The Mai family and his party obviously received a lot of support from the Nine Shadows, and when Ji Tianci and the others were greeting them, the Nine Shadows people kept coming to greet them and appreciating their approach.

There are also many young people who come to Mai Future to ask for autographs, and when they learn that Mai will also participate in the competition, everyone is surprised.

"However, next week is the senior group victory match, and the other events will only start next month, is Mai's future coming a little earlier?" asked Mai Katsuhei.

"That's where my niece and granddaughter come to compete. Mai Katsuhei replied proudly.

"What? You're not kidding, are you? Your granddaughter isn't 24 yet, is she?"

"She's stronger than me!"

Mai Katsu said flatly. He has been holding his breath in his heart, in Japan, their family has suffered a lot of cold eyes, but this time he has absolute confidence that his granddaughter can break into the top 32, and at that time, no one will dare to look down on their Mai family.

Now there is no need to hide Mai's future strength, two days later, the game will officially begin, and Mai's family will no longer be "low-key".

The people around were so shocked that they couldn't speak, only Ji Tianci and his party knew in advance, and they accompanied everyone in the Mai family to the registration point.

On the way, Ji Tianci looked at Mai Miku with a wry smile on his face, "Future, I hope we don't be in the same group." ”

Mai Future is also full of worries, "I read the rules of the event, in case I am in the same group as Tianci-kun, it's okay to meet in the group stage finals, it doesn't matter if I lose, I can also rush out of the lower bracket." But if we had met in the first six games, we would have to eliminate one of them. ”

Ji Tianci smiled indifferently: "Future sauce is very confident! Don't worry, if we really meet in the first six games, I will just abstain, you can fight with the S-level transcendental, I am not your opponent yet." ”

"But God-given King is my teacher, I can't win. Mai Miku shook her head with wide eyes.

Ji Tianci stopped, his face was much more serious: "In the future, you can't lose, you must enter the top 32, you are now the hope of your entire family." It doesn't matter if I lose, it's hard for me to get out of the group stage even if I get to the round of 32. You're different, you're a potential champion, and if you win, your whole family will rise. Remember, you are not fighting for yourself, you are fighting for your entire Mai family, and at worst, you are fighting for the development of friendly relations between Jiuyou and Japan. ”

Ji Tianci's words made Mai Shengping on the side very grateful, he was worried before, afraid that Mai would "release water" after meeting Ji Tianci in the future, and now it seems that Ji Tianci is more generous than he imagined, and he understands things better.

Mai Katsuhei didn't say much, just nodded lightly at Ji Tianci, but he was sincerely grateful.

Mai caused quite a stir after signing up in the future, and now everyone knows that she is a cross-level competition. At the same time, there are other Japanese transcendents who signed up, and they are all sneering at Mai's family, claiming that Mai will not show mercy when they meet Mai in the future.

Mai Katsuhei just laughed and didn't say anything when she heard these words.

……

Over the next two days, everyone was on the island to familiarize themselves with the playing grounds. This arena is very ordinary, it is set up on the beach around the island.

The perimeter of Mabur Island is covered with sandy beaches, and the so-called stadium is just a 300-metre-diameter protective shield on the beach. This circular arena with a diameter of 300 meters is the ring, and the two will face each other until one of them admits defeat or loses combat effectiveness.

The ring of this specification is much smaller than the ring of the top 32, and after entering the top 32, the ring is a circle with a diameter of 3 kilometers, which can also allow more spectators to watch the game.

Li Fanzhi explained that the protective shield of Mabur Island can block the top A-level transcendent attacks at most, and it is not the same level as the protective shield of the top 32, and the cost of that protective shield is too high to be used on a large scale. Small shields are scattered all over the beach, also because the first day of the race is so tight that the race starts at 6 a.m. and lasts until the evening, if nothing else. Sometimes meeting a "chronic sub" player can greatly affect the course of the game.

***

At eleven o'clock on Sunday night, Ji Tianci and his family were together waiting for the results of the grouping. The grouping will be fully announced at around half past twelve, and Mai Miku has been silently praying not to be in the same group as Ji Tianci.

Twelve o'clock has passed, and everyone sees that the number of applicants is 928 through the participation card. This means that the tournament will be divided into eight groups, with the first seven groups all having 128 players, while the eighth group will have only 32 players.

The contestants in Group 8 only need to play 5 matches to determine the first place, but this group is a veritable "Group of Death", because the second place in this group will also be eliminated directly, and the first place will not appear directly, he will also have to play against the second place in the other seven groups.

After five matches in Group 8, the first place finisher is actually in the lower bracket, and the other seven players in the lower bracket will compete for a qualifying spot. The lower bracket will be played the following week, with a total of eight players playing three rounds of elimination.

In order to ensure the fairness of the grouping, the organizers used the "ancient" method of grouping, placing 928 small easter eggs in a black box, and each easter egg contained a player number.

Many of the players were in the lobby on the first floor of a hotel in the center of the island, where the draw would be held.

Mortals from more than 20 countries in the Asia-Pacific region will take out the easter eggs from the black box one by one, and put them in eight transparent glass boxes in turn, these eight glass boxes represent eight groups, from the first group, after the 128 easter eggs are filled, the list of the first group of contestants will be announced, and then the first seven glass boxes will be filled in turn. The last glass box will be filled with the remaining 32 eggs, which is the list of contestants in the eighth group.

Only contestants are allowed to enter this hotel, but neither Ji Tianci nor Mai Mirai went to the scene. Together with their family and friends, they checked the results of the group directly from the entry card.

As soon as twelve o'clock passed, the lottery ceremony began immediately, and in less than five minutes, the grouping of the first group was announced, and there was no name of Ji Tianci on the list and no Mai Future.

Ji Tianci is okay, there is no emotional fluctuation, and Mai is a little nervous in the future, she is afraid that she will be in the same group as Ji Tianci.

After another five minutes, there were still no names on the second list. Mai Miku frowned, the further back she went, the more likely the two were to be in the same group.

The third group still doesn't have two names......

Until the sixth group, the numbers and names of the two still did not appear. Mai Future was already nervous and speechless, and Ji Tianci and his party also had anxious looks on their faces.

The seventh group of lists was announced, and everyone looked carefully around a palm-sized screen.

Mai's future name appeared on the first page, and everyone's hearts were pounding and looking back, looking carefully page by page, every time they turned the page, they didn't see Ji Tianci's name, and everyone took a breath.

Finally, turning to the last page, Ji Tianci's name never appeared.

Mai Miku jumped up happily, but as soon as she jumped twice, she suddenly thought again, didn't Ji Tianci be assigned to the "death group"?