Chapter 17 Liu Hao

Liu Hao, a professional player in the Glory Professional Alliance's fifth season, joined the Excellent Era team in the very year when Excellent Era's dynasty was ended by Tyranny.

It was just that their consecutive championships were ended; nobody thought that Excellent Era would decline because of this. There were always victories and defeats on the professional stage. Losing this time simply meant winning the next. Su Mucheng, the rookie who joined Excellent Era in the fourth season, and Ye Qiu's combination was breathtaking. At that time, people were still optimistic about Excellent Era, believing that they would soon make a comeback.

Liu Hao became a member of the Excellent Era team with such aspirations. However, no one, including him, expected that Excellent Era wouldn't even reach the finals from that season onward.

Tiny Herb, Blue Rain, one fresh champion after another emerged, and one player after another became an All-Star. But what about Liu Hao?

Among the teams in the Alliance that could be called powerhouses, the vice-captain who failed to be selected as an All-Star seemed to be only Excellent Era's Liu Hao, right?

This made Liu Hao very embarrassed, but what could he do? The Excellent Era team already had a Ye Qiu who was showered in glory, and then there was the beautiful player Su Mucheng with her outstanding image. They formed the best partners, and there were even rumors of a romantic relationship. Around them, everyone else could only be reduced to supporting roles, the vice-captain included.

Liu Hao didn't want to be a supporting role. Seeing the rookies who started their professional careers in the same league, Zhou Zekai, Wu Yuce, Fang Rui, one by one becoming All-Star level, All-Stars were a symbol of popularity, but it also required strength as a foundation. In the competitive circle, how could there be popularity without strength?

Liu Hao didn't have such popularity, but he believed that he definitely possessed such strength. It was just that the light of his predecessors was too dazzling. The creator of a three-time championship dynasty, who in the league didn't feel inferior? When he first joined Excellent Era, Liu Hao was proud and fortunate to join such a dazzling powerhouse, but later, he found that this dazzling light was a bit of an eyesore. He didn't want to be shrouded in such light all the time; he also wanted to shine.

But... it was difficult!

If he actively tried to show himself, he would separate from the team. If he limited himself to playing within the team, his light would never overshadow that best partnership.

This team structure was designed to highlight the two of them and conceal the light of others! Liu Hao thought with some annoyance, dogmatically ignoring that in any team, the most outstanding player was naturally the core player of the team. If others could casually overshadow the core player's presence, they would have already had the corresponding status.

If you want to add scenes, you have to create a presence first. But Liu Hao, unable to create a presence, believed that it was because he didn't have enough scenes. This was putting the cart before the horse. With such thoughts in his heart, any normal arrangement would seem like a conspiracy to him.

Liu Hao didn't want his "light" to be extinguished like this. He was looking for opportunities, and finally, Ye Xiu's departure couldn't be entirely said to be his success, but at least it was a result he was happy to see.

The moment he had been waiting for to soar into the sky had finally arrived, but then, Excellent Era was relegated.

This result was far from what Liu Hao had expected. However, Excellent Era was worthy of being Excellent Era. Even after relegation, they were still full of confidence and even invited Xiao Shiqin, an All-Star player from Thunder.

Ye Xiu's departure, Sun Xiang's addition, only filled the position of One Autumn Leaf's operator. However, Ye Xiu in Excellent Era was more than that. One of the four tactical masterminds, he was one of them. Xiao Shiqin's joining allowed people to see the foundation of the Excellent Era powerhouse, but the hidden, deeper meaning was rarely explored.

Sun Xiang was not Ye Xiu's successor.

Sun Xiang plus Xiao Shiqin, that was it.

Two people replacing one, Excellent Era certainly couldn't reveal this intention.

So, after this addition, Liu Hao discovered that he had been mercilessly abandoned. He realized that, for Excellent Era, he had always been a supporting role. When Ye Xiu left, Excellent Era went to great lengths to find someone to replace him, using all sorts of public relations to eliminate hidden dangers, and even began laying the groundwork long before. But what about him?

A trade, you go to Thunder.

Liu Hao received only such a phone call.

Yes, a phone notification. How unimportant was this? Compared to sending him away, Excellent Era was busy welcoming Xiao Shiqin at that time! His departure…

Liu Hao left with hatred. He had thought about completely exposing how Excellent Era disliked Ye Xiu, wanted to drive him away, but were afraid of him being used by the enemy, and thus hatched a series of calculations. However, he didn't dare. Speaking of which, there were already various rumors in the circle about Ye Xiu's retirement, many of which were close to the truth. However, the source of the information was only speculation and reasoning from onlookers. How much of a storm could that stir up? These casual cats and dogs saying a few words would at most add some entertainment to the public.

But Liu Hao was different. If he revealed the information, he would definitely be accepted by the media. However, in that case, his future would probably be very dangerous. In this circle, these professional teams, who didn't have some things that were inconvenient to say to the outside world? But such a brave fighter who exposed himself might be loved by the media and the public, but which team would dare to use him?

Liu Hao didn't want to go for mutually assured destruction; he still wanted to show his light! He would expose this kind of thing after he retired.

Liu Hao buried his hatred first, and as a result, Ye Xiu retaliated against him. The Excellent Era team that abandoned him was destroyed by the grassroots team formed by Ye Xiu and completely disbanded.

Life is really... too absurd...

Liu Hao really had such a daze at that moment. He didn't do anything, and the people and teams he hated collided with each other, killing each other. What kind of luck was this?

Liu Hao had those feelings at the time, but, with his good luck, he didn't seem to be able to be selected for the All-Star lineup that he had fantasized about for a long time that year.

It was because the team was too bad.

Liu Hao thought helplessly.

In Thunder that season, his performance was actually quite good, and the team's results were also acceptable. However, after all, they didn't enter the playoffs, which meant that Liu Hao was still far inferior to Xiao Shiqin. So, in that league, Thunder, from top to bottom, was reminiscing about their former captain Xiao Shiqin. This atmosphere made Liu Hao really disgusted. The light of someone who was no longer there actually overshadowed him. This Thunder was even worse than Excellent Era!

Liu Hao didn't want to stay in Thunder for a long time and hated the atmosphere in the team even more. He directly rejected Thunder's request for him to stay. In the end, he transferred to Team Wind Howl as a free agent. It didn't seem too easy for this team to make a name for themselves. Liu Hao was just starting to analyze when, very quickly, internal conflicts broke out in Wind Howl, and vice-captain Fang Rui left.

Liu Hao moved up.

In terms of strength, he was already outstanding; in terms of qualifications, he had been in the circle for five years; in terms of experience, he had been a vice-captain and a captain; the only flaw was that he was a newcomer, and his foundation was relatively shallow. However, Wind Howl didn't have a perfect candidate. Liu Hao's first three advantages were enough to highlight him.

Liu Hao didn't disappoint expectations. He did a good job, and everyone saw his role in Wind Howl, both on and off the field. The highest cost-performance transfer of the summer fell on him. He, who had been hovering outside the All-Star 24 for a long time, finally took a step into it this time and ushered in the spring he had been looking forward to. And coincidentally, his total votes ranked 17th on the vote list, which was exactly Fang Rui's ranking last year. Liu Hao in Wind Howl replaced Fang Rui's position.

Fang Rui was very sorry that he didn't make the All-Stars in the end. Transitioning classes always causes damage to a player's strength and popularity, which is why it seems so difficult. However, Fang Rui's results were impressive. After passing the initial adaptation phase, the phase of relying on three tricks, he had integrated his strengths into the Qigong Master class, constantly developing and improving, match after match.

In the end, he wasn't selected for the All-Stars?

"Qigong Master players don't understand love!" Fang Rui said angrily.

As for whether it was true anger or fake anger, everyone couldn't really tell. This guy didn't seem like someone who would particularly care about the title of All-Star. He played dirty, so he had to endure the prejudices of the world, and the love he received was destined to be less. However, it was relatively rare to turn the tables and think that those who didn't understand how to appreciate dirty play were the ones who didn't understand love.

At the moment when the new year's bell rang, the All-Star player voting channel was closed. Without the bonus of matches, pure voting really didn't cause too much of a wave. The fluctuations in rankings weren't something that many people cared about at this time. What everyone mainly cared about was whether there were any replacements in the end.

Yes, there were some.

In the final 23rd and 24th place seats, there had been substitutions all along, but when the channel finally closed, the two names that squeezed in were Zou Yuan and Yang Cong.

Yang Cong, with years of loyalty and diligence, finally occupied an All-Star seat. Zou Yuan, a player who entered the All-Stars twice when he shouldn't have, this time, when he had a performance that truly matched his strength, he finally received people's favor, and he finally got a seat. This time, it was a true reflection of his value, finally no longer relying on fans' love for the character or the result of being angry with someone.

At this time, the names hovering in the 25th and 26th places could only make people feel sorry. If they could enter, no one would doubt that they had such qualifications.

Zhang Jiale, a player in the Professional Alliance's second season, failed to be selected for the All-Stars for the first time, except for the year he retired in the eighth season.

Liu Xiaobie, this was his second time, only one step away from the All-Stars.

Lin Jingyan and Fang Rui, the former crime duo, they were no longer a duo, nor were they teammates, but they stood together outside that circle.

And Tian Sen, the last bit of glory of the former God-level character, Sweeping Monk, he finally failed to defend it. What kind of mood would he be in?

The All-Star Weekend is coming.