The Road to Godhood in Honor of Kings

"Get out of here. Who asked you for money? Besides, what I meant was that if they lost, we should ask them for compensation, which is to say, for the bet," Han Cheng said.

"Hehe! With Little Orange on the case, I'm relieved. Let's hurry and find that guy Li Bin! Let's bet him a hundred!" Sun Wukong laughed.

"Um, isn't there a need to be in such a hurry?" Han Cheng said helplessly.

Under the tree, the scene was the same as last time, but this time only two people were facing off.

"What? Not bad enough being tortured? You want to find someone else to torture?" Li Bin said with a disdainful look, but his expression changed immediately when he saw Han Cheng and the others.

"What? Weren't you so arrogant just now? Why are you so quiet now?" Sun Wukong mocked.

"Who said that!" Li Bin said, pulling out his phone. "Come on, who wants to go?"

"Hehe, I'll go!" Han Cheng also took out his phone and sat down not far from Li Bin. He had already seen Li Bin's skills last time, and they weren't very good. Although he had only seen the new hero's skills before and hadn't tried the hero himself, Han Cheng was confident that he could easily beat Li Bin.

However, this is not actually the case.

"Can we start?" Han Cheng had already logged into Honor of Kings.

"Wait, since you're changing people, I'm changing too! Xiao Qing, you call for me!" Li Bin said, handing the phone to the thin young man.

"Hmph." Han Cheng would rather fight this guy called Xiao Qing. His Luna is alright, and he believes he shouldn't disappoint him too much.

The two sides exchanged IDs and created a room. Just as they were about to start, Sun Wukong suddenly stepped forward.

"Oh, right, I forgot something! Before we begin, I'll make one condition first," said Sun Wukong.

"Oh? What are the conditions?" Li Bin asked.

"How about we make a bet? The loser gives the winner a hundred dollars," Sun Wukong said confidently.

"can!"

"The condition for victory is either first blood or the loss of a tower!" Sun Wukong added, and neither side objected.

Start.

"Little Orange, which hero do you want to choose?" Sun Wukong sidled up to Han Cheng.

"I don't know!" Han Cheng didn't know who to choose either.

A moment later, with a "thump," Han Cheng locked onto the hero.

"Confront your evil!"

"Athena?" Everyone was taken aback. Athena, a hero costing 18888 gold, was surprisingly unpopular. Her first and second skills' shields, once broken, would stun her for a second (oh, that was in an older version; the stun has been removed now). Her ultimate required charging, often missed targets, and dealt relatively low damage. While she didn't need to return to base after dying, there was a delay after resurrection… However, Athena was actually a very powerful hero. With some cooldown reduction, her second skill could be used in an infinite combo. Second skill first, first skill hit, refresh; ultimate hit, refresh; first skill again, refresh again… A well-developed Athena could freely dive into the enemy ranks and was quite tanky, making her a viable assassin who wasn't easily killed. While she might not be able to quickly eliminate the backline, she was certainly a disruptive force. There's a saying, "There are no bad heroes, only bad summoners." (or something like that).

"Hmph!" The young man called Xiao Qing glanced indifferently at the loading information on the screen. He was using Yang Jian, not his favorite Luna, while Han Cheng had chosen Athena. Both were gods, one an Eastern god, the other a Western god; the duel of the gods had officially begun!

At the start, Han Cheng bought a cloth armor, the small item that increases armor, while Yang Jian bought a red crystal, the small item that increases health.

Athena leveled up her first skill first, and Yang Jian leveled up his second skill first. The two met and last-hit each other normally, and no battle broke out at level one.

After both sides cleared the second minion, they both leveled up to level two. Yang Jian immediately summoned a dog, but Athena dodged it with her movement.

"What?" Yang Jian was slightly surprised, but then Athena suddenly appeared and a beam of light passed through his body.

"Go!" Athena used her first skill again to knock Yang Jian back, and Yang Jian's health dropped significantly in an instant. He didn't expect Athena's damage to be so high.

After losing a large chunk of health, Yang Jian's health was now less than Athena's. He unleashed his second skill, [Illusory Annihilation], and Athena was instantly stunned.

Then Yang Jian started attacking Athena. Athena woke up from her sleep, angrily activated her second skill, stabbed him once and then cast a shield. Yang Jian's health dropped again, and he was already at half health.

Yang Jian thought to himself, "Wow, that's fierce!" He retreated while healing himself. In the early game, Yang Jian's second skill had a long cooldown, so he couldn't use it all the time. At this moment, Athena had only lost one-fifth of her health, so he was clearly no match for her and had no choice but to play it safe.

Using his first skill, Yang Jian cleared out several low-health minions, and his economy wasn't too far behind Athena's. Once he reached level four, he would be able to put up a fight.

"Hmph!" Han Cheng's fingers flew across the keyboard. His positioning and last-hitting were only slightly ahead of Yang Jian's by less than half a level, but he was already working on his first mid-tier item (mid-tier items are the difference between small and large items, you know what I mean!). Han Cheng's first item was the Frozen Heart, which provided armor, while Yang Jian was a warrior dealing physical damage. It also provided 20% cooldown reduction, maximizing the reduction of Athena's dash interval. After the Frozen Heart, one more cooldown reduction item would basically allow for infinite dashes.

Finally, both of them reached level four, went home to refresh themselves, and then came online to face off.

Athena now has an additional shield and damage skill (though it's unlikely to hit heroes), while Yang Jian has gained three ranged skills and a healing skill. Furthermore, while Athena's ultimate skill has a short cooldown, Yang Jian's ultimate skill also has a short cooldown, only about ten seconds longer.

"Don't be a coward, just do it!"

Yang Jian used his first skill to kill a low-health minion, then used it to dash to Athena. Athena wasn't afraid at all, activating her second skill [Piercing Spear] and then following up with her first skill [Divine March]. With two powerful basic attacks, Yang Jian immediately lost a lot of health. However, Yang Jian wasn't afraid either, using his second skill to stun her, followed by another basic attack, and Athena lost a lot of health as well.

Athena wakes up, uses her second skill again, and after using her first skill, she releases her ultimate on the minions. This is a trick. Since it's not easy to hit heroes because they can dodge, but if you hit minions and they don't dodge, you can refresh your skills.

Athena refreshed her skills and unleashed another combo. However, Yang Jian wasn't so easily defeated. Athena had also lost a significant amount of health; although Yang Jian was almost at critical health, Athena only had half her health left.

【The Eye of the Root】!

Yang Jian activated his ultimate skill, and a laser beam swept straight across the battlefield. Han Cheng had anticipated that Yang Jian would use his ultimate skill and dodged it, but he saw that Yang Jian still recovered a lot of health. It turned out that there were minions next to Athena. Yang Jian also knew that Athena would dodge, so he kept a backup plan. If he couldn't hit Athena, he could still hit the minions to recover health.