Starry Kingdom, 9:30 p.m., Galaxia National Arena.
This open-air stadium built by a legendary magician does not need any additional light source. It can make the entire stadium as bright as day simply by gathering and emitting the starlight in the sky. The focusing effect can be achieved by simply adjusting the angle of the reflector. At this time, the 4,600 spectator seats were filled with teachers and students from Galashi High School. When the flat stadium was adjusted into a shallow terrain by the civil engineering miracle, an uproar sounded above the stadium. Except for the students of Aletheia University who applauded vigorously, other students could not help but yell and curse.
"Thank you very much for the wonderful performance of the Death Singing Fantasy Music Band!" Arsenal's clear and bright voice cruised over the stadium, suppressing the students' excitement: "Next, the last part of the opening ceremony of this college league is the meteor robbery!"
"Please invite the contestants to enter!" said another female host. "The first contestant entering now is Sonia Servi, a first-year student in the swordsmanship department of Jianhua University and a two-winged magician!"
When Sonia walked out of the passage, starlight focused on her like pillars, making her battle suit sparkle. Fireworks rose on both sides of the door and bloomed into patterns of swords and roses. The applause of thousands of people was like thunder to welcome the village girl to the battle hall!
Eight huge projection screens simultaneously displayed her front, side, and oblique views. However, Lois and the others spent an entire afternoon setting her stage makeup. With the blessing of the 'Sun-fixing' spirit, Sonia's beauty was 360° without any flaws. No matter how dazzling the starlight was, it could not cover up her dazzling brilliance. She raised her chin proudly, enjoying the attention to her heart's content.
When she stepped onto the Shallows stage, Sonia turned her head to glance at the director's desk, thinking that her greatest wish two months ago was to sit there and explain and introduce the new generation of stars of Galaxia.
Even she herself could not have imagined that two months later, she would become one of the stars.
And then, all she needs to do is to prove that she is the brightest star!
"The second contestant is the fourth-year student of the Stick Spinning Department at Trails University, the two-winged magician Colenzo Warren!"
"The third contestant is the fourth-year student of the Gunnery Department of Rhapsody University, the two-winged magician Lydia Azdal!"
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"The sixth contestant is the third-year student of the Water Magic Department at the University of Aurelia, the two-wing magician Verin Stella!"
"The six contestants in the first Meteor Tribulation are all two-wing magicians!"
When all six players appeared, the most eye-catching one was Weilin from Aletheia University. She was not only the only junior on the field - compared with the other seniors, she was indeed a junior.
More importantly, she is a water mage!
And the site of tonight's meteor disaster is a shallow beach terrain!
"There must be something behind the scenes!" Adele in the audience shouted angrily, "Chop the league committee into pieces and feed them to Lala!"
"Why would Aletheia University need to cheat in the college league?" Lois sighed. "This is the foundation of Aletheia University."
The terrain of the competition is indeed completely random, but there are students studying prophecy in the University of Truth. They don’t need to interfere with the league committee at all. They can just adjust the order of the players to take advantage of the terrain!
Other universities also want to predict the terrain of the competition, but the problem is that the prophecy faction has no learning method at all. Students who are lucky enough to get in will be poached by the University of Truth at the first opportunity. After all, only the University of Truth has the knowledge of the prophecy faction in Galaxia. Even if they want to be reserved, they will be tempted to cheat by the benefits of the University of Truth!
Some people may think that a league held every year doesn't require such hard work, right? However, for schools, the results of the college league will directly determine the education funding for the next year; for students, this may even be the most glorious moment of their lives, so everyone will try their best!
As an annual competition program that is broadcast nationwide and has a viewership rate so high that even dramas starring Deda Rose have to give way to it, students' performance in the league will directly affect their future. The Bullet Star Guards that protect the royal family, the Griffin Company of the House of Nobles, and the Barrier Corps that sweep the bottom of the abyss will all select members from among them... and the nobles also like to inject new blood through marriage. For example, the partner of each generation of Duke Vosloda, the "Star-Forging Duke", is a powerful swordsman, but very few of them are from noble families and most are commoners.
However, as the first meteor disaster of the opening ceremony, Aletheia University really didn't give up at all. If it was a Gobi, abyss, city, desert and other terrains, even if ordinary magicians could get a boost, it would not be much. Only the shallow terrain was the home court for water magicians. In addition, Weilin was born in Aletheia University, and she must have a golden-level miracle in her hand, which was enough to form a crushing advantage over other magicians!
"However, this is a meteor disaster." Ingridt folded her hands and said, "The representative of Aletheia University is so strong, maybe he will be the first to appear."
Lois and Adele couldn't help but nod and look at the six people on the field.
The college league is divided into three competition systems: Meteor Tribulation, Star Tribulation and Star Palace Tribulation. Simply put, Star Palace Tribulation is a round-robin competition among five teams based on schools, which is the friendly match system that Sonia participated in before, and the competition is about the foundation of the school.
The Star Tribulation is a team battle of three people. Three teams fight at the same time each time. It is also the competition system with the highest combat intensity. Participants are often student teams that have already participated in the Abyss Adventure, and the competition is about team coordination.
Meteor Tribulation is a single-player competition with six players competing on the same stage. Only those who survive to the end are considered the winners! And as the competition progresses, Meteor Tribulation will always maintain a scale of six players. Sometimes, only two people in Meteor Tribulation are winners who win all the way, and the other four are losers who are trying to win a chance to revive. The competition is about individual quality!
Some people may wonder why six people have to play together in a single-player match. There are many reasons, for example, there is serious faction restraint between low-level mages, a fire mage has basically no chance of winning against a water mage, the weak mage restrains most melee tacticians, and the gunmage is a T0 profession... but as long as the singles are replaced with a melee, the faction restraint problem becomes a secondary contradiction, and many variables are added, which tests the various combat abilities of the mages more comprehensively.
There is another small reason: multiplayer melee is much more interesting than one-on-one duel.
After all, the participants were not sanctuary magicians. Even if students tried to increase combat effects as much as possible to attract attention, to outsiders, student competitions were still not as exaggerated as the scenes in movies and TV series. In order to improve the viewing experience, Meteor Robbery tried to scale from three to a hundred people, and finally fixed it at six people, which was full of dramatic conflicts without distracting the audience's attention.
The biggest flaw of a six-person team is that the advantages of the strong are greatly weakened. After all, the other contestants are not stupid. In a zero-sum game, they will naturally kill the strongest first.
Therefore, the winner of Meteor Robbery is either the one with the strongest combined strength in terms of means, combat power, and social connections, or...
A genius that completely crushes the other contestants!
"In the past ten years, the winners of the opening ceremony meteor disaster have all been students from Aletheia University without exception." Weilin, who was wearing a thin and transparent blue battle suit, smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, seniors."
"Really? That's great." Lydia drew out her double guns: "I hadn't thought of a goal for this year's league yesterday. Now my goal is to make Aletheia University end its record yesterday."
Colenzo swung his stick, and the silver tip drew flames. It was obvious that his weapon was very powerful. "You will not suffer any loss if you have a certain respect for your seniors, junior."
"Ah, Weilin, you don't think you're so annoying, do you? Why does everyone want to get rid of me first? Could it be..." Weilin tilted her head and laughed, and a short stick came out of her sleeve. She spun it in a circle and extended both ends, and it became a long stick in the blink of an eye.
Boom!
When the long stick hit the mud, the water on the entire shallow stage rushed towards Weilin frantically, turning into water dragons that wrapped around the long stick in the air, protecting Weilin and suppressing the stage! Weilin looked like a water witch at this time, and the others were just ignorant heroes who challenged her!
Apart from anything else, in terms of style and fashion alone, the others have already failed miserably!
"...Are you jealous of Weilin's beauty?" Weilin wrapped her hands around the long stick and pressed it against her back, which further highlighted her graceful figure. Her lazy tone showed her confidence that she didn't take anyone seriously!
"Fighting Ghost Magician..." Everyone murmured softly, without any hope in their hearts, and their eyes were full of caution and determination when they looked at Weilin!
The War Ghost Magician does not refer to a certain school of magic, but specifically refers to a magician who uses cold weapons in conjunction with natural magic.
Although the cold weapon magic faction can also produce natural miracles, such as a swordsman slashing out a flaming sword, miracles like the 'flaming sword' are integrated, that is, there is flame only when there is a sword. It is impossible for a swordsman to spit out flames with his mouth. Even if he wants to pretend, he has to use his fingers to chop it to appease the magic spirit.
The War Ghost Magicians are different. They usually practice one natural magic and one cold weapon, which are independent of each other. For example, Weilin has both a long stick and a water dragon, but she can also spray water without a stick. There is no subordinate relationship between water magic and the long stick.
But when she fights, the water miracle and the long stick attack will cooperate with each other. When you try to break the water miracle, you will be beaten by the long stick. When you resist the long stick, you will be shot by the water dragon!
Fighting against a War Ghost Warlock is like fighting two at once!
In fact, this is a tricky combat system, because the natural magic faction focuses on casting concentration and does not pay attention to dynamic reactions, while the cold weapon faction emphasizes dynamic fighting and does not pay attention to casting concentration. It is possible to use both at the same time, but the construction difficulty is extremely high.
However, as the magic factions have developed to this day, the derivative miracles of a single faction are sufficient to meet all possibilities. Even the swordsmanship system has a self-healing miracle. Even if a magician studies other magic factions as a minor, it is for other functions, such as movement, reconnaissance, treatment, special moves, etc., and will not study an additional unrelated faction just for the sake of a combat system. Therefore, these dual-cultivation magicians are almost all maniacs who are addicted to bloody battles, and therefore are called war ghosts.
Weilin looks weak and tender, and her major is water magic, but there is no doubt that she enjoys fighting in her heart. I don’t know how many fish-slaying dragons’ heads she has smashed with her long stick!
"Sonya, can I call you that?" Weilin suddenly said, "Since we are both younger and prettier, I'll give you a piece of advice - when they're dealing with me, you'd better find a way to kick at least one of them out."
Lydia quickly glanced at the village girl and sneered at Weilin: "Why do top students from the University of Truth need to sow discord and form cliques? Forget it. I admit that you are the strongest now, so you must be the first to be eliminated!"
"I don't talk to ugly people." Weilin said with a grin, "Sister Sonia, you are only a freshman now, and you have just been promoted to the second wing a few days ago. In their eyes, you are the weakest one. If, I mean if, if they really eliminate me, then in order to prevent you from taking advantage, they will definitely turn around and focus on you immediately."
"They may have attacked you before I was eliminated. Because in the Meteor Robbery competition system, only losers who have defeated other contestants have the opportunity to resurrect. Even if it is to ensure the bottom line, they have no reason to let you, the latest fresh school girl, go."
"Look at you, you don't even use a real sword, you just hold a wooden sword." Weilin said, "I don't know if you are showing weakness on purpose or if the wooden sword is important, but if you show weakness in the arena, you will become a weakling who is trampled on."
Sonia raised her eyebrows: "Thanks for the reminder."
"Sister Servi, don't be fooled!" Lydia said, "She just wants to contain the internal strife between us, so that she can have a chance to defeat us one by one or even annihilate us! Weilin is the strongest now. If we can't kick her out at the beginning, then we will definitely lose!"
"Don't worry." Sonia gripped the hilt of the wooden sword tightly: "I will defeat the strongest first."
Even so, the distance between the magicians has obviously widened. Verbal assurances are meaningless here. One of the selling points of Meteor Robbery is the intrigues between the players. In a zero-sum game, it is impossible for six players to form an alliance.
Therefore, Weilin was not worried about being besieged at all. She only needed to guide them a little, and the so-called alliance would be like sand that would fall apart at the touch of a finger. She was very confident that she was the strongest among the six in terms of combat power, tactics, eloquence, and situation judgment. The victory of this meteor calamity would be easily won by her.
"After the verbal battle, the contestants are already a little impatient. So who will become the shooting star and who will become the ash? Let us wait and see!" Arsenal said excitedly: "Count down five seconds, the game officially begins! Five, four..."
"Three." Weilin gripped the long stick tightly, and nine water dragons gathered behind her.
"Two." Lydia retreated inconspicuously, aiming the gun at everyone.
"One." The hilt of Sonia's sword shone with the light of time.
"start!"
Bang!
Blood moon!
A blood moon torrent!
When a blood-red crescent moon rose up and passed by the water, everyone was so shocked that they did not react until a muffled sound was heard outside the field. Then they came to their senses.
Weilin was knocked off the stage and hit the wall outside, holding a broken long stick in both hands. A hideous wound seemed to tear her in half from the upper left to the lower right. Fortunately, the contestants were given a miraculous "forbidden death" before going on stage, so all their key organs would not be damaged. However, from Weilin's terrified eyes, tears were overflowing, and it was clear how much trauma the attack had caused her.
"…What miracle?" asked Colenzo.
"Blood Moon Shattered Lake." Sonia shook off the water droplets on the wooden sword. "This miracle requires a very high amount of water. I actually thought that this shallow terrain was taking care of a first-year student like me."
"It's not in the Starry Miracle Catalog, is it something you created yourself?" Lydia asked.
"Well, inspiration from other people's experiences." The red-haired sword lady said: "Well, now that I have defeated the strongest..."
"Next, it's you four weaklings."