Ivo unleashed the ability of the Ring of Darkness, threw out four remnant clones, and strode forward with the four "little brothers".

The four students were shocked, they were in a hurry, they all opened bows, raised shields, and wielded swords, and the quality of the low-ranking academy contestants was uneven, most of them were "academy factions", they had not experienced bloody battles, their strength was on average level 2, their actual combat experience and strain level were very poor, and they were not the same as Ivo, who had experienced a hundred battles.

The four cadets were quickly knocked down with the help of the Ring of Darkness, and with the help of the Ring of Darkness, the process was completely one-sided, and there was really nothing to say.

The captain said angrily: "You are a treacherous and despicable fellow, didn't you say that you are good to fight alone?"

Ivo pursed his lips and discharged the Ring of Darkness ability, and the remnant clone slammed into black smoke and disappeared, proving the truth with his actions, and then made up for it to eliminate the sluggish captain.

"If you hadn't come up with the clues of the token, I wouldn't have wanted to eliminate you. Ivo rubbed his hair, his words meaningful.

Open the points ranking, in addition to defeating the 5 points of the five student representatives, he also obtained half of the points of the team that was completely wiped out by him, not much, only 4 points, a total of 9 points.

Ivo frowned slightly, it would have been a good thing to get points, but he wasn't too happy, because he knew that more points wasn't always better, it was the subtext he read from the rules.

"In essence, it's not a points-based game at all. ”

Ivo picked up the parchment scroll, on which was a scribbled and mutilated map, only a third of the full map, with two clues written underneath, "The Claws of the Migratory Bird Returning to the North" and "The Jewel Beard".

Ivo was a little speechless, "It's a multi-ring puzzle game, isn't it......?" The two clues correspond to the locations of the other two fragments. ”

And this clue is too easy to guess.

Ivo left the crypt and headed towards the two hills.

......

More than a dozen fireballs exploded one after another, and the giant team of the Tal Academy at the landing point hurriedly avoided it, looking at the wizard holding the White Crystal Staff of Loroya in horror.

Barlow drew his sword, and a swift white sword qi swept through, drawing a chasm on the ground in front of the nine-person team, Barlow sneered, "Those who cross the line, die!"

The team retreated in panic, and they happened to encounter Nafi's four-person team, thinking that it was a soft persimmon that could be pinched, but as soon as they started to do it, they found that it was a soft persimmon, which was simply a hard stone, and the sorceress and swordsman alone beat them to the ground.

Is this really the Hurricane Academy that is at the bottom with them?!

Nafi shook her head, "Don't waste time on these people. ”

Barlow was dissatisfied: "These people are all points, why did they let them go?"

Hades put it succinctly: "Raise wolves." ”

Barlow and Ender looked at each other, they didn't understand, and Nafi explained: "The rules of the league actually have a hidden meaning, and the three ways to earn points are that only one team can get points, which shows the true intention of the league, to make teams fight each other. ”

Ander scratched his head: "The competition is originally a competition, what's wrong with that?"

Nafei smiled: "When only one team can make a profit, if different academies want to cooperate, they will face problems such as distrust and fear of betrayal, so going it alone is the main way at the beginning." ”

Ander continued to be puzzled: "In that case, isn't it a strong team to occupy an absolute advantage?"

"No, no, no, in fact, the strong team occupies the disadvantage," Nafi said in surprise: "And it's a huge disadvantage." ”

"Why?!"

"The points system is a trap, because the total number of points is limited, only beasts and strongholds generate new points, and due to the limitation of number and time, the points that can be obtained are only more than nine thousand points," Nafei said slowly: "Points are like a non-renewable resource, the role played by the strong team is the resource predator, and the weak team is oppressed, when the total points are left, those teams with high points will become the target of public criticism, and they can get half of the points by destroying them all." ”

"And at that time, the weak teams will start to huddle together, because they know that the hope of winning is slim, so the restrictions on their cooperation will become very small, and in the face of the weak team, the strong teams will also choose to resist together, but they all have the opportunity to compete for the best rankings, so!" Nafi accentuated her tone, indicating that this is the point: " The more you have, the greater your ambitions, and the strong teams want to send their competitors into the fire pit, and their cooperation is very unstable, and they may turn against each other at any time, and this is the real meaning of the rules, and this is the restriction on the strong teams! The people who erect the rules want to make the league relatively fair. ”

Nafei looked serious, "This is not a points-based competition at all, this is essentially a war of the jungle and wolves!"

"The more points, the less safe it is!"

Ender's face was distracted, Barlow's eyebrows were raised in interest, and Hades looked flat as if he had already guessed.

At this time, Ander thought of another question: "But the rankings are sorted by points, and there is no way to win if there are few points." ”

Nafei smiled slightly, and had already understood all this: "So, this is the true meaning of the third way to get points, as long as you destroy the team, you can get half of its points! This is actually a subtext - as long as you completely destroy the opponent, you can turn the tables, this is the reason why the points are useless at the beginning." ”

Hades added lightly: "Therefore, when we let go of the weak team, we are creating opponents for the strong team and raising wolves." ”

Ander suddenly realized, and his face was full of admiration: "Miss Nafei, you are really wise. ”

Nafi was a little distracted and shook her head: "Ivo must have thought of this problem earlier than me, didn't you notice, since just now, Ivo has rarely scored......"

As soon as the words fell, their team's points increased by another 5 points, and the four of them looked at each other.

"Like...... Seem...... Possible...... The captain didn't think of this layer......" Ande said weakly.

Nafei clenched her teeth: "This bastard, bastard, find him quickly!"

......

Ivo pulled out Methos, the tip of the spear was stained with beast blood, and another black iron-level creature died in his hands, and Metos's [Blood Energy] was replenished a lot, and he was one step closer to unsealing.

"The real rules are not that simple. Ivo looked up, as if he had crossed the limits of distance, and understood Nafi's thoughts.

"Wolves chasing tigers, weak teams combined, strong teams disadvantaged?" Ivo shook his head slightly, "This guess is correct, it's just too naïve......"

He had long thought of the situation that Nafi had said, and Nafi was thinking in the right direction, but Ivo knew that the probability of this happening was almost zero.

Because this is only the ideal situation, and ideals often ignore the wisdom of others.

The reason why all the rules exist is because people need to take advantage of them.

The people who can take advantage of the rules are often the ones who have the right to speak.

And in this league, it is not the large number of weak teams that control the direction of the game, but those strong teams with superior strength.

The biggest difference between Ivo and others is that he doesn't think he's a smart person, and he thinks that what he can think of, others can think of.

Therefore, the strong team will not sit back, in order to avoid the end of the wolves, they will take the weak as prey at the beginning, and with their strong strength, they will frantically eliminate those weak teams with few points in the early stage of the league.

When the number of underdogs drops to a certain standard, the idea of a pack of wolves fighting each other will be self-defeating.

Sometimes, knowing that you are not smart is actually a sign of cleverness.

Ivo doesn't underestimate anyone.