In order to prevent himself from being caught and killed by the people of the City of Light, Meng Xiaotian did not dare to reveal his identity. He just pretended to be an ordinary tourist. He kept a very low profile these days, waiting for the day when the Magic Spirit Competition would begin.
As the opening time of the Magic Spirit Competition was getting closer, many people from some nearby cities came to the City of Light. Most of them were tourists who came to watch the fun. The largest number of people came from Red Sand City, and the number of people from other cities combined was not as many as that from Red Sand City.
Tickets for the Magic Spirit Contest are already on sale, with the lowest price being 88 space coins, and that’s for the outermost seats; tickets for the front rows are more expensive.
Meng Xiaotian couldn't help but complain in his heart: "For such a crappy match, you actually sell tickets for 88. Isn't that crazy? Who would spend 88 to watch such a match?"
Despite all his complaints, Meng Xiaotian still made up his mind and spent 688 to buy a ticket for the front row so that it would be easier for him to film and obtain the materials.
When he bought the ticket and was about to leave, Meng Xiaotian's eyes swept across the faces of those who were queuing to buy tickets. Suddenly, he was startled. He saw a man wearing a windbreaker, a hat and sunglasses queuing to buy tickets.
This person was wrapped so tightly that it was impossible to see what he looked like.
But who is Meng Xiaotian? He is known as the Magical Costume Master's Dog, and he can find the existence of a Magical Costume Master just by smelling it.
Of course, this is a bit of an exaggeration, but Meng Xiaotian has indeed done very detailed research on magic costumers.
Although we couldn't see the man's appearance at all, our identity was confirmed just by his body shape, the gold chain around his neck, and the big ring on his finger.
"Jia Bo...what is he doing here..." Meng Xiaotian observed quietly for a while and soon confirmed that he was not mistaken. This person was Jia Bo, the operator of the Wrathful Lord Magic Armor, a magic armourer who has always been ranked in the top 100 in the world.
The reason why Meng Xiaotian recognized Jia Bo so easily was that Jia Bo was a rare magic costumer whose real name was more famous than his code name.
This guy is a show-off. Every time he goes into battle, whether it is fighting against evil spirits or magic armor masters, he will reveal his name and likes to accept media interviews.
Due to the mysterious nature of the profession of magic costumer, most of them will not accept interviews at all. Magic costumers like Jia Bo naturally become the darlings of the news media.
Although Jia Bo's ranking among magic armor masters is just barely in the top 100, his fame is greater than many magic armor masters who can rank in the top 20.
He also calls himself a "free civilian magic costume master" who is not bound by any organization or force. He fights only to eliminate evil spirits and protect civilians. He is a magic costume master who came from the grassroots.
But Meng Xiaotian knew very well that Jia Bo's father was a mine owner, and his family really had a mine. How could he be considered a grassroots magician?
If he was really a grassroots magic costume master and didn't join any organization or force, he wouldn't even be able to afford the magic costume.
"Jia Bo came here to watch the Monsters game? With his personality, even if he came to watch the game, he should have come here in a big way. Why would he be so secretive? There must be something wrong here... Could he be here to ruin things..." When Meng Xiaotian thought of this possibility, his heart suddenly started pounding and he was about to jump out of excitement.
This is simply a godsend. If Jia Bo really messes up the Magic Spirit Competition, then Meng Xiaotian will really make a profit this time.
As long as the whole process is recorded and then made into a video and played, the popularity will increase rapidly.
Meng Xiaotian has already thought of a title for the video: "The Magic Spirit Competition turns into an Exorcism Competition, the Magic Costume Master suppresses all demons and monsters." He feels excited just thinking about it.
"I want to observe carefully!" Meng Xiaotian hurriedly queued up again. He planned to buy another ticket, preferably behind Jia Bo so that he could record the whole process.
It is not difficult to find out what seat Jia Bo bought. With Meng Xiaotian's experience, he only needs to look at the remaining seats and ask the ticket seller a few words.
What made Meng Xiaotian depressed was that this crappy place didn't support ticket refunds, so he could only buy another ticket for a back seat, and the previous 688 was wasted.
No one would buy this kind of ticket, even scalpers can’t sell it.
Moreover, Meng Xiaotian didn't want to attract attention, so he didn't dare to sell the tickets at a low price.
Everything is ready, Meng Xiaotian is just waiting for the opening day of the Magic Spirit Competition to watch the show.
In Li Xiu's office, Sha Chu was reporting on his work.
"Boss, there have been a lot of strange people coming into the city recently, including quite a few magic costume masters. I'm afraid they don't have any good intentions. Do you want to invite them over for a cup of tea?" Sha Chu said.
"No need for that. As long as they don't do anything out of line, let them do whatever they want." Li Xiu said with a smile.
"That's not necessary. They are magic armor masters, not terrorists. Even if they are causing trouble, they should only provoke at the Magic Spirit Competition and will not harm ordinary people." Sha Chu said.
"Then there won't be any problem. Just keep an eye on them and don't let them harass civilians. Don't worry about anything else. Just arrange the Magic Spirit Competition." Li Xiu didn't care much about this. If the Magic Armor Master provoked him in his territory, he would just be asking for trouble.
"Okay, it will open the day after tomorrow, and the list of contestants will be announced tomorrow. Everything else has been arranged. As long as no one tries to sabotage it, there shouldn't be any problem." Sha Chu nodded. It had come to this point. There was no turning back. He could only bite the bullet and go ahead with the Magic Spirit Contest.
"Thank you for your hard work during this period. After the Magic Spirit Competition, I have a mysterious gift for you." Li Xiu said.
"What mysterious gift?" Sha Chu asked puzzledly.
"I'll tell you now what kind of mysterious gift it is. You'll know when the time comes." Li Xiu said with a smile.
"It doesn't matter whether there is a big gift or not. After the Magic Spirit Competition is over, I will go to the Changshengtian headquarters. You have to find someone to take over the work I have. Ah Fei is quite capable, and most of the work can be handed over to her. It's just that she is not very good at communicating with others. She can't do some work that requires communication, so we need to find someone else." Sha Chu explained.
"Let's leave those tasks to Mr. Chu for the time being." Li Xiu didn't have many people he could use, so he could only make this arrangement for now.
"Actually, Qin Shi is a good candidate, why not keep her?" Sha Chu had unknowingly begun to consider the City of Light. She didn't even notice that she seemed to have developed a sense of belonging to the City of Light.
"After all, she is still working for Taylor City. It's not appropriate to poach her now." Li Xiu said with a smile.
"What's inappropriate? It's only a matter of time before Tyro City completely collapses, whether Qin Shi is there or not." Sha Chu stared at Li Xiu with a smile and said, "And I think Qin Shi is very interested in you. If you ask her to stay, she shouldn't refuse."
"What? To recruit a magic costume master, do I, the city lord, need to sell my body and use a beauty trap?" Li Xiu glared at Sha Chu and said.
"You are a small city lord with no money and no people. What else do you have except your body?" Sha Chu said with a smile.
"I still have face." Li Zheng said calmly.
Sha Chu sneered: "How much is your old face worth? Only a woman like Qin Shi, who obviously lacked fatherly love since childhood, can be interested in you. If it were me..."
"What if it was you?" Li Xiu asked.
"Eight hundred for a night, no more, and it has to be red sand dollars." Sha Chu said, pursing his lips.
"Get out." Li Xiu directly told Sha Chu to get out.
"Think about it again." Sha Chu stood up and said.
"No need to think about it." Li Xiu said depressedly. What kind of subordinates are these? They simply don't treat him, the city lord, as a human being.
"I'm talking about Qin Shi. She's capable, knowledgeable, and has good emotional intelligence. She's also an S-level magician. The City of Light really needs someone like her right now." Sha Chu said with a smile.
"I understand. I'll consider it." Li Xiu nodded.
"Let me know when you've thought it over." Sha Chu said as he walked.
"Why should I notify you?" Li Xiu was a little confused. Even if he wanted to keep Qin Shi, there was no need to notify her specifically.
"I'm talking about eight hundred yuan. Think about it carefully." Sha Chu, who had already walked to the office door, looked back and smiled, then turned around and walked away with a twist of his waist.
"A boss without money really has no dignity." Li Xiu sighed.
After the list of contestants was announced, Li Qingyi and Bai Ying studied the list immediately. The list was full of the names of the demons, but not the names of the trial-takers. This was also to protect the trial-takers. If the trial-takers themselves were willing to have their names published, they could also apply for it themselves.
"There are only 14 monsters registered for the speed race, including us. There are two or three monsters whose names I haven't heard of, and the others are nothing impressive." Bai Ying said as he looked at the list: "There are 28 monsters participating in the monster duel, which is even less than expected. I don't know if there will be a next competition."
"Hey, why is there a Bone-crushing Demon here?" Bai Ying couldn't help but exclaim in surprise when he saw the name of one of the demons.
"Bone Crusher? I remember that only Bedsa has a Bone Crusher, right? Is he here to participate in the Magic Spirit Competition?" Li Qingyi frowned slightly.
"There's only the name of the demon spirit and no other information. I don't know if it's the one from Bedsa. If it really is him, he's probably here to cause trouble. After all, that guy is a staunch supporter of bloodlineism and has always believed that only nobles are worthy of becoming trial-takers and possessing demon spirits. Those ordinary people don't have the qualifications to be trial-takers at all." Bai Ying said.
"It's most likely him. I hope we can meet him in the first round to prevent him from causing any trouble." Li Qingyi said.
Bai Ying looked down and shook her head, "The competition is randomly divided into groups. We were not even in the same group with the Bone Crusher in the first round. I will meet him in the third round, and you will be even later."
"Who will be his opponents in the first and second rounds?" Li Qingyi asked with a frown.
"The Bone Crusher's opponent in the first round is the Black Death Demon. As the name suggests, it is a demon produced by the Black Death City. It is probably nothing special. The opponent in the second round is a Fiery Wolf. Although we don't know its quality and level, the quality of a demon like the Fiery Wolf cannot be too high. Even if it reaches S-level, it cannot be a match for the Bone Crusher." Bai Ying said as he looked at the information.
"I hope Bedsa won't go too far. If he does anything extreme, we will have no choice but to stop him." Li Qingyi said.
"That's the only way." Bai Ying nodded.
On the opening day of the Magic Spirit Competition, Meng Xiaotian had been waiting outside the gate and did not go in so early.
He waited until he saw Jia Bo enter before he started the live broadcast. He walked into the arena while introducing the situation of the Magic Spirit Competition.
There are quite a lot of people watching Meng Xiaotian's live broadcast. In a short while, there are already several thousand people, and the number is still growing rapidly.
However, most people just treat it as a joke, while a few are curious and want to know what the Magic Spirit Competition is.
The television stations in Hongsha City and Guyue City were also broadcasting this magic spirit competition.
The official TV station in Hongsha City broadcasts the event, while in Guyue City, Boss Qiu wants the broadcasting rights, and the event is broadcast live on his own TV station.
Meng Xiaotian regretted his decision as soon as he entered the stadium. He shouldn't have spent 688 to buy a front-row seat.
This arena was surprisingly very grand, and it looked like it could accommodate at least 30,000 spectators, but I don’t know if the total number of people who entered the arena was more than a thousand, and most of them were locals who came in to watch.
In such a huge arena, such a small number of people were scattered and sat sparsely. There were still many empty seats in the front, so there was no need to pay extra to buy them; people could sit anywhere.
"The organizer of this Magic Spirit Contest is really a rip-off. Xiaotian actually spent 688 to buy a front row seat. Isn't this a big injustice?"
"Haha, this is so funny. They built such a big arena, but only so many people showed up. If there were more security guards, there would almost be more than the audience."
"Oda's IQ was crushed by the organizers. He paid the IQ tax."
"You talk so high and mighty, what about the first Magic Spirit Competition in the City of Light? Is this all?"
"Where are the demons? Why can't we see them? Can humans really tame demons to fight for them?"
"This thing is most likely a scam. It probably captures some demons and puts them in the arena, letting them kill each other. It's no different from dogfighting or chickenfighting."
"This arena is well built."
There was a lot of discussion in the comment section, with all kinds of opinions. Most people thought that the so-called Monster Competition was just to catch some monsters and bring them back to fight, just for fun.
"Hello everyone, I am Chu Jun, the host of the Magic Spirit Competition. At this moment, I am here in the City of Light to announce to the world that the first Magic Spirit Competition of the City of Light has officially kicked off. Now, please invite Mr. Li Xiu, the image ambassador of the Magic Spirit Competition, the initiator of the first Magic Spirit Competition, and the lord of the City of Light, to light the world's first Magic Spirit Competition light for us..." Chu Jun stood on the stage and spoke with great enthusiasm.
At the invitation of Chu Jun, Li Xiu stepped onto the stage. As the creator of this historic moment, Li Xiu wanted to personally open this new era.
“Oh my god, there’s even a fire-lighting ceremony. Isn’t this too retro?”
"Did they have such a ceremony during the sports meet in the past?"
"This idea is too uncreative, it's blatant plagiarism!"
"Why are you so excited about a magic spirit competition?"
…
Li Xiu was seen standing on the stage, slowly raising his right hand. He learned this gesture from Chu Jun. It was the same gesture Chu Jun used when he introduced his magic spirit.
"Oh my god, what's going on? Why do I feel so ashamed for no reason?"
"Is this action a transformation of Sailor Moon or Ultraman?"
"Haha, it's worth it. I wrongly blamed the Lord of the City of Light. It turns out this is just a funny competition."
"No, let me laugh for a while, this move is fucking amazing."
But when the magic ring on Li Xiu's finger burst into light, everyone's eyes widened and looked at the scene in disbelief.
The ring on Li Xiu's finger emitted a bright light, then slowly flew up, gradually twisting and changing in front of him, and soon turned into a beautiful archer wearing a cloak and emitting a blue halo.
As the beautiful archer raised the bow that shone like a sapphire, an arrow of light condensed and took shape between her fingers.
The beautiful archer, emitting a holy blue light all over her body, slowly pulled the jewel bow, and the arrow of light was shot into the sky, rising like a rocket.
When the arrow of light reached its apex, it suddenly exploded into a blue heart-shaped halo.
The next second, fireworks burst out from all around the arena, like stars surrounding the moon, reflecting the heart-shaped halo.
"What the hell is that? A computer effect?"
"Holographic projection? It looks very advanced!"
"Is that thing a demon?"
"What on earth is that? Is it really a demon?"
"The ring can turn into a demon spirit, this must be fake, right?"
"Oh my god, this scene seems a bit dazzling."
There were rows of question marks in the evaluation area, and even Meng Xiaotian was stunned. He had to admit that the visual effect was really strong.
"The trial-takers and the demons are finally entering the vision of ordinary people." Li Qingyi looked at the City of Light Lord on the stage. She had recognized him. He was the man they met in the City of Black Death.
"So that guy is the Lord of the City of Light. If we had known this earlier, we should have talked to him that day and asked him to cooperate with us, which would have saved us a lot of trouble." Bai Ying also recognized Li Xiu.
At this historic moment, golden light suddenly flashed in the audience seats, and a demon costume like a golden god of war rose into the air and slowly flew to the platform in the center of the arena.
"That's... Jia Bo... Wrathful Lord... What is he, a magic costume master, doing here?" Many people immediately recognized Jia Bo and Wrathful Lord's magic costume.
"The show has finally begun." Meng Xiaotian was so excited that he almost shouted out.
Jia Bo controlled the Wrathful Lord, floating above the arena like a golden god, and said condescendingly: "The demons are a disaster to the world and almost destroyed our human civilization. What is your intention in promoting such cruel, tyrannical and despicable things?"
Jia Bo came here with the intention of causing trouble. This was a rare opportunity to show off his talent, so how could he let it go?