At this moment, if Theshine's Riven still insists on forcing an engage, he’ll have to face the pressure of the minion wave and the lack of follow-up after using Q purely as a dash.

So he simply and decisively retreated.

Shark Platform.

Theshine's streaming room.

“Haha, this Yasuo is such a coward.”

“Who is Moonlit Little Sword Immortal? Never heard of this guy.”

“The enemy support is so noisy, you guys actually believe what he says? Total muggle.”

“Doesn’t matter who it is. In front of my Shine daddy’s Riven, it’s just a matter of how they die.”

“True, but the enemy support’s ID does look familiar.”

“Oh! Watch this play!”

Turns out, at level two, William Thompson’s Yasuo, who had been playing safe at level one, suddenly used an E dash while last-hitting!

Then he just kept E’ing, like a mad dog off its leash, lunging forward.

E’d to a minion to close the gap!

Auto attack!

Reverse E to dodge Riven’s Q!

Yasuo’s level one E cooldown isn’t short enough to dodge all of Riven’s abilities just by dashing, but William Thompson didn’t even intend to dodge this time.

After stacking four layers of E passive, Yasuo’s E damage doubled to 140. William Thompson, who had been circling around Theshine’s Riven, E’d straight into his face.

The long blade in his hand flashed!

Instant auto attack!

Theshine’s Riven reacted even faster!

A quick sidestep into W stunned William Thompson, and he countered with an auto attack.

Objectively speaking, Yasuo isn’t completely hopeless against Riven in lane, at least before level six.

At this point, both were below half health. After being stunned, William Thompson immediately ignited the opponent, and once he could move again, he started auto attacking right up close.

In Theshine’s dictionary, there’s no such thing as backing down. He countered by igniting William Thompson as well.

Now both had used up almost all their abilities, and their health was nearly identical. It all came down to who was braver and more precise.

You slash!

I slash!

In the blink of an eye, both their health bars plummeted at a terrifying speed.

“It’s happening! First blood is about to happen!”

“Shine bro’s Riven just timed his Q, the cooldown’s almost up!”

“Shine bro, finish him off!”

Theshine clearly realized this too, the corner of his mouth curling into a cold smirk, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes.

But just as Riven’s cooldown was about to finish, and it looked like one QA would seal the deal—

The Yasuo who had been sticking close, suddenly E’d back to a ranged minion behind him.

Chickened out?

Theshine raised an eyebrow.

He was just about to flash forward to chase, when suddenly, without warning, the screen flickered and a familiar sound of space tearing rang in his ears!

It was Flash!

That Yasuo, who had E’d back, hadn’t even landed before he gripped his sword, body following the blade, and in an instant, lunged right back in!

Theshine’s Q had just come off cooldown, but before he could react, he was already lying on the ground.

“First Blood!”

Boom!

The chat in both streams exploded instantly!

“Holy crap!”

“Holy crap crap!”

“Damn... that was such a fast blade!”

“The enemy Yasuo’s hand speed is insane, I couldn’t even see what happened!”

“Gatotsu sword! Saito Hajime style!”

“Gatotsu? That was clearly a Q-Flash, come on!”

“Tsk tsk, this Moonlit Little Sword Immortal is something else, actually solo killed Shine bro.”

“......”

Whether it’s pro play or solo queue, while solo kills don’t decide the game, being able to solo kill the enemy top laner is never an easy feat.

Especially when it’s against a player like Theshine, whose laning is notoriously strong. No wonder the viewers in the stream were so hyped!

On the purple side, the teammates who had been under huge pressure since the start were also fired up by William Thompson’s solo kill, each of them getting excited.

Level two Yasuo solo kills Riven, and not just any Riven, but Theshine’s Riven, and it’s Peak Emperor’s Yasuo.

Can you believe it?

Biluoqiao: 666, Brother William you’re awesome!

Ziqing Loves Me: Brother William stay calm, we have to keep it together.

Burned Out: Looks like this game is still winnable, let’s go brothers!!!

....

Good times are always short-lived.

Ten minutes later, seeing William Thompson’s top lane first tower taken and his 1/4/0 score, the team chat fell into a deathly silence...

“What’s meant to happen will always happen.”

“The enemy Nidalee is just relentless, who can survive that many ganks?”

“Tsk tsk, the Exiled Cougar has arrived!”

“Heh, what, you’re not allowed to get ganked in a game?”

“......”

In William Thompson’s stream, the chat was still lively, but in-game, the bot lane suddenly started arguing too.

Biluoqiao: Support, what’s your problem? Selling me out?

Press F to Enter Tank: Sell your mom, how do you even get hit by Q playing EZ? Both their mid and jungle came, if I don’t leave you want me to die with you?

Ziqing Loves Me: Bro, calm down, stay steady and we can win.

Biluoqiao: Win my ass! This dumb support is just AFK in bot, does nothing.

Press F to Enter Tank: Looking for a fight, huh?