Volume One, Chapter 19: Can Strength Also Bring Enlightenment?

“Wang Yaozu, did you really come up with all these mid-lane hero strategies by sudden insight?”

At the National Combat Center, as the players from the nine teams grew increasingly frustrated, their faces streaked with tears, Head Coach Chang Guangming could no longer bear to watch. He hurriedly stopped Wang Yaozu, who was about to share his thoughts with the “defeated” teammates.

“Of course it’s true. I wouldn’t secretly research and practice these strategies during national team training, would I?”

Wang Yaozu asked with a mixture of amusement and disbelief. Throughout the day, besides playing numerous training matches, he had gained a deeper understanding of the “National Fortune League of Legends,” a game widely played on Blue Star.

Because the Divine Arena determined the fate of the nation, nearly everyone participated in the National Fortune League of Legends. Ordinary citizens played the game at the Divine Arena as well.

Just like the League of Legends on Earth, the Divine Arena was divided into regions by country. Each nation had its own server region, used to select the world’s strongest players and teams.

Therefore, even national team members could participate in their respective national regional competitions when there were no Divine Arena matches.

“That makes sense... but your sudden insight is just too strong. It feels like you’ve mastered the essence of every single strategy.”

“Otherwise, they wouldn’t be so utterly helpless in countering them.”

Chang Guangming looked sympathetically at the other nine mid-lane players, but when his gaze returned to Wang Yaozu, it was filled with triumphant joy.

Although these nine mid-lane players from China were far behind the top mid-laners from other countries in skill,

since Wang Yaozu could easily “crush” his fellow countrymen, it should be no problem for him to dominate foreign opponents in the Divine Arena matches!

“Haha, the strongest thing isn’t just the quality of these strategies, but their quantity.”

“How many strategies have I used today? Nine or ten? But it feels like I haven’t even used a tenth of all my strategies!”

“Here’s an idea, Coach Chang, why don’t you tell them to keep playing training matches with me?”

“To be honest, I haven’t had my fill of fun—or rather, practice—yet!”

Wang Yaozu said eagerly, unaware that before Chang Guangming could reply, the other nine mid-lane players burst out in vehement protest all at once!

“No more! I won’t play training matches with you anymore!”

“Captain Wang, you want to keep playing training matches? You’re trying to kill us!”

“No hacks, how can that be? What? No hacks? If you can suddenly master all these strategies, how can you say you’re not hacking?”

“If we keep playing, you better pay us some psychological damage compensation, or I’m afraid I’ll go insane soon!”

The group cried out in agony and lamented; even facing foreign opponents, they had never felt so powerless.

But today, in front of their own national teammates, they truly experienced what cruelty meant!

“We’re the last hope of China. If you won’t play training matches with us, and we accidentally lose the match…”

Seeing their evasive glances, Wang Yaozu frowned.

Besides wanting to continue enjoying himself, the real reason he wanted more training matches was to get a feel for each strategy.

After all, some of these strategies he hadn’t used in a long time. If he didn’t practice them now and pulled them out spontaneously in the Divine Arena, there was a slight chance something might go wrong.

“...”

Just as Wang Yaozu lengthened his voice, the entire National Combat Center fell silent, and everyone’s faces grew solemn.

Indeed, compared to the fate of all China, a little psychological wear and tear meant nothing.

But just as everyone was about to resolve to accept Wang Yaozu’s request once again, Head Coach Chang Guangming’s voice slowly sounded.

“How about this, Wang Yaozu?”

“For the upcoming training matches, we’ll divide the time into two parts.”

“One part will be to test and refine your strategies, to patch up any gaps.”

“The other part will be normal training matches, so you can practice your fundamentals and improve the quality of your strategies!”

Chang Guangming spoke earnestly, believing this was the best solution he could think of.

After all, if they didn’t do this, once the other nine teams’ players completely lost their composure, the quality of the training matches would plummet!

And if they could regain confidence through normal training matches, even if they suffered heavy losses in strategy practice, their mental state would be more balanced.

“No problem!”

“This arrangement sounds good!”

“Captain Wang, when do we start the next training match?”

Before Wang Yaozu could agree, the nine team players’ eyes gleamed with excitement.

After all, no matter how strong Wang Yaozu’s sudden insight strategies were, the Kirin Team’s overall strength ranked only tenth in China, weaker than the other nine teams.

In other words, in a normal training match, Kirin Team could never beat them!

However, it wasn’t long before the nine mid-laners’ mentality collapsed even further!

Although in the normal training matches, they finally managed to defeat Kirin Team,

a closer look revealed that despite having leads in top lane, jungle, and bot lane positions,

the nine mid-laners were crushed by Wang Yaozu’s mid-lane play every single game!

The disadvantage wasn’t as huge as with the strategy heroes, but the gap created by regular heroes inflicted even greater psychological wounds!

Because before this, Wang Yaozu wasn’t their match at all, his mid-lane skill ranked only tenth nationwide!

But now, his strength had terrifyingly improved as if he were a completely different person!

So it seems that “strength” can also come from “sudden insight,” huh?!

Despite their shattered mental states, for the sake of Kirin Team’s deeper run in the Divine Arena competition, they bravely continued training with Wang Yaozu.

After the entire Chinese national team had trained for three full days, their training matches finally paused.

Because tomorrow, the sixth round of the Divine Arena matches would officially begin!

Kirin Team, the last hope of all China, was about to face a new, tremendous challenge once again!