Chapter 168 He Still Needs Enlightenment

When it comes to competition, Sun Xiang is undoubtedly a god-level player, and no one would question that. But when it comes to off-the-field matters, Sun Xiang has repeatedly left everyone speechless.

Although what he said wasn't necessarily wrong, it was always out of place. His level of thinking was several grades below everyone else at the table.

In fact, Sun Xiang's performance was quite suitable for his age. But unfortunately, his Glory skills kept improving, but after two years of struggling in the pro scene, his understanding beyond the game remained woefully lacking.

He couldn't understand Chen Yehui's hints, and even when Xiao Shiqin narrowed the scope, he still didn't get it.

After proposing the invitation tournament, everyone in the room was speechless, but he seemed quite pleased, thinking that his sharp point had silenced everyone.

"Ahem... It's indeed difficult to invite high-level opponents for an invitation tournament at this time," Cui Li had to say.

"But the expansion pack is about to be released, and the battle for new resources in the online game will definitely be unusually fierce. Maybe it'll be a great training ground to try out new skills and equipment?" Chen Yehui finally dared to stop beating around the bush.

"Test equipment in the online game? Is that okay?" Sun Xiang asked, puzzled.

Chen Yehui wanted to slap himself! It just slipped out, listing the new equipment. But in reality, the new equipment definitely wouldn't be tested in the online game. It's too dangerous in the online game. If the equipment gets dropped by accident, who would take responsibility?

Sun Xiang obviously knew this, so, focusing on the surface without understanding the essence, he immediately seized Chen Yehui's slip of the tongue and asked in confusion.

"New equipment doesn't necessarily mean Silver equipment!" Xiao Shiqin said, patching up the leak. It was a somewhat ambiguous explanation, but at least it glossed over the topic. Everyone was watching Sun Xiang, wondering what the boss was thinking now. Please have some depth! Otherwise, today's meeting would turn into an enlightenment education session for you, and you'd still never graduate.

Sun Xiang looked like he was seriously thinking about it, and then finally spoke, but still with a hesitant tone: "In the online game?"

And then, nothing else. Sun Xiang stopped there, leaving everyone itching: Bro, please be decisive!

Cui Li couldn't stand it any longer and directly expressed his intentions: "That makes sense! The Challenger League isn't too taxing for us. If it doesn't affect training, it's a good idea for the players to familiarize themselves with the new content of the expansion pack in the online game. We have plenty of time to prepare for the next season. In this regard, we have more advantages than any other team in the current league!"

Although Cui Li's words had completely stated the theme, they still contained some cover. But if Sun Xiang still didn't understand at this point, he would be too stupid. Of course, he didn't realize that everyone was actually hinting at it from the beginning; he only understood Chen Yehui and Cui Li's words one after another.

But this time, he still didn't speak. Sun Xiang had a shadow in his heart! He had done the kind of thing of running to the online game as a hired gun before. And what was the result? Leading the core members of Team Excellent Era, he was defeated by a bunch of nobodies Ye Qiu had somehow gathered. It was a miserable defeat.

Sun Xiang wouldn't admit that he was only good at playing Super Mario. But now that someone expressed the desire for him to go to the online game, he couldn't help but think more carefully.

In a room full of people waiting eagerly, Sun Xiang finally nodded slightly: "Makes sense."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Cui Li quickly seized the opportunity to speak, but he didn't address Sun Xiang, but Xiao Shiqin: "Vice-Captain Xiao, please keep an eye on things from the side and stay in contact with the guild department. When there's a suitable opportunity, go to the online game to train together."

"Mm." Xiao Shiqin nodded. He fully understood Cui Li's intentions. Familiarizing themselves with the expansion pack was a valid reason. But the ultimate goal of these people was to use the strength of the pro players to gain an advantage during this period. Of course, this was also to strengthen the team. Moreover, the Challenger League was indeed very easy for Team Excellent Era's players, so Xiao Shiqin had no objection to this arrangement.

After this topic, the other departments expressed how they would welcome this update, and then the meeting ended.

Similar meetings were being held in all the teams. Similarly, Team Happy also needed to discuss the release of the expansion pack.

"Targeted battles are about to truly begin..." The meeting began with Ye Xiu's words.

While everyone was actively preparing, the last week of November had passed.

The Challenger League had just finished the first leg of the sixth round of matches. Team Happy didn't encounter Team Excellent Era and easily defeated their opponents that week. After the 13th round of the pro league matches, which ended in the same week, the standings hadn't changed much. But everyone knew that this was probably the last bit of peace. The first week of December would bring the Glory update, and the pro league would be suspended for a week. And in the second week, on the evening of December 14th, when the 14th round of matches resumed, the impact of the update on the pro scene would begin to show.

December 3rd was Glory's anniversary. The update content had already been announced and downloaded. After a maintenance shutdown before 0:00 on December 3rd, the new expansion pack and the latest Glory Tenth Server would be opened simultaneously.

From that day onwards, there were 11 days until the 14th's match.

During these 11 days, the top priority for all the teams was to raise their pro characters to level 75 as quickly as possible. If there were level differences in the characters on the 14th's match, that would definitely be a significant factor affecting the outcome.

As for how many levels they could gain in these 11 days, it would depend on each team's leveling methods. But to say that they could really create a level gap, even by just one level, at this level, it probably wouldn't be that easy.

In addition to that, it depended on what the club guilds could find in the new game content during these 11 days, two weeks, that could improve the team's strength. Perhaps among the level 75 Orange equipment, there were some that were superior to the level 70 Silver equipment. The official hadn't announced anything about the equipment and left it to the players to explore. During this time, the official only announced two level 75 areas each for the normal server and the Heavenly Domain.

In the Heavenly Domain, they were the Xin'yan Peninsula and the Zhiyin Lake.

The Xin'yan Peninsula was located in the east of the Heavenly Domain continent and was a peninsula extending from the original coastline. The background story was a moving tale of fighting pirates. The main city of Xin'yan Peninsula was Xin'yan City. The area had one 5-man dungeon, one 50-man raid, and one 100-man raid. The wild field Boss was Riela, Daughter of the Sea. Since not much information had been released, Riela's class and skills were currently a mystery.

The other area, Zhiyin Lake, was formed by taking a piece from each of the three inland areas of the Heavenly Domain and combining them into a new map. Zhiyin Lake was said to be the smallest of the six new areas in the expansion pack. This lake, which suddenly appeared on the Heavenly Domain continent, was naturally full of a mysterious background story, which, as always, didn't concern the pro scene.

Zhiyin Lake only had one 5-man dungeon and two 20-man raids. The wild field Boss was Fredericka, Guardian of Zhiyin Lake. Although there wasn't much information released, a photo of Fredericka, Guardian of Zhiyin Lake, quickly revealed the Boss's class: Gunner.

That was all the existing information. Even the pro clubs couldn't make too many preparations based on this limited information. Everyone could only stare at the calendar, waiting for the days to pass.

At 10 PM on December 2nd, Glory suspended operations and began updating the expansion pack. But this didn't affect the players' enthusiasm at all. Happy Internet Cafe was packed, and most people had booked seats to stay up all night until dawn.

And what about the various clubs?

The pro players had to resist their curiosity at this time and rest when they needed to. However, all the players' account cards had been collected by the clubs and handed over to the leveling staff in the guild department.

These influential figures in the pro scene all looked particularly ordinary at this time because their original custom-made equipment had been temporarily removed. The guild departments had also organized escort teams to ensure the smooth leveling of the pro characters.

This kind of protection was, of course, necessary! It was rare for pro characters to appear in the online game. Not only would they attract onlookers, but if they were attacked by a crowd, it would be even more troublesome. They were online to level up, but instead of advancing, they were regressing. Not only did they not level up, but they also lost experience. Then, they wouldn't be able to participate in the matches.

Team Happy didn't have the same conditions as the big clubs, with dedicated people to level up for them. The players had to take care of their own characters. However, considering that Team Happy was hated by a certain group of people in Glory, security had to be considered. The players' characters were escorted to the northern part of the Heavenly Domain under the cover of the guild's team.

And this was exactly where the Liescreen Forest, which was about to be incorporated into the Heavenly Domain, was located, according to the information. Ye Xiu and the others' characters would appear here as soon as midnight struck, heading straight for the Liescreen Forest.

Ye Xiu's idea was to go straight to the dungeons. This was undoubtedly a particularly bold move. Although the monsters in the new maps were gradually leveled up from 71 to 75, the dungeons were all level 75. They were meant to be challenged after the players reached max level. But Team Happy, in order to find a safe environment, decided to directly level up by challenging dungeons that were five levels higher.

The Heavenly Domain included advanced players from all ten servers. It was conceivable that the six new areas of the Heavenly Domain would face far more pressure than the normal servers. This was why the Heavenly Domain's maps were more expansive, and the first area was much larger than the normal servers. The six new areas would be no exception.