Qin Xuan would naturally not let him succeed.
He had been constantly moving at the edge of the Crocodile's Q skill.
The moment the opponent raised their skill, he pulled back his positioning.
And when the opponent finished their Q and prepared to retreat, he swiftly struck with his blade, Q-ing the opponent once.
The Crocodile continued to retreat, while Qin Xuan used the remaining two segments of his Q to finish off the opponent's melee minions.
Thus, with his exceptional reaction, Qin Xuan gained an advantage in the level 1 trade.
The laning continued.
The front-line minions were dead, and the Aatrox had no skills. The Crocodile became very arrogant and pushed forward.
Qin Xuan did not engage in a head-on fight.
He continued to kite around his own caster minions.
At this time, the second wave of minions also began to converge. The Crocodile slowly walked forward, starting to contest for level 2.
Just then, Qin Xuan's Q skill came off cooldown.
Seizing the opportunity, he unleashed the first segment of his Q, hitting the Crocodile with the inner circle while simultaneously clearing three low-health caster minions.
The Crocodile reacted and tried to retaliate, but Qin Xuan once again retreated slightly, hitting the Crocodile with the second segment of his Q and knocking him up.
The Crocodile, in pain, knew he could not advance further.
Because Qin Xuan had already damaged a melee minion to half health while Q-ing him. If he dared to chase, Qin Xuan could land a third Q, wearing him down and reaching level 2 ahead of time.
This was not what he wanted.
Helplessly, he could only circle around the minions with his Q, recovering a bit of health.
At the same time, he tried to lower the minions' health as much as possible, hoping to seize level 2 by taking advantage of Qin Xuan's skill cooldown and retreat.
But he still underestimated Qin Xuan's operational ability.
Although Qin Xuan was currently without his Q skill, he had a third of the health advantage over the Crocodile.
He walked directly up to the Crocodile's face and landed a basic attack followed by a Death's Dance, instantly bringing the Crocodile down to half health.
The Crocodile quickly retreated upon seeing this.
But their movement speeds were identical. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't create distance from the Aatrox.
Ultimately, with a Death's Dance from the Aatrox's cooldown, the Crocodile met his demise in frustration.
First Blood!
"Nice!"
Li Wenjing and Ling Wang, standing behind, shouted in unison.
After killing the Crocodile, Qin Xuan pulled his character into the enemy's bush, directly dropping minion aggro.
He used his skills to quickly push the minion wave under the enemy tower before recalling.
After returning to base, Qin Xuan directly bought two Long Swords and walked towards the top lane.
This was the benefit of pushing the minion wave under the enemy tower.
Although the Crocodile had Teleport and didn't lose too many minions due to death, Qin Xuan's maneuver allowed him to save his own Teleport.
And he didn't lose too many minions.
Passing through the tri-bush, he placed a defensive ward.
Only then did Qin Xuan return to the lane.
Based on the timing, if the enemy jungler was also clearing from bottom to top, they should be arriving around this time.
Laning continued.
With the previous kill, the Crocodile was clearly much more cautious this time.
Not only was his positioning less aggressive, but his skill usage was also much more conservative.
Judging by the Crocodile's reaction, the enemy jungler was likely clearing from top to bottom.
This meant he should have cleared the lower half of the jungle and be looking for an opportunity to gank.
With this thought, Qin Xuan directly switched his camera to Hu Zi'an. As expected, he was still using his aggressive playstyle to pressure the lane.
The two opponents were already being pushed towards the red side's tower.
"It's about time."
Qin Xuan mumbled softly and maneuvered his Aatrox out of the Crocodile's line of sight.
The Crocodile was stunned, somewhat confused.
Just as he was about to ping a warning, he saw a red light flash on the blue side's tower.
"Holy crap, is this Aatrox insane?"
"TPing like that?"
Before Brother Shanji could finish speaking, he saw his jungler, Hecarim, charge into the bottom lane from the river.
The two players in the bottom lane also flashed to engage, intending to coordinate a 3v2.
Now, this was interesting.
As Qin Xuan's Teleport landed, the bottom lane instantly became a 3v3 situation.
Although the support Nautilus was the first to fall due to being focused, Qin Xuan took the opportunity to flash in and unleash a flurry of attacks.
Tristana secured the kill on Leona, while Qin Xuan got a double kill, taking down the enemy Kai'Sa and Hecarim.
From then on, Qin Xuan was unstoppable.
With the Serrated Dirk and Berserker's Greaves, the Crocodile was completely outmatched.
In just eight minutes, the top lane tower fell.
The entire game once again turned into Qin Xuan's personal show.
In less than twenty minutes, Qin Xuan, with Eclipse, Death's Dance, and Hullbreaker, was standing on the enemy high ground, killing people.
"Boss, I'll help you!" Hu Zi'an's Tristana happily trotted over to Qin Xuan.
Qin Xuan remained nonchalant, "Don't come over. I have Hullbreaker. If you're next to me, you'll only be a hindrance."
"Why is it always this line!"
After being rejected, Hu Zi'an, as usual, vented his frustration on the jungle monsters. Qin Xuan, after his killing spree, pushed down the enemy base alone.
Victory!
The game was won. Li Wenjing and Ling Wang, who had watched the entire match from behind, were stunned.
They had indeed watched many of Qin Xuan's gameplay replays, but no matter how many they watched, observing his plays directly was far more impactful.
Qin Xuan's hand speed and meticulous control were something they had never seen before.
Even compared to the former world-class top laner TS, known for his mechanics, he was on par, if not better.
"Amazing, truly amazing!"
It wasn't until exclamations of awe erupted from behind that Li Wenjing snapped out of his shock.
The players who should have been in the base for overtime training were now all gathered behind him and Ling Wang, praising him loudly.
It was clear they had all watched the entire match.
But that no longer mattered.
Because he now had only one thought in his mind: no matter what, they had to keep Qin Xuan!
With him, IG could even be rebuilt.
A brand new team could be forged with Qin Xuan at its core!
"Qin Xuan, you don't need any further tests."
"I announce that your tryout has passed!"
"If you're willing, we can offer you a top-tier contract of 10 million."
"No, wait, not just 10 million!"
"I'll go talk to the boss right away!"
Signaling Ling Wang to keep Qin Xuan occupied for a moment, Li Wenjing hurried out of the training room to call the boss, Wang Sicong.
"Hello, boss, I just found a world-class newcomer!"
"Yes, he's 26 years old and hasn't played professionally."
"But his mechanics, game sense, and reaction speed are all superior to everyone in the league!"
"Yes, I'm that confident!"
"What?"
"You're in Shanghai and want to come over?"
"That's great!"
"I'll keep him here for now, take your time."
"Alright, okay!"
"See you later, boss."
After hanging up the phone, Wang Sicong turned his car towards the Huangpu River.
In less than twenty minutes, he arrived at the IG apartment located by the Huangpu River.
"Li Wenjing, is that newcomer really as amazing as you said?"
Upon entering, Wang Sicong got straight to the point.
Li Wenjing had also calmed down by then and nodded slowly, "Yes, boss."
"I can guarantee that if we build a team around him, this team will definitely shine in next year's competition!"
"However..."
"He's truly too outstanding."
"If other teams find out about his existence, they will do everything they can to poach him."
"So, to keep him, we need to offer him an irresistible salary."