The Buddha's Palm Remains, But Where Is Invincible Tong of Yesteryear!

Hearing this, Ming Kai and Tong Yang's expressions immediately turned grim.

The two of them narrowed their eyes in unison.

Chu Ran is quite petty, isn't he?

He's already resorting to verbal attacks?

As everyone knows, Ming Kai is considered a pillar of strength by many EDG fans. However, many anti-fans actually curse Ming Kai, saying he's just a jungler who latches onto others for support.

Netizens often joke online.

Pawn carried Ming Kai on his back every day, so eventually, his kidneys couldn't bear the load and collapsed.

Pawn, on the other hand, remained expressionless. He and Deft had been with EDG for two years and could understand some Chinese.

However, he and Deft were about to return to LCK, and the past was like smoke; it no longer mattered.

He could only say that LPL was truly a tactical desert, it was terrifying.

Even the mighty Marin had fled from LGD.

As for Tong Yang, he was very displeased. Back then, he was known as Invincible Tong, a time when he was full of pride. It was a world of difference compared to now. Chu Ran bringing up the past was filled with mockery, no doubt about it.

Tong Yang was amused to the point of anger, "Alright, I'll play Gnar this game."

"Okay."

Abu, watching the two confront each other, didn't say much.

This kind of healthy competition was what he wanted to see, and the focus of this tryout was Chu Ran and Tong Yang.

Whoever performed better in the tryout would get the spot.

Ming Kai, Tong Yang, don't say I didn't give you a chance.

However, seeing Ming Kai so strongly support Tong Yang, Abu muttered to himself again.

He even suspected that Ming Kai had been the mastermind behind Tong Yang's arrogance and demands back then, and when they were rejected, he had also slacked off.

If that wasn't the case, then Tong Yang was simply clueless.

Otherwise, there was no way to explain everything Tong Yang had done at the time.

Soon, everyone was ready.

Since it was a training match, there were no strict requirements for hero compositions.

Tong Yang decisively picked Gnar. Abu had initially thought Chu Ran would pick Fiora, but to his surprise, Chu Ran directly pulled out Yasuo.

"Yasuo?"

"Yasuo is a good matchup against Gnar, but Xiao Ran, are you confident?"

"Coach Abu, do you know which hero I'm best at?"

"Isn't it Fiora? Yasuo?" Abu was taken aback.

Chu Ran smiled, "No, it's still Fiora."

Damn it!

Wasting my emotions.

[Red Temperature Value +23]

Abu was amused to the point of anger by Chu Ran, but he didn't say anything more. He favored Chu Ran even more in his heart.

As long as Chu Ran didn't perform too poorly, he would definitely choose Chu Ran and not consider Tong Yang.

The past precedent was there; who knew if there would be a next time.

A moment later, both sides' lineups were set.

Ming Kai and the others were on the blue side, while Chu Ran was on the red side.

The blue side lineup consisted of Gnar in the top lane, Kha'Zix in the jungle, Syndra in the mid lane, and Jhin and Braum in the bot lane.

The red side lineup consisted of Yasuo in the top lane, Lee Sin in the jungle, Orianna in the mid lane, and Sivir and Alistar in the bot lane.

Ailoli heard Chu Ran pick Yasuo and immediately heard teasing voices in the team chat.

"Bro, playing Yasuo? You're really brave."

"Can you win?"

"Guaranteed win," Chu Ran said with conviction.

Under the effect of the [Innate Sword Body Dao Embryo], any hero wielding a sword had become Chu Ran's specialty. Combined with [Brother Ale's Blessing], Chu Ran's own skill, and experience, if he couldn't beat Tong Yang with all this, Chu Ran might as well just run into a wall and die.

"Be careful of Ming Kai, he'll definitely gank you like crazy."

Hearing Deft's words, Chu Ran nodded, "Okay."

Although Ming Kai was known for never looking at the top lane during matches, with his performance today, it would be strange if he didn't gank Chu Ran relentlessly.

After all, this was just a training match, not an official competition.

At this moment, Deft and Pawn began communicating in Korean.

"Who do you think will win?"

"It has nothing to do with us."

"I was just wondering if we're really going to leave EDG?"

"Let's go." Pawn's eyes were deep. EDG already had Scout, and there was no room for him to play.

The main reason was that staying in EDG offered no hope of winning the championship. Two years of quarterfinals had chilled his heart. It was better to go back to LCK and try his luck.

Chu Ran naturally didn't understand what Deft and the others were saying, nor did he pay attention.

The game loaded completely, and immediately countless signals lit up in both junglers' areas.

Chu Ran came to the river and pressed Tab. He noticed Meiko hadn't brought a scanner and quickly said, "You can place a ward at F6. They don't have a scanner."

Immediately, the second team's support placed a ward at the passage between F6 and the red buff, directly used to monitor Ming Kai's jungle route. Similarly, Chu Ran's jungler's route was also monitored.

In this game, both junglers started in the bottom half.

The main strategy was to clear all jungle camps, gank top if an opportunity arose, and recall if not.

At one minute and forty seconds, Chu Ran controlled his Yasuo and went top with the minion wave, positioning himself near the river.

Gnar was nowhere to be seen. It was highly probable he was hiding in the brush, wanting to use a few basic attacks to break Chu Ran's wind shield at the start.

"Good awareness."

Seeing Chu Ran was prepared, Tong Yang immediately walked out of the brush. Abu and Mouse were standing behind Chu Ran, watching their match.

"Who do you think will win?"

Mouse was stunned. After a few seconds, he slowly replied, "It's hard to say. Yasuo against Gnar is a favorable matchup, but not overwhelmingly so. It depends on the execution. I'm leaning towards Tong Yang."

Neither level one Gnar nor Yasuo were strong. Chu Ran had learned E for his Yasuo at level one, and his runes were standard for attack power, magic resistance, and armor. His three large essences were all AD, but Chu Ran had replaced one small AD rune with a 1% critical strike chance.

Yasuo's passive doubled his critical strike chance. With the base 2% critical strike chance at the start, if he got lucky, he could even crit multiple times in a row.

Seeing Tong Yang's Gnar trying to push the wave at level one, Chu Ran didn't give him a chance. He immediately E'd through a minion and charged forward, his basic attack triggering Grasp of the Undying.

Tong Yang's eyes narrowed, and he immediately moved back, throwing out an AQ. However, just as he was about to swing his second attack, Chu Ran E'd through another minion again, dodging his boomerang.

This trade was a small profit.

He hit Gnar one more time, while Gnar had only managed to break his shield.

Furthermore, Gnar's Q didn't hit any allied minions, and this tiny difference was enough for Chu Ran to gain lane priority.

"He dodged that too, I'm impressed."

At this moment, Tong Yang gritted his teeth. Losing lane priority meant Chu Ran's Yasuo would reach level two first. After reaching level two, he would stand in front of the minion wave, pressuring Tong Yang's Gnar.

E-A-E-Q, he closed the distance. Although he took an A-Q-A from Gnar, a level two hitting a level one still dealt more damage. This trade was another small profit, and it caused Gnar to miss the experience from two melee minions.

Seeing this, Chu Ran's lips curved upwards. Another wave or two, and he could go all-in.

In Chu Ran's eyes, Tong Yang's Gnar's casting animations and skill wind-ups were terrifyingly slow. This was the boost from his trait, which significantly improved his dynamic vision.

At this moment, Tong Yang pursed his lips, his body involuntarily straightened, and he put away his initial underestimation.

This Yasuo has some skill.

But not that much!

As long as he played defensively for a while, he could turn things around later.

Abu witnessed all this and nodded with praise. "Little Chu's awareness and laning management are very meticulous. This play of pulling into the brush to avoid vision and minion aggro, Ah Guang, you need to learn more from him."

"Huh?"

Mouse was taken aback. Learn from him?

He plays Maokai, does he need these details?

"However, pressuring like this with Yasuo seems pointless. There are no resources in the top side, so having lane priority is useless. Conversely, he's letting the wave push past him, putting himself in a dangerous position, which creates an opportunity for Ming Kai to gank him. Does he think he can get a solo kill?"

"Do you think there's a chance?"

Looking at the current health of Gnar and Yasuo, one below half health, the other slightly above half health, Abu fell into thought.

"There's definitely no chance. You know as well as I do, the top lane always explodes. But if you don't want to die, the opponent can never solo kill you."

Mouse spoke with great confidence. He was a veteran of surviving under pressure.

How to guarantee he wouldn't die in the top lane, he knew that very well.