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

Chapter 271 Decisive Victory
"First blood!"

The sound of the kill, like a death sentence, echoed throughout the entire venue through the loudspeakers!
"Om~"

The turret unleashed a cannon shot, which struck Lucian in the back.

However, this tower dive didn't last long; it was only the second attack from the turret, and the damage wasn't high.

Lucian, who was previously protected by Ivern's shield, now had a full health bar and was completely unaffected by the cannon fire. He simply shrugged and walked into DK's top jungle.

Mingjing's escape route was also deliberate. He was certain that the enemy jungler was heading towards the mid lane from the bottom jungle, so running upwards was the only way to survive.

that's the truth.

Lucian had barely left when Qiyana emerged from the bottom jungle.

Qiyana doesn't have the long-range chasing ability of Talon or Lee Sin, so she could only watch as Lucian disappeared into the darkness of the jungle and walked away.

"Phi chose the right escape route and wasn't replaced!" The European commentator at the scene shouted frantically.

"In this final showdown, Phi didn't want to fade into obscurity; he wanted to be the game-changer! But damn it, he succeeded!"

This tower dive kill was like a heavy hammer blow to the DK players and all their supporters, leaving everyone dizzy and confused about what had happened.

No, what happened?
They killed him? And they even did it under the tower?

In the DK backstage lounge, Kkoma stared at the scene before him, his face contorted in disbelief, unsure of what to do.

Looking at this solo kill, he didn't even know if Showmaker played poorly or if the opponent played exceptionally well!
At this moment, Kkoma would prefer the former.

If it was just Showmaker's mistake, then this game is still manageable, there's always a chance to make amends.

if the latter one.
That might be a bit cruel.

Xu Xiu is really strong this year!
This kill was like a shot in the arm, piercing the hearts of all EDG supporters and giving countless people a boost!
Off the field, thousands of spectators cheered and celebrated the solo kill.

Backstage at EDG, shouts of "Awesome!" echoed everywhere!

Maokai excitedly clenched his fist with one hand, and then gave Abu a high five!

The cousin and the boss, who were also present, exchanged a glance and smiled knowingly.

All I can say is that Mingjing's performance was as consistent as ever.

In this final round where everyone was on edge, afraid of making a mistake, the most relaxed person was probably Ming Jing.

After all, he was the only champion in the entire event.

Scout was also watching the broadcast.

His main purpose in coming to the competition this time was to be ready to play at any time.

After all, Showmaker's strength is undeniable. If Mingjing doesn't perform well today, he might still have a chance to come on as a substitute.

Even if the chances are slim, he can't miss it for the sake of his career.

But after witnessing the solo kill, a hint of confusion appeared in his eyes.

What opportunity is there?

At this moment, in the audience below the stage, amidst cheers, Song Xuan stood out. Her excited and jubilant appearance made it seem as if she was the one who had just completed the solo kill on stage.

Song's mother, standing to the side, looked at her cheering daughter with a face full of disdain.

How can you be so uncouth? You have absolutely no manners!
But she didn't spoil her daughter's fun; she simply looked up at the stage as well.

At this moment, the director is giving a close-up shot of the EDG players' bench.

The boy, who had just secured a solo kill, wore a satisfied smile and lightly bumped fists with his teammate beside him.

Song's mother had some knowledge of the game League of Legends, after all, it was her daughter's only hobby besides math. She had played a few games herself, and although she didn't know much about it, she at least understood the basic rules.

To achieve a tower dive solo kill on the world's highest level of competition is an incredibly difficult feat.

Moreover, according to Song Xuan, this child is a member of the national training team.

That would be even more incredible.
Truly, heroes emerge from among the young.

On the players' bench, Ming Jing, who had just bumped fists with Jie Jie, returned to the fountain. When he went out again, he was carrying a Noon quiver, paid for in full.

As a key component of Mythic items, the Noon Quiver offers high attack speed and attack damage, as well as wave clear, which is exactly what AD carries like Lucian need.

Although there's no Teleport, since the player only returned to base after securing a solo kill, walking back to lane wouldn't result in a loss of lane gold.

Without TP against Twisted Fate, the goal is to dominate the lane with superior mechanics.

Only by overwhelming the cards can the game continue.

Otherwise, once the card player starts roaming the map using the advantages of teleportation and ultimate, Mingjing will be unable to catch up.

Fortunately, Mingjing has performed quite perfectly so far.

On the other side, the card that died while diving the tower teleported back to lane ahead of time, but because he missed a large number of tower dives, he had almost no gold left. In the end, he only managed to build a Mejai's Soulstealer and a Book of Thoth, which did not help him much in the battle.

With such massive equipment, control of the middle lane was no longer in doubt. Ming Jing easily secured control of the lane by relying on the stats from the Noon Quiver.

Of course, this line of control is not long-lasting.

This game, Twisted Fate specifically chose Minion Dematerializer to enhance his wave clear ability, and all his items were AP items, clearly to enhance his wave clear ability. Once Twisted Fate's Q skill level is up, he can use WQ's two AOE attacks to achieve a comeback in lane control.

What Mingjing needs to do is to maximize the advantage before that happens.

At this point, five and a half minutes had passed. Mingjing quickly cleared the minion wave in the mid lane and then moved towards the bottom half of the map to help Jiejie secure a small dragon.

Ivern is extremely weak in combat before level six, and even the dragon is difficult for him to fight, so he still needs some help in lane.

Viper is in such a hurry to get a lane advantage in the bottom lane because he wants the dragon.

However, his advantage in the bottom lane is quite small, so he can't provide any help to the jungle.

The mid laner came out strong, securing a powerful solo kill and locking in the dragon's ownership.

Moreover, the advantage in the mid lane made it quite comfortable for JieJie to play.

Ivern is actually a very strong jungle invader; after all, he can take down a jungle camp by simply using his ultimate and a Smite.

However, circling monsters will reduce your health, and Ivern himself is not very strong, so he relies heavily on his teammates.

Fortunately, my teammates were pretty strong this time.

After securing the dragon, JieJie, holding onto Smite, immediately invaded DK's top jungle.

Canyon, playing Qiyana, an assassin jungler, prioritizes farming and developing his jungle when there are no suitable opportunities to roam. Of course, he cannot allow his jungle to be invaded.

But there was nothing he could do.

Lucian stood guard nearby; he didn't dare go up at all.

Ivern's instant kill of a group of jungle monsters left him with no chance to fight back, and he could only watch the giant bird slip away from his beak.

Besides the giant bird, the subsequent spawning of river crabs also had nothing to do with Canyon.

This situation is quite unfavorable for DK.

After all, with this lineup, they should be aiming to create an early-game advantage.

As the game has progressed, Canyon has no advantage whatsoever; in fact, they've fallen behind economically. Even without Mingjing's freakish calculation abilities, Canyon could estimate from experience that the economic gap between the two sides has likely exceeded one thousand.

If this situation continues, we are bound to lose this game.

We need to think of something.

Fortunately, with their current lineup, it shouldn't be too difficult for them to turn the tide.

Opportunities are everywhere.

As Canyon watched Ivern return to the jungle after clearing the F6 camp, his mind raced.
Ivern's jungle pathing is vastly different from that of a typical jungler, making it difficult to predict.

But in the eyes of top professional junglers, it's not a difficult task.

In particular, Canyon has been deducing Ivern's route from the very beginning by combining Ivern's appearance locations and jungle clear counts.

He has now taken control of most of the situation.

If we want to turn the tide, Ivern is the best target.

Of course, Canyon didn't rush to make a move, but continued to clear the remaining jungle monsters.

A lifeless head is meaningless to him; he wants a fatal blow!
In the blink of an eye, seven minutes had passed.

JieJie's Ivern is currently clearing jungle monsters in the upper half of the map.

After taking down the Swamp Frog and the newly spawned Blue Buff, and then helping to defend the top lane, Jiejie's short-term mission will be complete.

EDG didn't seem to be contesting for the Vanguard title this game.

The main issue is that the Aphelios-Lulu combination in the bottom lane has almost zero fighting power at this stage. If both sides roll to the top half of the map to contest the Herald, it would be a gamble. EDG has the advantage and is playing a defensive game, so there's no need for them to do so.

It would be better to let go of the Vanguard and let Viper's Aphelios use the red and white sword to take down the tower plating. At least he can take down two layers.

Compared to a typical Pioneer that only has two layers of plating, it doesn't actually lose much.

After collecting the Swamp Frog, the Blue Buff popped out from the crack in the rocks. Jie Jie right-clicked on it and started to circle the Blue Buff.

But at that moment, a vertical eye suddenly lit up from above.

The card unleashes its ultimate move!

And then, from the shadows nearby, another Qiyana appeared, holding a wreath, and flashed and EQ over!

Jie Jie looked at Kiana, slightly startled.

Huh? How did this person get here?
It's important to know that the bottom half of the map is EDG's focus, and JieJie usually operates in the bottom half as well. To maintain balance, MingJing and JieJie both place their vision in the top half of the map to ensure that someone can see both the top and bottom rivers.

There are eyes in the grass along the upper river, eyes at the entrance to the wild area, and eyes in the middle of the river!

How did they sneak into the jungle so quietly?

But now is not the time to think about that. Jie Jie reacted quickly and immediately used Flash to retreat!

However, Kiana's EQ combo has a unique mechanism that tracks the opponent's movement.

So even though JieJie used Flash, Qiyana's Water Element Q still managed to catch up and immobilize him!
Following the restraint, Kiana unleashed her ultimate skill, [Genius], stunning him once again!
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the card user landed their ultimate ability, landing a yellow card to lock the opponent's face and continuing the crowd control.

Kiana used her W to dash in, unleashed an Earth Element AQ combo, and easily secured the kill with a critical Q!

The ability of Twisted Fate and Qiyana to break through in the mid and jungle is undeniable; they can basically kill anyone they want.

The reason they didn't choose to kill the mid-lane Lucian who didn't have Flash, but instead targeted Ivern, was mainly because killing Ivern would yield greater benefits.

For example, kill the jungler first, then go to the top lane!

Don't forget, after clearing the jungle, JieJie originally planned to go to the top lane to stand guard.

On the top lane, the minion wave is about to push into the tower.

Without stopping, the two moved directly behind the top tower, cutting off a new wave of minions.

Saint Gun Bro immediately sensed something was wrong and used his ultimate ability to charge into the minion wave.

There are siege minions pushing into the tower this wave; he definitely can't clear them all with one ultimate.

Saint Gun Bro mainly knew he was going to die, so he was going to take as many minions as he could.

Taking stock of troops can also preserve the health of defensive towers.

that's the truth.

As the half-health cannon vehicle pushed into the turret, Nuguri's Camille immediately hooked herself against the wall and kicked it up!

Although Flandre used his W to counter the kick and then used his E to knock Camille into the air, it was all for naught.

The card player used his yellow card to immobilize him, and the three of them beat him up. Then Camille used her ultimate to reset the turret's aggro, and easily completed the tower dive!

Finally, Kiana used Earth Element Q again, easily securing the kill!
Once Camille gets her Divine Shield, she can easily dominate Ornn without needing much extra gold. In contrast, DK relies more on Qiyana to snowball.

With these two kills, DK not only easily overtook the gold lead, but also secured the Vanguard without any pressure.

The situation is already very favorable!
Smiles appeared on the faces of the DK members, and they began discussing the next decision.

Logically, the next step should be to liberate the bottom lane. If they can take down the bottom lane's first tower with the Rift Herald, create an advantage for the bottom lane, and then disrupt EDG's dragon rhythm, then this game is a sure win!
However, EDG will obviously not give up easily; they need to make more contingency plans.

On the other side, despite suffering a heavy blow, the EDG players did not seem too panicked. In a state of extreme concentration, they did not have time to review the game, but immediately began to discuss countermeasures.

“It’s not a big problem,” Ming Jing said. “The economy should be about the same now. As long as the vanguard holds the line, the situation is still under control.”

As Mingjing spoke, he moved closer to the road.

With Ueno's death a fait accompli, what Akira needs to do is cut his losses.

He took advantage of the card's roaming to push an entire wave of minions to the tower, and even got a layer of low-health plating, which gave him nearly the gold of a kill.

He then took advantage of the fact that the enemy mid and jungle were both at the helm, and openly moved towards the bottom lane, forcing the enemy duo to retreat.

Viper can take this opportunity to absorb the tower coating.

By doing this a couple of times, a significant portion of the losses can be recovered.

"If the bottom lane gets two layers of turret plating, they should be able to get a Mythic item after the second dragon, right?" Mingjing asked again.

The first dragon was taken by JieJie in six minutes, and the second dragon will spawn in eleven minutes.

At this point in time, crafting Mythic gear is quite difficult and requires a certain amount of acceleration.

Mingjing got the first blood and took the plating, so there's definitely no problem.

Viper glanced at his finances, made a quick estimate, and then nodded. "It should be fine."

After all, besides having plating, Viper's last-hitting is quite good, with almost no missed kills so far, resulting in a very good economy.

"That's fine."

Ming Jing narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he could see the near future. After DK gained the advantage, they would definitely not miss the next dragon team fight.

"Let's have the Little Dragons decide the winner then."

(End of this chapter)