What would it be like to have tens of thousands of people standing in a square
Sui Xiong yawned. He felt like he was in a festival square. It was crowded and chaotic, and it was not spectacular at all.
But the group of bumpkins from Masked Void Church were already shocked. They all opened their eyes wide, and even Snowflake sighed.
"How spectacular!" she whispered.
"Isn't it just a big gathering of unemployed vagrants..." Sui Xiong muttered to himself, waving his tentacles and letting Chief Priest Igor do the first round of screening.
There are more than 10,000 contestants. If we don’t go through a round of screening first, how long will it take to compete
Leon Igor nodded, stood up from his seat, and walked to the rostrum.
"Now, the first test."
He said straight to the point, then drew his sword and waved it in the air.
The overwhelming pressure of the legendary powerhouse crushed the crowd. At least one-third of the contestants were unable to stand stably and staggered to sit on the ground. Many people had suspicious moisture in their crotches.
"Those who cannot stand will be eliminated."
Under the pressure of the legendary powerhouse, those who were eliminated did not dare to resist even if they were unwilling to do so. They could only grumble and complain, and were asked to leave by the staff.
Sui Xiong counted the remaining contestants with one glance and couldn't help but curl his lips secretly.
There is actually a little more than six thousand, which is too much!
When it was confirmed that there were over 10,000 applicants, he once wondered if it was because Gerald and the others were trying to make him happy, so they did not carefully screen and let those novices who didn't know anything sign up. Now it seems that it is not that Gerrard and the others let off steam, but that the overall level of the contestants this time is really not low.
To be able to withstand Leon's pressure, one must be at least as strong as a qualified adventurer.
More than six thousand adventurers... Could it be that adventurers from all over the world have come here
After the first round of screening, there is the official preliminary round.
For the sake of convenience, Sui Xiong designed a crazy preliminaries method.
"In a huge melee in a giant arena, one match per thousand people, half an hour per match, and only ten people can pass in the end." Archpriest Leon looked at this rule and couldn't help but shed a cold sweat, "This will kill a lot of people Bar… "
"No, the four gods will look at a person, and at most they will have a bruised nose, a swollen face, or even break two bones. They can't kill the person." Sui Xiong said nonchalantly, "Look, as long as we fight six games, six thousand people will turn into sixty." People - let's round up the whole number and get sixty-four people, then draw lots, and play two rounds of single elimination in pairs, making it sixteen people. These sixteen people will then draw lots and form groups, play double elimination, and finally decide the champion . It’s very simple and clear.”
"...What exactly do 'single elimination' and 'double elimination' mean?"
Sui Xiong was stunned for a moment, then remembered that his followers had never been exposed to competitions on Earth, so of course they couldn't understand the competition systems he was talking about, so he introduced them again.
As for the previous crazy preliminaries, since no one will die, everyone has no objections.
"It's a pity that the legendary strong ones can't participate..." Leon sighed, "Otherwise, I would also like to go out and compete!"
"The ability of a legendary powerhouse should not be simply described as 'strength or weakness'." Wall, who has become the God of Knowledge, said with a smile, "Every legendary powerhouse has a different path, and those who can fight may not be the same. Being smarter, those who cannot fight may not be able to go further... At this level, the strength of force is no longer very important."
Seeing that everyone still didn't understand, he added: "What's the key to going from high-level to legendary? The key is to 'find your own path'. What does this path exist for? It's not to become stronger, but to transcend." The purpose of being secular is to eventually become an immortal god. So for the legendary strong man, what is important is not combat power, but whether his own path can lead to the ultimate immortality. The rest are just incidental."
Everyone nodded after hearing this, especially those who had reached high levels and were looking for the path to legend. Their faces looked solemn and they were lost in thought.
"You don't have to think so much. You don't have to rush to reach the legendary realm in a day or two. Just do the things in front of you first!" Sui Xiong interrupted everyone's thinking, "Also, whoever wants to participate can also sign up. oh!"
Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and more than one person smiled.
The No. 1 Martial Arts Tournament in the World... They are also very interested!
The next day, the qualifiers for the scale space began.
"Boom!" The broad long knife as huge as a door panel slashed hard on the ground, cutting cracks into the solid ground reinforced by magic, and arousing a violent shock wave, making a large circle of players around them unsteady. Many people were even blown away directly by the shock wave.
The one who made this cut was the only one among the foursome of the "Arctic Tyrant" who was not a dragon, an armored creature who called himself Phil.
At first glance, he looks like a big man wearing heavy armor with his eyes hidden. In fact, there is no body under the armor. He is actually the armor.
Known as the "Armor Demonic Sword", he was quite famous in the northwest area many years ago. Although he did not have many achievements as an adventurer, he was very famous as a ranger. At that time, he often did some heroic but completely unprofitable things, which was completely different from ordinary adventurers.
Later, he met Xuehua and the others, and together with the three giant dragons, he formed the "Arctic Tyrant" and ran the free and joyful Dragon Roar Town. He then lived in seclusion behind the scenes and basically no longer took risks.
Usually he is either looking after the store in a grocery store, or planting flowers in the flower fields of the Temple (Dragon's Nest) deep in the desolate mountains. Sometimes he wanders in the mountains. If he encounters a hunter in danger, he will come to the rescue. He is a An elder who is deeply respected by the hunters in Longhou Town.
But in fact, Sui Xiong had already seen through his identity - his armor was actually just a cover-up, and his true identity was actually the sword that looked like just a weapon.
The broad and long sword called "Buster" is his true form.
Sui Xiong didn't ask him about his past, but he was certain that there was a story behind this person, or this knife.
Let me ask, there are only a few self-aware weapons in the world, but who has ever heard of a self-aware sword that has no interest in fighting, but is keen on growing flowers
This style of painting is all wrong!
Phil, or Buster, is very powerful. He can stir up strong winds with one swing of his sword. The strong shock wave makes the contestants who are in the same field with him embarrassed, and almost no one can get close to him. And when he found that the efficiency of clearing the area in this way was not high enough, he used a large shock wave with a larger scale and wider range.
"Isn't it said that he is best at using fists? Why did he use swords instead?" Sui Xiong asked doubtfully.
"Maybe the opponent is not strong enough and it is not worth using his real skills." Leon said, "I believe that in the main game, he will encounter opponents who need his fists."
However, in fact, we didn’t wait that far until the main game. Just a moment later, Phil was forced to use punches by his opponent.
It was a golden lion man. I don't know what method he used. His whole body was surrounded by lightning, and he looked very majestic. His speed is astonishingly fast, and his strength is also very powerful, especially his attacks are extremely brutal. If it weren't for Wall watching over the arena, I'm afraid how many people under his command would have died!
"It's the Thunder Lion. People from this clan have reappeared..." Morani, who is older and more experienced, whispered, "This is a famous fighting race among the orcs, and it has produced more than one 'Beast King'. I don't know about this." How does this little guy's strength compare to his formidable ancestors?"
The golden lion man is obviously a fighting maniac. Whenever he sees a stronger opponent, he will rush to challenge him. He quickly regarded Phil as his target, and rushed over with a strange scream and a laugh. His fist seemed to turn into a bolt of lightning and hit Phil's face.
His steps were strong and vigorous, and the shock wave of Phil's sword hit him, which only made his golden hair swing wildly, but could not make him stop even a step.
Seeing him rushing in front of him, Phil finally used his real skills.
He thrust the huge weapon, which he didn't know whether to call a long knife or a long sword, into the ground. His right hand ignited a bright red flame, and he waved his fist at the golden lion that rushed over.
His fists were incredibly fast and filled with blazing firepower. He hit the opponent before the golden-haired lion man, and punched the strong lion man into the air. There were still flames on his body, and he was knocked down with a rumble. Many people ended up lying on the ground motionless.
"Beat to death?" Rhodes was shocked.
"of course not."
Just as Sui Xiong said, a moment later, the golden-haired lion man groaned and climbed up again. Although his body was burned black by Phil's fist of fire, and black smoke was spitting out of his mouth, he still managed to get up. With enough energy left, he punched a guy who wanted to take advantage of him and knocked him and his weapons away, and he fell outside the arena.
After throwing this punch, he looked at Phil, who was standing there leisurely, with no one daring to challenge him anymore.
"You are strong!" he shouted, his face showing no pain of being beaten or frustration of failure. Instead, it was filled with joy, high spirits, and full of fighting spirit. "I will fight you again and defeat you!"
Phil's laughter came from under the heavy armor: "Then I'm looking forward to it."
After the game was over, Sui Xiong secretly found Phil and asked curiously: "You just stuck your sword on the ground and fought with your fists... It's very strange!"
"What's weird?"
"That sword is your true body, right? Put your true body next to it and fight with the armor that was supposed to be just a cover... How on earth did you do this?" Sui Xiong couldn't figure it out, so he had to ask him himself .
Phil was silent for a moment and said, "This is my unique skill. I don't know exactly how it works. In short, I know how to do it."
Sui Xiong curiously stretched out his tentacle to touch his burning right hand, but was shocked to find that there were some traces of melting on the solid armor.
"If this thing melts, will it affect you?"
"My intuition tells me that the impact is not big." Phil smiled nonchalantly, "At least as far as 'melting' is concerned, the impact is not big."
"You mean... there are higher-level tricks?"
"Of course. But I won't use it in a competition." Phil smiled and turned away. "I will only use that move when I have to win no matter what."