Adding salt to the wound, the physical level
The format of the on-campus preliminaries is that each person plays ten one-on-one games in random scenarios, and advances if they win more than half of them.
All the qualifiers will enter the same illusion and compete according to the rules of different illusions. The top 100 will be selected to represent the school in the competition.
The rules are simple.
Xi Zhou walked onto the stage while recalling the rules, and her opponent Tian Ruize extended his hand to her first as a gesture of friendship.
"Hello, may the stars shine upon you."
She returned the greeting slightly.
Because it hadn't officially started yet, Tian Runze wanted to chat first, so he walked up to Xi Zhou and spoke to him.
"I heard that the special class is made up of people from the outside world? You look no different from ordinary humans."
"You look younger than me? You should call me senior."
Xi Zhou was not used to the stranger's enthusiasm and couldn't help but want to step back to create some distance. He still hesitated to respond to the senior.
Why haven't you started yet? She felt like she was about to have a social anxiety attack.
After patiently procrastinating for a long time, the scene finally changed.
Xi Zhou couldn't wait to run to the farthest point.
Tian Runze looked at her slowly, his tone full of regret, "Junior sister, you are very vigilant."
Xi Zhou did not hear these words.
The scene changed to a dense forest, with layers of leaves blocking the two people, isolating both their vision and sound.
For most people, this is not a bad environment.
——Except Xi Zhou.
Because this senior, Tian Runze, happened to be a tree demon.
Dryads, of course, can communicate with trees.
Xi Zhou quickly cast a spell to hide his aura and quietly walked towards the place with rich spiritual energy, which was most likely where his senior was.
After all, it is not a good idea to keep casting spells. If you keep doing it for too long, your spiritual power will be exhausted and you will be doomed.
We still have to make a quick decision.
Xi Zhou almost held his breath and quickly moved through the woods.
The sunlight from the sky passes through the dense green leaves, casting spots of light.
Her heart pounded as the light spots on her face changed.
Suddenly, an arrow flew out.
Xi Zhou jumped up and the arrow slid out along his shoe.
That was a close call.
She looked up and saw Tian Runze holding a bow in one hand, with his eyes closed, patiently feeling the flow of spiritual energy.
Xi Zhou had to strengthen his spiritual power, shaking his staff and silently chanting spells. Lightning flashed from all directions, with Tian Runze as the center.
Tian Runze naturally couldn't hide, so he immediately summoned a protective shield to wrap around his body.
When the lightning faded away, Xi Zhou had already changed her position. She set a fire here, and it was burning fiercely.
The flames were scorching. As a tree demon, Tian Runze did not seem to like fire, and did not seem to know any spiritual arts related to water. He just teleported himself out of the small forest.
Seeing that this trick worked, Xi Zhou kept up the effort, and soon the whole forest was filled with fire and billowing smoke.
Xi Zhou also choked and coughed uncontrollably. Inhaling too much particulate matter had slightly reduced his health. Furthermore, he had exposed his position.
Probably, if you hurt the enemy by a thousand, you will lose eight hundred of your own.
However, Tian Runze found a way to bury himself in the soil, making him even harder to find.
He followed the sound of coughing, and while Xi Zhou had not yet recovered from the debuff caused by her cough, he stealthily stretched out a vine and stabbed her fiercely.
Xi Zhou was well prepared and activated several ten-second rebound magic circles on his body.
It just happened to activate the rebound formation.
Tian Runze, who was hiding underground, was pricked by the vines he had released. His health bar suddenly decreased by a lot, and he was in so much pain that he covered the wound and blew.
Damn it! Aren't you afraid of running out of spiritual energy by using such a wasteful activation array?
Regarding this, Xi Zhou, who was originally very careful with his spiritual energy, was not worried.
During her studies so far, she had discovered that her high affinity with elements and abundant spiritual energy reserves had become her great advantages. In addition, she always waited for the right opportunity to strike in battle, and had never encountered the problem of running out of spiritual energy.
Xi Zhou now noticed Tian Runze's movements, increased the intensity of the light, penetrated into the gaps in the soil, and then exploded instantly.
The explosion did not hurt Tian Runze. He teleported himself behind Xi Zhou and estimated that he would not have time to keep the rebound formation active.
Then he formed a thin stick in his hand and smashed it down heavily.
No one was hit, but her long hair was entangled in the barbs on the stick.
Xi Zhou quickly cut off this part of hair, and it disappeared with a "whoosh".
As Tian Runze withdrew his spiritual power, the tangled hair naturally fell from the air and was burned to ashes by the remaining sparks.
A long time had passed, and Tian Runze was getting anxious, so he started to chase after him. However, he didn't notice a branch lying on the ground, and he tripped and fell to the ground.
When he stood up, a few burnt branches happened to fall from the top of a tall tree and almost hit him on the head.
Tian Runze thought that it would be so unlucky if he was hit by them and lost blood.
Wait... bad luck?
He slapped his head and thought that Xi Zhou must have cast a bad luck curse, and the carrier must be that piece of hair!
Tian Runze was so angry that his teeth were itching, and he quickly cast a few lucky spells on himself to neutralize the anger.
Maybe it was because he was a senior after all, the effect of the lucky spell was stronger than the unlucky spell, and he found Xi Zhou immediately and successfully deducted her health bar.
Xi Zhou was not panicked. He simply healed his wound and then dived into the ground.
In terms of health, the senior's health bar was less than half, while Xi Zhou was slightly better.
Moreover, he was obviously a little anxious, completely different from his calm and composed appearance at the beginning of the game.
People are most likely to make wrong judgments when they are not calm, and the same is true for tree demons.
Therefore, Xi Zhou felt that he had a good chance of winning.
But the underground was not Xi Zhou's territory after all. Even though the big tree had been almost burned, the roots underground were still intertwined and stretched towards her.
This must be Tian Runze's trick.
Xi Zhou thought about it and felt that there was no point in wasting energy fighting against these tree roots, so he simply crawled out of the soil.
As soon as she came out, she ran straight behind Tian Runze, and the laser emitted from the top of her staff pierced his body.
The person in front of him didn't struggle at all and immediately turned to dust.
No, it's fake.
Sure enough, before Xi Zhou could escape from the scene, the dust turned into a volley of arrows, piercing her with several holes.
Xi Zhou's face turned pale with pain, and he couldn't find a suitable opportunity to heal himself. He could only watch his health bar continue to decrease due to the continuous bleeding.
Whenever she looked up, the constant "-1-1-1" would sting her eyes.
Xi Zhou finally found Tian Runze's location and the light in front of his eyes was instantly removed.
His eyes went dark, and when he realized it was Xi Zhou who did it, it was too late.
Xi Zhou had already drawn a transformation symbol and attached it to his body. The owner of the wound suddenly changed his appearance.
Xi Zhou is a polygonal warrior. Except for the physical fitness class where he is slightly disadvantaged, he learns other subjects quickly and well.
This semester, Jingyu taught the formations and talismans in the "Basics of Comprehensive Directions". Xizhou naturally learned as much as he taught, and even learned some more later on.
This Transformation Rune was one of them. It was long and awkward, and positioned somewhat backward. Fortunately, Xi Zhou found it useful and practiced it many times. Practice makes perfect, and now he can find time to draw one or two whenever he's on the field.
You can bring weapons including blank talisman paper and alchemy furnaces to the competition venue, but you cannot bring ready-made talismans, pills and other convenient props.
Xi Zhou didn't mind, she could paint it now.
Of course, no one knew how many talismans she would draw to replenish her energy when she hid herself on stage. Those who didn't know would think she had endless strength.
Xi Zhou felt comfortable all over now that his wounds were gone, so he struck while the iron was hot and sprinkled salt on his wounds.
Tian Runze was stunned by the pain:?
Where did she get the salt?!
The damage was minimal, of course, but it was enough to make him lose consciousness for a few seconds.
Xi Zhou didn't dare to say that some time ago, He Song invited his classmates to make wild rice, and she was responsible for bringing the salt.
But it rained that day so we couldn't go.
The bag of salt stayed in my coat pocket and I never took it out.
Thanks to her sudden inspiration, many students have been preparing some seasonings when they fight, if for no other reason than to annoy their opponents.
Xi Zhou took advantage of this opportunity and madly struck Tian Runze with lightning.
After thinking that the effect of the darkness would wear off, he used up some of his strength to shine a strong light in front of his eyes, which made it difficult for him to open his eyes.
Tian Runze's health bar suddenly dropped a lot.
He simply teleported himself next to Xi Zhou and approached for battle.
Xi Zhou guessed that his spiritual power might not be enough, so he tried to keep some distance between them while attacking him harder.
Xi Zhou knew that close combat was not for her. She had little physical strength and flexibility, and her bones were as hard as steel before being tempered by the elements.
What suits her best is to fight with spiritual energy!
She used her spiritual energy as bullets and kept firing at Tian Runze.
Tian Runze was agile and quick-moving, so it was difficult to aim at him; nine out of ten shots would miss.
Fortunately, in the end, Tian Runze's spiritual energy was exhausted and he still lost slightly.
The game is finally over.
Xi Zhou stopped and bowed to him. "Thank you."
Tian Runze smiled, his eyes serious, and said nothing.
Xi Zhou didn't care. After the game, he was so tired that he didn't even have time to check his friends' results. He hurried back to the dormitory and went to sleep so as not to have too much energy to play the second game in the afternoon.
Her victory was not very smooth, but Yu Huiyan's was just the opposite.
She was very lucky and randomly found herself in a deep sea illusion. For her, this was a natural territory, and she felt more comfortable there than a tree spirit staying in the woods.
Although the opponent is strong, he happens to be a landlubber. I heard that he is also a genius, and the only thing he can do is to create illusions in water.
Therefore, she was the first to emerge from the illusion. She had been waiting in Hua Shaoqing's illusion for a long time, waiting for her friend to come out so she could show off.
Even in the next nine games, her opponent made frequent mistakes. Either she suddenly had diarrhea during the game or she forgot the spell in a hurry, which led to Yu Huiyan winning ten games in a daze.
Most people can't envy such luck.
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