Wednesday at eight p.m., prime time.

"Try the sword world, the winner is king, welcome everyone to watch the first Sword King Championship hosted by Tianying Entertainment, I am casual, I am not casual."

What a famous mouth in the e-sports circle, a professional player and professional commentator is casual, and by coincidence, through layers of screening, he has become the host of the sword battle.

"Tonight, our players are about to officially enter the preliminary stage."

In the virtual image, although the dress of a casual swordsman looks quite funny, his strength is not low.

E-sports commentary, it's not just a mouth that can mix up, every bit of ability, in this line of work, neither long, nor far.

Entering the preliminary round, it is natural to talk about the schedule and competition system of the preliminary round.

In the qualifying stage, it is basically a battle of system matching, and the qualifying places are determined according to the number of victories and points.

The format is very simple, because this stage does not require too much fine-grained identification of the characteristics and specialties of the contestants, and the focus is on eliminating those who are too low and not high.

There are more than 10 million people who have signed up, and if you think about it, you can know how much moisture there is, and some people rush to sign up in order to be famous, regardless of whether they have the capital or not.

Anyway, you don't need money to sign up, what if Lao Tzu goes to the shit luck and gets promoted?

But the truth is cruel, with the matching of the intelligent brain system, no one can fish in troubled waters and rely on luck to get by.

Even if you want to spend money to find someone to brush up the score, it is useless, because it is the opponent that the system will match immediately, and after a winning streak, the contestant will trigger the corresponding mechanism to match an opponent with similar strength.

In this way, basically the battle is won and lost by each other, and no matter how awesome the person is, it is inevitable to lose one or two games.

Even Li Ruoqing, in the qualifiers, because of her 19 consecutive wins, matched with another top eight seed player in the women's group, the two fought fiercely, Li Ruoqing suffered a defeat because of continuous fighting, lack of energy for a while.

Unless you are like Ning Yi, whose strength and realm completely crush the other contestants, it is possible to win all the way to the end without waves.

At the beginning of the preliminary round, the contestants will enter the complex competition mechanism, and they will no longer be the two people who stood in the ring and fought to win the game with open knives and guns.

Venue, Environment, People...... and many other external factors, which began to affect the state of the player, and to a certain extent, became a weight that interfered with the balance of victory.

"In the preliminary stage, it is divided into two match points, and the early stage is still the implementation of the points competition system, aiming to select 32 top swordsmanship powerhouses, and finally through the knockout round, the top 8 will be determined!"

Casual words, the audience listened to it and was just happy in their hearts, but in the ears of the contestants, it was loud.

"Top 32! Is it so quick to get into the knockout stage? ”

Han Leng and Wei Chen were distressed in their hearts, both of them successfully qualified, Han Leng was due to strength, and Wei Chen relied on a bit of luck.

The qualifiers were so difficult, and the preliminary rounds were even more surprising.

The point system means that a certain amount of mistakes is allowed, and the error tolerance rate is a good thing, after all, the players who play iron will inevitably have times when they are not in good shape.

But the knockout system, that is, a veto, there is no other way but to win!

"Let's wait to see the results of the lottery, I hope I don't draw the lottery."

When they said this, both of them couldn't help but think of one - Ning Yi!

But Murphy's Law found the two of them at this time.

"Damn, Death Squad!"

When something is likely to get worse, then it is bound to get worse, and when the draw came out, both were speechless.

Not to mention the same group as Ning Yi, in the men's group, in the eight major groups, on his side, there are 9 seeded players at the top 32 level!

More than double the average!

It's a real death group!

The seeded players do not meet in the early stages of the knockout round, which is a benefit only for the seeded players in the quarterfinals, and although the top 32 is only a little bit, the treatment is worlds apart.

On the Internet, among the players who are waiting for the results of the draw, the people who are divided into the second group are all screaming and tangled.

"Master, it's good that I'm blessed and didn't have a big group with you."

Clenched his fists and rejoiced there, yes, he also participated in the Sword King Tournament, and the results were not bad, winning 17 consecutive games before being ended, and then losing the last game, and finally with a record of 18 wins and 2 losses, he successfully advanced to the preliminary round on the second day.

On the ranking of the official website of Sword Fight, he is also a master in the first echelon.

In addition to the two of them, in the Immortal Trace Guild, there are more than 20 players who use swords who also participated, and successfully qualified, which is not a low percentage, and it is estimated that it can scare a stupid vote when it is passed out.

And the luck of these players who came out of the line was also boundless, and none of them were assigned to the same group as Ning Yi.

Because they all know that the president of their own family is a monster-level existence, which is ridiculously strong.

If you really want to be together, there is really no thought.

After the end of the system's random lottery grouping, the organizers did not waste time, and immediately announced that each large group would enter the official schedule of the preliminary round at 10 o'clock tonight.

After resting for a while, Ning Yi also received the encouragement of his father Ning Sheng and mother Zhao Lanxiang, put on the helmet of the illusion world, and entered the arena.

After checking the identity information, Ning Yi waited in the contestant area.

A curtain of light drew a small circle, and he was the only one in the circle.

Outside the light curtain, there is an ancient temple, which contains heavy historical traces in the dilapidation.

The dense water curtain makes the atmosphere graceful and mournful, like a rainy night in the south of the Yangtze River.

"The scene is well rendered, full of martial arts style."

Ning Yi came slowly, it was already half past nine, and in half an hour, the preliminary round would officially begin.

System: A total of 20 players will participate in this match point, and the system will score according to the time of death of the player, until the next person remains, or all of them die.

After that, there is a background prompt given by the system, and the original venue for the competition also needs the attention of the players.

For example, the map that Ning Yi was on at this time was called "Ancient Temple Horror".

Contestants are confined to the 50,000-square-meter ancient temple, which is larger than Angkor Wat, the largest temple on earth.

In addition to being careful of the other contestants, there are other deadly dangers in the ancient temple, hunting human ghosts, demons, and all kinds of traps that are impossible to guard against.

Contestants can choose to cooperate or go alone, anyway, only one person can survive to the end, or if all the contestants are wiped out, the match point will really end.

At ten o'clock, after a short beep, the light curtain that covered Ning Yi disappeared.

The race is on!

Ning Yi's expression did not fluctuate, and he stepped into the rain curtain alone.

The cold rain fell from the sky and sprinkled on Ning Yi's body, making his clothes slimy.

Because it is an ancient scene, the system automatically prepares several corresponding costumes for the players, as well as hairstyles, to choose from.

Ning Yi chose a pale blue robe, and the long sword is also the usual size, anyway, it is just data, only the appearance and weight can be adjusted freely, and there will never be a thing where some players crush other contestants with equipment.

In fact, the Sword King Tournament had already greatly suppressed Ning Yi, unable to use true qi, unable to attract energy, and only relied on the strength of his physical body to control the sword blade.

Ning Yi is completely wearing bulky shackles and competing on the same stage with the other players, so they should be grateful for the system's preference.

Even this kind of restraint cannot turn the balance of victory and defeat.

The contestants in the venue have begun to wake up and participate in it with all their might.

And the audience outside the stadium was also engrossed, looking forward to the exciting sword battle.

20 people, scattered on more than 40,000 square meters of land, unless luck goes against the sky, the probability of meeting at the beginning is very low.

Call~

Behind Ning Yi, a black shadow ran extremely fast in the rain curtain, with a bright pace, but it never splashed a drop of water and made the slightest sound.

"Ah, be careful!"

Su Qi watched from the sidelines, and her heart jumped to her throat.

The cold sword light split the raindrops and slashed towards Ning Yi.

Assassin!

The ghostly assassins lurking in the ancient temple test the player's vigilance and reaction speed in complex climatic conditions.

In the face of this attack from behind, Ning Yi's movements were beyond everyone's expectations.

Drawing his sword, turning back on the spot, the moment of life and death, the staggered edges, were cut in half, but it was a ghost assassin.

"Wonderful performance, let's cheer for the No. 7 contestant!"

As a commentator, it is his job to enliven the atmosphere of the scene, and the advancement of virtual network technology allows the audience to sit at home and enjoy the warm atmosphere of the scene without having to run around and work hard.

"Ning Yi, a young player from Shanghai! His swordsmanship characteristics, I'm afraid everyone is no stranger, and the nickname of Brother Kill in seconds is not for nothing! ”

Hahaha~

On the virtual viewing platform, the audience laughed.

casually acted at the opportunity, and hurriedly continued to push up the atmosphere: "The battle just now was another clean and neat second kill, let me explain the principle for you......"

The ghost assassin is a kind of monster set up by the system, and its strength is about the same as that of ordinary people trained in martial arts.

Their danger lies in two skills - silent walking and virtual and real transformation.

Silent walking, as the name suggests, walks silently, and there is no way to detect them by hearing.

The virtual and real transformation is to explain the characteristics of their attacks, they will only enter the physical state at the moment of attack, and before that, they are illusory images, not affected by physical effects.

Such as rain curtains, such as player attacks.

"Let's take a look at the slow motion, how was the approach of the ghost assassin discovered by Ning Yi, the player? Viewers, pay attention to the direction of his gaze! ”