You've only been playing for half a year, and you've already reached the finals?

In the blink of an eye, sixteen minutes had passed.

A hellish dragon slowly descended into the dragon pit.

But the next second, the skateboard shoe's spear stabbed up, provoking the fire dragon to roar and take flight!

"It's here, the dragon has spawned!" On the commentary booth, Wawa shouted loudly: "DK is still starting the dragon immediately, their dragon soul rhythm in this game is extremely tight!"

"However, EDG doesn't seem to be giving up this time!"

In the video, Flandre's Aatrox teleported directly to the river after recalling to base to replenish his equipment.

Saint Gun Bro's strategy was clear this game. Since the team didn't need him to deal damage, he didn't buy Star Eclipse or Dusk Blade, but instead bought Bloodthirst and used himself as the front line.

The Bloodthirsty Aatrox build is actually a waste of Aatrox's combat power in the current version; it's only a good fit for the team.

On DK's side, seeing that all of EDG's members were in position in the bottom river, they felt a bit of a rush.

Because they also understood that this could be a crucial team fight that would decide the outcome.

However, it must be said that this team fight came earlier than they expected.

They thought the first team fight would take at least twenty minutes.

However, in EDG's view, this team fight was actually quite late.

Fortunately, the Death Knight pushed the pace of Dragon Soul very quickly.

After all, with a perfect early game rhythm, EDG controlled the economic lead, and the mid, jungle and marksman positions had already completed their respective Mythic items by 12 minutes, which was the key qualitative change point in the transformation of economic gap into combat power gap.

If DK's dragon control rhythm were even a little slower, and they lingered on the dragon race for a minute or two, only taking the second dragon at the 12-minute mark, then EDG could have easily and happily sent DK packing with the qualitative difference of having three Mythic items!

Now that the clock has reached sixteen minutes, all eight positions on both sides except for the support are at the Mythic level. Therefore, the difference in combat power brought about by the economy is extremely limited, and it is still time to compete on the hard power of team fights.

But EDG isn't worried.

“Look at the dragon, look at the dragon, we can fight it!” Ming Jing said. “You just go ahead and do your thing, leave the rest to me.”

Mingjing knows how to boost morale. In EDG's voice chat, the most reassuring thing is Mingjing's "Leave the rest to me."

After all, this person always manages to retract his threats, so his credibility is off the charts.

After hearing this, the EDG players had nothing more to say; they just had to do it.

Saint Gun Brother's Aatrox charged forward with his greatsword, wanting to test his skills against the enemy Sejuani and Leona.

Meanwhile, JieJie's Poppy was keeping an eye on Camille, ready to defend against her entry into the fray.

But as the fire dragon's health continued to decrease, both sides quickly focused their attention on the baby dragon.

"The dragon is low on health, should we go for Smite?" Miller couldn't help but shout, "But DK has Spear Draw! It might be difficult for JieJie to fight! Let's see if we should initiate a team fight!"

Starting a group is a must.

Seizing the opportunity when the dragon was low on health, Flandre's Aatrox unleashed his ultimate, taking advantage of the enemy's focus on the dragon as he wildly swung his giant sword, which looked quite terrifying.

The river sword demon still deserves some respect. Showmaker's Syndra used EQ to push the ball, sending Flandre flying.

But this also gave JieJie a chance to make a move. Poppy started shaking her hammer and tried to knock the jungler Sejuani away.

Without a second thought, Canyon unleashed his ultimate ability, attempting to freeze Poppy.

But JieJie's team fight instincts are truly top-notch. He always makes amazing plays in team fights. Poppy flashed with golden light and dodged Sejuani's ultimate, then slammed forward!

Canyon was startled by the flash hammer, but his reaction was incredibly fast. He also used Flash, narrowly dodging the hammer!
A gasp of surprise immediately erupted from the audience.

This could be the key team fight that decides the outcome. As the junglers from both sides exchanged Flash and ultimate abilities, the fight instantly became intense!
Although Sejuani's ultimate skill missed, it still created a frozen zone in the center of EDG's camp, forcing the EDG players to push forward!

"JieJie's ultimate was also dodged with Flash, so what about the dragon? It seems like there's no way to fight for it!"

The fire dragon's body was already covered with countless spears, and the kill threshold of the Punishment skill was too high. If one side wasn't restricted, then Jie Jie would have no chance of fighting back with Punishment.

Fortunately, EDG still has Mingjing in charge of the overall situation.

Ming Jing looked at the dragon's health and the number of spears displayed in the upper left corner, his mind racing as he quickly calculated the kill threshold of the Spear Punishment.

Although DK members don't have this calculation ability and rely on intuition, Mingjing can more accurately control the timing of entry after accurately calculating the damage.

At this moment, Xiaolong's health had dropped to 1500, and at the same time, Kalista raised her right hand and threw out another spear.

It's now!

Kalista has a fatal flaw when facing Cassiopeia: once her basic attack is launched, it cannot be canceled, and even if she clicks to retreat, she will only jump backward instead of turning her head.

In other words, as long as Cassiopeia catches Kalista's ultimate skill the moment she launches her basic attack, she will definitely petrify her!

Of course, it depends a little on the reaction, but it's not a problem for Mingjing.

Mingjing instantly pressed the keyboard repeatedly, and the moment the Cassiopeia's ultimate was unleashed, he flashed forward, using his R-flash to enter the battlefield!
Besides Kalista, Syndra and Sejuani were also hit by the petrification effect, making a total of three people!

"OMG! PHI!!!" The North American commentator at the scene shouted instantly, "Lee Jae-gan is a god! Are you trying to ruin this team fight!?"

In the instant they were petrified, Mingjing used WQ to follow up and simultaneously bind Kalista and Syndra to the ground!
"Fuck!"

"Brilliant!"

In the EDG voice chat, several teammates were terrified, and they were all screaming in alarm!
Because DK's bot lane consisted of Lulu and Aphelios, and their jungler was Poppy, Kalista didn't bring Cleanse but instead brought Heal to aggressively lane.

With Kalista petrified and DK's Spear of Smite broken, the junglers from both sides are now entering a fair and just arena for smite duels.

EDG had a clear strategy, and Viper's Aphelios bravely stepped up, focusing their firepower on the dragon and reducing its health to the point where it could be killed with Smite before the petrification wore off.

JieJie was prepared and used Q Smite!
On the other side, Canyon also pressed the Smite button.

However, only one beam of punitive light fell from the sky.

"The Blue Legion killed the Infernal Dragon!"

The news of the Fire Dragon's death spread throughout the arena, and the five members of DK felt a chill in their hearts as a sense of deathly silence spread through them.

Right now, they have no choice but to win this team fight!

Nuguri ignored the Aatrox in his face, used Camille's Q skill to kick the Aatrox while charging his Q, and then directly slammed him against the wall, kicking him towards EDG's backline.

But this scene did not escape Mingjing's discerning eye.

At that moment, he was spitting venom at Kalista, but the instant he saw Camille's E skill being used, he immediately moved the mouse and aimed at the hook's wall-hanging point.

【Eternal Frost】!
A burst of icy power was slowly released, and Camille was immediately immobilized as soon as she hung on the wall, unable to kick out with her second E skill!

If Mingjing says he'll take control of the situation, then he'll definitely be able to do it.

It's impossible for anyone from DK to get close to EDG's backline.

Nuguri's heart sank.

Can it still be like this?
The next second, JieJie's Poppy finally arrived late, using her E to stun Camille by the wall.

Meiko timed it perfectly and followed up with a sheep transformation, leaving Nuguri completely immobilized.

Viper's Aphelios with his green and white blades seized the opportunity to set up his turrets and unleash a barrage of attacks, stacking his Flying Wheels!
Meanwhile, the team battles ahead have reached a fever pitch.

Mingjing, in coordination with Flandre, used two venomous fangs to crush Kalista. After Flandre's Aatrox got an assist, he refreshed his ultimate and chased after Syndra, hacking away!
DK really didn't want to deal with the sword demon; they just wanted to kill the snake woman.

But Mingjing, with his Phase Rush active, gave them no chance. He dodged Leona's ultimate and Syndra's W, and Meiko didn't forget to protect the front line. Lulu's ultimate left the DK team in despair! After taking Lulu's ultimate, Mingjing didn't run away. He turned around and hit Syndra again with a Q, followed by two more Venomous Fangs, securing a double kill!

"Double kill!"

At that moment, Viper's Aphelios, with his fully stacked Flywheel, stormed into the arena, and as the Flywheel spun, it happily sent the remaining Sejuani and Leona of the Death Knight to their deaths.

"Triple kill!"

"ACE!"

In the LCK commentary booth, as the fangs tore and the flywheel spun, the screams of several people grew louder and louder!
"Cassiopeia R-Flash into the fray! Has she petrified three people?! This is critical, absolutely critical!"

"Can punishment win? Let's try to win this once!"

"Kalista got instantly killed! Camille was also controlled when she entered the fray!"

"Oh no, Lulu still has her ultimate move, and the Cassiopeia isn't dead yet!"

The voices of the group grew increasingly desperate, making countless Korean viewers feel extremely uncomfortable, and the live stream chat exploded with excitement!

[Damn, how could such a close team fight result in a 0-for-5 exchange? Are the players on the field even human?]

[There's no way around it, Phi's ultimate move is just too overpowered. This monster really isn't human, is it?]

[This was entirely expected. Did anyone really think DK could win?]

Don't you understand DK's ineptitude in international competitions? Every time they advance by stepping on their own teammates and then hand the championship to Phi?

It's a pity they can't even handle a civil war properly this year.

It's okay, DK is only the third seed. Making it to the quarterfinals this year is already a great achievement. The championship should be won by Ji-hoon and Sang-hyeok.

[Ji-hoon is more likely to win the championship; he's a genius on par with Phi. What is Sang-hyeok, anyway?]

[Haha, are Chovy and Phi on the same level? This is the funniest joke I've heard all year!]

Having watched the match to this point, the Korean audience naturally understood that DK had already sent the ticket.

A clean sweep resulted in a 5-for-0 exchange, instantly widening the economic gap between the two sides from 1.5K to 4K.

Moreover, as EDG cleans up the battlefield and deals with minions and jungle monsters, this economic gap will only widen further!

And most importantly, Xiaolong was also robbed.

Then why bother hitting a hammer?
For DK, their only chance of winning is the Miracle raid.

But for EDG, there are countless paths ahead.

EDG remained in no hurry in the following period.

Anyway, the dragon can be obtained every five minutes, which coincides with the Flash cooldown. EDG has a late-game lineup, so there's no rush. Let's farm for five minutes first.

During this period, the DK was quite restless, banding together to hunt people down.

But it wasn't until this point that the drawbacks of the transfer window began to emerge.

Without Beryl's roaming awareness and vision control, DK lacks even the ability to pick off isolated targets and break the deadlock.

The jungler and support roamed around, but were spotted every time. Several roams yielded nothing, and they even lost an outer turret.

In the blink of an eye, 22 minutes had passed, and the fourth dragon spawned.

The DK members banded together again and headed down to the lower river.

The economic gap between the two sides has widened further, and the DK players are somewhat fighting a desperate battle in this fight.

On the other side, EDG certainly had no reason to miss this team fight, but this time everyone was in no hurry. They let DK go to the dragon pit to grab a position, while the mid, jungle and support slowly dealt with the mid lane minions before moving towards the river.

Although Aatrox and Aphelios were not in sight, the DK members did not think much of it, their minds were full of planning the next spear-pulling punishment.

But in the darkness they cannot see.

Aphelios is setting up his turrets and unleashing a barrage of attacks on Baron Nashor using his green and white blades!

With the Sword Demon tanking the dragon in front, Aphelios, who unleashed a full rotation of his flying wheels, was able to deal damage without pressure, making his dragon-slaying speed explosive!

On the LCK commentary booth, the three commentators were as anxious as ants on a hot pan, wishing they could travel thousands of miles to deliver the news to the players.

"Isn't anyone even aware of this?"

"The dragon is about to be lost! Let's click the blue eye icon to check!"

"EDG's players are really cunning! They actually stole Baron Nashor!?"

In fact, DK has already discovered the problem.

After all, the dragon has already started. It can be explained that the Sword Demon is not in the front line because he is flanking. But it is really hard to believe that Aphelios is not in the front line.

But at this stage, even if the DK players realized the problem, there was nothing they could do. After all, the other three EDG players were still stuck in the middle, and it was impossible for them to reach the Baron pit smoothly.

They could only manage to take down one small dragon to stop the loss.

Seeing that Xiaolong's health was getting lower and lower, Jie Jie was still eager to go in and fight, wanting to risk his life to get Xiaolong.

"Change the hammer."

Mingjing stopped Jie Jie's dangerous move, "Let's go, let's push the tower together. It's useless for the other side to take the dragon, they won't live to see the next dragon."

Upon hearing this, JieJie raised an eyebrow and then followed the team to the middle lane.

At this point, the two announcements were finally made.

"The Red Legion killed the Infernal Dragon!"

"The Blue Legion killed Baron Nash!"

One is an ordinary little dragon that doesn't really matter.

One of them is a large dragon that can directly increase the odds of winning by 30%.

It goes without saying which side is more profitable.

EDG didn't even waste any time. The moment they got the Baron buff, they naturally went to the mid lane and pushed down the second mid lane tower.

And the process is still ongoing!

Viper barely lost any health after taking down Baron Nashor, and Aphelios arrived right away.

After securing the dragon, DK's route back to the mid lane was blocked by EDG. If they wanted to defend, they had to collectively recall to base and then charge out again.

When they finally broke out of the fountain, the minion wave had already reached DK's mid-lane high ground.

At this moment, Flandre's Teleport skill lit up, and after returning to the fountain to replenish his health, Flandre immediately used Teleport to protect the lane!

EDG players were more aggressive than ever before, with several of them crowding into the high ground and using the Baron buff to forcefully push down the high ground tower!

The DK members were eager to engage, but Mingjing's Medusa was an endless threat simply by standing in the middle of the group.

With JieJie's Poppy also on the team, the rest of the team couldn't find a good angle to initiate a team fight, and could only watch as the five members of EDG destroyed the high ground towers and the high ground crystal.

In a single encounter, Baron Nashor and the mid-lane inhibitor were both lost!
At this moment, the economic gap between the two sides has widened to an astonishing 8! (End of Chapter)