allonlinenovel Chapter 168 Extreme Pressure
Chapter 168 Extreme Pressure
[An Shen, I no longer have the chance to compete professionally. Although the company hasn't officially fired us, they've stopped giving us commissions.]
We can't afford to live on a fixed monthly salary, so several of us are considering retiring.
Gu Lin'an frowned slightly. Professional gamers' basic salaries are very low, only two or three thousand yuan a month, which is not enough to support themselves.
"What do you plan to do in the future?" Gu Lin'an asked.
[It might be going back to my hometown, or it might be becoming a live streamer; I haven't decided yet.]
[An Shen, you must help us get revenge! That Zhuque brat is too arrogant; every time he sees us, the first thing he does is mock us.]
[Saying we're not even qualified to play professionally, that our professional King of Glory level is just so-so, honestly, I want to punch him.]
[Answer, I'm quite ridiculous myself. I was humiliated like that, and I still didn't dare to fight back.]
[Haha, here's a joke: I thought I could make a name for myself in the KPL arena.]
Gu Lin'an had a good relationship with Xiao Tian in HG before, and knew that Xiao Tian's family was not well-off and that he had a rather weak personality.
He trains very hard every day, but some things still depend on talent. In the world of esports, there are plenty of people who are more talented than you.
Gu Lin'an understands how you feel when you see yourself working hard, only to find that you're nothing in the eyes of some geniuses.
Gu Lin'an silently typed: [Don't worry, Xiao Tian, if you've been wronged, I'll get revenge for you.]
Suzaku is a genius, but your brother is a god.
……
Gu Lin'an returned to his room with a complicated expression. Yi Nuo noticed Gu Lin'an's unusual behavior and asked, "What's wrong?"
Gu Lin'an shook his head, not really wanting to talk about Xiao Tian.
"My friend just messaged me, saying that this Vermilion Bird is the Marco Polo we encountered when we were trying to reach the top."
"That's him! No wonder his playing style felt so familiar."
Afterwards, Gu Lin'an told Yi Nuo and the others what Xiao Tian had said, and Milk Tea's expression became much more serious.
"If that's the case, it'll be much harder for us to fight later," Zhong Yi said with a sullen face.
“My friend said that the last two people can’t come for the time being, so this season we only have Suzaku and Xuanwu, which is barely enough to cope.”
"Huh, the match is over?" Gu Lin'an exclaimed in shock.
I hadn't even been chatting with Xiaotian for ten minutes when the first game was already over?
"Which team won the first game?"
Yi Nuo said, "HG team won."
"Zhuque was completely outmatched this round. Gongsun Li single-handedly suppressed the three opponents, and Beijing WB had no chance to fight back."
"Nuanyang played quite well this game, actively flanking and taking down the enemy mid laner."
“But Gongsun Li was too agile; she couldn’t even touch the hem of his clothes and was literally pulled to death,” Zhongyi Little Bear said, shrugging.
"Qiao Xi really infuriates me. This game was basically all his fault; he didn't contribute any damage at all."
The screen showed that Gongsun Li had won MVP, with an output percentage as high as 30%. Keep in mind that this is a professional match, not a regular ranked match.
Qiao Xi was severely suppressed in this game, with her economy only half that of Gongsun Li, and her score was 0-4.
The second game is about to begin.
The Vermilion Bird chooses the archer Marco Polo, while the Black Tortoise chooses the hero Su Lie.
At the beginning, Zhuque was severely suppressed by Qiaoxi's Sun Shangxiang. Beijing WB knew that Zhuque was the core of HG and targeted him many times in this game.
Four minutes later, WB quickly cleared the middle line, intending to gank one enemy team with four players.
Li Jiu's excited voice came from the computer: "WB is planning to tower dive and kill Zhuque and Xuanwu. Nuanyang's Jing and support have already circled around to the bushes."
"Marco Polo's passive skill should have been triggered, but why isn't Suzaku moving?"
After clearing the minion wave, Qiao Xi started pushing forward. Nuan Yang and the support rushed out from the bushes, and Qiao Xi rolled and fired a shot.
Just then, Su Lie unleashed a powerful attack from his spot, which knocked away the four people who rushed forward.
"This ultimate move has hit four targets!" Li Jiu shouted.
Zhuque immediately switched to her ultimate skill, and with the help of Su Lie and the tower's damage, killed three people. Qiao Xi escaped thanks to Purify.
Su Lie used his first skill to attack twice in the air, then flashed to catch up with Qiao Xi, and used his second skill to knock her into Zhuque's face.
Suzaku achieved four consecutive extraordinary victories.
"Su Lie's ultimate move was so decisive; he predicted Nuanyang and the others' movements before unleashing it," Cat said.
He was deeply moved by Xuanwu's actions and wondered if he could have made such a decisive counterattack if he were in the game.
After thinking it over, he sighed and figured it probably wouldn't happen.
He would probably sell himself to the archer in exchange for a chance to escape.
Is this the difference between him and top-tier supports?
"The Vermilion Bird's ultimate move combo was very well executed. It was released almost the instant Su Lie used it, as if it knew that Su Lie's ultimate move would definitely be able to control the target," Gu Lin'an said.
Zhuque killed Nuanyang and the others, and the audience members stood up excitedly to begin.
Li Jiu said, "Newcomers need this kind of fearless spirit, no matter how many people come, we'll kill them without hesitation."
"With this move, Marco Polo was truly turned into an assassin by Suzaku."
"Huh, what is Suzaku doing?"
Then, after clearing the minion wave, Zhuque walked to Qiao Xi's corpse, paused for a moment, and then recalled to base to taunt.
Send the shortcut key at the same time.
Haha, well played.
Is he... being sarcastic?
At the same time, Su Lie took the initiative to run under the enemy's defensive tower and trigger his passive ability.
It's as if they're saying that four people are capturing us, and I can't even use my passive ability.
Holy crap, taunting a player during a professional match? This guy's got a real fear of getting punished.
Is he looking down on us professional King of Glory players?
[Damn it, WB, show some guts and kill this outsider!]
"Don't they know the rules? How dare they openly mock their opponents! Shouldn't the officials ban them from the competition?" Zhong Yi said angrily.
These two people are from the League of Legends side, so they're not very popular in the King of Glory community.
There are already many people criticizing HG on their official website, demanding that they go back to League of Legends.
The mocking behavior of Suzaku and Xuanwu only added fuel to the fire.
Coach Milk Tea said, "They are rookies, and the league usually punishes such mocking behavior leniently. I don't understand what the point of Suzaku and the other two doing this is."
"Just looking down on your opponent? What good does that do?"
Gu Lin'an stared at the screen, observing the two men's actions, and said calmly, "It seems like they are declaring war."
"Declaration of war?"
Gu Lin'an nodded. "That's right, it's a declaration of war. They want to tell all of us professional King of Glory players that we are just toys to be played with at will in their eyes."
"How infuriating! I've never seen such arrogance. I'm going to wipe them out next week!" Zhong Yi said indignantly.
"No need to watch anymore, WB and HG are not in the same league anymore, they lost."
As Gu Lin'an said, after four minutes of team fight, WB's jungle completely collapsed.
In six minutes, HG destroyed the mid-lane tower, and in eight minutes, all the second-tier towers were taken down.
Ten minutes later, Xuanwu used his ultimate to leap over the tower, hitting five people. Zhuque then used her ultimate to enter the fray, securing a pentakill.
They won the game in eleven minutes.
Both professional players and casual viewers were shocked that WB, an S-group team, was so easily crushed by HG.
Zhong Yi and the others, who had been discussing things with great enthusiasm, are now all silent.
With the addition of Suzaku and Genbu, HG has undergone a complete transformation, and they don't even know if they can win against them next week.
"Oh no, did I speak too soon?" Yinuo said with a look of regret.
If they lose to HG, I won't be able to read his comments section anymore; it'll be full of haters.
Gu Lin'an said calmly, "HG team is very strong now, but we're not weak either."
"Besides, doesn't HG have flaws?"
"You mean... Azure Dragon?" Yinuo asked suspiciously.
Gu Lin'an nodded. "Just because Zhuque is strong doesn't mean the others are strong. Once we find their weaknesses, they'll be easier to defeat."
"Don't worry, I'll take care of everything."