Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 50: The Battle of Wind and Flower (1)
Of course, in addition to personal strength and the role of advanced equipment, there is another factor that cannot be ignored in determining the outcome of the game, that is, the "pseudo-artifact" that can only be obtained by accumulating enough contribution points by completing professional tasks or tasks of the Church of Light and the "Resistance Alliance". It has been a year since the last "World Heroes Conference". As long as there is a conscious effort in this direction, top players may be able to obtain one or even two or three "pseudo-artifacts". Although most of them are auxiliary in nature, their functions are only to contain and harass opponents, and they can rarely cause direct damage. There is also a time limit for casting, which can generally only last for ten minutes. However, if it appears between two equally matched opponents, the party that uses the "pseudo-artifact" will definitely be able to seize the initiative. Therefore, in addition to the real artifact duel that many spectators are looking forward to, the competition between various "pseudo-artifacts" with special functions is also a major attraction that attracts everyone.
According to the intelligence we got, the gambling-addicted Hua Mantian still set up an underground gambling game. However, the reason why this "World Heroes Conference" launched the "official lottery" was not only to make profits and further attract the interest of spectators, but also to crack down on the rampant underground gambling games in the previous conference. This made Hua Mantian more cautious this time, strictly controlling the gambling personnel, and accepting very familiar players, for fear of being discovered by the organizing committee and being sanctioned. At the same time, the several "insiders" we were looking for last time won a lot on me because of their "accurate vision", which seemed to arouse Hua Mantian's suspicion. This time they were excluded from the gambling list and were not notified. They could not find a suitable channel to contact Hua Mantian and others. In addition, unlike the previous conference, in the outside world's perception, I have a great chance of entering the "Top Ten", the odds are very low, and it is basically unprofitable. If I want to get more benefits, I can only fight for my title of "World's No. 1 Master". However, facing numerous powerful enemies and unpredictable opponents, this is probably something that even the Fearless Warriors, who have the highest chance of winning the championship and the highest honor, cannot be sure of doing. It is easy to fail in the "design" and instead give Hua Mantian money in vain. Without a suitable "betting project", they can only helplessly give up the attempt to strike Hua Mantian again in this regard.
On August 1, the "World Heroes Conference" was held as scheduled. Like the previous session, the first thing to be held was the individual preliminaries, which lasted for two and a half days and selected 1,024 players to enter the main competition. However, the "Top Ten Masters" of the previous session did not have to play in the preliminaries, but directly entered the main competition as the first place in their group. This made the players who were drawn in the same group as the ten of us more depressed, as they lost half of their hope and could only work hard for the only remaining qualifying spot. There was nothing we could do about it. After all, success requires more than just strength. In many cases, luck is also very important.
There were not many upsets in the preliminaries. Most of the expert players in the "World Celebrity Directory" successfully qualified. Among the Undead Wizards, Qingwu Feiyang , Qiushui Changtian and Tianxing also passed easily. Together with the other three players such as Night Bonfire, the professional ratio of nearly 0.8% was a bit low, but it was similar to the nine players of the Bright Priests who entered the main competition. In comparison, it was not inferior. The development of the Tongxin League this year was relatively smooth. By destroying Hua Feihua's Green Leaf Mercenary Group, a large amount of funds was obtained, which was used to replace equipment. After several months of hard work, the strength of several main players has been greatly improved. After the preliminaries, Afeng, Xue Wuxia, Yun Wuying, Nanfeiyan, Longkong, Liushui Wuqing and other eight people entered the main competition. Together with me who qualified directly, the ratio of nearly 0.9% was still satisfactory, and it would not disgrace the title of the "Top Ten Mercenary Groups" of the previous session and one of the fourteen large mercenary groups in the whole "World" so far.
After a half-day break, the more intense and exciting individual competition officially began on August 4th. In order to allow the participating players to better display their strength, not only the space of the competition venue was expanded, but the competition time limit was also extended to one hour, which can fully display various tactics, giving shooters, thieves and other opportunity-based professions more room to play, and indirectly weakening the role of "pseudo-artifacts" - there is enough time to avoid the enemy's edge before launching a decisive battle.
One thousand and twenty-four contestants will participate in the main competition. All the matches will be held at the same time. There will be a total of ten rounds of competition. There will be a half-hour interval between each round. The individual competition will be completed within one day to determine the "Top Ten Masters in the World". Although it is divided into two halves, with a six-hour interval in between as a rest time, it has no effect on me. In one day, I can only perform "Blood Transformation" twice. If I encounter strong enemies such as Supreme Honor, Holy Heaven, and Fearless Warriors in consecutive rounds, and lack "pseudo-artifacts" in my hands, the competition will probably be very difficult - no one can say which opponent will be encountered by drawing lots. The closer to the last few rounds, the greater the chance of encountering.
In the first round, my opponent was the runner-up of another group, a heavy-armored warrior, Krimu. His pet was the same as Hua Feihua's, a level 7 Warcraft Iron-Armored Black Turtle, which could combine with its owner for defense and was not weak. However, this type of pet was exactly what the necromancer liked, and there was enough time to cast "Summon the Undead". The relatively clumsy movement could hardly pose a threat to me. However, I didn't want to be too ostentatious. Among the three pets, Red Star, who was only level 6, was no longer suitable for playing, so as to avoid the need for me to activate "Touch of Death" to absorb spiritual power. I only summoned the already exposed Shaman, and also kept Taotao - after it evolved into a level 8 intermediate fire dragon beast, except for participating in the battle to challenge the Great Demon, it had not fought in public in the human world, and its strength was not known to the outside world. At the same time, I did not summon the Horror Wing Dragon Knight, but only sent three Horror Ground Dragon Knights to participate in the battle, one lower level 8 and three lower level 7, which should be more than enough to deal with a sky warrior whose strength was not top-notch.
I let my men attack while I stood aside and watched for most of the time, only casting the "Dead Soul Curse" from time to time to weaken the opponent's state. However, the properties of Krimu's high-level holy weapon "Sacred Heart Giant Shield" were good, and it had the ability to purify negative states. The effect was not ideal. After casting it a few times, I was too lazy to cast spells and became a "spectator". This was not my intention to "bully" him. His profession was tightly restrained by me, and he had no ability to rush to me to cause trouble. With my strength as one of the "Top Ten Masters" in the previous session, if I didn't have this calmness in the situation of professional conflict, it would be a loss of face.
Facing my strong performance of "Victory in hand", Crimea was still quite tenacious. After merging with the Iron-clad Black Turtle, he relied on the "Solid as a Rock" skill to stabilize his defense and never took the initiative to attack. For a while, even Shaman had no way to forcefully break through his defense and cause him any damage. The game was in a stalemate. Fortunately, there was still a long time to go, so there was no need to rush and he could patiently look for opportunities. Sure enough, as time went by, under the desperate attack of the three terrifying earth-walking dragon knights, Crimea's consumption was very large and he had no chance to breathe. He gradually couldn't hold on and revealed more and more flaws. With Shaman's agility and strength, he would naturally not let it go easily. "Phantom Form" combined with "Ghost Claw Thirteen Attacks" repeatedly caused damage to Crimea, and finally he couldn't hold on and was defeated.
Not only was there no danger, there was not even a little surprise. I won quite easily. This Crime had already used a "pseudo-artifact" to win the preliminaries, and there was probably no second one that could be used against me. Of course, different statuses lead to different pursuits. For these marginal players of the "World Celebrity List", being able to enter the main competition means higher prestige and value. As for getting a higher ranking, it is just an unattainable expectation for them.
