League: Educating LPL is my duty.

At 14 minutes, four EDG players grouped up to push the mid lane, while Li Chen pushed alone in the top lane.

SSG had virtually no way to deal with this unreasonable 41-push strategy.

Of their five players, Syndra is the only one with wave clear ability; the others, including Ashe, have difficulty clearing minion waves under EDG's pressure.

In addition, they are one player short this game, so the only one they can send to defend the top lane is Master An himself.

However, facing a Lucian who reached level 12 at 14 minutes and had acquired Blade of the Ruined King, Berserker's Greaves, Phage, and Incinerate Gem, Ambition only had one chance to clear the wave, which was to use his ultimate to cover Lucian and the minions together.

And that's exactly what Master An did. He didn't have time to defend the top lane tower, and it was pushed down by Li Chen. So Master An simply went to defend the second tower.

When Li Chen led a wave of minions into the second tower's range, An Zhangmen walked up without saying a word and used his ultimate, the devastating damage covering the ranged minions as well. He then used his EQ combo to escape, without even thinking of attacking Li Chen once.

Li Chen didn't care about this. All he had to do was wait for another wave of minions, then clear the wave and heal himself to full health so he could continue pushing the tower.

At sixteen minutes, Li Chen destroyed the second tower in the top lane and continued to approach SSG's top lane high ground. At the same time, the first tower in the mid lane also collapsed. EDG took the opportunity to initiate a team fight. Ruler had no mobility and became the biggest victim.

The mid lane was already incredibly difficult to defend, and now with one less person, the second tower had no chance to be defended at all. Clearlove released the Rift Herald and drove straight in, quickly breaking through the mid lane's second tower and high ground.

The only good news for SSG at this point is that Gnar has farmed up in the bottom lane and is now level eight.

However, looking at Karma who is already level nine, this good news doesn't seem so great.

Eighteen minutes later, EDG, having returned home to restock their equipment, came back with a vengeance, still employing the same 4-1 split push strategy on both the top and bottom lanes.

SSG made one last stand, abandoning Lucian and forcibly initiating a 5v4 team fight in the bottom lane.

"Faced with the pressure of EDG's 41-point split push, SSG chose to exploit the vulnerability of Lucian's lack of teleportation and made a desperate last stand. Unfortunately, the economic gap between the two sides is now too large. Clearlove's ultimate can destroy Syndra, and Taliyah's ultimate can divide the battlefield..."

Miller and Remember took turns commentating, and the team fight ended with EDG trading 3 for 4, leaving SSG with only Lulu.

"Only one support is left. C-God has already pushed to the inhibitor turret by himself, and Varus has also arrived from the mid lane. SSG has no chance to fight back. This game may be over."

Twenty seconds later, as SSG's defensive crystal shattered, Miller shouted, "In less than twenty minutes, EDG cleanly and decisively won the first game. This is the strength of our LPL's top team. We can absolutely sweep any team we face."

Remember to nod slightly: "This is a standard EDG-style victory. SSG was forced to make the decision to help the top lane when they couldn't withstand the pressure, but this caused the disadvantage in the top lane to spread to the mid and jungle, ultimately leading to a complete collapse."

"This is the highest mountain in the top lane. C's performance is as amazing as ever. His 7-0-2 score with Lucian is truly impressive," Rita said, looking at the screen.

To be honest, it wasn't as surprising as OMG winning; I felt completely unmoved.

What's there to brag about in a match where the outcome was already known?

The appetizers and desserts are over; now it's time for the main course.

I really need to see the post-match interviews!

[I guarantee that if C plays, we'll definitely fight back against the library. Nobody applauded when we won; it's disgusting.]

Before returning backstage, Li Chen glanced around the venue, making sure to remember the sparse applause he'd just heard.

In the lounge, seeing EDG's triumphant return, everyone stood up and applauded, and even RNG was no exception.

TJ's head, Mr. Chen, clapped his hands with a smile and said, "EDG is still so stable. SSG is second only to SKT among the four LCK teams, but they couldn't even last twenty minutes. They played too well."

We've already taken down the two toughest opponents today. Next up is RNG vs. OMG, both LMS teams, and not even the regional champions. Let's give it our all and try to get a 4-0 victory today.

RNG coach Feng immediately stated: "No problem, RNG is prepared, we will definitely win this game, just watch our performance."

Li Chen didn't say anything. Regardless of whether RNG wins or loses later, if he continued to advise them to play it safe, it would seem somewhat mocking. It was better to just watch quietly, since it wouldn't affect EDG anyway.

After sitting in the lounge for less than two minutes, someone came to ask EDG to do a brief post-match interview, with three people from each of the three regions.

As the MVP of this match, Li Chen naturally went to the organizer, LMS, for an interview.

Without having looked at the answer sheet beforehand, the host, who appeared impeccably made up but had a somewhat harsh expression, went straight to the interview stage and asked, "Today we've invited EDG's top laner, god_C, for an interview. After defeating SSG, are you particularly happy right now?"

Although the other person was wearing high heels, Li Chen was still a little taller than her, and at this moment, Li Chen was looking down at her from his superior position.

Faced with this question, Li Chen simply said calmly, "Why should we be happy when the strong defeat the weak? Just like the first match where SSG defeated JT, it was an absolute crushing of strength, a normal victory, nothing to be happy about."

Shark TV broadcasted LMS live footage, and many people came to the live stream wanting to hear what Li Chen would say.

At this moment, Li Chen's simple analogy immediately made netizens feel comfortable.

[That felt great, that's the taste! It's about giving that good-for-nothing a good beating.]

SSG dominated JT, EDG dominated SSG; I can't even imagine how big the gap is between EDG and JT.

Wow, has the LPL really become the number one region?

[Laughs. I don't know what's so great about this person. Doesn't this kind of talk affect the relationship between the two of them?]

[Go to hell, what a load of rubbish! When they were praising LCK and disgusting LPL, why didn't you say anything?]

You can't really not afford tea eggs, can you?

The online reaction was strong, but the host was somewhat embarrassed. She had originally wanted to portray LCK as the strong and LPL as the weak, but Li Chen's words were too powerful.

After a moment's thought, the host asked again, "So, God_C seems very confident in himself. What are your thoughts on this Intercontinental Championship? Are you confident you can win?"