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

Chapter 170: Torture!
After a brief hiccup, JieJie went to steal the enemy's red buff jungle monsters, while the players on all three lanes returned to their respective lanes and resumed their normal laning phase.

This little incident at the beginning did not affect the laning phase on any of the three lanes.

After all, the minions had been online for quite some time, so Mingjing definitely didn't have time to go home. He could only keep fighting with the huge sum of 740 yuan.

Fortunately, Akali is good at countering marksmen like Lucian, but that's something you can only do after you reach a certain level.

Before Akali reaches level three, Mingjing can still use his range advantage to dominate Akali.

That's enough.

Mingjing didn't forget to give back to his teammates. He simply cleared the first wave of minions and then immediately headed towards his own bottom red buff area with JieJie, where they encountered Volibear trying to trade jungle camps.

After forcing the bear to retreat, JieJie easily secured three jungle camps at the start of the game, which was quite comfortable.

The top laner, Flandre, is having a pretty good time.

After all, the enemy Sion was forced back to base at the start of the game, so in order not to lose minions, Sion had no choice but to teleport back to lane.

Sion was already no match for Kennen, and now he's lost his Teleport, plus the jungler has been spotted in the bottom half of the map, leaving Sion with no choice but to camp under the tower and wait for the minion wave to push in.

The only uncomfortable one is the bottom lane.

Viper made great contributions at the start of the game, but unfortunately he didn't get any kills. When he returned to the bottom lane after the fight, he had almost lost all of the first wave of minions!
Viper lost a wave of minions at the start, and with Volibear still in the bottom lane, his laning phase was quite difficult. Fortunately, his skill level was quite high, so farming minions wasn't a problem.

At times like these, it's time for the mid laner to break the deadlock.

Lucian, who secured two kills at the start of the game, needs to set the pace of the game; otherwise, he'll be blamed.

After three waves of minions passed, Mingjing pushed the lane and returned to base.

When he went out again, a Noon Quiver was quietly lying in his inventory.

As a key component of the Marksman Mythic item, this item provides both decent attack power and attack speed, while also offering additional damage to minions and increasing wave clear speed.

This equipment can usually provide decent combat power when it is completed in just over six minutes.

But nowadays, if you can make it in three minutes, that can only be called a killer move.

As soon as he logged in, Mingjing used his E to slide in, then used both pistols followed by his Q on Akali, forcing Maple to use a smoke grenade to protect himself.

Ming Jing had anticipated this. He held his two pistols in his hands and stood in the middle of the smoke grenade, waiting for Akali to appear.

Maple didn't dare show himself. He was under two layers of heavy attacks. If he dared to fight back, Lucian would immediately come at him with his dual pistols and unleash a heavy attack. With Lucian's current equipment, he had no chance of winning the trade!

This made Maple feel incredibly frustrated.

If it were a normal laning phase, it definitely shouldn't look like this!
After the smoke screen cleared, Akali had already returned to the base of the tower.

Without the smoke grenade to protect him, Maple could only cower under the tower, just like his teammates in the top lane, waiting for the tower to finish him off.

Once the minion wave reaches the tower, his smoke grenade will be ready again, so slowly farming under the tower shouldn't be a problem.

Ming Jing really doesn't know what to do with Akali right now, but he's not worried.

He'll get what's coming to him sooner or later.

But there's no rush right now, let's roam around the side lanes first.

In fact, Mingjing rarely roams to the side lanes before dominating the mid lane, because for him, the benefits of roaming are too unstable. It's better for him to pressure the mid lane with more CS or get a layer of turret plating.

When you see him wandering around, there's only one possibility.

That means this roaming maneuver was indeed quite stable, even more so than when he was farming turret plating in the mid lane!
On the top lane, PSG's top laner Hanabi was standing under the tower, trembling with fear.

Through his teammates' information, he knew that Lucian had already pushed the lane and was now heading straight for him.

But there's no escaping it now.

Just look at JieJie's Morgana, who had already appeared behind the tower and cut off his escape route.

He's a Sion without a level 6 skill, he can't even get to the self-isolated bushes!

He tried to force his way through, but Morgana just walked up and auto-attacked him. Once she was right in his face, she landed a Q that hit him squarely.

Morgana's Q skill control had just ended when Lucian appeared in his vision with a slide, completely cutting off his retreat plans, leaving him no choice but to obediently retreat under the tower.

"But does a Sion standing under the tower really have any room to maneuver?" Guan Daxiao shouted from the commentary booth, "Volibear is almost here, EDG needs to make a move quickly!"

"I'll tank it! I'll tank it!" Flandre was quite sensible. He was planning to go home anyway, so tanking the tower wasn't difficult for him. He first stuck to Sion's face and unleashed an AQWE combo in an instant.

Because of the close proximity, this E skill directly triggered three stacks of stun, freezing Sion in place!

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Mingjing used AWAA to initiate a strong attack, followed by QAA to unleash a burst of damage, and finally EAA to kill Sion under the tower!

3-0, a complete massacre!

It wasn't until this point that Flandre finally stepped out of the tower, with 40% health remaining.

At that moment, news came from the screen that PSG's jungler had secured the dragon, but the EDG players were not surprised and simply cleared the minion wave under the tower.

Mingjing returned to town to replenish his equipment, and then teleported directly to the mid lane.

Another kill secured, and Mingjing's laning advantage became increasingly apparent.

He uses his Q skill to quickly clear minion waves, and once the minion wave reaches the tower, he starts harassing the tower, chipping away at its health if possible, and if not, he attacks the tower to steal plating.

With the advantage in equipment, Ming Jing was fearless and not worried about dying at all.

PSG isn't unwilling to gank mid, but they simply have no other choice.

After all, JieJie's Morgana was clearly playing mid lane this game, with Morgana coming to clear wards in the mid lane almost as soon as her scan was ready.

On one occasion, PSG's jungler, Volibear, thought he had found an opportunity and tried to gank mid while activating his Wolf's Head.

But as expected, JieJie was waiting nearby, and Morgana rushed out and cast a magic shield on Lucian.

The magic shield is a huge counter to bears.

Without being able to stun enemies with his Q skill, Volibear not only can't keep enemies in place, but his most crucial E skill also misses, reducing his burst damage by almost half!
There was nothing PSG's mid and jungle players could do but watch Lucian walk away triumphantly, their teeth practically grinding to dust.

Damn, Morgana is such an overpowered champion!
If Morgana is picked first, what jungler should I choose to play effectively?

PSG's jungler ultimately had no choice but to look for an opportunity to gank the bottom lane.

Fortunately, the bottom lane has enough advantages to allow him to make his mark.

In seven minutes, the bear leveled up to six and then went down.

The level 6 Volibear's tower diving ability is incredibly strong. If he really catches him, the EDG bot lane duo might die under the tower!
Fortunately, EDG had a very keen sense of smell.

When the bear appeared behind the tower, he saw that EDG's bottom lane was completely empty, with not a single person in sight.

"Damn it," River couldn't help but mutter to himself.

The minion wave hadn't even reached the tower yet, and the two of them had already disappeared?
At this moment, from God's perspective, it can be clearly seen that Viper's little cannon has consciously squatted in the self-isolating grass, motionless, quiet as if dead.

Park Do-hyun has had a really tough time this game. He started dying right from the beginning and has been dying ever since. Now he's even been down by almost 20 CS in the bottom lane by the Taiwanese team!

But Viper wasn't in a hurry. He didn't even look at himself at the moment, but instead moved the camera to the middle lane to watch his teammates' actions.

He knew his teammates would definitely win back everything he had lost!

Having anticipated PSG's gank in the bottom lane, Meiko had no intention of suffering alongside Viper in the bottom lane. Instead, he headed straight for the mid lane!

In the mid lane, Mingjing also pushed a wave of minions into the tower.

At the same time, JieJie's Morgana also appeared behind the tower, and a tower dive came without warning!
On PSG's side, Maple looked at Morgana blocking the way from behind and was extremely distressed.

He was constantly suppressed by Mingjing throughout the game, and his situation was not much better than Viper's. He was also down 20 CS by his opponent, and he also lost two plating layers!

Maple didn't think he would be caught and killed, but he lost a wave of minions again, which was a bit of a blow!

As Morgana and Lucian slowly closed in, Maple had no choice but to use a smoke grenade to become invisible and search for an escape route.

But smoke grenades don't work on Morgana.

Jie Jie, driving the Wolf Head, quickly stood in the middle of the smoke grenades.

Morgana's ultimate ability was activated at that moment, and JieJie decisively pressed it!

Morgana's ultimate ability does not need to be used against enemies; it can be used as long as there are heroes nearby.

Moreover, once released, it will remain visible to the target, and the locked target will be unable to enter stealth mode!
Morgana unleashed her ultimate ability, forcibly pulling Akali out of the smoke bomb!

Maple couldn't help but feel bitter inside.

Morgana is such a strange champion with a ton of weird mechanics!

With Morgana guarding him, he didn't even dare to use his ultimate to dash towards her, because he would most likely get hit by her Q.

He could only use a reverse E followed by Flash, creating two consecutive dashes to create distance and forcibly pull himself out of Morgana's ultimate range.

Seeing this, Maple breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the opposing team didn't anticipate his Flash.

If Morgana uses Flash to close the distance beforehand, he really doesn't know what to do.
Just as Maple was feeling fortunate, a golden light suddenly pierced into her vision!
Upon seeing the dazzling golden light, Maple's expression changed again.

Oh no! Leona's here too!
On the LPL commentary booth, Guan Daxiao and 957 were already incredibly excited!
"Here it comes! A 3v1 gank from EDG!" Guan Daxiao's voice boomed. "Meiko's roam was perfectly timed, catching Akali who had just used Flash!"

The Leona's Zenith Blade landed perfectly on Akali, who had used Flash to create distance, and she dashed in and delivered a solid Shield Bash to stun her!

Taking this opportunity, JieJie followed up with another Q [Dark Imprisonment]. Akali's E plus Flash, a two-stage dash, not only got him out of Morgana's ultimate range but also removed the protection of her smoke bomb.

Taking advantage of the control effect, Ming Jing quickly slid up and fired his dual pistols in rapid succession!

A small Akali has absolutely no chance of surviving a full combo from three people, let alone a Lucian who is 3-0 among them.

Lucian unleashed a full combo of damage, followed by his ultimate, which rained down bullets on Akali's face, securing the kill!

"4-0! They're almost going berserk!" In the commentary booth, Guan Daxiao was practically grinning. "Xiaofei's Lucian is as sharp as ever, just like Xiaohu's, he's a carry when he picks him!"

There are two Lucian players in this world with a 100% win rate: one is Xiaohu, and the other is Mingjing.

In the games where these two players play, Lucian is usually the first champion to be banned.

"To be honest, we don't know what PSG was thinking in this game either."

957's words were full of confusion, "Their points situation is already so dangerous, why did they still release Lucian?"

Guan Daxiao couldn't help but laugh and said, "I really don't understand this either. In the second round, they would rather ban two top laners than ban Lucian. It feels like they are really underestimating Xiaofei!"

957 thought for a moment and tried to consider one possibility: "I guess he was confident that Maple's Akali could handle Lucian, but there was a little accident at the beginning of the game?"

"Isn't that a bit too confident?"

To outsiders, PSG's draft strategy in this match was indeed a mystery.

Look at EDG's complete lineup, even if you let DK come, they would still get crushed! How can you draft like this?
Of course, if you ask someone at PSG about this question, you're destined not to get the right answer.

After ganking the mid lane, the time came exactly eight minutes.

Meiko quickly returned to the bottom lane to protect Viper as he farmed the next wave of minions, while EDG's mid and jungle coordinated with Flandre to secure the Rift Herald while the team was outnumbered!
"EDG's bottom tower is low on health, with only two plating layers left. But fortunately, EDG has already secured the Rift Herald, so the first tower kill should be no problem!"

After acquiring the Herald, JieJie immediately placed it in the mid lane.

At this moment, the first tower of PSG was just within the Vanguard's kill range. The Vanguard ducked down and attacked, directly sending the first tower bounty into Mingjing and Jiejie's pockets.

Maple watched as his mid-lane tower collapsed with a crash, pressed TAB to check Lucian's equipment, and felt a little dizzy for a moment.

In less than ten minutes, it was 4-0, and the first tower was destroyed.
Even because of these four kills, the Magic Boots have already been distributed, which is another 300 gold in extra income.

It's hard to imagine what equipment Lucian will get when he goes back to base to resupply!
Mingjing quickly gave him the answer.

When he was re-released, Lucian already had Windfury and Berserker's Greaves, making his equipment terrifyingly good!
At this point, with this equipment, Lucian's damage output is simply incomprehensible.

What Mingjing needs to do next is to rely on his superior equipment to win the game as soon as possible!

11 minutes later, the second dragon spawned.

Even though EDG openly declared their intention to contest the dragon, PSG showed no intention of giving it up and planned to engage in a head-on team fight.

There was no other way out for them.

Although Lucian's equipment is intimidating, their Kai'Sa's equipment is not bad either. She has already successfully evolved into Q with the help of individual components, so she may not be without a fighting chance.

If they can secure Lucian's bounty in this dragon fight, they might still have a chance to survive!
All four players from both sides except the top laner were in position, and the distance between the two sides was quite ambiguous, with everyone looking for an opportunity to make the first move.

However.
In the blink of an eye, Lucian was the first to make a move.

Mingjing accurately calculated Kai'Sa's W cooldown, knowing that the enemy Kai'Sa would most likely use W to poke!
Taking advantage of this opportunity, he decisively used his E skill [Ruthless Pursuit] to move forward and bring Kai'Sa into his attack range!
The player used both pistols and Q to instantly hit Kai'Sa. With subsequent movement to cancel the Q skill's animation, the player followed up with both pistols. Kai'Sa took five shots in one go and was instantly reduced to less than half health!

Upon seeing the scene before them, commentators from all over the world gasped in surprise!
A marksman initiating a team fight with their bare hands? Seriously?

And this damage is a bit outrageous!
On the other side, PSG's counterattack was quick enough; Nautilus' hook immediately extended, and Volibear and Akali also rushed up at the same time.

However, with prior communication, Morgana's magic shield appeared simultaneously on Lucian, helping Mingjing block the Titan's fatal hook!
Furthermore, because Akali's R1 deals physical damage, PSG had no way to break through the magic shield in a short time, which meant that Volibear's slam was unable to hit Lucian for a long time!
Taking this opportunity, Mingjing used W to summon two guns, which he then used on Kai'Sa, before immediately unleashing his ultimate, "Holy Lance Baptism"!
Countless bullets rained down on Kai'Sa, who had very little health left, and the kill was about to be completed!

PSG's AD carry, Doggo, was completely taken aback by this combo. He decisively used his ultimate, but it wasn't for a counterattack. Instead, he used it to dodge Lucian's ultimate projectile while simultaneously generating a shield, and then flashed and healed to create distance!

But Ming Jing was already in a killing frenzy at this moment. Lucian used Gale to teleport deep into the enemy camp, canceled his ultimate, and then used both pistols!

Lucian used his ultimate ability, dual pistols, to spam E, and then drew up another Relentless Pursuit. Mingjing quickly used E to dash again, ensuring he was away from the rest of PSG and putting Kai'Sa within attack range, before unleashing another dual pistol attack!

During this timeframe, even Gale is a decent damage skill. Combined with the subsequent dual pistols, Kai'Sa simply couldn't withstand the damage and was forcibly killed by two shots!

Moreover, the instant he unleashed his dual pistols, Lucian simultaneously used Flash to create distance, executing an A-Flash combo that, combined with his previous E skill, successfully pulled him a thousand yards away!

"—Unstoppable!"

Lucian's unstoppable voice resounded throughout the stadium, and the commentators went crazy!

"Wow, what kind of move is Lucian making?!"

"He solo-killed Kai'Sa all by himself?! Is that for real?!"

"I told you long ago, Xiaofei's Lucian is a guaranteed carry!"

"OMG! Phi! What on earth is this guy doing?!"

"What a crazy performance! He's destroying the PSG with his dual pistols!"

"It's over, it's all over!"

Doggo stared blankly at his empty health bar, feeling a little lost.

You're going to kill me like that?
In front of my teammates?
The other three members of PSG were naturally unwilling to see Lucian leave like that. Nautilus's ultimate was charging in step by step, and Akali also used her Force Staff and R2 to forcefully charge into Lucian's face!
But EDG wasn't stupid either. Viper used Tristana's ultimate, Devastating Shot, and Akali had just dashed to Lucian's face when she was hit by Tristana's ultimate and knocked back a long way.

As for Volibear and Titan, there's no need to say more. EDG's jungler and support each showed their skills, blocking one of them and defending them one-on-one!

Seeing that Lucian was still alive despite being so difficult, the remaining three members of PSG were extremely anxious!
But they really didn't have any ideas!
With their main damage dealer Kai'Sa getting solo killed, all they could do was run away!

"But do you think you can escape? Aren't you dreaming!" Colonel Guan's voice was quite loud. "EDG can still catch up!"

Morgana followed up her Q skill with her ultimate to keep Nautilus in place, while Leona was responsible for sticking to Volibear.

Under perfect control, although Ming Jing was knocked away by Titan, no one could touch him.

As soon as his ultimate skill ended, Mingjing immediately joined the attack!
In no time at all, two shots killed Titan.

On the other side, we saw the bear use Flash followed by his ultimate to create distance and try to escape!
However, after receiving an assist from Nautilus, Viper's Tristana successfully refreshed her W. Tristana then used Rocket Jump to rush in and chased after Volibear with three auto attacks, securing her first kill and helping the team achieve a dream 3-0 exchange!
"A 3-for-0 trade plus the dragon! EDG's dragon fight was a resounding victory!"

At this moment, the camera suddenly switched to the top lane, and everyone saw Kennen fighting Sion.

And it wasn't just a minor skirmish; it was a relentless, brutal beating!

At this moment, Sion was left with only half health and was stunned on the spot by Kennen's W!

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Flandre decisively activated his ultimate skill to close the distance, and it looked like he was about to get a one-on-one kill!

Sion clearly didn't dare to linger, and immediately activated his ultimate ability to drive away in the opposite direction after the stun ended.

But Flandre was prepared. Kennen flashed and used his body to force Sion's ultimate to stop!

"Hey!" 957 also sensed the danger. "Looks like he's going to get a solo kill!"

Although Kennen was stunned, the lightning from his ultimate continued to fall, stacking another stun on Sion, making it impossible for Sion to create distance!

After Flandre's stun wore off, he chased after Sion with a series of Q-A combos, finally landing a precise Q and securing a solo kill in his lane!

"Then this isn't just a 3-for-0, it's a 4-for-0! And Flandre will even take down the top lane's first tower!" Guan Zeyuan's face was full of joy. "Everyone on EDG is giving it their all this game!"

"Yes, it's only been a little over ten minutes, and the kill score is already 7-0! They're leading by 5,000 gold! PSG basically has no chance of winning!"

Viewers were puzzled as to why EDG suddenly got so into the game.

But all they knew was that if they continued to dominate like this, PSG might not even last twenty minutes.

In the following period, EDG continued to expand their advantage.

At 13 minutes, Viper triumphed, taking down the enemy's bottom lane tower first.

At 14 minutes, Mingjing and Jiejie caught Volibear in the jungle. Morgana used her Q skill to root him, and Mingjing fired dozens of shots at Volibear in a flurry, securing their sixth kill!
Taking advantage of the kill on the bear, EDG pushed forward and destroyed the mid-lane second tower!

At 15 minutes, EDG secured the second Rift Herald on time, then grouped up in the bottom lane and easily took down the second bottom tower.

At the same time, Flandre was also in the top lane, solo pushing the second top lane tower.

In just fifteen minutes, PSG lost all their outer towers, and their economic deficit approached 10,000!
At 17 minutes, a team fight broke out on PSG's mid-lane high ground. Flandre's Kennen surrounded the enemy from the top lane high ground, flashed in with his ultimate, and instantly stunned three enemies!

Lucian and Tristana entered the fray simultaneously, their constant movement and sweeping away PSG members one by one like autumn leaves in the wind!

"At 17 minutes and 30 seconds, EDG pulled off a perfect team fight on the opponent's high ground, achieving a 5-for-0 exchange!"

In the commentary booth, Guan Daxiao exclaimed in an exaggerated tone, "Does it have to be this brutal? EDG! Isn't this a bit too much!"

Guan Daxiao remembers that even if EDG crushed the opponent, they should still give up a kill as a gesture of goodwill in the end.

So what happened with the 14-0 score?

"And it looks like a big wave is about to break out!"

In the video, after EDG destroyed the enemy's high ground, they showed no intention of retreating. Instead, they grouped up and pushed forward, quickly taking down another enemy's high ground!
Although the respawn time of ten minutes or so is not long, EDG's Kennen, Lucian and Tristana three-carry combination destroyed the towers too quickly. In the blink of an eye, PSG was left with only a bare crystal!

By this time, all the PSG members had been revived, but it was too late.

JieJie's Morgana released her "Auntie Blood" in the enemy fountain. The PSG team had just respawned when their Homeguard status was broken. Not only did they lose their speed boost, but under the influence of the Rylai's Crystal Scepter, they could only slowly move out!
Ming Jing still had his ultimate ability available, and even wanted to take advantage of the slow effect to sweep away another enemy with his ultimate.

Unfortunately, his teammates didn't give him a chance, and Viper's Tristana kept destroying the crystal, ending the game immediately.

Time froze at 17 minutes and 55 seconds!
(End of this chapter)