The desert is a long night, and the cold wind is like evil.

On the open sand, the two men and horses pulled apart.

Led by the scythe-wielding donkey-wielding boy, the emaciated geist uses a fishing fork as a weapon to attack the white-armored bear army led by the penguin boy.

The sickle flew to the fishing fork, and the beak came to fly with the bear's claws, and the fight was very fierce.

Or rather, good-looking.

The bones of humans and beasts, slightly yellowed and weathered to the point of being somewhat cracked, were slightly sunk in the sand, and from time to time they would be burned into powder by the fluctuations of yin qi that overflowed everywhere.

Then it mixed with the flying sand in the sky, and smashed into people's cheeks under the drive of the biting cold night wind.

Long Zaitian covered his right cheek and grinned.

He was slapped twice by sand and bone dust, only to feel that his face hurt like a knife.

"Brother Bo, is this really useful?"

He glanced at the back of his hand, which had been red marks by fine sand, so he grabbed the sickle raised high in Liu Bo's hand and fell gently, and said with a bitter face:

"Can we really catch people? It's been almost ten minutes, and there isn't even a ghost-shadow, so we won't be teleported to some particularly remote place, right? ”

"No, it won't." Liu Bo smiled confidently and said: "That person from the [Dao Research Institute] looks not a few years older than us, even if he can use the Orange Product Domain Card, it must be of lower strength and smaller range." ”

"In this case, there must be someone within a kilometer of us, and this person has most likely found us."

"The reason why I didn't hide it was because I wanted to find two flags to protect the bottom first, wait until the last two minutes, and then attack when we were 'mentally exhausted'."

"This kind of shameless stinky dog behavior can be regarded as an old tradition in Aoyama. You are going to act here with your brother, and someone will definitely take the initiative to send flags to us later." ”

"No matter how bad it is, don't we still have a flag."

"From what I know about this kind of competition, at least twelve out of 32 people were forcibly eliminated before they didn't make it to the end of the competition."

"Among the rest of the people, there must be a few grains that have no harvest, and if you count it, one flag, how can it be enough!"

"Don't worry, if you can't catch a fish at that time, my brother will let you pass!"

Long Zaitian smiled when he heard this: "Then let's let my brother pass, at my level, it will be a waste of places to go any further...... Eh, brother, when was our flag put away? ”

"Clams?" Liu Bo was stunned when he heard this, turned his head to look in the direction of the small flag hidden before, and his pupils instantly widened: "Didn't I just ask you to put it away?" ”

"No, brother, didn't you say that you put the flag there, the fishing effect is good, did you forget?"

Long Zaitian, who also realized that something was wrong, swallowed his saliva and said in a slightly trembling voice.

"I ...... I ......"

It's like a thunderbolt in my mind.

Liu Bo's body was shocked, he planted it directly from the donkey's back, grabbed a handful of yellow sand from the ground, and threw it into the sky, but he was blown by the wind that came over and poured into his mouth.

"Born, !!" The mournful wail pierced the night sky, and the slightly trembling tail note proved that he was about to cry: "sixth, I hate, I hate!" ”

What really made him feel painful was not that he lost the game, but that he analyzed the old man decently for a long time, thinking that the drought and flood would ensure the harvest, and as a result, the flag was stolen.

"Even if you make a sneak attack, let us lie down, and then take the flag away, we can accept it!! What's the matter with stealing the flag?! ”

Liu Bo roared in his heart.

When did the card maker group get into such a shameless born player?!

Seeing that the two people were "fighting to the death" there, revealing the part, they could not help but not steal, but directly touched the flag......

It's almost instinctive, it's too terrifying, and it's too born.

"In the sky, let's wait and take a standing ticket back to Genting, these people in Qingshan are too bad, we can't play with them...... Let Goldman Sachs and Ren Wang stay here to fight them. ”

"Got it, brother......"

With that, the two sat down in the sand and looked at each other.

After the flag loss incident just now, their anger was directly vented, and they no longer had the intention of taking advantage of this last bit of time to find two more small flags.

"I'll never come to Aoyama again."

Liu Bo was saying with a bitter face, and suddenly a lazy voice pierced the sky and resounded through the desert:

"The competition will end soon, please pack your personal belongings and get ready to come out."

After another half a minute, it was like a big hand violently grinding the picture, and the sea of sand in front of him quickly dissipated.

As soon as the sight faded, everyone returned to the dilapidated and barren clearing.

It's just that unlike the well-dressed people at the beginning, everyone who deliberately changed into thick winter clothes in order to adapt to the cold weather at night in the desert looked a little bloated and sloppy at the moment.

Either the down jacket was cut out by arrows, or the face was filled with yellow sand, or the cotton jacket was broken by a scimitar......

Only a very small number of people, including Ji Nian and Goldman Sachs, are still neat and beautiful.

"Heh......"

Looking at the group of people in front of him, the dark-eyed referee named Wang Yan smiled interestingly and read his name:

"Liu Bo, Long Zaitian, Xiao Ning, Dai Bai, Lin Changtian, Shi Yi, Li Shuiwang, ......"

"The sixteen students whose names I just read can go back and rest."

"Thank you for your excellent performance in these games, which let us see the demeanor of the young generation of Qingshan."

"Here, I wish you all a bright future and a long journey."

The referee with dark circles in his hair in a bun said nicely, but he yawned and his head swayed, making people a little worried about whether he would get off the gym machine.

"Oh, by the way, don't forget to claim the reward before you go."

As if he had suddenly woken up, he opened his mouth to stop the sixteen people who were in a state of confusion and turned to leave.

In the eyes of everyone's expectation, the rewards of the top 32 of this competition were announced:

"The reward is that everyone's accommodation and travel expenses during this period of time will be borne by our race party, and you can just pack your luggage and go directly without additional payment."

As soon as these words came out, everyone instantly couldn't hold back, and they all made a disdainful "cut" sound, turned around and left.

And the young referee showed a wilted chuckle after the success of the prank, and then turned to the sixteen people who successfully advanced, and said: "Congratulations to everyone who successfully passed this round of the competition and is one step closer to the championship." The list is now announced......"

"First place, chronicle, thirty-nine ......"

As the words fell, the eyes of the remaining sixteen people in the audience widened instantly.

Especially Goldman Sachs next to Ji Nian, he showed an expression of disbelief.

But this guy has a heart that is very different from his peers, and in just two seconds, he quickly calmed down, and pushed down his glasses in disguise.

"Second place, Goldman Sachs, seventeen sides."

The young man's face was somewhat sickly white when he heard this, his eyes moved slightly, and he still had a smile on his face, but it was a little cold.

"Third place, Yu Anran, fifteen sides."

The ball-headed girl was holding a lollipop in her mouth, and she was happy, while tilting her head and looking in the direction of Ji Nian.

Although the rest of the people did not gasp like the dragon set and contribute to the alleviation of the greenhouse effect of Blue Star, they still expressed their shock in different forms.

- The first place collected more flags than the second and third places combined.

Although a game like this is a pyramid shape, the higher you go, the more you eat, but such a big gap is unexpected.

"My neighbor will store grain, and my neighbor will be my granary."

Ji Nian yawned.

With his current level of mental power, being able to support Yan Yun's eighteen cavalry in a high-intensity battle for fifteen minutes was already the limit.

Although he was a sixth child for a few minutes at the beginning, his mental power was still somewhat rich, but that only kept him from collapsing to the ground, and he was still very tired.

Therefore, when everyone looked at him, even if he was a little serious, the lazy energy between his eyebrows always lingered, as if he was accustomed to such a result and didn't care about it.

Seeing this situation, instead of having any dissatisfaction, everyone felt that he had a super good heart and was worthy of deep friendship.

That's how the world of card makers is.

Although they are all arrogant, as long as they feel that they will never be able to catch up with you, then they will hold you high.

What you say is the golden rule, the supreme truth.

Even if you ask "what to eat tonight", some people will seriously think about whether there is any deep meaning in it.

Even if you fart, everyone will suck it violently, thinking that it will help to broaden the brain and assist in spiritual cultivation.

Although the example is a bit disgusting, it is basically the truth.

Anyway, Ji Nian doesn't dare to move now.

The people of Qingshan are a little stunned.

He was just stretching his waist, and these guys seemed to have seen some kind of cultivation trick, and their eyes glanced straight at him.

If there were no dark circles under his eyes, the referee would probably have to take a ruler to measure his bend angle.

"Fourth place, Ren Wang, fourteen sides."

The shawl-haired young man with a similar name to "Li Yutian" frowned slightly, and leaned against the fitness machine with his arms folded.

He was the only one in the audience who did not wear a winter coat.

He wore only a black vest on his upper body, a jacket tied around his waist as a skirt, and a pair of over-the-knee shorts underneath.

This outfit can't help but make people wonder if he will turn into a Kamen Rider in the next second.

"Fifth place, Yan Lou, twelve-sided."

Yan Lou, who no longer hid his strength, pushed his glasses and looked at Goldman Sachs not far away.

And this middle school leader was staring at Ji Nian's cheek motionlessly at this time.

It is in response to that sentence: you look at the scenery on the bridge, and the people watching the scenery look at you from upstairs.

So don't pee everywhere when there is no one nearby, it is easy to be seen by the old six on the bridge and upstairs.

……

Ranking continues:

"Fourteenth, Li Wutian, two-sided."

"Fifteenth, Zhang Tao, one side."

"Sixteenth place, ginger tea, one side."

Just like the flag set before the game, Li Shitian and Jiang Cha successfully survived to the next level.

But they can win, not because of some bullshit "quantum entanglement", but because of Brother Zongzi.

If it weren't for its big mouths, it transformed the bandit "human demons" in the bloody Black Wind Village into a walking corpse with amazing defense and can spit corpse poison, so that Li Yutian's surprise and achievements in the legion card were far beyond her imagination.

Not to mention bringing ginger tea to the promotion, she herself has to take the 404 bus home to school.

"Breathe stronger, lie down and upgrade ......"

"The weakest team, open and counterattack ......"

"An unintentional move a long time ago, suddenly exploded into ......"

"There may really be a 'child of destiny' in this world, but it must not be a son of a family, a fallen genius or a mythical card master, but an old zongzi who eats and sleeps and eats well."

After learning the truth, Ji Nian couldn't help but complain in his heart: "This is buying a coffin and feeding Ganoderma lucidum...... Why do I feel like I've become the golden finger of Brother Zongzi? Weird. ”

"Okay, ladies and gentlemen, that's the specific ranking."

"Those [Qingshan Enhancement Tiger Stripe Banners] will be given to you as a reward."

"When you find the right material in the future, you can use it to expand your army."

"A team of hundreds of Kalings is enough to get through the entire high school years."

"That's all I have to say about this game."

"Now let's talk about the next schedule."

"I believe everyone has heard of the [Field Card Competition] in the 4-in-2 semi-finals and the [Secret Anchor Battle] in the finals, and the school and training team have also made special targets and preparations, so I won't say much here."

"Mainly talk about the two games of [16 into 8] and [8 into 4]."

"These two games are exactly in a straight relationship."

"And before this series starts, we're going to do one thing."

"I believe that Taoyuan's classmates are more familiar with this matter, and the scientific name is [Material Acquisition], and it is called 'ghost hunting' in your Taoyuan dialect."

"It's just that the category of our Qingshan Secret Realm is not as single as the Taoyuan Secret Realm, with grass and tree elves, mandrill ghouls, beasts and birds...... The whole nine yards. ”

"And what everyone has to do is to collect materials within the specified time and in the outer circle of the secret circle we have demarcated."

"Attention!"

The referee with dark circles suddenly clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention:

"As long as you report the materials you brought before, you can use them normally."

"However, it is not allowed to continue to obtain materials from the outside through other means, and violators will be eliminated directly!"

"Oh, by the way, this is the only time you'll get material for the rest of the game."

"So, please do your best, be sure to prepare all the things you want to use at this stage, so as not to be anxious."

"When the materials are collected, everyone will start making cards."

"[16 into 8], requires everyone to create a summoning card and a small field card, and use these two cards as hand cards to carry out the most classic 1V1 matching battle, the loser stops, and the winner goes backwards."

"But be careful, these two cards aren't played randomly!"

"In the later [8 into 4], you have to use these two cards as a basis and combine the materials in your hand to create a [field card]."

"Referee, didn't you say before the game that you can bring your own set of field cards? Why does this require on-site manufacturing? King Ren shouted.

"This is also to prevent individual students from asking their elders for help and making things that have no gold content."

Wang Yan said unceremoniously.

(End of chapter)