Chapter 273 - 253: The World’s Strongest Amateur Player
Why are there so many guilds of various sizes and different perks in the game? Because it facilitates organizing and managing players. In other words, compared to guild members, solo players without a guild are the hardest to organize – they’re like a loose pile of sand.
Ordinary players are like peasant rebels, blindly following the flow with great momentum when the situation looks good. But once setback hits, they disperse in disarray, each harboring their own agenda, ready to crumble.
So, when Da Fei, with his incredible Vice Hero, turned the tables instead of being taken down by Thunderstorm’s assault, the Royal Guild’s makeshift group instantly dispersed into chaos and began to collapse. Even players started to backstab lone wolves from the enemy camp to score kills!
That’s right, at this moment, everyone just wanted to hand over ten kills to Da Fei to send away this formidable opponent, or to seize the confusion to collect as many kills as possible and make their escape.
The formation surrounding Da Fei degenerated into disarray, the favorable situation completely lost its suspense, and Da Fei, laughing heartily, took the initiative to attack. His troops advanced, terrifying the enemy who fled as soon as they saw him, demolishing their formation instantly.
It has to be said, Blade of the Royal Guild did very well, especially since his standard Mandarin, akin to a news broadcaster, significantly enhanced his ability to organize and persuade. This shows just how important a standard Mandarin is. But some things are simply inevitable; his opponent was just too powerful.
Regardless, even though they failed to annihilate Da Fei, the Royal Guild did seize this precious opportunity to instantly expand their fame. It can be considered a small gain.
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——System Prompt: Congratulations! You’ve successfully achieved 10 victories and secured the right to participate in the China Region preliminary round. For the timings of the international qualifiers, please pay attention to official website notifications. Thank you for participating, and we wish you happy gaming!
The scene switches, and Da Fei is back in the vast North Sea. At this moment, Da Fei, still not having had his fill, couldn’t help but burst into triumphant laughter.
Awesome! The slaughter just now was too exhilarating! In fact, in situations where ordinary players intentionally avoided Da Fei, gathering ten kills was never easy. Da Fei had fought from the southern jungle path to the northern, and back again multiple times. He ambushed player troops time and again, leaving corpses scattered everywhere without batting an eye, unwittingly benefiting countless other players who were there to finish off the weakened enemies. Finally, he preyed on those with no escape, allowing him to advance.
I’m so kickass, do my parents even know? Haha, wahahaha!
On the first day of the Hero PK tournament, the spotlight was bound to be on China Region; within that region, the focus centered on match no. 67!
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——"Hello, everyone. This is Hero News bringing you live coverage of the Hero World Cup qualifiers. According to official news, nearly two hundred thousand players have signed up for the first batch of qualifiers. These two hundred thousand players have been randomly allocated across 400 battlefields with different terrains to compete in survival PK matches. Already, 500 players have successfully advanced. Players waiting in queue, please be patient and make more thorough preparations. Now we have invited Captain Jiang Dawei of the Star Guild to commentate on the match. Captain Jiang, hello, welcome to join us amidst your busy schedule."
Captain Jiang chuckled: "Hi to the host! And hello to all the gamer friends out there. No matter how busy I am, nothing is more important than meeting with my gamer friends. I’m very happy to see everyone again."
The host laughed: "So, Captain Jiang, are you busy preparing for the competition?"
Captain Jiang chuckled: "This is the first precious opportunity since the official launch of Heroic Creation Era to gauge the strength of domestic and international players. At all costs, the Star Guild will not miss out on this. However, due to network congestion, our guild members have not participated at the very first moment."
The host laughed: "Taking the opportunity to observe the early batches and make strategic plans?"
Captain Jiang chuckled: "I believe no professional team in the world would join the battle right from the start."
The host laughed: "As expected of a Professional Level Guild, very prudent indeed. Just now, the Heroic Creation Era Joint Headquarters in New York paid attention to a very special match in the China Region. That is, the renowned Chinese player Da Fei’s exceptional performance in match no. 67. Of course, with the updated patch, we can’t see the match number now. Da Fei demonstrated astonishing combat abilities in the match, now let’s watch the video clips provided to us by various participating players in the arena, please look at the big screen—"
At this moment, hundreds of thousands of players queueing in China, all the foreign media focused on China Region, and all the professional teams and gamers watching China Region, turned their eyes to the Hero News on the live stream. Without a doubt, Da Fei’s outstanding performance shocked the gaming world once again!
Video playback ends.
The host: "Captain Jiang, what’s your take on Da Fei’s performance?"
Captain Jiang clapped his hands and sighed, "Overwhelming! Absolute military force overwhelming! This is the advantage of having more Vice Heroes leading more troops. While most players currently follow the public test experience and rush to level 50 without Vice Heroes, aiming straight for the New World, he recruited 4 Vice Heroes in one breath, and their levels are not too far behind the mainstream player group. This kind of boldness and achievement is admirable."
The host said, "The players are very interested in his troops that look like Flower Demons. What are they exactly?"
Captain Jiang nodded, "His remote Flying Army must be the Elf Clan’s special troop, level 4 Forest Goddess, derived from the Flower Demon class. This must be his reward from participating in the Pool of Radiance mission. What’s more frightening is his flying Banshee Hero. If I’m not wrong, she’s the highly valuable Banshee Hero who caused a crazy scramble between the Japan and Indian Zone during the National War at the Pool of Radiance. Now, I can only feel relieved that such a powerful flying hero hasn’t fallen into the hands of a foreign region, otherwise our situation in the China Region’s National War would’ve been bleak!"
In fact, had it not been for Bu Feiyan chatting with Da Fei during the mission, Captain Jiang might not have known what troops Da Fei’s Forest Goddess were. Fortunately, now he is aware and has not made a fool of himself in front of a global audience.
The host exclaimed, "It’s unbelievable that Flower Demons also have a level 4 form. Flying heroes are extremely, extremely rare. Captain Jiang, could you analyze the pros and cons of flying heroes?"
Captain Jiang sighed, "Naturally, flying heroes absolutely need to lead high-speed flying troops to capitalize on mobility and guerrilla warfare advantages. Currently, among the various races, the Undead Race claims to have the strongest capabilities for sieging because it has three types of Flying Soldiers: level 3 Ghost, level 4 Vampire, and level 7 Bone Dragon. Slow-moving Ghosts like that can be disregarded, Vampires are the hottest race with the potential to develop flying heroes; as for level 7 Ghost Dragons, there have been foreign players who attempted to develop the Bone Dragon Knight profession during the public test. Anyway, the Undead Race is most likely the race to produce flying heroes."
The host said, "However, flying troops take extra damage when hit by ranged attacks while flying. This is a disadvantage for both flying heroes and Flying Army, isn’t it?"
Captain Jiang laughed, "Exactly. Just like how land creatures drastically reduce their attributes when entering water, Flying Soldiers, although not easy to hit, take a great deal of extra damage once they are targeted. Also, aside from level 7 troops, Flying Army generally have lower defense and health, demanding high player skill level to operate. Therefore, there are methods to counter flying heroes, depending on the caliber of both parties."
The host laughed, "Then, in Captain Jiang’s view, what level would you consider Da Fei to be?"
Captain Jiang laughed and sighed, "At his current level, it’s absolutely impossible for us professional players to compete with him already. There’s no need to talk about skill level. And host, have you noticed that Da Fei is still considered a newbie?"
The host was shocked, "That’s true, so powerful even as a newbie, what more after he changes class? Could he be holding back a big move?"
Captain Jiang laughed, "It’s a must. In any case, Da Fei’s strength now is beyond a doubt intimidating even for professional players. I think for him, discussions about operations and tactics are meaningless."
The host couldn’t help but praise, "Who would have thought Captain Jiang would give such high praise to an amateur player? This Hero World Cup might not just be a stage for professional players."
Captain Jiang laughed, "The praise isn’t high enough, I personally think he is the strongest amateur player in the world."
The host exclaimed, "The strongest amateur player in the world! So Captain Jiang, do you think he will win the championship?"
Captain Jiang laughed, "It’s hard to predict world affairs, but it wouldn’t be strange at all if he did win!"
Thus, on this day, China’s Da Fei gained another title that the whole world had to acknowledge—The Strongest Amateur Player in the World!
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After the video interview ended, the team behind Captain Jiang was abuzz. Eternal Star, the Star President, completely lost his composure and coughed before asking, "This Captain Jiang, this interview was completely out of your style, don’t you think? You’ve overstated Da Fei’s strength too much, haven’t you? At least, I have no less than three strategies to deal with him."
Captain Jiang replied with a bitter smile, "It’s good to exaggerate a bit, this competition’s prize is only a million, which top professional teams wouldn’t look twice at, and might not participate in. But if a supreme master suddenly appears in our China Region, those top teams would somewhat feel unconvinced and restless, and might gather their elites to make an appearance."
The Star President then had an epiphany, "So, Captain Jiang is luring the snake out of its hole!"
Captain Jiang said with a smile, "Exactly. We’ll take this opportunity to see if there’s a gap between us and the foreign top teams. By the way, pay attention to the player called Thunderstorm who kept throwing lightning at Da Fei in the video; he’s the real talent. We must find a way to recruit him."
Eternal Star nodded, "Right, though he couldn’t kill Da Fei and ended up supporting him for half the day, there aren’t many who can cast so many lightning bolts consecutively."
Captain Jiang sighed, "Right, the world has now entered the era of flying heroes. Not to mention the Vampires from France, the Dragon Slayer from their side must be incredibly excited. We must make Little Pig Run speed up his progress to upgrade from Griffin Breeder to Griffin Knight."
Eternal Star sighed, "There are some things that can’t be forced, oh, how eager he must be..."
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