Chapter 1: The Island of Despair
The total area of the Bright Continent is more than 80 million square kilometers, which is nearly 1.8 times the size of Asia on Earth. It is also among the top continents in the entire Arcane Domain, and all the continents of the Arcane Domain exist around a large island. In the case of a symmetrical connection between these continents, all the lines meet in one place, the Island of the Gods.
Ma Jingchan and the others first arrived at Feilai City, which was closest to the imperial capital, and sat in the teleportation array in Feilai City, all the way to the edge city of the Bright Continent, Wuzheng City. This indisputable city is ruled by the four empires in turn, but even the empire in charge only has the obligation to protect it, but does not have the right to occupy it. Because this city actually belongs to the Island of the Gods, this is the first level of the Island of the Gods to screen disciples.
August every ten years is the time for professionals on various continents to sign up for the Island of the Gods, and at the beginning of September, the Island of the Gods begins to screen disciples. No matter how many people sign up, they will be able to complete the initial screening by September 9. There are a total of 800 places in the semi-finals on the Bright Continent, and the major empires can directly recommend five candidates. These twenty people entered the semi-finals directly, while all the powerhouses on the other roads competed for the remaining 780 places.
Before the sun set on September 9, all 800 candidates on the Bright Continent were produced. Everyone took a big ship in Wuzheng City and went to the second stop of the screening trial, Despair Island, also called Hope Island.
The reason why this place is called Despair Island is because every time a candidate lands on this island, there is only a one percent chance that they will be able to continue, eight hundred people land on the island, and only eight people can reach the Island of the Gods through trials and enter the outer courtyard of the Academy of Gods. And every candidate who comes here is required to take a natal oath that they are absolutely not allowed to divulge the content of the trial, and as long as they leak the content, they will be revolted by the oath and burned to ashes by the fire of the oath.
The reason why this place is also called Hope Island is because everyone who passes the trial has the hope of becoming a god, and at worst they can reach the peak of demigods and drop out, which is also the starting point of hope.
Finally, the big ship carrying everyone arrived at Despair Island, and Ma Jingchan and the others followed many candidates off the big ship. Under Ma Jingchan's hard work, Li Wei, Li Kai, and Xiao Yi successfully entered the list of imperial recommenders.
On that day, Chu Chu explained to Ma Jingchan the reason for the death of the dragon-blooded people, they were first besieged by a group of Sadir demon scorpions, and finally broke through after Jiao En and Doon paid the price of their lives. As a result, Junka and Liu Yunnan were killed by Jiao En, who pretended to be seriously injured, and Chu Chu was the least injured in the battle and went out to fetch water for everyone, which was the only way to escape. Later, Fein took the magic core left behind by Ma Jingzen and took refuge in their sworn enemy, the Wolf Tooth Mercenary Regiment. It's a pity that in the end, he didn't escape death, and was frozen to death in the wild wolf grassland after being frozen by Ma Jingzen. The poor and lovely Chu Chu was left behind by Ma Jingchan's mother, Empress Yunyan, and did not let her go to the Island of the Gods with everyone. I don't know why, Ma Jingchan's mother always looked at Chu Chu with a very strange look, as if she was looking at her daughter-in-law. Every time he saw his mother's eyes, Ma Jingchan felt hairy on his body.
This time, in addition to Li Kai, there was another person who was also recommended by the empire to enter the semi-finals, Ma Jingchan's little cousin, Qi Yuanhai's son, Qi Lian.
"Cousin, there are a lot of people in this semi-final! It's a pity that the preliminary rounds are all held in the space of the gods, and we can't see their specific strength. "Qi Lian is always like a child, but he is the second master of the five, although he is only fifteen years old, he has the strength of a fifth-order magician.
"It doesn't matter, anyway, this rematch is not forbidden to form alliances. The five of us together have a lot of an advantage over them alone. Ma Jingchan said, in fact, he may be the most unmotivated person here. Li Wei and others are motivated by the desire to resurrect Mu Xiaoyan, a genius boy in the empire, who has been instilled with the idea of becoming a strong man to protect the empire since he was a child. Only Ma Jingzen is different.
As a prince, he doesn't need to think about life. Although he was lonely in his previous life, he hoped that he could live a wonderful life in this life. However, the wonderful is also diverse, it is also a good choice to be able to set up an eagle and walk the dog, and it is also a good choice to flirt with a good girl.
However, Mu Xiaoyan's death had something to do with him after all, and he also wanted to do his best to help Li Wei and others achieve their wish to resurrect Mu Xiaoyan. But for himself, so far, he has not had the motivation to become stronger on his own.
"Yes, but the reason why I'm here this time is because I can bring Li Wei and them with me and give them a chance. As long as you and Li Wei can enter the Seminary, then you can fulfill my promise. It's enough to win glory for the empire with you, and I still hope to go back to accompany my mother and them. Ma Jingchan said lazily.
"Cousin! It's not good for you to be like this, you should fight for it! This is a theological college, and no number of people can ask for an opportunity! Also, can you not call me Xiaolian, it sounds so feminine. ”
"Okay! ”
“......”
"I don't know what the assessment topic is this time!" Li Kai diverted the topic. As he spoke, a voice rang out on the island of despair.
"Attention all candidates, you will be divided into four hundred groups to face off one by one, and the two hundred who win after two rounds can accept the next trial mission, this duel will be through the time fault ability of the Realm of the Gods, so that everyone can watch the other people's battles after the match.
The realm of the gods? What the hell? Everyone's minds were filled with that strange rule. That is, whether you finish first or later, you can see the other person's battle process. And everyone can come out at the same time. This means that the time in the realm of the gods is divided equally into four hundred, and it may be that while you are watching the content of other people's duels, others are also watching your duels.
In fact, there are indeed recording crystals on the mainland, which can record some things, but the situation of the duel cannot be fully reflected only through the recorded video, for example, a dual-system mage of spirit and space casts a spiritual shock to freeze the other party, so how do you know whether he is a spiritual shock or a spatial bondage? So the recording is unreliable.
"The first group, Zen God and Horse vs. Ofie God Stan. ”
"Shenma, I'm still floating in the clouds!" Ma Jingchan was very unimpressed by his full name, Jingzen was his name, Ma was his surname, and God was to show that his family's direct ancestors had a god-level powerhouse.
"Alas, what are you fighting! I don't have the fighting spirit!" Ma Jingchan was teleported into the space of the Realm of the Gods with a helpless face.