The Road to Godhood in Honor of Kings

The victory in the first game gave everyone a lot of confidence, and Han Cheng felt that winning 2-0 should be no problem.

Since it's just a qualifier, Han Cheng wants to finish quickly to see what the other teams are up to and get a clear understanding of the participating teams so he can target them when they meet.

After a short rest, everyone quickly returned to the battle.

"Little Orange, what lineup should we use this game?" Xu Xiaomeng asked. In this game, the lineups that performed well in the last game should have been banned by the opponent, so we should use a lineup that the opponent is not familiar with.

"Let's pick the strong heroes in the current version," Han Cheng said with a faint smile. "Top lane Hua Mulan, mid lane Zhuge Liang, jungle Ake, S-rank Di Renjie, support Zhuang Zhou or Taiyi Zhenren. Anyway, we'll go first, so these heroes are either banned or picked."

Although everyone was somewhat disappointed, Gu Haifeng had heard that Han Cheng had created many unconventional lineups and wanted to see them for himself. However, it seemed that everyone was used to picking the strongest lineups in the current version, as this was the only way to ensure stability.

As expected, the opposing team banned Sun Wukong first, while Han Cheng banned Guan Yu. Except for Zhuang Zhou, who was picked by the opposing team, the TOL team got the lineup they wanted. After all, in the team fight in the previous game, Zhuang Zhou's ultimate skill made Sun Wukong move like there was no one there. His already explosive output was almost unstoppable without control. "Bang bang bang", the team was wiped out.

The opposing team's lineup was quite standard: Cao Cao on the top lane, Gao Jianli in the mid lane (after all, Gao Jianli and Zhuge Liang are the strongest mages in the current version, and Gao Jianli's damage is even more explosive than Zhuge Liang's, plus his ultimate), Li Bai in the jungle (although Li Bai is a bit outdated, he's still usable, as he's stronger than Zhao Yun and Han Xin), Marco Polo in the side lane, and Lu Bu in the roaming lane. Lu Bu has remained a top pick despite version changes, being a war god with true damage, tankiness, crowd control, and the ability to finish off enemies—a truly versatile character.

At the start, Han Cheng decided to play a more cautious approach. After all, judging from the opponent's lineup, if they encountered each other in the jungle, they probably wouldn't fare well. Lu Bu and Cao Cao were already quite strong, and the other heroes were not weak either. On Han Cheng's side, only Taiyi Zhenren was strong in the early game. Hua Mulan with her light sword was extremely fragile, and Zhuge Liang, Ake, and Di Renjie were all farming-oriented heroes. They had no chance to fight in the early game and could only look for opportunities to counter-jungle.

Han Cheng glanced at the minimap and chuckled. The enemy Li Bai started by attacking the small monsters, while the other teammates had three attacking the red buff and one guarding the lane.

"Since you're so worried about me counter-jungling, then I'll show you how powerful I am as the counter-jungling prince." Han Cheng muttered to himself. This so-called counter-jungling prince was a self-proclaimed title by Han Cheng. After all, with full map vision, counter-jungling was a piece of cake.

So Han Cheng called his teammates to quickly weaken his red buff, then he took all the experience from the red buff and leveled up to level two. He went straight to the enemy's blue buff area. Li Bai cleared two small monsters and also leveled up to level two, but he couldn't see A Ke's movement. He thought that A Ke probably saw him start the small monsters first and ran away because she felt there was no chance.

However, he didn't know that Ake was secretly waiting to rebel against him.

"Three, two, one!" Han Cheng silently counted to three, then used his second skill to leap into the air and enter the enemy's blue buff area. At the same time, he used Smite before Li Bai could use Smite, a perfect execution.

Li Bai was taken aback. Had this guy been lying in ambush for so long?

But looking at Ake, she was already level two, almost level three, and she even had a red buff...

Li Bai knew he was no match for this guy, after all, he was at full strength, while he himself wasn't so healthy.

Fortunately, Li Bai didn't use his two dashes on the jungle monsters, but saved them for his own survival. As a result, A Ke spared his life. In fact, A Ke didn't have the ability to kill Li Bai yet.

The current version of Ake is extremely powerful. After going invisible, she can silently approach the enemy's carry. If her combo is unleashed from behind the enemy, that person will basically have very little health left and will likely be instantly killed. Once Ake gets a kill or assist, she can refresh her skills and use her ultimate to go invisible again. She can either escape or continue to kill, making her virtually unstoppable.

Of course, Ake also has weaknesses. When she releases her ultimate move, there will be a brief energy leak, which is that red and black thing.

Moreover, since it's invisible, there are many heroes who can counter it, such as Genghis Khan, Wu Zetian, and Nezha...

And for any hero with AoE skills, just throw a skill at the location where Ake disappeared and you're good to go.

Having smoothly passed level three without any battle, Han Cheng knew that the opposing team seemed to be getting impatient. On the map, Li Bai was preparing to head to the top lane, where there was the best chance of a gank. Hua Mulan was facing Cao Cao alone. Before level three, Hua Mulan was still very weak, while Li Bai was already level four. Of course, Han Cheng was also level four.

"Xiao Gu, watch out for Li Bai," Han Cheng reminded him. "But while you're watching, don't retreat. Lure Li Bai out so we can launch a hunt."

Gu Haifeng nodded, quickly understanding. Since Li Bai was coming to arrest people, Li Bai, who considered himself a hunter, would be hunted down by A Ke, who was the real hunter. His Mulan could be considered an accomplice.

Cao C suddenly used his three-stage dash to knock Hua Mulan into the air. At the same time, Li Bai also unleashed his ultimate skill from the upper jungle. He dashed straight at Hua Mulan. Hua Mulan suddenly used her dash, but was hit by Li Bai's dash and stunned on the spot.

At this time, Mulan was in dire straits, while Li Bai and Cao Cao were riding high.

Han Cheng chuckled lightly, "Do you know what it means to be the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind?"

Hua Mulan was immediately reduced to low health by Li Bai's ultimate skill. Li Bai abandoned his plan to use his first skill to return to his original position and continued to chase after Hua Mulan.

Hua Mulan uses Li Bai as a springboard to unleash her first skill, then uses the second stage of her first skill to create distance between herself and Li Bai. Li Bai then promptly unleashes his Frostbite, leaving Hua Mulan with low health. If Li Bai catches up to her, he can finish her off with two sword strikes.

However, in the shadows, someone seems to want Li Bai to do this.

"Illusion Dance!" Ake put on her terrifying ghost mask and disappeared into the shadows, gaining speed and invisibility. After breaking invisibility, she also received a boost to movement speed and attack speed.

Li Bai was startled; it turned out that A Ke had arrived long ago.

Ake suddenly appeared, and before Li Bai could kill Hua Mulan, he was reduced to low health by Ake's combo of skills. In an instant, Li Bai was left with only a sliver of health.

"First blood!"

In the blink of an eye, Li Bai had become a dead soul.