28 million!

Sun Xiang plus One Autumn Leaf.

If Excellent Era was still the powerhouse in the Alliance, this price would be a steal for Samsara. The Battle God One Autumn Leaf, the value of this character, could not be matched by any other in the Alliance. Even if it hadn't won a championship in a long time, the character wouldn't age, and the legend of the dynasty would forever flow through it. In addition, with its long-time operator Ye Xiu being overly mysterious and low-key, the hope carried by this character was unmatched by any other Glory character.

28 million. If Excellent Era hadn't reached this point, this price, for just One Autumn Leaf alone, might not have been enough. Even if its character strength wasn't much stronger than other God-level characters, One Autumn Leaf had always been a symbol of the Glory king. When talking about first place, all Glory players thought of One Autumn Leaf, not any other. Even though Zhou Zekai's One Autumn Leaf had won consecutive championships, it didn't have as much history as One Autumn Leaf. Among the new players attracted to Glory in the last two or three years, its popularity was undoubtedly the strongest, but before it created even more brilliant achievements, the Glory community's image of first place was still One Autumn Leaf.

And now, Excellent Era had completely collapsed. One Autumn Leaf hadn't stood on that peak throne for a long time, and was finally abandoned by Tao Xuan along with the team.

20 million. This was the price Ye Xiu heard from Lou Guan Ning for Excellent Era's offer. Obviously, Excellent Era's current situation had shrunk One Autumn Leaf's value quite a bit. Of course, different teams would receive different offers. The offer to Yizhan was 20 million, while the offer to Samsara might not be the same. If it was also 20 million, that would mean Sun Xiang's transfer fee was 8 million. Compared to his transfer fee to Excellent Era, it would be rising instead of falling, which was obviously unscientific. Although his talent had long been recognized in the circle, transferring to Excellent Era, Excellent Era being eliminated, and then losing the Challenger League, even if it wasn't his fault, his value would be greatly affected. With Excellent Era's fire sale in the background, a rise in value was obviously unscientific.

The specifics of how this price was negotiated were not revealed by either side. But from the total price of 28 million and Excellent Era's current situation, this deal was quite a bargain for Excellent Era, or rather, Samsara didn't take advantage of the situation. Of course, it was also possible that there were too many people taking advantage of the situation, and Samsara was determined to get it, so they didn't want to waste time and quickly made the deal.

Most people agreed with this speculation.

After all, which team wouldn't want Sun Xiang or One Autumn Leaf? Even if Excellent Era was in a difficult situation, these two were still hot commodities and didn't have to worry about finding a buyer. With competition, the price would inevitably be pushed up, and everything would fall into place.

But in any case, the process wasn't the focus of everyone's attention. Everyone was more concerned with the result of Samsara taking Sun Xiang and One Autumn Leaf.

As the reigning champion, it was somewhat surprising that they would make such a big move so quickly. The addition of Sun Xiang and One Autumn Leaf could not be considered ordinary reinforcements for any team. A core-level God, the top God-level character, this could completely reshape a team's core.

But Samsara had Zhou Zekai, the undisputed number one player in the Alliance. No one believed that Zhou Zekai would choose to leave the team at this time, and no one believed that Samsara would change their core trump card that had led them to victory all along.

But now there were two core trump cards. How would Samsara digest them? These two core trump cards were different from Tyranny's. Tyranny had three trump cards, which seemed even more excessive, but Han Wenqing's word was law, even the club boss had to give way. His authority in Tyranny was unmatched, and he could completely keep everyone in line. Furthermore, Zhang Jiale and Lin Jingyan were already in the late stages of their careers. They joined Tyranny only because their hearts for a championship hadn't died. As for core status, they didn't care about it anymore. They had been the core for so many years, they were already tired of it. They wanted a championship. Zhang Jiale could give up so much for it, so what was a mere core status?

But Samsara was different. Zhou Zekai's performance in the game was gorgeous and powerful, but his real personality was dull and taciturn, and he wasn't good at communicating. He was a reliable core trump card, but definitely not a good leader. Samsara's current players could loyally rally around him, but what about Sun Xiang? He was also a proud and conceited person. His joining was a big challenge to Zhou Zekai's weak leadership. Would Samsara still be as harmonious as before? Could it be that they would make Sun Xiang the main and Zhou Zekai the secondary? That seemed even more impossible. First of all, the team couldn't ignore the fans' emotions. Such an arrangement that put the guest in the host's position would definitely be blasted by their own supporters. Secondly, Sun Xiang didn't seem to have any leadership skills. And based on what everyone had already seen of this guy's performance, if Zhou Zekai's leadership was close to zero, then he was simply a negative number...

Samsara had a busy summer ahead of them!

The Glory circle was filled with sighs, and it was obvious that everyone felt that it wouldn't be easy for these two to have a chemical reaction. But soon, in the new issue of Electronic Sports Weekly, after reporting on this transfer, it also published a commentary by a veteran Glory writer, writing under the pen name Cha Xiao Xia, specifically commenting on this transfer.

Cha Xiao Xia believed that Samsara's championship this season, although the final battle seemed to be a large-score victory, actually contained hidden dangers. Tyranny clearly gave them a chance due to the problem of their veterans' stamina. If Tyranny's players could maintain a normal state, then the ownership of this championship would really be hard to say. Just looking at the first battle of the finals, Tyranny had a way to restrain Zhou Zekai and restrain Samsara's rhythm. And in the face of Tyranny's steady teamwork, Samsara's lack of a frontal assault player was also exposed quite clearly.

In the end, Samsara benefited from the competition system, Cha Xiao Xia believed. If it was still the old three-round six-match system, without such a large consumption, Cha Xiao Xia would have been more optimistic about Tyranny winning the championship.

And Samsara themselves were definitely aware of this. So even though they won this championship, Samsara wasn't just strengthening on the original foundation like last year, because they had realized that there was already an opponent that could restrain him.

In the new season, Tyranny's veterans would definitely pay more attention to the issue of stamina. And Samsara couldn't just expect Tyranny to have problems again, they had to take action subjectively. But this time, to consolidate their victory, it wasn't enough to just strengthen on the original foundation. Samsara's improvement had encountered a bottleneck, and they needed to break through this bottleneck. Thus, there was the transfer of Sun Xiang and One Autumn Leaf.

This might also be why Samsara was willing to complete this transfer quickly at a high price of 28 million in this background, Cha Xiao Xia wrote. They needed a frontal assault player, and this assault player had to attack the concrete-like solid lineup built by Han Wenqing, Zhang Jiale, Lin Jingyan, and Zhang Xinjie. Just these few names alone were enough to make more than half of the players kneel. This wasn't a mission that ordinary players could bear. The ones who could bear it had to be the Alliance's top attackers and close-combat characters.

Thus, Sun Xiang, One Autumn Leaf. Plus, Excellent Era's current situation. Anyone would probably make this choice. And now, the key to breaking through the bottleneck had been found, but the problem also came. Sun Xiang was definitely a choice with enough weight, but because he had enough weight, how would the team harmony problem be solved? Would a proud person like Sun Xiang willingly revolve around the Samsara tactical system with Zhou Zekai as the core?

Cha Xiao Xia also discussed this point in his article. And he himself was quite optimistic that Samsara could handle this situation well. First of all, he was optimistic about Sun Xiang's transformation. Being eliminated from the Alliance and defeated in the Challenger League, so far, no God-level player in the Alliance had suffered such sharp tempering. Sun Xiang was once a very proud player, even during the Challenger League. But after these repeated failures, should he also take a good look back at how he has come this far, and should he also re-examine himself?

Sun Xiang's attitude was undoubtedly crucial in this issue. If he became more mature after this tempering, then it wouldn't be impossible for him to integrate into Samsara.

Secondly, Cha Xiao Xia mentioned a so-called "most underestimated player in the Alliance," Jiang Botao.

Samsara's vice-captain, Jiang Botao, ranked fifth in the All-Star vote count. This didn't seem to have anything to do with being "underestimated." He was obviously highly valued.

But Cha Xiao Xia believed that the importance Jiang Botao received was always explained as being due to Zhou Zekai's halo or the championship halo. Some people even made wild claims that even their grandmother could win the Alliance championship if she partnered with Zhou Zekai.

These words were naturally exaggerated, but the inherent contempt was obvious. All of Samsara's players actually had this problem. When Samsara achieved good results, everyone saw Zhou Zekai's contribution, and as for the others, they were just benefiting from it.

Cha Xiao Xia obviously didn't think so.

There was a type of person, Cha Xiao Xia wrote in his article, who was very good at communicating. Anyone who interacted with him would feel very comfortable. He could take care of everyone in any situation, and he wouldn't steal the spotlight. Jiang Botao was such a person off the field, and on the field, he was a master of connecting rhythms. He successfully glued Zhou Zekai into Samsara, and he believed that he could also successfully bring Sun Xiang into the team. Jiang Botao was simply a binding agent on the field.

Cha Xiao Xia simply gave Jiang Botao a nickname at the end. But after enthusiastically analyzing this transfer and then looking forward to the battle between Samsara and Tyranny in the new season, he suddenly changed his tone: These two teams will undoubtedly have a very high voice, but there is another team that I think should not be ignored, and that is this year's other championship team, Happy.

Their championship declaration seemed to be taken as a joke, but I believed it. I can't help it, I'm already a die-hard fan of Happy, Cha Xiao Xia wrote.