You've only been playing for half a year, and you've already reached the finals?

Chapter 151: Murder in the Mortal World
"Killing in the mortal world, escaping from the edge of a blade!" Wang Duo, from the commentary booth, recited famous lines effortlessly:
"Brother Xiaofei single-handedly opened a breakthrough in the mid lane! A very smooth tower dive solo kill!"

Wang Duoduo described this solo kill as smooth and natural.

He just casually went in, hit Q, hit E, EQA, and he was down to half health.

The damage calculation is just right; it feels like Irelia wouldn't die if she had just ten more points of health.

The timing of the combo was perfect; the moment Irelia was hit by her E, she was already dead, without even a chance to flash.

Doinb didn't even have a chance to use Flash; he could only watch as Akali beheaded him with a single strike.

"As expected of Akali who has won a solo tournament!"

Wang Duoduo still remembers that a few months ago in the SOLO tournament, Ming Jing picked Akali, dove the tower to kill Deft, and won the SOLO tournament championship.

The scene of that R-flash and flash-forced kill is still being talked about by countless viewers to this day.

Now, even when brought out on the stage of defeat, the performance is still just as outstanding!
The director acted quickly, switching to the replay as soon as possible.

Moreover, it was deliberately released starting from the exchange of blows between the two sides at the two levels.

In that skirmish, Akali remained calm in the face of Irelia's early level 2 rush. She dodged Irelia's E while leveling up to level 2 herself, and then used her Twilight Shroud to kite and pull off a huge trade, laying the foundation for her subsequent tower dive!

There's not much to say about the subsequent tower dive. The moment Doinb got hit by E, he was already dead. It just shows that Jing's on-the-spot judgment was incredibly fast.

I didn't expect Akali to get overtaken by Big B at level three. Is Akali really that easy to beat Irelia?

Is it possible that Big B is actually a bit incompetent?

[Just a little?]

[Look at Big B's Irelia Tang, it's hilarious!]

At this time, it was already 6:10, and the sun, which had just entered spring, was still setting early on the horizon as usual.

Song Xuan's room slowly returned to darkness, but she didn't want to get up. She watched the comments scrolling across the screen with great interest, so happy that her toes were moving.

She always believed that Mingjing's Akali would definitely win!

And this is only the beginning.

At this moment, Doinb's apology could still be heard in FPX's voice channel.

"My brothers, we didn't handle the start well."

Doinb apologized while sighing, his face clearly showing his distress.

Akali's various plays since the start of the laning phase kept replaying in his mind, and his doubts grew deeper and deeper.

This Akali play is just too amazing! How did you even practice that?

His ability to manage various distances and maintain control was the best he had ever seen, bar none.

Even TheShy's Akali, which was banned by various teams a couple of years ago, couldn't achieve this level of skill!
How can someone who plays AD carry play Akali so well?

Logically speaking, when an AD carry player switches to the mid lane, they should be best suited to marksman-type mid laners like Azir and Lucian, since these mid laners share commonalities with the AD carry position.

Why did Phi skip all these steps and start playing as a mage directly?
The output pattern of mage assassins is completely opposite to that of AD carries!
Doinb felt his heart bleed as he watched his own turrets shoot down the minions one by one!

He teleported back online as soon as he respawned, trying to minimize his losses.

During the TP journey, his gold coins finally increased to 450, allowing him to buy the Magic Resistance Fighter.

But this is obviously not enough.

Akali, who caught all three waves of minions and even got first blood, must have built a generator by the time she recalled to base. How is he supposed to lane now?

Akali is arguably the champion most dependent on level. From level three to level seven, there are almost always hurdles at each level, with her strength increasing steadily!
At this stage, Akali had an equipment advantage, and Doinb could already imagine how difficult the laning phase would be.

However, Akali's equipment still infuriated him after she went back online.

Akali didn't even bother to get out of the generator; instead, she had two pornographic books and a murder ring.

This scene left Doinb somewhat bewildered.

Why don't you use the generator to snowball your advantage and instead choose to lose money buying a ring?
Are they really planning to kill me out of my body?
But in any case, it's a good thing for him.

If that's the case, then Akali's equipment isn't actually that much ahead of his, and he still has a chance to win in lane.

In the subsequent laning phase, Doinb prioritized a stable approach, gradually looking for opportunities.

If you can initiate with your E skill when your passive is at full, then Irelia can still win based on stats.

Unless he starts with a huge advantage, Doinb will never play!
Of course, Mingjing would never give him that opportunity.

Akali completely disregarded Irelia, maintaining an extremely aggressive stance.

If Irelia dares to come up and last-hit, his Q will immediately stab her.

With his reaction and skill, he doesn't even need to use his E skill's dash; the speed boost from his W skill alone is enough to guarantee a 100% dodge of Irelia's E.

This is too childish; Ming Jing doesn't think that the Blade Maiden can pose any threat to him.

The main problem he faces now is that Irelia is too reliable, and after reaching level three, she has her W ability to protect her, making her really difficult to kill.

If he gets another solo kill, then the mid lane will be completely destroyed.

Only in this way can Mingjing bully the Irelia's teammates without worry.

It seems I'll have to wait until Level 6.

As long as he can seize the opportunity to whittle down Mingjing's health before level six, even if it's just by landing a round of Electrocute, Mingjing is confident that he can get another solo kill after level six.

take it easy.

Then, the mid lane entered a brief period of calm.

At this point, the director finally switched the camera to the side lane.

While they had a significant advantage in the mid lane, their teammates were not performing well in their laning phase.

On the top lane, Flandre's Renekton is facing off against Gnar. This is a very difficult matchup for Renekton. He can gain an advantage in the early levels, but the higher the level, the harder it is for him to win, until he becomes Gnar's toy in the late game.

Flandre was fine in the early laning phase, but Tian played freakishly this game. Udyr would gank top lane every time he finished farming jungle camps, just to protect Khan's Gnar until the late game.

Saint Gun's Flash and Teleport were both caught out, and he didn't even dare to push the lane out, which turned him into a disadvantage.

On the bottom lane, however, JieJie's offensive efforts were not ideal.

The main problem is that the champion Ziggs is too good at staying under the tower and throwing grenades, while the presence of Ryle prevents EDG's bottom and jungle trio from tower diving.

JieJie went to the bottom lane twice, but returned empty-handed both times.

Fortunately, the five-minute dragon was still a real threat, and JieJie controlled the dragon precisely at the five-minute mark, finally gaining a slight advantage.

However, this advantage was immediately given away.

Because Liu Qingsong had already determined that this dragon was not meant for them, Ruier didn't go down at all, but instead followed Xiaotian's Udyr to the top lane.

This gank was highly effective. Taking advantage of the minion wave pushing into the tower, Ryze and Udyr charged into the tower together. Flandre, a mere Renekton, had little room to maneuver and was stunned by Udyr, never to wake up again, dying in the chain of control.

Moreover, because Jie Jie was controlling the dragon, Lin Weixiang didn't rush to leave the bottom lane and boldly used his Q to farm a few minions.

Lin Weixiang only leisurely ran to the second tower after the news of Xiaolong's death spread throughout the entire stadium. Jie Jie was ultimately a step too late and missed his target.

"FPX's trade was pretty good!"

Wang Duoduo nodded and praised, "Because of their disadvantage in the mid lane, even though they knew they couldn't get the dragon, they chose to give it up in exchange, and ultimately succeeded in gaining an advantage in the top lane!"

"Yes, EDG's decision in this round wasn't actually wrong, it's just that FPX made the decision a step ahead!"

"In that case, although EDG is ahead of a dragon, they are actually behind in terms of economy, so the outcome of this game is still uncertain!"

Although the kill score was 1-1, Mingjing's kill was just a solo kill, and Doinb didn't lose many minions after teleporting back to lane.

On the other side, Flandre suffered a much bigger loss. He lost a huge wave of lanes without TP, and his plating was also destroyed by Gnar with Demolish.

Economically, EDG is now 0.3K behind.

But at the same time, six minutes had already passed in the game.

Mingjing's Akali reached level six and pushed the lane into the tower.

Under the tower is a level 5 Irelia with 70% health.

Previously, Mingjing landed a Q on Irelia at the maximum range, then decisively used W followed by a reverse E, forcibly moving in to unleash a combo.

Because Doinb spent all his money on the magic resistance cloak when he recalled to base, he didn't have any health potions to replenish his supplies.

Mingjing's thoughts were not affected by his teammates' situation. Akali stepped into the turret, her scythe flashing coldly.

"Huh?" Wang Duoduo immediately shouted again, "Mid lane! Are they going to tower dive again?"

As soon as Wang Duoduo finished speaking, Akali leaped up and immediately used her ultimate ability, charging straight at Irelia!
As Akali's ultimate ability flew to its end, she perfectly overlapped with Irelia's figure. Mingjing's pre-input E command also took effect at this moment. Akali flipped backward diagonally and precisely landed a close-range E on Irelia!
Akali no longer has a guaranteed hit with her R1, but in situations where her R1 is launched right at the enemy's face, her subsequent E is still quite easy to hit as long as it's not misplaced, and there's almost no chance of it being dodged.

Moreover, this kind of close-range E doesn't create much distance, which allows Mingjing to follow up with a Q at the maximum distance after using E.

REQ triggers Electrocute directly in three hits. Even though the first two hits don't deal much damage, they're enough to reduce Irelia's health to only 40%!

Ming Jing wasn't in a hurry to make a move. Instead, he deployed a smoke grenade, replenishing his energy while accelerating to pull himself out of the turret's range.

Seeing his health bar already at the kill threshold, Doinb's heart began to pound faster, and his fingers were already on W and E.

This version of Irelia has a little trick with EWE: after casting E, even if you enter the charging state of W later, the second E can still be released simultaneously.

As soon as Akali kicks with her second E, he will immediately use this technique to use W to block the opponent's small burst of EQ, and then use E to stun Akali who is in a displaced state and cannot dodge.

In this way, he might still have a chance.

Just then, Akali leaped into the air and launched a flying kick at Doinb!

Doinb reacted quickly, and Irelia swiftly unleashed her EWE combo!

While charging up W [Dance of the Distance], Akali throws out her twin blades vertically, encompassing her entire movement trajectory!
Ming Jing didn't actually know anything about the EWE combo, since he didn't play Irelia much and wasn't at the stage of researching such tricks yet.

But he reacted quickly enough.

The moment Mingjing saw Irelia unleash her first E, he immediately understood and changed his strategy.

He preemptively used his Q. Akali, still in the second stage of her E's flight, thrust forward with her Q [Shadow Strike], hitting Irelia at the perfect range, and then quickly used her R2 [Double Strike]!
R2 covers E2's displacement, and Akali's dash speed suddenly increases!

Just before [Twin Blades] closed, Akali broke free from the skill's range and mercilessly pierced through Irelia's body, reducing her health significantly despite the damage reduction effect!

Normally, a hero with 40% health would only need to be killed with an EQR combo.

However, at level 5, Irelia's W provides 24% magic damage reduction. In addition, Mingjing was forced to miss the second part of his E damage, resulting in Irelia having just over 100 health left after this R.

But it doesn't matter, it's still under control.

After R2 landed, Akali turned around and landed another passive slash on Irelia, reducing Irelia's health to only double digits.

Ming Jing actually had enough energy to fight another Q, but he didn't rush to make a move.

Because Irelia needs to use her Flash.

as predicted.

Just as Mingjing launched his basic attack, Irelia countered with her [Dance of the Blade], then immediately flashed and used her Q on a minion to escape!
But Mingjing didn't give her a chance. The moment Irelia flashed out, he immediately flashed after her and used Q again!

The Irelia's Q skill dash had just started when Akali's Q pierced her heel, instantly emptying her health bar!
"EDG Phi has killed FPX Doinb!"

After killing the enemy, Ming Jing stepped on the spreading smoke bombs, gaining a speed boost, and left the tower with low health.

Seeing this, Song Xuan breathed a sigh of relief.

This tower dive was incredibly difficult!
Precise damage calculation, accurate skill release, and exquisite on-the-spot reaction are all indispensable!

Even the slightest mistake could lead to a counterattack.

But Mingjing still managed to do all of this consistently.

"Another solo kill!" Wang Duoduo immediately shouted at the top of his lungs, "Xiaofei's Akali is too domineering! Doinb tried his best, but still couldn't escape death!"

"Wow, Doinb's death is such a blow! He's lost his Teleport, and this wave will result in a huge loss of lane! Mid lane is completely destroyed!"

GuGu chimed in, "Moreover, XiaoFei didn't receive any help from his teammates at all; he single-handedly secured two solo kills! After these solo kills, EDG regained their economic lead!"

At this point, the screen was filled with comments, all of which were mercilessly mocking Doinb.

[Holy crap! Fly!]

[Good riddance! I support the righteous massacre!]

[Students, please don't worry about the team!]

Before the match, Big B was being sarcastic, saying he was determined to advance to the finals, but then he got tower-dived and solo-killed twice. Hehe.

[Maya! This Akali is so overpowered! It's okay, guys, Akali's Flash is off cooldown (Flash is on cooldown), Xiaotian, come check it out!]

[Hey, how come you can send voice messages?]

[Still looking from here? With the current gap in mid lane, does Tian dare to even glance at Akali?]

All I can say is that the commenters understand monkeys.

The same conversation is taking place in FPX's voice channel.

But Xiaotian was stumped when faced with his mid-laner's request for help.

This Akali is 2-0, who knows what kind of equipment she'll have when she goes back to base? You want her to go gank?

You, as an Irelia, can't control Akali. What if she gets killed by me?
Xiao Tian remained silent, indicating his refusal.

Doinb had no choice but to give up. He focused on farming in the mid lane and cheered on his teammates, hoping their advantage would lead him to victory.

It's clear that Doinb really wants to win.
Khan readily agreed.

Regardless, Gnar is 1-0 against Renekton who is 0-1 in the top lane, so he has the advantage!
As long as he develops well enough, he is confident that he can help the team win the game by dribbling along the sidelines!

But just two minutes later, Khan shut up.

Eight minutes have passed, and the Rift Herald has spawned.

FPX, who controlled the top lane, showed no intention of giving up the Herald and wanted to group up to contest it.

Even Liu Qingsong's Rui'er arrived at the top lane early, and the four of them occupied the Dragon Pit terrain in advance!
While Irelia may not be able to beat Akali in a solo match, her early-game teamfight strength is quite impressive. Just one ultimate ability can have a significant impact!

But EDG was not afraid at all. After waiting for Meiko's Titan for a long time, the team decisively went to meet him.

Saint Gun Bro's Crocodile suddenly activated his ultimate to build up rage, and as soon as the Vanguard was reduced to low health, he immediately rushed forward!
Despite the limitations imposed by Irelia and Riel, Flandre had a clear strategy.

We have to do it!
Gnar's rage control seems a bit lacking; he only has 80 rage left, making him the perfect target to attack.

Saint Gun glanced at his Flash ability.

He was caught by Udyr's Flash a little over three minutes in, and now at eight and a half minutes, his Flash is just about to be ready again, its cooldown is over.

"I can engage Gnar! I can engage Gnar!" Flandre didn't seem to be giving his teammates much time to react. As he spoke, Renekton rolled forward and, with a flash of golden light, arrived next to Gnar.

The axe blade in the crocodile's hand glowed red, stunning Gnar for 1.5 seconds.

But at the same time, a ninja figure also shot into the sky!

Akali's play was quite daring. She used Ryze as a springboard to leap into the fray with her ultimate, followed by an E that hit Gnar far away.

Although he had just used his E skill, Riel stunned him with another E, and then Irelia's Twin Blades also caught him.

But Mingjing's life was not in any danger.

Because Mingjing also has teammates by his side.

Meiko's Titan hook interrupted Rey's subsequent stomp, while JieJie's Hecarim used his ultimate to dash into the fray, fearing Irelia and Gnar all the way!

Taking advantage of the output space created by his teammates, Mingjing decisively moved forward with his second E, delivered a Q in mid-air, and then used R2 to decapitate the enemy upon landing!

Poor Khan, despite being hit to the point of full rage, was sent back to the fountain by Akali before he could even unleash his ultimate ability!

"Khan didn't use his ultimate! FPX might be in for a crushing defeat!"

FPX's only hope in this vanguard team fight was Gnar. Now that Gnar has been instantly killed, what can a 0-2 Irelia without Flash do?

Seeing that things were not going well, Doinb turned and ran!
But EDG didn't give them a chance. Titan slammed down an anchor and used his passive to imprison him. Mingjing then used a smoke grenade to chase him down with a series of Q-A combos.

The centaur then sprinted forward, turning into a spinning electric fan!
Although Irelia could use her W's damage reduction to hold out for a while, death was inevitable. The 1.5-second damage reduction time quickly passed, and Mingjing used his Q to send Irelia back to the fountain.

"Double kill!"

Akali's double kill echoed throughout the entire stadium!
"4-0! Akali is almost going berserk!" Wang Duoduo's voice was full of passion. "Irelia and Riven have already run away, and EDG doesn't seem to be giving up. They're going to take the Rift Herald!"

After securing the Vanguard, JieJie even asked MingJing if he wanted to place the Vanguard in the mid lane.

But Mingjing just shook his head.

"No need, just take it for now. We'll wait for the dragon to spawn and then release it in the bottom lane." Ming Jing made a preliminary decision for the next two minutes or so.

In Mingjing's view, if the mid laner gets two solo kills, then that means the game is completely broken.

Continuing to push the middle lane won't yield high returns; it's better to withdraw some money from the side lanes.

I heard FPX's sidelaners are pretty arrogant.

After returning to the city, Mingjing's equipment consisted of a push stick, straw sandals, and a killing ring.

This version of Hextech Protobelt has been fatally nerfed. The rocket can no longer deal repeated damage to minions, which has drastically reduced its wave clear ability. In addition, the price has increased by 600 gold. Mage heroes such as Crystal Maiden who used to rush Hextech Protobelt can no longer do so.

But it's not entirely a weakening.

The extra 20 ability power and the added magic penetration are practically god-tier items for Akali, a mage assassin with no mana bar!
With the Mythic item in hand, Mingjing became increasingly reckless, directly taking JieJie to the bottom lane.

On the bottom lane, Lin Weixiang was quite bold. Even though he knew that EDG's mid and jungle were coming down, he was in no hurry to leave. He even used his ultimate to clear the minion wave before retreating to the second tower, trying to delay EDG's push.

But the price of daring is death.

Mingjing's Akali burst out of the shadows in the jungle, using her Force Staff to move forward, just in time to bring Riel into the range of her ultimate.

Using Rui'er as a pedal, Ming Jing moved forward with R1. Although Rui'er controlled him, Ming Jing ignored her and hit Rui'er with a reverse E while moving, followed by an R2!

With two dashes, Akali charged straight into the face of the Ziggs!
R2 followed by passive and then Q to trigger Electrocute, and in just one exchange, the Ziggs' health was reduced by more than half!

This version of the mask has more mana, but less health, leaving the Bomber with no defensive attributes whatsoever!
Mingjing placed a smoke grenade, used the speed boost to trigger his passive ability, and then followed up with an AQ combo, instantly depleting the Bomber's health bar!

After the kill, Akali used her second E to fly back to Ryle's side, and together with her teammates, sent Ryle away!

"Double kill!"

"Dominate!"

Because he possessed the Killing Ring, Mingjing had absolutely no intention of giving up his head.

Another double kill! The number of kills in the Killing Ring increases by four, reaching the maximum value of ten!
EDG then released the Rift Herald, pushed down the bottom lane tower, and then turned around to control the Infernal Dragon.

When Akali returned to town, she combined the Mejai's Ring and Sandals into a Mejai's Soulstealer and Sorcerer's Shoes.

It's hard to believe that this equipment was made in just twelve minutes.

At this point, the outcome of the match is clearly no longer in doubt; all that remains is slaughter and a push!

Next, EDG swapped lanes, with Flandre going to the bottom lane to deal with Irelia, who was in an even worse situation than him.

Mingjing then went up to fight against Nar.

Khan is clearly used to dominating the top lane and doesn't realize what kind of fear he's about to face.

But when Akali burst out of the shadows, her Protobelt hurtling towards his face, and his E hit, it was too late.

Akali only needed to use EEQ to apply Electrocute, and Gnar already lost most of his health. Then, she used Smoke Bomb and two more AQ combos, and Gnar was happily sent to his death!

In the 23-minute team fight around the Baron, Mingjing circled around and appeared from behind FPX's camp. He used his ultimate to fly into the fray and EEQ kicked Ziggs to death, making his health bar disappear. Lin Weixiang's eyes widened in disbelief.

What the hell is this? Are you trying to kill my guy like a ranged minion?

But Mingjing wasn't done yet. After Akali killed the Ziggs, she used a smoke bomb to go invisible, then turned around and used AQR to coordinate with her teammates to kill Irelia. A combo of skills killed both carries, helping the team win a dream team fight with zero to five.

At 25 minutes, EDG pushed forward and won the game!

(End of this chapter)