When the results of the first round of the four-school league competition came out, the Mosca Academy burst into cheers that had been suppressed for a long time.
It's been too long!
They have been waiting for this day for too long!
Although it was only the first place in the first round, it was good news for them that they had been waiting for a long time.
For the next whole day, the Mosca Academy was filled with laughter.
"That's amazing!! Xingmian is so handsome!"
"The data of the Card League has just been refreshed. Xiao Qiong and Gu Xingmian are both ranked first. That's awesome!"
"I knew they could do it! How could there be any problems with those selected through the school selection!"
"Yes, fortunately, Principal Baker resisted the pressure and did not replace them, otherwise..."
Several prospective high school students were walking and talking happily. Suddenly, a whip shadow attacked them. The prospective high school student who was talking was almost hit. He was scared and broke into a cold sweat. He was about to scold the other party for having no public morality, but when he looked up, he saw Julian with a gloomy face. He quickly shut up and ran away.
Julian's friend held him back and said helplessly, "Forget it, don't bother with them."
Julian looked at the screens on campus, which were playing the highlights of Xiao Qiong and Gu Xingmian's performances in the four-school league, and his face became even uglier.
He walked quickly towards the dormitory.
His friend hurriedly caught up with him: "This is already a fact, don't think too much, and if they really win, it will be good for our college."
Julian stopped abruptly: "If they win, the resources will be enjoyed by those prospective high school students and newly enrolled bastards. What does it have to do with us?"
The friend said embarrassedly: "At least when we apply for the military district, we will have more advantages..."
It would have been better if he didn't say this. As soon as he said it, Julian's expression became even uglier.
Students like them from the Card Academy have several employment paths after graduation. The best one is to enter the military district and become a non-commissioned officer. It will be easier to get promoted later, but this is very difficult. Most of them start as ordinary soldiers.
Julian has a relative who is in charge of recruiting soldiers in the Fourth Military District. He told Julian before that if he could participate in the Four Schools League, even if the results were not good enough, he could use this resume to get him a non-commissioned officer status.
Julian thought this matter was stable, but Xiao Qiong and Song Nanting messed it up.
Without the Four Schools League, the relatives also said they were powerless.
After that, Julian could either choose to join the military district and start as an ordinary soldier, but ordinary soldiers suffered heavy casualties and it was difficult to make meritorious contributions, which was completely different from starting as a non-commissioned officer, or join the guards and spend his life doing trivial things every day.
Julian didn't want to choose either.
He hated Xiao Qiong and others who made him lose this opportunity.
Seeing that he was getting stuck in a dead end, his friend sighed and stopped persuading him, saying, "The holiday is coming soon. Where do you want to go to play?"
Julian absent-mindedly perfunctorily said a few words and sent his friend away.
As soon as his friend left, his communicator rang. It was the relative from the Fourth Military District.
He quickly answered the call, and the other party laughed heartily: "Congratulations on winning the first round of the school competition!"
Julian's face darkened, but he could only reluctantly agree with him.
After a few words, the other party asked, "Are you familiar with Xiao Qiong and Song Nanting?"
Julian was really tired of hearing these names, but because it was a relative who asked, he could only patiently ask, "Why are you asking about them?"
The relative smiled and said, "Did you see their performance in the four-school league this time? I heard that several generals admired them very much. I heard from my colleagues that if Mosca Academy wins this time, Admiral Lius may make an exception and let them enter the military district in advance after the four-school league, so I have to ask about it first..."
Julian couldn't hear the rest of the words, and his heart was full of jealous anger.
Why! !
That should have been his chance!
They took away his chance to become a non-commissioned officer in the military district!
Julian completely forgot that this opportunity did not belong to anyone in the first place. The other person got this opportunity because he won the school selection fairly.
He didn't know what he said to his relatives and hung up the communicator in a daze.
The TV in the room automatically turned on the news at the appointed time.
But what annoyed Julian was that the news was full of information related to the Four Schools League. He was so annoyed that he wanted to smash the TV, but suddenly he heard the news about the arrangements for the second round of the game.
The first game was between Mosca College and Fallet College.
Julian wanted to participate in the Four Schools League before, so naturally he had some understanding of the other three colleges, and his eyes lit up immediately.
The news also expressed regret that Mosca College encountered such a tough opponent in the first game. Originally, because of the first round of games, the public's expectations for Mosca College were much higher, but now they are starting to decline.
Moreover, if Mosca College loses the first game, it will still be in danger afterwards.
But can Mosca College win?
It is generally believed that it is very difficult. The betting odds for this game are also 90% for Falete College and only 10% for Mosca College.
Listening to the various analyses in the news, Julian smiled slowly.
This is a rare good news he has heard since the start of the four-school league.
At this time, Wright was also analyzing the first game for all the players.
"We got 3 points in the first round, which is our advantage, but it doesn't mean we can take it lightly."
"In the second round, each team will play two games. The winner will get 2 points, the loser will get 0 points, and the draw will get 1 point each. However, the draw is rare, so we won't consider it for now. But if we lose both rounds, we can only look at the scores of the other three colleges. If we rank low, even if there are colleges that tie with us, we will be judged as the loser because of the small score in the second round."
"So, we have to win at least one game no matter what."
Fred couldn't help asking, "Teacher Wright, is Farlett College really strong?"
"Very strong!" Wright nodded.
After he finished speaking, he simply played the copied video of the first round of games for them to watch.
A familiar scene appeared before their eyes on the screen.
At first, when the gray mist just appeared, they did not feel how strong the Faret Academy was. It was not until they got off the car and formed a battle formation that they really realized the strength of Faret Academy.
Not to mention the sneaking gray mist, they killed one by one, and killed two by two.
Then they encountered an extremely flexible evil spirit, whose attack was extremely strong and fast.
When Song Nanting and his team encountered it, they suffered a lot. However, after this evil spirit encountered the Faret Academy battle formation, it was like entering a meat grinder and was easily solved.
It can be said that any evil spirit that enters the battle formation cannot escape.
Due to time constraints, the video was not complete, only part of it was captured, but it was enough to silence the team members.
Even if Wright didn't say it, they knew that if they encountered a complete battle formation of Fallet, there was almost no chance of winning.
Even Xiao Qiong was silent.
If there were ten of him, maybe they could fight against him.
Gu Xingmian also felt a little bad in his heart. Their luck was too bad to encounter such a strong opponent in the first game.
Wright originally just wanted to give them a warning and let them not take the Faret Academy lightly, but he didn't know that he had given them too much warning. Their morale was almost gone, and he was a little anxious. He said quickly: "Although Faret Academy is very strong, we are not without a chance."
"At the beginning of the game, each team entered the map separately and randomly. Without a communicator, they couldn't quickly gather together. We can defeat them one by one..."
Wright said, and he didn't have the confidence to continue.
He said the most ideal situation. The real situation would not be known until the game officially started.
Thinking of this, he remembered his purpose before coming here, and said: "Although the best case scenario is that we can beat Faret College, it doesn't matter if we can't win. The most important thing is to protect yourself."
The second round of competition is more brutal than the first round. Both teams must eliminate the other team's players. The time limit is three hours. The team with more players left at the end wins.
The standard for elimination is either exhaustion of mental strength or complete loss of combat effectiveness.
In previous years, there have been cases of serious injuries or even deaths in the second round of competition. Don't think that the Farets look silly, they are real fighting machines, and they are known for leaving no one alive in the battle.
Wright sighed: "If the students of Fallet have already gathered, then you don't have to fight them head-on. Hide if you can and save your strength for the second game."
Although Feiken and Tianhe are not easy to deal with, they are not as dangerous as Fallet.
But at this time, Song Nanting, who had been silent, spoke up: "It's not completely impossible."
Everyone was stunned, and then looked at her eagerly.
Even Dai Baiyu couldn't help but look at her a few more times.
Song Nanting said: "Fallet's battle formation is indeed very powerful. If they let the ten people form a complete battle formation, we probably really have no chance. But their core is the captain Jerrol. If we can eliminate Jerrol in advance at the beginning of the game, maybe we still have a chance."
After she finished speaking, she looked at Xiao Qiong.
After all, Jerrol's individual combat power is not weak.
Everyone suddenly realized that, indeed, except Xiao Qiong, no one could be sure to eliminate Jerrol.
Xiao Qiong nodded and said, "I can try, but I can't guarantee that I can find him."
Song Nanting shook her head: "Don't worry, Jerrol also wants to eliminate you in advance."
Everyone was a little surprised, wondering why she was so sure.
Song Nanting said, "They will also watch the video of our first round of competition. Compared to us, if they lose this game, it means they will completely say goodbye to the four-school league competition, so they care more about this game than us. In fact, they only have one choice, which is to win."
"Even if that's the case, what does it have to do with them wanting to eliminate the boss?" Eric asked curiously.
Song Nanting cast his eyes on Gu Xingmian.
Gu Xingmian pointed at himself in a daze: "Me?"
Song Nanting said: "In the first round, you led us through various spaces. What if you can use this method to lead us to dodge continuously in this round? By then, even if the Faret Academy has a battle formation, it will be useless if we can't find anyone. When the three hours are up, we will be tied."
"But I didn't..." Gu Xingmian understood before he finished speaking.
He knew that his special feeling was only in the strange map in the first round, and it was not his skill, but other academies didn't know.
After all, it is a UR card, and anything is possible.
Moreover, the God Card and the Card Master are one and the same.
Eliminating Xiao Qiong is equivalent to eliminating him, and Xiao Qiong is the most powerful in their team. This is killing two birds with one stone. If he were Jerrol, it seems that he would not be able to refuse this tactic.
Xiao Qiong nodded: "I understand."
After listening to Song Nanting's arrangement, Wright asked: "How sure are you?"
"10%." Song Nanting smiled.
"10%?!"
Dai Baiyu said in a deep voice: "It's still too risky."
However, Song Nanting shook his head and had a different opinion from him: "No matter which academy we face, the winning rate is not high. Try your best. At least you can't lose this spirit and lose without fighting."
Dai Baiyu was stunned.
He didn't expect to hear these words from Song Nanting.
A hint of admiration appeared in his eyes: "You look more like someone from the military than I do."
Song Nanting also smiled: "Then take it as the instructor praising me." As she said that, she looked at the other team members and told them her plan.
"Whether you want to take this gamble, let's decide."
There was only a moment of silence at the scene, and Xiao Qiong was the first to stand up.
Eric also slapped the table: "Let's take the gamble!"
Then, everyone stood up one after another.
Everyone put their hands together: "Come on!"
Soon it was time for the second round of the competition. As the two teams in the first game, they received great attention before the game.
In addition to ordinary spectators, their opponents were also paying attention to the results of the game.
In the VIP room, the most nervous people today were Buckle and Caldwell. After entering the VIP room, one of them was busy wiping sweat and the other was drinking water.
In comparison, Leus and others were much more relaxed. Leus was in much better condition today and even had the leisure to ask, "Do you want to guess who will win today?"
As a result, except for Buckle, everyone else chose Fallet.
Buckle was immediately furious.
Li Chengji asked Leus curiously, "What about Admiral Leus? Who do you think will win?"
Leus smiled and said, "Sorry, Principal Buckle, I originally wanted to choose Mosca, but Mosca's luck doesn't seem to be very good today!"
After he finished speaking, everyone looked at the screen. It turned out that the game had already started.
The two teams just entered the map, and the map for this game turned out to be an endless sandy land.
This is the most suitable place for Faret College to perform.
When Xiao Qiong stepped into the map, he frowned slightly.
In this second round of the game, the league team prepared a total of eight maps for random competition, but no one expected that they would randomly get the most disadvantageous one for them.
The spectators were also talking about it.
"One out of eight options, this map was chosen. God is not on the side of Mosca Academy today."
"Fortunately, I bought Faret Academy early. Maybe they can turn the tide!"
"That's right! In terms of strength, Faret is still stronger. In the first round, Mosca Academy just relied on the UR card to get a chance. This round is a real fight, so there is no way to take shortcuts."
Isaac and others on the side were disappointed.
They were very confident in this game, but they have been browsing the information released by Star Network and Card Alliance in the past few days, and the more they read, the more shocked they are.
Moreover, after the first round of the game, they were so happy that they used all their money to buy Mosca to win the game. If they lost, they would have no money to stay in Cor City and would have to go back early.
Now it seems that they might lose both money and people.
...
At this time, Jerrol was also in high spirits after seeing the sand. He patted the elephant next to him and planned to find his partner first.
Just as Song Nanting guessed, Jerrol's plan was to eliminate Xiao Qiong first.
But Jerrol was extremely cautious. For safety, it was better to be with his teammates.
But this map was very large. In addition to the sand, there was also a large oasis and Gobi. Moreover, the sand was constantly flowing, leaving no trace at all.
None of them had communicators, so it was difficult to find teammates or enemies.
But the Faret Academy had a special way of merging.
Jerrol was lying on the elephant. His God Card Basong's skill was earth-related, and he could walk on the sand as if it were flat ground.
On the other side, Xiao Qiong was also running fast on the sand.
They did have mushroom spores, but this map was too big, and it was not easy to find people quickly.
But none of them expected that the two of them would bump into each other directly on such a large sand.
Gu Xingmian was in Xiao Qiong's spiritual body: [Oh my! ]
Basong quickly stopped, and the sand that was raised formed a sand mist between the two sides.
The people watching the game were also stunned.
I thought it would take a while for them to meet on such a large map, but the two captains bumped into each other right at the beginning.
"How exciting!"
"I originally thought that Mosca Academy was the worst, but now I think that Fallet's luck is not that good either!"
In the first round, Xiao Qiong's personal combat power has been proven. If it is a 1V1, Jerrol really has no advantage.
Jerrol himself obviously realized this, and his expression became serious.
He jumped off Bassong's back.
When he landed, he had two auxiliary cards in his hand.
He attacked Xiao Qiong almost instantly, and at the same time, Bassong also rushed towards Xiao Qiong with his nose swung.
Xiao Qiong was not in a hurry. He lowered his body and then gathered his strength to rush towards Jerrol who was behind Basong.
Basong's nose sprayed yellow sand at Xiao Qiong, and Xiao Qiong dodged by turning his body to the side.
But as he walked forward, he found that the sand under his feet was like water, sucking him down.
It turned out that Jerrol secretly released the Quicksand spell by taking advantage of Basong's attack.
Xiao Qiong then used the first auxiliary card to take him out of the sand pit, but as soon as he got out of the sand pit, Jerrol attacked again.
He did not just use high-level auxiliary cards, but used basic auxiliary cards and Basong's skills together to suddenly launch a big attack, especially the Quicksand spell, which he used almost without hesitation.
Jerrol has been keeping his distance from Xiao Qiong, because he knows very well that once Xiao Qiong gets close to him, he will be eliminated soon.
But if he holds Xiao Qiong back like this, as long as his teammates come, the situation between him and Xiao Qiong can be reversed immediately.
Moreover, he saw that in the first round of the game, Xiao Qiong usually used a steel rope auxiliary card. If it was in a city like the first round, or on hard ground, it would be beneficial to Xiao Qiong.
But now it happened to be on the sand, and Xiao Qiong couldn't get close to him with a steel rope.
This is why he can use this strategy to hold Xiao Qiong back now.
Xiao Qiong also understood it in his heart.
But he also understood that if Jerrol couldn't be eliminated here, it would be more troublesome once he and his teammates joined together.
But Jerrol was too cautious. Even if Xiao Qiong showed his flaws on purpose, he did not get too excited, but kept on flying a kite.
At this moment, Gu Xingmian said, "Let me out."
Xiao Qiong understood something: "Be careful!"
The next second, Gu Xingmian came out of Xiao Qiong's spiritual body, rolled on the ground, and almost hit himself directly into the sand sprayed by Bassoon.
Jerrol frowned slightly.
They watched the video of the first round of the game countless times, and naturally they could see that Gu Xingmian had no advantage in terms of force. If that was the case, why would he show his spiritual body in this situation?
Was he going to use his identity as a "Vanka fan" to charm Basong? So that Basong would stop attacking Xiao Qiong?
But then, Jerrol shook his head in his heart.
Although at the opening ceremony, all the God Cards were reluctant to hurt Gu Xingmian, it was just an insignificant performance after all.
The reason why the battle formation of the Faret Academy was so powerful was not only because their card masters worked together and obeyed orders, but also because the God Cards did the same.
When it came to the real competition, Basong would never forget his mission for other things.
Sure enough, although Basson's steps paused, he was not affected by it and continued to attack Xiao Qiong with Jerrol.
After Gu Xingmian came out of his spiritual body, he did not rush into the battlefield to do anything as they imagined, but just stood by.
Jerrol was distracted at first to prevent him from doing something, but Xiao Qiong's attack pace accelerated, and he was a little overwhelmed. Gu Xingmian just stood by and didn't move, so he gradually stopped paying attention to him.
Just when he used the Quicksand Card again.
Gu Xingmian, who had been staring at him closely, moved.
Now he can see the star pattern very skillfully, and quickly find the controlled star pattern and move it.
Moreover, this is the star pattern of the Quicksand Technique.
Some time ago, Gu Xingmian specially gave this star pattern to Grove, and he was very familiar with it.
So, Jerrol was horrified to find that the quicksand pit that was originally under Xiao Qiong's feet had inexplicably appeared under his feet.
And Xiao Qiong was taking advantage of this break and rushing towards him like a sharp blade.