He was waiting for his own Resonating Strike, Safeguard, and Tempest skill cooldowns. Ethan Carter’s lips curled into a strange smile—someone was about to have bad luck!

　　This is my stage!

　　Come on! LeBlanc’s W skill was off cooldown, and she closed in on Ethan Carter without hesitation, using W directly. Fiora also decisively flashed over to cast her ultimate on Lee Sin, giving herself a speed boost! Meanwhile, Fiddlesticks quietly began channeling his ultimate, blocking Lee Sin’s way back.

　　Fiddlesticks! Fiora the Grand Duelist! LeBlanc the Deceiver! Thresh the Chain Warden! Four people ganging up on Lee Sin alone.

　　Ethan Carter was silently reciting something in his mind, his fingers lightly dancing on the keyboard without pressing any skill keys. This was to keep his finger muscles agile. Some people need to control their hand speed to avoid messing up their operations, but Ethan Carter doesn’t—no matter how fast he goes, he never loses control!

　　A brilliant light flashed in his eyes. He had left home young to chase his esports dream, worked as an internet café attendant, waited tables—he could never forget those days and nights fighting alongside his teammates in internet cafés, all wearing baggy shorts, carrying a big 2.5-yuan bottle of Nongfu Spring into the café every day, eating cheap fast food, yet feeling incredibly happy.

　　He was grateful for that tough yet beautiful, rich and intense time, and all of it was for moments like this in every game.

　　Ethan Carter grinned, showing his white teeth, smiling like a ray of sunshine. Young man, do you believe in miracles?

　　I am the miracle.

　　With my hands, I will fulfill your dreams!

　　Resonating Strike! Flocks of Fiddlesticks’ crows flew in from the darkness, but before Fiddlesticks himself arrived, the Q had already landed!

　　Fiddlesticks landed, right in front of Ethan Carter, forming a pincer attack with his teammates. At that moment, time seemed to stand still—ultimate move, R+Flash.

　　Fiddlesticks flew toward his teammates like a kite with a broken string. He didn’t understand, he didn’t understand why this happened. He felt that, in that instant, the Lee Sin on the screen seemed to come alive! He didn’t even have a chance to cast Fear!

　　All four opponents were already airborne. Second Q followed up! Auto-attack Fiddlesticks, Tempest plus Tiamat to reset the auto and attack Fiora. The damage calculation was precise to the extreme—not a single one could be let go!

　　Quatarykill! A pseudo-penta kill is born!

　　Ethan Carter calmly looked at the screen and typed: Worship, be amazed—this is human nature, no one is exempt.

　　On the League of Legends player platform, the viewers were silent at first, then erupted in excitement.

Chapter 4: As Long As You’re Happy

　　Ethan Carter: Darius.

　　Darius: Hm?

　　Ethan Carter: As long as you’re happy...

　　System prompt: Due to player “What are you looking at” advancing League of Legends skill value, this skill value’s R+Flash has surpassed the limits of a single champion and can now be applied to other champions. Special reward: 0.5 strength and agility growth, 30 victory points. This hero moment will be made available to all players. Player “What are you looking at” has made a great contribution—Hero Star.

　　His attribute panel now became:

　　Ethan Carter Human / Normal human standard parameter is 3

　　Agility 2 (agility growth 1.3→1.8)

　　Strength 2 (strength growth 1.6)

　　Intelligence 5 (intelligence growth 2.1)

　　Player has not yet been ranked. After ranking, the starting tier is Brave Bronze 5, with each tier as 1 level.

　　System prompt: Congratulations, you have obtained 500 mastery points for the champion Lee Sin. You can use mastery points for corresponding exchanges in the platform store.

　　System prompt: Congratulations on your victory. Your placement match is complete: 1/10. Due to your outstanding performance in the game, you have received 90 hidden victory points. Therefore, starting from the next match, the system will enable cross-tier challenge mode for you. Do you agree?

　　Ethan Carter clicked “Yes” without hesitation, then took off his headphones. In this match, the opposing team surrendered directly at 20 minutes without suspense. He didn’t return to the game platform, but directly pressed the computer’s power button. The reason he clicked “Yes” was because he knew that in this world, placement matches weren’t as easy as on Earth. Even with 10 wins, you’d only get Bronze 3. Only players with extremely outstanding performance in matches could be placed in Bronze 1. The teacher had given examples of this in class.

　　Teacher... class... discussing League of Legends cases... just thinking about it feels awesome...

　　I wonder what rank I’ll get after placements. Please don’t let it be Bronze trash! The ranks in this world are clearly much more important than on Earth. Even Bronze 1 already means you start to have physical qualities beyond normal humans. Bronze 1 = level 5, and the average attribute growth for a normal person is 1.3. That means even Bronze 1 is about three times that of a normal adult man. What’s more, some geniuses are born with growth above 2!

　　It’s the warriors of the Bronze tier who shoulder the foundational responsibility of fighting demons, so the full name of the Bronze tier is Brave Bronze.

　　……

　　Ethan Carter is 16 years old in this world. The Soul Hall rules that you can only start playing ranked at 16, so your body can withstand the power of the Hero Star descending upon you. No one can break this limit.

　　But Ethan Carter has to say, setting the standard at 16 is just so damn spot on. Turns out the Soul Hall knew elementary schoolers are trolls, so they don’t let them play ranked?

　　On the League of Legends platform, there’s only ranked mode. In theory, no one even has a chance to practice. In the official, life-and-death ranked matches, everyone walks on thin ice, afraid to make a single wrong move. No one dares to try anything new. Over time, people have even gotten used to the same old, step-by-step matches.