"Young warriors, today, the time to pursue your dreams has arrived!"
Accompanied by Antonio's passionate voice in the opening ceremony, magnificent music was played simultaneously in the Leinster Arena, ribbons fluttering, pigeons flying into the sky, the cheers of the crowd were like mountains and tsunami, and the applause was enduring.
After the last six months of continuous building momentum, the much-anticipated Challenger Cup finally opened today. Both the contestants and the spectators from afar have reached historical peaks, and the sight of high-level officials from various countries has also been attracted. The special approval of participating in the competition has added a fire to this lively event.
Among the excited crowd, students from various academies waved flags, and in the arena, Roya and other tens of thousands of contestants could not hide their excitement under such cheers. At the same time they were excited and they turned their eyes to the podium. Before, waiting for their respective preliminary competition venues are divided.
The venue for the preliminary contest of the Challenger Cup is to select more than ten locations among the many secret realms in the country of scholars as the knockout venues. As for which group is allocated to which one, it is randomly allocated.
At this moment, on the high platform, beside Antonio, the chairperson of the Leinster School is holding a crystal ball in his hand. The fate of a group of players.
Just like everyone's ability to have a preference for spells, different venues have a huge impact on the spellcasters, especially the difference between land and water. There have been players who were drawn to the Lost Sea Cliff in the past. The situation where a conjurer who is good at water warfare defeated the seeded player.
Seed players are the favorites selected by the outside world before the start of the game. Most of them are concentrated on a few contestants who have reached the source level 3. Some are behind the elites with hole cards of various forces, but they are seeded players. In fact, it is not as stable as Mount Tai, because there are too many variables in the Challenger Cup.
The difference of the venue is the biggest impact, followed by the unrestricted spell ranking battle. The impact of the equipment is also huge. After that, there are people with special bloodlines or people with special spells like Xiang Luoya. They may be in a certain way. Able to play a more shocking power than the source level 3 opponents.
In this year’s ranking of seed players, Roja ranked twelve. After the first Lilian and fourth Noelle, Charlotte was biased towards the nature of the spells of Sorovia’s family. Defensively, he was ranked thirteenth after Roja by the outside world.
In Luoya's situation, he didn't even rank in the top ten. This shows that the rankings are quite moist, but this also has something to do with Luoya's inability to make full shots during his time in the academy.
"The first group, random selection begins!"
"Oh-!"
As the chairman of the Leinster School randomly injected magic power into the crystal ball, the scene inside the magic object began to change constantly. This draw-like scene made the audience excited, and many gamblers who bet on this aspect were even more excited. The eyes were red, and on the ground, the first group of contestants were extremely nervous, staring at the images secretly praying that they would be able to draw the terrain that was beneficial to them.
Under the nervous gaze of everyone, the curse power of the image transformation was finally slowly exhausted, and finally the frame was frozen in a dark area.
"The first group, Chaos Swamp!"
"Oh-!"
"It's Chaos Swamp! Damn it!"
"No, I haven't been to the swamp."
The moment the host looked at the crystal ball in the hands of the old man on the rostrum and shouted out the location, several players were happy and sad, and the players who had experience in marsh combat shouted in excitement. The night battle masters were also very excited, but there was nothing. These two talented contestants are full of worries.
Such a situation was staged everywhere with the constant announcement of the location, and it was Roya's sixth group soon afterwards.
"Group Six, Silent Temple!"
"Hey? Why is that ghost place?"
"Crap! It's actually that temple."
Hearing the knockout venue of the sixth group, there was an uproar around Roja. The students who had already formed a gang looked ugly after hearing the news, and some of the courageous had even begun to shrink back. The black-haired boy understood, after all, the place of Silent Temple is really not very popular.
The Temple of Silence, this is a gathering place for non-material monsters in the state of scholars. To put it bluntly, it is actually a forest ghost city.
There are skeletons in Shia’s monsters, so ghosts and other things naturally exist. Generally speaking, the probability of such things naturally appearing in peaceful times is still very low. Luo Ya has never seen it because of the country he lives in. The comparison is in place.
The Church of St. Mestre, by looking at its name, knows that it has a lot of experience in dealing with monsters such as the undead. In the past few hundred years, there have been relatively few wars in Shia, so except for remote areas, most humans have not seen it with their own eyes. These things are inevitable to fear, but for Roja, it is...
That's it
After walking through several ancient battlefields, and seeing corpses all over the wild and beings, Roya is really immune to small scenes like the Temple of Silence, and when it comes to the undead... Roya carries one with him. It belongs to the gods of the undead.
In the noise of the crowd, Luo Ya silently listened to the knockout venues of all groups, and found that everyone except himself seemed to be normal, and as the venue was drawn, tens of thousands of contestants were led by the staff. He left the venue and began to move towards the entrance of the secret realm. The preliminary round finally kicked off amidst the cheers of the audience.
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In the country of scholars, many students have a misunderstanding that the secret realm nearby is the land owned by the country of scholars, but in fact this idea is wrong.
The nature of the secret realm is closer to the fairyland in myths and legends. It is quite a bit of Schrodinger’s cat attribute. It belongs to both here and not here. In Roja’s understanding, this situation is similar to the plains of Gurandal, Petra The valleys and the like are somewhat similar.
The Temple of Silence is said to be the site of a certain civilization in ancient times. No one knows the specific civilization. Under the erosion of countless years, there are almost no clues that can be found. This is why it will be used at will The reason for the playing field.
In the lush forest, looking at the moon in the sky covered by dark clouds, the black-haired teenager with a cane sighed slightly, cherishing the memory of this dead civilization, and near him, a white ghost that was eager to move was in the woods. Wandering between, it shone brightly and dimly nearby, and occasionally there were unintelligible whispers coming.
On a moonless night, in the forest, the prying eyes and hidden maliciousness are completely standard in a horror film. In this environment, the screams and panicked shouts in the forest have indeed never stopped. .
"do not come!"
"Damn it, this thing can't be hacked!"
The screams of girls, the roars of boys, explosions, and the sound of sword collisions. Within a few minutes of entering the secret realm, the forest became agitated as if a pot had been fried, but Roja had no surprises or nosy Meaning, his target was only a silver beam in the distant sky.
According to the introduction of the preliminary contest, when the beam completely landed on the ground, the corresponding number of crystals will be brought according to the number of people in each group. Each crystal represents a qualification for promotion. If held for more than ten minutes, it will be deemed qualified. .
It has to be said that this preliminary mode reminds Roja of the airdrop in a game in the previous life. In the game, as long as the airdrop is grabbed the first time, it is equivalent to taking the advantage. In this preliminary game, the person who gets the crystal first It is also equivalent to leading.
For the conjurers, ten minutes is not long or short. Although it can’t do much, it’s more than enough to fight for a few rounds. If you can’t win other people’s crystals after a few battles, then Basically, there is no hope, so it is relatively fair from the point of view of rulemaking, of course, under the circumstances of no surprises.
On rare occasions, those who are superior in the preliminary rounds will seize all the crystals, thereby eliminating everyone else. It is also possible to give one or two more to familiar friends. Such situations are also within the scope of the competition, in the words of the tournament organizer. , Network and luck are also important factors that determine the outcome.
First ensure a crystal to ensure that you can advance, and then decide whether to communicate with Serena according to the situation.
The black-haired boy sighed as he thought about it. After failing to negotiate with Williams, Roja has set a goal of starting with the rest of the Knights Country first, but I have to say that not everyone is like Teresa. Just as easy to talk, not everyone has weaknesses like Britney Spears. Serena in this preliminary round is a target that makes Roja a headache.
Warlike, irrational, and somewhat similar to a berserker, they might not be able to communicate at all. This is Roja's impression of the brown-haired girl. In the worst case, the two might fight each other.
The uncertainty of the future made Roja cautious. After discovering that the nearby skeletons started to move, Roja, who was too lazy to do it, let out a little Gurandal's breath, but what he didn't expect was that this little breath was not dead in others. In the eyes of creatures, it is the return of the king.
The skeletons who wanted to attack Roja were all stunned when they sensed the breath of Gulandar. The next moment they knelt down and bowed to their heads. The Ten Thousand Bones Dynasty Sect looked like some kind of cult ritual. Luo Ya in the center was stunned.
This, what kind of life in the underworld is this
The black-haired boy looked at the bones on the ground and his cheeks twitched, but what he didn't know was that this was just the beginning.
The spirit of Gurandal is too powerful. It is super thighs in the eyes of monsters. Naturally, you have to hug it quickly. However, as the saying goes, you must have a reputation for worshipping the mountain. If you want to be a little brother, you will naturally benefit from it. So a crowd of skeletons started. Unload his arms and legs, ready to surrender to the boss.
"Get out of the way, I don't want bones, and I don't want to pit!"
Facing the influx of Yin soldiers, Roja waved his hand and clarified his position loudly. It took a long time for the many skeletons waving their thigh bones to realize that the boss didn't like this, so he took it again in anguish. Go back, and then go back to their graves under Luo Ya's command.
After sending away a large number of excited skeletons and the ghosts daring not to come closer, Roja basically eliminated the interference of the monsters in the preliminary round, and the journey was much smoother. After an hour of trek, the black-haired boy Successfully passed through the ghostly forest and came to the edge of the ruins of the city in the center of the secret realm, but at this moment, a familiar system prompt suddenly appeared.
【Ding】
[Advice from the Goddess of Destiny]
[Please wrap yourself with the breath of Petra]
"Huh? Petra?"
After reading the goddess' advice carefully, Roja was once again in doubt as a matter of course. He looked at the ghostly surroundings nearby, and couldn't figure out why Petra should be allowed to go after leaving the jungle.
You must know that the reason why Roja can go all the way smoothly is due to the breath of Gurandal. Now it is mixed with other curse powers, and it is still the life breath of the mother god who is completely opposite to the undead breath. This is more than that. It will make undead creatures suspicious, and it will also make other contestants perceive the existence of Roja.
Automatically remove the disguise, this is undoubtedly an unwise move, but after thinking about the magical effect caused by the previous few suggestions of the goddess of fate, Luo Ya still chose to adopt this suggestion.
The faint blood light on the black-haired boy slowly disappeared, and replaced with a thick yellow curse. The physical defense power was greatly increased. Some small stone chips in the air nearby were also affected by the curse power of the Earth Mother. Start to levitate.
Roja converted to a good state and continued to move forward. However, what he didn't know was that at the moment when he removed his disguise, on the distant hills, the brown-haired girl's movement stopped, followed by bloodthirsty pupils. Suddenly shrink.
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Serena Best, a well-known dangerous person in the young generation of the country of knights, a problem child among the problematic children of the Dawn Society, comes from the family of the Count Best, who has a great history of warfare. She usually looks impatient and warlike, but in fact this is not the case. Serena's own personality is due to the influence of her blood and origin.
The Best family is a famous warrior family in Pande, the country of knights. They are known for their irritability. Family who don’t know them often call them berserkers. However, in the family who know them, the Best family is an awesome hunter. Killer.
The origin of the Best family is [disorder], which is an extremely special origin.
Order is the cornerstone of the operation of human society. The opposite of disorder is generally regarded as a derogatory term and a representative of chaos. This source of derogatory meaning generally has strong side effects. The above is completely incomparable with the three major human qualities such as [kindness], [courage], and [wisdom].
However, in Shia, power and price are often equal. After paying the price of emotional instability, the Best clan has also received corresponding gains. In terms of extraordinary power, [Disorder] Origins has shown its difference. The distinctive feature is that it makes the basic unit of supernatural power-the magic element disordered, and fundamentally eliminates the spells of others.
Of course, if this is the case, then the side effect of the Best family is at most that the emotional changes are relatively large, which are still in the category of normal people, but in fact they are warlike and bloodthirsty. This is due to their blood.
"Why, what's going on! This woman, ah!"
"Monster!"
In the dark forest, the brown-haired girl's eyes glowed like a beast. In the jungle, she was chasing a group marching toward the ruins of the ancient city. Facing the invisible darkness and complex terrain, Serena was like a phantom. Come and go freely, every existence that becomes her target can't survive an attack.
In the light that the avatar was excited, one after another contestants were eliminated, and after this extreme oppression, the team leader finally made up his mind to make a desperate move.
"Assemble defense! We must defeat her! Otherwise, none of them can get out of the forest!"
In the voice of the tall man, several conjurers from the same academy united back to back to release various defensive spells, ranging from stone walls and running flames to the most common barriers of spell power. There are a dozen layers, but these are as vulnerable as glass in the eyes of the beast-eared girl.
Serena leaped and fell straight down from the height of the branch. She swung down the one-meter-long single-edged blade in her hand. All the defenses where she passed were useless. The earth and rocks collapsed, the flames extinguished, and the curse barrier had not yet been touched. Torn apart, the dumbfounded contestants were cut off at the waist, and then they disappeared with their screams turned into shattered stand-ins.
Another team of contestants was slaughtered, but to Serena's point of view, this was just an appetizer. Killing them all was just a way, and the real feast in the eyes of the girl was still ahead.
Roya Acate.
This is the goal of the kingdom of knights from afar, and it is also a person whom Williams repeatedly emphasized not to attack before the game, but this is impossible in the eyes of the bloodthirsty and warlike Serena.
Finding the strong, fighting unreservedly, killing each other or being killed is the nature of Serena's bloodline, and Roja is by far the most inspiring target to inspire her to fight.
Attacking him outside the Secret Realm might be a lot of trouble. Even Serena’s chaotic brain can understand this, but in the Challenger Cup arena, neither he nor Serena herself will die. It can be said to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and the other party should already understand this.
Looking at the young man who suddenly stopped in the ruins at the moment he was being watched, Serena's complexion became more and more excited. The girl leaned down and jumped out of the canopy, and launched a surprise attack under the cover of night. On the other side, Roya had sharp eyes. Looking in the direction of the forest.
So many mantra power reactions and sounds disappeared in an instant, what's the matter? This is too fast, and the feeling just now... Is the target me
The battlefield intuition established by the experience of several surviving battles produced a strong sense of crisis. The feeling of being in the throat made Roja have to pay attention to it, but at the same time he was very surprised. The boy did not expect that it was just that he could encounter it in this preliminary match. Such an opponent.
Roja, who was vigilant in his heart, activated the rod of Hydra. Several snake heads protruded from the end of the rod's tail. They quickly grew huge and extended to search for enemies in all directions. However, before the Hydra fully unfolded, there was suddenly a touch of darkness in the darkness. The ghost shot came, and within a few seconds, Serena struck Roya by surprise, with the long knife in her hand at least above her head.
So fast!
At the critical moment, the young man who has been on the battlefield remained unruffled and showed amazing fighting qualities. The dim yellow curse from the goddess of earth shines like an explosion, forming countless stone walls and barriers, and the nine unfolding at the same time The head snake quickly returned to defense, blocking the enemy's path with his body.
In a short moment, the curse defense or the physical physical shield was unfolded by the young man at the same time. However, what he didn't expect was that between the sand and the snake body, the weapon in the girl's hand that unexpectedly fell from the sky in his eyes was not. Instead of swinging it down, he stiffened while holding the knife, and then quickly jumped aside.
Um? what's the situation? Why didn't you fight anymore
But, is it really Serena
Luo Ya, who noticed the other party's sham shot, was taken aback for a moment, and then stared at the enemy in front of him vigilantly. However, the next moment, an unexpected word suddenly reached his ears.
"Father?"
"... ... Hey?"
"No, it's not right, you, are you..."
Under the curse of the Earth Mother, the young girl whose eyes quickly faded from the fierce light was shaking to herself, watching the young man shrink back.