Chapter 23: The Great Competition of Shuda

  Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and the members of the Radiant Team had already established a preliminary tacit understanding. Time did not allow them to continue honing their skills, so they embarked on the journey of competition.

  The competition is held in the largest square of Xuda, which is as large as 10 football fields. 51 game venues have been set up, except for the one in the middle that will be used for the semi-finals and finals, all other venues will hold group stage matches simultaneously. After the draw, we were assigned to Group 19, while the Wind Dragon team from Beiqi was assigned to Group 03, but their members have not been seen yet.

  The five of us arrived at our own competition venue, the venue was surrounded by players from various teams, and spectators were isolated in the outermost circle of all the arenas, where there were many newly built sheds, which were the spectator seats.

  I took a look around, most of them were dressed in warrior attire, only a very small portion were from other professions. I was wearing the same uniform white warrior attire as everyone else, and our plan was to try not to use magic to win during the preliminary round.

  The organizing committee of the competition announced the rules of the game, and the game officially started. According to the draw, we were the third to compete. The two sides of the first match were both warriors, using a one-on-one format, looking very ordinary, not even a single player with the strength of a Knight of the Earth, just mutual hacking, finally one team won with a total score of 3-2.

  The second game was more or less the same, and we were all almost asleep. We barely managed to hold on until it was our turn, when the judge of Group 19 announced: "Third match, Guanghui Team vs. Steel God Warrior Team."

  Xing Ao smiled and said, "This Iron Legion won't be a pile of scrap metal, right?" We all burst out laughing. Xiū Sī turned to me and said, "Why don't we just have a team battle? That way, we can save some time."

  I nodded.

  We stepped onto the stage, our uniform white attire and height of over 1 meter 80 making the other contestants below look a bit stunned. From the other side of the stage came the sound of heavy footsteps, thudding loudly. Geez, this is so dramatic.

  The Ironclad Warriors have arrived, and they're truly ostentatious. The five of them are dressed in heavy black armor, with an average height of over 2 meters, wielding massive two-handed swords that look incredibly weighty.

  Shouji whispered in my ear: "They're quite cunning, the space on the stage is small, when they encounter slightly weaker opponents, they charge together and can win by colliding."

  I replied, "Unfortunately for them, they met us." We exchanged a smile, our hearts filled with confidence.

  As the captain, I naturally had to come forward and negotiate with them. They readily agreed to team up for battle, which was beneficial to them.

  The whistle blew to start the match, and the five members of the Steel God Army charged forward with their large swords. Their momentum was quite impressive, but their speed was slow. I, Winter Day, and Shou didn't move at all, standing at the edge of the arena. Koude and Gyoku also stood in front, holding their large swords. Shou had once told me that if it were just a matter of strength, there would be very few people who could win against them.

  The five opponents rushed forward, and Xing Ao let out a loud roar. His great sword emitted a pale yellow battle aura as he charged towards the enemy at the forefront. The two swords clashed, and the opponent, who had seemed so powerful, was sent flying along with his sword by Xing Ao's slash. The opponent's sword also had a large notch cut into it.

  What's left is just a personal show of skill, with a few claps, the opposing team members were beaten to the point of being disheveled. Gao De complained: "You didn't even leave one for me, you got yourself beaten up too." The other contestants in the audience were all stunned, many people were very regretful that they had been divided into the same group as us.

  I stepped forward and stopped Xing Ao from continuing the attack. I said to him, "I advise you to surrender. You should know the difference in strength."

  The big Han in front of him supported his body with a sword and said in a low voice, "This brother, was the technique your teammate used just now the Earth Fighting Qi?"

  I nodded, "Yes." The following result left us speechless.

  Five big men rushed to the front of Xing Ao, knelt down on one knee, and the leading big man said: "Big brother, please accept us as apprentices. We came to this competition just to find a master who can fight with aura."

  Xing Ao's face turned red, he had been practicing martial arts since childhood and had never encountered such a situation. Fortunately, Shou Shi helped him out of the predicament, telling the five burly men to come find them after the competition was over and giving them their contact information.

  It wasn't easy to finally get rid of the Iron God Army team, ending our first match. On the way back to the academy, Gao De poked Xing Ao and said: "Not bad, brother, five apprentices on the first day of competition, if we do this every game, we can form an army, haha."

  Xing Ao ignored him and asked Xiu Si: "Boss, can I take them in?"

  Shūji smiled and said, "In my opinion, they are all very simple-minded and straightforward big men. Taking them in won't do any harm, as for whether to take them in or not, it's up to your own will."

  Then, we participated in a small group match every day. The process was very smooth, and it was all taken care of by Xing Ao, Gao De, and Dong Ri. I and Xiuzi watched coldly on the sidelines. We emerged from the 19th group with a record of 10 wins and 0 losses to enter the playoffs.

  During the break, we went to watch the Feng Long team sent by Beicheng. They actually only sent one person with the strength of a Grand Knight to participate in the competition, and it was all one against five. They easily advanced to the next round without seeing any other teammates appear. Teacher Ju said that the one who participated in the competition is probably the weakest one on their side. The situation doesn't look optimistic.

  The preliminary round ended with a two-day break for the draw and grouping, and the first round of eliminations will take place over four days. We participated in the competition on the third day, which means we can rest for a total of four days, and this arrangement is still relatively satisfactory for us. We didn't go to study our opponents' strengths either, but instead continued to strengthen our mutual coordination. The one who has made the fastest progress is Dong Ri, his aura hasn't improved much, but relying on the innate affinity between the elves and natural elements, under my guidance with magic power, he can already master some primary and intermediate light system magic, and integrate the primary light system magic "Light Arrow" into his archery skills, greatly increasing his power.