Chapter 434: A Boy Like the Wind
The morning sun shone on the stadium.
The Pythian Tournament was grandly opened.
The long opening ceremony consisted of a number of sessions, starting with the worship of the gods and goddesses, followed by the appearance of the gods and queens and the priests of the main temple, followed by the referees, then the athletes' teams from the city-states, and then the neat bands.
The entrance ceremony was followed by a variety of art performances, including a splendid performance by two Sanctuary warriors flying around, which drew cheers from the audience.
Finally, there is the moderator's speech.
After the host's speech, it was announced that the competition was about to begin.
On the yellow earth of the field, the runners are warming up.
Su Ye stretched in the curious gaze of the audience while thinking about today's event.
There are four events: the 200-meter dash, the 400-meter X2 round-trip run, the 3,000-meter long run, and the 5,000-meter heavy run, which is the favorite run of the Greeks.
Among them, the long-distance running and heavy running are the top 32, and the last 32 people enter the final together, while the sprint and round-trip run have to determine the top eight before the final.
After a simple stretch, Su Ye looked at the audience.
This is not a gladiatorial arena, it is a arena, bigger than the Colosseum of Sparta.
As seen in the sky before, on all sides of the arena, four peaks were moved by the avatars of the gods, and then the spectator seats were carved out of the slopes.
Therefore, the arena at this moment is like a small city, and the spectator seats on all sides are like a mountain surrounding the city.
On the hillside on all sides, the audience sitting in black pressure was not full.
Even so, Su Ye roughly calculated, and the total number of viewers exceeded three million, which was completely beyond imagination.
Therefore, this stadium is also known as the Miracle Stadium and is the second place after the Olympic Stadium.
The Olympic Stadium is even larger, and the entire stadium is shrouded in the power of the gods, so that even the farthest people can clearly see everything on the field without using any magic props.
The main arena of the race is located on the northern half of the arena, and like all gladiatorial arenas, there is a large platform on the edge of the northern arena, with VIP seats.
Su Ye looked at the big platform, where some people suddenly stretched out their hands and waved their arms.
Some of them know each other, and some of them don't.
Su Ye nodded lightly, which was considered a return gift.
Subsequently, Su Ye glanced at the 63 participating team members nearby.
All were dressed in shorts and barefoot, revealing their muscular bodies.
Each one is coated with a delicate olive oil that shines in the sun's rays.
The oldest is over thirty years old, and the youngest is younger than Su Ye, only thirteen or fourteen years old.
Although no one knew those young people, they were all silver warriors at such a young age, and there was no need to think about it, at least the hero family, and maybe even the demigod family.
They also glanced at Su Ye occasionally, but no matter how tall, short, fat or thin, whether they were expressionless or smiling, there was the same thing hidden in the depths of their eyes.
Something that can't be explained.
It's like looking at an outlier.
A magician who broke into the top 64 of all non-music projects is simply not human!
If you can still win the championship, then you are really not human.
A short time later, the host of the race, a priest of the Temple of the Sun, invited the first group of sprinters to the field.
Eight people from the first group took to the track.
"The runner standing on the first runway, from Tebay, and is a captain of the Tebay Holy Legion, has an enviable exploit......"
The moderator introduced eight people one by one.
Every time someone finished speaking, the audience would have people from their own city-states cheering loudly.
Almost everyone in the city-state shouted as hard as they could, making sure that their voices were heard throughout the stadium and that the athletes felt the power of support.
After reading the names of all eight people, the host announced that the sprint of the first group was about to begin, and announced that the top two people would be selected from the eight people and directly enter the top 32. The remaining six will be placed in the lower bracket for a second qualifier.
Su Ye looked at the eight people calmly, and saw that these eight people had different shapes and postures, some were bent over, some were hunched back, some were loose, some were reading words with their eyes closed, and those who didn't know thought they were a group of wizards, but they couldn't think they were athletes.
With the referee's whistle, eight people rushed out with all their might.
The audience burst into violent cheers.
They are all warriors, either silver or bronze, and even if they don't have divine power, their running speed is far beyond that of ordinary people.
Just over ten seconds later, the first runner crossed the finish line, prompting even louder cheers.
Eventually, everyone crossed the finish line, the host announced the names of the first and second places, and the two went straight to the round of thirty-two.
Su Ye roughly calculated, the world record of the Blue Star 200 meters is more than 19 seconds, and there is a starting block, all of these people took less than 15 seconds, and the fastest one even took less than 14 seconds.
However, the all-Greek record for the 200m is 5 seconds, and the record holder is Hercules, and for so many years, no one has been able to break it.
Then, groups of players competed, and soon, Su Ye and the members of the sixth group walked onto the track.
The host's voice rang out in the audience.
"Spectators, Greeks and Gentiles, tell me, who is the strangest athlete of the year? Call out his name. ”
Many spectators shouted loudly, and the most people shouted Su Ye.
"Everyone's eyes are bright, yes, it's that magician Su Ye! Not only did he sign up for all sports, but he even finished in the round of 64 in all sports, and I was stunned when I heard the news. I secretly prayed to the great sun god Apollo, great Apollo, you are the sun god, the god of music, and the god of prophecy, can you tell me where Su Ye can go in the end? The great Apollo did not speak, and I knew that the gods would not respond to me easily, so I walked out in disappointment, but within a few steps, a majestic and loud voice reached my ears. ”
"The voice said: I went to ask my father, and my father said to me, wait first, he is considering whether to bet on Su Ye." The moderator said.
The audience burst into laughter.
Apollo's father was the god-king Zeus.
Not only ordinary people were smiling, but even the temple priests were smiling.
This is the difference between the Greek gods and other gods, in such occasions, a well-meaning joke is tantamount to proclaiming their god's name, and instead of being angry, they are happy.
After laughing, many people looked at the host in surprise, then glanced at the chief high priest of the Temple of Apollo, and finally looked at Su Ye.
The gods don't care about jokes, but the priest makes a joke about a silver magician, which is too unusual.
Su Ye smiled, but his eyes were full of surprise.
This is the Sun Temple unleashing great kindness on itself!
This kindness was not even inferior to the kindness of the Temple of the Goddess of Wisdom at that time.
It was a great honor for the chief priest to joke about a silver magician in the name of God.
If a follower of Apollo were treated like this, he would probably be so excited that he would burst into tears and bow down to the sun on the spot.
On the huge VIP terrace, a large number of viewers looked at Su Ye with interest.
"Sisyphus, what's the matter? How could the Sun Temple pay attention to this kid? Leonidas was humane to the people around him.
"How do I know? However, my future brother-in-law still has a lot of face, and without the chief high priest to speak, this joke would not have been able to be told by the host. Interesting, very interesting. Sisyphus thought for himself.
"What's your brother-in-law, maybe it's my brother-in-law." Pollux gave Sisyphus a blank look.
"Shall I be your brother-in-law?" Sisyphus immediately smirked.
"Phew! My sister doesn't like you, my sister definitely prefers Su Ye! Pollux said.
"Huh? Is it because Su Ye is the king of gladiatorial fighting? Isn't it because of my status as a demigod that I can't become a gladiator? Alas...... But Menelaus's face was a little ugly......" Sisyphus smiled as he looked at the two brothers of the Mycenaean royal family.
Agamemnon patted his brother on the shoulder.
Menelaus's face turned grim.
Since being defeated by Su Ye in the Spartan Gladiatorial Arena, he has often been teased about by his friends from the Demigod Clan, saying that he lost to a goblin and a dwarf.
On the field, the other seven sprinters looked at Su Ye in unison, and their eyes showed a little surprise.
The host smiled and said: "Standing on the first runway, it is the strange silver magician Su Ye, don't look at his young age, take a closer look, the muscles of this body make many soldiers envious." This little guy, he is not only one of the best students of Plato's Academy, but not long ago, he defeated Commodeus, the ten-company gladiatorial king of Sparta, and successfully won the honor of the new gladiator king! It's amazing, it's amazing. Let's wait and see how far this strange magician can go under the gaze of the Pythian Tournament and the Sun God. ”
Hearing this, a few people were shocked.
"Under the gaze of the sun god" others can talk nonsense, but the chief priest can't talk nonsense on such occasions.
This almost means that the sun god Apollo is also paying attention to Su Ye, and this time, Su Ye is equivalent to receiving the attention of the two main gods at the same time, Athena, the goddess of wisdom, and Apollo, the sun god.
In the seats of the Athenian aristocracy, many of them had gloomy faces as if they had been smeared with black charcoal.
Subsequently, the host began to read the names of the other contestants, all of which were in one sentence, which was very different from when Su Ye was introduced, so that several contestants gritted their teeth vigorously.
Su Ye squatted down slightly, but after thinking about it, he got up again, bent down slightly, and used the most common starting method in Greece.
A whistle sounded, and Su Ye rushed forward.
Previously, Su Ye did not open the wind elemental bloodline, overspeed running, and physical explosion, because he only needed the body of the demon bull, the body of silver, the body of gold, the body of the wind, the agile body, the body of agility, the body of agility, the body balance, the stability of the body, and so on, which were enough to enter the top 64.
After the round of 64, there is a lot of talent, and everything is possible.
This time, Su Ye opened the blood of the Wind Elemental General.
Among the eight people, Su Ye rode the dust and was the first to reach the finish line.
11 seconds.
More than two seconds ahead of second place.
After Su Ye crossed the finish line at high speed, the audience was silent, so that Su Ye himself was taken aback, was something wrong?
But then, the cheers rang out far more intensely than before.
The host's excited voice rang out: "The gods are above!" This speed is already close to some championships! This is a boy like the wind and a magician of miracles! ”
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