The Road to Godhood in Honor of Kings

"No, I need to sort out what happened!" Han Cheng thought about what happened as he walked.

"Xing Feng failed to get revenge on me last time, and he's probably been in a bad mood these past few days, so he colluded with Qin Li's henchmen to deal with me. Qin Li, who has a grudge against the Xing family, was naturally displeased to find out that his henchmen were working for Xing Feng, which led to what happened just now..."

"I'm so smart! I figured out such a complicated thing all at once!" There's a saying, "A silly young man brings a lot of joy," and Han Cheng's performance certainly proves it.

"Ranked matches, ranked matches, I'm aiming for Diamond!" Han Cheng immediately went to the ranked interface as soon as he logged into Honor of Kings. He had played a few ranked matches in the past few days, and despite many bad games, he managed to reach Platinum Rank 1 with the help of Fatty Sun Wukong, and would soon be Diamond. There was no way around it; Xu Xiaomeng and Ye Bing were both Glory Kings, and Han Cheng had just learned that he was actually ranked in the top 20 of the Glory King rank in their region. It's not easy to get a spot in a ranked match in the first region, and Ye Bing being in the top 20 showed just how strong he was. Moreover, judging from Ye Bing's skills and awareness, Han Cheng felt that Ye Bing probably didn't play ranked matches often, otherwise he would likely be in the top 10 or higher (a bit of an exaggeration, but Ye Bing would definitely be a powerful asset on Xiao Chengzi's path to the championship).

Now that Han Cheng is almost at Diamond, and Sun Hou and Fatty are almost at King, Han Cheng can't help but feel a little resentful when he thinks about how those two guys can reach King. He's not a bad player, his awareness and skills are top-notch, and he even has the heaven-defying ability, the Eye of Illusion. If he doesn't reach King within a month, he'll be letting himself down.

"Monkey, Fatty, can you hear me?" Han Cheng put on his headset and turned on QQ voice chat. Voice chat in Honor of Kings was only available during hero selection and gameplay, unlike the more convenient QQ voice chat. Having bought a computer, Han Cheng only played Honor of Kings occasionally, except for playing League of Legends and using voice chat.

"I heard you!" It was the fat man's deep voice.

"Hehe, little orange, watch me take you flying!" said Sun Wukong.

Hearing Sun Wukong's words, Han Cheng couldn't fathom how thick-skinned the monkey was. His monkey, which he'd played nearly a thousand times, was inferior to the one he'd only played a few dozen times. And the monkey wanted to carry him? Ridiculous! Sun Wukong hadn't played that many times in total, but the monkey had played a lot, using the same character every time. Besides a monkey who had somehow acquired the legendary Sword Saint level of proficiency, Sun Wukong only had Xiahou Dun, whom he'd played thirty times, to his name.

"Hehe, let's begin!" Han Cheng didn't expose Sun Hou's lie. After all, friendship comes first, competition second. Let Sun Hou be smug for a while, as long as he doesn't get too cocky. There's no need to crush him so early.

Enter the hero selection interface.

"Here comes Old Sun!" Sun Wukong instantly chose the monkey again.

"Uh..." Han Cheng and Fatty were both speechless. Just how much does Sun Wukong love monkeys?

"Yesterday, I shot it out, so today is Monday!" The fat guy was playing Hou Yi. Hou Yi is a hero that is often picked instantly in low-ranked matches. He is easy to operate, has explosive damage, comes with a built-in slow, and his ultimate can provide support across the entire map, allowing him to initiate team fights.

"I've been feeling that Hou Yi is pretty good lately, so I'm playing Hou Yi!" the fat man said. Han Cheng and Sun Wukong didn't have any objections. The fat man's playing style was quite steady and not too bad.

Then, one teammate chose Angela, and another chose Xiahou Dun; they were just missing a jungler.

"Yes, just what I wanted!" Han Cheng usually plays the jungle role, so he was quite satisfied with his teammates' choice.

"What should I play?" Han Cheng scrolled through the hero portraits; there were just too many heroes to play them all.

Suddenly, a hero's portrait caught Han Cheng's attention.

"I've decided on you!" Han Cheng chose instantly.

"Life and faith are entrusted to you..." This is none other than Guan Yu, the Martial Saint, who is extremely popular in the current version. Guan Yu is a hero with exceptionally high burst damage; his first skill in charge state can basically take away a third of a hero's health in one hit—and that's considered mild. A well-developed Guan Yu can easily one-shot squishy heroes. However, Guan Yu is not without its challenges. After releasing his skills, he needs to reposition and charge up his energy bar before unleashing another combo to maximize damage. Therefore, this requires the user to have excellent movement skills. Getting controlled once is no problem, as he has a built-in cleanse; being controlled twice is the end.

However, although Han Cheng hasn't played Guan Yu much since buying him, he played a few games a few days ago and felt good about it, so it's worth a try. However, it's worth noting that jungle Guan Yu is not commonly seen.

Finally, the lineups for both sides were confirmed: Han Cheng's team's blue side had a top laner named Monkey King with Execute, a mid laner named Angela with Flash, an ADC named Hou Yi with Flash, a support named Xiahou Dun with Heal, and a jungler named Guan Yu with Execute.

The red team's top laner Xiahou Dun brought Execute, mid laner Daji brought Heal, ADC Liu Bei brought Execute, support Liu Bang brought Execute, and jungler Zhao Yun brought Smite.

Han Cheng didn't bring Smite, but instead chose to bring Execute. The reason is that Guan Yu's output is off the charts, but he often can't be taken down in one go. Execute makes it easier to finish off low-health enemies. Moreover, Guan Yu's damage is high. He might take some damage when jungling in the early game, but he basically doesn't need Smite's damage in the late game (of course, this is Han Cheng's idea).

At the start of the game, since he didn't bring Smite, Han Cheng didn't invade the enemy jungle. Instead, he started with the red buff and gave the blue buff to Angela, with the top laner Monkey helping him take it.

In the bottom lane, both Liu Bei and Liu Bang on the enemy team have short range. Although Liu Bei is a marksman, his projectiles are different from other marksmen; they are shotguns, and he can also block the minion wave.

Therefore, Liu Bei is very weak in the early stages, but once he develops, his output can be terrifying when he stands close to the enemy and fights.

"Three shots!" The fat man's Hou Yi used his first skill to shoot as soon as the opponent showed up, while Xiahou Dun's first skill was particularly flashy, leaving the opponent with no chance to fight back and forcing them to cower under the tower.

Meanwhile, the Monkey King, who had already returned to his lane, was also badly beaten by the enemy Xiahou Dun. In the early game, the Monkey King was weak because he didn't have any critical hits, and Xiahou Dun was tanky, so there was no way he could fight back.

"Little Orange, come gank the top lane!" Sun Wukong said.

"Got it, coming right away!" Han Cheng cleared a jungle monster and leveled up to level three. Although both sides were fighting fiercely, neither side crossed the line, and no small-scale team fights broke out. Although the enemy Zhao Yun hadn't left the jungle and hadn't shown himself, Han Cheng had already spotted him, guessing that he was trying to reach level four and gank.

"ridiculous!"

Seeing Daji being pushed back by our Angela in the mid lane, Han Cheng knew that Daji was seducing someone. Zhao Yun had already reached level four and was coming.