The commentators Miller and Wawa on the commentary desk were both stunned, staring in disbelief.
"My god! Easy's One Second Four Breaks! It was so fast, we didn't even have time to react, and Zz1tai was instantly killed!"
Hiss!
Wawa couldn't believe what he was seeing. Was this really how a rookie top laner should perform on their debut?
"Wow! It's simply incredible. I never expected Easy's Fiora proficiency to be this high. This One Second Four Breaks is truly astonishing, it feels like he's hacking."
As their excited voices faded, the live stream chat began to flood with comments.
[666666!]
[Holy crap, is this Fiora even human? Why does his Fiora feel so different from ours?]
[Who said you can't dominate with Fiora in a match? Speak up!]
[Oh my god, I can't even see what's happening, I really can't see!]
[Zz1tai is done for. Gangplank was one shot, and now Fiora is one shotting everyone.]
[Why do I hate hearing Wawa talk so much? If you can't beat them, you accuse them of hacking?]
[That's just how commentators are. What do you expect them to say? Wawa just goes 'wow wow wow!' You could put a dog to commentate and it would be better.]
[That's a fair point, so if he's hacking, he's hacking?]
[A little hack isn't a hack!]
At this moment, many people behind the scenes who witnessed Chu Ran's Fiora's play were shaken.
Especially Abu, who was excitedly waving his fist, "Awesome! Our EDG finally has its own carry top laner."
Ming Kai nodded, his opinion of Chu Ran rising by another three points. To pull off such a brilliant play in his very first match.
If nothing else, Chu Ran certainly didn't lack mentality or confidence.
Wasn't the reason many rookies performed poorly in their first match precisely due to their mentality and lack of confidence?
And the spectacle was so much better than Mouse's Maokai.
"What about Mouse from now on?"
Abu was stumped by Ming Kai's question. Clearly, Abu hadn't thought that far ahead. He could only wave his hand, "We'll talk about it then. But why does Zhi Ming feel like he's sleepwalking? Ming Kai, did you even teach him how to jungle?"
"I taught him everything I know."
Ming Kai spread his hands, looking somewhat helpless. EDG had such a huge advantage, yet Sofm's jungle clear count was still higher than Ale's.
If it weren't for his teammates' advantage, Ming Kai doubted Ale could even secure jungle resources.
Abu frowned, looking at Ale on the big screen, and felt a bad premonition.
Prince.
Can't be helped, Ah Dou?
Meanwhile, at the Snake team's seats.
Zz1tai stared at his darkened screen, his face contorted in a grimace. Especially the question marks from Crystal Brother that were still appearing on his corpse.
"One shot?"
Hearing this, Zz1tai's face visibly flushed red. He lightly slammed his mouse, his voice tinged with madness.
"F-f-f-f-f!"
"Why is this Fiora so strong? It's not logical! I didn't see him this ridiculously good in training matches!" Crystal Brother Yang Fan had already slumped back in his chair.
Can't win, just can't win. He also wondered why Deft was still so terrifying.
Forget it, he'd just give up.
Mid laner Tank, wearing a mask of suffering, remained silent, large beads of sweat dripping from his forehead. Looking at the current situation, he couldn't help but roar.
"I'm barely holding on against Pawn, and you, Zz1tai, with your one-shot Gangplank, getting beaten like this is just typical of you."
"First, you helped Huni make a name for himself, and now you're helping Easy create a highlight reel. I have a bold question for you, Zz1tai."
"Have you never eaten an orange in your life? Because today you have the chance to go wild with them."
Tank's words made Crystal Brother burst out laughing. "The Canyon is filled with orange peels carelessly discarded by Zz1tai. Watch your manners, Zz1tai."
"What the hell are you guys barking about—!"
Zz1tai gritted his teeth, already suffocated with anger.
He couldn't even beat a rookie, and was completely dominated by one. And it was the opening match of the Spring Split, with everyone watching. He had lost all face, his cheeks burning.
Pressing Tab, he saw that Chu Ran had out-farmed him by over 20 CS, and had a lead of two kills.
Looking at his teammates, they weren't doing much better.
Glancing at Sofm's CS again, Zz1tai wished he could punch the Vietnamese prodigy jungler.
Before coming to Snake, he had heard that Sofm loved to farm the jungle in matches, and now he finally understood why.
Damn it!
Zz1tai felt like he'd been tricked. Was Snake even a place humans could come to?
Shit!
[Red Temperature Value +264]
On the other side, at the EDG player booth, Chu Ran only heard his teammates' praises.
"Nice one, Ran Ge, teach me how to play Fiora when we get back."
"Sure, come to my room, we can spar together."
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Meiko's smile vanished, and he shivered all over, immediately shutting his mouth.
"I'll head bot lane later, Lee Sin, come with me. Let's dive them, take the dragon, and push the first tower to speed up the tempo. Little Ran, be careful top."
Pawn said this in broken Chinese mixed with some Korean. Fortunately, through pings, Chu Ran and the others roughly understood Pawn's meaning.
"Okay, you guys do your thing, I'll play back. We can give them the Rift Herald."
Chu Ran nodded, thinking he needed to find an opportunity to learn Korean. Otherwise, this poor communication would be a big problem.
A moment later, at 12 minutes and 32 seconds into the match, Snake's bot lane exploded. Relying on mid lane priority, a mid-jungle gank resulted in a four-man dive on Snake's bot lane.
Kills, tower, dragon.
Seeing this, Zhu Kai in Snake's backstage area finally felt his heart stop pounding.
"Oh! EDG has a huge advantage here. They've taken the first blood tower bot lane and the first dragon, an Earth Dragon. But Sofm and Zz1tai are taking the Rift Herald. They're trading resources."
"However, I feel that with Fiora having such a big advantage, they shouldn't have let go of this Rift Herald."
"Because with this Rift Herald, Snake can secure mid lane priority when the next dragon spawns, allowing them to get vision around the dragon pit first. This might help Snake regain some tempo."
"Huh? Wait, what are Sofm and Zz1tai doing? They're going top? Tank's Taliyah also used her ultimate, and Gangplank used his ultimate. Their two ultimates are directly blocking the path. Are they trying for a three-on-one dive? They know EDG is all bot, so they want to shut down Easy's Fiora, then take the Rift Herald and the top lane tower!"
As he said this, Miller's tone suddenly became excited, and countless eyes instantly focused on the top lane.
"Ran, wait for me, we're coming right over."
Chu Ran glanced at Pawn's Orianna, who had just recalled, and then slowly said.
"I'll wait for you, but they won't wait for you, Wonseok hyung."
"Pfft~ Then little brother, you're only going to die." Deft chuckled.
"F*ck! Brothers, watch my tower dive triple kill!"
Since he couldn't wait for his teammates, he could only rely on himself!
Relying on others makes you a princess, but relying on yourself makes you a queen!
Calling for help when you can't win? What cowards!
Marked for death!
At this moment, Chu Ran felt his mind become even clearer!
"Go, go, go, kill him!" Zz1tai roared.
"I'll flash and then E, you guys handle it."
Hearing Sofm's words, Tank nodded. The three of them had two crowd controls. If they all missed, it would be hard to kill.
It shouldn't be that hard, right?
Tank thought to himself.
On the commentary desk, Miller's eyes widened, and his voice became urgent, "What's going on? Easy's Fiora has nowhere to run. Can he trade for even one? His Fiora is so fed, Tiamat and Black Cleaver at 12 minutes. Can he trade for one or two!"
"They're making a move. First, they're calling for the Rift Herald. Sofm's Nidalee summons her cougars, flashes, and E's!"
Instantly, the human-shaped spider threw a spider web rapidly towards Chu Ran's Fiora.
Piercing Strike.
With the enhancement of numerous traits, Chu Ran felt the spider web's speed was incredibly slow, and he dodged it instantly.
"Huh?" Sofm's eyes widened in surprise. "He dodged that too!"
Zz1tai was also startled and immediately fired a shot, sending a barrel combo towards Fiora.
A flash of gold!
Chu Ran directly flashed, dodging the Gangplank's barrel combo, leaving Zz1tai somewhat stunned.
"Rock Smash! Rock Smash!"
With one passive stun and a barrel combo dodged so easily by Chu Ran, Zz1tai became flustered, and the audience in the venue and live stream was shaken.
Miller's eyes suddenly widened, filled with shock, and he exclaimed, "Oh my god! Easy's Fiora's positioning! But Taliyah, Tank's Taliyah is still looking for an opportunity. The rock field descends, and a Rock Smash!"
"Wow! Laurent's Riposte! It's over! This Laurent's Riposte directly stunned Zz1tai, who quickly ate an orange to cleanse it."
"But what do we do now? Easy's Fiora just ulted Zz1tai's Gangplank! A challenge of unparalleled skill, Fiora sincerely invites Zz1tai to a duel."
Seeing this, Zz1tai's pupils contracted sharply, and he let out a roar from his throat, "Get lost!"
He was completely stunned.
Out of the three of them, they only had two crowd control abilities, one slow, all of which Chu Ran had dodged.
Where did EDG dig up this monster from!
And they let go of such talent from RNG?
Zz1tai quickly flashed, but how could he face a Fiora who had already built Black Cleaver, reducing cooldowns by 20%, not to mention Chu Ran's Fiora Q skill was now maxed out.
Before long, he was caught. With an auto-attack enhanced by Tiamat, he didn't even need to specifically exploit a vital point. The poorly farmed Gangplank died instantly under Chu Ran's Fiora's blade.
He was killed in just a few strokes, and the healing zone instantly appeared, making all the spectators gasp in disbelief.
"EDG-Easy has slain Snake-Zz1tai!"
It was too fast, happening in the blink of an eye. Miller, Wawa, and many viewers hadn't even processed it.
Even Chu Ran's teammates were shocked. Meiko, while moving, sent Chu Ran a series of gold question marks.
"Ran Ge, are you... hacking?"
"I'm here, I'm here, keep chasing, keep chasing."
"Nice! Little bro!" Deft praised him without reservation.
Ale was dumbfounded, and like Meiko, he kept sending gold question marks.
"Miss! Miss!"
Next, Chu Ran's gaze shifted to Tank's Taliyah.
"I'm sorry, I was wrong!" Tank's tone became flustered. Seeing Gangplank dead, he immediately flashed towards the river.
But there was no way he could escape unless Taliyah could go through walls, and Taliyah could only go through walls if she had her ultimate.
Unfortunately, he didn't.
Piercing Strike was on a few seconds cooldown, plus the movement speed boost from hitting Gangplank's vital point earlier. As for the spider that had lost its flash and was tanking tower shots, his teammates were holding them back, and he'd deal with it later.
QA, vital point blooming.
Continuous auto-attacks. How could a Taliyah with all skills on cooldown withstand Fiora's sharp sword light?
By the time her skills were off cooldown, she was almost dead.
In a flash, Taliyah suddenly fell to the ground, groaning.
The next second, a breathtaking game announcement voice echoed, continuously stimulating the eardrums of all the spectators.
"EDG-Easy has slain Snake-Tank!"
"Double kill!"
Seeing this scene, Miller couldn't help but exclaim, "My heavens! Easy! His Fiora, under the gank of Snake's top, mid, and jungle, dodged countless skills with his positioning and then started to counter-attack!"
"He's already got a double kill, and there's still Sofm's spider with no flash. It's over! Sofm has nowhere to run. EDG's other players have already surrounded him. Easy caught up and took him down with two hits."
"Triple kill! My goodness, is this really a new player? The three-man gank not only failed to take down Fiora but allowed Fiora to get a triple kill. It seems everything is as simple as Easy's ID suggests, counter-killing is as easy as drinking water!"
On the side, Wawa's face was somewhat dazed, his gaze lost. He felt a jolt run through his body and finally came back to his senses, his mouth agape enough to fit a tea egg, his face full of amazement, "Wow! This Easy player is too strong. EDG has really found a treasure this year."
At this moment, countless spectators were captivated by the kill information on the big screen.
"EDG-Easy has slain Snake-Sofm!"
"Triple kill!"
When the triple kill announcement sounded, the audience at the venue and in the live stream were all stunned, utterly amazed.
Countless EDG fans at the venue erupted into deafening cheers, and the live stream chat scrolled endlessly.
[666666!]
[Easy! Triple kills are just that Easy!]
[WTF? You call this a rookie?]
[Mouse, don't play anymore, I'm afraid Easy Ge will misunderstand!]
[Awesome! You scared my prostate fluid out, worthy of being the number one Fiora in the country.]
[Now! Everyone stand up and apologize to Easy Ge until our Easy Ge hears it!]
[Three-on-one and all three got counter-killed, does Snake even know how to play games?]
Many Snake fans and Imperial fans fell into collective silence upon seeing this, though some were criticizing Zz1tai and the others.
Seeing this, Zhu Kai backstage felt like he was developing high blood pressure, his nostrils flaring as he gasped for air.
At the player booths.
Zz1tai and the other two stared at their grey screens, their faces flushed.
Being solo-killed by a rookie top laner, three-on-one, and then having his teammates come over to counter-kill all three? What a joke!
"I don't want to play anymore!"
Sofm's expression was complicated, filled with regret.
He should have just stuck to jungling!
"Alright, my KDA is going to tank after this game."
Crystal Brother's mouth twitched. "You guys, three of you, ganked a rookie top laner and still managed to get triple killed? Why don't we just forfeit at 20 minutes? Zz1tai, you surrender first, since you were the one who initiated the surrender that time IG forfeited on National Day."
"Get lost!"
"One shot, one kill, and then get beaten so badly on stage that he doesn't even know who he is anymore."
Hearing this, Zz1tai's face turned even redder, his mentality completely shattered.
And this game, with their failed three-man gank, was effectively over. Chu Ran and the others pushed straight through, taking Baron at 23 minutes and securing the win with ease.
"Congratulations to EDG, they've taken the first game. I have to say, EDG's new top laner, Easy, is just too fierce. He doesn't play like a rookie at all. Hopefully, Snake can adjust properly in the next game and bring us a more exciting match."
"Yes, congratulations to EDG!" Wawa nodded in agreement, though a deep doubt lingered in his heart.
Seeing how Snake's players left the stage all red-faced and dejected, could the next game really be more exciting?
They'd probably need to eat three huge bowls of rice to calm down.
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