World #1 Player Obsessed with Shenanigans?
Chapter 46

The Bloodiest Top Laner the World Has Never Seen!

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"No way… Murder is so confident this wave! He's so confident!"

Miller snapped back to attention, unable to help but exclaim:

"He directly tanked the Jayce's auto-attacks and then dodged the Inkfish's cannon form Q. If he hadn't dodged that Q, Fiora wouldn't be able to stick close, and her early game damage would be nowhere near Jayce's!"

"And those few waves of kiting, Jayce is a long-range champion, yet he was kited for so long by Fiora, who has short reach… He was poked twice for a flaw, plus the dodged Q, Fiora absolutely dominated this wave!"

"Truly dominant, and… this is Murder's professional debut! Doesn't this person feel any nervousness or fear? So calm!"

Cathy also clicked her tongue.

What kind of rookie has the guts to play like this?

"If there was even a slight mistake in dodging the skill or kiting this wave, Jayce could have completely turned it around and killed Fiora!"

A cheer erupted from the audience, the EDG fans applauding Xu Cheng.

Rita didn't understand these things. She just thought Fiora's solo kill this wave was brilliant but couldn't articulate why.

So, she could only say simply and crudely: "6."

Everyone: "……"

Actually, the casters and audience have an omniscient perspective, so many things can only be seen on the surface.

For example, in this solo kill, besides dodging skills and kiting, Xu Cheng's most brilliant move was using his two flaw engagements to perfectly evade Jayce's next wave of damage–

Jayce's level 1 Q cooldown is 16 seconds, Fiora's Q is 13 seconds. If she hits a Q, the cooldown is reduced by 50%, meaning a Q every 6.5 seconds.

Two consecutive Qs at 13-second intervals, dodging skills and kiting in between, even actively baiting him deeper in the early game.

Jayce simply couldn't wait for his second damage rotation to cool down before being frustratingly cut down.

This was the true essence of Fiora's solo kill this wave.

Missing even one link could have caused problems.

The audience didn't see it, but his teammates were all experts and immediately spotted these details.

"Holy crap, Chengzi! That's some serious power! Solo killing right at the start?!"

Meiko howled: "Is this the Data Monster? I love it, I love it!"

"Smooth, smooth."

Souct also chimed in.

"Big bro, you're too sick! Wait for me, I'll help you later. As long as you get farmed this game, we've got this."

Factory Director grinned.

"The opponent doesn't seem too serious."

Xu Cheng was also happy at this moment, yet a little displeased–

He felt that since the opponent dared to pick Jayce against him, they shouldn't be this weak.

"Uh… what are you doing?"

Factory Director, who had just switched his viewpoint to top lane, was stunned.

On the field, Fiora, who had already finished her combo, suddenly turned and walked towards the red side's top inner turret–

Over there.

A wave of red side minions had just arrived. The last minion in the back, half of its body still inside the turret and half outside, was frozen in place.

A red TP light pillar appeared above it.

This was…

Jayce's revive TP.

But what did this have to do with Fiora?

What was he doing over there?

As everyone watched in surprise, Xu Cheng arrived at Jayce's TP landing spot just before he landed.

While drawing minion aggro, he was already prepared.

The moment Inkfish landed, Fiora raised her hand and struck!

???

"What the hell is this guy doing? Tanking minions to come hit me, isn't he asking for death?"

Inkfish was stunned by Fiora's action.

But what he felt more was anger–

He felt that the opponent's move was completely humiliating him.

In a professional match, who would tank minion waves right after laning and trade auto-attacks at the edge of the turret?

Isn't this blatant humiliation?

Thinking of this, his head filled with rage, Jayce raised his hand and cast his Q skill.

Swish.

The next moment, Fiora's posture was ethereal, as if she had long anticipated Jayce's reaction, moving downwards in the opposite direction a tenth of a second earlier.

Jayce's cannonball missed, hitting the wall behind Fiora.

Second dodge of Q!

??!

Mo Yu was instantly stunned!

There was a second time to this?!

"Movement! Movement again! Murder! Data Monster!! That's too exaggerated!"

Miller's eyes widened too, watching the scene with immense shock: "Then what was he trying to do this wave? A second solo kill?"

"Impossible, Jayce just respawned. Even if you dodged his Q, you couldn't solo kill him, and there are minions nearby…"

Even if the doll didn't understand game knowledge, it understood this principle.

In fact, Xu Cheng hadn't intended to kill the opponent again in such a short time.

His only goal for this play was–

"You're not fighting me with your full strength, huh? Looking down on me? Fine, I'll show you how a real top laner should lane!"

Xu Cheng muttered to himself like a lunatic while controlling Fiora.

After dodging the opponent's Q, Fiora simultaneously auto-attacked the Vitals on Jayce.

Then, after a moment of "bloody" close-quarters combat with the opponent, Fiora, tanking three minions, was finally in a precarious state.

"Damn it, die for me!"

Seeing Xu Cheng trying to retreat when his health was critically low, Mo Yu didn't hesitate. He used his hammer-form Q skill and dashed directly towards him!

Bang!

Fiora's health dropped to critical, and Jayce used his Q to successfully stick to the opponent.

But before Mo Yu could celebrate, he saw Xu Cheng's Q skill come off cooldown at the perfect moment. With a diagonal slash, he created distance from the aggressive Jayce once again.

At this point, Mo Yu had two choices–

One, flash forward to pursue. But Xu Cheng would 100% flash too, resulting in an exchange of flashes.

Two, give up the chase…

Mo Yu's mouth twitched for at least two seconds before he reluctantly gave up.

Such a meaningless flash exchange was obviously the last thing a "veteran" professional player like him could accept.

But…

Looking at his health bar, which had just TP'd in and inexplicably dropped by almost half.

Mo Yu felt an inexplicable sense of frustration…

"This wave… Murder intentionally wanted to trade health with Jayce. He never intended to kill him from the start?"

At this moment, the external audience and commentators had also understood Xu Cheng's intention just now.

And then…

Everyone was dumbfounded!

What kind of playstyle was this? What kind of approach?

Who starts the game by tanking minion waves, waiting for the opponent to TP in for a brutal fight, and then leaving when they're at critical health?

That minion wave was still under the enemy's turret!

"No… isn't this too aggressive? Who lanes like this? This is completely self-defeating!"

娃娃 was completely bewildered: "You tank the wave right at the start to harass… what's the point?"

"I don't understand… I really don't understand this playstyle… I've been commentating for so many years, and I've never seen anything like it. It's too… too bloody…"

Miller couldn't quite grasp it for a while.

Just as his partner said, in the LPL, who the hell has ever seen someone play top lane like this?

But not long after, he, or rather, everyone, would understand.

On the field.

After the previous wave of aggressive trading, Jayce's health was already less than half when he TP'd in.

Looking at Fiora, although her state seemed much worse than Jayce's.

During the previous harassment, thanks to the healing from Vitals and Xu Cheng intentionally pulling minion aggro, her health loss, while appearing exaggerated, was actually far less than imagined.

After using a health potion, Fiora's health gradually recovered!

Not only that, but Fiora's Vitals were incredibly comfortable to use when played well in lane.

Just like the first solo kill, Xu Cheng relied purely on his laning fundamentals. His health bar went from being similar to Jayce's, to slightly surpassing it.

And then later…

Because of the previous bloody and aggressive trade, Mo Yu had to recall home again just a few minutes after laning.

He had no choice but to recall! With his current health, Fiora had a chance for a second solo kill!

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