Chapter 638 - 121: Double Champion! Perfect Storm! Upgraded Reward
In terms of personal goals, after scoring a hat-trick in the final round, Wang Shuo won this season’s Bundesliga Golden Boot Award with 54 goals.
This also made him the Golden Boot winner with the most goals in a single season in Bundesliga history!
To put that number in perspective, many people might not grasp its significance.
On the top scorers list, Bayern’s star scorer Mario Gomez, who ranked second behind Wang Shuo, had scored 28 goals.
Freiburg’s striker Sissoko scored 22 goals, placing him third.
The two of them combined only scored a total of 50 goals.
If Wang Shuo’s goal tally were a team on the Bundesliga league table, his 54 goals would rank fifth among the 18 teams.
Behind only Dortmund, Bayern, Bayer Leverkusen, and Stuttgart.
Wang Shuo’s old club, Mainz, had an outstanding season, but their entire team’s goal count was only 52.
Fourth-place Hannover 96 only scored 49 goals.
That just shows how valuable Wang Shuo’s goals were this season!
And that’s not even counting Wang Shuo’s 22 assists.
If assists were included, Wang Shuo directly contributed to 76 goals in the Bundesliga this season, placing him third overall, behind only the entire teams of Dortmund and Bayern.
So, after the Bundesliga season drew to a close, nearly all of Germany’s media outlets were frenetically reporting on Dortmund and heaping praise on Wang Shuo.
Bild even commented on it.
They had already praised him so much that many media outlets were now forced to dig through old newspapers for previously used vocabulary just to praise him again.
Because they couldn’t invent any new words to praise Wang Shuo!
After winning the Bundesliga title and lifting the championship shield, Dortmund confined their celebrations to Westfalen Stadium.
It was just as head coach Klopp said at the post-match press conference.
"Our work this season isn’t over yet!"
"Lifting the Bundesliga championship shield is just a formality. For us, what’s truly important are the two upcoming finals."
Although Duisburg was a 2nd Bundesliga team, their strength couldn’t be underestimated, seeing as they had made it to the DFB-Pokal final.
As for Wang Shuo...
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"Post-match summary: 7 Passive Value points."
After returning to Strobelaler from Westfalen Stadium, Wang Shuo immediately entered the Ball God System to check on his gains.
What he was really focused on was the second message.
"Congratulations. For helping Dortmund successfully defend the Bundesliga title in the 10/11 season with a record-breaking point total and an undefeated run, you have been awarded one Intercontinental Level Passive Skill Card or 250 Passive Value points. Please make your choice..."
’Just as I thought!’
The moment Wang Shuo saw this message, he was overcome with joy.
’Last season, after Dortmund won the Bundesliga title, the reward was a National Level Passive Skill Card or 150 Passive Value points.’
’And now it’s an Intercontinental Level Passive Skill Card or 250 Passive Value points.’
’The reward jumped up a whole tier!’
’If I’m not mistaken, this is already on the same level as winning the Champions League!’
’This is so generous!’
’How should I choose?’
’Is there even a choice?’
’All of my passive skills are at least National Level right now.’
’It only costs 100 Passive Value points to upgrade a skill from National Level to Intercontinental Level.’
’I’d have to have my head checked, or have my hand slip and misclick, to choose the Skill Card.’
’Only a rigid, by-the-book system like this would even offer the choice.’
’A more user-friendly system would have just given me the Passive Value points directly.’
The 250 Passive Value points were credited to his account!
Wang Shuo opened his Personal Attribute Panel and saw that he now had 456 Passive Value points.
’Holy shit!’
Wang Shuo was ecstatic!
’Good thing Chelsea didn’t manage to lure me away to Stanford Bridge during the winter break. Otherwise, I’d be regretting it for the rest of my life.’
’Never mind Chelsea’s terrible performance in the second half of the season.’
’Just look at all the Achievements Dortmund unlocked and all the Passive Value points I raked in during the second half of the season. If I were at Chelsea, when would I have ever gotten all this? It would have taken forever!’
’I’m only 44 Passive Value points away from my next Domain Skill.’
’As long as Dortmund beats Duisburg in the upcoming DFB-Pokal final, I’ll definitely have enough points.’
’And I’ll even have some to spare.’
’The last time I won the DFB-Pokal, back at Mainz, the reward was 150 Passive Value points.’
’By that logic, besides upgrading [Passive Skill: Foundation] to World-level and unlocking a Domain Skill, I’ll be able to upgrade another passive skill as well.’
Currently, Wang Shuo’s passive skills were distributed as follows:
World-level: [Breathing], [Ball Sense], [Swift];
Intercontinental Level: [Foundation];
National Level: [Inverted Foot], [First Move], [Coordination], [Spiritual Light], [Insight], [Eagle Eye], and [Breathing];
Special Skills: [Damage Reduction].
’Upgrading a skill from National Level to Intercontinental Level costs 100 Passive Value points.’
’I could upgrade one of the National Level passive skills, then upgrade it again to World-level to unlock a Domain Skill.’
’But there’s no need for that.’
’I think the most important thing is to upgrade [Foundation] first. That should have the biggest impact.’
’As for the other National Level passive skills, which one should I upgrade?’
’I should definitely prioritize based on the upcoming Champions League final.’
’Facing Barça in the Champions League final, Dortmund definitely won’t have the advantage.’
’[First Move], [Spiritual Light], [Eagle Eye], [Inverted Foot], [Insight], and [Coordination] are all definitely very useful.’
’For example, [First Move] allows for anticipation, getting the jump on the opponent.’
’[Spiritual Light] is a given. It enhances creativity and the ability to seize opportunities.’
’[Coordination] is actually very useful too.’
’What is Barça’s greatest strength?’
’Their players tend to be on the shorter side, and they love to get in close and engage in tight tussles.’
’In those situations, [Coordination] improves my balance and movement, increasing the success rate of my techniques. When combined with [Ball Sense], and especially with the [Domain Skill: Controller], it would be an absolute trump card.’