The game had reached the 11-minute mark.
Under cover of the minion wave, Su Hang charged into the enemy base with his teammate Su Lie, firing alternating shots from his twin guns at the enemy crystal.
"One, two, three..."
As the enemy's health hit zero, the crystal exploded with a thunderous boom and burst into raging flames. The game screen froze!
"Victory!"
The MVP emblem appeared on Su Hang's phone screen. His mind flooded with excitement, and he threw down his phone and let out a long cry at the sky. "Got it, got it! Legendary Hundred-Star King with an all-win, all-MVP record!"
The livestream audience erupted!
Comments flooded the screen, scrolling past in a frenzy!
"Awesome! Boss Exalted Emperor, this is your moment of apotheosis!"
"Where are the haters? Where are the trolls? Speak up! Damn it, speak up! Reaching 100 stars with an all-win, all-MVP record-who else besides the great Exalted Emperor can do that?"
"That was incredible! Damn it, Nuanyang and Zimo, two top KPL players, joined forces, and not only did they fail to end Boss Exalted Emperor's winning streak, they even fucking let him reach 100 stars with an all-MVP record!"
"He doesn't have an Overlord title, but he can beat the strongest Overlord of the past! Boss Exalted Emperor is the true uncrowned king!"
"Oh-ho-ho! Three days! Boss Exalted Emperor took an underleveled account that was missing heroes and fought his way to a legendary account!"
"Congratulations on your apotheosis, Boss Exalted Emperor! Here's a Carnival! I'm an account dealer from Panzhi Consignment. Is your account for sale? Our platform is willing to offer 100,000!"
Su Hang calmed his surging emotions a little and looked at the comments on the public screen.
"Sorry, this account isn't for sale!"
Su Hang picked up the sugar-free cola on the table and took a huge swig before finally calming down completely.
He had always controlled his emotions extremely well, remaining unflinching even if Mount Tai collapsed before him, but he had always regarded reaching 100 stars with an all-win, all-MVP record as an impossible challenge.
In the past few seasons, he had failed and fallen at the crucial final match, leaving him utterly disheartened. Now that he had succeeded in the S40 season, how could he not be excited?
"Everyone, that's all for today's stream. See you next time!"
Ignoring the tens of thousands of viewers pleading emotionally for him to stay, Su Hang decisively clicked the button to end the stream. He wanted to savor the joy of success alone!
On the results screen, Marco Polo's record was 12/0/0, with a top MVP rating of 16.0. He gained three stars at once, bringing his rank to Legendary King at 102 stars!
Friend requests kept popping up one after another.
Su Hang chose to ignore them all. His gaze then fell on his team's roaming player, [Yugong], who had played Su Lie. Although he hadn't taken a single kill, his 12 assists and highlight moments had earned him a gold support rating!
"Without Su Lie, I definitely couldn't have gotten the top rating in that final match to reach 100 stars!"
He replayed the match in his mind.
Su Lie had practically been in perfect sync with him, especially during that last dragon steal and pentakill. If Su Lie hadn't used Flash to enter with his ultimate, Su Hang could never have gotten the pentakill, much less secured the win!
"Why does this feel a little familiar?"
Su Ran frowned and opened Su Lie's game profile.
Game ID: ♂Yugong (Glory V10)
Signature heroes: Zhang Fei, Su Lie, Lian Po.
Current rank: Glory King
"The account's only been played for three days. It's a new one."
Su Hang's brow relaxed. "And he's a male player. It probably isn't her."
In the past, when he had battled through King's Canyon on his old account, he had encountered countless expert supports. But one gifted support had left a deep impression on him: he was guaranteed to match with her at least once each season, always on the same team.
That gifted support had been just like Yugong in this match. Not only had she worked seamlessly with him, she had always stepped up at critical moments to help him secure victory and earn MVP.
That gifted support was called [Liuli]. Of course, players who matched with her preferred to call her the [Whale Overlord]!
"Should I make [Yugong] a regular gaming partner?"
Su Hang pondered for a moment, then shook his head. "Forget it. This guy probably already has a regular partner."
Expert supports had always been in hot demand in King's Canyon. With Yugong's support skills at such a pinnacle, he surely had no shortage of regular gaming friends.
Besides, Su Hang had played solo for ten years and had long since grown used to solitude. Compared with sheep that gathered in flocks, he preferred the lone wolf.
"Still, this guy helped me out a lot today, so I owe him a favor. I'll add him as a friend and repay him when I get the chance!"
Su Hang took a sip of sugar-free cola.
Before he could send the other player a friend request,
a notification popped up in his friend request tab.
[Yugong] has sent you a friend request.
Message: Would you mind adding me as a friend?
Abroad, on the top floor of a skyscraper.
Before the living room's enormous floor-to-ceiling windows, a young woman's long purple hair cascaded over her shoulders. A black veil half concealed her fair face, and her crimson eyes glimmered with a gentle light. Her violet dress could hardly conceal her impressive figure, and her rounded buttocks rested on fair, pink-tinged heels.
She was kneeling on a wool carpet, holding her phone in both hands. Its screen displayed Honor of Kings.
"Would you mind adding me as a friend?"
The purple-haired, crimson-eyed young woman sent [Exalted Emperor] a friend request.
It was accepted shortly afterward.
[Exalted Emperor]: Hey, bro.
"B-bro?"
The purple-haired young woman tilted her little head, her crimson eyes puzzled at first. Then she remembered that she had deliberately set her new account's gender to male, and she understood.
[Yugong]: Hey, you're really good at Marco Polo!
[Exalted Emperor]: I'm all right. We won this match mainly because you did a great job playing Su Lie, bro!
At the sincere praise from a skilled player, the corners of the purple-haired, crimson-eyed young woman's mouth curved up slightly.
[Exalted Emperor]: Bro, do you have a particularly skilled regular partner?
"A regular partner?"
The purple-haired, crimson-eyed young woman froze. She had played Honor of Kings for ten years, always on her own, and had never had a regular partner. Of course, many expert players had offered her an olive branch.
But she had turned them all down.
Because their intentions weren't pure. They hadn't been interested in her masterful support skills, but in her title of [Whale Overlord]!
"I don't have a regular partner."
[Exalted Emperor]: Not a regular partner? Bro, does that mean the player who can keep up with your playstyle and pace and has the best game sense is just an ordinary in-game friend?
Beneath her veil, two patches of red spread across the purple-haired young woman's cheeks.
Because the player called Exalted Emperor was so skilled, she had subconsciously compared him to that senior.
"He isn't an in-game friend of mine."
The purple-haired, crimson-eyed young woman typed her reply.
[Exalted Emperor]: Not a friend? All right.
"You seem a little disappointed?"
[Exalted Emperor]: To tell you the truth, bro, I really like testing my skills against King-level experts. The stronger they are, the more excited I get, so I'm very interested in the expert you described.
"Pfft-"
The purple-haired, crimson-eyed young woman laughed aloud as she held her phone, then typed a reply.
"I could tell. You played Marco Polo like a madman this match."
[Exalted Emperor]: All right, bro. If you ever run into trouble in Honor of Kings, send me a private message. I'll help however I can.
The purple-haired, crimson-eyed young woman felt a little more favorable toward him and typed a reply.
"You too. If you run into trouble, I'll help you too!"
The player named Exalted Emperor went offline.
"That person is someone even I have to look up to!"
The purple-haired, crimson-eyed young woman opened the rank leaderboard.
Her gaze fell on the Honor of Kings account in [First place on the rank leaderboard].
This legendary expert stood above hundreds of millions of players and had ruled Honor of Kings for nearly 39 seasons. He was also the senior who had introduced her to the game.
The purple-haired, crimson-eyed young woman reached out and touched the terrifying number of 999 stars.
"In the S40 season, I really want to match with Senior on the same team one more time."