Account shares, then buyouts—this was the process by which early clubs became standardized. But it's no longer applicable today, because in today's professional scene, characters are clearly polarized between the professional and online game realms. Ordinary players work hard, but they only manage to get a few more orange-tier equipment pieces. Can such a character, who relies on self-made equipment, be used as an investment in the professional scene? Obviously not.

Only in that initial stage, when the best character in the online game was also the best character in the entire Glory scene, did they have the qualifications to be an investment. Today, the best character in the online game is cannon fodder in the professional scene. Who would pay attention to you? Even if you aren't cannon fodder and have something outstanding that the professional scene favors, the clubs are now strong enough that they don't need to let you exchange an account for shares to save expenses. They'll just buy the account outright. That's the easy way to do it once and for all.

In short, it was done that way in the early days because everyone was poor. Once everyone became wealthy, they tried to avoid that form. As for Ye Xiu and the others now, they just gave the accounts to the team as if they were free, so they avoided those troubles. But now Chen Guo and they are already discussing the issue of technical shares.

"Isn't it a little early to talk about this when the Challenger League hasn't even started yet?" Ye Xiu said. "When we get into the professional scene and register, the league will have people specifically to assess our assets. It's not too late to decide on these things then."

"Um, I think I heard Zhan Lou Lan mention something like that. It seems that's really the case," Chen Guo recalled.

She wasn't completely inexperienced in running a team. She had talked to Zhan Lou Lan, who had also just founded a team, but he had scared her. Zhan Lou Lan's extravagant actions made her think their team wouldn't last.

"Don't worry! There's no need to rush these things now. We just need to have people with accounts for now," Ye Xiu said.

"Oh." Hearing Ye Xiu say that, Chen Guo felt relieved.

As for Ye Xiu, after resolving the issue with Little Cold Hands, he was about to start grinding on his priest account.

With 4170 skill points and another 1220 that could be obtained through quests, Little Cold Hands' account was very lucky. If it weren't for that, Ye Xiu wouldn't have bothered trying out this account. He would have just found another priest account to grind for him to use.

One book, two books, three books…

Following the task list, Ye Xiu cleared tasks one by one for this account. And the good luck of this already decent account continued, with skill books appearing one after another during the tasks, accumulating quickly, clearly above the probability rate.

"Finished."

After the last skill book obtained was used, Ye Xiu announced.

"How many?" Wei Chen asked casually from the side.

"Heh," Ye Xiu chuckled.

"What are you laughing at?" Wei Chen asked, puzzled.

"4925 points," Ye Xiu announced.

"Damn!" Wei Chen's expression was terrible. This annoying guy's account actually had more skill points than his Wind Howl Formation, and not by much, but precisely five points. Wei Chen really wanted to spit out a mouthful of blood and drown those five points.

"Your luck is really good!" Ye Xiu said with admiration.

"…" Wei Chen didn't know what to say. After all, this was a team account, and having more skill points was a good thing. If he were to utter some curse or complaint now, wouldn't it seem petty? Wei Chen was, after all, a former captain. He would prioritize the big picture and not disrupt the team's stability and unity because of his own selfish desires.

In the team chat group, Little Cold Hands was also eagerly awaiting the results. No matter how rational and calm, he would naturally hope that the account he used would have more skill points, the more the stronger!

Then, after hearing Ye Xiu announce that he had reached 4925 points, Little Cold Hands was shocked.

"That's so high!" Little Cold Hands exclaimed. He wasn't a newbie, and besides, he was a Tyranny fan, so he knew that the character with the highest skill points in Glory was Han Wenqing's Desert Dust, with 4880 points. And now, his Little Cold Hands actually exceeded Glory's number one. This was something he had never imagined.

"Kid, you have to work hard." Wei Chen also chimed in with mixed feelings.

Little Cold Hands' account now belonged to the team, and of course, it couldn't just be a verbal agreement. Chen Guo had already discussed it with Little Cold Hands, and they would sign an account transfer agreement. The account would naturally be returned to Little Cold Hands for his use afterward.

The skill points suddenly soared from 4170 to 4925, an increase of 755 points, which was truly a leap in strength. Professional accounts already had around 4800 skill points, and maxing them out would only result in an increase of a little over 200 points. The magnitude of the improvement was incomparable to Little Cold Hands. An Wenyi was probably too excited at this point. Ye Xiu repeatedly called out to him in the group twice before the guy responded.

Afterward, Ye Xiu only discussed the account with him, naturally focusing on the skills. By understanding some of his usage methods and ideas, Ye Xiu offered some suggestions for skill point allocation. Having a lot of skill points was useless if every point couldn't be used to its maximum potential. That would undoubtedly be a wasteful extravagance.

This kind of teaching discussion naturally didn't attract any onlookers. Everyone was busy with their own things. Another day passed, and the playoffs continued. Blue Rain vs. Misty Rain was the first match to take place. With a "Rain" character in each of their names, that was the only gimmick these two teams had. Other than the two inevitable matches in the regular season, these two teams had virtually no intersection. This made things difficult for the reporters. They couldn't find anything newsworthy in the pre-match reports, so they could only write about how both teams were actively preparing, which was unenthusiastic.

Then, when the match began, the pre-match press conferences for both teams were equally bland. There were no grand pronouncements, just saying they would try their best to play well.

In this semi-final match, which was clearly for the championship finals, these two teams managed to make people not feel any sense of tension. It was quite a spectacle. As a result, the reports inevitably had to pull out some experience and composure, and other nonsense.

The match was undoubtedly high-level, but it wasn't particularly eventful. This could be seen from the post-match press conference. Blue Rain said that their opponents were excellent, but they had better luck today. Misty Rain said that they played well today, but their opponents played even better.

Drama! Let's have some drama!

The reporters were almost crying.

Misty Rain's captain and trump card, Chu Yunxiu, was a girl, and she didn't have any arrogant or domineering qualities. As a result, the opponent Blue Rain's captain, Yu Wenzhou, was also a gentle guy. He was always polite and courteous in interviews, and he answered all the questions properly, but the reporters couldn't dig up any interesting material from his answers.

As for Huang Shaotian, although he was an even bigger star, if you interviewed him, you might end up talking about what he had for breakfast today or how the hot water suddenly ran out when he was taking a shower last night. But what everyone wanted to know was about the match…

Fortunately, the next day, the match between Samsara and Tiny Herb was about to begin. Finally, there were plenty of topics to be found between these two teams.

Tiny Herb was last year's champion, so they were thinking about defending their title. Samsara was currently the team with the highest hopes of winning the championship. The conflict between the two teams was obvious. The writers, who had been holding back their emotions for a day, finally had a place to release them. The semi-final match between the two teams was written about as if it were a decisive battle at the peak of the Forbidden City.

As a result, the confrontation didn't disappoint. The two teams played with much more energy. The back-and-forth was especially evident in the team competition. Samsara's "one-man team" aura was on full display, and they managed to win by relying on Zhou Kai Ze's powerful performance.

This kind of scene where one person decided the game was the easiest to stir up the audience's enthusiasm. That night, Glory's major forums exploded. Zhou Kai Ze's popularity continued to soar, becoming the undisputed protagonist in the next day's reports. Everywhere, the commentary was: This is the era of a star.

Yes, the era of a star.

Tiny Herb's Wang Jiexi sacrificed his personal style for the team, integrating himself into the team by changing himself. This was undoubtedly a strong sense of teamwork. But now, such a team was defeated by Samsara's play style, which was dominated by individual performance. Although the home-and-away game system wasn't set in stone after the first leg, the climax created by this individual heroism was too popular. The only regret was that Zhou Ze Kai wouldn't say any arrogant or domineering words at the post-match press conference like many players. The interviews, which were answered with "Um, ah, oh," left the climax of this scene with endless regrets.

So, the final framed scene was that the onlookers were already completely excited, but the hero they were cheering for was just staring at them blankly… This was really… too inappropriate.

The excitement of that day passed, and then there was the peaceful duel between Blue Rain and Misty Rain. The recent victor was Blue Rain. After the match, Misty Rain offered their blessings to the winning side, and Blue Rain expressed their gratitude for the blessings. Blue Rain was the first to enter the grand finals.

Then, in the match between Samsara and Tiny Herb, Zhou Ze Kai didn't disappoint anyone amidst the expectations of countless people. In the end, he eliminated the defending champion, Tiny Herb.

The eighth season's grand finals of the Professional League would be between Samsara and Blue Rain.

If Samsara wins the championship, they will become the fifth champion team in league history.

If Blue Rain wins the championship, they will win their second championship trophy.

During the rest period before the grand finals, various reports were all over the place. It was the final after all, so they had to find some gimmicks even if there weren't any. What's more, there were many things to talk about between these two teams.

Especially Samsara. After experiencing four highly anticipated playoff matches, it had long been noticed that their characters' skill points were unusual. There were many speculations on the internet, and the major clubs were definitely studying them carefully, but none of them would reveal everything completely.

And speaking of the players of the two teams, the aces of these two teams, Zhou Ze Kai and Huang Shaotian, although they had different classes, had always been compared because the styles of these two were simply opposites.