Full-time: The Strongest Sniper

Professional training is ultimately tedious, to the point that now, raiding wild bosses has become a kind of perk for the Happy team. But everyone knows that the more painful and difficult their training, the further they are from professional standards. So the Happy team endures this torment, except for the more lively Baozi who occasionally shouts, no one complains. As for Baozi, that's just his personality, so no one takes it to heart.

A week has passed in the blink of an eye. This week, the members of Team Happy have been doing training for their respective roles and basic training. Of course, for players who have reached this stage, Xiao Nai and his team will not only design training programs based on their roles, but also conduct more targeted training or training with different focuses based on the different operating methods of each player.

In fact, many players who emerged from the Challenger Series have similar experiences, but they don't have the same targeted training as Xiao Nai and his group. They usually train in the arena. These players are collectively referred to as "self-taught" by other players. Of course, this doesn't mean it's bad. Ultimately, whether it's good or bad depends on the individual and the circumstances at the time.

After a week of training, Xiao Nai, Ye Xiu, and the others are now summarizing everyone's progress. Xiao Nai has even had Luo Ji create a data model to more quantitatively represent everyone's improvements and shortcomings. This will allow them to see things more clearly and address them more effectively.

There were some rumors circulating in the professional esports scene this week, but no players transferred teams, making the transfer period relatively calm. Of course, this calm is relative; there were actually some personnel changes in smaller teams, but because the initial transfer fees were set too high, Glory fans are no longer paying attention to these smaller teams' moves.

Time slips away little by little, and now all the teams have begun recalling their players who are resting elsewhere, preparing for the next season. After all, although it's currently the off-season, it's not like students leaving school; the competition starts on September 1st, and all the players won't be back until then.

After a transfer window of adjustments, many teams have made changes, especially Tyranny, which directly added two All-Star players. Hundred Blossoms also underwent a core rebuild, and the addition of the rising star Tang Hao to Swiftness. These are all significant changes and improvements.

Of course, there's also the departure of Yu Feng from Blue Rain, and Tiny Herb's two All-Star caliber players have seen one retire and the other transfer. These changes all present challenges. And challenges take time.

Professional leagues typically begin in September, but major teams usually recall their players in mid-August. This not only allows players to challenge other teams but also helps them regain their competitive form, as not all players maintain their daily training regimen while on vacation.

On August 15th, with the professional teams bringing their players back, the online game guilds finally breathed a sigh of relief. This was especially true for guilds that didn't have professional players to help them. Of course, the happiest were Xiao Nai's alliance, as their profits finally returned to normal after the departure of professional players like Zhang Xinjie.

Of course, although the players have returned, the transfer period is not over yet, and teams are still scrambling to find ways to improve their strength.

The various guilds are quite emotional about what happened during this period, considering that there weren't so many professional players helping out in the online game before, coupled with all sorts of incredible transfer results. It's safe to say this summer has been truly memorable.

Since the transfer window has not yet closed, many Honor of Kings players are still looking forward to seeing what kind of transfers will occur in the coming days.

Unfortunately, things were rather uneventful afterward. Of course, there were some noteworthy transfers, though. Guo Yang, a player from Excellent Era, transferred to the Howling Gaming team for 260 million.

Despite being dropped out of the professional league, Excellent Era still had players leaving. After all, unless a club can completely persuade a player, they won't force them to stay if they don't want to, as that would only result in a lose-lose situation, which is unnecessary. Although Excellent Era acquired top-tier characters like Xiao Shiqin and his character "Sheng Ling Mie," they still had to waste a year in the Challenger League, and not everyone was willing to sacrifice that year. Furthermore, Excellent Era players' fear of Ye Xiu, knowing he would also appear in this Challenger League, ultimately led some to choose to withdraw.

Guo Yang was also one of Excellent Era's main players, and he played the role of Qi Master. His departure was definitely good news for Xiao Nai and the others.

After all, with one of their key players leaving, Team Excellent Era will have less pressure and less energy.

After all, they are now a team with three players of All-Star caliber. As for why I say caliber, it's because Xiao Nai hasn't even debuted yet, so he can't be considered an All-Star yet.

However, outsiders are unaware of this, so from the outside perspective, with three All-Stars—Sun Xiang, Xiao Shiqin, and Su Mucheng—endorsing Excellent Era, their return to the league is a foregone conclusion.

Some even felt that the team that was relegated along with Excellent Era was a tragedy. Very few teams that hadn't made it back after a year in the Challenger Series could continue to persevere.

Not to mention those teams that fell out of the professional league much earlier and are struggling.

Team Xi Huo is such a team.

They were eliminated in Season 6, and failed in the seventh and eighth Challenger Series. In the professional scene where even one elimination could lead to disbandment, it is remarkable that this team has persisted for so long. After a series of defeats, they now have to face Excellent Era, which has three All-Stars. You can imagine how desperate they are right now.

The Sunset Fire team wasn't the only team in such despair. The Mysterious Qi team, which came down with Excellent Era, was equally desperate. They were also feeling very down, because none of them had the confidence to fight their way back into the professional league from Excellent Era.

They all hoped to see some players leave Excellent Era, and although this time it was also a key player who left, it was obviously not enough for them.

However desperate they may feel, they are well aware that no other team would want them given their skill level, since all the players who could leave had already done so when they were relegated. Now, they have no choice but to take a gamble and register for the tournament.

The same applies to Team Happy; Chen Guo is currently registering everyone with their ID cards and game character account cards. (End of Chapter)