The Road to Godhood in Honor of Kings

"Knock knock knock..." Early in the morning, before Han Cheng's alarm clock went off, the phone rang.

"Good morning, Little Orange!" came Xu Xiaomeng's voice from the other end of the phone.

"Good morning..." Han Cheng said weakly. It was only a little past six o'clock. He wasn't at school. Why was he up so early? He guessed that Xu Xiaomeng had woken up and couldn't fall back asleep, so she came to bother him.

"Are you up yet? Have you eaten?" Xu Xiaomeng asked again.

"None..."

"I've finished eating, Xiao Chengzi, hurry up and eat, then we'll go find Brother Ma and ask him to take us to the competition... We're number eight, so we'll probably have to rest for a while. I wonder if we'll encounter any strong opponents..." Xu Xiaomeng said a lot, but Han Cheng only heard that she was going to go find Sima Yi.

"Okay, I'll cook first..." Han Cheng said weakly. He had only slept for seven hours and was exhausted. He usually felt sleepy even after sleeping for twelve hours, let alone seven hours...

"You cook for yourself? My mom knew I had a competition today, so she got up early to cook for me," Xu Xiaomeng said.

"Your mom knows about it too? About your competition?" Han Cheng was a little curious. Xu Xiaomeng's parents should already know about her participation in e-sports competitions and should approve of it, otherwise why would they get up so early to cook for her? It seems that Xu Xiaomeng's parents have rather progressive ideas, since most parents and older generations believe that e-sports is a waste of time and energy...

"Hmm, how come your parents don't know you participated in the competition? Ye Bing's parents also know about his competition. As for Monkey, his parents are not at home like you, so they don't know. As for Fatty, don't even mention him, he's too cowardly... So, you didn't win any of your prize money..." Xu Xiaomeng muttered.

"I've deposited all my prize money into my bank account. I haven't spent it recklessly. Apart from buying a few skins... Jing Ke's cat skin and Kobe Miyamoto's Oni Warrior skin, the rest are just cheap skins..." Han Cheng said.

"Okay, I understand. Have some breakfast, I'm coming to find you..." Xu Xiaomeng said and hung up the phone, probably already on her way to Han Cheng's house.

"Ahem, it seems there was a version update today. Nezha's ultimate skill is now a super long-range dash, which is great, I can add him to that lineup..." Han Cheng muttered, charging his phone, opening the game, updating it using his neighbor's Wi-Fi, and then running off to cook...

"Ahem, what should we eat?" Han Cheng couldn't decide, but decided to treat himself to something nice. It had been a long time since he'd had anything this good...

"Ta-da! I choose you!" Han Cheng took out two bags of White Elephant instant noodles from the cabinet. He had recently received a bonus, so he bought a few bags of Master Kong instant noodles. He decided to eat them after winning the competition to celebrate, but for now, he would eat these White Elephant noodles.

Han Cheng skillfully cooked the two packets of instant noodles and then ate them...

"Little Orange!" Han Cheng heard Xu Xiaomeng knocking on the door. Okay, he'll open it for her; he hadn't even finished his instant noodle soup yet...

"Oh, you haven't finished eating yet?" Xu Xiaomeng said, glancing at Han Cheng's large bowl of soup that he hadn't finished drinking.

"Yeah, who told you to come so early?" Han Cheng said, still wearing only a pair of slippers.

"Then you eat first!" Xu Xiaomeng said, "I'll ask them what they're doing now..."

"They probably haven't gotten up yet," Han Cheng said to Tang.

“Okay, Ye Bing seems to be up. He said he’s eating,” Xu Xiaomeng said. “But Monkey and Fatty haven’t replied to me. They’re probably still asleep.”

"Of course..." Han Cheng yawned after saying that, glanced at his phone, and saw that the internet speed was fine and the update was complete.

"I've already updated it. I'm not interested in Nezha, and the version update even caused me to drop a rank." Xu Xiaomeng said with a worried look on her face.

"I have to buy one. I have too many gold coins and diamonds. I also have a King's Crystal and tens of thousands of diamonds (the author has them too...). I wonder what the next reward in the Diamond Treasure Hunt will be..." Han Cheng muttered.

"Go away, I've only just gotten that papal envoy..." Xu Xiaomeng said with a look of disgust.

The two decided to meet Sima Yi at 7:30. Before that, Han Cheng wanted to practice with Nezha.

"Who is the enemy is up to me!" This was followed by the "whoosh whoosh" of the Wind Fire Wheels flying. At first glance, Han Cheng thought Nezha was pretty cool, but after trying it out, it wasn't so exciting.

Nezha is a warrior, suitable for building tanky items. Han Cheng originally thought he was an assassin and wanted to use him as a jungler. However, that doesn't mean Nezha can't jungle. His second skill is still very efficient for ganking. Moreover, Han Cheng was playing a bounty league that day and locked in Lu Bu. The original jungler suddenly switched to a mage in the last few seconds. Without a jungler, Han Cheng had to quickly change his summoner spell to Smite. He jungled with Lu Bu and still won.

Let's talk about Nezha. His survivability is decent, but he doesn't have any non-targeted movement abilities. Once caught, if he encounters a hero with movement or crowd control, he either has to fight head-on or wait to die. However, his first skill provides a speed boost, so unless the hero has too much movement or too much crowd control, he can usually consider escaping.

Nezha's second skill is quite useful, but it cannot be cast without a unit. It has two stages and a small control effect, which can be used to interrupt the skill's channeling.

Nezha's most noteworthy skill is his ultimate ability. As long as there are enemies, he can move across the entire map, and the damage is not low. However, there is a rather useless knockback mechanism. You need to immediately follow up with his second skill after landing to control the movement and reduce damage. Nezha's second skill at max level has a 30% damage reduction, which is still quite overpowered.

However, Nezha's ultimate skill also has obvious drawbacks. It's cumbersome to cast, making it easy for beginners to accidentally hit the wrong person. Furthermore, its flight speed is relatively slow, and there are warnings on the map and for the target. If the target is near the fountain, they will fly directly there, and Nezha will fly right into their fountain and get wiped out...

Moreover, the opponent will react, and even flying into the turret is not a comfortable thing, so Nezha's ultimate should not be released from too far away.

Nezha wasn't as perfect as Han Cheng had imagined, but he was still very fun to play. When Nezha was first released, almost everyone who had the money to buy him would pick him instantly to practice the hero. In ranked matches, there were plenty of people who didn't know how to play him.

"Hey, although it's not as awesome as Nightmare, it's still playable!" Han Cheng said that, but he still got a godlike performance with Nezha in the first game. This hero only needs to build tankiness in the early game, and the damage is still explosive when he releases some attack items in the late game. In addition, the global support mechanism of the ultimate skill is quite good and can be added to the global support lineup.

"Although he's not as strong as Nightmare, he's pretty good. After all, he's a being that defies common sense!" Han Cheng muttered. The reason Han Cheng kept emphasizing that Nezha wasn't as strong as Eternal Nightmare was because Han Cheng missed Nightmare's skills. Nightmare's first skill also had acceleration, but the trajectory was completely different from Nezha's first skill. Nightmare's most powerful skill was his ultimate. Although it wasn't global, it was still extremely long-range. It also removed the enemy's map vision and reduced the enemy heroes' vision. Moreover, Nightmare was fast, and the enemy wouldn't even know who had been hit by his ultimate.

Nezha's ultimate skill still has some flaws. The strategy of taking advantage of the fact that Nezha cannot stop flying and returning to the fountain to kill Nezha is very popular.