After the opening ceremony, the Card League immediately updated the data.

The Card League is an organization that specializes in statistics and records of card players and God Cards. The popular Top Ten Combat Power List and God Card Ranking List are almost all created by them.

It is said that it has a military background, so it can get first-hand information, but no matter what, most people still recognize the data of the Card League.

In each four-school league, the Card League will set up a special area to release information about the card players and God Cards of each school.

The information released before the game is generally very simple, and the data will be updated little by little as the game progresses.

Before the game, the most anticipated and mysterious God Card was the UR card Gu Xingmian, but in the God Card Ranking List, Carlos's Griffin was ranked first.

Because of Carlos's personality, he often fights in front of people, so more data about Griffin has been collected. Griffin is already very strong, not to mention that his skill is lightning with extremely strong attack power.

Before the strength of other God Cards is revealed, it is normal to rank him first.

But at the opening ceremony, Xiao Qiong and Gu Xingmian unexpectedly got the cards and performed the opening ceremony, completely breaking the popular predictions before the game. Everyone

is guessing whether Gu Xingmian will surpass Griffin and become the first because of this performance.

Therefore, after the opening ceremony, many people stayed up late to refresh, wanting to see the new data of the Card League as soon as possible.

Who knew that after the new data was released, it surprised everyone.

In the ranking of God Card, Gu Xingmian didn't even make it to the top ten, and only ranked twelfth.

But the Card Alliance also explained the reason below. Although Gu Xingmian and Xiao Qiong's performance at the end was amazing, in the early stage, he was just standing on the sidelines, not participating at all, and did not show any special abilities. The

amazing performance at the end was also completed by the two of them, which more reflected another possibility of the tacit understanding between the card master and the God Card. After all, everyone has become accustomed to the card master and the God Card being one, and there was even a saying that "the God Card is the limbs of the card master outside the body", and the two of them are more like a cooperation between partners.

Because of these reasons, Gu Xingmian's ability can only be discounted. If it weren't for Gu Xingmian's characteristics as a fan of all cards, his ranking might be lower.

At the same time, Xiao Qiong surpassed Carlos in the ranking of card masters and temporarily became the first.

Although some fans of Carlos were dissatisfied, the public still recognized this ranking.

Gu Xingmian slept soundly. He didn't know that the Card Alliance had this ranking at first. It was only when he saw Eric and the others dodging and hesitating to speak that he found out about it.

But what Eric and the others didn’t expect was that after hearing the ranking, Gu Xingmian was shocked and asked back: “I can actually rank 12th?”

Everyone: “???”

Gu Xingmian was very self-aware about this matter. He estimated that his actual strength should be at the bottom. Even if the Card Alliance gave UR ​​Card a little face, he would only be around 30th. Who would have thought that the Card Alliance would actually rank him 12th? ! ! Gu Xingmian realized it later

: “You…are you afraid that I will be sad after seeing the ranking?”

Everyone: “…”

“Don’t worry, I’m really not sad.” Gu Xingmian was moved and amused. How deep must his teammates’ filters be for him to think that he would be sad if he ranked 12th.

Everyone: “…”

Now I see it.

Xiao Qiong rubbed his head: "You are very strong, much more than 12."

Gu Xingmian thought Xiao Qiong was also comforting him, but when he turned around, he saw that his expression was very serious. He was not comforting him, but really believed it.

At that moment, Gu Xingmian really felt a little disappointed. In fact, who doesn't want to take the first place? He also wanted to be like Xiao Qiong and stand in the first place with his strength.

Thinking of this, Gu Xingmian took out a supplementary card and bit it viciously.

Seeing that little white tooth easily bit such a hard supplementary card into pieces, everyone felt cold in their hearts, holding their supplementary cards and silently stepped back half a step.

After everyone had lunch, they would take the suspension car to the venue for the first round of the competition.

Wright told them that the four-school league competition consists of three rounds, of which the first and second rounds are points competitions. After two rounds, the last one will be eliminated, and the top three will enter the third round to compete for the championship, runner-up and third place.

In recent years, Mosca College has often been eliminated after the first two rounds, and it is almost impossible for them to enter the third round.

Wright said: "This year, our guarantee is to enter the third round, so the first two rounds are very important."

"According to the rules of previous years, the second round is basically a confrontation match, and we may not have an advantage, so we strive to get a high ranking in the first round to reduce the pressure in the second round."

Everyone nodded seriously.

Wright relaxed his expression again: "That being said, don't be too nervous, just do your best. Also, when you encounter danger, I hope you will try your best to protect yourself. There is no shame in running away."

On this point, Principal Buckle and Principal Caldwell have similar ideas. They are of course eager to win, but they don't want this victory to be achieved at the cost of students' lives.

When they got off the suspension car, they saw the team members of the other three colleges.

Everyone changed into lighter combat uniforms and was listening to the arrangements and instructions of the leading teacher.

The members of Tianhe Academy have already taken out their God Cards. Tianhe Academy emphasizes the unity of people and cards, so their God Cards are all various weapons. In addition to Fu Fengye's mother-and-child swords that everyone has seen before, there are also long spears, double swords... and even guqin.

At first glance, I thought I had accidentally entered the world of martial arts.

And the Faret Academy is worthy of being the most disciplined of all the academies. Even now, they are all lined up neatly, and even the God Cards next to them are neatly arranged. It would be very comfortable for people with obsessive-compulsive disorder to see it.

What surprised them most was the Fakken Academy. Their leader teacher just watched from the side, and the person in charge of speaking was Carlos.

There was still a faint smile on his face, and he was saying something neither lightly nor heavily.

The individual abilities of the Falken Academy are very strong, so their card masters are generally the most lax among the four academies, but in front of Carlos, everyone is honest and well-behaved, even better than the Fallet Academy.

After Carlos finished speaking, he looked up and saw Xiao Qiong and Gu Xingmian coming in.

Everyone in the Mosca Academy remembered the opening ceremony yesterday, and suddenly felt like they were facing a powerful enemy, but Carlos just nodded slightly to the two of them and retracted his gaze.

Eric was a little confused: "What is he doing?"

Xiao Qiong: "I'm challenging you."

Eric: "Huh?"

Gu Xingmian: "He should be sure that he can regain the title of the number one card master through today's performance."

Eric muttered: "Is he so crazy..."

"No matter how crazy they are, they are still very powerful." Song Nanting said, "In terms of comprehensive strength, Fakken College is currently ranked first."

Nina asked curiously: "What about us?"

Song Nanting: "Last."

Everyone: "..."

Although a little frustrated, it doesn't seem to be surprising.

Seeing this, Song Nanting said: "Data is not the decisive factor, otherwise we would not have won the school selection."

"If we can win once, we can win the second time."

Her words cheered up the originally frustrated team members.

"That's right! If the winner is determined by the data, why do we need to hold the four-school league?"

"If we win, it will definitely surprise them. Maybe the next time the Card League updates the data, we will be the first in the overall ranking!"

"That's right, a comeback is so cool!!"

At this time, the executive officer and four soldiers from the Fourth Military Region walked in together and began to announce the rules of the first round of the competition.

Everyone quieted down.

The executive officer said that the first round of the competition simulated an operation of the Fourth Military Region. They were the advance team. All they had to do was to collect clues and eliminate the enemy. Each time they eliminated an enemy, they would get 1 point. Each time they collected a useful clue, they would get 10 points. If they could find out the truth, they would get 50 to 100 points based on the degree of restoration of the incident.

They prepared four identical maps, and each team entered one of them. The time limit was 24 hours. According to the final score, the highest scorer would get 3 points, the second highest scorer would get 2 points, and the lowest scorer would get 0 points.

After explaining the rules of the game, the executive officer said seriously, "Everything here is a complete replica of that action, and the injuries are real. If you can't hold on, you can choose to give up. As long as you send out the distress signal on your waist, someone will pick you up."

Everyone was shocked.

Although everyone knew that the four-school league was dangerous before the four-school league, they were even more worried when they heard the executive officer's serious instructions.

"Okay, I've explained it." The executive officer stroked his chest with one hand, "God, I wish you all good luck."

As the four teams entered the map, the first round of the four-school league officially began.

Xiao Qiong and others got on the suspension car with the Fourth Military Region logo. The suspension car was set to a route and drove forward silently.

Everyone knew that their current scenes were being broadcast live to various places in the mainland of Saint Robert, so everyone was a little reserved, no one spoke, and the car was very quiet.

Gu Xingmian noticed that there seemed to be a thick gray fog floating outside, covering the entire sky. The visibility was extremely low, making people feel very uncomfortable.

He couldn't help but say, "Do you see this gray fog?"

Eric had the experience of opening the window last time and causing everyone to almost be wiped out, so this time he sat obediently on the inside, and stretched his neck to look out the window when he heard it.

"Really, so weird."

"Could this gray fog also be a clue?"

"It shouldn't be possible, how about writing it down and trying?"

A team member said, taking out a recorder to input, but nothing happened.

At this moment, the car body suddenly hit something hard, and the strong impact made everyone's body rush forward involuntarily, and then they were strangled by the seat belts and hit back to the back of the seat.

The next second, all the windows shattered, and in an instant, thick gray fog flooded the entire car.

At the same time, with the audience from the entire St. Roberts continent looking forward to it, the live broadcasts of the four colleges appeared on all screens.

As the host city, the city of Cor has set up many large viewing areas in the city.

Isaac and others were a little late and almost didn't catch up.

His friend said to him unhappily, "It's all your fault. You only have so little time, and you still drag your feet on the Star Network..."

Isaac was a little embarrassed, but he still said righteously, "I was arguing with someone on the Star Network, so I missed the time! If I leave, those trolls will definitely think that I can't win over them. How can I accept this!"

Friend: "..."

"What are you arguing about with others?"

Isaac, who was originally smug, suddenly froze and immediately changed the subject: "We seem to have arrived."

His friend's eyes were immediately diverted.

Isaac breathed a sigh of relief, thinking with a guilty conscience that if his friends knew that he was arguing with the trolls about who was better between Xiao Qiong and Carlos, they would definitely laugh at him for the rest of their lives! !

When they sat down, the first round of the game just started.

There were four screens on the scene, one for each college.

At first, everyone had the same screen, all in the suspended car, but soon, the suspended car hit something, making a loud noise, and everyone was thrown forward by inertia, and then the glass cracked, and countless gray mists rushed into the car.

The audience was caught off guard and screamed in fear.

Isaac and his friends were also startled.

"Fuck! Is it so intense at the beginning!"

"What is that gray mist? It's drowning everyone..."

"Look, is that gray mist swallowing people?!"

On the screen, after the gray mist entered the suspended car, it directly wrapped around the car drivers in the car, as if it wanted to swallow them.

The gray mist was like a gray cloth, wrapping up the people layer by layer. A member of the Faret Academy immediately showed a suffocating expression.

After Jerrol found out, he immediately took out an auxiliary card, which instantly turned into a blade in his palm and cut towards the gray mist fiercely. The gray mist shrank instantly, but then the wrapped member also showed a painful expression: "It hurts!"

Jerrol looked down and found that blood was flowing out of the gray mist.

He then used other auxiliary cards and found that every time he attacked the gray mist, the members would also be injured. Fortunately, although the gray mist could transfer damage, it was not particularly strong and was quickly eliminated by them.

The inside of the carriage regained clarity, but the team member who was wrapped in the gray fog looked miserable. Fortunately, the injuries were only minor and not serious.

Jerrol took out another treatment card and gave him a simple treatment before getting off the train together.

After getting off the train, they were all stunned.

The streets and houses in front of them looked like they were twisted like a towel, forming a weird distortion. The sky over the entire city was also gray, without a single human voice, and it was as quiet as a nightmare that could not be awakened.

At this time, in the VIP viewing room, Admiral Gwen of the First Military District frowned, "Is this Duna City?"

Everyone's eyes turned to Admiral Leus of the Fourth Military District who was sitting in the corner. His face was pale and his lips were white. He coughed twice before saying, "Yes."

Fifteen years ago, Duna City was breached by evil spirits. The nearest Fourth Military District was the first to send an advance force into Duna City. However, one day later, the entire force was wiped out and no one escaped. Afterwards

, the Fourth Military District sent two more teams in and sent a distress signal to the other four military districts at the same time, but soon after, the two teams that entered Duna City were also wiped out one after another.

In the past, it was not that cities had not been breached by evil spirits, but it was the first time that it was so tragic as Duna City.

At that time, Lieus, who was still a lieutenant general, took the initiative to ask for help and went deep into the city of Duna. He discovered this gray fog that would attack people silently. However, the real gray fog was more terrifying than what they simulated now. It could almost swallow people in an instant, leaving them no chance to react.

In addition to the gray fog, there were many other evil spirits in the city of Duna at that time. The army was exhausted just dealing with the gray fog and had no power to stop other evil spirits. They could only let them escape from the city of Duna and wreak havoc everywhere.

This catastrophe lasted for about a month, and the casualties in various military regions were heavy, and even the mercenaries who came to help were killed and wounded.

The Battle of Duna City, even now, still makes the soldiers and mercenaries who experienced it at that time feel terrified. However, they mostly dealt with the evil spirits that escaped outside the city, and very few actually entered Duna City to fight against the gray fog.

Among those who entered Duna City to rescue, Ludwig Gwen was one of them.

Therefore, he could recognize this as Duna City at first sight.

After hearing what Admiral Leus said, the presidents of the four colleges changed their faces.

Principal Caldwell was the first to protest: "It's too much to let the students experience such a terrible scene in the first round of the competition!"

Admiral Leus coughed a few more times: "Don't worry, principals, although everything in this city is completely restored, the simulation of the gray fog is not fatal, and I have prepared a signal device for them. If they can't hold on, they can give up at any time."

Principal Baker frowned and said: "Admiral Leus, there must be a reason for choosing the Battle of Duna City as the competition topic and giving such harsh requirements?"

Leus raised the corner of his lips: "My superiors and many comrades died in the Battle of Leus, and my body was also severely damaged in this battle. Even after fifteen years, this is still the biggest scar in my heart."

"I have been lingering on in this position for all these years in order to find a suitable successor for the Fourth Military Region. Unfortunately, after so many years, I still haven't found a suitable candidate. My body can no longer hold on. This... is my last gamble."

"When I close my eyes, I see the look of the commander handing over the Fourth Military Region to me, and the faces of my comrades who sacrificed their lives to protect the Sanga Line. I can't let them down!"

At the end of his speech, Lius couldn't help but get excited. He took a long breath before returning to normal.

Everyone was silent.

They had all seen how Admiral Leus had struggled to support the Fourth Military District over the years. However, the Fourth Military District suffered too much damage in the Battle of Duna City, and the Sanga Line was the most difficult and dangerous place. Many card divisions were unwilling to go there, resulting in a lack of successors in the Fourth Military District.

If not for this, Admiral Leus probably wouldn't have set his sights on the Four Schools League.

Everyone felt a little uncomfortable.

After Leus calmed down, he turned his attention back to the screen, carefully watching and evaluating the performance of all the participating players.

The situation of Tianhe College and Faret College was similar.

They had just experienced a car crash, and before they could quickly recover, the gray mist had already broken through the window and wrapped up the nearest person.

Fu Feng Ye immediately noticed something was wrong, and rushed forward with the double sword in his hand. The sharp blade slashed along the gray mist. Compared with Jerrol, his speed was extremely fast. Before the gray mist had time to transfer the damage, countless sword shadows had already "swished" down, cutting the gray mist into pieces.

Liu Yuntan, who was wrapped up, was only slightly injured. He was still in shock and said, "What the hell is this thing?!"

Fu Fengye made a sword flower, held the mother-and-child sword in his hand, and then said solemnly, "I don't know, but this thing seems to be able to transfer the damage to others, and..."

He glanced at the gray sky outside the broken window, and said, "In this environment, the gray fog is very suitable for hiding. Everyone, be careful and don't get entangled by it."

"Okay!"

After seeing this scene, Leus nodded with satisfaction.

He acted decisively and neatly, remained calm in the face of danger, and was able to discover the characteristics of the gray fog in such a short time. Very good.

He signaled the guards behind him to record this with a recorder.

The screen switched to Faken College.

After the gray mist entered the carriage, it looked for the nearest person to cling to as usual. Who knew that the person closest to it was Carlos.

However, the moment the gray mist approached him, Carlos had already reacted. The griffon rushed out of his spiritual body, and the lightning in his mouth rushed towards the gray mist. At the same time, two auxiliary cards appeared in Carlos's palm and instantly turned into two long swords.

After a flash of sword light, the gray mist was chopped off by him before it even touched his sleeves.

Everyone: "!!!"

Principal Li Chengji, who had been squinting and had a leisurely attitude, also sat up straight: "This swordsmanship is beautiful!"

Mrs. Hollis smiled: "It's just ordinary swordsmanship, Principal Li, please forgive me."

But it must be said that Carlos's move was really amazing.

Leus couldn't help but nodded again and asked someone to record it.

Finally, they looked at the performance of Mosca Academy.

Seeing that they wrote down the obvious gray mist outside the window as a clue as if they were trying their luck, Leus frowned slightly.

But with the car crash, the gray mist invaded.

After seeing what Mosca Academy did, everyone was stunned.

"What just happened?!"