"Never betray!"
A burly man clad in golden armor and wielding a large shield appeared; it was none other than the King of Glory hero [ Arthur ].
"I started playing King of Glory of Glory in Season 1, and I especially loved playing Arthur," Fly said with deep emotion. "I originally wanted to reach the national ranking for Arthur, but unfortunately, I didn't have time after I started playing professionally, so I never touched Arthur again."
Yinuo asked curiously, " Brother Niu, is there a big difference between the original Arthur and the current Arthur in Season 41?"
"Not much has changed," Fly said nostalgically. "The first skill is an enhanced slash, the second skill is a spinning holy sword, and the ultimate skill is a sword descending from the sky with a Execute move that targets already lost health."
Huahai nudged Fly, reminding him, "Hey, stop reminiscing, Ghost Player Imperial Emperor is asking you a question."
"Questioning?"
Fly looked down at his phone screen.
Fifth Floor [ Imperial Emperor ]: First Floor, how's your top lane skill?
[ Chou Ox ] on the first floor: Brother, don't worry, I'm a professional player, I'll carry the whole game.
[ Imperial Emperor ]: Are you a professional player too?
"Also?"
Fly was stunned.
Even Huahai Yinuo was stunned.
Judging from what Ghost Player Imperial Emperor said, is he a professional King of King of Glory player?
Fly quickly typed, "Bro, if I may ask, which professional team do you play for?"
[ Imperial Emperor ]: " Yousu Team," what about you?
" Yousu Team?"
Fly was stunned. Their KPL League had eighteen teams: AG, Wolves, eStar... but none of them were called " Yousu Team."
Yinuo frowned and said, "Could it be a professional team from the secondary league?"
KPL is the top-tier esports competition for King of Glory. Below it is the K League One, commonly known as the secondary league. The champion team of each season's secondary league can obtain a temporary spot in the KPL League to compete in the KPL League.
"I know the secondary league teams best," Huahai said, searching his memory, "But there's no professional team called ' Yousu Team '."
Fly was completely baffled, but decided to answer the question posed by Ghost Player Imperial Emperor.
[ Chou Ox ]: Bro, I'm a professional player for the Wolves.
A short while later.
[ Imperial Emperor ]: Never heard of the Wolves.
Never heard of Wolves?
Fly wore an incredulous expression. Their Wolves was one of the Big Three in the KPL, a super professional team in King of Glory. Any player who had ever played King of King of Glory had heard of their Wolves's name.
Although not as famous as AG Super Play, it is undoubtedly a top-tier professional esports team with extremely strong influence and appeal.
Huahai scratched his head, puzzled, and said, "That's strange. We've never heard of his ' Yousu Team,' and we've never heard of ' Wolves, ' one of the Big Three in the KPL."
"There are only two possibilities," Yinuo guessed. "Either the Ghost Player Imperial Emperor lied and made up the ' Yousu Team ' to fool us, or he actually knew about the Wolves but pretended not to."
" Imperial Emperor Ghost player wasn't lying; he really is a professional player for a team called ' Yousu Team,' and he genuinely hasn't heard of the Wolves."
But I'm more inclined to believe he didn't lie.
Fly and Huahai turned their heads and asked, "Why?"
"Because lying doesn't bring him any real benefit," Yinuo shrugged, speaking logically. "Besides, the ranked matches are about to start. We can tell whether he's a professional player or not just by looking at his playstyle."
Fly and Huahai nodded, "Indeed."
At this moment, the ghost player Imperial Emperor on the fifth floor selected his hero.
It is -- [ Han Xin ].
Soon, the game entered the loading screen.
Fly's team: Top laner [ Chou Ox ] Arthur, Jungler [ Imperial Emperor ] Han Xin, Mid laner Ying Zheng, Marksman Lady Sun, Support Liu Bang.
Enemy team: Top laner Lian Po, jungler Zhao Yun, mid laner Xiao Qiao, marksman [ Marco ] Hou Yi, support Zhuang Zhou.
"Welcome to Honor of Kings! The enemy will arrive on the battlefield in five seconds. Get ready, all troops, attack!"
With the same opening lines as in the past ten years, the game officially begins.
"This Rift feels so nostalgic." Fly dragged the minimap, looking at the King's Canyon that felt both strange and familiar, and clicked his tongue twice. "With the graphics settings at maximum and energy saving enabled, and the frame rate locked at 30 FPS, it's nothing like what we have now."
"If I didn't know better, I'd think it was some low-quality browser game," Yinuo exclaimed. "The poor modeling of the towers, minions, and jungle monsters—if this were released now, I wouldn't even bother with it."
Huahai sighed, "But this low-quality game became the most popular MOBA mobile game that year, and then dominated the mobile game market for a decade."
In the game.
Fly controlled Arthur to go to the top lane. In the original version of King of Glory, the top lane is the default position for the top laner to withstand pressure and face the enemy's marksman and support combination.
A short while later, the enemy's Lady Sun and Liu Bang appeared.
Fly lingered inside the tower, not in a hurry to clear the lane, and dragged the minimap to lock onto Imperial Emperor Han Xin's position. "Huh, is he going to steal the enemy's blue buff?"
But then they saw Imperial Emperor Han Xin hiding in the bushes in front of the Tyrant Pit, auto-attacking the air, seemingly certain that the enemy jungler Zhao Yun had started with the blue buff and wanted to risk stealing it.
A few seconds later, Imperial Emperor Han Xin emerged from the bushes, used his first skill to jump into the enemy's blue buff pit, knocked up Zhao Yun, used Smite to take down the blue buff with its last bit of health, and then used his second skill to dash through the wall and leave Xiaosa.
"Wow!" Huahai raised an eyebrow. "This Ghost player, Imperial Emperor, is something else. He has a good grasp of the Execute threshold for wild monsters; he must have trained specifically for this."
"It has a professional feel to it," Yinuo said, her eyes lighting up.
Imperial Emperor Han Xin returned to the jungle to farm, and soon two minutes had passed. Imperial Emperor Han Xin reached level four and went to hide in the river bush on the top lane.
" Feiniu, the Ghost player is here to help you gank. Hurry up and leave the tower to bait the enemy marksman and support duo."
Because he was heavily suppressed by the opponent in the early stages, Fly's Arthur was not in good health, only low on health, and had not yet reached level four.
"Okay, okay."
Fly was about to leave the tower to seduce someone when a signal suddenly sounded.
Imperial Emperor: Begin the retreat!
"What's the meaning?"
Fly paused slightly.
The next second, the enemy Xiao Qiao walked straight in from the Tyrant River. Imperial Emperor Han Xin used his second and first skills to emerge from the bushes, knocking Xiao Qiao into the air. The moment his ultimate skill, Peerless National Warrior, was activated, he sent out a signal.
"Request collection!"
"Holy Sword, have you seen that enemy?"
Fly instantly understood, controlling Arthur to use his first skill to charge forward with his shield raised, followed by a powerful basic attack that cleaved Xiao Qiao in two. At that moment, his level instantly rose to four, and he unleashed his ultimate skill, EX Curry Stick, a massive sword descending from the sky.
The enemy Xiao Qiao was instantly reduced to a sliver of health and hurriedly used her Flash to escape. Imperial Emperor Han Xin used his first skill in the second stage to chase her down and finished Xiao Qiao off with a basic attack.
Han Xin defeated Xiao Qiao.
"First Blood!"
Fly was slightly surprised, "This Ghost player, Imperial Emperor, has amazing awareness. I didn't even guess that the enemy Xiao Qiao would come to the top lane, but he actually did."
A look of amazement flashed in Huahai's eyes as he, the jungler, remarked, "Even Ying Zheng in the mid lane didn't receive a notification that Xiao Qiao had disappeared. This ghost player, Imperial Emperor, guessed it just by his intuition. He's truly amazing."
Yinuo reminded him, " Brother Niu, Ghost Player Imperial Emperor has sent a message."