Just as Abu and Mouse were talking, Chu Ran and Tong Yang's top-lane matchup had already reached a fever pitch.
Once Yasuo's level came up, Tong Yang was sweating profusely.
Before Yasuo had Wind Wall, he could still poke him a little with Auto Attacks and Q Skill.
Now, Chu Ran would E in to trade, then E back through a minion, immediately cast Wind Wall along with his passive shield, making it impossible for Tong Yang to win the trade. He was being shoved under his tower and beaten down by Chu Ran.
And Tong Yang felt as though the wind Chu Ran's Yasuo sent out had auto-tracking. Wherever he went, Yasuo's tornado followed.
How was this playable?
Tong Yang gritted his teeth, his expression growing increasingly grim. He knew that if he could not beat Chu Ran in this scrim, he would basically have no chance of becoming part of the starting lineup. He would not even qualify as a substitute top laner anymore.
"Ming Kai, come gank again once I hit level six. I'll Flash and slam him then."
"Mm, sure. This guy..." Ming Kai was feeling frustrated too. The game clock was at 5:40, and he had already moved toward top lane twice, but it felt as if Chu Ran had map hacks. Every time Ming Kai had not even fully approached top lane, Chu Ran had already backed off.
Even after Scanned, he could not find any wards Chu Ran had placed.
Ming Kai was a little impressed by Abu's eye for talent. Chu Ran really had something.
But not much!
He believed that once Tong Yang's Gnar hit level six, he would definitely show off Buddha's Palm again.
At the same time, Chu Ran heard the second team's jungler asking over voice chat, "Want me to come help Counter-gank?"
"No need. They can't kill me."
"You shouldn't be too confident. Korol's Gnar is pretty good."
Before the second team's jungler could respond, Pawn spoke first. Though he spoke somewhat clumsily, Chu Ran still understood the general meaning.
"But you're not bad either. You're straight-up pushing him in."
Pawn pressed Tab and found that Chu Ran was already ahead of Gnar by more than ten CS. His eyes immediately lit up, and he silently praised him.
"I'll help you dive him later."
"Then come over when you find an opportunity."
Seeing that Chu Ran took the advice, Pawn smiled faintly. What he feared most was teammates stubbornly forcing things.
In an instant, Chu Ran recalled and completed a Zeal, then bought Boots and a Dagger before returning to lane to continue facing Tong Yang's Gnar.
He first charged up a tornado, then immediately began gliding.
The essence of Yasuo was happy gliding!
When he reached Tong Yang's Gnar, he instantly unleashed WQ in his face, knocking Gnar up. He E'd onto Gnar and Auto Attacked, waited for Q Skill's cooldown, landed another Q, then immediately E'd back to the minion wave, using the lingering Wind Wall to block Gnar's Auto Attacks.
"So disgusting."
Tong Yang narrowed his eyes, thoroughly displeased inside. He had no way whatsoever to counter Chu Ran's Yasuo.
Against this wall of wind, he could only use E Skill to chase, but that would be the same as directly going all-in. There was a high chance he could not beat Chu Ran's Yasuo.
Just then, a signal from Ming Kai's Kha'Zix appeared in top lane.
"Tong Yang, I'm coming over. Your condition isn't very good."
"I just got hit by a full combo. It's fine. Come over, I'll fight him directly."
Seeing that Kha'Zix was almost at the top river entrance, Tong Yang lightly clicked his mouse. Once Wind Wall disappeared, he Auto Attacked minions three times to trigger Mini Gnar's W Skill passive, dealing bonus damage and gaining corresponding movement speed. Combined with Boots and Gnar's own passive, Mini Gnar gained movement speed scaling with level, up to a maximum of 20 points.
Gnar's base movement speed was 335. With Boots, it became 360, and with the 6% movement speed from his level-one W passive plus his own passive bonus, it had reached 380 in that instant.
Yasuo's base movement speed, meanwhile, was 345. Even with Boots, it was only 370.
Being slightly faster than Chu Ran's Yasuo naturally meant that during W's three-second duration, Tong Yang could catch up to Yasuo and poke him with Auto Attacks while building Rage.
Hm?
Chu Ran's expression tightened. When he saw Tong Yang's Gnar daring to charge at him like that, his first reaction was that Ming Kai had arrived.
The next second, he indeed saw a level-five Kha'Zix appear at the top river entrance.
He had now violated the side-of-the-map rule. It would be extremely difficult for him to escape.
In that split second, Chu Ran directly chose to EQ backward.
Since he could not leave, then he would not leave.
"It's over. I told you pushing the top lane doesn't have much benefit, because top-lane priority is practically useless and only gives the enemy a better angle to gank the top laner," Mouse cried out.
At that moment, a smile appeared at the corner of Ming Kai's mouth. His sharp eyes locked onto Chu Ran's Yasuo as he frantically pinged.
You little brat, where are you running now?
Tong Yang charged ahead. Seeing Chu Ran's Yasuo still E'ing around, all the frustration he had built up from being suppressed for so long finally erupted.
Still showing off? Still trying to show off!
You're like a tadpole with a frog tattooed on it—showing off your damn mother?
With 97 Rage, Tong Yang saw Yasuo stack a tornado and enter the brush. He did not hesitate at all.
He directly Flash-leaped, his Rage instantly turning red, and warded the brush in midair.
Gnar!
"It's over," Abu sighed.
But just as Gnar swung his Ultimate Ability forward, dreaming of slamming Chu Ran's Yasuo into the wall before following with WQ, a combo plus Kha'Zix's damage instantly deleting Yasuo—
Suddenly, something changed!
At the exact instant Gnar began casting his Ultimate Ability, Chu Ran's Yasuo walked straight out of the brush, EQ'd a minion, and then a golden light flashed.
Ming Kai's Kha'Zix was immediately knocked up.
An Auto Attack during the EQ Flash knockup, followed by Last Breath—the classic Yasuo combo.
Sorye ge ton!
A white dotted line appeared right before Chu Ran's eyes. Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately followed up with his Ultimate Ability.
In an instant.
Ming Kai's expression changed drastically, while Tong Yang's pupils suddenly contracted. His eyes were filled with shock as he simply could not believe what he was seeing.
Abu and Mouse were stunned as well. Both of them jolted at the same time, utterly astonished.
"Damn it!"
Ming Kai gritted his teeth and frantically mashed his Flash key. He had watched Tong Yang's Gnar Flash-leap, then immediately E'd in, intending to quickly add damage and instantly kill Chu Ran's Yasuo.
Yet he had not expected Chu Ran to outplay him like this, using EQ Flash to knock him up.
Kha'Zix was already squishy to begin with, and top lane had only just hit level six. As a normally farming jungler, he was only level five. Ming Kai now regretted it somewhat. If he had known, he should have cleared a few more jungle camps, reached level six, and only then come to Gank.
Yasuo's Ultimate Ability came with 50% armor penetration. Zeal added another 20% critical chance, and combined with Yasuo's passive, his critical chance directly reached 40%. According to the game's pseudo-random critical strike rule, even with the worst luck, Yasuo would crit once every three attacks.
Not to mention that after being hit by Yasuo's Ultimate Ability, what little armor Kha'Zix had was practically nonexistent.
It was like wearing a T-shirt and shorts during a northeastern winter—you were wearing clothes, but it felt like you were not.
After landing, Chu Ran directly EQ'd Kha'Zix while dodging the rock Gnar threw.
"Holy crap, that was sick!" Mouse and Abu could not help exclaiming when they saw it, their faces full of amazement.
"But he probably can't kill him. Kai Ge has Flash."
Just as Mouse finished speaking, Kha'Zix directly Handed over Flash toward the river entrance. The minion wave was about to arrive; Flashing toward the tower was just asking to die.
But Flashing toward the river meant death too!
A smile filled the corner of the mouth of Chu Ran as he directly chased toward the river.
Ming Kai's Kha'Zix did not have Boots, so he simply could not outrun Chu Ran's Yasuo.
Moments later, Chu Ran caught up to Kha'Zix and used AQ again, the tornado gathering in his hand.
"It's fine, it's fine. I can get out."
Ming Kai stared at his E Skill cooldown, planning to leap into his own jungle's Tri Bush. That would definitely let him escape.
But plans were only plans. At the exact moment he leaped over, Chu Ran's Yasuo sent his tornado straight at him.
The already fragile Kha'Zix had his HP instantly emptied and fell to the ground.
"Fuck! He killed him?" Mouse widened his eyes and swallowed hard, feeling that Chu Ran's Yasuo had surpassed everything he understood about the top-lane role.
How could one of them get Counter-killed in a two-versus-one?
Ming Kai spread his hands, his entire face full of confusion. He had specifically chosen to leap near Blue Buff. Chu Ran had predicted even that?
Was this a joke?
Luckily, this was not an official match. If the two of them got one Counter-killed in a two-versus-one during a match, countless fans would probably start greeting their family trees.
But the next second, Ming Kai's pupils instantly widened.
It was not just one kill. It looked like it might be a Double Kill?
"Get lost!"
Tong Yang gritted his teeth, his heart filled with disbelief and shock. Ming Kai and he had actually been outplayed one-versus-two by Chu Ran, and after Counter-killing Kha'Zix, it seemed he could not escape either.
He had turned into Mini Gnar and had already traded HP with Chu Ran's Yasuo earlier. His HP was now below half, and Mini Gnar had almost no way to counter Chu Ran's Yasuo. Though he could kite using his range advantage, the minion wave had arrived.
With minions around, Mini Gnar's only advantage was gone. Moreover, he was still in lane, making it impossible even to run into the jungle.
Chu Ran easily caught up to him, slashed him a few times, then finished him with a backward-step tornado.
For a moment, everyone present watched Chu Ran's Yasuo kill Tong Yang and Ming Kai in a counterattack, leaving them utterly shaken. The training room immediately fell into a long silence.
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