The next morning, Xie Mingzhe set the alarm to get up and went to the Academy of Fine Arts building with his roommate Qin Xuan.

Universities in this world do not have the habit of military training. Freshmen go straight to cultural classes after school starts. Since it is the first class on the first day of school, the students are quite active and the classroom is full.

The Department of Fine Arts is divided into many classes, such as the craft class, design class, painting class, etc. Xie Mingzhe and Qin Xuan are both in the painting class, but the first class today is an open class. In a large classroom that can accommodate hundreds of people, all the freshmen of the Academy of Fine Arts gathered together, which made Xie Mingzhe recall the grandeur of the public elective courses in the Earth Era.

At eight o'clock, the bell rang and the gray-haired professor walked into the classroom.

This class was about analyzing famous paintings. The professor was very humorous and quickly aroused the students' emotions. Xie Mingzhe listened with great interest. Although he had learned to paint for many years in this world, the conditions in the orphanage were limited. He could only follow some interest classes in school and practice on his own at home. He did not receive systematic and professional art education.

It was completely different when he came to university. The professors were knowledgeable and Xie Mingzhe attended every class. After a few days of classes, the vague concepts in his mind gradually became clear, and it seemed that a whole new world had opened up before his eyes.

In addition to the large-class open classes, there are also small-class classes every afternoon, with only 30 students from the painting class taking classes together. Xie Mingzhe is cheerful and talkative, and he quickly got familiar with everyone and could match each student's face with their name. But Qin Xuan was very cold and never took the initiative to talk to others. In addition, he had a strange personality, so no one dared to provoke him.

Xie Mingzhe quickly adapted to college life. These days, he played games and ate with Xiao Ke every day. Their relationship became better and better, and his secondary account "Xie Xie Cheng Rang" was also upgraded to the maximum level.

Yu Ke was preparing for the freshman exchange competition and went to the arena to practice every day. He seemed particularly interested in the champion's prize. After Xie Mingzhe saw his helmet, he understood - it was a very old helmet, and he didn't know how many years it had been used. It was indeed time to get a new one.

On Saturday morning, Xie Mingzhe and Yu Ke came to the venue of the freshman exchange competition together.

The Star Card Association of Imperial University is one of the richest associations in the school because it has several fixed sponsors. Therefore, the first event after the start of the school was held in a very grand manner. They directly rented the school's auditorium and installed holographic projection equipment to broadcast the entire event live.

Students who are not attending the event can also open the campus live broadcast channel in their dormitories and watch the game.

According to statistics, more than 95% of the freshmen this year have been exposed to the Star Card game, and about 70% of them are passionate about competition. Everyone is very enthusiastic, and even students with lower ranks come to sign up, just to experience the competitive atmosphere. In the end, the number of people who signed up was more than 1,200, which is almost comparable to a small cup competition.

Of course, since the entry threshold is very low, the levels of the players are bound to vary.

Today's event was packed with people. The auditions were randomly divided into groups and matched. Each contestant played five games with different opponents in the group. Those who won three or more games entered the next round. The second round continued with the group matching. Those who won three out of five games entered the third round, and so on, until the top 16 were finally decided.

Xie Mingzhe did not register, so he sat in the viewing area. Above the auditorium, which could accommodate tens of thousands of people, there were eight holographic screens showing the game images at the same time, and on the stage were eight neat rows of smart helmets and swivel chairs.

The blue LCD screen above the stage lists the players in each group who are currently competing, as well as the players who need to prepare next. The venue is also divided into a player area, and several senior students are responsible for maintaining order in the player area.

The competition was attended by thousands of people and tens of thousands of spectators. The event was well organized, which shows the strength of the school's Star Card Association.

Xie Mingzhe's eyes were always on the live broadcast screen of Group E, and Yu Ke was in this group.

Not long after the game started, a line of words appeared on the screen of Group E: Ke Xiaoke VS Doudou Girl.

Xie Mingzhe immediately became serious.

The game adopted the hidden card mode commonly seen in the arena. The two people were teleported to the arena and the card decks of both parties were announced on the screen.

Ke Xiaoke still has five joker cards, and his opponent is a girl with a hand of plant cards.

The countdown ends and the competition begins.

Ke Xiaoke showed no mercy to his opponent and immediately deployed all five joker cards at the start!

The Red Bride and the White-haired Female Ghost cards worked together, and countless long hairs suddenly attacked the opponent's plants like tentacles. The girl had probably never seen such violent joker cards, and her face turned pale with fright. In almost an instant, two of her cards died.

Immediately afterwards, Yu Ke released another three cards, which together defeated her healing card in seconds.

The girl was completely stunned by the beating and simply pressed the surrender button. This girl was obviously here to have fun, and her level was probably just that of a beginner star card expert. Yu Ke won very easily, and it can be said that he killed her in one second.

The next opponent was a male student wearing glasses. His level was slightly higher than the girl just now, but he still couldn't hold out for more than a minute under Yu Ke's violent attack. The third, fourth, and fifth students also failed to defend against Yu Ke's sudden attack.

Xie Mingzhe knew very well that Yu Ke still had two cards that he had not used.

He defeated all his opponents with only five cards, which shows that with his strength, he was like a boss during the audition stage.

Yu Ke entered the second round with five consecutive wins. During the audition stage, the level of the contestants was too different, and there were many people like him who had won five consecutive games. Therefore, apart from Xie Mingzhe, not many people noticed him.

In the second round, players were matched according to their winning points. Yu Ke won all the matches, and the opponents he was matched with were relatively weak. After all, it was impossible to put the strongest players together in the preliminary round, so that the masters would be eliminated early. Therefore, Yu Ke still won the second round easily, winning five games in a row again.

The match continued until the fifth round, when Yu Ke's winning streak finally caught the attention of the host.

The host girl randomly selected a match to broadcast live. This time the camera was focused on Group E. She said excitedly: "This Ke Xiaoke has won 25 consecutive games! It seems that he has a good chance of making it to the top 16. Let's pay attention to his final round!"

At this point, there were only about 50 players left on the field, and most of those who had been slacking off had been eliminated.

Xie Mingzhe looked carefully. After several rounds of selection, the final batch of players were very strong. The level of this round was the Star Card Master level in the game, and the competition should be more intense.

As expected, Xiao Ke’s first opponent was very strong. He had a hand of water-based marine life cards, and he started with a group freeze, freezing all three of his joker cards!

Yu Ke released Liu Bei without hesitation, and the group was freed!

When the host saw the card, he was surprised: "Liu Bei? This card seems to be made by Fatty!"

She obviously knew about the recently popular Fat Uncle in the game, and couldn't help but keep a closer eye on him. The audience immediately started talking: "What is the origin of this Ke Xiaoke? How come he has Fat Uncle's card?" "Nirvana's benefits are pretty good. After winning first place in the last guild event, I heard that Liu Bei's card was also added to the guild store." "It looks like Ke Xiaoke is from the Nirvana Guild?" "I know him! He is indeed from Nirvana, and seems to have a good relationship with Fat Uncle. He even led the team in the last guild event!"

Xie Mingzhe was sitting in the crowd, and he felt mixed emotions when he heard these discussions... Is Fat Uncle so famous?

On the screen, the game became more and more intense. The opponent's water cards were difficult to deal with. Yu Ke's critical hit and instant kill style was simply unable to kill the opponent's core cards. His rhythm was often interrupted by freezing, and he was even slowly worn down by the opponent to kill his main output, the Red Bride.

Just when the opponent thought he could win, Yu Ke suddenly summoned Nuwa, and the baby directly resurrected the dead cards, and then launched a fierce counterattack, killing the opponent's most critical group control card in seconds!

Once the opponent's lineup has opened a breakthrough, Yu Ke will never give the opponent a chance to counterattack. All of his five jokers are deployed, and the fierce attack quickly causes the opponent's defense to collapse. In almost an instant, four water cards die in succession!

The situation suddenly reversed, and there was a burst of exclamations at the scene.

Yu Ke's expression was very calm.

Xie Mingzhe was sitting in the audience, and he was shocked. The Yu Ke on the court was completely different from the Yu Ke he knew. If the Yu Ke on the court was a simple and easy-to-please little puppy, then the boy on the court was the most aggressive wolfhound!

Too fierce to reason with others!

No wonder the master said that day: "This guy looks so lively, but he is the calmest person in the whole place."

Whenever it comes to a crucial match, Yu Ke will quickly calm down and look for the most appropriate opportunity. Xie Mingzhe saw clearly from the perspective of a bystander the moment when he summoned Nuwa just now - it was exactly the moment when all the joker skills were cooled down!

The resurrected bride in red, teamed up with the white-haired ghost to launch a large-scale group attack! The headless doll and the hanged ghost lurked behind the opponent at the same time, and attacked unexpectedly. The opponent was caught off guard and four cards were directly killed in a row, which was extremely terrifying.

Although this guy is usually a bit dull, his strength is indeed very powerful.

Some people may not look dangerous at ordinary times, but they shine once they are on the playing field. Yu Ke is obviously one of them.

Xie Mingzhe really admires Yu Ke more and more.

Liu Bei and Nu Wa felt very out of place among a group of jokers. He thought that if Xiao Ke was willing to join Nirvana, maybe he could tailor a set of jokers for this guy.

Doesn't Xiao Ke particularly like horror style? He will definitely like those ghost cards in the underworld.

Xie Mingzhe stroked his chin and thought with a smile, tailor-made joker cards, is this condition enough to attract Yu Ke to join?