The game has been going on for 10 minutes.
Exalted Emperor Lanling King killed Qingrong Shi for the Nth time, leading his team to rush into the fountain base. With the crystal at Qingrong's base in the Huahai exploding, the game ended!
"A disastrous record of 0-10-0!"
Qingrong was struck dumb, his face turned ashen, and his shoulders trembled uncontrollably. He had dominated the King's Canyon for nine years and fought in the KPL League for eight years, but he had never achieved such a shameful and conspicuous record!
Most importantly, this happened while I was in the peak state of flow, which is an absolute disgrace!
" Qingrong, are you alright?" Huahai couldn't help but ask.
He knew this former eStar Team teammate, now the boss of the Phoenix Crown and Rosy Robes Team, all too well; the other man had a high sense of self-esteem and was extremely arrogant.
Having been utterly crushed by the Exalted Emperor Lanling King, he'd definitely be driven to the brink of despair!
"Do I look like I'm doing well?" Qingrong's eyes reddened, her nose twitched, and she began to sob. "How could he, a Overlord player, possibly beat me, the King of the Mid Lane, into such a disastrous performance?"
"Why are you crying now?" Huahai was a little flustered and quickly comforted her, "Don't cry. Even though your record is terrible, you still managed to get reported successfully."
"Look, the King of Glory system has identified you as potentially intentionally feeding and deducted 6 points from your reputation score. You should be happy."
Qingrong: "..."
"You know how to rub salt into a wound." Qingrong's tears stopped instantly, her face full of resentment. "I can see that you deliberately let our brother Exalted Emperor win this ranked match."
"What?!" Huahai pounded his chest, crying out in protest, "Heaven is my witness! I gave it my all! I used every move Jing had – Flying Thunder God Technique, Strangulation Technique, Z-Shaped Jitter – I used almost every one of Jing's ultimate combos! But the game started terribly, and there was nothing I could do to turn the tide."
"You're like a pig with a scallion stuck in its nose, what are you pretending for!" Qingrong retorted. "You can clearly enter Flow State, why don't you?"
"Bro, I'm the jungler. I need to communicate with my teammates, lead the team's rhythm, and adjust our tactical approach in a timely manner." Huahai rolled his eyes. "Unlike you, who just puts on noise-canceling headphones and doesn't care about anyone."
Qingrong treated him with indifference.
"I can't argue with you. I'm going to report this to the captain."
"Report to the captain?"
Huahai was stunned, then widened her eyes and said, "Wait a minute, let's talk this out. Exalted Emperor is targeting you to win, not to cause trouble or deliberately target you. Why are you complaining to Phoenix?"
Qingrong, who had saved the game replay, said, "As the vice-captain of the Phoenix Crown and Rosy Robes and Embroidered Robe team, my defeat to the Captain of Sovereign Dominion, will definitely cause negative public opinion. Therefore, I must tell the captain about this and ask her to make a decision!"
Huahai muttered under her breath, "Just tattle, why make it sound so high and mighty?"
Qingrong glared angrily, "So what if I complained to Phoenix? I just wanted Phoenix to step in and put pressure on Exalted Emperor, so what?"
Huahai felt a chill run down his spine. All the players who came from the Imperial Crown Team had one thing in common: they were extremely protective of their own. Phoenix was no exception; they were notorious for protecting their own in the King of Glory circle.
The most famous incident was the " International Women's Day Bloodbath Incident," in which the top 100 iOS Q Zone team, " Wanderers," made insulting remarks about the core members of the Phoenix Crown and Rosy Robes. As a result, Phoenix declared war on them that very day!
Through personal influence and the powerful appeal of the Phoenix Crown and Rosy Robes and embroidered robe, hundreds of top teams and more than 10,000 top players from the iOS Q Zone gathered and, on International Women's Day, utterly crushed the [ Wanderers ] team in the peak ranking match.
The members of the Wanderers Team were so badly beaten that they suffered mental breakdowns and left the team one after another. In the end, the Wanderers Team's management issued an apology statement and disbanded the team on the spot.
Huahai tentatively asked, "Our captain, Phoenix, wouldn't declare war on Sovereign Dominion over such a trivial matter, would she?"
"That's hard to say." Qingrong opened QQ, sending Phoenix a game video while typing to describe the situation, " Phoenix loves me the most. In the past, when I was targeted by outsiders, she would always step in to help me get revenge!"
"Pain?"
Huahai exclaimed in surprise, "You and Phoenix wouldn't happen to be... a couple, would you?"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Qingrong blushed. " Phoenix already has someone she loves. How could I be in a relationship with her?"
"You have someone else in your heart?"
Huahai's body trembled, his gossip-loving heart burning brightly, "Holy crap! Boss Phoenix has a girlfriend? Who is it?!"
Qingrong's eyes gradually hardened. " The Imperial Emperor."
" Imperial Emperor?"
Huahai was completely dumbfounded. Phoenix's partner is the Imperial Emperor? This is no ordinary gossip; it's so explosive it's breathtaking!
" Qingrong, you must be kidding me. Back when Phoenix was still with the Imperial Crown Team, there were never any rumors about her and Imperial Emperor. Weren't they considered to be just friends in the King of Glory community?"
Qingrong said coldly, "Do you know that Imperial Emperor and Phoenix Games once had matching couple logos on their homepages?"
"It's been about nine years, I remember it even trended on Weibo," Huahai said, frowning in recollection. "But later, Imperial Crown issued a statement clarifying that Imperial Emperor and Phoenix only put up the banner to get the number one spot on the national couples' ranking."
It's important to know that romantic feelings are a major taboo in King of Glory. If a player falls in love, their skill level will plummet. If Imperial Emperor and Phoenix were a real couple, their skill levels should both plummet.
However, their gaming skills never plummeted; in fact, they increased significantly after they became a couple! Phoenix, in particular, was even respectfully called " Imperial Phoenix " by players for a time, who believed her gaming skills were almost on par with " Imperial Emperor "!
"I know you'll say that couple badges don't prove anything." Qingrong pulled up her phone's photo album. "Nine years ago, I joined the Phoenix Crown and Rosy Robes Team group. At that time, the captain Phoenix, accidentally sent a screen recording video, and I quickly saved it."
"After watching this screen recording, you'll understand why Phoenix's partner is Imperial Emperor."
Huahai took the phone and opened it to view.
This is a screen recording of a private QQ chat.
One person's QQ profile picture is of Wang Zhaojun Phoenix Flying like a phoenix, and their nickname is [ Phoenix ]. Another person's QQ profile picture is of the Emperor Hero Armor Hero, and their nickname is [ Imperial Emperor ].
Imperial Emperor: [Screenshot from King of Glory game], I met a really good mid-lane player today who gave me the mid lane farm. It's much better than you who won't give me the mid lane farm.
Phoenix: Oh~ He's good and I'm bad, then you should be with him.
"OMG?!"
Huahai was completely stunned. What was with Phoenix's jealous tone? It was totally like a little girl falling in love! Was this still the fiery-tempered, infamous Champion Emperor player?
" The Phoenix and the Imperial Emperor are truly a couple."
The Huahai looked like a plaster statue cracking open on the spot.
Qingrong put her phone away and said calmly, "So, Captain Phoenix and I aren't in a romantic relationship, but rather a special kind of relationship."
"Another one?"
After calming down a bit, Huahai asked suspiciously, "What special relationship?"
Her Qingrong eyes were filled with affection and longing.
He clasped his hands and softly uttered four words.
Huahai stared blankly, "What the hell?"
PS: Author's game ID: Jiang Yisui, Android Q Zone. If you play King of King of Glory, feel free to add me and we can play together.