Chapter 40: Sunny Boy! The League's Inventor!

Seeing the betting results, Zhou Shuyi beamed with joy

"As expected, my brothers understand me. To the brothers who bet on Shaco, I absolutely will not let you down."

As she spoke, she purchased a jungle item and health potions before heading toward the bottom half of the jungle.

As she approached the Blue Buff, a sudden thought struck her

"Brothers, I don't think I need to wait until level six to counter-jungle. I can start with Blue, then go straight for the Red Buff. After that, I'll invade Shaco's top-side jungle to catch him off guard. He's even running Ignite; if he doesn't have Flash, I still have a chance to solo kill him."

The more Zhou Shuyi thought about it, the more reasonable it seemed, and the more excited she became. "It's settled then. I'm going to hunt him from start to finish until the game ends."

Hearing Zhou Shuyi's words, PDD's mouth twitched slightly.

He wanted to say that Mo was a professional player after all, and things weren't as simple as she imagined.

However, after a moment's thought, PDD decided not to look for trouble.

As the game progressed, PDD purchased a Doran's Shield and a health potion before heading to the top lane.

On the other side.

Su Mo had also purchased his jungle item and arrived at the F6 camp in his own bottom jungle.

He did not buy health potions, as they were unnecessary.

At the 51-second mark, Su Mo placed his first W—Panic with Fear—at the F6 camp.

In the early game, the champion Shaco can use his W boxes to clear F6 without taking damage, allowing him to reach level two even without being present.

After the 16-second cooldown, Su Mo placed a second one.

Another 16 seconds later, he placed a third one at the river entrance.

This was because he had no intention of farming his own Red Buff.

Su Mo's target was the enemy Master Yi!

After placing the three boxes, the jungle monsters respawned exactly on time.

Su Mo headed straight through the river and stood behind the enemy Blue Buff.

He was waiting.

Since the enemy bot lane duo had not appeared in the bottom lane, it was highly likely that the Master Yi was starting with Blue.

Su Mo silently calculated the time in his head.

However, his behavior left the viewers completely bewildered.

"Wait, Brother Mo, what exactly are you playing?"

"You're skipping jungle camps just to go window shopping? Are you trying to grief your teammates?"

"Is Brother Mo actually planning to invade the enemy's first buff?"

"How can you invade with just a W? Wait... how is Shaco level two already?"

"Holy crap! He's already leveled up?"

"???"

"How did he do that??"

"Is it a bug? Can you just stand in the enemy jungle and auto-level to two?"

"Why did the Blue side's F6 disappear from the minimap?"

"..."

As the viewers were cursing, they suddenly realized that Shaco's level had risen to two.

This scene left the audience in awe.

Question marks flooded the bullet chat.

Su Mo saw the comments and, after a brief thought, understood.

The strategy of Shaco reaching level two without taking damage was well-known to many in the future, but in this era, no one had developed it yet.

After all, Shaco was an extremely niche champion with very few players, let alone those who would specifically research advanced mechanics.

However, Su Mo was in no hurry to explain, because... the hunting time had arrived!

At the 1 minute 53 second mark, Su Mo aimed at the brush next to the enemy Blue Buff pit and lightly pressed his Q skill—Deceive!

Invisibility plus a dash; the level one Q lasted for 2.5 seconds.

Arriving at the brush by the Blue Buff, Su Mo saw the Blue Buff with only 95 HP remaining, and a half-health Master Yi currently auto-attacking the buff.

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly. He placed a W in the brush and then pressed the auto-attack button on the Blue Buff!

…………

Meanwhile, in Zhou Shuyi's stream.

At this moment, Zhou Shuyi was still entertaining her audience, a smile on her face

"Brothers, you always say I'm bad. If I crush Shaco in a moment, won't you have to apologize to me or send me some gifts... Huh? Where's my Blue!"

Before she could finish her sentence, she realized that the Blue Buff, which was only one hit away from death, was gone!

But she quickly understood why, because out of the brush next to the Blue Buff stepped a lean Shaco dressed in red, wielding blood-red dual blades!

A blue aura hung around Shaco's feet, and his grin stretched wide across his face, seemingly very proud of his recent masterpiece.

Clearly, that blue aura was the Blue Buff that should have belonged to Master Yi.

With a chilling smile, Shaco began his attack on the half-health Master Yi.

"Holy shit, my Blue Buff!" Zhou Shuyi said, speechless. "When did this Shaco get here? Doesn't he farm jungle?"

As she spoke, she frantically clicked her mouse toward the bottom tier-two tower, trying to escape. "Shaco, just you wait! See if I don't kill you later!"

However, just as her Master Yi reached the edge of the brush, he suddenly began walking backward uncontrollably.

He had been feared!

It was Shaco's W!

Zhou Shuyi was stunned: "When did he place the box? Didn't he come in invisible?"

In her view, the only way Shaco could have come to this brush to steal her Blue Buff was by using Q to go invisible.

Even if he had stolen the Blue to reach level two, she hadn't seen him place a W in the brush!

Though confused, she had no time to think deeply, as her health was down to a sliver.

She could only mash the Flash key.

*Tap tap tap...*

But during the fear effect, Flash wouldn't trigger.

It wasn't until the fear ended that Master Yi finally managed to Flash, but he was left with a tiny amount of health and an Ignite on his head.

"Puff puff puff!!" Zhou Shuyi blew frantically at the screen, attempting to blow out the flames on Master Yi's head.

But clearly, it was useless.

Three seconds later, under the burn of the Ignite, Master Yi let out a miserable cry: "Ugh..."

Watching Master Yi's body slowly fall, Zhou Shuyi looked devastated: "How can this guy be so disgusting? He's invading my jungle at level one, so cheap!"

PDD switched screens to take a look and was also somewhat surprised.

He hadn't expected Zhou Shuyi to be killed by Shaco at level one, nor did he expect that Shaco could even invade at that stage.

Since she was a streamer he was supporting, PDD could only comfort her: "It's fine, it's fine. Getting a kill in the early game won't turn the tide. Once your Master Yi starts farming, you can still fight him later."

"Sigh, I guess so." Zhou Shuyi gritted her teeth. "Once I hit level six, I'm going to play so hard he'll have to call me 'Grandma'!"

As Zhou Shuyi made her threats, Master Yi respawned in the fountain.

'You animal, Mo! Just you wait!' After cursing him silently once more, she controlled Master Yi to head toward the Red Buff.

It was unlikely she could counter-jungle Shaco now; she just wanted to reach level six as quickly as possible to seek her revenge!

...

On the other side.

Su Mo's stream had already exploded.

"Holy crap!"

"That actually works?"

"I just want to know how Shaco reached level two?"

"Streamer, are we even playing the same champion?"

"Just came from Sister Zhou's stream. How on earth are you playing like this?"

"If I'm not mistaken, the boxes finished the F6. To come up with such a play... he's a genius."

"..."

There were many viewers in the stream, including many high-level players.

By deducing Su Mo's action of placing the boxes, they immediately guessed the reason.

Su Mo then spoke to explain: "Shaco's W can automatically hit F6 in the early game; you just have to time it right."

Hearing this, the bullet chat grew even more active.

"As expected of someone who can pick Swain and Karma top—this playstyle is absolutely savage!"

"I can imagine that from today onwards, there will be a whole new batch of Shaco players tormenting their teammates."

"Is Mo the legendary 'Inventor of League'?"

"..."

Su Mo ignored the comments. He had already returned to base to buy two Long Swords and was heading straight for the top-side jungle.

Of course, he wasn't going there to farm.

He wanted to pass through the top jungle to find his "destined encounter" at the enemy Red Buff!