84: Chapter 84: The Battle Pass's Luxurious Cost-Effectiveness

Shancheng, a certain university. In Zhou Lei's dormitory.

He placed his phone on a stand to watch A-Sao's stream while he sat in front of his computer and opened the league of legends client.

On the home page of the store, the introduction page for the battle pass was displayed.

For eighty-nine yuan, the level one paid battle pass immediately granted the new hero, Yasuo.

By completing all the levels, one could obtain at least five more skins, with the final one being a Legendary tier skin. In between, a bunch of other rewards were scattered, such as Essence, emotes, and ward skins; the list was so long that it seemed endless even after scrolling for ages.

Even the free battle pass included a skin chest and plenty of other rewards.

Zhou Lei had originally only intended to buy Yasuo, and he had enough Essence, but seeing the luxurious rewards of the battle pass made him hesitate.

Because he realized something.

The battle pass cost eighty-nine yuan, and level one alone included Yasuo, worth forty-five yuan, plus five skins and a heap of miscellaneous items. He counted on his fingers twice, confirming he hadn't miscalculated.

Once the battle pass was maxed out, the value of all the combined rewards was at least five hundred yuan. If the skin chests contained good items, the value would be even more staggering!

Although the battle pass had many levels, it would last for three months. As long as he played a few games every day, he could easily max it out.

He never spent money on games. He had played dota for so long without spending a single cent, but today, looking at the terrifying value of this battle pass...

Finally. After taking a few deep breaths.

"Bought it!"

"Just consider it paying my dues for the skins I pulled during the previous Battle Night!"

Without further hesitation, Zhou Lei purchased the battle pass directly.

After buying it, he saw the entry for the dragon fist lucky draw.

After the event officially went live, the in-game effects of dragon fist could no longer be hidden. Under Qin Mo's optimization, the special effects for this world's dragon fist were completely maxed out.

Zhou Lei looked at the skin details.

The Lee Sin on screen wore a yellow jumpsuit with a golden dragon totem tattooed on his back, and his skill effects were all dragon-shaped light projections.

The moment his Q skill was cast, a dragon flew out from his fist. When his R skill was used to kick, an entire golden dragon coiled outwards, making the screen shake.

In the recall animation, Lee Sin performed a set of martial arts moves on the spot, finally freezing in a classic martial arts opening stance, with a swimming dragon shadow circling around him.

"This is too cool."

The first recharge only cost six yuan, guaranteeing an unowned skin with a chance to pull dragon fist directly.

Since he had already recharged for the battle pass, another six-yuan first-time pull wouldn't hurt. After all, it was only six yuan!

"Six yuan is just the price of three bottles of mineral water."

Just as Zhou Lei clicked recharge again, preparing to pay, his roommate poked his head out from bed and happened to see Zhou Lei's payment interface.

"You're spending money?"

The roommate's voice was filled with ghost-seeing shock, and he sat straight up in bed. He hadn't seen that Zhou Lei had already purchased the battle pass.

"Zhou Lei? You're spending money? Have you ever spent money on a game in your entire life?"

"The value of this event is just too high; I couldn't resist. I just bought the eighty-nine yuan battle pass. Let me tell you, the value of this battle pass is incredible."

"And this six-yuan first pull is also pretty good; I'm going to buy it too."

Zhou Lei pulled up the battle pass reward list to show him.

The other person was just like him—a league of legends player.

Soon, looking at the luxurious value of the battle pass and thinking about how Zhou Lei had actually spent money, it was clear the rewards were truly exaggerated. He didn't hesitate anymore, rolled out of bed, and turned on his computer.

"Wait, I'm going to buy a battle pass too. Don't buy the first pull yet; wait for me so we can pull together. Maybe we'll have better luck."

Zhou Lei waited for his roommate to start his computer. After the other person bought the battle pass, they both clicked into the dragon fist lucky draw page.

The roommate recharged six yuan first. The chest opened, a purple light flashed, and it was an Epic skin for a hero he often used.

"Not bad, it's usable." The roommate nodded in satisfaction.

Zhou Lei also recharged six yuan. He clicked the lucky draw button, but the webpage lagged, and the loading circle spun for over ten seconds without any response.

Zhou Lei jokingly said, "It wouldn't be loading dragon fist for me, would it?"

The roommate leaned back in his chair, his tone carrying a hint of teasing.

"As your brother, I definitely hope you pull it, since we're buddies!" "But the probability is too low; it's basically impossible."

But the very next second, the screen refreshed. The chest exploded open.

A golden dragon soared up from the center of the screen: dragon fist, Lee Sin.

Looking at the image on Zhou Lei's computer screen, the entire dormitory fell into absolute silence instantly, both of their expressions frozen on their faces.

Two seconds later, the roommate suddenly sprang up from his chair, grabbed Zhou Lei by the neck with both hands, his face turning bright red.

"Die! How could you pull it?! It's fake! It must be fake! It's all an illusion; I'm still dreaming!"

"Ah! I'm not convinced, give me back my dragon!" "It's fake, it's all fake! Bleh, bleh, bleh!" ...

That day, a few hours after the league of legends event went live.

The battle pass topic surged onto the Weibo hot search list, and overseas on Twitter and major gaming communities, people were also discussing it.

The reason was only one thing: value.

After the detailed rewards for the battle pass were announced, all the players did the math. Once maxed out, it offered at least a five-fold return.

Although maxing out the levels would take a fair amount of time, with a three-month timespan, playing a few games every day was completely enough.

Furthermore, even if the battle pass wasn't maxed out, even if one only got one-tenth of the early rewards—a Yasuo and a skin chest—it would still break even.

Yesterday, when the event was teased, because there were no detailed rewards for the battle pass, many netizens didn't think much of it.

But seeing it today, the value of the battle pass was completely maxed out. Many league of legends players were praising it, but beneath these discussions, dota 2 players remained in a state of jealousy and mockery.

"What's the use of high value? Eighty-nine yuan isn't exactly cheap. Casual players who don't spend money won't spend it anyway; revenue won't go up."

"Before, they gave away three skins for free; now they're selling it for eighty-nine, and even if you max it out, you only get five skins. Who's buying this? I'm not, for sure!"

"It's just for show. Do they really think anyone will spend money?"

Meanwhile, on Douyin and Bilibili, videos of Yasuo started going viral in droves.

The nickname "Happy Wind Man" spread throughout the entire league of legends community in less than half a day.

One of the videos was a clip from A-Sao's livestream, where he was shouting "Hasagi" while dashing back and forth through crowds and minion waves. It broke one million views in less than an hour.

Even though he had just been released, many league of legends players had already felt the joy of this hero.

Also in the afternoon, while Yasuo's nickname was spreading, league of legends released the in-game demonstration video for the dragon fist skin on various platforms.

In the video, Lee Sin was wearing that iconic yellow jumpsuit with the golden dragon totem tattooed on his back.

At first, players on these platforms didn't notice much, thinking at most that the skin looked very cool.

But looking at the familiar opening stance and various movements, combined with the name dragon fist, soon, someone finally recognized that the prototype for this skin was Bruce Lee, coupled with the completely Great Xia-style attire.

It was almost instantly understood by a large number of players that this skin was a commemorative skin designed specifically for Great Xia players.

You have to know that in this world, with so many games globally, no game had ever released a skin for Great Xia. Even the neighboring Sakura country, South Korea, and even India had commemorative skins in many games, but Great Xia did not.

Yet this skin showed maximum sincerity; it could even be called a love letter to Great Xia players.

Bruce Lee, dragon fist, Tang suit. With these various elements combined, this skin was instantly imbued with irreplaceable meaning by countless Great Xia players!

"This is Bruce Lee!" "dragon fist! Brother Dragon!" "This skin is too cool; it's the most meaningful skin in history, bar none!"

"I previously thought two thousand to five thousand was too expensive, but as the first love letter to Great Xia players, it's definitely worth it!" "The first recharge is only six yuan; let's test the waters first."