The Road to Godhood in Honor of Kings

Before the opposing team could even notice Zhao Yun attacking the dragon, Han Cheng and Genghis Khan secretly started farming the Tyrant. As long as the opposing team didn't notice for a little while, the Tyrant would belong to the TOL team.

Fortunately, the opposing team reacted in time. Zhao Yun had already reduced the Tyrant to low health. Han Xin tried to steal the dragon, but Zhao Yun retreated two steps to prevent his Smite from hitting Han Xin. Since Smite prioritizes heroes, Zhao Yun used Smite to secure the Tyrant. Seeing no chance, Han Xin used his dash to escape.

Han Cheng knew that even if he caught up with Han Xin, he might not be able to kill him, and Zhang Fei was coming from the other side.

Although the Tyrant doesn't provide a huge amount of economy and experience, it's better than nothing, especially since it benefits the whole team. It was definitely worth it for Zhao Yun and Genghis Khan to risk their lives to steal this Tyrant.

"Little Orange, the enemy Diao Chan sometimes disappears from the lane, but she seems to be in pretty good condition," Xu Xiaomeng said.

"Oh, she went to get the blue buff. From what I've observed, the blue buff has spawned three times since the start of the game. In the current version, the blue buff spawns every minute and a half. Diao Chan has taken two of them, while the enemy Han Xin only took one at level one," Han Cheng said. "It seems the enemy team is determined to let Diao Chan develop."

"Otherwise, I saw that there were some blue circles suddenly appearing under Diao Chan's feet, and I guessed that she took them, so I wanted to confirm with you. But I think the enemy jungler is too selfless, after all, he's Han Xin, and he just gave up the blue buff." Xu Xiaomeng said.

"Then let's just target Diao Chan," Han Cheng said casually. Han Xin, a hero who relies on skills to travel, consumes more mana than the average mage. For such a mana-intensive hero to frequently give up his mana to Diao Chan is indeed quite selfless. However, if it were Han Cheng, he wouldn't do that. He knows how painful it is for Han Xin to be without mana. He either has to farm his own blue buff or steal the enemy's blue buff. In short, Han Xin without mana won't have much of an advantage.

In low-ranked games, if Han Xin is playing jungle, and his blue buff is stolen, especially by a teammate who doesn't consume mana, then Han Xin is doomed. If his mage takes it, at least there's some consolation. But many heroes like Cheng Yaojin and Tachibana Ukyo, who don't have mana bars, will steal your blue buff... Once a team fight breaks out or the enemy is being pressured, Han Xin, who is usually very fast at moving and providing support thanks to his skills, becomes a short-legged hero.

In this game, the opposing Han Xin was clearly the short-legged hero. Whirlwind Team's choice of Han Xin was not very wise, unless they did not initially consider a four-protect-one strategy.

Besides suppressing Ying Zheng in lane, the opposing Diao Chan also frequently went to other lanes to gank with the jungler Han Xin. Once someone was low on health, the kill would go to Diao Chan, who would then return to continue pressuring Ying Zheng, and even more aggressively.

“This can’t go on. That Diao Chan has so much more gold than Xiao Chengzi, who’s a jungler,” Xu Xiaomeng said.

“Since they’re using a four-protect-one strategy, let’s counter-gank and cripple the one they’re protecting,” Han Cheng said. “The four-protect-one strategy isn’t a wise choice. Once the core damage dealer dies, this side will be wiped out. As the saying goes, ‘Don’t talk about becoming a marquis, for one general’s success is built on the bones of ten thousand.’ We have a very high chance of winning this game.”

"Monkey, let's fountain dive in a bit and get revenge for me getting first blood," the fat man said.

"Okay, but don't chicken out later," Sun Wukong said.

"Don't worry, Fatty, when have I ever backed down..."

"Our plan is this: Monkey will sell his position on the top lane. Once Xiahou Dun controls Monkey, Monkey shouldn't back down. He should create the illusion that someone is lurking in the bushes. At this point, the enemy will think it's a low-level tactic, that there's no one in the bushes, but there is someone there—that person is me. After all, if the jungler disappears from vision, the enemy usually won't suspect anything. Diao Chan is likely to come to the top lane to get a kill. At this time, Ying Zheng should restrain Diao Chan, but don't use his core skills. Ying Zheng can't restrain her for long. We need to make Diao Chan feel that we are trying our best to stop her from going to the top lane. Then our plan will be half successful," Han Cheng said. "Once Diao Chan arrives at the top lane, Ying Zheng will also go there. For Diao Chan's safety, Han Xin will definitely go to support. At this time, Liu Bang will use his ultimate to protect Monkey. Monkey must remember to save his ultimate. Then, the four of us will fight the other three, focusing only on Diao Chan. We should be able to kill Diao Chan once."

"This strategy... is pretty good!" Sun Wukong said. "But I reckon I'll die after the team fight. I just need to play recklessly for a bit, and then save my ultimate to control Diao Chan, right?"

"Mm," Han Cheng replied.

"I just need to hold Diao Chan back a bit before I go to provide support," Xu Xiaomeng said.

"Hmm." Han Cheng hummed in response.

“I…I know what I should do,” Ye Bing said.

"I'm the one fighting them in the bottom lane..." the fat man said.

"Hahaha," Xu Xiaomeng laughed.

"Alright everyone, Action start!" Han Cheng said.

"Huh? I don't understand," the fat man said.

"The operation has started, and you don't even know that! And you weren't even part of Fatty's operation, were you?" Sun Hou looked at him with disdain. Although Sun Hou wasn't a very good student, he knew a lot and often used English, idioms, and proverbs.

"Mm." Xu Xiaomeng nodded.

Han Cheng took advantage of a gap when Xiahou Dun went to support another lane and plunged into the bushes. Moreover, he was deliberately reduced to low health by the enemy. Even if the enemy saw Zhao Yun enter the bushes, they wouldn't care too much, thinking that Zhao Yun was just going home. Besides, they didn't see Zhao Yun enter the bushes because the minion wave had been cleared and the enemy had no vision.

Sun Wukong started attacking aggressively, using his first skill to poke Xiahou Dun. Although it didn't hurt much, it enraged Xiahou Dun. Xiahou Dun thought to himself that he had been suppressing Sun Wukong the whole time, so why was he suddenly playing so aggressively? Was there an ambush? But then he thought that this was a low-level tactic. He guessed that someone was lying in ambush on another lane, and Sun Wukong was just putting on a show. So Xiahou Dun signaled Diao Chan and the bottom lane to be careful and asked Diao Chan to come to the top lane to kill Sun Wukong.

Xiahou Dun used his first skill to slow down the monkey, and the monkey used his second skill to run out of the range of the second part of Xiahou Dun's first skill. Xiahou Dun did not use his ultimate skill. In his eyes, this monkey was just a mobile ATM, just waiting for Diao Chan to come and withdraw money. He saved his ultimate skill to keep the monkey in check.

Sun Wukong smiled helplessly, thinking that Xiahou Dun had probably fallen into a trap. After all, he had hit him. But if someone hit you for no reason, would you not fight back?

As expected, Diao Chan wanted to go to the top lane, so Ying Zheng placed his first skill on her path and kept auto-attacking Diao Chan. Xu Xiaomeng didn't play AD Ying Zheng; this playstyle will be saved for future matches. It would be even more surprising if combined with a critical strike build Lu Bu.

When Xiahou Dun saw that Ying Zheng wanted to stop Diao Chan, he thought to himself that there was indeed no ambush on the way, and that the monkey's plan was just an empty city ploy. He also reminded Diao Chan not to worry about any ambush.

"Floating, floating..." Diao Chan actually released her second skill to accelerate towards the top lane. Han Cheng saw that the opponent had indeed fallen for the trap, and couldn't help but smile, revealing a hint of joy.