Everyone in the City of Light is busy, except Li Xiu, the real boss, who is idle all day long.

Li Xiu feeds the demon spirit every day and studies his symbiotic contract and soul casting. He has been living a relatively comfortable life recently.

The several demon spirits that Li Xiu focused on cultivating have all improved to varying degrees.

After Li Qingyi came to the City of Light, she stayed at home every day and worked hard to improve the level of her soul casting. Judging from her attitude, she planned to upgrade her soul casting to the second form before the competition began.

Anyway, there is no hope of breaking into the top few. This time, except for Li Qingyi, Chu Jun, A Fei and others did not participate in the competition. They just came to serve the competition.

Li Xiu himself did not participate in the competition. The Magic Spirit Competition needed to be attended to make things more exciting, otherwise, as the organizer, he would not participate.

This time's Trial Competition didn't need Li Xiu to show up, so he had no desire to participate.

As time went by, more and more trial participants came to the City of Light. The hotels were already full. Many residents of the City of Light turned their houses into temporary B&Bs, but they still could not meet the needs of the trial participants. Many trial participants set up tents directly outside the city.

In order to ensure the personal safety of the trial participants, Sha Chu asked Ye Xiyuan to send two teams of magic armorers to maintain public order outside the city and take turns patrolling outside the city.

There are also several teams of magic armor masters in the city who are responsible for taking turns patrolling. These magic armor masters are all fish-man magic armor masters brought by Li Xiu from Changshengtian. Some of the magic armor they wear are new magic armor from the Changshengtian Research Institute, and the other large part is new magic armor sponsored by the Chu family.

Originally, Li Xiu wanted to order a batch of new magic equipment from the Chu family, but Old Man Chu did not ask Li Xiu for money. Instead, he made a request and then gave him the new magic equipment for free.

All the magic costumes provided by the Chu family bear the big logo of Bai Ye City, so others can tell at a glance that they are magic costumes produced in Bai Ye City.

If it were any other family, Li Xiu would naturally not agree, but he had a cooperation with the Chu family, so it was nothing to help promote Bai Ye City.

"What is the City of Light doing? As a holy place for trial-takers, they actually use magic costume masters as patrols. This is a bit too embarrassing."

"Look at that magic costume master. He's so small. Could he be underage?"

"Letting a magic armor master manage the trialists is simply a shame for the City of Light, which is known as the holy land of trialists."

“Isn’t this too ironic?”

At the beginning, the trial participants were a little dissatisfied when they saw the patrol team of magic armor masters.

However, when some trial participants were causing trouble outside the city, a member of the Magic Armor Team directly burst out with S-level magic light, which immediately shocked those trial participants.

Only then did they realize that the patrol team of the City of Light were all S-level magicians.

Meng Xiaotian was also outside the city. He was delayed this time because of something and arrived too late. He could not find a place to stay in the city and had to stay outside the city.

Unexpectedly, this actually brought him some benefits. He filmed the footage of the Masquerade patrol team taking action, re-edited it, and uploaded it to the Internet.

This video quickly sparked heated discussions online. A patrol team composed of S-class magic masters is indeed a very luxurious behavior outside Changshengtian.

Meng Xiaotian specially took a picture of the White Night City logo on the magic costume and gave a close-up to let people know that these magic costume masters were all wearing the magic costumes of White Night City.

"How come I haven't seen these S-class magic suits before? They seem to be new models, right?"

"White Night City has released a new model of magic suit. Why can't I see it on the official website? Could it be fake?"

"Don't make blind guesses. These are the latest magic equipment developed by White Night City. The data has not been officially released yet."

"The City of Light was able to obtain so many new magic equipment that have not yet been released. It seems that it has a special relationship with the City of White Night."

"That's for sure. The second most important person in the City of Light, Mr. Chu who hosted the last Magic Spirit Competition, is the son of the Chu family in White Night City."

"That's no wonder. Those new magic costumes look very cool. Could the patrolling magic costume masters also be from White Night City?"

"I have a relative who is a senior executive at the White Night City Magic Equipment Factory. According to reliable information, this batch of new magic equipment is very powerful, much stronger than ordinary S-level magic equipment..."

The Trial Contest hasn't even started yet, but the new magic outfit from White Night City has already sparked heated discussions, making the old man of the Chu family extremely happy.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the Trial Competition finally reached its opening day.

Chu Jun is still the host this time. Just like the last Magic Spirit Competition, the first scene of the opening ceremony is the appearance of Cupid Sagittarius.

The God of Love Sagittarius is very well-known outside and is recognized by many people when he appears.

However, when they saw the archer of love shoot an arrow into the sky, which turned into a sky full of magic light and love hearts, they were still shocked by the scene.

"Oh my god, the love archer has become stronger. Before, she could only shoot one love arrow. What's with all these love arrows flying all over the sky?"

"It's so gorgeous. I wonder which trial ground the Eros Archer came from. I really want one."

"This strength should be S-level, right?"

"Eros Sagittarius is so strong, I wonder how strong Black Death Lord, Jedi Knight and Fubuki are now. I really want to see them soon."

"Then you will be disappointed. The Lord of the City of Light did not participate in the Trial Competition."

"Ah! That doesn't mean I won't see the Dark Lord and the Jedi Knights. I came here for them."

…

Amid the discussions of the trial participants, the opening ceremony performance officially began. Unexpectedly, apart from the God of Love Sagittarius, no other demons appeared, and the performance was just some singing and dancing, with many advertisements interspersed in between.

Even the actors who performed on stage had advertisements of major brands on them.

"Oh my god, the City of Light is crazy about money, right? Is this okay?"

"Are you here to watch the game or to see the commercials?"

“The City of Light is not the City of Light it once was.”

"Refund the ticket!"

…

Li Xiu, who was sitting in the VIP room, was a little embarrassed when he saw these performances. He looked at Sha Chu and asked, "Have we accepted so many advertisements?"

"There are many more to come." Sha Chu nodded.

"The insults are too harsh. Can some of them be removed?" Li Xiu also felt that there were too many advertisements and it was a bit excessive.

Sha Chu didn't say anything, but handed Li Xiu the details of the advertising fees and the amount of compensation for breach of contract given by major companies: "City Lord, which one do you think should be withdrawn?"

Li Xiu took a closer look and said with a wry smile, "I think I can still hold on. Let them vent their anger."

The opening ceremony finally ended, and Chu Jun announced the competition schedule and list of contestants amidst the scolding.

The first match of the tournament is a strength contest called the Hercules Battle, where the winner is determined by strength.

People are very curious, how to determine who is stronger? Should they ask the participants to lift weights?

With such curiosity, people came to the Colosseum early the next morning to watch the battle of Hercules.

When people arrived at the stadium, they found a pile of unidentified objects covered with red silk in the middle of the arena, and no one knew what they were.

Chu Jun came out at this time, stood next to the big guy, and said with a megaphone: "Everyone must be curious, what is in it? Don't worry, I will reveal the answer to you soon."

As he spoke, Chu Jun reached out and pulled down the red silk cloth, revealing what was inside.

When everyone saw the appearance of that thing clearly, they couldn't help but be stunned.

“Is this a bulldozer?”

"Will the battle of Hercules pit the Trialist against the Bulldozer?"

"What the hell is this? Asking a trial-taker to compete with a bulldozer in strength, isn't this too perfunctory?"

Everyone who came was very disappointed with the design of the City of Light this time. If they were really going to compete in strength like this, they might as well watch weightlifting.

The audience's reactions seemed to be within Chu Jun's expectations. After the discussion died down, Chu Jun loudly controlled the situation and said with a smile: "Let me introduce it to you. This is an important device in the Hercules War. We call it the Hercules Machine."

"Don't be anxious, I can tell you for sure that this is not a bulldozer, but a strength tester." Chu Jun's words finally calmed the scene down.

People are very curious about how this bulldozer-like thing can test its strength.

Chu Jun walked to the front of the Hercules machine, stretched his body, and punched the baffle in front of the Hercules machine hard.

Bang!

Chu Jun's fist hit the baffle, and the baffle just retracted slightly. The whole machine did not move, but on the part of the machine that looked like the cockpit glass, a row of jumping numbers appeared, and the numbers finally stopped at 22.

"As you can see, after this Hercules machine is hit hard, it will display the value of the force it has endured. The larger the value, the stronger the contestant's strength. Trialists can hit the Hercules machine themselves, or use innate skills, symbiotic contracts, parasitic contracts, or magic spirits. Anything that belongs to the trialist can be used, but any other tools are prohibited. Today is the preliminary round of the Hercules Battle. The rule is that contestants with a strength value of more than 20 can enter the next round. Now, please enter the venue."

As a result, the audience finally became interested and looked at the first trial-taker who entered.

Li Xiu, Li Qingyi and others were also looking at the Hercules Machine. This was an instrument that Sha Chu specially asked the Research Institute to manufacture. Although the material itself was not particularly good, after being designed, it could withstand the power of the Soul Casting Level head-on and would not be destroyed.

Of course, the Hercules Machine still has its limits. If it exceeds the limit of the mechanical kinetic energy conversion inside the Hercules Machine, the Hercules Machine will still be damaged.

The first trialist to enter was Xiao Er.

Xiao Er was dressed like a noble prince today, and he looked pretty good. When he appeared, he brought a group of demons with him. The scene with so many people following him stunned people.

"So many demons... Does this guy have a mine at home?"

"You are right. His family does have a mine. He is Xiao Er, the second son of the Xiao family of the Disha Group, the world's largest diamond group."

"This is the serious Diamond King Lao Wang, no wonder there are so many demons."

Xiao Er came to the Hercules machine and didn't do anything himself. He just said "go", and a demon spirit came out and came to the Hercules machine.

The demon spirit, who was wearing blue armor and looked like a giant warrior, raised his bucket-shaped fist and punched the Hercules machine hard.

The baffle of the Hercules machine retracted directly backwards like the shock absorber of a car, and it obviously shrunk a distance.

The numbers on the Hercules machine's screen immediately flashed rapidly and finally stopped at 107.

"Is that the only value? Forget it, I'll do something more ruthless next time." Xiao Er left the scene triumphantly.

The next trialists who came on stage were much worse, and several of them in a row failed to reach 20 points.

The worst one had only 9 points, and the others had only a dozen points. This made the audience, who had originally thought that the competition was easy, immediately realize that the competition of this Hercules machine was not easy at all.

Fortunately, several people passed the test next. As the competition progressed, some stronger trial-takers appeared, but their scores only reached over 80 points at most. Except for Xiao Er, there was not even one person who scored over 100.

"Too weak and boring. Is this the level of today's trial-takers? There's not even anyone who can stand up to the challenge." After the competition, Xiao Er ran to Li Xiu's VIP room, put his legs on the coffee table, crossed his legs, and looked lonely like a master.

"I'll go prepare for the competition first." When it was almost Li Qingyi's turn to perform, Li Qingyi stood up and prepared to go out to prepare.

"Is this beautiful lady also going to participate in the competition?" Xiao Er had been stealing glances at Li Qingyi who was sitting next to Li Xiu from time to time. When he saw her say that she wanted to participate, he hurriedly asked.

"Is there any problem?" Li Qingyi asked.

"Are you Li Xiu's girlfriend?" Xiao Er's train of thought was very surprising, and he suddenly asked such a question.

"No." Li Qingyi said immediately.

"Do you have a boyfriend?" Xiao Er asked again.

"No." Li Qingyi shook her head slightly.

"That's enough." Xiao Er took out a magic ring and threw it to Li Qingyi: "This is for you. It's an S-level magic ring that I just bought. You can definitely pass the first round easily with it."

"I appreciate your kindness, but you don't need this." Li Qingyi placed the magic ring on the coffee table in front of Xiao Er, then turned and walked out.

After Li Qingyi walked out, Xiao Er put down his legs, approached Li Xiu and said, "Li Xiu, this beauty is pretty. What's her background?"

"My subordinates." Li Xiu said with a smile.

"Tell me honestly, is she related to you? If she is, then pretend I didn't say anything. If she isn't, then I will take action." Xiao Er said.

"I advise you not to take action." Li Xiu said.

"I see. Just pretend I didn't say that. I don't have many advantages except that I'm relatively good. But I still know that you can't bully your friend's wife." Xiao Er sat back and said with some regret: "It's really rare to see such a beauty. It's a pity that I came too late."

Li Xiu smiled and didn't explain anything.

When Xiao Er saw Li Qingyi come on the scene, he didn't summon anything, so he walked to the front of the Hercules machine and seemed to be planning to take action himself.

"Li Xiu, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you are the lord of the City of Light after all. Why don't you get a better magic spirit for your girlfriend? It's so embarrassing to let her do it herself. If I had such a beautiful girlfriend, she could choose any magic spirit she wanted." Xiao Er crossed his legs, picked up a glass of wine, and said while drinking.

"She doesn't like to use magic spirits." Li Xiu said casually.

"Don't be silly, women are all like this. They say no, but they are actually waiting for you to give it to them. If you don't know how to cherish such a beauty, you don't know which bastard will snatch her away in the future, and you won't even have time to cry by then." Xiao Er said.

Li Xiu did not comment, but just looked at Li Qingyi in front of the Hercules machine.

Li Qingyi didn't even summon the symbiotic contract, but just stretched out his hand and pressed the baffle of the Hercules machine.

puff!

Xiao Er, who had just taken a sip of wine, saw the numbers on the screen jumping wildly and finally stopped at 110. He almost choked to death and spat out the whole mouthful of wine.

"Oh my god, what's wrong with you? Is there some secret operation on that broken machine of yours? How come it reached 110 just by her touching it? The attack of my light-based magic spirit just now was only 107..." Xiao Er stared at Li Xiu with his eyes wide open and questioned him.

"Is Guangji very strong?" Li Xiu said to Xiao Er with a smile.

"Of course the Light Base is very strong... wait... you don't mean to say... your girlfriend is a Light Base-level trial-taker?" Xiao Er suddenly widened his eyes and looked at Li Xiu.

"That's about right." Li Xiu thought to himself, "It's more than just Guangji."

"A girlfriend at the light base level...you are so lucky...I just now...let it go..." Xiao Er was so depressed that he didn't want to talk anymore.

The next contestants were also unremarkable. Xiao Er didn't say much, perhaps because he was depressed or had no interest in male trial-takers.

Li Xiu was watching with great interest. After a while, he saw an old man come on the field. The old man did not summon anything. He just took a horse stance and punched the Hercules machine hard, and it unexpectedly hit a data of 110.

"This competition is becoming interesting now. I didn't expect that old guy is so capable." Xiao Erhun said nonchalantly.

But then three more people scored 110 points, which surprised Xiao Er: "Your Trial Contest is really good. There are so many Light Base-level people participating."

Before Li Xiu could say anything, Xiao Er suddenly stood up, staring at a new female trial participant with shining eyes.

"It's over... It's over... I'm over... I've found true love... How can there be such a charming woman in the world... I must make her my girlfriend... Li Xiu... This is the competition organized by you, you must have her contact information, right? Give it to me quickly." Xiao Er shouted exaggeratedly.

Li Xiu glanced at the female trialist in the arena. After seeing clearly that the female trialist was Wan Chaochun, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "This... I'm afraid it won't work..."

"This... is yours too..." Xiao Er looked at Li Xiu in a daze.

"This is my recognized sister." Li Xiu said.

"Sister... I understand..." Xiao Er sat down on the sofa dejectedly and sighed, "Could it be that God saw that I was too good and couldn't bear to let me waste my youth, so he insisted that I shine in the field of demon spirit control?"

Xiao Er was just sighing with emotion when he suddenly heard a deafening sound coming from the arena.