Chapter 26: You thought it was on the first level, but it's actually in the stratosphere!

After Mlxg used Flash, he froze instantly.

He didn't see the scene he had imagined—Camille landing a kick on Karma. Instead, all he saw was Camille kicking a patch of empty air.

As for Karma?

She had already flashed to the edge of the minion wave.

Watching this scene, Mlxg was stunned.

Letme was also stunned.

So, they had both used their Flashes just to gank a whole lot of nothing?

"Ah?" Even the commentator Guan Zeyuan couldn't help but exclaim from the desk, "She dodged an E-Flash? What kind of reaction is that? No, what kind of prediction is that! Her Flash was even a fraction faster than Camille's. How could he be so certain that Camille would use Flash!"

"I'm starting to lose track—in this play, who is the hunter and who is the prey?"

"I always thought Mo was on the first level and I was on the second, but it turns out Mo is actually in the stratosphere."

"Every step he takes seems to walk on the edge of danger, yet he manages to turn peril into safety every single time."

"With such strategic mastery, he baited out both RNG's top and jungle Flashes without losing a single sliver of health."

"Today's match is about to produce yet another legendary moment!"

"With such methods and such calculation, if you told me he was just a rookie, who would believe it?"

Guan Zeyuan was brimming with passion, his praise completely undisguised.

Methods.

Calculation.

If Su Mo heard these two words, he would probably feel a bit embarrassed.

In reality, he was just thinking about how to farm as many Torture Points as possible.

As for predicting the E-Flash, it was because he trusted Letme and Mlxg enough to trust their murderous intent toward him...

Furthermore, he had intentionally left that position open.

He wanted to give the opponents the illusion that he was killable.

【Obtained +30 Torture Points from Letme】

【Obtained +50 Torture Points from Mlxg】

Looking at it now, this gamble was worth it.

Su Mo, having flashed next to the minions, did not run under the tower, because the opponents no longer had Flashes and posed no threat to him.

He turned around and landed an auto-attack on Camille, simultaneously triggering his pre-stacked "Grasp of the Undying" and "Phase Rush."

A streak of green essence flew out from Camille's body and onto Karma.

Immediately after, Su Mo pressed R and Q.

"Saaaan!" Su Mo provided his own voiceover.

As his voice rang out, the empowered Psionic Burst flew toward Camille.

*Bam!*

It hit both Camille and Nidalee at the same time.

Letme looked at his health bar, which was now below half, then looked at Karma, who was still nearly full health, and blinked.

He instinctively maneuvered Camille out of Karma's second Q range, his expression somewhat numb.

What happened to the promised revenge?

He turned his head slightly toward Mlxg, only to find Mlxg's face dark, remaining equally silent.

Silence.

Silence was the theme of the night in Kangqiao.

...

Before the two could even recover from their failure, bad news arrived from the bot lane.

"It's over, they were camped."

It was Uzi's voice.

Both men immediately switched their camera view to the bot lane, only to see Clearlove's Lee Sin appearing there.

Moreover, he had used the vision limits to circle around to the river brush, which meant Uzi's Caitlyn, who had been pushing the lane to trade, had lost all hope of escape.

Clearlove used W to ward-hop, landed an auto-attack to apply a red buff to Caitlyn, and then, in coordination with Ashe and Braum, successfully killed Caitlyn. Lee Sin secured First Blood.

As for Ming's Thresh, no one cared about him because they knew he couldn't be killed.

But Uzi was dead.

For Letme and Mlxg, who had just been played like monkeys in the top lane and wasted their Flashes, this felt like the sky was falling.

It was the same for RNG's coach, Feng Ge.

In the RNG lounge, Feng Ge watched the broadcast view, his brow deeply furrowed.

He could understand Uzi's death in the bot lane.

But what happened in the top lane was somewhat unacceptable to him.

Feng Ge also understood that Mlxg's decision wasn't actually wrong; with Karma playing so aggressively, a level two gank was perfectly reasonable.

Even if they couldn't get the kill, they should have at least forced out a Flash.

But now, the Flashes were gone, and Camille and Nidalee's Flashes were gone too...

Crucially, Karma had remained at nearly full health throughout the entire exchange, while Camille had lost half a bar of health.

RNG had lost this exchange completely.

Looking at Karma on the screen, Feng Ge suddenly wondered if everything that just happened had been within the calculations of this player named Mo.

Or rather, was all of this originally part of EDG's strategy?

Playing a top laner who looks easy to gank but has little impact to draw Mlxg's fire, allowing Clearlove to gank the bot lane.

The more he thought about it, the more reasonable it seemed.

As expected of EDG—a masterful game of "Tian Ji's Horse Racing"!

It was just that Mo, the "inferior horse" in the top lane, seemed a bit too disgusting.

If they could cultivate such a disgusting player, Abu must be even more disgusting!

Feng Ge began to grumble silently in his heart.

...

"Achoo! Who is cursing me again!"

In the EDG lounge, a jubilant Abu muttered.

Then he added, "I knew it, Xiao Mo wouldn't let me down. To play that recklessly and not die, while also baiting out two enemy Flashes—brilliant!"

Hearing this, A-Guang couldn't help but complain from the side, "Brother Bu, watch your mouth. You were just calling him a pig earlier."

Abu glared at him. "When did I say that? How come I don't remember? Also, who is your 'Brother Bu'? Call me Coach."

"Xiao Mo called you that before..."

"Xiao Mo can dominate Letme even when playing Yorick, and he can draw this much fire with Karma without losing a single drop of health. Can you?"

"..."

A-Guang was completely speechless.

If he could do that, would he bother faking illness to come down here...

Let's stick to the topic, no need to insult people like that!

Wait...

A-Guang suddenly felt a chill. Could there be a problem with his starting position?

He licked his dry lips.

*It won't be. He only plays those weird top laners; he won't threaten me!*

After giving himself two doses of mental tranquilizers, A-Guang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

【Obtained +10 Torture Points from A-Guang】

The sudden notification in his mind surprised Su Mo.

Wasn't he supposed to be torturing Letme and Mlxg? Why was A-Guang providing him with Torture Points too?

Was A-Guang projecting himself into Letme's perspective?

That made sense; they were both top laners, so it was natural to empathize with Letme.

Su Mo didn't think much of it and continued to torment Camille.

After the failed gank, Nidalee had already returned to the jungle to farm.

As for Camille, with less than half health remaining, he had no choice but to consume his only health potion in an attempt to stay in lane for experience.

Fortunately, he hadn't touched a single minion previously, causing the wave to push back toward his tower.

This way, he didn't have to worry about being pushed out of the experience zone by Karma like in the previous game; he could safely stay under the tower to farm.

However, for a certain someone, such behavior was not permitted.

Because that person wanted to earn Torture Points—he wanted heaps and heaps of them!

"Clearlove, do you want this kill?"

In the EDG team, Clearlove, who had just returned to base, heard this sentence.

He glanced at Camille's health in the top lane, hesitated for a second, bought two longswords to increase his attack power, and headed straight for the top lane.

"Mo, wait for me!"

This affectionate response might just be the beginning of another nightmare.

(End of Chapter)