Hoping for a Turnaround

When the Purple Team's Jungler Rengar Flashed over the wall from the enemy jungle and lunged forward, Zhou Mo, the Blue Team's mid lane Syndra, managed to react.

Not only did he react, but his hand speed also kept up completely.

But even though he immediately controlled his Dark Sovereign to sidestep in an attempt to dodge the enemy Rengar's follow-up skills, it was already a futile effort.

Because the distance was simply too close.

Furthermore, before his Flash finished its cooldown, he had no other mobility skills to use for dodging.

Therefore, this was a guaranteed death situation.

The moment he Flashed over the wall, Lu C, the Jungler Rengar, also rapidly fired his E skill almost simultaneously.

"Bola Strike"!

A bola radiating a deadly crimson light was thrown straight at the target Syndra.

The skill hit!

The Ferocity effect activated, instantly rooting the target!

Immediately after, using his remaining skills and basic attacks in rapid succession, Rengar unleashed a full rotation of burst damage onto the Dark Sovereign in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, the light on the Blue Team's turret flashed, and a blue energy projectile shot down toward Rengar.

Indeed, while locking down his prey Syndra, Lu C's Rengar had also entered the attack range of the enemy turret, beginning to take turret aggro.

He could take at most two or three more shots before he had to retreat.

If the follow-up damage couldn't keep up in time, then this perfect initiation would ultimately be wasted, and Syndra would eventually survive the ordeal unharmed.

However, such a scenario had absolutely zero chance of happening.

Because the moment their Jungler teammate made his move, Lin Xiao and Qiao Xin Yu, who were not far away in the lane, had already acted.

...

"Oh... Rengar was very decisive~"

Someone muttered in admiration.

At the same time, the W key was pressed.

Controlling his support Zyra, Lin Xiao rapidly moved his mouse, planting a massive red seed on the ground right beneath the feet of the Syndra with the ID Shuang Leng Mo He.

This was immediately followed by a rapid Q skill, "Deadly Bloom."

Thorns suddenly erupted from the ground, piercing through the Dark Sovereign's feet, chunking her health while also causing the seed to grow into a ferocious thorn spitter, which began to relentlessly spit poison at the nearby Syndra.

Then, timing it perfectly with the 1-second root from his teammate Rengar's E skill, he landed his own E skill, "Grasping Roots," with absolute precision.

A perfect chain of crowd control.

As for Qiao Xin Yu, the young girl had already controlled her ADC Graves to quickly catch up.

Syndra, rooted by "Grasping Roots," still had some fight left in her, turning back to fire a Q-E combo toward Graves. Clearly, if she could prevent this outlaw from unleashing his burst damage, she might still have a chance to escape.

However, the young girl didn't give her opponent that chance at all.

As the dark energy sphere was violently pushed toward her by "Scatter the Weak," Qiao Xin Yu pressed her E key almost simultaneously.

Skill, "Quickdraw."

On screen, Graves elegantly and smoothly slid to the side, precisely dodging the dark sphere that was flying toward him.

The distance was calculated perfectly.

She didn't even need to waste her Flash.

Indeed, a small repositioning with her E skill was more than enough.

This was the young girl's playstyle—meticulously calculated, seeking victory through quiet stability, cautious yet unconstrained.

And just like that, the fate of Shuang Leng Mo He's mid lane Syndra was sealed.

...

After taking one shot from the turret, Lu C's Jungler Rengar chose to pull back.

Lin Xiao's support Zyra continued to tank the turret.

Qiao Xin Yu's Graves, in this extremely safe and comfortable environment, fired his shotgun to his heart's content.

Basic attack, Q, basic attack, another basic attack, and finally, the kill was secured.

Accompanied by the system's kill announcement and the lifeless body of the Blue Team's mid lane Syndra falling to the ground, someone's excited cheer rang out in the YY voice channel:

"Ah, sweet revenge~"

Earlier, Lin Xiao's support Zyra had been ganked by the enemy Jarvan IV, giving First Blood to Shuang Leng Mo He's mid lane Syndra.

Now, the two of them, cooperating with their Jungler Rengar, had dove and killed the enemy Dark Sovereign under her turret.

In terms of kills, it was a one-for-one trade, breaking even.

But from a practical standpoint, the Purple Team had undoubtedly gained the upper hand.

After all, the scaling of a mid laner was far more important than that of a support.

Meanwhile, looking at his screen turn grey, Zhou Mo's face showed no emotion. He merely pulled up the scoreboard to take a quick glance.

Even though he had been killed once, his last hits were still ahead of the opposing Twisted Fate, who was also struggling under pressure in the bot lane.

Furthermore, he had secured First Blood on the support Zyra earlier—

Looking at the economic development of his opponent, he still held the advantage.

Therefore, this was only the early stage of the game, not even five minutes in. The real battle was yet to come.

...

At the eight-minute mark, Lin Xiao and Qiao Xin Yu chose to swap back to the bot lane.

The young girl's Graves chose to recall under the mid lane turret.

Meanwhile, Lin Xiao controlled his support Zyra, together with his Jungler teammate Rengar, to invade the Blue Team's bottom jungle once again.

They swept through the jungle.

Then they rotated back.

By this time, their mid lane Twisted Fate had also reached level six and had just recalled. Meanwhile, the Blue Team's bot lane duo was preparing to push a new minion wave under the Purple Team's turret.

Lin Xiao pinged the enemy ADC Jinx.

In the next moment, the Jungler Rengar beside him and their mid lane teammate Twisted Fate understood immediately.

How should one put it... After all, they were top-tier players in the Korean Server Challenger tier. Their coordination didn't require much verbal communication; a few simple pings were enough to reach a mutual understanding.

At the 8:30 mark, Twisted Fate, who was heading back to the mid lane, turned and rushed toward the bot lane. Once in range, his ultimate "Destiny" was activated.

Eerie red eyes that could see through everything slowly appeared above the heads of the five Blue Team champions.

Sensing danger, the two Blue Team bot lane champions decisively chose to retreat.

But at the same time, Lin Xiao's Zyra and Lu C's Rengar had already flanked them from the river's tri-bush.

Lin Xiao pressed the E key.

Zyra rapidly raised her arms, sending a wave of "Grasping Roots" forward.

It hit the enemy ADC Jinx, rooting her in place!

In the next second, accompanied by a ring of cards elegantly appearing on the ground, Twisted Fate teleported in.

The moment he landed, a sharp, brilliant gold card was thrown.

*Ding!*

A crisp sound echoed, chaining the crowd control and continuing to stun the target Jinx.

As for the support Nami, she was locked down tightly by Lu C's Rengar, leaving her with absolutely zero chance of escape.

"Double Kill!—"

In the end, both kills were handed to the mid lane Twisted Fate.

Looking at his mid lane teammate's score jump to 5/0/1, Lin Xiao felt a wave of satisfaction:

"Ah, this way the mid lane should be stable..."

In the early game, the two of them had pressured the mid lane.

Now, they had helped their Twisted Fate teammate secure a double kill.

Surely, when he went back to face Shuang Leng Mo He's Syndra, nothing too unexpected would happen... right?