ruo still can't use it this time, so there's no way she can use the W skill to poke the LeBlanc behind her or ward to reposition.

Of course, Lin Ruo didn't think it was very convenient to do this. When it comes to dodging skills, positioning is the real and original winning strategy.

Why don't you just walk to the side?

As long as you react quickly enough, there is no non-targeted skill that you cannot dodge.

As it turned out, Lin Ruo, who had anticipated this, reacted very quickly. Just as the prince made up his mind to turn back, the blind monk had already deliberately begun to change direction.

This meant that, aside from the flag landing first and brushing against the Blind Monk's body, the subsequent scene between Score, the Prince, and Lin Ruo could only be a different one.

That's what happens when you brush past someone unintentionally.

Score, who was already in position, watched helplessly as the Lee Sin deftly twisted his body, and his volley suddenly missed.

Although his EQ combo still dealt most of the damage before this, the lack of that knock-up damage became the most fatal flaw.

Score ultimately failed to knock up the Lee Sin and thus failed to kill him instantly; instead, he ended up on the same level as the Lee Sin.

How can I describe this? Isn't it just like that previous Flash-based wasteful use of his ultimate ability?
And then... I guess I'll die for nothing.

LeBlanc was almost pouncing on him, so Score had no choice but to work hard and fight back against the Lee Sin next to him, trying to use the slow and damage from his W skill, Golden Shield, to finish off Lin Ruo.

But does that mean I don't have a shield just because you have one?
In comparison, Lin Ruo felt his shield was thicker; anyway, sorry, his W skill had been refreshed.

This is the advantage of fast skill refresh. Playing Lee Sin, Lin Ruo instantly cast a thick shield on himself, and then retreated while attacking.

With the help of the enchantress, the prince will inevitably be the first to die.

Even though Lin Ruo's current health is actually lower than the prince's, the damage from the Enchantress is enough to kill him before the prince can even land a second attack.

So the real suspense lies in who should get the kill.

Xiaohu confidently used his refreshed Q followed by a basic attack, thinking he could kill the enemy instantly. However, unexpectedly, the damage was just a tiny bit short.

This insignificant matter was ultimately ended by Lin Ruo's basic attack.

As the prince fell to the ground, less than four minutes into the game, Lin Ruo, having eaten and drunk her fill and with a full belly, secured her second precious kill.

The Lee Sin with a 2-0 score, whose ID is Lin Ruo, seems to be facing the end of the game again, and this time it's much faster than the previous two games.

At this moment, the audience erupted in a hysterical cheer that seemed to come out of nowhere. Most of the audience hadn't even had time to savor Lin Ruo's amazing reaction and positioning to dodge the prince's EQ combo before they were already immersed in the frenzy.

The Chinese team's early dominance over the South Korean mid and jungle players indicates that they are closer to winning the Asian Games championship.

The rising five-star red flag and the stirring national anthem are just one step away.

"Lin Shen's reaction was amazing! He actually dodged the knockback. He's incredible!" On the platform, Wang Duoduo, the commentator, was just as excited as most of the audience.

This doesn't prevent him from seizing the most exciting moment in the game.

Without a doubt, Lin Ruo's reaction became the key to overturning the prince's fate.

This reaction turned the tide, sending the South Korean team into a deep abyss, and was an absolute victory in terms of individual skill.

From the initial feigned push in the mid lane to provoke and entice, to this exploit of a weakness and subsequent positioning to break the deadlock, Lin Ruo completely treated the highly competitive Score like a fool and thoroughly outmaneuvered him.

In short, this was too much for Score to handle mentally.

He's afraid that Lee Sin will no longer have his own jungle, because he'll have to start treating their jungle as his home again.

It's not just fear, it's a 100% fact. If Lin Ruo doesn't appear in the red team's jungle at some point in the future, then it can only mean one other thing.

This Lee Sin went to harass the Prince's teammates online.

(End of this chapter)