15 million!
Not to mention who the buyer was, just this amount alone was enough to set off a storm. The news clearly stated that this was only for the player, not the character. Then, without a doubt, if this transaction went through, the value of a Glory pro player would reach new heights.
What was worth noting was that the current record for a player transfer was set by Team Wind Howl. Tang Hao had transferred to Wind Howl in the summer between Season 8 and Season 9, and the transfer fee of 10 million was currently the highest.
The winter transfer window was usually filled with small adjustments or forced additions due to injuries or other special reasons. In Season 8, Excellent Era had purchased Sun Xiang, which was an extremely rare transfer of a core player. However, it was still considered a forced addition from Excellent Era after Ye Xiu retired midseason.
And now, Wind Howl had directly offered the highest transfer fee in history to Team Tyranny's Zhang Xinjie. It could be seen that they had fully realized the problem with their team and desperately wanted to solve it.
Was Zhang Xinjie the magic weapon to solve Wind Howl's problem?
When everyone saw this, they realized that Wind Howl had chosen the right player. After abandoning their dirty playstyle, Wind Howl was unable to establish a new tactical system. A Master Tactician would undoubtedly be of great help in this regard. Wind Howl hoped to establish a new tactical style, an aggressive playstyle. Zhang Xinjie had come from Team Tyranny, so he could completely adapt to this style.
However, in the end, relying on a new player to solve the problem was the only way. Zhang Xinjie seemed to be the right choice, but the key problem was that this transfer wasn't something that could be bought just because you wanted to, especially when it was targeted at a core player of the opposing team.
As a result, Wind Howl didn't even bother probing, directly offering a record price of 15 million. They clearly didn't have a win-win transfer plan, so they could only use money to pave the way, hoping to get a price that Team Tyranny couldn't refuse.
Everyone's eyes instantly focused on this. All sorts of media outlets investigated and quickly confirmed that this news was true. Team Wind Howl had indeed submitted an official transfer request to Team Tyranny.
But … before anyone could say anything, Team Tyranny had already given a lightning-fast reply through the media: rejection.
There wasn't even any official comment, just a simple rejection. Team Tyranny's fans didn't even have time to worry before the club's swift response calmed them down.
Tyranny's attitude seemed very resolute, but those who were familiar with these types of transfers knew that sometimes, attitude was just a bargaining chip for a price. Tyranny's attitude showed that they didn't care for 15 million, then, what about more?
Those who were looking forward to a good show weren't disappointed. Not even an hour after Team Tyranny publicly rejected Wind Howl's offer, Wind Howl followed up.
20 million!
Tang Hao's transfer record for a single player was doubled. Everyone finally saw how crazy Wind Howl was. In all these years, this veteran team had never given off the feeling of being rich and overbearing. Who would have thought that when they didn't move, they would move Thunder Wan Jun.
A team asking for a big-name player was something that fans of any team would love to see. Team Wind Howl's fans had been depressed about their team being swept by Happy, but now, Wind Howl's repeated aggressive moves stirred them up. In addition, the acquisition of Zhang Xinjie was indeed the right move. For a moment, Wind Howl's fans became active, anticipating while also taking action, using the passion of a fan to curry favor and welcome Zhang Xinjie. Everyone knew that in a transfer, the player's intentions were very important, especially for a big-name player like Zhang Xinjie.
But this time, Team Tyranny hadn't even given an official reply, but Zhang Xinjie had already made a personal declaration, expressing that he had no intention of leaving Team Tyranny.
The passion of Wind Howl's fans had just been ignited, when a bucket of cold water was poured over them. For a moment, they didn't know what to do, blankly waiting for the team's next move.
Team Wind Howl had already made two bids that had caused an uproar, but in reality, a transfer wasn't something that could be decided through a private conversation. Privately, Wind Howl was also in contact. 20 million wasn't even their bottom line. It was just a way to raise the team's morale, to raise the expectations of the fans.
Then, in private contact, Wind Howl kicked an iron board. Whether it was Team Tyranny or Zhang Xinjie himself, neither showed any signs of relenting. In private, Wind Howl had already raised their offer to 25 million, and they had promised Zhang Xinjie extremely high treatment.
Rejection.
What they received was still rejection, the type of rejection that didn't leave any room for negotiation.
Wind Howl was helpless. While the outside world was still waiting for Wind Howl to make another move, who knew that in private, they had already broken their heads and bled. Their request for Zhang Xinjie had suddenly turned into a farce that was all bark and no bite. By the start of Round 19, two teams had completed two unremarkable transfers. As for Wind Howl? That day, after making a ruckus, Wind Howl suddenly stopped.
Zhang Xinjie's purchase had failed, but their ruckus had been too great. The fans' expectations had been raised, but in the end, they hadn't succeeded. It had to be said that Wind Howl seemed to have been too confident in this matter, too confident in the use of money to pave the way. They didn't seem to have thought that with this kind of price and conditions, Tyranny and Zhang Xinjie would still say no to them.
Wind Howl needed to find a backup to fill the fans' suspenseful expectations. However, just in terms of healers, who in Glory could compare to Zhang Xinjie? What's more, Wind Howl still hoped to solve the team's current problem. Simply switching out a healer wouldn't help matters. Wind Howl's current problem wasn't their healer Ruan Yongbin's dirty style. Wind Howl knew this very well. Their key problem was that after abandoning their dirty playstyle, they didn't have a mature tactical system to operate the team.
Without Zhang Xinjie, Wind Howl was like a headless fly. In Round 19, Wind Howl once again met the strong team Micrograss.
Micrograss had been strong in the group arena this season, but their performance in the team competition was worrying. However, after the match ended, everyone could clearly see that even though Micrograss's team didn't perform well, they were still more than capable of taking care of Wind Howl. At least, they hadn't been as disorganized as Wind Howl, relying solely on their players' intuition and judgment.
9 to 1, Micrograss won a huge victory in their away game against Wind Howl. Wind Howl had earned a point compared to last round, but this point wasn't enough to make anyone happy.
In the same round, Team Tyranny, who had received Wind Howl's request for Zhang Xinjie, showed their determination. In their away game against Void, they won 8 to 2.
However, in Round 19, the most surprising result was that Samsara's streak of consecutive wins had been broken.
The team that had sniped Samsara was Hundred Blossoms. In their home game, Hundred Blossoms broke Samsara's undefeated streak 7 to 3.
Samsara's team performance in this round was indeed poor. After the match, analysts pointed out that the long and meticulous team battle against Thunder in the previous round had shattered Samsara's rhythm. In this round, they clearly hadn't adjusted their rhythm yet.
But no matter what the reason was, victory belonged to Hundred Blossoms. After Round 19, all the teams had taken turns to fight. In the end, only Hundred Blossoms had defeated Samsara. This point made Hundred Blossoms' fans very proud. After so many years, Hundred Blossoms had received more ridicule than praise. This kind of exhilaration that only belonged to them was truly rare.
Samsara's losing streak was naturally headline news. However, Team Happy was no longer an invisible team that could be casually ignored. In this round, Team Happy also suffered their first loss since Round 9, which attracted quite a bit of attention.
Happy's away game against 301 Degrees ended in a 4 to 6 loss. When they had obtained four points in the individual competition, Happy's fans had thought that it would be another huge victory. They had even felt regretful that they hadn't won another 10 to 0. Who would have thought that in this team competition, Happy would lose?
From Round 9 onwards, let alone losing, Happy's winning score had never been lower than 9 to 1. This was an even scarier pace for points than Samsara. If the Pro League only consisted of nine to eighteen rounds, then Happy would already be the champions.
In this crazy winning streak, Happy hadn't met any of the top powerhouses. However, the likes of Misty Rain, Void, Thunder, and Wind Howl weren't opponents that could be easily defeated. What was even more valiant was that Happy's record against these four powerhouses was even more outstanding. In these four matches, they had won three 10 to 0.
With a record that was even crazier than Samsara's, people acknowledged Happy's strength. However, no one really thought of them as some invincible battleship.
This was because Happy's team had always had a weakness. Their healer had been discovered from the start to be somewhat lacking. This wasn't a secret. It was something that had even been reported in the newspapers.
With such an obvious weakness, every team would obviously target it. But soon afterwards, they discovered that Happy had covered up their weaknesses to the point of insanity.
Against Hundred Blossoms, against Misty Rain, and then against Void … this was especially clear in these matches.
Afterwards, Team Thunder made a clear tactical arrangement to counter this weakness. However, because Xiao Shiqin was unable to give detailed commands, the tactical arrangement was broken. If voice commands were allowed, then perhaps Happy would have lost because their Cleric couldn't keep up with the pace of the battle.
Happy's weakness was so obvious, but so many teams just couldn't find it. However, in Round 19, against 301 Degrees, Happy's weakness was exposed.
It was broken in a simple and crude manner.
301 Degrees' captain, Glory's number one Assassin, Yang Cong, used Life-Risking Strike to self-destruct and take away An Wenyi's Little Cold Hands.
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