Volume One, Chapter 11: Reaching the Highland in Just Ten Minutes?
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[The Holy Gun Ranger Lucian has slain the War Goddess Sivir!]
[The Holy Gun Ranger Lucian has slain the Soul Shackler Thresh!]
[Double kill!]
While Wang Yaozu was gleefully demolishing towers, the turret dive battle in the bottom lane finally concluded.
Thanks to the Samsung team deliberately giving up kills, the marksman Lucian easily secured a double kill, significantly widening the gap in both level and gold.
But before the Samsung players could celebrate for long, a grim announcement came from the mid lane.
[The Red Team’s turret has been destroyed!]
A quick glance revealed that Samsung’s second mid lane turret had already been taken down by Sion!
“What? We’re still fighting at the first turret in the bottom lane, how is the enemy already almost at our mid lane inner turret?” the marksman Kim Junhyun asked in disbelief, only now realizing how dire the situation had become.
“...” Park Crown tried to explain but found himself utterly speechless.
“What are you standing there for? Hurry and retreat!”
“If we don’t recall now, Sion will really break into our base!”
The Samsung team had assumed that after Sion destroyed their second mid turret, he would back off since his minions were nearly gone.
But to their surprise, he showed no intention of leaving. Instead, with a few remaining minions, he aggressively charged towards their inner turret!
This time, the Samsung team was truly panicked.
Although they could have taken the Kirin team’s bottom outer turret in exchange, they were not fools—they knew the inner turret’s value far surpassed that of an outer lane turret!
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“Captain Wang’s tower pushing speed is just too fast,”
“This has only been a short time, yet he’s already taken down Samsung’s second mid turret. It seems Samsung seriously underestimated Captain Wang’s tower assault speed.”
“They probably thought they had time to defend after diving bottom, but in reality, they might not even make it to the mid inner turret in time!”
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At the caster desk, the Chinese commentators were visibly thrilled witnessing Sion’s relentless onslaught.
After all, pushing into the base within ten minutes was something neither the Chinese nor even the Korean teams had ever accomplished before!
“Truly worthy of being Captain Wang’s ace! At ten minutes, the outer turret’s plating hadn’t even fallen, yet he was already threatening Samsung’s base!”
“If they manage to destroy the Nexus crystal within fifteen minutes and summon super minions, the victory for China in this match will be a done deal!”
Another Chinese caster followed up with overwhelming excitement.
Unfortunately, Sion’s demolishing skill was still on cooldown, and Samsung’s four defenders weren’t slow to respond.
So, Sion only managed to chip away a third of the base turret’s health before being defeated by the turret itself.
With Braum, Galio, and Xin Zhao all crowd-controlling him, even when Sion reanimated, Wang Yaozu couldn’t deal more damage before succumbing again.
Ordinarily, Sion’s death would be cause for rejoicing among Korean commentators and fans.
Yet, despite Sion’s 2-5 score, they felt no relief.
Not only was Sion’s value diminished by so many deaths, but before entering the base, he had planted a ward behind him!
This meant that once revived, he could immediately teleport to that ward and keep threatening their base turret!
“Damn it! Those dirty Chinese players are playing so disgustingly!”
“Completely fearless, only caring about the turret—what kind of suicidal tower-hitter strategy is this?”
“Suicidal? Apt description, but if we can’t stop Sion from recklessly diving for towers, we’re doomed!”
“Seriously, why don’t you guys buy a Sweeping Lens or place some true sight wards to clear that ward? That Sion ward’s making me uneasy!”
In the live chat, countless Korean viewers wailed as their once-certain victory turned to dust.
Luckily, although the Korean players hadn’t spotted Sion’s ward, they dared not leave the bottom lane and had to stay mid to defend.
As long as Lucian and Braum quickly procured their passive stacks, Sion had little chance of approaching the turret!
“Heh, smart move. The bottom duo just stopped pushing bottom lane.”
“But what if we just go take Rift Herald? What will you do then?”
On the divine arena, Wang Yaozu, who had just respawned, indeed wanted to teleport for another tower push.
But seeing the bottom duo defending so firmly, he immediately abandoned the suicidal idea.
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After all, reckless diving isn’t just pointless death—it must have value!
“Da Huang, let’s go take Herald. Remember to give me the ‘Herald’s Eye’ ward.”
Wang Yaozu decisively ordered, leading the top and jungle players toward the Baron pit.
“Bad! They’re going for Rift Herald!”
“If Sion secures Herald, our base turret’s fate is sealed!”
Though Samsung’s team was, in Wang’s eyes, merely Earth-level Gold rank, they still recognized the obvious threat.
Without hesitation, they converged from all directions toward the upper river path, hoping to stop Kirin from taking Herald and to pick off a few kills in the process.
But Samsung’s reaction was just a step too slow.
By the time they all arrived at the river, they heard the agonized roar of Rift Herald—it had already been claimed by Sion!
“Fight! Don’t let them escape!”
Panicked and enraged, the Korean players launched a fierce counterattack against Kirin.
“Brothers, I’ll lead the way. Cover my retreat!”
Unexpectedly, Wang Yaozu had no intention of lingering for a fight. He sprinted at light speed back toward mid lane.
“They’re running! Sion’s running!”
Samsung immediately sensed the danger and prepared to trap him.
But no matter how desperately they tried to hold him, all they could do was widen their terrified eyes in shock.
Because Sion, having successfully escaped, now set his sights on their mid lane inner turret!
“It’s over. This time, it’s truly over…”
Despair washed over every Korean heart in that moment.
They could already foresee that this game was slipping irretrievably away from Samsung.