Chapter 10: Pressing into the Experience Zone! A Desperate Letme!

As soon as he heard Letme’s voice, Coach Feng felt that something was wrong.

He hurriedly looked at the screen on the wall.

The broadcast was currently focused on the top lane.

He saw that a bomb had just landed on Letme’s Shen.

At this moment, Letme felt like cursing.

After respawning, he saw the minion wave crashing into his tower and had no choice but to use Teleport to get back to lane and clear it.

By the time he finished clearing the wave, the Zilean, having returned to base to shop, had also arrived in the lane.

The moment the Zilean walked into the lane, he ignored the low-health minions right in front of him and walked straight up to toss a bomb.

Letme moved as he always did, but that bomb seemed to have a mind of its own; it could predict his movement path perfectly.

For a moment, he even felt a sliver of doubt.

Is this Mo on the other side... actually cheating?

Otherwise, how could his skill shots be so damn tricky?

……

In this world, where there is joy, there is sorrow.

Just like now, Letme’s smile had vanished, only to appear on Su Mo’s face.

【Received +5 Torment Points from Letme】

【Current Torment Points: 96】

Listening to the system’s notification, the corners of Su Mo’s mouth curled up once again.

Looking at the Shen who was a level behind him, Su Mo silently thanked the system.

If it weren't for the Proficiency Card, he would probably have been pinned to the ground and beaten by Letme.

But now, even playing a Zilean, he could create a massive advantage.

Although in this early S7 period, the general skill level of professional LOL players wasn't very high, and team tactics were only just beginning to be prioritized by major teams.

But that didn't affect the individual skill of the players.

Su Mo estimated that when using a champion with "Apex" proficiency, his level could rival that of a top-tier professional, or perhaps even higher.

After a quick calculation, Su Mo continued to lane.

However, Letme was a bit more cautious now. Perhaps having learned his lesson, Letme stopped going for last hits entirely, hiding in the back just to soak up experience.

He even maintained his distance from the Zilean, standing outside the range of Zilean’s Q ability to ensure he wouldn't get bombed.

Su Mo glanced at the mini-map.

Aside from the enemy Gragas, who wasn't on the map, everyone else was visible.

Su Mo wondered if he should play more aggressively.

Even if he just farmed normally, he would still come out ahead in the top lane, but that way, it would be hard to farm Torment Points from Letme.

Besides, there was still a system mission requiring him to make at least one person "break."

He couldn't give up on that easily!

Playing too aggressively carried the risk of being ganked, but Su Mo had just returned to base to buy a Dark Seal and a pair of 300-gold boots. With Shen having no Flash, even if the enemy Gragas came to gank, he had a decent chance of escaping.

Fortune favors the bold!

After a second of hesitation, Su Mo crossed the minion wave.

He was now level four, while Shen was level three.

On the other side, seeing the Zilean cross the minion wave, Letme felt incredibly stifled.

I’m already just soaking up experience, for crying out loud, and this Zilean still won't let me be?

Does he not even want me to get experience?

If he gets forced out of the experience range by a Zilean, how could he ever hold his head up in front of his teammates again? How could he hold his head up in front of tens of millions of viewers?

This was simply unbearable!

Thinking of this, Letme began to observe the Zilean’s position.

Although his Shen was behind in levels and items, the Zilean was currently in front of the minion wave. As long as he could land his E on the Zilean, combined with the damage from a full wave of five minions, he would definitely come out ahead in the trade.

"Screw it, I'm going all in!" Letme’s expression hardened. The moment he pretended to retreat, he turned back, pressed his E ability, and dashed toward the Zilean.

E Ability—Shadow Dash: Shen dashes to the target area, dealing damage to all enemy champions along the path and taunting them.

In an instant, Shen transformed into an ethereal figure, dashing forward at high speed.

But the next moment, Letme was stunned.

The very instant he dashed, the Zilean, who had been walking forward, stopped instantly and took a step back.

By the time Shen finished his dash, he hadn't managed to taunt the Zilean at all—he missed by just a hair’s breadth.

Standing right in the Zilean’s face, he felt somewhat awkward.

However, Letme was an experienced player after all; he immediately pressed his Q ability (Twilight Assault) and prepared to auto-attack the Zilean.

As long as the Zilean fought back, he would still be focused by the minions.

But just as Shen raised his hand to attack, the Zilean moved as if his feet were greased, accelerating backward and causing Shen’s attack to miss.

Letme knew that was Zilean’s E ability—Time Warp, which could speed up himself or an ally.

‘This bastard has fast reactions.’ Letme couldn't help but praise him inwardly.

Realizing things were going south, he hurriedly turned to retreat.

But it was destined to be in vain.

The moment he turned, the Zilean turned back as well and tossed a bomb.

Letme tried to dodge, but as always, the bomb landed on his head.

Before he could even recover, a second bomb flew over.

With two consecutive bombs landing, Shen was stunned in place. The Zilean walked up to land an auto-attack, and immediately after, the second bomb exploded, triggering the Thunderlord’s Decree mastery.

*Crack!*

Blue lightning struck Shen’s head. When Letme looked again, he found he only had half his health left...

As for the Zilean, he had already ducked into a bush to drop minion aggro, having barely lost any health at all.

"Damn it!"

Letme couldn't help but curse.

He knew he was falling apart.

This mistake was enough to ruin him completely.

Without help from his teammates, he would likely be suppressed in the top lane until after twenty minutes, or perhaps until the game ended.

And sure enough, the Zilean, having emerged from the bush, had stopped acting like a human being; he crossed the minion wave again, looking to auto-attack him.

Although Letme wanted nothing more than to kill this filthy creature, he took one look at his own status and obediently retreated.

With that retreat, he was completely pushed out of the experience range.

That damn Zilean, to keep him from getting experience, wasn't even last-hitting minions anymore; he just stood in the distance, soaking up the XP.

At this very moment, Letme wanted to scream at the top of his lungs—*F*** you!*

Since he started playing professionally, he had never been treated so humiliatingly, being pushed entirely out of the experience range.

And the opponent was a rookie playing his first match; he didn't know where to hide his face.

Meanwhile, Letme’s predicament was being broadcast on the big screen.

Guan Zeyuan saw this scene and had a strange expression on his face: "What am I seeing? The rookie Mo, in his debut match, has actually pushed Letme out of the experience range. This is truly hard to believe."

Although Mo’s playstyle was a bit opportunistic, picking a ranged champion against a melee one.

But to drive Letme out of the experience range—even top-tier top laners like LCK’s CuVee, Duke, Ziv, Impact, and Smeb probably wouldn't dare claim they could do that.

After all, Letme was no pushover.

To be beaten this badly was truly an exaggeration.

Could it be that EDG actually has a chance to win?

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(End of chapter)