Rebirth is fine, but I get eight hundred dollars right from the start?

boom!

Having just passed level three, sOAZ was once again forced out of the experience zone. He slammed his right hand heavily on the table, causing the mouse to bounce up and fall back down with a muffled thud.

He rattled off a string of French sentences, his lips moving so fast that you could guess how many "friendly greetings" were hidden within them without needing a translator.

On the screen, he had already used two health potions and one mana potion, while Clockwerk's health was still above 80%. The lifesteal from Doran's Blade and the tankiness from her shield meant she barely lost any health.

Tale!

what!what!what!

You're a guy who has no soul for top lane.

A real 1v1 battle between real men should be about flexing your muscles and showing off your strength. Why are you trying to imitate those squishy AD carries by playing some kind of short-range kiting game?

On the big screen, compared to his sister-in-law's increasingly flushed face, Zhang Hai, whose entire focus was on the competition, remained calm.

His face showed no hint of smug satisfaction at not having gained an absolute advantage.

Below the stage, Zhang Hai's father stared at the screen for a long time, then suddenly turned his head and asked:

"If I understand correctly... does this situation indicate that the two players' fundamental skills are simply not on the same level?"

Luo Yu nodded. "Uncle, you understand correctly. Brother Tazi's professional basic skills completely overwhelmed the opponent."

"HWG's players have the best fundamentals in the world!"

"Attack range, skill range, minion wave control... the European top laner on the blue side is like a caveman."

"No wonder I said I've never seen his name in the top 30 of the Canyon."

"Oh, so HWG has many exceptionally talented players like Xiaohai," Zhang's mother asked curiously.

"To correct you, this isn't talent... well, attack range control is also related to talent."

"Basic skills require daily training and a lot of hard work to reach this level. E-God has publicly revealed his techniques for last-hitting and skill usage, but to still achieve such an exaggerated difference in performance when everyone knows them requires a certain amount of talent plus enough hard work."

"Sweat..."

Mr. Zhang repeated himself, his gaze returning to the stage. The hot-tempered boy who used to rage at home, his neck red, veins bulging, yelling at him, "You don't care what I like! You don't understand what I'm doing, you just tell me to do what you think is right!" now had a hint of approval in his eyes.

"If you can make a living doing what you love," he said softly, as if talking to himself, or perhaps to his wife beside him, "if you can pour your sweat into it and make a name for yourself—"

"Then just do it."

Zhang's mother didn't respond, but quietly placed her hand on the back of her husband's hand and squeezed it.

She saw her son's focused face on the big screen, and for a moment she felt that the night he ran away over the wall wasn't so far away. The son who had found his own way was indeed different from the one he had been six months ago.

"..."

Back to the game.

sOAZ ultimately failed to reach level six.

The pressure from the Doran's Blade Orianna in lane is like a dull knife piercing flesh; each cut isn't fatal, but with each slash, Irelia's CS (creep score) has fallen behind by more than twenty.

The minion wave was blocked not far from the Clockwerk tower. sOAZ could only go up to last hit the enemy's minions by getting hit twice and then by a Q. He had used up all his health potions, run out of mana potions, and his crystal potion was long gone. His status bar was completely empty, and his health was barely maintained at two-thirds, while the enemy Clockwerk's health bar was still above 80%.

We can't return to base. If we do, given the opponent's economic advantage, they will definitely be able to acquire equipment that can completely overwhelm us.

He could only, and had to, try before the first wave of people returned home.

"All supplies are gone!" On the Chinese commentary stage, Wawa's voice dropped a half-octave but her speech quickened. "sOAZ couldn't take it anymore. His level 5 Irelia took a step forward—this is a push! He can't wait until level 6; if he doesn't go back to base to buy more items now, he'll have no chance!"

Miller stared intently at the minimap and skill bar: "A level 5 Irelia has launched a desperate charge. What did Tazi say? A fully healed Irelia with two-thirds of her health is absolutely dominant, plus she has Barrier and Exhaust... Huh?"

The clockwork didn't connect!

The instant the Irelia pushed forward, Zhang Hai turned around and took two steps towards the tower. Then, he raised his hand and cast a Q – the magic ball shot out and accurately took down three low-health melee minions in front of him. With a ding, gold was credited to his account. Without even turning his head, he pressed B to recall.

When the teleportation beam lit up, sOAZ froze in the middle of the minion wave, his Q skill stuck in his hand, unsure whether to press it or not. The camera clearly captured the expression on his face of holding his breath but hitting a cotton ball.

"Whoa—ah!" The bearded man in English covered his head with both hands. "No way! Absolutely no way! Tale's choice is to clear the minions and go straight home, not giving the enemy even the slightest chance to kill! Is this the same Tale we know?"

"Let's see what kind of gear Orianna pulls out on her first recall."

The director switched the camera to the fountain, and Zhang Hai quickly tapped a few times on the store screen.

Three seconds later, Orianna re-emerged from the fountain.

Three new items suddenly appeared in her inventory: Giant's Belt, Doran's Ring, and Doran's Ring.

The thousands of people present fell silent for a moment, then erupted into a buzz of discussion.

The live stream chat was flooded with comments.

【? ? ? ? 】

[The Giant's Belt? The Belt of Despair?]

[Three Doran's Blades and a Giant's Belt, that's at least 1500 HP, level 5, dude!]

[Irelia is talking nonsense?]

I'm impressed, this is truly a tanky, clockwork-like build.

[Has Brother Ta taken the wrong medicine today? He's playing it safe to the extreme.]

In the LPL commentary booth, Wawa opened his mouth and then closed it again. Miller pushed up his glasses: "Three Doran's Rings... plus Giant's Belt. This build... how should I put it, you can't find fault with it. Orianna's passive has AP converted into auto-attack damage, Doran's Ring provides AP, health, and mana regeneration, Doran's Blade provides attack damage and lifesteal... Giant's Belt directly increases maximum health."

"sOAZ currently only has a Sheen, a pair of boots, and half a bottle of health potion left—the difference in maximum health between the two sides is something that skill cannot make up for."

The voice of the bearded man speaking English carried a sense of bewilderment, as if his perception had been overturned: "Guys, in our minds, Tale is that wild boy who could chase three opponents up to the high ground and hack away with Riven in the LPL Spring Split. But today he picked Orianna, built three Doran's Rings, and bought a Giant's Belt. It's as if he's telling us in a unique way that the first principle of a professional player is... victory."

In the game, sOAZ looked at the thickness of the enemy Orianna's health bar the moment it came online, and his mouse visibly paused for half a second.

"???"