Chapter 239 Points

The noise from the audience did not affect Lu Yi at all. He finished his opening speech steadily and stepped back a few steps to vacate the podium.

After the three principals resigned one by one, a seemingly plain little wooden box was carried up.

The crowd that had stepped down from the stage suddenly fell silent, staring intently at the ordinary wooden box.

The principal of Bryside smiled and said, "It seems that everyone knows what to do next, but please allow me to say a few more words, after all, the process still needs to be followed.

"First, let me introduce this small wooden box in front of you - the Braceside Box of Truth, one of the ten treasures in the Braceside Cloudtop Library.

"Above the truth, the gods look askance! No matter what level of wizard, no matter how powerful the spell, it cannot have any effect or influence on the Braeside Box. This is a wooden box world of complete truth and justice."

Ignore class and be completely immune to magic!

In a sense, this is an invincible defensive holy weapon.

Seeing the surprised expressions on the faces of the audience, the headmaster of Bryside continued to explain contentedly, "The Bryside Box of Truth may not have much attack power, but in terms of its ability to block spells, nothing can compare to it. It is the fairest tool to use in selecting the specific rules for the Grand Prix.

"There are three finals in total. The format is not fixed each year, but is decided by a live draw. Next, the principals of our three participating colleges will draw the specific format for the three finals."

After Principal Braceside finished speaking, the other two principals stepped forward together, and the three of them stood shoulder to shoulder around the small wooden box.

The three principals reached out their hands one by one and took out the neatly folded paper strips from the small wooden box. When they all had the paper strips in their hands, the three of them raised their arms at the same time, showing the identical paper strips in their hands to everyone, and the small wooden box was removed.

"According to the Specific Implementation Rules of the Three-school Finals, the first match format is determined by the format drawn by the previous organizer. The previous finals was held in St. Dover—"

As soon as Principal Braceside finished speaking, the principal of St. Dover, a cardinal, slowly unfolded the cardboard in his hand.

"The first match of this year's Grand Prix is... a 5v5 points match!"

"It's a 5v5 points competition! It looks like the first round of the finals will be very exciting." Principal Braceside said supportively.

5v5, as the name suggests, is a game of ten people fighting. It goes without saying how intense the sparks produced by the collision of various elements will be.

"The current organizer has drawn a game as the second game of this year's general election. Well, that is the note in my hand...why don't we first see what Principal Lasvino has drawn?"

The principal of Lasvino did not refuse. He simply opened the note in his hand and said briefly: "Jungle Survival Competition."

"Survival competition, this competition format is familiar to everyone. It is a good choice for the third competition." Principal Braceside said happily, "As for the competition format of my second general selection competition, let me keep it a secret for now. This should be the first time I have drawn this competition format in the past ten years, no, in the past fifty years."

"Its name is - The Trial of the Heart of the Sea and Mirror."

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As the name suggests, each school sends 5 players from 13 players to participate in the 5v5 points competition. Three schools are paired with each other, and each school plays two games. The winner gets 2 points, the loser gets 0 points, and the draw gets 1 point. The school with the highest total points wins.

The only thing worth noting is that players cannot compete repeatedly. This means that each academy must send different players to the two games to ensure that the players are not repeated. In this way, all ten players have the opportunity to play.

According to the results of the subsequent draw, the first points match in the evening of that day was between Lasvino and San Dover, and the two matches on the second day were between Bryside and Lasvino, and between Bryside and San Dover.

When deciding on the two candidates, the contestants of the Braceside Grand Prix held a small internal meeting.

Their current configuration is 4 seniors + 4 juniors + 2 sophomores + 3 sophomore substitutes.

In previous years, the general selection was composed of all fourth-year students and third-year students, but this year, due to the large-scale imperial fighting, many suitable contestants left the academy to fight for their respective empires. Lu Yi dug deep to find these eight suitable third-year and fourth-year students. The remaining five second-year students were him, Canaan, Fielding, Flo and Loris.

"In fact, I have a suggestion regarding the personnel arrangements for the two games." The oldest fourth-year student spoke first.

Everyone looked at him.

"It's like this. If we want to get points in the first round of the finals, we have to win both the game against Lasvino and San Dover. Even if we lose one of the two games, the best result is a draw. So we must make arrangements with the goal of winning both games. For example, let the five third and fourth graders with stronger levels play against Lasvino, and Chief Lu Yi will lead the other four contestants to play against San Dover."

"Wait a minute, isn't this a hasty arrangement?" another fourth-year student interrupted. "You're letting three third-years and two second-years fight against those light mages in Saint-Dover who have no elemental restraint? I've heard that Lasvino was the most affected by the imperial war, and Saint-Dover was the least affected!"

The older fourth-year student didn't even raise his eyelids and silently shifted his gaze to Lu Yi.

What does silence mean?

The senior student seemed to have said nothing, but in fact he had said thousands of words in silence.

Just when Lu Yi thought that the fourth-year student who raised the question would say something else to continue to support his idea, the fourth-year student was silent for a while, and then suddenly changed his words.

"Brook, I think your suggestion is absolutely correct, it's a genius idea! If it wasn't for the problem of sending substitutes to play in the first round, I think we should arrange for Chief Lu Yi to bring three second-year juniors to play together! It will also be a good opportunity for them to train!"

Lu Yi: ...

No, you didn’t have this attitude just now!

"Wait a minute." It was Lu Yi's turn to interrupt them again, "Do you trust me so much?"

He could see that the two men were not joking and were really considering the possibility of letting him play as a substitute.

——Where does this inexplicable but unshakable trust come from?

The decision to group was finalized with everyone's approval except Lu Yi.

After coming out of the student office building, the group headed straight for the ring.

They arrived just in time, as the players from Lasvino and San Dover had just entered the court and were greeting each other at the referee's signal.

The pre-game greetings were the most peaceful three minutes of the night.

The ensuing chaos made the spectators feel more deeply what a 5v5 team match is.

Due to the special nature of all the light mages in Saint Dover, the originally expected situation of restraint and collision of various elements did not occur. Instead, there was chaos among the mages.

Strategy - maybe there was one at the beginning, but in the big arena where ten people were casting spells at the same time, no strategic deployment was effective. The ever-changing situation in the arena forced everyone to go all out.

The colorful magical lights on the stage were so bright that it was impossible to open your eyes. The people below the stage endured the pain in their eyes while watching the opposing contestants on the stage intently.

Although players in the 5v5 points match cannot play again, these regular players must participate in the second and third rounds of the general selection. The clearer they understand now, the more advantages they will have in the future.

Lu Yi was also concentrating on observing the ten contestants on the stage.

The game was not too close, as there was a clear gap in strength between the two players.

The current situation was what Lu Yi had foreseen when he saw the lists of participants from the three colleges.

There was no way. Lasvino was too greatly affected by the imperial melee. Many of Lasvino's top students who Lu Yi originally thought would participate did not appear on the list.

Compared to the "barely adequate" Braceside team, Lasvino's academy team was truly a makeshift team put together from all sides.

Under such circumstances, this temporary team was able to hold out for a while against St. Dover, which was less affected. This was already an excellent performance.

Lu Yi quietly disappeared into the crowd without waiting for the referee to announce the winning team.

On the second day, Lu Yi arrived at the battle with Lasvino again on time.

If Lasvino was clearly powerless against St. Dover yesterday, then today he completely turned into a mad dog against Braceside, using all his strength to win.

Lu Yi was present at both games, so he was able to clearly see the team arrangements for the two games.

It was obvious that Lasvino had put all his energy into defeating Braeside in the first round and getting a point. As for the match against San Dover, perhaps he had given up and just let it go from the beginning.

Lu Yi could also understand this arrangement. After all, he and Braceside could still rely on elemental restraint to take the opponent by surprise and have a chance of winning. But facing the group of light mages with elemental dominance in Saint-Dover, they could only rely on their fists and hard power.

Perhaps the only thing the Lasvino College team is worried about is whether Braceside will be upset and let Lu Yi play in the first game against Lasvino.

But fortunately, this kind of upset did not occur.

When the two players came on the field, the Lasvino player almost cried for joy when he saw that the blond hair and blue eyes were not on the other side.

There is a big difference between being sure to lose and having the possibility of winning.

This silent excitement lasted for the entire game. The players of Lasvino attacked without feeling tired or pain. Spells, incantations, formations, and all means that could cause damage to the opponent were worth advocating.

Elements restrain each other, elements promote each other, and chaotic combination of elements can unleash even more terrifying lethality.

The players from Lasvino were determined to win, and the players from Braceside, who were playing at home, would not accept any other possibility except victory.

Therefore, this 5v5 team match was extremely close.

There is no absolute advantage. Even if one party has the upper hand at the moment, the other party will catch up in the next second. This goes back and forth endlessly.

By the end of the fight, both players were seriously injured, their magic power was almost depleted, and they were able to stay on the stage by just holding on for a breath.

"Who do you think will win? Braeside?"

Lu Yi turned around and saw Wavelin and Gary standing side by side behind him.

The one asking the question was Gary, who had a hypocritical smile on his face that could not be described as well-intentioned - perhaps such a smile was a big improvement for Gary, who had always been sarcastic and arrogant, but Lu Yi had seen how he really smiled, so this perfunctory smile seemed particularly hypocritical.

Lu Yi raised his eyes and gave a perfunctory but very handsome smile.

"I think it's Braeside."

A narrow victory is still a victory, isn’t it?

"Oh, really? I don't think so."

Lu Yi raised his eyebrows, "Do you think Lasvino will win this game?"

"No." Gary shrugged. "I think San Dover will win everything."

Lu Yi: ...

He was a little speechless, but more speechless to the point of wanting to laugh and being too lazy to answer.

He shouldn't have any unrealistic illusions about Gary's improvement.

Relying on his familiarity with Weverlin, Lu Yi saw that Weverlin, who seemed calm beside Gary but actually wanted to cover his face, was collapsing.

Sure enough, some people and some things will never change.

Lu Yi pulled the corner of his mouth, "As long as you are happy."

As he finished speaking, the stalemate on the stage finally came to an end.

Bleeding defeated Lasvino by a very narrow margin and won the first round of the finals, which was also Bleeding's precious first point.

The author has something to say:

Gary: San Dover beats everything!

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