Chapter 24: Crossing the enemy line at Level 1—and you call this "steady"?

Karma's R skill enhances her three basic abilities.

However, Su Mo did not release his skills immediately; he was still waiting.

Waiting for someone's arrival.

One second...

Two seconds...

Three seconds...

Three seconds later, Su Mo pressed his Q skill—Spiritual Flame!

In an instant, a massive spiritual energy orb flew from Karma's hands, racing from the dragon pit straight toward the triangle bush.

...

Meanwhile.

Letme, in the RNG roster, was discussing tactics with MaLaXiangGuo: "Xiangguo, once you finish your red buff, I'll trade health with him a lot in front of him."

"No problem," MaLaXiangGuo snorted lightly. "He probably thinks it's just like the last game, thinking he can pick an abstract top laner like Karma and treat him like an ATM."

Letme nodded: "He needs to witness the true strength of a veteran player on the stage..."

*Snap!*

Before Letme, who had just maneuvered Camille to the edge of the triangle bush, could finish his sentence, he realized his Camille had lost a chunk of health, and a ring of burning green flames had appeared beneath his feet, looking as if it were about to explode.

How could he not recognize this?

The second stage effect of Karma's Q skill would explode after 1.5 seconds.

Karma's empowered Q damage was truly not low; just the first stage of damage had taken away over a hundred of his health.

Letme's expression shifted slightly.

This reminded him of the miserable experience from the previous game.

At the start of the last game, he was standing in this very bush when that disgusting thing—the old man, Tahm Kench—threw a bomb at him.

What followed was endless torture that lasted the entire game.

Now, that guy had switched heroes, but he was just as capable of being obnoxious as ever.

Moreover, this skill had flown in exactly when he had just entered the bush.

He even began to suspect whether this annoying fellow, Mo, was using wallhacks.

Otherwise, how could he be so accurate?

He really wanted to report this bastard!

Of course, he only complained in his heart; without evidence, he didn't dare to report him recklessly.

Maneuvering Camille out of the explosion radius of the fire ring, Letme gritted his teeth, his killing intent toward Karma increasing by another notch: "Just you wait, you just wait."

After saying that, Letme obediently retreated to the very edge of the bush, deeply afraid that the annoying guy would throw another Q from the dragon pit.

Letme's intention was good, but Su Mo's intention was somewhat different.

【Obtained +5 Torture Points from Letme】

Receiving the notification, Su Mo felt somewhat disappointed, feeling that Letme had given a bit too little; it seemed Letme's mental state had mostly recovered.

With a hint of dissatisfaction, Su Mo maneuvered Karma out of the dragon pit, retreated to his own upper jungle, circled around to the top lane, and then walked along the wall adjacent to the triangle bush.

Only after reaching the side of the triangle bush did he stop his footsteps.

By circling around like this, his second Q had already refreshed.

Su Mo aimed at the triangle bush and lightly pressed the Q skill.

*Pop!*

"Huh?"

In the RNG team, Letme's voice rang out, filled with confusion and a hint of anger, "Wasn't he just in the dragon pit? How did he run over here again? Can he be any more annoying?"

Although the empowered Q Karma had thrown from the dragon pit had hit Letme, his endurance had improved significantly after the torture of the last game.

But now, he truly felt like cursing.

He had damn well retreated three paces and pressed himself against the wall, yet this bastard had gone through the trouble of circling all the way around just to clear vision and Q him from the top lane.

One empowered Q, one normal Q—two skills had directly taken away a third of his health.

Do you not care about positioning?!

Aren't you afraid of being invaded?!

Heart-tired.

Letme only felt that his heart was tired.

Back when he faced those top-tier LCK top laners in the World Championship, although the pressure was equally immense, it wasn't hard to play defensively, farm, and soak up experience.

But facing this newcomer, Mo, he was truly exhausted.

Too obnoxious.

Letme took a deep breath and said, "Xiangguo, I can't take this much longer."

MaLaXiangGuo's mouth twitched slightly. He felt a sense of déjà vu, but he still comforted him: "Don't worry, let him be happy for a moment, because he won't be laughing much longer."

The top and jungle players of RNG hated that person to the bone.

Meanwhile, at the commentator's desk, Guan Zeyuan was also somewhat speechless: "This... to be honest, this player Mo is really... how should I put it, he is very good at torturing people."

"Mo gives me the illusion that his purpose for competing isn't to win, but simply to annoy others..."

"Crucially, his psychological control is very precise; he predicted Letme's position twice in a row and successfully landed the Qs."

"But next, he will have to face Letme's endless fury. I wonder if he can withstand it."

...

Could he withstand Letme's fury?

This was a question many viewers wanted to know as well.

At this moment, the LPL official livestream was bustling, with the viewership surpassing 95 million.

Because of EDG's choice of Karma as a top laner, netizens were actively participating, and the bullet comments filled the entire screen.

However, this time was different from previous situations.

Previously, netizens held different opinions and argued incessantly.

But now, everyone's opinion was surprisingly similar—

"Mo's playstyle is truly too torturous; watching this is giving me high blood pressure."

"I'm a Challenger in District 1, trust me, Letme is going to crush Mo in a moment."

"Challenger? Even I, a Bronze player, can see that Camille can stomp Karma."

"This Mo is also a bit ungrateful; he really thinks Letme is that easy to bully, picking whatever he wants."

"Based on Mo's performance in the last game, if EDG loses this game, I'll tone down my criticism."

"Clearlove has courage, picking Lee Sin again. He won't pull a 4396 this time, will he?"

"Am I the only one who noticed Karma is taking the Grasp of the Undying rune?"

"I want to have ten sons with Clearlove!"

"..."

Viewers who knew how to watch matches basically understood LOL quite well.

Any keen observer could see which hero was stronger.

Even though Su Mo had predicted and landed two Qs on Camille, no one thought he could beat Letme.

Of course, Su Mo didn't know what others thought.

Even if he did, he wouldn't care.

Right now, he was still thinking about how to torture Camille to earn Torture Points.

After landing two Qs on Camille, Su Mo did not continue to take risks and returned to the lane.

By this time, the minions were almost at the lane.

"Mo, try to play steady in the top lane. I'm going for a level 2 gank on bot with red buff this time, so I can't look after you," Clearlove instructed again.

Su Mo nodded: "Okay."

As the minion wave arrived at the lane, Su Mo also saw Camille.

However, to his surprise, Camille's health was roughly the same as before.

He hadn't backed to base!

Su Mo's eyes narrowed slightly, and his mind began to race.

At that time interval, unlike the last game, Camille clearly had time to back to base to replenish before heading to lane.

But he didn't.

Looking at it this way...

The role Letme was playing right now was likely bait!

"Mo, the enemy is likely starting red; be careful of him ganking you at level 2," Clearlove's voice came again.

"Don't worry, I'm very steady."

Su Mo responded softly, then bypassed the minion wave and walked toward Camille.

So what if it was bait!

I'll bite the hook!

...

Meanwhile, Clearlove was busy farming the red buff in the bottom jungle.

To secure lane priority, the EDG bot lane had not helped him clear jungle monsters, so he was clearing quite slowly on his own.

But just halfway through, a demonic voice rang in his ear—

"Sa and Sa! PDD!"

It was the familiar demonic whisper.

Clearlove hurriedly switched his screen to the top lane.

Immediately, he saw that Karma had already crossed his own minion wave and was heading straight for Camille...

Seeing this scene, Clearlove's vision went dark.

This was only the first wave of minions!

Everyone was only level one!

And you call this "steady"?

(End of Chapter)