The Road to Godhood in Honor of Kings

"This Class 5 is pretty strong!" Xu Xiaomeng exclaimed.

"Yes, their teamwork was excellent, especially the way they deliberately stopped fighting the dragon halfway through and then pushed the tower, forcing them to fight the dragon. Otherwise, if they hadn't gotten anything after all this time, Class 3 definitely wouldn't have given up. Even if Liu Bei didn't get a pentakill, they would still have lost, since Class 5's three players went straight to the high ground and pushed it without defending," Han Cheng said.

"What? That's because Class 3 is too weak. If it were me, I wouldn't fight the dragon, I would go back to defend, leave one jungler behind, and I don't believe Class 5 won't fight it. I'll steal it later!" Sun Hou said.

"That's true!" Han Cheng nodded. "However, Class 5's teamwork is indeed quite good, especially their two junglers, their coordination is excellent."

“Yes, that’s right,” Ye Bing agreed.

“Even if they’re strong, we’ll still run into them soon, won’t we? Dogs, they still need to be abused!” Xu Xiaomeng said.

"Yes! Dogs should still be abused!"

The outcome of Group B is still undecided, but it's expected to be soon. Xing Feng and his team should win. Thinking about this, Han Cheng and his friends aren't unhappy at all; on the contrary, they're quite looking forward to it. They can finally give Xing Feng a good beating! They really want to see Xing Feng's sour face after being thrashed. Considering how much trouble Xing Feng has caused them, Han Cheng feels somewhat relieved at the thought of tormenting Xing Feng and his team.

The outcome of Group B is finally decided, and it's Xing Feng's team's turn to play, while Han Cheng's team has already started their match against Class 5.

The leader of Class 5 was a short guy who seemed very intelligent. Han Cheng recognized him; he was Han Cheng's elementary school classmate, whose name was something like Wang Gang (that name sounds familiar). Every time there was an exam, either this guy or Han Cheng would get first place, but thinking back to elementary school, there were only a dozen or so students in the class...

"Hmm..." Wang Gang's gaze fell on Han Cheng: Why does that name sound familiar?

Han Cheng: What are you looking at? It's not like we don't know each other! (The above are all thoughts)

This time, it was Wang Gang's Class 5's turn to ban and pick heroes first. They immediately banned Genghis Khan, probably because they were watching Han Cheng's game. However, if his teammates hadn't intentionally let him get kills, Fatty's Genghis Khan wouldn't have performed so well. Of course, there are only a few strong heroes in the current version that are either banned or picked, and Han Cheng's team hadn't used them much, so naturally they banned Genghis Khan first, since he had performed quite well in the previous game.

"And what about us? What are we going to fight?" Sun Wukong asked.

"Luna, their Luna in the last game was alright. Of course, they didn't bring out their signature Luna, so they had to ban Luna!" Han Cheng said.

"Hmm!" Sun Wukong said, and then banned Luna with a "bang".

The opposing team immediately stole Li Bai.

Han Cheng was somewhat surprised. The current version of Li Bai has been nerfed so much that he's almost unusable. Although he's still viable, he's no longer the must-ban or must-pick he used to be. Class 5 picked him instantly.

"Take Zhen Ji and Wang Zhaojun," Han Cheng said.

Although Sun Wukong had some doubts, he still took it.

"Monkey and Dream, one of you will play Zhen Ji and the other will play Wang Zhaojun. We're going to use a little trick this game, just a small one," Han Cheng continued.

“Okay, I’ll play Wang Zhaojun,” Xu Xiaomeng said.

"I guess I'll just have to play Zhen Ji then!" Sun Wukong said helplessly.

The opposing team picked Miyamoto and Sun Shangxiang, and Miyamoto and Li Bai again, making it a double jungler, which makes their jungle invasion very strong.

"Let's go with Zhao Yun! And we'll have two junglers, one with Liu Bei!" Han Cheng said. Although he doesn't play Zhao Yun much, he's still pretty good at it. Besides, the lineup we're going to play this time is all about crowd control, and Zhao Yun's ultimate is more useful than Han Xin's.

The opposing team picked Zhuang Zhou and Diao Chan again. Han Cheng hadn't contested them, nor was he worried about them taking it. Zhuang Zhou wasn't very useful in their team's lineup, and since they had a lot of crowd control, it was normal for them to pick him. But looking at it again, it probably wasn't a double jungler strategy. After all, if that were the case, no one would be guarding the top lane. They couldn't very well let Sun Shangxiang or Zhuang Zhou jungle, could they? Diao Chan also needed to guard the mid lane.

When it was time for the last position, Han Cheng thought for a moment and said, "Ye Bing, how about your Guan Yu?" Ye Bing had always played tank and support roles before, but Han Cheng knew that Ye Bing definitely could do more than just support and tank. Since Guan Yu wasn't banned, why not pick him?

"It's alright," Ye Bing said casually.

"Not bad?" Han Cheng knew that Ye Bing was very modest. If he said it wasn't good, it meant it was okay. If he said it was really bad, it meant it wasn't very good. But if he said it was okay, it meant it was very impressive.

“We’ll take Guan Yu last!” Han Cheng said.

"Life and faith are entrusted to you!" Guan Yu made a domineering entrance, leaving Class 5 somewhat bewildered. They hadn't expected the Miracle Team to pull this stunt and hadn't chosen to counter the hero.

The final lineup is as follows: Miracle Team's top laner Wang Zhaojun will bring Flash, which will allow them to use R-Flash to activate their ultimate. Mid laner Zhen Ji will also bring Flash, making them another Flash-focused team. Junglers Zhao Yun and Liu Bei will naturally bring Smite. Finally, the bottom laner will be Ye Bing's Guan Yu with Purify, which, combined with his second skill's double Purify, means Mom won't have to worry about me being controlled anymore!

Class 5's lineup featured a top lane Miyamoto Musashi with Execute, which seemed unfamiliar. They'd only seen top lane Yasuo, not Miyamoto, as he's too squishy and building tanky would only allow for one crowd control effect. The mid laner was Diao Chan with Cleanse, the jungler was Li Bai with Smite, the ADC was Sun Shangxiang with Cleanse, and the support was Zhuang Zhou with Heal. Two Cleanses plus Zhuang Zhou—it seemed they were quite wary of Han Cheng's team's crowd control lineup… Of course, as Han Cheng said, this was just a small strategy; there were even stronger crowd control lineups, but they weren't needed yet, waiting for the city tournament. Han Cheng had also compiled many unusual lineups, mostly adapted and improved from League of Legends, so choosing a good lineup could give them a head start.

At the start of the game, both sides used the same strategy: grouping up to clear jungle camps, counter-jungling, and then laning normally.

Miracle Team's lineup is more suitable for team fights, but they don't have much of an advantage in one-on-one situations. Moreover, they will have Purify and Zhuang Zhou getting in the way, so we must force them to use Purify in advance to avoid trouble later.

In the top lane, Wang Zhaojun, with her long range, basically dominated Miyamoto, who quickly used his Tornado to destroy Wang Zhaojun's passive shield despite her incredibly skillful positioning. As for the bottom lane, Ye Bing's Guan Yu was even more dominant, handling two opponents without flinching and nearly defeating Sun Shangxiang. This convinced Han Cheng that letting Ye Bing play Guan Yu was the right choice—he was too strong! Letting Ye Bing play support or tank would be a complete waste of resources; if he had switched with Sun Wukong, the victory would probably have been even easier.

Just as Sun Shangxiang was relieved to be alive, she suddenly noticed that Guan Yu, who was laning against her, had vanished. As she retreated from under the tower, a sense of foreboding rose within her...