Chapter 15,000,000!

Putting aside who the target of the purchase was, the sheer amount was enough to cause a stir. The news made it very clear that this was just the asking price for the player, not including the character, so without a doubt, if this deal went through, the value of Glory professional players would reach a new high.

It's worth noting that the current record for player transfer fees was already set by Team Howling. Tang Hao transferred to Howling in the summer between the eighth and ninth seasons, with a transfer fee of 10 million, the highest price tag to date.

The winter transfer window usually involves minor adjustments or forced additions due to injuries or other special reasons. In the eighth season, Team Excellent Era acquired Sun Xiang, a rare transfer involving a core player. However, this was still considered a forced addition made by Excellent Era after Ye Xiu's mid-season retirement.

But now, Howling had directly shouted out a record-breaking transfer price to Zhang Xinjie of Team Tyranny, demonstrating that they were fully aware of the problems within the team and desperately wanted to solve them.

Was Zhang Xinjie the magic weapon to solve Howling's problems?

Everyone took a look and realized that Howling's choice of player was indeed on the right track. Having abandoned the Wretched style, Team Howling had been unable to establish a new tactical system. Bringing in a tactical master would undoubtedly be very helpful in this regard. The new tactical style that Team Howling hoped to build was an aggressive one, and Zhang Xinjie, coming from Team Tyranny, could fully adapt to this style.

But in the end, relying on acquiring new players to solve problems was already a last resort. Zhang Xinjie seemed like the right choice, but the key issue was that transfers weren't something you could just buy if you wanted to, especially when targeting a core player from another team.

So Howling didn't bother with any probing and directly offered a record-breaking 15 million. Clearly, they didn't have a win-win transfer plan and could only pave the way with money, hoping to smash out a price that Team Tyranny couldn't refuse.

All eyes instantly focused. Various media outlets rushed to investigate and quickly confirmed that the news was true. Team Howling had indeed submitted a formal transfer request to Team Tyranny.

But... before people could discuss anything, Team Tyranny had already responded with lightning speed, issuing a reply to everyone through the media: Rejected.

There weren't even any additional official remarks, just a simple rejection. Team Tyranny's fans hadn't even had time to worry before the club's quick response put them at ease.

Tyranny's attitude seemed firm, but those familiar with such transfer operations knew that attitude was sometimes just a bargaining chip. Tyranny's attitude indicated that they didn't care about the 15 million price, so what about more?

Those who were hoping for a spectacle weren't disappointed. Less than an hour after Team Tyranny publicly rejected Howling's offer, Howling followed up again.

20 million!

The record set by Tang Hao's transfer was directly doubled for a single player transfer. People had completely witnessed Howling's current madness. This veteran team had never given people the impression of being lavish, but who would have thought that they would be so thunderous when they finally made a move?

It was always a pleasure for any team's fans to see their team seeking out big-name players. Howling's fans were originally depressed by their team being swept by Team Happy, but they were energized by Howling's series of strong moves. In addition, the acquisition of Zhang Xinjie did seem to be on the right track, so for a time, Howling's fans became active, eagerly anticipating and acting, using their enthusiasm to ingratiate themselves with and welcome Zhang Xinjie. Everyone knew that the player's intentions would play a significant role in the transfer, especially for a big-name player like Zhang Xinjie.

As a result, this time, before Team Tyranny could make an official response, Zhang Xinjie had already made a personal declaration, expressing his complete unwillingness to leave Team Tyranny.

The enthusiasm of Howling's fans had just been ignited when a bucket of cold water was poured over their heads. For a time, they were at a loss, blankly awaiting further action from the team.

Team Howling had already made two offers that had caused a sensation, but in reality, transfers weren't finalized through remote conversations. In private, Howling was also making contact, and 20 million wasn't even their final bottom line. It was just released to boost the team's morale and raise fans' expectations.

Then, in private contact, Howling also ran into a brick wall. Neither Team Tyranny nor Zhang Xinjie himself showed any signs of loosening their stance. In private offers, Howling had raised the price to 25 million and had offered Zhang Xinjie extremely high compensation.

Rejected.

They still only received rejection, a rejection with an unyielding tone that showed no room for negotiation.

Howling was helpless. While the outside world was still expecting Howling to make another move, who knew that they had already suffered a bloody nose in private? The pursuit of Zhang Xinjie suddenly became a great fanfare with little result. By the time the nineteenth round of the competition began, two teams had completed two transfer deals that didn't attract much attention, while Howling? After shouting twice that day, they suddenly fell silent.

The acquisition of Zhang Xinjie failed, but the commotion they had caused was too great. The fans' expectations had been raised, but in the end, nothing was accomplished. It had to be said that Howling seemed to have been overconfident in this matter, overestimating the power of money. They didn't seem to have considered that even at such a price and under such conditions, Tyranny and Zhang Xinjie would still say no to them.

At this time, Howling needed to find an alternative to fill the expectations of the fans. However, just in terms of the healer class, who in Glory could compare to Zhang Xinjie? What's more, Howling still hoped to fundamentally solve the team's current problems. Simply replacing a healer wouldn't help. Howling's current problem wasn't the Wretched style maintained by their healer, Ruan Yongbin; Howling was still clear about this. Their key issue was that after abandoning the Wretched style, they didn't have a mature tactical system to operate the team.

Without obtaining Zhang Xinjie, Team Howling was like a headless fly. In the following nineteenth round of the league, Team Howling once again encountered the strong Team Tiny Herb.

Team Tiny Herb had a strong individual competition this season, but their performance in team competitions was also somewhat worrying. However, after the match, everyone clearly saw that even if Team Tiny Herb's team performance was not good, it was more than enough to defeat Howling. At least they didn't want to play a match like Howling, without any system, relying entirely on the players' own intuition and judgment.

9 to 1. Tiny Herb won a big victory over Howling on the road. Compared to the previous round, Team Howling scored a point, but this point couldn't make anyone happy.

In the same round, Team Tyranny, which had received an offer from Howling for Zhang Xinjie, showed their determination, winning 8 to 2 in an away game against Team Void.

However, the most surprising result in the 19th round was the end of Team Samsara's winning streak.

The team that completed the assassination of Samsara was Team Hundred Blossoms. Playing at home, Hundred Blossoms finally broke Samsara's undefeated team with a score of 7 to 3.

Samsara's team performance in this round was indeed poor. After the game, analysts pointed out that the detailed and lengthy team battle with Thunderclap in the previous round had shattered Samsara's inherent rhythm. In this game, their rhythm was clearly not adjusted.

But regardless of the reason, victory always belonged to Team Hundred Blossoms. After 19 rounds, all the teams had played each other once. In the end, only Hundred Blossoms could defeat Samsara. This allowed the fans of Team Hundred Blossoms to feel proud. For so many years, Team Hundred Blossoms had received more ridicule than praise. Such a moment of vindication that belonged only to them was rare.

Samsara's undefeated record being broken was naturally the headline news. But Team Happy was no longer a small, transparent team that could be easily ignored. In this round, Team Happy also suffered their first defeat since the ninth round, which also attracted a lot of attention.

Happy lost the game 4 to 6 in an away game against Team 301. When they scored four points in the individual competition, Happy's supporters were confident that this would be another big win, and they were still regretting not adding another 10 to 0 victory. Who would have thought that Team Happy would lose in this team competition?

Starting from the ninth round, Happy hadn't lost, and their winning scores hadn't even been lower than 9 to 1. This was a more terrifying scoring pace than Samsara's. If the league was only from the ninth to the eighteenth round, then the championship would already belong to Happy.

In this crazy winning streak, it was true that Happy hadn't encountered any top-tier teams, but teams like Misty Rain, Void, Thunderclap, and Howling were by no means opponents that could be easily defeated. What was impressive was that Happy's record against these four strong enemies was even more outstanding. In these four games, they had achieved three 10 to 0 victories.

With a ten-round record more insane than Samsara, people recognized Happy's strength, but no one really regarded them as an invincible warship.

Because there had always been a weakness in Team Happy. Their healer had been found to be somewhat lacking in skill from the beginning. This was not a secret at all, and it had even been reported in the newspapers.

With such a transparent weakness, each team would naturally target it. But then they discovered that Happy's protection of their weakness had reached a maddening level.

This was particularly evident in the battles against Hundred Blossoms, Misty Rain, and then Void.

After that, Team Thunderclap made a clear tactical arrangement to address this, but because Xiao Shiqin was forced to be unable to make detailed commands, the tactical structure was broken. If voice commands were allowed, Happy might have lost in this battle due to the healer not keeping up with the pace of the battle.

Happy's weakness was so obvious, but so many teams couldn't capture it. However, in the nineteenth round, facing Team 301, Happy's weakness was broken.

The method of breaking it was simple and brutal.

Team 301's captain, Glory's number one assassin, Yang Cong, made a desperate strike, directly self-destructing and taking away An Wenyi's Little Cold Hands.