The Road to Godhood in Honor of Kings

"By the way, since the teams are grouped according to odd and even numbers, then our team and the next even-numbered team are... number ten!" the fat man said.

"Pah! Fatty, did your math teacher teach you PE? We're number eight, the next even number, and we're compared to the previous even number, six," Sun Wukong said.

"We're still in Group B. Three teams from our group will be eliminated. We're the second team from Group B to go on stage. Although the qualifiers are a bit more advanced than the open qualifiers, they're not exactly official matches, so today's competition should be very quick, directly determining the top eight teams," Han Cheng said. "And this competition won't last very long, since there are relatively few participants, but it will be more detailed."

"But then again, it seems like PE teachers are all pretty tired. Teaching PE is one thing, but they also have to teach math, English, and Chinese. In short, PE teachers have the hardest job," Sima Yi joked.

"Yes, being a PE teacher is indeed quite tiring," Xu Xiaomeng said with a smile.

"The match is about to start, we need to go to the stands," Sima Yi said.

"OK."

spectating seats.

"The match is about to start. I think I just saw Xing Batian's Storm Club. It seems like they've changed a few people," Han Cheng muttered. "But it could also be Xing Batian's newly formed second team."

"I hope we don't run into them," the fat man said.

"What, chickened out? You chickened out just because Xing Batian added a second team?" Sun Wukong said with a hint of contempt.

"No, Fatty, I'm afraid of torturing them again." Fatty said with a serious expression.

“Uh, okay…” Sun Wukong said.

In the first match of Group A, Team 1 will face off against Team 3.

In the second match of Group B, Team 2 will face off against Team 4.

In the third match of Group A, Team 5 will face off against Team 7.

In the fourth match of Group B, Team Six faced off against Team Eight, which was also the time for Team TOL to take the stage.

"Okay, it's not Xing Batian's team, looks like we can't beat them." The fat man muttered.

"Don't underestimate them. I only know one well-known team in Pingshan City, called the Whirlwind Team. It seems we've run into them this time," Han Cheng said. He noticed that their team uniforms featured a whirlwind logo, indicating that they were a fairly famous professional team in Pingshan City. This tournament could earn them a ticket to the KPL Winter League, so they naturally wouldn't miss it.

"I've heard that the Whirlwind team isn't very strong; they didn't even qualify for the KPL professional league last year," Ye Bing said.

"Even so, we can't underestimate them, after all, they are a professional team," Han Cheng said.

"Mm." Ye Bing nodded.

Before the match began, Han Cheng, as the captain, shook hands with the captain of the Whirlwind team, and then entered the battle area to begin the ban/pick phase. Sima Yi, as the club manager, watched from the sidelines, while Qin Li, as the coach, was in charge of the ban/pick process.

"Same as always, ban Luna or Guan Yu," Qin Li said. "You've always done it this way in your matches, haven't you?"

"Okay, I understand." Sun Wukong banned Guan Yu with a "bang," while Whirlwind Team banned Luna.

"Let's use a fairly standard lineup. Play whatever lineups you usually like, preferably something strong," Qin Li said.

"Okay." Without saying a word, the monkey took one of the monkeys, leaving everyone astonished.

The opposing team didn't play too strategically either, picking some of the strongest heroes in the current meta.

The final TOL team lineup is: top lane Sun Wukong with Execute (in the version update, Execute has been changed to Execute, and the book will also be changed accordingly), mid lane Ying Zheng with Swiftness, jungle Zhao Yun with Smite, bottom lane Genghis Khan with Berserk, and roaming Liu Bang with Heal.

The Whirlwind team's lineup consists of Xiahou Dun with Execute in the top lane, Diao Chan with Purify in the mid lane, Han Xin with Smite in the jungle, Sun Shangxiang with Purify in the bottom lane, and Zhang Fei with Interference for roaming.

"We'll start with our usual strategy. The enemy team will be very strong before level four, while we are the opposite. So, don't engage them head-on in the early game," Han Cheng instructed. Everyone agreed in unison, and no one had any objections to Han Cheng's command.

However, when Han Cheng arrived in the enemy jungle to steal their red buff, he found that no one was there; they had all gone to the bottom lane, except for Han Xin who came to his own jungle to steal theirs.

"Han Xin should be in our jungle. There's no one in the enemy jungle, so he's probably either in the top or bottom lane. Let's group up and go check the bottom lane," Han Cheng said. As for Han Xin being in his own jungle, Han Cheng could only guess. It was the same before; if he were to be certain that someone was going to gank the enemy jungle and then steal their jungle, it would probably arouse suspicion.

Just as Han Cheng finished speaking, the alarm went off on the bottom lane turret. Four of the opposing team were grouping up to steal the turret, so the TOL team sent three people to defend it. After all, it was the early game, and with so many of the opposing team in one lane, they wouldn't be able to develop well. Three people would be enough. Monkey went to the top lane to push and develop, while Han Cheng continued to jungle.

However, Han Cheng didn't expect that the first blood notification sound would ring out so quickly. It turned out that the enemy Diao Chan had secured the first blood and escaped with a sliver of health? But Diao Chan didn't just get the first blood; a double kill notification sounded just as she did. Diao Chan had actually gotten a double kill! You have to understand, this isn't a casual game. It's more like a pro player getting a double kill right at the start of a low-level casual game. But this is a professional match. Although it's a 3v4, there's a turret for protection. The turret damage is very high in the early game, and the enemy Diao Chan still wasn't killed by the turret.

"The enemy Diao Chan was too skilled. The enemy team deliberately let her get a kill, and then she leveled up to level two, tower-dived and killed someone, got a double kill and escaped unscathed," Xu Xiaomeng said.

"Alright, can Ye Bing hold on?" Han Cheng asked.

"It's alright. The other side shouldn't try to kill one of my tanks. After all, if they don't defend their top lane and jungle soon, they won't be able to hold on," Ye Bing said.

"Everyone play a bit more cautiously. The enemy is intentionally letting Diao Chan get kills. Once Diao Chan gets farmed up, she's not like other squishy heroes; she can easily outplay and kill several of them. Meng, be careful not to get caught or counter-ganked by the enemy jungler," Han Cheng reminded them. Everyone agreed and went to their lanes after respawning, adopting a more defensive playstyle. After all, TOL's lineup is suited to a conservative approach in the early game.

Once Han Cheng, the jungler, reached level four, Xiao Long also finished his quest. Meanwhile, the enemy Diao Chan's level was almost the same as Han Cheng's Zhao Yun's. Keep in mind that Zhao Yun was a jungler and had taken a lot of resources from the enemy jungle.

Ying Zheng had a tough time against Diao Chan in the early game, and even in the late game he couldn't pressure her. He was killed again, and he wasn't even level three yet. Two of the enemy players had just gone back to replenish their health and mana. The other lanes were relatively easy to play.