"What exactly is it?" Jiang Sui asked like a curious child, determined to get to the bottom of it.
Su Hang took out a miniature can of cola and drank as he spoke. "I want to build a Legendary Hundred-Star account with a hundred-percent win rate and an MVP rating in every match."
"How is that possible?"
Jiang Sui's almond-shaped eyes went wide. Although she didn't play Honor of Kings, her affection for her brother extended to the game, so she knew it very well. "Bro, I think you've gone crazy over winning and losing. Forget a hundred-percent win rate-even a Champion Emperor player couldn't get an MVP rating in every match."
"Champion Emperor player?" Su Hang frowned slightly.
"Bro, I think it's time for me, an outsider, to give you a proper lesson on the honorific titles in the Honor of Kings community today."
Jiang Sui looked serious. Although her brother was a ten-year veteran of Honor of Kings, he was aloof, disliked socializing, and focused on himself, so he paid no attention to what happened in the community.
"Before I explain Champion Emperors, let me tell you about King Title players."
Su Hang waved a hand. "I know about King Titles. Someone already explained them to me when I was streaming this morning."
"Huh?" Jiang Sui looked utterly baffled. "Streaming? When did that happen? How come I didn't know?"
Su Hang gave her a strange look. "Didn't I tell you last night?"
"I knew you were streaming today, but wait-what normal person streams during the day? Don't they all stream at night?"
Jiang Sui was a mess in the wind, feeling as though the sky had fallen. Her brother had made his streaming debut, and she, his own little sister, had slept in.
Come to think of it, she couldn't be blamed for sleeping in. Her brother had deliberately made things difficult for her last night, leaving her exhausted. She had made the Eight Vajras and the Four Beauties in one go, draining every last bit of her physical and mental energy.
"Bro, you absolutely have to call me next time you stream."
"What for?" Su Hang glanced at his sister. "Are you going to donate money to me or something?"
"Oh, my dear brother, talking about money is so terribly vulgar," Jiang Sui said with an awkward smile. "I can show up to support you, and I can bring my classmates and friends along to give you likes and boost your stream's popularity."
"Don't bother," Su Hang said coolly.
"Bro, I was wrong. I'm sorry. Please forgive me." Jiang Sui opened her big, watery eyes, instantly putting on an innocent, pitiful face. Her little hand tugged at Su Hang's sleeve, shaking it back and forth. "I felt awful about missing your streaming debut too."
"I was so stupid, really. I only knew you were streaming today..."
"All right, I'm not angry." There was a little more emotion in Su Hang's voice.
"Hehe, I love you best, Bro." Hearing her brother say that, Jiang Sui felt the great stone in her heart fall away, and her mood brightened.
"Back to what we were talking about. To put it plainly, [Champion Emperor] is another honorific title above [King Title]. Champion Emperors are also selected once every three years, and there are only three spots."
Jiang Sui continued at a measured pace. "Compared with King Title players, the selection criteria for Champion Emperor players are stricter and more complicated."
"Champion Emperor players are extremely mysterious. Aside from their game accounts, which prove their formidable strength and influence..."
"Their gender, age, appearance... none of it is known to the public."
"And the Champion Emperor players have never changed."
"Never changed?" Su Hang was somewhat surprised.
"Yep." Jiang Sui nodded her little head. "The three players who received the first Champion Emperor titles have dominated the rankings from season S1 until now. The three of them are invincible in the truest sense!"
"But even though they're that amazing, their game accounts have only managed to reach Legendary Hundred-Star King with a hundred-percent win rate every season. As for getting MVP in every single match, they've never done it."
Su Hang said nothing.
"Bro, I don't mean to discourage you on purpose," Jiang Sui said cautiously. "You're not even an Overlord player yet. Wanting to ascend to the heavens in a single step and do something even Champion Emperor players can't... that really is a bit like overestimating yourself."
After saying those last words, Jiang Sui felt a little regretful. Had she hurt her brother's pride? After all, he was extremely competitive. In any field he entered, he would never rest until he took first place.
Su Hang said dismissively, "How will I know if I don't try?"
"Precisely because no one has managed it, I'm going to do it!"
Jiang Sui held her forehead and sighed bitterly. Apparently, her brother hadn't listened to a word she'd said. But that was more like the brother who loved challenging his limits.
"Then I'm going up to the fourth floor to buy Honor of Kings merch."
"Go ahead."
Su Hang wandered around the first floor on his own. Before long, he came to an Armor Hero prop display, where a tall glass display case instantly caught his eye.
Hanging inside was an armor suit with a distinctly metallic finish: a dragon's head, a mastiff's back, a tiger's shoulders, an eagle's arms, and a rhinoceros's legs. It silently radiated the majesty of a king.
It was none other than Emperor Hero, the strongest light-and-shadow armor from Armor Hero 1.
Every boy who had watched Armor Hero 1 as a child had dreamed of becoming Emperor Hero, and Su Hang was no exception.
When he was eight, Su Hang had decided what kind of person he wanted to become when he grew up: the strongest, like Emperor Hero.
He had put that goal into practice ever since. In real life, he exercised to build the strongest lean physique; in Honor of Kings, he honed his skills to become the strongest player, undefeated in every battle!
"It really is the suit used for filming, but it doesn't have the signature Aurora Shield on its chest. It's only the ordinary form of the Imperial Emperor."
Su Hang murmured to himself. Although Emperor Hero in his ordinary form was still far stronger than the other single-attribute armors, only Emperor Hero with his ultimate form unlocked was truly unrivaled under heaven.
"Equip the ordinary Imperial Emperor with the Aurora Shield, and he can transform into the Ultimate Emperor."
Su Hang rubbed his chin. He seemed to be analyzing the armor's forms, but he was actually looking for a way to get an MVP record in every match on his new account.
"I need to find an Aurora Shield that belongs to me alone."
"In other words, I need to find a skilled teammate who works seamlessly with me and understands me without a word."
"Even when the match is going against us, he can help me withstand the pressure and let me play to my heart's content."
Su Hang searched his memory and soon thought of a player.
Ever since season S1 of Honor of Kings, he had often been matched with that player. In every season since, they had been matched at least once, always on the same team.
Whenever he was matched with that player, his games went very smoothly. Not only were his final match stats exceptionally impressive, but he could also count on taking MVP.
Unfortunately, even though they had been matched so many times, he had never added the player as a friend.
In fact, Su Hang had considered making that player a regular teammate, but perhaps because he had played Honor of Kings alone for far too long and grown used to solitude, he had quickly dismissed the idea.
"I wonder if I'll be matched with her again this season."
(P.S. A clarification: the protagonist of this book, Su Hang, will not be playing professionally for now, nor will he join AG. The author is not an AG hater. There are four Honor of Kings novels on the author's profile, and all their protagonists joined AG later on. You can check.
Later chapters will explain why Yinuo and the others turned dark. There's a twist, so please don't project the personalities of the real-life pro players onto them. Understand them in the context of this book's plot. There's a twist!
Thank you, and I hope you enjoy the story!)