This Lee Sang-hyeok is very strong, but he lacks self-awareness.

The moment the draft picks were finalized, a violent commotion erupted in the stadium.

After being defeated in a series of four-protect-one battles, WE finally tore off their gentle facade and revealed their ferocious claws as the top team in the regular season.

A well-rounded roster with performance opportunities in all five positions, plus Lucian in the mid lane.

In this version that heavily emphasizes the late game, this hero selection is tantamount to betting everything on the laning phase.

This means that Xiye must exert extreme dominance in the laning phase, and that he must be prepared to die trying if he fails.

This was Xiye's final challenge against EDG's Korean mid-laner, who stood firm like a god, after being suppressed for two consecutive games.

……

The competition has officially begun.

Faker controlled Orianna, constantly moving around the mid lane.

He glanced at Lucian across from him, a flicker of contempt flashing through his mind that he himself didn't even realize.

In his view, Lucian does have an advantage against Orianna, but that is based on the premise that Lucian can land his Q and auto-attack a few more times to trigger his passive.

As long as he positions himself well and calculates the distance accurately, Lucian is nothing more than a short-ranged sitting duck.

"Come, let me see your Lucian."

Faker muttered to himself.

At level one, extremely frequent skirmishes broke out in the mid lane.

Xiye controlled Lucian, attempting to unleash his Q skill, Piercing Light, at the moment a minion was low on health. While finishing off the minion, the Q skill also hit Orianna behind the minion wave.

If it were a typical mid-laner, this attack would have definitely hit them, but Faker's Orianna deftly turned his head, narrowly avoiding the holy light.

Not only that, Faker dodged the Q and then countered with a point A on Lucian.

Xiye tried to catch up and land two auto-attacks to trigger Lucian's passive, but Faker seemed to have calculated the attack range perfectly, taking small steps to retreat and preventing Lucian from landing any auto-attacks that would trigger his passive.

He also followed up with a Q skill command: Attack, which hit the chasing Lucian.

"They've really pulled them apart! Faker's positioning at this level is textbook perfect!"

Remember to exclaim in surprise,

"He dodged Lucian's Q through minions, prevented Lucian from triggering his passive with an auto-attack, and even got a free AQ combo. Is Orianna going to put pressure on Lucian?"

"Putting everything else aside, Faker's kiting is just too good. Whether he's playing against Rookie, Xiaohu, or Xiye, he kites them so badly they're completely helpless."

Guan Zeyuan was also amazed by Faker's level 1 decision.

At this moment, Faker's arrogance rose uncontrollably within him.

He felt that Xiye was nothing special, and perhaps the reason why the opponent was able to lead the team to first place was only because of RNG's god's mistake.

If that's the case, why not play more aggressively? Why wait until the late game?

At level three, Faker once again gained the upper hand in a trade of blows. He accurately predicted the landing point of Lucian's E skill, Relentless Pursuit, and used a QW combo to bring Lucian down to less than a third of his health.

Seeing the low-health Lucian retreating haphazardly towards the F6 jungle, Faker's eyes narrowed, and a glint of greed flashed in his pupils.

"Xiao Lin, he's crippled! Follow me and surround him! He doesn't have Flash!"

Lin Xiu, who was cleaning up river crabs near the river, frowned slightly upon hearing this, looked at the opponent's dark jungle area, and said softly:

"Brother Li, the enemy prince hasn't shown himself yet, be careful. You're not in great shape either, maybe you shouldn't go."

"The prince is farming from the bottom up, so he should be in the top lane, unless he doesn't farm the jungle."

Faker ignored it all.

Clockwork Spirit, carrying the metal ball, decisively teleported over the wall and rushed straight at the retreating, low-health figure.

However, the instant he flashed and landed, the prince's dragon ramming attack immediately followed.

Condi's Prince didn't farm the jungle at all; he had been crouching in that shadowy spot for a full half minute, just waiting for Orianna to take the bait.

The prince's EQ combo knocks the enemy into the air, followed by a basic attack, triggering Thunderlord's Decree

Lucian, who was initially low on health, suddenly turned around, used EQAA, and took down Orianna.

The barrels were still halfway there, so they had to turn back.

"First Blood!"

The system announcement echoed throughout the canyon.

The kill went to Xiye, and the cheers from the WE fans in the stadium almost tore the roof off.

[Finally! This is Xiye, this is WE! I knew it wouldn't be like Xiaohu's, so frustrating and miserable!]

[Condi waited for half a minute, and finally the fish took the bait! Fei'er was so hungry!]

[Holy crap! Su Hanwei! You're my god! So seductive!]

[Has Faker gone mad? Flashing over a wall to feed kills? This is outrageous! Who does he think he is?]

[Lin Gou missed this wave, but then again, it makes sense. Orianna was courting death, and if Gragas had gone quickly, it would probably have been a one-sided suicide.]

[See? This is what you call a top-tier mid-lane battle. Orianna is on the second level, and Xiye is on the fifth!]

Back online, Faker's expression remained unchanged, but his heart was filled with a strong sense of resentment and anger.

"Oh no, I made a mistake."

Faker believes he made a mistake; he shouldn't have given Lucian the chance to escape with Flash. If he had another chance, he would definitely have been able to turn the tables.

After Orianna returned to lane, she continued to trade blows with Lucian. Thanks to Faker's skillful maneuvers, the two traded blows to a draw, with Faker even gaining a slight advantage.

"I'll reach level six with the next wave of minions; I can kill him instantly."

Faker looked at his experience bar with great confidence.

However, just after the minion waves converged, Lucian reached level six first because Orianna was preparing to solo kill Lucian by pushing the lane.

The moment he upgraded, Lucian moved.

EAA, QAA, WAA, R da da da da da da da da da.

With an incredibly smooth combo, Xiye glided in front of Faker, unleashing a barrage of silver bullets.

Since neither of them had Flash, even if Faker reacted immediately and used his abilities to clear the minions to level six,

It was too late to stop himself from bleeding profusely.

Clockwork Spirit fell to the ground, dying at the edge of his own defensive tower.

Solo kill!

"Solo kill! Xiye solo killed Faker! And it was a one-sided solo kill!"

"It's so smooth, there's not a single lag, and all the damage was delivered in just two seconds."

"Xiye's health is still very good; he can push the lane one more time before going out. He's ahead in gold, already at 1000!"

I remember shouting until my voice was hoarse.

"That combo was so smooth! Lucian's dominance was on full display at that moment!"

"Xiye is using his dual pistols to tell the world that WE's resurgence is unstoppable!"

Guan Zeyuan also gasped:

"Faker was really careless this time. He never expected Lucian to dare to use his E to get a kill at this moment."

"But why are you always thinking about solo killing Lucian when you're playing Orianna? Just farm and wait for the jungler."

"After this fight, the mid lane is completely unplayable!"

During WE's voice chat, after Xiye secured a solo kill, he shouted...

"Nice!!!!"

"I told you, I'm no worse than him!"

The teammates cheered as well:

"Brother Su is awesome! Watch the dragon fight more this time. They can't possibly beat us in the early small team fights."