"Congratulations to Yu Ke for winning the championship of the 5th Imperial University Freshman Exchange Competition!" The host picked up the microphone and said loudly, "Next, please invite tonight's special guest, Senior Tang Muzhou, to personally present the award to Yu Ke!"

Tang Muzhou, who was sitting in the guest seat, was invited to the stage. Amid the enthusiastic applause of the audience, the man picked up the golden championship trophy and the specially made smart helmet, walked to Yu Ke, smiled and stretched out his hand: "Congratulations."

"Thank you, Tang Shen!" Yu Ke saw Tang Muzhou up close for the first time. The legendary male god senior was indeed more handsome than in the promotional photos. He just shook hands and took the trophy, but Tang Muzhou suddenly leaned over and asked in a low voice: "Are you Xie Mingzhe's new teammate?"

Yu Ke was stunned, not knowing how to answer for a moment.

Tang Muzhou continued, "Xie Mingzhe personally designed the cards for you. It seems that he admires you very much. You must not disappoint his expectations of you."

Yu Ke looked at him in confusion: "How do you know these cards were made by Azhe?"

Tang Muzhou's lips curled up slightly: "I'm his senior, how could I not know?"

Yu Ke suddenly realized that the "Dead Tree Resurrection" of the Nirvana Guild that Ah Zhe had mentioned before was exactly the nickname of his master Chen Qianlin. Isn't Chen Qianlin Tang Muzhou's mentor? In this way, Tang Muzhou and Ah Zhe are indeed brothers.

On the live broadcast screen, many viewers saw Tang Muzhou approaching and talking to Yu Ke. Everyone thought that Tang Shen was just encouraging his junior and didn't think much about it. However, in Bai Kongque's live broadcast room, many netizens frantically refreshed the bullet screen when Tang Muzhou appeared.

"God Tang is indeed my idol. He is so handsome no matter how you look at him!"

"Tang Shen is really gentle. Whenever the school invites him to an event, he will go as long as it doesn't conflict with his competition!"

"Lick Tang Shen's face, I love him so much!"

"I'm looking forward to the upcoming guest challenge. I really want to go on stage and fight Tang Shen in person, even if he beats me!"

The reason why Bai Kongque's online live broadcast room became popular was mainly because of the appearance of "New Joker". The news spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred, attracting countless onlookers, and the popularity of the live broadcast room quickly became the first on the online live broadcast platform. The news that Tang Muzhou participated in the Imperial Capital University Freshman Exchange Competition tonight also quickly spread throughout the fan circle, and Tang Muzhou's fans immediately flocked to the live broadcast room to see the male god.

There is a "Guest Challenge" session in every competition of the Imperial University Star Card Association. After the official competition is over, the guest challenge has become the most anticipated content for fans.

The host was obviously looking forward to it, and walked to the center of the stage and said excitedly, "We will have another interesting segment next. Do you know what it is?"

The audience cheered in unison: "Guest Challenge!"

The host smiled and said, "That's right! Every freshman competition has a guest challenge session. First, please invite our Tang Shen to sit in the guest contestant seat!"

The props team had quickly pushed the revolving chair to the center of the stage. Tang Muzhou walked over and sat down with a smile. "Special Guest" was written on the front of his chair. Opposite him was an empty revolving chair with "Challenger" written on the front.

The host said: "Let me first introduce the rules of the guest challenge. The challenge is a 1v1 match in the dark card mode, with a total of five rounds. In other words, tonight there will be five students who will have the opportunity to face off against Tang Shen. All the students who are drawn will also receive a commemorative gift package prepared by the Star Card Association. Next, please ask Tang Shen to personally draw the lucky audience who is qualified for the challenge!"

The stadium's seat numbers began to scroll on the big screen.

The audience was very enthusiastic, and many fans raised their hands and shouted "God Tang, pick me!" Fans in the live broadcast room were also crazy about the screen: "I'm so jealous of the students in the scene who can watch my idol up close!" "I also want to challenge God Tang in person!" "I can face off against God Tang up close, and I can get limited peripherals. Those who are picked are so lucky!"

However, there were three people at the scene who didn't want to be picked by Tang Muzhou at all - Chen Qianlin, Chen Xiao and Xie Mingzhe.

Chen Xiao frowned and said, "Brother, what if you get picked?"

It would be bad if Chen Qianlin was recognized when he stepped onto the big stage. At the school's freshman exchange competition, Chen Qianlin, the founder of the Wood School, unexpectedly showed up to challenge his apprentice Tang Muzhou. Regardless of who wins or loses, this will definitely become sensational news.

Xie Mingzhe was also worried about this, so he simply said, "Why don't you take Master away early, Brother Chen? The competition is over anyway."

Chen Qianlin nodded, stood up and prepared to leave.

Chen Xiao asked, "Xiao Xie, aren't you leaving?"

Xie Mingzhe smiled and said, "I want to see how Senior Brother tortures people. Besides, there are tens of thousands of spectators in the audience, so he may not pick me."

As soon as he finished speaking, the numbers scrolling on the big screen suddenly stopped at a familiar number: Zone E 2806.

Xie Mingzhe's eyes widened in surprise - isn't this his seat number?

As expected, one should not speak carelessly. He just said that he would not be hit, but he actually was hit. Xie Mingzhe wanted to slap himself in the face.

The host said, "Are you from Area E, seat 2806 here? Raise your hands so we can see who the lucky audience member is!"

Xie Mingzhe cursed the organizers in his heart. The spotlight soon came over, and in order to prevent his master, who had not yet left the venue, from being exposed, Xie Mingzhe had to stand up and block his master, with a smile on his face that said "I was so excited to be chosen."

The big screen magnified Xie Mingzhe's face. The boy was tall and handsome, with a bright smile, and he was waving "happily" at everyone.

Tang Muzhou: “…”

He was quite surprised that he got his junior fellow disciple at the first draw.

In the live broadcast room, after Xie Mingzhe's face was magnified, the direction of the comments in the bullet screen area immediately changed: "Please give me the information of the handsome boy who was picked!" "Are all the freshmen of Imperial Capital University so good-looking?" "Anyone who is picked will be a handsome boy!" "Come on, little brother, I wish you can live two more seconds in the hands of Tang Shen!"

The host said: "Please invite this lucky student to come to the stage!"

Amid the cheers of the audience, Xie Mingzhe walked onto the stage with gritted teeth.

The host said: "As the first lucky audience member to be drawn, please introduce yourself to everyone!"

Xie Mingzhe smiled into the microphone and said, "Hello everyone, I'm Xie Mingzhe, a freshman in the Department of Fine Arts. I'm very happy to have this opportunity to challenge senior Tang Muzhou in person." But in his heart he was complaining: Happy at all, he didn't want to be bullied by his senior in front of so many people.

Seeing him trying hard to act, Tang Muzhou forced himself to hold back his smile, nodded in cooperation, and said gently, "Don't feel pressured, Junior Brother. I am usually very gentle to challengers and will not let you lose too badly."

Xie Mingzhe: “…”

Although it was impossible for him to defeat Tang Muzhou at his current level, Xie Mingzhe's fighting spirit was completely ignited when he heard this.

He and Tang Muzhou had never had a formal duel, so today he took the opportunity of the guest challenge to see how big the gap between him and his senior brother was. However, what should he do with his deck? He couldn't use Uncle Fatty's character deck, as that would be like exposing his true identity in front of everyone.

As if sensing Xie Mingzhe's embarrassment, Tang Muzhou took the initiative to remind him: "You can bring your own deck to the guest challenge, or you can borrow the decks of the players just now. What deck do you plan to use, junior brother?"

Xie Mingzhe immediately understood what he meant and said with a smile, "I would like to borrow Yu Ke's joker card, can I?"

Yu Ke had been in a daze in the audience. He was confused for a moment when Tang Muzhou suddenly mentioned Xie Mingzhe. When he heard his own name, he finally came to his senses and quickly stood up and went to the big stage.

Xie Mingzhe winked at him and said, "I particularly like your joker. Can you give me temporary control of it? Thank you."

Yu Ke smiled and said, "No problem!"

In the guest challenge session of the freshman exchange competition, most of the students who were drawn used their own decks. It was rare for Xie Mingzhe to directly borrow the deck of a player. However, today's situation was special. Yu Ke's joker was brand new, and many spectators were interested in this deck. Therefore, Xie Mingzhe's temporary use of Yu Ke's account did not arouse suspicion. Even the professional players who were watching on the live broadcast platform thought that this student just wanted to experience the joker.

Yu Ke put on a helmet and handed over the temporary operation rights of his account to Xie Mingzhe.

Xie Mingzhe logged into the role of "Ke Xiaoke" and came to the official challenge arena. As expected, he saw a person with the ID "Tang" waiting for him. This was the famous character that Tang Muzhou used to win 50 consecutive individual tournaments. Xie Mingzhe did not dare to use the character deck to expose the fat uncle's main account, but Tang Muzhou did not want to expose the digital account used in the arena.

The two of them understood each other tacitly and pressed the ready button at the same time.

The host said: "The first round of the guest challenge will begin soon. Please choose a map!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the competition selection box appeared in front of Xie Mingzhe.

He chose a map that was very suitable for the Joker assassination style: Dark Cave.

This is the darkest map among all the maps. It is a pure night scene map with extremely low visibility. Many jokers can almost be completely integrated into the background, making it difficult for opponents to detect them. Playing on such a map requires extremely high awareness from players.

Soon, both sides' decks were announced on the big screen.

The open cards shown by Xie Mingzhe are Black Impermanence, White Impermanence, Ox-Head, Horse-Faced, and Nie Xiaoqian, and the hidden cards are unknown.

The signature plants displayed by Tang Muzhou include desert rose, clematis, water lily, wisteria and begonia.

Seeing this deck, Tang Muzhou's fans immediately became excited: "God Tang is serious now!" "I think Xie Mingzhe will be beaten to tears by him..." "It seems that God Tang does not want to show mercy to the challenger!"

The professional athletes who were watching also started discussing in the group.

Ye Zhu said: "Everyone, place your bets and guess what Tang Shen's hidden card will be!"

Shan Lan: "Maybe I'll bring the Millennium Divine Tree to show everyone the strongest group attack of the Wood Element?"

Gui Sirui: "Will you bring the Mandrake Flower to complement the poison attack of the Intestine-breaking Grass?"

Zheng Feng: "It is also possible to bring the banyan tree to prevent the opponent from clearing the field!"

Everyone kept guessing, but no one was sure. After all, Tang Muzhou's card pool was too deep, and few people could guess his hidden cards.

But everyone soon noticed that after seeing his deck, Xie Mingzhe replaced a hidden card, while Tang Muzhou did not.