Chapter 23: The Top Laner is a Steel-Boned Old Woman!

Karma top lane.

Whether it was professional players or ordinary viewers, everyone felt this was somewhat ridiculous.

Especially Clearlove.

Clearlove looked at Su Mo with a strange expression.

He suddenly remembered what Su Mo had said earlier—telling him to pick Lee Sin and saying, "Don't worry, I'm here."

So, his "I'm here" didn't mean he was going to carry, but rather that he would act as a lightning rod to draw all the audience's fire once they lost, right?!

As for whether he could successfully attract that fire, Clearlove didn't doubt it for a second.

After all, RNG had first-picked Camille.

And then Su Mo, this guy, responded with Karma on the counter-pick. It was practically the same as handing them a free kill.

Camille was nothing like Shen from the previous game.

Shen, as a champion, was a tank. You could kite him with a long-range champion, and as long as the skill gap wasn't massive, you didn't really have to worry about being killed by him.

But could Camille be the same?

Camille was a champion specifically designed to hunt people down!

Clearlove hesitated for two seconds before saying, "Mo, listen to your brother's advice. How about we switch champions? You could even play a normal fighter top lane. Playing this will definitely result in you getting crushed by Camille. Why don't we tell the officials we picked wrong and ask for a remake?"

Although he felt that with Su Mo there, the probability of him being flamed by netizens was close to zero, he still didn't want to see Su Mo get flamed.

After all, Su Mo had only just embarked on his professional path; his life was just beginning.

He had a long road ahead of him.

As for himself, if he got flamed, so be it; he was used to it anyway.

Hearing Clearlove's words, Su Mo merely shook his head slightly. "Clear, have you ever heard of the 'Steel-Boned Old Woman'?"

"What kind of nonsense is that!" Clearlove looked confused. "Never heard of it."

"Then it's perfect. I'll let you witness it in a moment!"

"Aren't you afraid of being flamed if we lose..." Clearlove reminded him again.

"I even picked Soraka top last game. Do you think I'm afraid of being flamed?"

"Uh..."

That actually sounded quite logical.

Clearlove gave Su Mo a deep look. At this moment, a faint smile lingered on Su Mo's face, giving off an aura of being unshakeable even if Mount Tai were to collapse before him.

But... he was just a rookie player!

Then looking at himself...

He had played professionally for so many years, yet when he was criticized, he still couldn't keep his composure, feeling depressed and even letting it affect his performance.

If it weren't for Su Mo's words earlier, he wouldn't have even dared... or rather, he would have been afraid to pick Lee Sin jungle.

Clearlove suddenly felt a sense of shame.

"Since you already know the consequences, I won't persuade you anymore." Clearlove finally compromised.

Now, his only choice was to believe in Su Mo.

To believe that even if Letme played at 100% strength, Su Mo could die less, or perhaps not at all.

As they talked, the game entered the countdown.

Su Mo quickly opened his talent page, primarily picking "Illumination" and "Grasp of the Undying."

As a transmigrator, Su Mo knew exactly how to maximize psychological torment.

One hand to steal gold, one hand to steal health—the goal was to maximize the agony!

At the same time, Guan Zeyuan's voice rang out from the commentary booth again

"The BP phase has now concluded. As we can see, Karma is indeed in Mo's hands, proving our guess was correct: EDG has picked Karma top lane!"

"Next, let's take a look at both teams' compositions."

"First, the Red Side, RNG's lineup

Top: The Steel Shadow — Camille

Jungle: The Wild Hunter — Nidalee

Mid: The Colossus of Justice — Galio

ADC: The Sheriff of Piltover — Caitlyn

Support: The Warden — Thresh"

"The Blue Side, EDG, is

Top: The Aspect — Karma

Jungle: The Little Baldy — Lee Sin

Mid: The Demon of Deception — LeBlanc

ADC: The Frost Archer — Ashe

Support: The Heart of Freljord — Braum"

"Looking at the compositions, both sides have their strengths, but this Karma top lane is truly unpredictable."

"We all know that in the last game, Mo performed exceptionally well against Letme. However, this game, Letme isn't playing a non-aggressive Shen, but rather the very strong fighter Camille in the current meta. The difficulty can be described as worlds apart."

Rita took over, saying, "Yes, as one of the most popular support champions in the current meta, Karma doesn't deal much damage. I really don't know what role she can play as a top laner. But I believe Coach Abu of EDG must have his reasons for picking this champion."

Abu, who had just returned to the lounge, silently rolled his eyes upon hearing this.

Clearly, Guan Zeyuan and Rita were not optimistic about EDG's Karma top lane.

But this did not affect the progress of the game.

As the countdown ended, this ultimate battle between EDG and RNG entered the loading screen.

Taking advantage of the loading time, Su Mo quickly opened the system in his mind.

"System, add points!"

[Do you wish to use a Supreme Proficiency Card to upgrade The Aspect - Karma?]

"Yes!"

[Success. The Aspect - Karma has been upgraded to Top-tier Proficiency. Note: When the host uses a champion with Top-tier Proficiency, attributes such as hand speed, awareness, reaction, laning details, and teamfight logic will automatically be elevated to the top tier.]

As the system's voice faded, a massive amount of experience regarding the champion Karma flooded into Su Mo's mind.

Su Mo felt his entire being become much lighter, and his already agile mind became even clearer.

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly as he glanced at Camille on the loading screen.

A delicious point of torment—here I come!

Thinking of the torment points, Su Mo's heart stirred. "System, check how many torment points I have."

[Current Torment Points: 956]

This was the total harvest from the previous game, and Su Mo was quite satisfied.

It only required one thousand points to unlock the Game Shop.

Su Mo figured that once this game was over, he would have enough points to open the shop and see what was inside.

He was already looking forward to it.

After all, since it was a system, there should be plenty of good things.

"Welcome to League of Legends!"

The prompt from his headset pulled Su Mo's thoughts back.

The game had officially begun.

As soon as they entered the game, Clearlove spoke up: "No level 1 fight, watch your positioning."

Although EDG had Braum and Ashe, who were both quite strong in level 1 skirmishes, RNG also had Thresh and Nidalee, and Clearlove didn't want to take risks.

In such a crucial match, any early mistake could be fatal.

However, just as Clearlove finished speaking, he noticed that Karma had bought a Doran's Ring and was heading straight toward the jungle.

"Mo, don't pull any stunts, just stick to the positioning," Clearlove hurriedly reminded him.

"I know," Su Mo nodded obediently, then arrived at the river entrance of the top-side jungle.

He took a look; there were no signs of the enemy.

Having learned his lesson from the last game, Camille likely wouldn't come to the river brush again.

With this in mind, Su Mo walked directly to the Baron pit, aimed at the enemy's top-side triangle brush, and pressed his R skill—Divine Ascent.

He was going to give Letme another lesson!

A lesson called... Pain!