Chapter 5

The lineups for both sides were quickly determined. On Li Xianghe's side, there was Zhao Xin in the jungle on the second floor, a Fizz top lane on the third floor, an Ashe ADC on the fourth floor, and a Blitzcrank support on the fifth floor.

On the opposing side, the lineup consisted of a Riven top lane, an Ahri mid lane, a Prince jungle, a Miss Fortune ADC, and a Garen support with crowd control abilities.

After entering the game, Zhao Xin, whose ID was "Great Korean Pro," continued to complain, but Li Xianghe ignored him. He followed the jungle Zhao Xin to farm the three wolves and then headed straight to the mid lane.

The minions from both sides quickly converged in the mid lane. Li Xianghe, controlling Zed, skillfully dodged Ahri's early Q skill to avoid taking damage, while also using Zed's Q skill, Shuriken, to harass Ahri's health whenever he had a chance to last hit minions.

To facilitate player operations and faster skill release, the game League of Legends offers an option for smart casting in the system settings. When this is enabled, many non-targeted skills will cancel their original aiming trajectory and directly release to the selected direction or target. However, every advantage has its downside. While smart casting can help players with slower reaction times to some extent, the accuracy of non-targeted skills is often poor. This was evident from Ahri's Q skill, Fraudulent Charm, which had not hit Zed at all, while Zed's Q skill had been consistently chipping away at Ahri's health. Li Xianghe, in both his past and present life, never used smart casting, whether in matches or in ranked games.

When Zed reached level 3, Ahri, who was at half health, had to leave the experience zone twice to drink health potions due to low health, and had just leveled up to 2.

At this moment, the opposing jungle Prince suddenly appeared, carrying a war banner, from the F4 area in Li Xianghe's jungle. Ahri, seeing this, was delighted and, despite being at half health, used Flash to initiate with her E skill, Charm, to try to stun Zed.

Li Xianghe, noticing the approaching Prince from the corner of his eye, remained calm. He used a W skill to place a shadow next to the Flashing Ahri, and then quickly activated the second part of the W skill, Shadow Slash, to dodge Ahri's Charm.

He then unleashed a rapid burst of attacks: Q skill Shuriken, E skill Death Mark, and the skill damage from the shadow, along with a basic attack from Zed's passive (which deals an additional 8% of the target's maximum health as magic damage when attacking a target with less than 50% health, and can only trigger once every 10 seconds).

The result was that the level 3 Zed instantly killed the level 2, half-health Ahri.

Prince, though shocked by the quick kill of his teammate, was not intimidated. Relying on his double buffs and the fact that Zed's skills were on cooldown, he used a quick EQ combo to try to knock Zed into the air.

Seeing the incoming EQ, Li Xianghe's lips curled into a slight smile.

"Once you're here, you can't leave!"

Li Xianghe's right hand, holding the mouse, rapidly clicked on the screen. The black-clad ninja in the game, Zed, skillfully dodged Prince's EQ combo and then fearlessly engaged in a 1v1.

Although Prince's level was the same as Zed's, due to the missed skills, he lacked the armor penetration from his Q skill. Despite having a W skill shield, the damage he dealt in the 1v1 was almost the same as Zed's. After a few exchanges, both were at half health.

At this moment, Zed's passive triggered, and a basic attack took a significant chunk of Prince's health. Li Xianghe then applied Ignite to Prince.

Prince suddenly realized that Zed had not used Ignite when killing Ahri. Seeing this, he quickly used Flash to retreat to his tower.

Almost simultaneously with Prince's Flash, Zed's skills came off cooldown. Li Xianghe, without hesitation, used a W skill to place a shadow at the location he predicted Prince would land after Flashing, and then immediately used the second part of the W skill, Shadow Slash. As a result, although Prince Flash first, they both landed at the same spot almost simultaneously.

Shuriken, Death Mark, and a final basic attack with Ignite activated, Zed tower-dived and killed Prince.

Zhao Xin, who was farming the stone golem in the top lane, noticed the gank and thought he would finish farming the three wolves before going over, as it was too late to help. He was then shocked to hear the synthesized female voice of the game system!

Double Kill!!!!

What happened? What's going on?

A 2v1 counter-kill? Or a counter-kill by the rookie who banned heroes randomly in the ban/pick phase?

Can you even play?

Zhao Xin, whose ID was "Great Korean Pro," bluntly asked in the all-chat: "2v1 counter-kill? Do you even know how to play?"

The opposing jungle Prince, misunderstanding Zhao Xin's words, thought that the Zed, judging by the ID and the quick, skilled operations, must be a pro player. To him, Zhao Xin's words sounded like a boastful taunt.

So Prince replied in the all-chat: "Just got lucky and ran into a pro player! What's there to be proud of!"

"Pro? Him?" Zhao Xin felt a bit uneasy.

This time, Prince ignored him and, after respawning, went to farm the three wolves, preparing to camp the top lane.

"Zed, are you a pro?" Zhao Xin asked in the team chat.

"No." Li Xianghe, who had just bought a Brutalizer, saw Zhao Xin's innocent look and decided to tease him.

"Oh, I thought so!" Zhao Xin sighed in relief, feeling proud of his judgment.

"I'm a ninja!" Li Xianghe said when he returned to the lane.

"......" Zhao Xin.

Knowing Zed's identity, Ahri was very cautious this time, focusing on experience rather than last hits, and playing very passively. After using Zed's shadow to harass Ahri a few times, Li Xianghe found no opportunity to kill her before level 6.

Meanwhile, the top and bottom lanes were not calm. Li Xianghe's side, with the top lane Fizz—Master Yi, was ganked by Prince after being solo-killed by Riven, giving Riven two kills.

In the bottom lane, the allied support Blitzcrank naively pulled the opposing support Garen into the lane. After a blood exchange and the use of summoner spells, Garen escaped with low health, and Ashe used Flash to try to secure the kill, but both ended up giving a double kill to the opposing ADC, Miss Fortune.

At around 11 minutes, the kill score was 2:4 in favor of the opposing team. After both sides reached level 6, Ahri no longer stayed under the tower, instead standing between the first and second towers. Although she couldn't attack, she could easily escape with her ultimate and Flash.

The opposing jungle Prince was also farming the mid lane, knowing that the key to this game was the top and bottom lanes. The opposing jungle Zhao Xin was happily farming and had not appeared in the lane for a long time. If the opposing jungle could be accounted for, this team game could turn into a 1v9 situation, known as "one god can't carry four noobs."

Seeing his teammates' performance, Li Xianghe smiled bitterly, understanding the situation. Looking at Ahri, who was still hiding under the tower, he smiled again.

"Think you're safe behind the tower?"

Li Xianghe used a W skill to place a shadow under the tower. Ahri, seeing the shadow, quickly retreated to the second tower.

Li Xianghe then used the shadow to E skill, Death Mark, to last hit a low-health minion and pretended to retreat.

Most players in League of Legends have a subconscious reaction to see if they can gain an advantage when the enemy retreats, even if they are at a disadvantage. Ahri was no exception. Seeing Zed last hit a minion and retreat, she subconsciously moved forward to gain more experience.

"Waiting for you!"

Li Xianghe's fingers danced on the keyboard, and on the screen, Zed used Shadow Slash to swap places with the shadow under the tower.

"Prohibit—Instant Shadow Death Array!"

Zed's body instantly split into four, rushing towards Ahri, leaving a shadow between the first and second towers.

Ahri, seeing the Ignite on her, knew Zed was serious. Without hesitation, she activated her ultimate, Soul Rush, to teleport behind the second tower, trying to dodge Zed's Shuriken.

However, Zed's Shuriken was not so easy to dodge. Li Xianghe, after using the ultimate, manipulated Zed to extend his hands and release the Shuriken, forcing Ahri to use her ultimate. But at that moment, he quickly adjusted the direction of the Q skill to where he predicted Ahri would land.

Without a miss! Ahri was hit by both Zed's body and the shadow's Shuriken as soon as she landed!

Although Ahri has a three-segment ultimate, each segment has a short cooldown. Scared, she quickly used her E skill, Charm, and then Flash.

Li Xianghe skillfully dodged Ahri's Charm and followed up with Flash, engaging in a 1v1 under the second tower. He then used a basic attack and a R skill to swap places with the shadow, returning to the area between the first and second towers, and walked away from the F4 bush.

Ahri was puzzled why Zed stopped attacking halfway, but then she saw the dark mark on her head.

One second later!

Killing Spree!!!!

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