CHAPTER 213: CHAPTER 142: BAD LUCK INCARNATE

This is the rule of the arena battle, and according to this rule, each team must give their all to face the challenge.

Because any mistake is highly likely to cause a chain reaction, leading to a loss and tragic elimination, or entering the main competition with a disadvantage, ultimately missing the trophy.

Secondly, for the small team battles, each team must complete thirteen matches, followed by the main competition and finals. The only difference is that each time, three participants must take the stage.

When it comes to team battles, the rules are completely different from the first two rounds of battle.

The venue for the team battle is no longer the arena, but inside the Yanling Grotto Heaven.

At that time, the organizers will issue various tasks, each marked with corresponding points.

Fourteen teams will be thrown into the grotto together, with the competition lasting for a full ten days. The city team with the highest final score will be crowned the team battle champion.

And among the arena battles, small team battles, and team battles, the team with the most outstanding overall performance will win the overall championship!

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"The timing for the arena and small team battles is very tight. Undoubtedly, the intensity of the fight before the main competition will be frighteningly high. Each city team will probably bring out their long-prepared trump cards. In this situation, without sufficient strength, it would be difficult to advance."

"Not only that, but choices must also be made between the arena and small team battles. Sometimes, strategic abandonment might yield better results."

Miao Yi and Xu Lan are analyzing the situation and discussing tactics. The team only has eight members in total; five are needed for the arena battle, and three for the small team battle.

Afterward, they must also choose participants for the team battle. Thinking about how to combine them is quite a headache.

Ye Qingzhou, the team captain, simply showed a lazy expression and played the hands-off leader.

"Ye Qingzhou, you are the captain, do you have any thoughts?"

"None."

Ye Qingzhou shook his head directly: "As for the allocation of personnel in martial battles, I only need to think about winning. There’s a lot the teacher needs to consider."

Xu Lan: "..."

How infuriating, what’s going on!

But Xu Lan had to admit that she couldn’t come up with fancy tactics anyway. Just sending Ye Qingzhou out thoughtlessly would suffice.

Her ability is of no significance to the competition anymore.

As for Ye Qingzhou, while others were thinking about the competition, he was considering how to spend the prize money and use the rewards received.

When the opening ceremony ended, it was just lunchtime, and the official competition was scheduled to start in the afternoon.

So this was the time for the participants to dine and have a lunch break. In the hotel, a sumptuous buffet was set up, while the big screen in the restaurant displayed the city teams that would compete in the afternoon.

Each team leader received the corresponding battle roster and schedule from the staff at the competition center.

And on the schedule, it just so happened to have the appearance information for the Linjiang Team.

"Who’s our opponent?"

"Jianning Team, the captain is Zhang Chen, known for using long weapons in combat. It is said that his ’Six Bow Divine Spear’ has been practiced to quite a skillful level."

This ’Six Bow Divine Spear’ cultivation technique is rather popular.

Primarily because many practice it. It’s a military-broadly-popularized technique, easy to obtain, not highly difficult, fairly powerful, and its potential growth is also considerable.

Once mastered, one can even apply to join the army in the future, thereby acquiring subsequent High-Tier martial techniques.

Therefore, it’s a most commonly chosen path for many martial geniuses from civilian backgrounds.

"Get ready; this is our first arena battle, and we need your Sea Guardian Needle."

Xu Lan had a solemn expression. After all, it was the team’s first battle since its establishment, and she was quite nervous.

"Yes."

Ye Qingzhou simply replied before closing his eyes to rest.

On the other side, the leading teacher of the Jianning Team, Zhuang Yuan, was also seriously analyzing the situation and arranging tactics.

Upon seeing that their first opponent turned out to be the Linjiang Team, Zhuang Yuan’s expression was very serious: "To encounter a team with a Hidden Dragon in the first battle, what bad luck!"

Damn, who drew the lot back then!

Oh, remembered, it was me.

Alright, no worries then.

The Hidden Dragon List, with only a hundred high school students nationwide, distributed evenly, means each province barely gets three spots.

And the whole Xiang Province?

Counting and recounting, there are currently only two names in the list.

Qin Haoyu, ranked sixth, and Ye Qingzhou, ranked seventh.

Among fourteen teams, only two have Hidden Dragons, and this bad luck makes us face one in the first match.

As the host team’s representative, the pressure on Zhuang Yuan was enormous.

Since this is the home ground for the Jianning Team, many local folks came today, waiting with anticipation. If the first match is lost, how embarrassing would that be?

The leadership has already stated that even if the team doesn’t win the championship, at least they should start with a victory in the first match.

Zhuang Yuan pinched his brow and gathered the team members together: "How much do you know about Ye Qingzhou?"

Jianning Second High School’s Feng Wu raised his hand: "Teacher, I faced Ye Qingzhou at the Cyan Wave Sword Fighting Competition."

"Oh?"

Zhuang Yuan’s eyes lit up: "How many moves did you exchange with him?"

"Three moves."

Feng Wu didn’t dare to say that back then, due to fear, he was in poor state, and those three moves were only because Ye Qingzhou was holding back. Otherwise, he couldn’t have taken even a single move.