Chapter 10

"Are you better at playing Zed?" Koushikazu listened to the surrounding discussions. Although he didn't believe that Li Xianghe had the skill of a Diamond player, he slightly reduced his contempt in his heart.

"Both are the same." Li Xianghe said casually, "First blood, first tower, and one hundred minions?"

Koushikazu was angered by Li Xianghe's casual attitude. He suppressed his anger and said, "No problem, but I'm a substitute top laner in NJS, and I'll take Riven! You can take whatever you want, don't blame me for not holding back, I just want you to know the gap between us."

"Then I'll take Riven too, it's perfect, I also want to know." Li Xianghe said with a light smile.

The game quickly entered the champion selection screen. After both picked Riven, they both chose Ignite and Flash without hesitation, clearly both wanting to end the solo with a first blood.

After entering the game, Koushikazu started with a large health potion and a health potion, and both arrived at the lane before the minions. Koushikazu glanced at Li Xianghe's item bar and saw that he also started with a large health potion and a health potion.

Riven's gameplay mainly revolves around the details of skill and auto-attack combos. If done well, it can deal high damage. The so-called "light-speed QA" refers to using the Q skill "Broken Wings" to cancel the auto-attack delay, and then using the ground-strike movement to cancel the Q skill delay. High-level players understand this, but while they may understand it, very few can actually perform the light-speed combo between Q and auto-attacks.

Before the first level minions arrived, Li Xianghe initiated a skirmish in the mid-lane. This was Li Xianghe's initial probing, and both had learned the Q skill "Broken Wings" at level one.

Q, auto-attack, ground-strike, Q, auto-attack...

Both quickly used the light-speed QA technique to engage in a close-range fight. However, just as Koushikazu's Riven was about to cast the third segment of Q, there was a "snap," and Li Xianghe's Riven leaped high, the knock-up effect of the third segment of Q actually interrupting Koushikazu's third segment of Q.

Seeing Koushikazu's third segment of Q interrupted, Li Xianghe's eyes did not show any joy, but rather some disappointment.

In the first wave of trading, Li Xianghe only lost less than a third of his health, while Koushikazu, due to being hit by Li Xianghe's third segment of Q and auto-attacks, lost half his health instantly.

"What's going on? Why did Li Xianghe lose less health than Senior Koushikazu? Is he hacking?"

"Yeah? Riven has a three-segment Q, why did Senior Koushikazu only use two segments? He's not holding back, right?"

"You idiot, didn't you see Senior Koushikazu's Q was interrupted?"

"Is Li Xianghe's hand speed faster than Senior Koushikazu's?"

"It's not just hand speed, it's mainly the timing of the interrupt. Otherwise, Li Xianghe couldn't have interrupted Senior Koushikazu's third segment of Q at that moment." Someone analyzed.

"So Li Xianghe is pretty good."

"Yeah, I can't say about other things, but this Riven is better than mine."

"Tch..." Someone whistled.

Hearing the surrounding discussions, Koushikazu's face sitting in front of the computer turned slightly grim. He looked up and saw Choi Kyung-phil, Kim Dong-min, and others looking at Li Xianghe with surprise, which made him even more uncomfortable.

After the minions arrived, Koushikazu had completely put aside his initial contempt. Compared to Li Xianghe's casual last-hitting, he was much more cautious. His health was already lower than Li Xianghe's, and after using a health potion, his health slowly recovered. Realizing he had no advantage at level one, he wisely chose to give up a few last-hits rather than give Li Xianghe the opportunity to trade damage. After all, in the early stages of a solo, without a full combo to take down the opponent, it's all about trading damage.

Soon, Li Xianghe reached level two. Not knowing what skill Li Xianghe had taken at level two, Koushikazu cautiously gave up a few minions that were close to Li Xianghe. After gaining experience from a few minions, he also reached level two and quickly took the W skill with a stun effect. Due to the disadvantage from the level one skirmish, he was playing a bit more cautiously, and the surrounding discussions made him eager to counter-attack and prove himself.

After Li Xianghe reached level two, he actually didn't take any skills. His understanding of early-game skill builds was always adaptable, taking what was needed. While on-the-fly skill builds might be troublesome for most people, for Li Xianghe, it was just a matter of hand speed and confidence!

When Li Xianghe moved forward to last-hit a minion in front of Koushikazu, the initially cautious Koushikazu suddenly changed his attitude. After using a large health potion, he cast a Q skill "Broken Wings" towards Li Xianghe. Li Xianghe, however, was not at all flustered and quickly used a large health potion to counter-attack.

The sound of rapid key presses filled the e-sports activity room as both engaged in a fast-paced QA and ground-strike combo.

Koushikazu dared to initiate this fight despite knowing his QA combo was slower and his third segment of Q could be interrupted because he seized the opportunity to cast the first Q. Any operation has its limits, and with the first Q, Koushikazu believed Li Xianghe could not interrupt his third segment of Q unless he gave up the QA combo and went for a three-Q Riven, which would make this trade advantageous for him.

Li Xianghe, of course, wouldn't be that stupid. After both quickly performed two segments of light-speed QA, Koushikazu was about to cast the third segment of Q. If hit, Koushikazu would follow up with an auto-attack, a W stun, and another auto-attack, dealing two additional auto-attacks plus the W damage.

At that moment, Li Xianghe's lips curled slightly. He quickly used an unused skill point to take the E skill (a short dash that blocks incoming damage), and just as Koushikazu's third segment of Q was about to land, Li Xianghe precisely used E to dodge it. Koushikazu, reacting quickly, flashed towards Li Xianghe's E position and immediately used W.

However, to everyone's surprise, Li Xianghe, the moment his E skill landed, activated his third segment of Q, leaped back, and narrowly avoided Koushikazu's flash and W.

High-level players truly make split-second decisions! Li Xianghe's Q skill was like a flexible dance, dodging and moving with incredible agility!

"Nice!" Someone in the crowd couldn't help but clench their fist and shout excitedly.

"Wow, Riven can be used like that?" Clearly, some felt they were playing a different champion compared to Li Xianghe.

Choi Kyung-phil and others were completely stunned, as their idol, Senior Koushikazu, had been completely outplayed!

While Li Xianghe didn't gain much advantage in the trade, to be outplayed with a Flash like that? In the e-sports game League of Legends, Flash is one of the most important summoner spells.

Koushikazu, though shocked, his professional training forced him to remain calm, at least on the surface. This time, he said nothing, returned to the tower, and waited for level six to see if there was another opportunity to fight.

Li Xianghe, seeing this, felt a bit helpless. A tower dive without level six was unrealistic, so he let Koushikazu last-hit a few more minions.

After a few waves of tower minions, Koushikazu reached level six, but he was hesitant. If he went out and lost, losing to the bookworm he had mocked earlier, his reputation as an e-sports genius would be a huge irony!

Li Xianghe clearly saw Koushikazu's hesitation. A smile appeared on his lips. After his wave of minions was cleared by the tower, he suddenly walked into the tower's range, taking half his health, and then walked out!

"What's going on? Is Li Xianghe's mouse broken?" Someone whispered.

At this moment, a line of text appeared in the chat bar of the game interface.

"Half health, dare to come out?"

This immediately sparked a lot of discussion. Han Yizhen, standing nearby, looked at Li Xianghe with a complex expression, unsure if the Li Xianghe facing a semi-pro player so arrogantly was the same bookworm she knew. She couldn't help but feel a bit choked.

"Li Xianghe is being too arrogant, right?"

"Indeed, but it's also very dominant, isn't it?"

"Yeah, and staying under the tower isn't fun either." Someone agreed.

"..."

Koushikazu, however, was furious, his face turning pale. He silently walked out of the tower and approached Li Xianghe. Li Xianghe, with only half health, faced Koushikazu, who still had four-fifths of his health, without any fear.

Koushikazu, relying on his health advantage, immediately used Ignite, closed the distance with an E, and quickly used a standard EAQAQA combo, reducing Li Xianghe to low health while himself remaining with about a third of his health.

Koushikazu's W stun was again dodged by Li Xianghe's E. Koushikazu, without hesitation, used his ultimate and immediately followed up with the third segment of Q. If Li Xianghe was hit by the third segment of Q and knocked up, he would be instantly killed by the incoming sword wave!

This is the high-level play of Riven, using skills to cancel the ultimate's delay and using control skills like Q or W to restrict the opponent, preventing them from dodging the sword wave. In addition to RE and RW, high-level Riven players can combine these in different situations.

However, a shocking scene unfolded. As Koushikazu raised his hand to cast the ultimate, Li Xianghe used a Flash to narrowly avoid it, landing behind Koushikazu. He then immediately activated his third segment of Q, leaped back, and knocked up Koushikazu. Li Xianghe then used his ultimate, followed by a W to cancel the delay, and a final auto-attack to finish the sword wave!

A textbook Riven combo, followed by a standard QRWA, instantly killed Koushikazu, who still had a third of his health despite being under Ignite!

First Blood!!

With the sound of the kill notification, the crowd watched in shock as Li Xianghe, with half health, used a series of极限闪避极限闪避 to instantly kill the full-health Koushikazu, completely颠覆了他们的游戏观.

Koushikazu was not a novice at Riven; he was a substitute top laner for the NJS club and a highly regarded e-sports genius at school. Yet, he was outplayed and dominated by Li Xianghe, a well-known bookworm at school.

Li Xianghe took off his headphones, a faint smile still on his lips.

"I told you, I'm very strong." Li Xianghe repeated his earlier words to Koushikazu.

But at this moment, no one dared to laugh at the bookworm saying such words.

"Chasing girls, I might not be as good as you." Li Xianghe, looking at the complex expression on Han Yizhen's face, smiled faintly and said. Then, turning to Koushikazu, he stated in a calm but audible voice, as if stating a fact:

"In e-sports, you are not as good as me."

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