Chapter 228 Black Star Army Badge - Evolution

[Black Star Army Badge - Evolution] is a divine artifact for doing missions and dungeons. Besides this item, various things are restricted in each star cluster, and the Black Star Army isn't the only one.

"The qualifiers are almost over, and the official start of the league is coming soon."

Han Xiao rubbed his fingers and reopened the forum to browse the qualifier match reports.

All players could sign up for the qualifiers. After three versions of operation and publicity, the third session had a vast number of participating players. In the end, 40 regular season team slots and 64 individual competition slots were selected from each division. The elimination rate was astonishingly high, and the competition was extremely fierce.

As the saying goes, each version has its own god. With the compressed orb technology, the Mechanic class, like in his previous life, rose in the third league, and its average record in team and individual competitions improved significantly.

Especially in individual competitions, where the Mechanic class was originally relatively weak, it now shone brightly in the qualifiers and was upgraded to a solid T1 class.

The Mechanic class's ability to spread the field was indeed strong. The downside was that it was too expensive, and players finally encountered the painful yet joyful trouble.

Looking at all the divisions, the most powerful Mechanic class area was the Shattered Star Ring division, which had become a local characteristic. The Black Star Army was currently one of the best camps for Mechanic class players.

Due to the rise of the Mechanic class, many dark horses emerged in this qualifier.

However, this did not include Maple Moon. In his previous life, she only participated in the third session for the first time and became an instant hit. But this time, she participated in the previous league in advance and even won the thirty-eighth place in the division's individual competition. Her development trajectory was already completely different.

Because she had a good relationship with Mad Blade, Jiangcheng Club offered her an olive branch early on and signed her before the qualifiers started. So now, Maple Moon was not a free player, but a member of the Jiangcheng team, and her identity was already that of a professional player.

Whether it was her character stats, equipment, or personal skills, Maple Moon was a level higher than in her previous life, and she steadily occupied a place in the top sixty-four of the regular individual competition, obtaining a qualifying spot.

It was worth mentioning that the clubs of Lao E and Lao Ao in the Shattered Star Ring sent some core guild players to form teams to participate in the qualifiers and snipe Huaxia's potential teams, with the aim of eliminating the powerful teams as much as possible.

Sniping in the competition was not considered using tricks outside the game. This kind of approach to打击competitors was understandable, but after it was exposed, it still aroused a lot of dissatisfaction among Huaxia players.

Your professional players stay in their own divisions to play, but send some troublemakers to our division to cause trouble? Still a big foreign club, really a younger brother!

The teams sent by Lao E and Lao Ao were resisted and targeted by Huaxia players. Because they were not professional teams, they were not too strong. These snipers were eliminated in the middle of the qualifiers.

Now the candidates for the qualifiers in the major divisions are basically clear. The official league is the stage for these people, so a large number of players enthusiastically analyzed the performance of these players in the qualifiers and released various analysis posts. Now the forum is basically filled with such posts.

Han Xiao also watched with great interest. Once upon a time in his previous life, he had also received such treatment.

After browsing the forum for a while, a new post suddenly appeared in the section and was instantly pinned to the top, attracting Han Xiao's attention.

Taking a look, this was the new issue of *Star Sea Times*, making the final publicity for the official opening of the league. It was a very long program that invited all the players scheduled to qualify, as well as the professional teams from major clubs.

This *Star Sea Times*, Han Da Technical Master watched every issue, and immediately clicked in.

Male host: "Hello, player friends, this is *Star Sea Times*, dedicated to sharing first-hand game information and escorting your game career."

Female host: "The qualifiers are coming to an end, and the official league has entered the countdown. Today, we are fortunate to invite professional players from major clubs in the Shattered Star Ring division and players who have qualified in the qualifiers to conduct an interview. Please give a round of applause."

Pa pa pa... (Applause and cheers added in post-production)

Everyone went online one after another, showed their faces, and introduced themselves under the guidance of the host.

Female host: "Welcome everyone to *Star Sea Times*. First of all, on behalf of the vast number of players, I congratulate everyone on obtaining the regular season spots. This session we have many new faces. Some people say that this qualifier belongs to the dark horses. I will first interview the players who entered the regular season for the first time. What are your thoughts on entering the highly anticipated regular season for the first time?"

The host interviewed the newcomers one by one. Many of them were familiar faces. In his previous life, a considerable part of these newcomers who rose in the third session joined professional teams. After some old players retired, these newcomers gradually became important or even main members of the team, with status equivalent to Li Ge and Hao Tian. Now, looking at these rookies' youthful appearance, Han Xiao felt quite fresh.

After interviewing the newcomers, it was the professional teams' turn. The highlight of the interview was the three teams that made it to the international top eight in the previous session—Changkong, Dynasty, and Jiangcheng.

"Team leaders Hao Tian, Wanghou Jiangxiang, and Kuang Dao, you achieved excellent international rankings in the previous league. Now that the third league is about to begin, do you feel any pressure?"

Kuang Dao nodded, "There is definitely pressure. The better the results, the more eyes are on us. Even the smallest mistake will be infinitely magnified. But more importantly, it is motivation. We have potential rookies like Maple Moon, and the team is also very well-integrated. We are very confident in this competition. We will grow bigger and stronger and create greater glories."

"Okay, we also wish Jiangcheng better results. Then what about the members of Changkong and Dynasty? You were the international champion and international third runner-up in the previous session, and have attracted much attention. What are your goals for this league? What ranking do you hope to achieve?"

Hao Tian said in a deep voice: "We only have one goal, and that is to defend the title. Apart from that, any result is a step backward."

Wanghou Jiangxiang smiled lightly, "Coincidentally, our only goal is to win the championship."

"It seems that the two captains are very confident and want to bring back the international championship trophy for Huaxia again." The female host rounded off the sentence, diluting the gunpowder between the two.

The host continued the interview, and the rest were topics related to preparations. Finally, she emphasized the opening time of the regular season and carried out the last wave of publicity as the finale.

Han Xiao finished watching the program and scanned the players' replies. Most people were very optimistic.

[Having Everything in the End by Licking the Boot: We occupied three of the top eight in the previous international competition. If it wasn't for Dynasty's bad luck and fighting two internal battles in a row, maybe the runner-up would also be ours!]

[Water Lilies: What is called an international strong team (tactical backward leaning)]

[A Car of Bread Men: We have a great chance of defending the title. The Mechanic class has risen in this version. Because of the Black Star Army, the Mechanic class in our division is the strongest. This is our advantage, and the overall ranking will definitely be better]

If there is an optimistic family, there will naturally be those who sing the opposite and pour cold water. No matter how small the number is, it cannot cover up their overflowing presence.

[Rewind: Can you stop bragging? You got a championship by luck and you are inflated, hehe, I think it's difficult to even enter the international top eight this time]

[Father of Dudu: I really hate praising these professional players so highly. I don't know what's so great about them]

[Hanzo: Just steal the joy of winning a championship, and still fantasize about defending the title. It's unrealistic, really speechless]

Han Xiao roughly scanned these comments and couldn't help but give a thumbs up.

——In terms of attracting hatred, these people are still more professional.

Long-term publicity has made the third league more popular than ever before. As the opening day of the league gets closer and closer, the players on the forum become more and more active.

A few days later, the opening ceremony arrived as scheduled, and the players' long-accumulated excitement finally exploded!

The opening battle of the Shattered Star Ring division was Changkong against Dynasty, and the commentary guest invited the extremely popular Meat Bun.

Before the game officially started, the number of viewers in the live broadcast channel was soaring. Han Xiao, who was staying at headquarters, also opened the forum as soon as possible to watch the opening battle.