The Three-Percent Dragon Pit

**[Every decisive choice may be refused. The System rewards extreme decisions. It does not reward pointless risk.]** He understood. The System was not compelling him to gamble his life every minute. It illuminated the narrow door everyone else avoided. Walking through remained his choice. "No fight. Take both side waves and force their recalls." For the next ten minutes, he chose no extreme route. He played exactly as he once had on the Worlds stage, using vision gaps, respawn timers, and wave pressure to erase the deficit piece by piece. Wanzhao stopped questioning him. Every control spell was saved for the target he marked. At thirty-five minutes, the final team fight began on their inhibitor.