Chapter 1 A Good Start!

Chen Guo was very excited, but looking at everyone's calm appearance, this kind of deserved victory was indeed not worth cheering about. Compared to Happy, Excellent Era's victory was even more absurd.

Excellent Era's opponents, after drawing this strong team, had no intention of giving up. On the contrary, they arrived in high spirits and perfectly organized. But after the match started, the characters were obviously dazed and wooden, basically not there to PK (player kill), but to pose for pictures. The situations of the characters facing One Autumn Leaf, Extinguish Spirit, and Dancing Rain were particularly serious. They happily lost the match while looking for opportunities to chat with the god-level players, leaving the Excellent Era players not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

The Challenger League's first round caused a historic high level of attention, but compared to the Professional League's opening match the next day, it was insignificant.

That day, Chen Guo continued to broadcast the matches in the internet cafe. However, looking at the week after the end of the free activities, Happy Internet Cafe's business was indeed affected. The number of customers decreased by a third compared to usual. Especially the regulars, many of whom had not shown their faces. Excellent Era's influence in this area was not insignificant.

Of the 10 opening matches held together, Chen Guo ultimately chose the Samsara versus Void match. This was a tradition arranged by the league. The opening match would inevitably be a match between the previous season's champion and a newly joined team. Void was quite closely related to Happy. Zhan Lou Lan had been nagging Ye Xiu and the others about being a bit nervous these days.

Zhan Lou Lan and his five teammates had also prepared systematically for a while. Zhan Lou Lan had arranged for someone to continue managing affairs such as robbing Bosses (powerful monsters) in the game. The five of them, like other professional players, rarely appeared in the game. The league also had some introductions and publicity for this newly joined team.

Zhan Lou Lan's Team Void had eleven members. Apart from the five or six of them, there were six others. With Ye Xiu having been in the circle for so long, he had never heard of any of these six names. He had no idea where Zhan Lou Lan had dug them up from. However, their five teammates seemed determined to be the main force. Ye Xiu estimated that the strength of these six, as the backup force for the five, shouldn't be too strong.

The match was at Samsara's home stadium. A major reform in the new league was the full popularization of on-site holographic projection. Of course, this wasn't a temporary decision. The league had been planning it for a long time. The match venues of the major teams had investments and renovations in this area. Samsara's home stadium during the All-Star Weekend was the first time it was used in a formal setting.

The mature skill brought about a very good response, and this long-planned project was finally implemented this season. Not only on Samsara's side, but the holographic projections for all the opening matches were now in place.

The brand-new sensory experience was undoubtedly quite excellent in driving the emotions of the audience. The true Glory battle scenes presented before their eyes made every audience member's blood boil.

The opening match between last season's champion and the newly joined team didn't have any unexpected occurrences. Team Void was miserably defeated by Samsara with a score of zero. Not long after the match ended, Ye Xiu received crying emoticons sent by the five Void players in a row on QQ.

"Keep up the good work!" Ye Xiu could only encourage them so plainly. It was really because there was a gap between the two sides, and because of some nervousness from participating for the first time, Zhan Lou Lan and the others' performance wasn't satisfactory. However, the first match also let Ye Xiu know that these few were quite hidden. Their characters' equipment was completely changed in this official match, and they even had some silver equipment. However, Ye Xiu didn't quite know how they got it.

The characters were well-equipped, and Ye Xiu had a good understanding of the strength of these five from his many contacts with them in the game. Team Void was indeed qualified to stand in the professional circle. Ye Xiu told the five of them this conclusion with certainty, which could be considered a way to boost their morale!

However, in fact, the most eye-catching match in the opening round wasn't this one. Chen Guo only broadcast this match out of friendly support for Zhan Lou Lan and the others. In the opening match, it was often the teams with the biggest transfer moves in the summer that received more attention. People would be curious to see what the new teams would look like.

Samsara and Void were naturally not included in this list. Samsara only purchased an All-Star player to strengthen their strength. Moreover, in the end, what they did wasn't to directly use the All-Star Elementalist character Zhandyiluanfei, but to dismantle the equipment on this character and re-equip their team's Elementalist. Obviously, the initial intention wasn't the character, but the equipment on the character. Most of a character's strength was determined by equipment. With Zhandyiluanfei's equipment being stripped like this, it was clear that this All-Star Elementalist character might fall from grace. Many fans of this character were very angry after seeing Samsara's actions.

Of course, Samsara had considered this point. A star character could sometimes bring some attention. But Zhandyiluanfei wasn't a influential god-level character like One Autumn Leaf or Desert Dust, so Samsara could be cruel and simply abandon him, and let their own Elementalist character replace him. This local spirit of strengthening their own character's influence also showed Samsara's considerable ambitions.

That was all Samsara did, which was obviously not lively enough. Especially compared to Tyranny, Blue Rain, and Tiny Herb, which had core changes, the sense of novelty was really lacking.

And Tyranny and these teams, after the first round of matches, had basically revealed some clues.

Zhang Jiale played for Tyranny with Dazzling Hundred Blossoms. This was perhaps something that many people had never dreamed of, but now it had finally come true. The gorgeous Hundred Blossoms style of play in the match still looked as good as ever. Some were happy, some were sad.

And Lin Jingyan also operated the new Thief character that Tyranny had tailored for him, looking more like a linking figure in the team. Quite a few players were cheering for this veteran. Many spectators who never minded trouble hoped that Tyranny would meet Hundred Blossoms or Team Wind Howl. These matches with topics always seemed more interesting.

In comparison, Tyranny player Zhou Guangyi also received unexpected attention. In the post-match press conference, reporters unanimously grabbed him and asked questions like "Is there a lot of pressure playing with four god-level players?". However, it seemed that Team Tyranny had a response to this kind of question. Zhou Guangyi's rote answer was obviously something the public relations department had gone over with him in advance. Reporters obviously hated this kind of answer the most, but they couldn't do anything about it.

Blue Rain and Tiny Herb, these two teams that each lost an All-Star-level player but didn't have corresponding reinforcements, surprised everyone in the first round.

Blue Rain, hailed as the most important transfer of the season, promoted the 14-year-old Lu Hanwen from the training camp. He surprisingly operated the character he used in the game, Soaring Clouds, as a starter!

Instant fame.

This word wasn't an exaggeration to use on Lu Hanwen. Winning a solo match and performing well in the team match allowed everyone to see the technique and strength of this 14-year-old child.

The word genius was used on Lu Hanwen by countless people without hesitation. Everyone began to be filled with countless curiosity and expectations for this child. But unfortunately, Lu Hanwen wasn't arranged to attend the press conference after the match. Obviously, Team Blue Rain was also quite protective of this underage child.

In comparison, Tiny Herb's Gao Yingjie and his Mu En appearing in Tiny Herb's main lineup didn't seem so eye-catching. After all, after last season's All-Star Weekend, Gao Yingjie had already had some opportunities to play. Being promoted to the main force this season was a natural thing. It's just that Gao Yingjie's position as the main force was a bit eye-catching. After all, this was the vacancy left after an All-Star-level player left.

However, Blue Rain was exactly the same. Wasn't Lu Hanwen filling the vacancy after Yu Feng's transfer? Compared to Gao Yingjie having so much foreshadowing, Lu Hanwen was obviously more surprising, and Team Blue Rain was even more surprising.

Also receiving attention were Team Wind Howl and Team Hundred Blossoms.

Tang Hao, who had arrived at the new team, obtained a new character, and became the captain, performed extremely well in the match. It seemed that under his leadership, the other players played exceptionally well in this opening match. Team Wind Howl, like Samsara, also obtained a full score of 10, currently tied for the top spot with Samsara, making the fans of Team Wind Howl extremely excited.

And Team Hundred Blossoms' opening match was a bit embarrassing. Their opponent, Team Misty Rain, didn't change much this summer. Their lineup remained stable and their performance was stable. In the end, they took away 8 points, leaving Team Hundred Blossoms with only 2 points. The media always reported things in the most alarming way possible. It was just that the opening match wasn't played well, but Hundred Blossoms had already been described as a major crisis. There were even comparisons to Zhang Jiale's outstanding performance in the first round.

Amidst countless topics and controversies, the Glory Professional League's ninth season officially kicked off. And the topics that exploded at the very beginning seemed to allow people to already see the highlights of this season: veterans and youngsters.

For the sake of the championship, several veterans gathered under Tyranny's banner.

Lu Hanwen, the youngest player in history who had already become the main force of the team after his debut.

He had already stolen the spotlight in the opening match, taking the lead and already had the meaning of this season's protagonist.

The Challenger League, which had originally received some attention, seemed insignificant under the backdrop of this topic-filled first round of the Professional League. The Happy team, which was still being talked about, was instantly replaced by Tyranny, Blue Rain, Tiny Herb, Wind Howl, Hundred Blossoms, and so on. After all, this was the true peak battlefield of Glory!