Chapter 14 Level Cap

Anyone with a discerning eye could see the reason for Blue Rain's loss in that round: Yu Wenzhou's tactical deployment was reasonable, Huang Shaotian's Swordsman was as always waiting for the opportune moment, but Lu Hanwen's Cloud Flow was proactively overzealous. He said that Huang Shaotian's Troubling Rain was too far from him and somewhat disconnected, which was true, but the reason for the disconnection was because his Cloud Flow moved too fast. He was disconnected from the entire team.

Such a mistake could not escape Wang Jiexi's experienced eyes. Tiny Herb quickly launched a wave of attacks, with three players cutting off support, and Wang Bu Liu Xing and Mu En, the two Witch characters, fiercely attacking. Blue Rain was ultimately half a beat too slow, causing Lu Hanwen's Cloud Flow to be blown up in one wave, and from then on, they were at a disadvantage until they lost the round.

As a result, at the post-match press conference, Blue Rain's side shirked responsibility in a completely unserious manner, vaguely glossing over the mistake that had let down the whole team. This was the team protecting the child Lu Hanwen, but at the same time, it also showed Lu Hanwen, the youngest player in the league, had an extraordinary big heart.

Even Wang Jiexi of Team Tiny Herb, at the subsequent press conference, did not mention Lu Hanwen's mistake, but praised his mental state after the mistake, and unreservedly pointed out that it was worthy of emulation by all players.

Even on Team Happy's side, Lu Hanwen had become a textbook example.

"The new waves of the Changjiang River push the old ones, and the old ones die in panic!" It was after seeing Wang Jiexi's praise for Lu Hanwen that Ye Xiu began to sigh with emotion.

"Who is that bastard talking about!" Someone immediately jumped up sensitively.

Ye Xiu was of course talking about Wei Chen. Because Wei Chen had been a little unsettled recently. The reason was none other than that the Challenger League had reached the fifth round, with only eight hundred teams left. After this round, only four hundred teams would remain. Happy and Excellent Era would of course remain in these four hundred teams. And now, the probability of encountering Excellent Era was much higher than when there were over ten thousand teams. So Wei Chen suddenly became apprehensive again. For Happy, encountering Excellent Era now was far too early.

At this moment, seeing that Lu Hanwen, a 14-year-old player from Blue Rain, had such a general's demeanor, Ye Xiu would of course not miss the opportunity to poke Wei Chen. This move was particularly effective. After Wei Chen angrily took the bait and jumped up, he immediately admitted that he must not be worse than a young brat, and with a sullen face, went to the side to adjust his mood.

Lu Hanwen's strong mental fortitude had become a talent that transcended his technique and was more favored by people. More and more people were beginning to sincerely recognize that he was indeed a remarkable child.

Like Lu Hanwen's obvious collision with the wall, Team Wind Howl was also having problems. It wasn't a single person hitting the wall, but the entire team collectively hitting the wall. At the beginning of the season, they were extremely popular, and had been in the leading group. But from the eighth round onwards, their results began to fluctuate. After scoring a season-low 4 points in the eighth round, they refreshed their record with consecutive 2 points in the ninth and tenth rounds. In the eleventh round, they only scored 5 points.

Tang Hao was undoubtedly a god-level player. In the early stages of integrating into Wind Howl, a team that had always been centered around the Brawler class, the chemistry was quite good. But after several rounds, some problems in the process of the two sides' integration gradually emerged. Experienced teams naturally seized the opportunity and pounced on them. For four consecutive rounds, Team Wind Howl had not been able to adjust, and suddenly slipped from the first tier.

Under the same circumstances, the old generals gave all Glory professionals a good lesson. Team Tyranny, with a steady accumulation of points in each match, now firmly held the top spot on the leaderboard. Similarly, as a new team with new members, Team Tyranny did not seem to have any integration problems. After eleven rounds, people were discussing not whether Team Tyranny could continue to lead, but whether their stable and excellent performance would allow them to break the league record of 9 points per game in the regular season, set by Team Excellent Era in the second season. Currently, Team Tyranny, with 97 points in 11 rounds, averaging 8.8 points per game, was still slightly behind the record, and would need an even stronger performance to catch up.

Another team that received widespread attention, Team Hundred Blossoms, finally saw the light at the end of the tunnel. After a disappointing start, Team Hundred Blossoms finally found its groove. The new Twin Flowers combination was maturing day by day, especially Zou Yuan, who was gradually mastering the new Launcher character, Blooming Landscapes, making people increasingly believe that Zou Yuan's replacement of Zhang Jiale after his retirement last season to use the god-level Launcher character, Dazzling Hundred Blossoms, was not such an excessive and hasty move. Having a customized character, Zou Yuan's performance improved day by day. Team Hundred Blossoms had also crawled out of the quagmire of relegation and was steadily rising.

Speaking of the relegation quagmire, we must mention another team that had always been at the bottom: Team Everlasting.

Everlasting's situation was somewhat similar to Happy's. A thin foundation meant poor strength, but it also meant a very large room for improvement. After Lou Guanning acquired part of Team Excellent Era's assets, Team Everlasting's strength immediately took a leap. The original 20 pieces of silver equipment suddenly expanded to 41 pieces. Although some were incomplete, and some might be the best choice for other classes, as long as they could improve the current character's strength, they were equipped. And Everlasting's technical team, which even Ye Xiu did not understand, was obviously increasing its research efforts on silver equipment. In each round of the league, Everlasting's characters' equipment seemed to change.

With constantly improving strength, the results naturally improved as well. In the recently concluded eleventh round of the competition, Team Everlasting drew 7-3 with Team 301 in their home game, which was the first time this season that they scored more than half of the points, and also stepped out of the relegation zone. Their opponent in this game, Team 301, had always been a mid-level team with stable results, and could occasionally put one foot into the playoffs. However, after the departure of the team's Knight player Xu Bin this summer, their results declined significantly. All-Star Assassin player, Captain Yang Cong, seemed to be struggling alone.

Xu Bin, who was known as the "Grinding King" for his passive and unattractive play style, was once a player who was not very popular even among his own fans. Now, after leaving the team, his importance was suddenly highlighted, and fans missed him in various ways, but it was too late. Xu Bin, who took over the All-Star Knight character Solitary in Team Tiny Herb, was now able to fully display his talents. Xu Bin's contribution was indispensable to the implementation of Team Tiny Herb's dual Witch attack this season.

The lively ninth season allowed Glory fans to feast their eyes. But then, on November 18th, another Monday, the Glory official announced a message that shocked all circles of Glory.

In this year's Glory Anniversary celebration, in addition to opening the Glory Eleventh Server as usual, the latest expansion pack will also be updated. The level cap of Glory, which has not been moved for three years, will be raised to level 75, with new missions, new dungeon stories, new skills, new equipment, new maps...

For players who enjoy online games, this update is of course extremely happy. But for the ongoing professional league, such a major change in the game will bring more uncertainty. The already lively ninth season will become even more unpredictable.

For the professional teams' characters, quickly leveling up to level 75 was not a problem at all. But with the changes in attributes brought about by the level increase, the changes in skills, and the changes in equipment, there would inevitably be some innovations in tactics. And all of this would be carried out through exploration. The season situation, which originally seemed to be stable, was likely to be disrupted by this change.

Professional teams did not like such changes. However, the game mode of Glory, which combined online games and competition, meant that they could not escape these changes. It was just that this update was not placed during the summer offseason, but in the middle of the league, which was a bit abnormal. During the league, not only did they have to level up, but they also had to quickly study new skills and new equipment. If they were a step slower, they might fall behind in the league competition. This season was destined to be busy.

But even so, for experienced veterans, they were not unfamiliar with this situation. Because Glory had only stayed at level 70 for a relatively long time. Before that, starting from level 50, there were four level updates: 55, 60, 65, and then 70.

And the professional league was now only the ninth league. In the previous eight seasons, they stayed at level 70 for three years. In the five years before that, there were four update years, and four years of such chaotic battles. When this update news was released, the veterans who had started fighting in those years all remembered those glorious years.

The stage of level 70 had been at a standstill for more than three years. But who would believe that Glory would stop updating? Therefore, although the updates after level 70 had been delayed, professional teams had been preparing for them. The most basic thing was the material reserves for various silver equipment. There must be enough. As soon as level 75 came out, they would immediately study new materials to upgrade the silver equipment to a new level.

And as soon as this news came out, the league immediately announced: During the update week, the fourteenth round of the Glory League will be suspended for a week.

This was of course to welcome the update and give the major teams more time to adjust. Similarly, the Challenger League would also be suspended for a week.

And this news made the face of Wei Chen, who had just adjusted his mentality, covered in darkness again.

Obviously, this was not good news for Happy. Team Excellent Era was prepared for this update. They had material reserves for many years, but Happy did not! All of Happy's materials were carefully collected by Ye Xiu and could not withstand the consumption of failure. In this situation, Happy could not afford to upgrade the equipment to the completely unknown level 75!