You should know, the ult of Malphite, due to its casting range, if not combined with Flash, will have its casting time exposed because of the movement before casting, allowing some players with good positioning to dodge it using mobility skills.

However, in front of the computer, Anna Wood was shouting in her heart, I even Flashed and ulted you, and you still dodged it! How is anyone supposed to play this game? Is being fast with your hands that amazing? Is being a freak that amazing! Ahh... ahh... ahh, are you smiling? Hmph! I’ll remember you!!!

Henry Thompson naturally had no time to care about a girl’s thoughts; his only target was the ADC Miss Fortune!

The moment he landed after Flashing, he instantly activated his ult and lunged at the ignited Miss Fortune. The scattered shadows regrouped and his true form appeared in front of Miss Fortune.

Shuriken, auto attack, a Living Shadow swap, switching places with the shadow left behind Miss Fortune, dodging Miss Fortune’s ult while also narrowly escaping Ryze’s snare range just as Ryze raised his hand to cast.

Then, the black shadow and his true form simultaneously cast Death Mark, followed by an auto attack, then used Blade of the Ruined King to lifesteal and, without hesitation, used W to swap with the shadow he had left in the bush, instantly disengaging from the fight.

All of this happened in a flash, so fast that even Malphite, who had just ulted, didn’t have time to get back and cast Exhaust on Zed before Henry Thompson finished his burst and walked away.

By using skills to cancel the auto attack animation, five attacks in one second! Instantly taking down the full-health, shielded ADC Miss Fortune!

Godlike!!

In the chaos, Ashe arrived and landed an Enchanted Crystal Arrow right on the fleeing Ryze. Blitzcrank took the opportunity to pull someone in, and Henry Thompson used his shadow clone’s E skill, Death Slash, to slow the enemy. In the end, due to the high damage, Henry Thompson directly got a pentakill and wiped out the enemy team for an ACE!

Pentakill!!

ACE!!

After breaking through one lane’s inhibitor, Henry Thompson led his team to quickly take down one of the Nexus turrets in front of the enemy crystal! At this point, the game time had reached 25 minutes, and the enemy team directly chose to surrender.

This is one of the benefits of playing in low ranks: when low-ranked players feel there’s no hope of a comeback, they’re already defeated psychologically. At this point, they usually choose to surrender, which saves everyone a lot of time. It’s a win-win for all.

After the game ended, Henry Thompson habitually stretched lazily, only to be startled by William Harris, who had somehow silently appeared behind him to watch.

“Why do both father and son have the habit of standing behind people silently and scaring them…” Having returned to esports, Henry Thompson was in a great mood and couldn’t help but complain in his heart.

Chapter 7: The Plastic Group’s Hokage Zed

At the start of S3, the placement system required ten placement matches. For a new account, these ten games not only determined your initial rank after placements but also your hidden MMR.

When James Harris came back around 4 p.m., Henry Thompson had already finished seven placement matches—unsurprisingly, 7 wins and 0 losses. In this rank, his Zed wasn’t always played mid; except for ADC, his Zed had played every other role in the last seven games, basically filling wherever needed.

Seeing James Harris return, Henry Thompson realized it was getting late. He checked his watch and saw it was already 4:14. After hesitating for a moment, he decided to finish the remaining three placement matches.

“James, uncle helped me get a sponsored account at noon, and there are three placement matches left. I’ll go out and call Emily first. If you don’t need the computer, I’d like to finish the last three games after that,” Henry Thompson said to James Harris, who had just walked into the inner room.

“Is it for the Hero Leaderboard sponsorship? Bro, you’re awesome! No problem, I actually want to learn Riven from you. I’ll just sit next to you and watch you play,” James Harris said excitedly.

“Okay, sure.” Henry Thompson said as he turned and dialed the home phone.

After a few rings, the call was answered.

“Hello, Emily, I might be home late tonight because I have something to do. Go out and buy some cooked food, and when Dad gets back, don’t forget to remind him to cook,” Henry Thompson instructed over the phone.

“Got it, bro, don’t worry, I’m not a kid anymore! Okay, okay, I’m watching Piggy’s match now, I’m hanging up!” On the other end, Emily Thompson pouted and hung up, a bit annoyed.

“This girl.” Henry Thompson looked at the disconnected call helplessly. When he turned around, he found James Harris standing in front of the computer, looking through his recent match history in shock.

“All... all wins? Bro, I didn’t expect you to be so good at Zed. Teach me, you have to teach me!” James Harris excitedly rushed over to Henry Thompson.

“You brat, sit over there and watch carefully. I’ll explain the details to you,” Henry Thompson pushed James Harris away and scolded him with a smile.

“Okay, bro, I won’t learn Riven for now, I want to learn Zed first. I always thought this champion was awesome, but my classmates all say he’s useless. Look, look, how could such a cool champion not be strong? This time I’ll prove it to them, haha!” James Harris started fantasizing.

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