The Road to Godhood in Honor of Kings

"Tsk tsk, fine, whatever makes you happy." Han Cheng shrugged.

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Back home, Han Cheng basically did nothing but play games, except for eating, sleeping, playing with beans, and going to the toilet. To put it more formally, it was training, but it was really just playing, since Han Cheng was playing solo. But what the heck is this bean-playing game?

With less than a day until the start of the match, everyone had already gathered at the club.

"The KPL Winter League regular season is about to begin. The regular season will last for two days, and the finals will last for one day. That means the competition will end in three days, or rather, come to a close. The spring season will have to wait until early April." Sima Yi spoke confidently, clearly having already gathered the information.

"Yeah, but Brother Ma, let's quickly talk about the participating teams in this competition!" Han Cheng couldn't help but say. At this moment, although Han Cheng had emerged from his despondency, he was still a little disappointed, but this did not affect his enthusiasm.

"Okay, Coach Qin, why don't you introduce yourself to everyone?" Sima Yi said.

Qin Li nodded and stepped forward. On the projection screen were the basic information of each team.

"Based on the rankings from the last KPL professional league finals, I've compiled a list of the strongest teams," Qin Li said.

"First, there's the previous champion, the Jinglan team. We haven't mentioned this team before, not only because we haven't encountered them or even met them, but also because this team is extremely mysterious, and there isn't much official information about them," Qin Li continued.

"The Jinglan Team..." Han Cheng muttered. Presumably, the Jingtao Team must be the second team of the Jinglan Team. He knew about this team all along, but as Qin Li said, this team was indeed extremely mysterious. Not only Han Cheng, but even the official team knew very little about them, and they didn't even know who the captain was. They only knew the game IDs of these people and their favorite heroes. Furthermore, Han Cheng thought of Liu Ruchi from before. Her ID prefix was Jinglan, so she must be a member of the Jinglan Team. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been so confident that her combination with Leng Rancheng, Qin Li, and Sima Yi would be no match for her team. Although neither she nor the captain of the Jinglan Team had played, Han Cheng could still sense the strength of this team.

Han Cheng couldn't help but recall his own conjecture: the relationship between Cui Qinchuan and the Jinglan team. It seemed that he was the chairman of the Jinglan Club, right? Moreover, Cui Qinchuan was most likely the captain of the Jinglan team.

"What? They don't even know who their captain is?" Sun Wukong asked in surprise.

"You only know their game IDs and the heroes they're good at?" The fat man looked astonished.

“That’s right.” Qin Li nodded. “This team is mysterious and powerful. All we know is that the chairman of the team’s club is also the president of the city’s e-sports association. We don’t know anything else.”

Han Cheng frowned. It seemed that Cui Qinchuan was indeed no ordinary person. With such multiple identities, and his father being powerful and influential, controlling most of the underground forces in Pingshan City and being the head of the largest criminal organization in Pingshan City, Cui Qinchuan was certainly not a good person either. However, it seemed that this bad guy was not so easy to deal with...

"So, I won't go into detail about this team. Now, let me introduce the runner-up, the Snow team. This team is also a veteran team. You were lucky enough to defeat them once, so you should have some understanding of their strength. Although their captain, God, usually plays the jungle position, his best position is the mid lane. Their real jungler is Xiao, and their mid laner Diao Chan is definitely among the top three in the national server. Your victory last time was really lucky, and there is even a possibility that they threw the game. As for the rest of the team, Bingfeng and Qiandi play the top lane and the marksman respectively, and the last one, W, is a very mysterious player who usually plays the support position."

"So this 'W' is similar to Ye Da, right?" Sun Hou muttered. Ye Bing coughed but didn't speak, probably wondering whether to tell Sun Hou and the others to "keep it low-key..."

"Next, I'd like to introduce the third-place team, Team Nine. This team is undeniably strong, but they have some internal conflicts, especially between their two junglers, which is why they've been hovering around third place and below. However, if they work together, I believe they can definitely put up a fight against the runner-up, Team Snow," Qin Li continued.

"Finally, let me introduce the remaining teams. Most of these are new teams. Among them are Summer and Stormy Wind, which we've already encountered, as well as the Surging Waves team, which the eSports Association has faced. There's also the FX team, whose strength is no less than Surging Waves'. And then there's another team that deserves mention—it's an all-female team called 'Miracle Nikki.' Although they are an all-female team, their strength is no less than that of all-male teams, so we should be cautious if we encounter them in the competition." Qin Li finally finished introducing the teams, took a sip of water, and then stepped back.

"Alright, Coach Qin has finished introducing the participating teams. Now it's our turn. If we want to achieve a ranking in the competition, hard work is the most important thing. The armbands and badges are ready. Xiao Han and I suggested that it would be best to add English annotations to the badges and armbands, so we did, which is why they were only ready today," Sima Yi said. "Then everyone, try them out first, and then we'll start training and come up with a strategy for the two teams to fight together."

Everyone nodded and went to claim their armbands and badges. Actually, some of the English annotations were like proper nouns, such as "Wandering God," which were difficult to translate. Therefore, Han Cheng and Sima Yi chose words with similar meanings. Overall, however, the annotations were quite accurate. Seeing the armbands and badges, Han Cheng felt a strange surge of motivation. Were knights so easily defeated?

Looking at the knight's symbol and the word "Knight," Han Cheng felt a surge of responsibility. Even if it meant losing badly, he had to persevere for the sake of this honor.

"Tsk tsk, what does this word mean?" the fat man asked Sun Wukong.

"Yes, of course it means 'never stop'!" Sun Wukong was quite clever. Although he didn't know the meaning of the word "fatty," he could guess it based on his intuition.