LOL: What does it mean to torture players?

There was a chilling atmosphere in the bushes below.

Su Mo controlled Gangplank, quietly crouching in the clump of grass near the river in the bottom lane.

A powder keg had already been hidden at his feet.

In front of the tower not far away, 369 was cautiously pacing back and forth.

369 is conflicted.

The minion wave is right in the middle of the river, which is an awkward position.

If we don't eat, this wave of artillery soldiers will be wiped out;
If he goes to eat, the captain will most likely be waiting for him in the grass.

"He's definitely here... he's absolutely here..." 369 muttered to himself.

But he glanced at his equipment inventory—Sunfire Aegis and Cloth Boots.

While it's not ridiculously tanky, it shouldn't be... so tough that it gets one-shotted, right?
Hesitation will defeat.

Just as that priceless siege minion's health was about to drop to zero, 369 couldn't resist the temptation and took a step forward, wanting to kill the minion.

"Even if it costs me a whole set, it's worth it," 369 thought.

However, just as Shen stepped into the dangerous distance...

Su Mo's eyes turned cold, and his fingers tapped out a deathly rhythm on the keyboard.

E!

The second powder keg appeared almost instantly at Shen's feet, aligning with the hidden barrel in the grass.

Captain A headed toward the first bucket in the bushes.

"boom!"

There was no reaction time.

The two barrels exploded instantly!
Even more fatally, Su Mo's luck turned around this time—the 20% critical hit chance was triggered at this crucial moment!

Then I sent a Q!

The combination of Radiant Light, First Strike, and Critical Strike Damage left 369 feeling a jolt.

Shen, who was at full health, had his health bar evaporate by nearly two-thirds in an instant, as if by magic!
"Holy crap?!" 369 exclaimed in horror, his heart clenching.

But this is just the beginning.

The exploding barrel instantly refreshed the captain's passive ability, "Fiery Judgment."

Su Mo burst out of the bushes, his body accelerated, and slashed Shen hard with a fire blade that dealt true damage!

369 reacted quickly, immediately activating his W skill [Ultimate Skill! Soul Protection] sword array to try to block the subsequent basic attacks, while simultaneously using his E skill to dash backward and escape.

But Su Mo seemed to have seen through everything already.

R!

The massive barrage of shells completely blocked Shen's retreat, so he slowed down and engaged!
Although Shen escaped using his E ability, he was slowed down by his ultimate.

Su Mo remained calm and placed another powder keg.

A barrel! Speed ​​up! Refresh Fire Blade!

Chase after him and unleash another fiery blade strike!

The true damage burned away at Shen's remaining health.

"Ding!"

With the final, crisp sound of gold coins being deposited into the bag, Shen reluctantly collapsed in front of his own defensive tower.

Single kill!

And it's pure, unadulterated damage that kills them!

"Wow!" exclaimed the commentator from the commentary booth. "Even if 369 plays Shen, he can't escape being solo-killed? That critical hit barrel was too fatal!"

Uzi watched the replay and shook his head repeatedly: "This damage... I don't understand. If the Captain gets a critical hit after building the Essence Reaver, it's devastating. 369 wasn't really that greedy this time, he just wanted to take a cannon minion, but that barrel exploded and it crit, and everything was over."

Miller added, "It's mainly a psychological game. Mozi was incredibly patient. He crouched in the grass for a full thirty seconds without taking any units, just waiting for this moment. That kind of patience, that hunter's intuition, is terrifying."

In EDG's voice chat.

"Nice, Mo Ge!" Jiejie glanced at the bottom lane, "Shen died again, now the connection is completely broken."

After calmly clearing the minion wave and taking down the enemy's bottom lane tower, Su Mo recalled to base and said, "Basic operation. Add a little luck. Let's prepare for Baron Nashor; we can't let the enemy catch us again."

There was complete silence in JDG's voice chat.

369 stared at the black and white screen, feeling as if the mouse in his hand weighed a ton.

“My…” he said with a hint of self-reproach, “I didn’t expect the damage to be so severe.”

Kanavi took a deep breath, suppressing his frustration: "It's okay, stay calm. We still have a chance. In the next team fight, I'll find an opportunity to engage Viper. As long as we can kill the AD carry, we'll have a much easier time."

Yagao gritted his teeth and said, "That's right! We must kill the AD carry instantly! Although the Captain has high burst damage, he can't easily kite us!"

……

Soon, the game time was 22 minutes.

EDG didn't rush to take down Baron Nashor. Instead, they took advantage of Su Mo's huge advantage on the side lane and started a classic "131" split push.

Su Mo's Gangplank was pushing the bottom lane, Scout's Akali was pushing the top lane, and the three of them grouped up in the front.

JDG is constantly on the go.

Shen didn't dare to defend the Captain on the sidelines at this point, and could only send the highly mobile Taliyah to take a quick look.

But Taliyah didn't dare get too close to the tower, fearing she might be ambushed by the pirate hiding in the shadows.

23 minutes 40 seconds.

The third dragon is about to spawn.

This is a Fire Dragon. If EDG wins it, they will be close to winning the Fire Dragon Soul.

For EDG, who already have high-burst champions like Gangplank and Akali, the Fire Dragon Soul's buff is like adding wings to a tiger.

"We can't let this dragon go," Toothpaste said. "If we do, the damage difference later will be even greater. We have to take the risk!"

JDG's five players gathered in the river.

This time, Kanavi's team circled around a huge area and hid in the bushes of EDG's red buff jungle, activating a scan to confirm there was no vision.

"I'll enter the fray at the right moment, Galio, watch my position and give me your ultimate!" Kanavi quickly instructed in the voice chat.

Missing's Galio nodded: "Understood!"

EDG's formation is slightly spread out.

Su Mo's captain is still on his way, and is still some distance from the main battlefield.

"Chance!"

A glint flashed in Kanavi's eyes.

E [Destructive Charge] activated! Sprint activated!
The centaur transformed into a ghost, charging at high speed from the flank towards Aphelios, who was positioned slightly forward.

R【Shadow Impact】!
A large group of ghost riders terrified Viper and Meiko!

Immediately afterwards, Galio's ultimate ability, "Heroic Entrance," created a massive magic circle that covered the ground!
Shen's ultimate ability was also used on Hecarim who entered the fray!
JDG's perfect, all-or-nothing team fight initiation!
"They've got it!!" Miller roared, "JDG's desperate engage! Hecarim's ultimate hits the duo! Galio lands and knocks them up! Viper's Quicksilver Sash is on the way, but Shen's E-flash taunt catches him! Aphelios's going to be instantly killed!"

Although Viper used two summoner spells, he was instantly melted by JDG's three ultimate abilities rushing in.

AD falls to the ground!

"Kill!!" Hope's Kai'Sa flew into the fray to reap the rewards.

But at the crucial moment, the man arrived.

Su Mo didn't have TP (Teleportation Points); he walked there.

However, he arrived not in front of them, but to the side and rear of JDG's Kai'Sa and Taliyah in the back row—at the F6 intersection.

At this moment, JDG's front line rushed out, completely exposing their back line.

Su Mo looked at Kai'Sa and Taliyah, who were preparing to enter the fray and deal damage, and a smile appeared on his lips.

"A family bucket, please."

He first placed a bucket in the shade.

Then step out of the bushes and place the second bucket at the maximum distance.

EEA!

A classic double-barreled container.

"Boom!!!"

A huge explosion echoed through the canyon.

Kai'Sa and Taliyah's health bars instantly dropped by half!
The next moment, another barrel fell at their feet. Kai'Sa instinctively tried to grab the barrel with an auto-attack, but the captain flew over with his Q and blew up the barrel.

Two huge critical hit numbers popped up on the screen: -
890!
-
920!

"Double Kill!" The two people exploded instantly.

"My God!!!" Uzi's pupils shrank sharply. "Two barrels, double kill! Two full-health carries were instantly melted! What kind of damage is this?! Is this a nuclear bomb?!"

The remaining three members of JDG – top laner, jungler, and support – were about to celebrate killing Viper when they turned around and realized their backline was gone.

That feeling of despair was worse than killing them.

Without the output of the two main damage dealers, the remaining three tanks are lambs to the slaughter.

Scout's Akali entered the fray to reap the rewards, while Jiejie's Lee Sin kicked Hecarim back.

Su Mo walked up, killed Shen with a single slash of his fire blade, and then killed Galio with a single shot.

Quadra Kill!

Four kills!

The last of the heroes tried to escape, but Akali couldn't catch them.

Destroy the group!

1 for 5!

……

With this wave over, the outcome of the game is no longer in doubt.

EDG immediately switched to fighting Baron Nashor, and with the Baron buff, EDG, led by Su Mo, pushed up JDG's high ground like a bulldozer.

With the Baron buff, the EDG team advanced towards JDG's mid-lane high ground in a powerful wave.

The minion wave hadn't even fully reached the tower yet, but the atmosphere was already suffocating.

JDG's five players huddled under their high ground tower, each one on edge.

They knew very well that once the high ground tower fell, they would completely lose any hope of turning the tide under the pressure of the super minions.

Hope, controlling Kai'Sa, stood in a relatively safe position behind the tower, carefully clearing the front-line minions.

His fingers hovered over the E skill and Flash, constantly on guard against the man dressed as a pirate.

Su Mo's Planck did not rush to attack the tower.

He slowly placed a powder keg on the open ground in front of JDG's high ground.

Tick, tick.

The fuse of the powder keg is on its countdown.

369's Shen was at the forefront, while Kanavi's minions lingered on the flanks, trying to find an opportunity to kick back this wave of minions.

"Watch out for the captain! Watch out for the captain and the bucket!" Missing shouted a warning.

Hope glanced at the location of the barrel and mentally calculated the distance: "It's okay, that barrel isn't far enough for me. The double barrels can't hit me. I have E to pull them away."

The moment that thought crossed his mind, Su Mo acted.

He put down the second bucket, connecting it to the first.

But that still wasn't enough to blow up Kai'Sa.

Hope instinctively took a half-step back.

However, just as the captain raised his hand and raised his gun, the bullet of his Q skill [Gunfire Negotiation] had just left the barrel!

A flash of golden light!
Su Mo's hand speed exploded to the extreme, and in that instant, he used Flash!
At the same time, his fingers typed out the third E skill on the keyboard!
This isn't your average double barrel combo; it's an EQ flash-E combo! A triple barrel combo that explodes instantly!

The moment the bullet detonated the first barrel, the third barrel landed precisely and connected to the second barrel at the extreme distance!
The flames from the explosion instantly spread to the deepest part of the JDG crowd!

"boom!!!"

For a moment, the screen seemed to vibrate.

Hope didn't even have time to react.

He only saw a flash of light before the screen went dark.

Kai'Sa didn't even use her E skill, which was supposed to save her life, or she did use it but it was completely useless.

Kai'Sa, at full health, had her health bar erased from the screen as if it had been wiped off by an eraser.

"EDG.Mozi has killed JDG.Hope!"

Quiet.

Deathly silence.

Immediately afterwards, the entire audience erupted in cheers.

In JDG's voice chat, Hope froze, staring wide-eyed at the black and white screen, his mouth agape as if he could fit an egg in it.

"I...I'm at full health..."

Hope's voice trembled, filled with disbelief: "How did I go from full health to nothing? How did that barrel get here? I was clearly at a safe distance!"

Missing flicked his mouse, and Galio unleashed a Q skill in mid-air. He was right next to Kai'Sa and witnessed this "magical transformation."

"Too fast..." Toothpaste's face turned pale. "We're gone."

Kanavi closed his eyes in despair. AD was gone; the game was over.

After a brief moment of stunned silence, the three commentators in the commentary booth erupted in a thunderous roar.

Miller exclaimed, "A nuke! This is a nuke! A full-health Kai'Sa, without even a single auto-attack, was wiped out by a barrel! What kind of damage is that?!"

Uzi's face was filled with fervor: "EQ Flash E! This is the fastest combo for Gangplank, bar none! Under the high pressure of a competition, Su Mo actually dared to play like this! And he succeeded! This isn't just about hand speed, it's about absolute confidence! This damage is too fake, it's really too fake, one bucket sent Kai'Sa back to the fountain for a bath!"

The live stream chat instantly obscured the screen:
【? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 】

[The magic trick of making your health bar disappear!]

Is this captain cheating?

Art! This is fucking art!

[Hope: Who am I? Where am I? Where is my health bar?]

[Violent aesthetics, this is what you call subterranean fire!]

Back to the game.

With Kai'Sa's instant death, JDG's last line of defense completely collapsed.

"Charge! Wave after wave!" Meiko shouted excitedly in the voice chat.

Jiejie's Lee Sin showed no mercy at this moment, using ward hop to enter the fray and R-flash to kick back the Taliyah who was trying to clear the minions.

Scout's Akali moved in like a ghost, finishing off the low-health Taliyah with her second ultimate.

"Double Kill!"

The remaining three players—top, jungle, and support—were like lambs to the slaughter, facing the EDG team who were buffed by the Baron buff and had gone berserk.

Viper's Aphelios switched to the Mirror Image, spinning wildly as he unleashed a barrage of attacks on Shen, who was now under Braum's passive effect.

Su Mo's ultimate ability blocked the fountain entrance, giving JDG no chance to retreat.

Be careful not to fall.

The men and horses fell.

Galio was not spared either.

"ACE!"

The sound of the team being wiped out echoed throughout the canyon.

The minion wave surged in, and the twin towers were reduced to ruins within seconds.

"Take down the tower! Take down the tower!" Su Mo commanded.

With the two turrets falling, JDG's crystal was exposed.

Su Mo stopped spawn camping and instead worked with his teammates to destroy the crystal bit by bit.

"boom!!!"

As the base crystal shattered, Wawa, Miller, and Uzi shouted in unison:

Let's congratulate EDG!!!

"With a perfect 3-0 record, they swept JDG and won the 2022 LPL Summer Split Championship!!"

"Congratulations to them as the LPL's number one seed for the S12 World Championship!!"

On the stage, golden rain poured down like a waterfall, and colorful ribbons fluttered in the air, enveloping the five boys dressed in black and gold team uniforms.

At the same time, Su Mo and his group took off their headphones and heard a tidal wave of shouts and screams from the scene.

"EDG!"

"EDG!" (End of Chapter)