The Road to Godhood in Honor of Kings

Huang Zhong activated his ultimate skill and, under the cover of his teammates and minions, recklessly attacked TOM's defensive towers, quickly reaching the high ground. However, it had only been a few minutes. Even in low-elo games, a pro player would probably crush a newbie in about the same amount of time. But this was no low-elo game. Although TOM was newly formed, they had undergone some training, and the players were generally quite strong. It was quite unexpected that they were pushed to the high ground so easily.

Soon, the Jinglan team launched a major attack on the TOM team's high ground tower. Huang Zhong activated his ultimate skill from behind, and no one from TOM dared to engage him. They could only watch helplessly as the tower's health dropped steadily. If anyone made a positioning mistake, they would be quickly killed, or even wiped out in one wave.

As a top-tier professional team, Jinglan team never drags things out in matches, even against weaker opponents. They never resort to humiliating tactics like fountain camping; instead, they simply take down TOM's crystal in one fell swoop.

Sun Wukong stared helplessly and in astonishment as the crystal shattered and slowly bloomed on the screen. This Jinglan team is just too strong.

"I never imagined we would lose so badly," Song Ziyi said nonchalantly. However, apart from Sima Yu, everyone else could tell that Song Ziyi was not reconciled.

"Hey, hey, hey, I didn't expect to be wiped out so quickly..." Sima Yu tried to speak in a less sorrowful tone. After all, what was the use of being sad now? Now that things had come to this, could they just give up? No matter how strong the Jinglan team was, the battle had to continue. They couldn't back down because of this.

"Good luck in the next round," Sima Yi said softly. But anyone with eyes could see that although Sima Yi's tone did not seem heavy, his heart was extremely heavy. It was not easy to get here, and it was not easy to achieve the results he had achieved. Suddenly, such a powerful and unpredictable team appeared, and he was defeated in an instant. It would be strange if he was not in a heavy mood.

Sima Yi then turned and left.

Watching Sima Yi's departing figure on the field, Han Cheng felt inexplicably sad. If Sima Yi was as immature as Sun Wukong, he also had many advantages. He would go to great lengths for his friends and could joke around with his brothers, but he would also be very serious when he needed to be. He was very strong, but losing such a bad game was bound to hurt his pride.

In a corner outside the lounge, a short-haired man was smoking a cigarette, occasionally flicking off the ash.

"Brother Ma," Han Cheng said softly, sitting down quietly next to Sima Yi, "Perhaps they are too strong, and you have already played very well."

"Yes, I know." Sima Yi didn't look at Han Cheng, continuing to smoke silently without raising his head.

"Brother," Sima Yu's voice rang out, "Don't smoke here. How many times have I told you, smoking is bad for your health, and you still don't learn your lesson..." Sima Yi said as he tried to snatch the half cigarette from Sima Yi's hand.

"No, I know smoking is bad for your health, but let me finish this cigarette first." Sima Yi waved his hand, preventing Sima Yu from snatching the cigarette away. Sima Yu looked at Sima Yi with some surprise.

"Brother, are you sure you're alright?" Sima Yu asked with concern.

"I'm fine," Sima Yi replied calmly. "After this cigarette is extinguished, in the next game, even if we lose, we'll lose spectacularly."

Soon, the cigarette in Sima Yi's hand grew shorter and shorter until it became a small cigarette butt. Sima Yi threw the cigarette butt to the ground and stomped on it hard, extinguishing the cigarette instantly. "The will to charge into battle is to die rather than live."

"The will to charge into battle is to die rather than live." Han Cheng said. This line might be familiar to those who have played League of Legends, as it is a line spoken by Xin Zhao, the Grand Marshal of Demacia. However, it is actually a quote from a historical figure, Gao Shun, a subordinate of Lü Bu during the Eastern Han Dynasty.

The original sentence is "Charging forward with unwavering resolve, there is no turning back; charging into battle with the determination to die rather than live." The meaning of this sentence can be analyzed from the literal words: when charging into battle, one should not retreat; it is either victory or death, in short, a near-certain death, or even certain death.

This also expresses a spirit, a fearless spirit, a spirit of never surrendering and never giving up, which is extremely valuable.

Naturally, this sentence became a motto for Han Cheng. Before each battle, Han Cheng would silently recite this sentence, which would generate a lot of motivation in his heart. Ancient warriors charged into battle without fear of death, but now he was just participating in a game. What would be the point of having so many things to fear? It wasn't that he was intentionally giving away his life, but rather that he shouldn't be afraid of the enemy's strength. No matter how strong the enemy was, as long as he was fearless, he could be defeated.

On the field, the second game between TOM and Jinglan team is about to begin.

Han Cheng sat in his seat, saying nothing, quietly watching the start of the match. After the ban/pick phase and final adjustments, the match finally began.

In this game, TOM banned Luna first. However, Cui Qinchuan was still playing support, and the girl with the ID Zixia was still playing jungle, just with a different hero. But Han Cheng felt something was off. Cui Qinchuan had clearly helped his second team last time and had used Luna. Why wasn't he playing jungle now? Did he look down on the TOM team and that's why he wasn't helping? This made Han Cheng inexplicably angry. It seemed that if he didn't work harder, he wouldn't be able to challenge the Jinglan team in time.

"Hoo." Sima Yi took a deep breath and silently told his team that they needed to play more steadily in this game and make progress while maintaining stability. That was what they needed to do.

In this game, the TOM team basically chose their most proficient and favorite heroes to maximize their strength.

However, even with TOM's serious efforts, they still encountered setbacks at the very beginning.

The opposing team invaded and stole all three buffs. Only Song Ziyi secretly stole the enemy's red buff; the other three buffs were taken by the Jinglan team, which deprived the TOM team of any opportunity to develop from the very beginning.

In the stands, Han Cheng frowned. Although TOM was not weak and was playing very seriously in this game, there was still a gap in strength. Therefore, TOM's chances of winning this game were still very slim.

"Sigh, it looks like Little Ma and his team are going to lose again this round." The fat man sighed helplessly.

"Hmm." Han Cheng didn't say anything more, just nodded silently.