This Guy Is a Bit of a "Noob"

No matter how Lin Xiao muttered under the stage, on the field, the match continued on the LCD spectator screen.

Although the Blue Team's ADC Draven didn't choose an all-in playstyle right from the start, thanks to his movement, he managed to dodge Caitlyn's Q, preventing the opposing Caitlyn and Sona duo from poking down much of their health at level 1.

Objectively speaking, being able to maintain their health at level 1 was already a major success for the Blue Team's bot lane duo.

Around the second minute of the match, when the bot lanes of both sides reached level 2, the Blue Team's Draven and Thresh clearly began to play more aggressively and proactively.

The support Thresh constantly looked for opportunities to land a hook from the side, while also occasionally stepping forward to utilize the passive of his E, Flay, to accumulate bonus damage, striking the Purple Team's Sona or Caitlyn with his chained scythe.

The basic attack damage was quite respectable.

Upon reaching level 2, Draven leveled up his W, Blood Rush. Seizing an opportunity, he activated W to suddenly boost his movement speed, stepping forward with his two spinning axes to land a basic attack on Caitlyn as she was last-hitting.

*Clang!* —

A crisp metallic sound rang out, and Caitlyn's health bar dropped by a chunk.

Realizing that their opponents were starting to play more aggressively, the Purple Team's Caitlyn and Sona sensibly began to play more defensively and conservatively.

Caitlyn leveled her W, Yordle Snap Trap, placing metal traps in the minion wave and the brushes to restrict the opponent's movement and provide herself with some safety.

Overall, both bot lanes played with a good sense of push and pull, delivering commendable performances.

But a certain someone in the back rows of the audience kept shaking his head and sighing:

"Caitlyn shouldn't be so scared..."

"Cowering at this time only makes it harder to play."

"Thresh is too passive as well. He should have stepped up aggressively to zone them off experience."

"Draven isn't keeping up... Even if his teammate doesn't initiate, he could still help Thresh set up a hook..."

"Sigh, so boring—"

His constant muttering made the surrounding spectators turn to look at him, each of them grumbling inwardly:

Who is this guy? Why is he so talkative...

Talking as if he's some pro master. If you're so good, why don't you go up there and play?

But the surrounding spectators didn't know that if they replaced any of the four bot lane players with this muttering guy, he could firmly pull the bot lane battle under his absolute control.

In truth, the standard of an ordinary "professional master" was far from enough to describe his level.

***

Around the sixth minute of the match.

On the LCD spectator screen, the bot lane minions were pushed near the range of the Blue Team's defensive turret by the Purple Team's Caitlyn and Sona.

Activating his Q, Spinning Axe, the Blue Team's ADC Draven landed a basic attack, last-hitting a Purple Team minion.

The moment the minion died, Draven and the support Thresh hit level 3 simultaneously.

At this point, Draven seemingly couldn't hold back any longer and launched an attack.

Activating his W, Blood Rush, his movement speed suddenly surged. The Glorious Executioner, holding his two sharp spinning axes, strode straight toward Caitlyn.

Raising his hand, a Spinning Axe basic attack was hurled forward with a whistle!

*Clang!!!* —

Metal clashed, and blood splattered.

The Purple Team's Caitlyn reacted quickly, immediately using her E, 90-caliber Net, to shoot a net that dealt damage while using the recoil to slide backward and escape.

Draven decisively used his E, Stand Aside, quickly hurling his heavy axe toward the mid-air target.

However, this Stand Aside was a fraction of a second too slow, failing to interrupt the opponent's movement skill as intended.

Seeing this, the certain someone in the audience sighed again, muttering:

"A bit too slow on the reaction..."

At that moment, despite his ADC teammate's missed skill, the Blue Team's support Thresh made up for the mistake with his own mechanics.

Using his summoner spell, Flash, the Chain Warden's body instantly surged forward in a flash of golden light.

In the blink of an eye, he closed the distance to Caitlyn.

Swinging his chained scythe, his E, Flay, was unleashed.

A powerful, icy force swept from front to back, striking Caitlyn at maximum range, pulling her back a small step, slowing and crowd-controlling her!

In her panic, Caitlyn also Flashed, trying to escape Thresh's attack range.

But right after, Thresh's Q, Death Sentence, whistled through the air.

*Clank* —

The skill landed. The harsh sound of metal chains wrapping around Caitlyn rang out as she was yanked back, once, and then twice.

As he reactivated his Q to fly toward her, Thresh threw his W, Dark Passage, toward his ADC teammate behind him.

***

In the Huacai Team's player booth.

"Old Zheng, take the lantern! —"

The support Thresh, Feng Mu, shouted calmly.

"On it!"

Zheng Tian replied decisively, quickly clicking on the green lantern thrown by his teammate. His Draven flew forward along the guiding beam of light.

In an instant, Caitlyn was right in front of him.

"Damn it, let's see you run now!?"

Zheng Tian sneered, controlling his Glorious Executioner to unleash a barrage of basic attacks.

*Clang!* — *Clang!* — *Clang!* — *Clang!* —

Every basic attack, enhanced by his spinning axes, struck Caitlyn, taking away a chunk of her health.

Thresh timely applied Ignite to Caitlyn, reducing the healing effect of the Heal she hurriedly activated.

The Purple Team's support Sona rushed forward to exhaust Draven, trying to save her ADC's life.

But in the end, it was futile.

Seeing the target about to escape his attack range, Zheng Tian Flashed, instantly closing the distance once more—

One basic attack, then another!

Caitlyn ran out of health and collapsed.

"First Blood! —"

The system's female voice announced the kill, and a brilliant pale gold beam of light suddenly rose over Draven.

With First Blood secured, the Glorious Executioner's passive was cashed in. In addition to the rich First Blood reward, his accumulated passive stacks converted into a massive gold bonus.

Under the stage, a burst of applause and cheers erupted.

"Awesome!"

In the player booth, Chu He, sitting one seat away, praised, and the other teammates chimed in with compliments.

A smug look appeared on Zheng Tian's face.

He couldn't help but glance down at the audience, where his crush was intently watching the spectator screen.

Zheng Tian felt even more elated and excited.

He had said it before: his Draven wasn't just ordinary strong!

See? Just like that, First Blood!

Xinyu, just watch. Next up is where my Draven's truly dominant play begins!

Compared to that "Olaf Wielding a Kitchen Knife," this is what true, raw power looks like, carrying the whole game!!

Unbeknownst to him, the "Olaf Wielding a Kitchen Knife" in his mind was currently muttering under the stage, evaluating the First Blood that had just appeared on the screen:

"Sigh, how could he use Flash like that..."

"What a waste..."

"Clearly, just using Heal would have been enough."

"Oh wait, if he just auto-attacked Sona, caught the axe to refresh his W, and activated the speed boost to chase, he wouldn't even have needed to use Heal."

Finally, the certain someone concluded:

"Hmm, this Draven is a bit of a noob."