Chapter 8: You Can Get a First Blood Like This?

Ah Bu felt a bit strange.

He clearly had never seen Su Mo play the hero Zilean before.

Ever since Su Mo was just a high-ranking solo queue player, he had been observing him.

This guy’s champion pool consisted only of those few standard top laners.

But now, his Zilean looked like it had the proficiency of a one-trick pony, especially with those skill shots that were bizarrely accurate.

Also, what was up with his non-stop "demonic whispering"?

He had never seen him be this chatty before.

Could it be because he was too excited about being suddenly subbed in?

However, while Zilean could be annoying in the early game, he couldn't keep it up for long.

What would happen later?

"Holy sh*t!! That’s insane!"

Suddenly, a massive exclamation pulled Ah Bu’s drifting thoughts back instantly.

His body jolted, and he nearly jumped out of his skin.

Turning his head, Ah Bu discovered that the person who had just shouted was none other than Mouse, known for his headaches and dizzy spells.

A-Guang was staring at the screen on the lounge wall, his eyes wide, and then he started clapping his hands rapidly.

What happened?

Did EDG get First Blood?

Mid lane or bot lane?

Ah Bu hurriedly looked at the broadcast screen.

"First blood"

Sure enough, just as he expected, EDG had taken First Blood.

It’s just that...

When he saw the ID on the screen, his eyes went just as wide as A-Guang’s.

"EDG丶Mo killed RNG丶Letme"

"Huh?" Ah Bu couldn't help but let out a soft murmur, rubbing his eyes. "My eyes aren't playing tricks on me, right?"

First Blood appearing at this stage in a professional match was quite rare, but not unheard of.

What was rare was that the person who got the First Blood was... the Chronokeeper, Zilean!

"No way, I just zoned out for a second, how did Su Mo kill Letme?"

Ah Bu looked at A-Guang next to him with a look of astonishment.

A-Guang shook his head: "I don't know either, Coach. The director's camera was on the bot lane, and suddenly the First Blood notification came from the top lane. Xiao Mo is really insane!!?"

He had thought that Zilean being able to annoy Shen in the early game would already be a huge advantage.

But now, he had straight-up killed Shen.

For a Zilean to solo kill a Shen in the early game was simply inconceivable.

The game time hadn't even reached three minutes yet!

The staff in the EDG lounge were whispering among themselves.

Surprise and shock kept flickering across everyone's faces.

Meanwhile.

In the LPL online livestream chat, the barrage had completely changed from before.

Although there were many comments before, most were discussions comparing content or individual players.

But now, countless question marks filled the entire chat.

"?"

"???"

"????"

"Solo kill for First Blood at two and a half minutes?"

"Did I see that right? Letme got solo killed by a rookie? And the guy is playing Zilean?"

"?" When I type a question mark, it means it’s not me who has a problem, but this match that has a problem."

"What’s going on in the top lane?"

"Is this the Letme I know? Even if he’s playing badly, he shouldn't be losing to a rookie, right?"

"..."

What exactly happened in the top lane?

This was a question not only the audience wanted to know.

It was also the confusion of the two casters, Guan Zeyuan and Rita.

"My god, what did I just see!" Guan Zeyuan’s volume rose a notch involuntarily. "Mo actually solo killed Letme! What exactly happened in the top lane just now? Let me follow the director’s camera and take a look back at this amazing scene!"

As Guan Zeyuan finished speaking, the director cooperated by showing the replay of the top lane.

This was the benefit of the observer perspective.

As the replay appeared on the big screen, countless viewers held their breath, quietly staring at the footage.

Time returned to twenty seconds ago.

Twenty seconds ago, after Shen, who had ducked into the brush, was hit by another bomb from Zilean, his health was down to only one-third.

Shen, who started with a Doran's Blade, didn't have much sustain, and it was too awkward to recall with that amount of health.

So he chose to stay in the brush to soak up experience.

After Zilean threw the bomb, he turned and walked back to the minion wave, appearing to have no further interest in the low-health Shen.

But, as a melee minion from the second wave of the red side became low on health, a white light suddenly flashed on Zilean, who was in the minion wave.

Flash!

"Ah!"

Guan Zeyuan’s pupils dilated involuntarily as he spoke quickly, "Mo flashed directly in front of the brush where Shen was and placed a ward inside."

"He leveled up to level two the moment he flashed! He threw out an AQ combo. Shen tried to dodge, but was predicted by Mo once again. What a tricky bomb."

"Shen, hit by the bomb, immediately burned his Flash, trying to run toward the tower, but Zilean was already level 2 and his W could reset his Q skill. Shen kept moving, trying to dodge Zilean’s second Q."

"Zilean chased Shen, auto-attacking the whole way, refusing to throw the bomb. Shen kept moving, twisting left and right, constantly taking Zilean’s auto-attacks..."

Guan Zeyuan felt this scene was somewhat comical.

"Mo is so composed. He’s holding onto that second Q for dear life, forcing Shen to move, and taking the opportunity to dish out full auto-attack damage."

"Shen is almost at the tower. The previous bomb exploded, triggering Thunderlord's Decree, and Shen only has a sliver of health left."

"Zilean finally stopped in front of the tower's attack range, and the bomb he had been holding for so long was finally thrown."

"Shen moved to the left, but was predicted again, and the bomb landed on Shen’s head once more."

"Zilean turned around confidently; he didn't even look back at the explosion."

"This bomb is just too despair-inducing."

"3, 2, 1, the bomb exploded, taking away Shen’s last sliver of health."

"My god! After Mo solo killed Shen, his health was almost full. Shen didn't even touch him once from start to finish."

"If I remember correctly, from the start of the game until now, Mo hasn't missed a single Q skill. The accuracy is 100%. This is just too exaggerated!"

"And that Flash before hitting level two—in the professional arena, I reckon only Mo has the guts for that."

"The director has put the camera on Letme. You can see that Letme is currently looking stunned; he doesn't seem to have recovered his senses yet..."

"But that’s understandable. After all, no one would have thought that a hero like Zilean could get a solo kill in the top lane."

Guan Zeyuan talked eloquently at the caster desk.

After watching the replay, he felt it was somewhat exaggerated.

Su Mo’s performance made him feel it was a bit absurd.

Although he had heard Rita call the Zilean top pick a "trump card" earlier, everyone knew that was just polite talk to smooth things over.

In everyone’s mind, picking Zilean was equivalent to giving away a free win, especially when picked by a rookie.

But now, this so-called rookie had managed to solo kill Letme at full health before the three-minute mark, successfully taking First Blood.

Perhaps Letme’s arrogance played a part, but it was still shocking enough.

Rita, who had been silent for a long time, had her eyes sparkling now.

Her gaze couldn't help but look toward the EDG stage, searching for a certain figure.

Regrettably, from the caster desk, she couldn't see the players on stage.