Volume One, Chapter 18: Blue Star, Witness the Power of Otherworldly Schemes!

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Upon reflection, Wang Yaozu thought to himself that Blue Star truly lived up to its reputation as a parallel world to Earth. Otherwise, the historical performance of the Huaxia National Team in the Divine Arena would not resemble Earth’s record so closely.

On Blue Star, the Huaxia National Team failed to reach the top 48 in the inaugural Divine Arena, but successfully advanced in the second and third editions. Yet from the fourth to the seventh tournaments, they fell back into being one of the weaker global teams.

On Earth, LPL had no significant achievements in the S1 and S2 World Championships, but in S3 and S4, they secured runner-up positions. However, from S5 to S7, they never again reached the runner-up spot, and rarely even the quarterfinals.

Though the trajectories of the two worlds’ competitions were similar, it was clear that the Huaxia National Team’s path to claiming the Divine Arena world championship was far steeper than LPL’s quest for an Earth World Championship title.

After all, Huaxia’s previous best was just barely making the top 48.

To leap from 48th globally to champion meant overcoming 47 superior opponents.

“Still, even if winning the championship is tough, it shouldn’t be so difficult just to reach the top 48, right?”

“What’s more baffling is that after only five rounds, the other nine teams have all been eliminated?”

Wang Yaozu was somewhat speechless. On Earth, Huaxia was among the top nations worldwide.

So why was Huaxia’s League of Legends strength on Blue Star so feeble?

With these doubts in mind, Wang Yaozu checked the records of Huaxia’s ten teams in the current Divine Arena.

What he discovered was astonishing.

Out of ten teams, six were eliminated within the first two rounds!

As for the remaining three teams, after winning two consecutive rounds and earning 20 points, they lost in the third or fourth round, then lost again in the fifth round with a score of 10 points, dropping to -10 points and being eliminated.

“The Divine Arena’s rules are brutal: a win earns 10 points, but a loss deducts 20.”

“In other words, over three-quarters of teams are eliminated by the end of the first two rounds.”

“Even if you manage to advance, you must win two matches in a row to afford losing once.”

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Wang Yaozu murmured to himself that if he hadn’t arrived in time through his crossing, the Qilin team would likely have lost the fifth round and been eliminated as well.

“But no matter how you look at it, aren’t the other nine teams a bit too weak?”

“It’s one thing for lower-ranked teams to be eliminated quickly, but for Huaxia’s top three teams to fail to make the sixth round—that’s a disgrace to Huaxia’s honor!”

Wang Yaozu shook his head helplessly but didn’t dwell on it. Given the other teams’ level, even if they had reached the sixth round, they probably wouldn’t have made the top 48, let alone the championship.

“So, the task of restoring Huaxia’s glory must ultimately fall to me and the Qilin team!”

He set this goal firmly in his heart. After eating dinner with his teammates in the national combat center’s canteen, they headed together to the lodging area to rest.

The so-called “dormitory” was actually a suite with five rooms and a living area, designed to foster camaraderie among teammates while preserving personal privacy.

This arrangement was quite interesting, and Blue Star had many such details absent on Earth, worthy of Wang Yaozu’s deeper exploration.

But as a newcomer, he had no time for trivialities. Instead, he devoted the entire evening to studying the Divine Arena competition.

After watching the finals videos from the first to seventh Divine Arena tournaments, his conviction grew stronger.

The level of League of Legends on Blue Star was indeed quite low!

Aside from the top players, who were at best Earth’s gold-level, Wang Yaozu was surprised to find that every nation’s approach to “national destiny League of Legends” was rigidly conventional.

They trained strictly according to each hero’s “official role.”

For example, Ashe was defined as a marksman, so no one would play her as a top laner or support.

Similarly, the item “Zhonyas Hourglass” appeared to be a survival tool for AP heroes, so Jax, the weapon master, would never use it to enhance his initiation and survivability.

“No wonder when I played the sacrificial-style Singed, it shocked the global audience so much.”

“It turns out the people on Blue Star almost have no capacity for innovation!”

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Wang Yaozu laughed and cried at the same time but quickly came to terms with it.

After all, the Divine Arena was a matter of national destiny; any mistake would be tantamount to gambling with the fate of an entire nation.

Given this premise, it was understandable why every country chose the cautious path, like Chang Guangming did.

“With my strongest king-tier skill, even playing normally I could easily crush all opponents on Blue Star.”

“But that would be boring. I need to come up with some flashy tactics to make it interesting.”

“In that case… let the whole world witness the power of otherworldly strategies!”

Wang Yaozu said excitedly, his bright eyes filled with limitless anticipation for the future.

Amidst his high spirits, the next day’s internal Huaxia training matches began in full swing.

At first, all the teams’ mid-laners thought Wang Yaozu’s sacrificial Singed was just a passing gimmick, something they could easily counter by studying carefully.

But after facing him repeatedly, they were stunned to find it was unstoppable.

Even when gaining huge advantages on both top and bottom lanes, Wang Yaozu’s terrifying ability to sneak into their base with sacrificial Singed left them frantic and overwhelmed, unable even to safely leave their own base.

Forced to adapt, in subsequent matches they banned Wang Yaozu from using sacrificial Singed and challenged him to show “more strategies.”

Thus, when Wang Yaozu unveiled his “lights-out Malzahar,” “ultimate Pantheon,” “torment Kieran,” “long-jump Zac,” and other mid-lane heroes…

The faces of the other nine mid-laners on Huaxia’s teams were drenched in agonizing tears!

At that moment, their very mindsets had been utterly shattered by Wang Yaozu!