Magic Competition 1: Picking Up the Loot
"Next, let me introduce the rules of the magic competition." The old man read out the rules.
"The magic competition is divided into three rounds. In each round, half of the contestants will be eliminated, and the remaining half will advance."
"The first round is about capturing spirit beasts. Everyone enters the same illusion and uses magic to capture spirit beasts. The final number of captured spirit beasts will determine who advances. The top ten people with the most will be able to draw wish spirit stones to participate in the second round of trials."
"The second round is meditation and concentration. The duration of concentration determines who advances. You enter different illusions and find a place you believe won't be disturbed before the time limit expires to meditate and concentrate. If your concentration is interrupted, it will be counted as the final concentration, and you will be able to leave the illusion. The top ten who advance will receive a wish stone."
"In the third round, teams and individuals will compete in transformation magic. Teams will be randomly formed based on the final number of players. The remaining teams will then compete individually to determine the winner and ranking."
"Remember, you must not use any other Taoist methods besides magic. If you are discovered, you will be eliminated."
"The magic competition begins now."
When they opened their eyes again, they found themselves in a spiritual valley.
Before he could react, Cong Mo had already grabbed a spirit beast and put it into his basket. When he was stunned again, another spirit beast also went into Leng Can's basket.
Everyone: “…”
[That's right. The baskets you carry around your waists are magical instruments for holding spirit beasts. The reserves within are endless. The competition lasts two days and one night. It officially begins now. Run!]
[Spirit beasts also have tempers and will attack. Be careful with them. If they die in the illusion, they will be eliminated immediately.]
The disciples, called children, scattered and went to look for the traces of the spirit beast.
While the old man Shu Yi was talking, Cong Mo caught several more and put them into his and Leng Can's baskets. Looking at Xi Chengming running towards them, he seemed to think that this was not a good idea and threw another one into his.
Xi Chengming: “…”
Is this the spiritual beast that fell from the sky?
"How come you are so fast?" The three of them naturally formed a team. Xi Chengming asked Cong Mo while he was looking for the spirit beast in the bushes.
"I can smell it." Cong Mo now knew the reason why she could smell the demonic energy. It was because her love roots in the demon world absorbed the demonic energy, but she did not expect that she could also smell the bitter smell similar to grass on the spirit beasts. Because once she entered here, she was able to quickly capture the spirit beasts.
"Maybe it's caused by... the reaction." Cong Mo thought, spiritual energy and demonic energy are natural rivals, with opposite and counteracting effects. Demonic energy stimulates people's instinctive evil desires, while spiritual energy can restrain people's hearts and maintain stability.
Her love root is cultivating magic, so she can sense the demonic energy. She herself is cultivating spiritual energy, so it is not surprising that she can smell the scent of spiritual beasts.
"What's the reaction?"
"I'm not sure yet, but there's no harm in it. It's still possible..." She said as she threw the spirit beast into the three people's basket. The spirit beast is instinctively free, and it will definitely struggle if it is caught. The spiritual power it carries from long-term cultivation in the illusion can also resist the enemy. It can struggle out of basic confinement techniques, and some can even fight back.
But Cong Mo did not use ordinary magic to confine the beasts. She created and added a new layer of magic. The more they struggled, the tighter they would be. If they resisted too hard, they would be burned by the opposing properties. Her power was too strong. The beasts could not move. The more they struggled, the more painful it was. They could not rely on their silly and cute appearance to confuse them and save their lives. So the news spread from one to ten, and from ten to a hundred, among the beasts. They all knew that a powerful contestant had come this time. After smelling and confirming the scent on her body, they no longer sought trouble for themselves and gave up on escaping.
Anyway, you won’t die in the trap, so why resist?
Overall, Cong Mo's journey to catch spirit beasts went smoothly, and Leng Can, who was just eating snacks, and Xi Chengming, who couldn't find any, also benefited a lot.
By nightfall, the three of them had at least nine hundred spirit beasts in their pockets, if not a thousand.
[Now reporting the battle situation, twenty people have been eliminated. Ten people have over three hundred spirit beasts, only fifty people have over two hundred to three hundred, and only eighty people have over one hundred to two hundred. Please keep up the good work.]
"We're really good, aren't we...Xi Chengming!" Leng Can bumped into him happily.
Xi Chengming pursed his lips, feeling somewhat discouraged. His skills were so advanced that he would be ranked among the top few, if not the best, in Shushan. However, he just couldn't get any credit in this place that tested his eyesight.
"Why are you sighing? We're both so powerful now." Leng Can handed him a roasted chicken leg. "I couldn't bear to eat it myself. Here you go. Even though it's cold, it still tastes great."
"You're quite generous, but this is all Ah Mo's credit. It has nothing to do with me, let alone you." Xi Chengming took the chicken leg and took a big bite. "It smells so good. Where did you buy it?"
"Why do you think so much? What belongs to Xiao Mo is mine, and what belongs to me can barely be considered yours. So whoever of us three catches it doesn't matter. Why bother with these useless things? Isn't it enough to win? It's a rare opportunity to hug someone's thigh, so hug them. You won't be able to hug them in the next round. Hey...this chicken leg tastes good, right? It's my brother's compensation. I also brought a lot of candies and snacks, so they must be delicious." Leng Can proudly showed him his bulging belly, "I'm so stuffed today."
Xi Chengming: “…”
If he could cultivate such a good mentality someday, he wouldn't have to be so sad.
"It's not safe at night. It's inevitable that people will fight for the basket. You just follow me closely." Cong Mo grabbed one and put it in the basket, and told the two of them.
Xi Chengming patted his chest and said, "There's no need to worry about this. After all, I am also..."
"Be careful!" Cong Mo exclaimed, grabbing the back of the collars of the two men and stepping back. As soon as they moved their feet away, there was a "bang" sound at the place where they were just standing, and a cloud of dust flew onto their faces.
"Protect Leng Can." Cong Mo moved very quickly and pulled the two of them to a safe place. After giving Xi Chengming instructions, he immediately rushed into the ash.
Several kinds of golden light flashed in the thick gray, followed by another explosion. Cong Mo, who had a magic circle clasped in his palm, was bounced out by a force, and his legs kicked back tightly to stop steadily.
Xi Chengming and Leng Can hurried over, "Are you okay?"
"Nothing." Cong Mo put his palms together, and the seals fit tightly together. Then he separated them, and both seals were clasped in the palm of his right hand. He turned his palms downward, from right to left, and the seals turned into a fan, fanning the dust away vigorously. In the dust, a woman was supporting a man who was still coughing up blood, glaring at them.
Cong Mo didn't even use his spiritual power to beat the two of them like this.
"Senior brother, you actually helped outsiders to harm us like this!" The woman's eyes were red and she looked at Xi Chengming hatefully.
"Where did this outsider come from? Big sister, are you stupid?" Leng Can hugged Cong Mo's arm and before Xi Chengming could refute him, he started scolding her, "This is a competition, a competition. Do you understand the meaning of these two words? You don't even have a competitive spirit and yet you come to participate in the competition. You are so narrow-minded that even a needle can't penetrate you."
"You, what do you mean!"
"It's meaningless. Besides, you were the ones who laid the trap first." Cong Mo's expression was cold. He pulled Leng Can to stand behind him. "If you think like this, you were the first to start. You were also the first to organize the sect to kill each other. What right do you have to insult others?"
"You..." The woman said unreasonably, "Who told you to take this road?"
"Are you okay?" Leng Can thought she was being unreasonable. "No matter what, the magic contest is dominated by magicians. If we don't join, there are many academicians who will follow this path. You can't just accuse others when you can't win the argument!"
Seeing her argument was failing, the woman dragged the man away and tried to escape. Cong Mo quickly stepped past and blocked their path, his lips curled up. "You want to leave just like that? Isn't that a bit too idealistic?"
Turning around, they saw Xi Chengming and Leng Can guarding the place. They were trapped here with nowhere to escape.
The woman began to beg for mercy, "Brother, please consider our relationship as a disciple in this sect, please don't..."
"I don't miss you. After all, you're the first in the competition." Xi Chengming had already led the magic circle out of his palm. "If you're passing by, you have to leave some money. If you don't want to be eliminated, you have to show some sincerity."
"Yes, passing money!" Leng Can showed off his strength.
"These two guys must have robbed so many people, at least five or six hundred." Xi Chengming was holding the heavy basket on his waist. "It seems like they robbed a lot of people along the way!"
"Are you good with them?" Leng Can gave him a piece of candy, "Don't play with people like this in the future."
Xi Chengming laughed it off. "I'm a rough person to begin with. It's just one game, there's no need to..."
"It's necessary." Cong Mo interrupted him, "It has nothing to do with whether they compete or not. They are not sincere. If you are not a fool, you should be able to sense it."
"Xiao Mo is right." Leng Can patted his shoulder, "Xi Chengming, you are such a big guy, you can't let yourself be bullied!"
"If you're bullied, we're still here." Cong Mo nudged his nose, still searching for traces of the spirit beast. "No one in Shushan can defeat me, including Master Shuyi."
"Yeah." Leng Can hugged him like a good brother, "Don't be sad."
Xi Chengming turned his head away awkwardly and pushed him away, "Who's sad? Get out!"
"Crying? Xi Chengming, you are crying!"
"You, you are sick! Don't be so loud!"
The old man Shu Yi, who was watching the game from the sidelines, turned and looked at the old man Qing Yi.
The old man sat upright, sweat dripping from his forehead, "..., the child is just joking, don't take it seriously, don't take it seriously."
"That expression doesn't look like a joke."
"Haha... I will definitely tell her when I get back." The old man twitched his lips, but what he thought in his heart was that Cong Mo was not wrong.
But her words only confirmed the arrogance of the ruthless people. He used to speak in this way, but after becoming an elder, he realized the meaning of humility in his words.
Everyone needs to be humble, although I don’t know what the use of it is.
"This child is just like this... Shuyi, don't be angry!"
"How could I be angry?" Shu Yi's expression softened as he looked at Xi Chengming's face on the crystal screen. "After all, this kid is protecting my good disciple."
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