translator: xiin
editors: apricot & juurensha
Half of the final eight were old teammates. This was something that had never happened before, nor was it likely that it would ever happen again in the future.
Lu Feng, Yuan Ze, Kim Sung-hyun, and Xie He.
They decisively entered the final circle, and they were all in great condition.
The other four players to enter the final circle were also star players from various competition zones. There were two top-laners and two jungler kings, all of whom were strong solo players.
No one went over to touch the Heart of Sky Island.
When the characters in the final circle were able to move again, no words or communication was needed before each of the four set their sights on a different target.
Lu Feng and Yuan Ze went up against the two top-laners, while Kim Sung-hyun and Xie He locked in on the junglers.
Lu Feng and Yuan Ze would undoubtedly kill the top-laners.
As for Kim Sung-hyun and Xie He, a storm hunter and immortal warlock killing two junglers so easily caused a wave of shrill screams in the audience!
The current strongest ADC and the strongest mage king in Glory did not let anyone down.
The four of them each killed another player in just a few seconds.
What was more surprising was that they all remained in good condition. They’d used up their skills, but their HP was still healthy, with two-thirds of their HP or more remaining.
This wasn’t just the ability to insta-kill, but also meant that they’d perfectly maneuvered around in the limited space to avoid most of the damage!
There were only the four of them left in the arena. There were only their old teammates, the original starters from the Team of Gods!
Countless people had mixed feelings in this frozen second!
Even Yan Jiang, who was watching this scene in the commentator booth, showed a light flash of emotion in his calm, depthless eyes.
It was extremely subtle and almost imperceptible. It was only after the game was over that loyal fans discovered this subtle difference when going over the game replay.
Wei Xiao stared at the screen, looking at the four people on the stage. The tip of his nose felt a little sour.
He felt heartache for Close, for the three years he’d been wandering alone, for the unwavering belief that he’d never given up on, and also for the way he had always preserved until now.
At the same time, it was immensely gratifying.
It was like watching the clouds open to reveal the brightly shining moon. After three long years, endless light was illuminating the darkness behind Close.
Everything was moving towards the best direction.
Close deserved all the goodness in the world.
A commotion had already begun in the live broadcast room as soon as they saw the four people standing there on the arena stage.
“I’m dazed. Screenshot?!”
“I’ll remember this for the rest of my life!”
“Once in a century, same frame!”
“My mom asked me why I’m crying so hard. I don’t know either, I just wanted to start bawling!!”
“Our Lulu has fought alone in the singles competition for three years. It’s been a full three years, ah, this day has finally come!”
“It’s time to tell the world that he deserves his four consecutive championships!”
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
There were those who were wailing loudly and also those who were paying close attention to the competition.
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“But this new competition system is precisely a brawl… They can’t just go and take turns, right?”
“Close will be at a disadvantage if they take turns. Even if he’s hoarded enough health potions, there’s nothing that can be done about his skill cooldowns. Unless he can insta-kill each of them with a set of skills…”
“Ahhhhh, the developers are such trash, why’d they change the competition system!? The Team of Gods finally all signed up, why can’t you let my Lulu prove himself!?”
This was indeed a problem.
The final circle in this new competition system was a big arena. It might have seemed somewhat spacious with only four people standing on it, but it was still impossible for them to just 1v1.
If they were to fight, then it would be the four of them fighting against each other. In that case, it seemed that whoever remained standing at the end relied a bit on luck?
If this were any other time, the fans wouldn’t be kicking up a fuss. After all, this new competition system was all about excitement, and the combination of strength and luck came together to make the game more suspenseful.
However, this one game was different. It could be said to be extraordinarily significant.
After waiting for a long three years, the Team of Gods had reunited.
Close had won the singles championship for three years. But at the end of the day, had it been his big brothers who had let him win, or did he truly deserve it?
He’d won for three years, yet had also been scolded for three years.
Too many people wanted to witness this moment.
But because of this new competition system, it was impossible for everyone to see the scene they wanted to see the most. How could they not kick up a fuss!
Just when everyone, including those at the commentator and VIP tables, were feeling unhappy about this matter, Close gave everyone a miracle.
He came forward with a shadow attack and picked up the Heart of Sky Island.
The Heart of Sky Island hung at the shadow thief’s waist, and the system started a countdown announcement––
If Close could hold on to the Heart for 300 seconds, then he would be the Lord of Sky Island!
This was really provoking trouble for himself! Did he want his three brothers to come beat him up?!
It was very obvious that Yuan Ze and the others hesitated for a second, but it was only for a single second.
The competition wasn’t a joke. They’d chosen up to sign up for the singles competition precisely because they wanted to have an exciting and satisfying fight.
It was impossible for them to take it easy on anyone; their drive to win the championship was stronger than ever before.
As teammates, they respected each other.
As opponents, they respected each other even more!
Amidst everyone’s mixed feelings of anticipation and disappointment, a transparent light wall appeared and confined Close and Kim Sung-hyun, who was stepping on raindrops to charge over.
The live broadcast studio: “???”
At this moment, Brother Mouth’s brain froze for a moment.
Yan Jiang said lightly, “First Blood special skill, confinement boundary.”
Wei Xiao’s eyes lit up instantly. He looked at Yan Jiang and asked, “It can create a barrier to cover two people?”
Yan Jiang responded, “It can be upgraded. If Close spent skill points on it, then it can confine them for up to 30 seconds.”
This statement dispelled everyone’s confusion.
So that’s how it could be done?
It could even be done like this!
Some people hurriedly went and searched through the official information on the singles competition. In the long list of skills, there really was a special skill called the confinement boundary.
It was a First Blood reward on the Sky Island of Light, and the drop rate was 1%.
This skill drop rate!
It was even lower than the shocking ‘fury’ skill!
Close actually got it!
Looking at it again was enough to make everyone excited.
After using confinement boundary, a barrier would be created within a range of ten yards. It was immune to all external attacks and could last for a maximum of 30 seconds.
There was a prerequisite for using this barrier; there had to be at least two people inside the boundary, otherwise the skill release would fail.
The game developers naturally hadn’t only developed this skill for the Team of Gods.
They had really thought about it.
There could also be 1v1 fights in brawl mode; this skill would make the game much more interesting to watch, especially when it came to the final arena.
Otherwise, after everyone pounced on each other and released their skills, what else would there be to watch?
Confinement boundary could isolate two people, and these two people would have to have a life and death duel!
Close had held on tightly to this skill and hadn’t used it throughout the game.
Of course, there also hadn’t been any opponent that he needed to use it for. So it was at this moment that he finally used it.
After three years, they deserved a solo without distractions!
Kim Sung-hyun realized what had happened after being stunned for a moment.
Seizing the Heart of Sky Island, then using confinement boundary was clearly going all out to provoke his big brothers.
Little Close was still as arrogant as ever!
The corners of Kim Sung-hyun’s mouth curved up slightly, and the tear mole was particularly conspicuous under the light. The fingertips resting on the keyboard itched slightly––
Come on, Close.
Come on, FTW.Close!
Close had switched to the storm hunter talent, and the transparent barrier was filled with light and rain.
The two of them wore the champion skin from three years ago, and their gorgeous light elf rain arrows had letters carved upon them, one with a dark F and the other with a golden S.
The former FTW.Succe had stamped his ID on his proudest weapon.
The nimble storm hunters covered the entire boundary with raindrops, and the elves who stepped on them were coated in golden light. The raindrops seemed to have absorbed the golden color, and the ripples caused by the flying arrows reflected an infinite radiance.
It was a thrilling duel, yet it also held an unparalleled beauty.
The audience who were watching the holographic projection forgot that this was a deadly, tense match where one hit could mean death. They forgot that this was a life or death final battle, and that each rain arrow carried earth-shattering destructive power.
The raindrops floated in the air, and the jumping storm hunters evaded their opponents’ damage while also finding the right time to deal DPS.
Stand off, shoot!
When one side came close to the other party and an arrow pierced their heart, the audience seemed to wake up from a big dream and had trouble coming back to their senses even when the sound of an announcement rang in their ears.
FTW.Close killed Pro.Succe!
Lu Feng used the storm hunter to defeat his former teammate and current opponent––Pro’s Kim Sung-hyun.
The venue was silent for half a second before waves of applause broke out, each one louder than the last!
However, this was just the beginning. The round robin fighting that the audience was afraid of was something that Close took the initiative to set up.
The Heart of Sky Island was in his hands, and he was everyone’s target.
It was impossible for Yuan Ze and Xie He, who were outside the barrier, not to make a move. They would only lock in on Close, focus on the Heart of Sky Island hanging at his waist, and also focus on his constantly switching talents.
As he landed on the ground, Close switched to the immortal warlock and spent five seconds using a health potion to restore his HP. The moment the confinement boundary skill ended, another barrier rose up. This time, it blocked off Xie He.
They were both immortal warlocks, and it was another long-awaited solo.
Special effects from the skills they cast almost completely covered the white-clad immortal warlocks. On the other side of the transparent barrier, and through the layers upon layers of clouds, all that could be seen seemed to be the indistinct hem of the immortal warlock’s robes.
The clouds surged, and the cloud blades stacked up. The audience couldn’t help but lean forward, trying to see this rapidly changing battlefield clearly.
Connecting clouds laid the foundation in the mist, and landing on clouds shattered the mist. When the white light exploded, there were countless thousand layers of clouds.
It was like falling into the clouds and being immersed the weightlessness of that fall.
But hidden underneath this most beautiful scenery lay an endlessly murderous aura!
Over ten seconds of special skill effects came and went, and then this ten second battle came to an end.
The audience really wished they could have a replay at sixteen times slower than real speed so that they could see the wonderful operations that these immortal warlocks had performed clearly!
In the end, Lu Feng relied on his economic advantage to switch back and forth between invincibility and lethal wound immunity equipment to resist Xie He’s thousand layers of clouds.
Xie He didn’t lose out in micro operations, but rather lost out in the pre-fight operations.
After all, Close, who had slaughtered his way through Moonlight Wetland and Battlesong Plains, had accumulated an amount of gold that was out of reach for everyone else.
After eliminating two people, there was no need to use the confinement boundary again. The only two people left on the stage also switched to the death knight talent.
Yuan Ze laughed briefly and typed out a line of text: “2331:2332.”
This had been the final score of their previous death knight vs death knight matches.
Xie He wasn’t the only one who owed Lu Feng a game. He did as well.
Come on.
There wasn’t much time left on the countdown for the Heart of Sky Island, so they would use the death knight to determine the final outcome.
Who would be the true champion of the singles competition?!
xiin: sorry for disappearing back then without finishing off Glory T_T
HUGE thank you to luckykoi & @babyybluebear for picking up the novel while i was gone (and to apricot for sticking with it <3）
updates will be 1/week for now.
(also, am i the only one whose mind went straight into the gutter with that title?)
Oh my gosh! The scenes were thrilling! Welcome back Xiin, you were missed. Thanks for returning and resuming the translation. I love this novel.
Welcome back to Glory!
Thanks for the chapter and welcome back
welcome back xiin!! and i absolutely didn’t think in that direction until i saw your comment… but now i can’t get it out of my head 😂
But now, I also can’t get it out of my head lmao +1
Welcome back Xiin~♡
thank you for the chapter and welcome back!!!
Thank you 💝
Welcome back xiin and thanks for the chapter!! <333
Welcome back xiin! Hope you are well!