Xiao Li'an was so angry he almost fainted.

He always knew that Su Qingci and Song Jingzhou were lazy, but he never expected that they had reached such a superb level.

"I'm telling you, things are different now."

"Competition comes first, friendship second!"

"That Shangxian team, as well as the Xinqiao team and the Wuyun team, are all at odds with our Peach Blossom Town."

“Every time I come to the county for a meeting, I have to endure a lot of exclusion from them.”

"Just now, they were subtly criticizing you, saying you're all just freeloaders who got in through connections and have no real skills!"

"Can you swallow this insult?"

"Mayor, let them say what they want, I can swallow it!"

"Mayor, I can swallow it too."

Xiao Li'an...

"You know, this competition doesn't even have any prizes, and in this hot weather, who has the patience to compete with such a large group of people?"

"Did I tell you there were no prizes?"

"There are banners, certificates, and prizes displayed here!"

Xiao Yuehua immediately became interested, "What prize, Mayor?"

"Thermos cups, hot water bottles, and towels and stuff!"

Xiao Li'an touched his pocket and gritted his teeth.

"You guys better perform well in the competition. If you get good results, I'll give you a reward!"

"I'll take you to the county-run restaurant for a meal!"

"You can order any meat and vegetables you like!"

The team members exchanged glances and instantly became interested.

"Mayor, may I ask, what qualifies as a good grade?"

"At least it can't be too ugly."

"There are more than a dozen teams here. We don't expect you to win the championship or take third place, but you should at least be in the top 10!"

"Mayor, what if we actually win the championship or third place?"

"Then you're all my bosses!"

......

Seeing that his teammates were all taking things seriously, Xiao Li'an finally felt a little relieved and returned to his position.

Meanwhile, the villagers of Peach Blossom Town also began to be highly motivated.

"Captain Su, shouldn't we also come up with a battle plan?"

"Yeah, yeah, I just heard the Five Clouds team next door talking about some strategy, and I think we should come up with one too?"

Su Qingci glanced curiously at the group next door, whose members were leaning against each other, arms around each other's shoulders, and bent over, forming a sunflower shape.

What strategy are they using?

"They're ranking the teams by strength, discussing which one to take down first, and who will face off against whom!"

"I remember the first event was a team challenge elimination round, right?"

"right!"

"Then why bother wasting your energy?"

"Look at all these teams, one group will get a bye in the first round of competition."

"In the second round of competition, one group received a bye, and both groups that received byes are already qualified for the finals of this event."

"In this way, we take the initiative and everyone goes around praising other teams in a roundabout way."

"Praise them to the skies!"

"Everyone should maintain a positive attitude."

"You think like that? Anyway, I wasn't planning to win. We'll take down as many as we can today!"

"We should adopt this 'die-hard troublemaker' mentality, stir things up for them, and in the end, we won't be the ones who get wiped out!"

After a few brainwashing words from Su Qingci, all the members dispersed.

"Wow! Big Hammer, look at their team, they're all so amazing!"

"With that build and those muscles, if they ran into our team, we'd probably be crushed in one go, right?"

"Yeah, they're really impressive. I'm terrified just looking at their aura."

"But don't worry, the really strong people won't take weaklings like us seriously. We're not even worthy of being their opponents."

"Their opponents should be the Upper Moon Squad or the Gokumo Squad. I just heard them saying they're going to take them out first!"

"If they target the weakest among us, wouldn't we be laughed at for being opportunistic?"

"With so many leaders watching, even if we win, it won't be honorable!"

"Four cleans, four cleans, look, this team should be the most likely to win the championship, right?"

"Yeah, there's also Team XX and Team XX. Anyway, we're just here to watch. The captain just said, don't even think about winning, we have no hope!"

"But which team do you think is stronger, theirs or XX's?"

"I just heard that Team XX is going to challenge them!"

"Hmph, that's not necessarily true. If we had that kind of strength, we would definitely take on the strongest one first."

"Leave those weak teams for later, so they don't exhaust their stamina too early and end up facing strong opponents. Wouldn't that be a losing proposition?"

The members of the Peach Blossom Team circled around and quickly assigned opponents to all the teams present.

A sharp whistle blew, and the first round of the team elimination tournament officially began.

Each team stepped forward and received their own signal flare.

Their mission was to protect their own team's signal flares while destroying the opposing team's.

Things turned out exactly as the Peach Blossom Team had predicted.

In the first round, Peach Blossom Town received a bye.

Teams Yamashita, Yanggui, Zhongliu, Xinqiao, and Zuli were eliminated.

In the second round, the Peach Blossom team, which was at the very end, received a bye again.

No team is challenging them.

Fuxing Team, Yujing Team, and Wuyun Team are eliminated.

The remaining three teams are the Upper String Team, the Red Flag Team, and the Peach Blossom Team.

Xiao Li'an was stunned.

They advanced so effortlessly?

It's important to know that only the three strongest teams in each event receive points: 100, 50, and 20 points respectively.

In other words, the Peach Blossom Team can get 20 points even if they do nothing!

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