"How's the preparation?" said a voice from the dimly lit Appeal Chamber, as if there was no light in sight.

"It's ready, just wait for a few days to start in full swing. Bai Chengyu replied, there is only one person here who can make Bai Chengyu so respectful - the dean of the Junior Demon Spirit Academy.

The day that Gu Mengjie and Wei Luoshu mentioned many times has finally arrived, this is the annual freshman challenge of the Junior Demon Spirit Academy, and Gu Mengjie and Wei Luoshu have given tasks many times for this purpose, only students who have reached the realm of mages can participate in the freshman challenge.

A group of students came to the training ground early, showing a lively scene, but unfortunately the sky is not beautiful, there are always a few dark clouds patrolling the sky, but it also brings a touch of coolness.

The start of the Freshman Challenge not only benefits the first-year students, but also the second- and third-year students, who are free to spend their time during the start of the competition, or they can leave the campus and simply return to school in the evening.

Time passed little by little, what did not change was the shadow of the sky, what changed was the hearts of the students, and gradually calmed down from the initial excitement.

On both sides of the training ground, that is, the edge of the Junior Demon Spirit Academy, on the left side is the dormitory of the students, and on the right side is the teacher's dormitory, the purpose of this arrangement is to pay more intuitive attention to the movements of the students.

Bai Chengyu and the other seven people were already waiting on the stage, and what was surprising was that Feng Chonghui was actually standing next to Bai Chengyu, while Wei Luoshu, who was the teaching director, was standing with the four class teachers, it seemed that Feng Chonghui's status was one level higher than Wei Luoshu.

An old man walked slowly down from the teacher's dormitory, his steps faltering, but in the next moment, he came to the seven people, and the seven people bowed to the old man and shouted, "Welcome to the dean!"

"They all say that you don't need so much etiquette, you don't listen, get up quickly. Only then did the seven people get up, which shows the respect of the seven people for the dean.

Ye Xuan looked at this respected old man, about eighty years old, slightly short, his temples flashed with a strong silver light, his face was eroded by the river of time, but it gave people a kind feeling, and his eyes were clear that could not match his face.

Sensing Ye Xuan's curious and exploratory gaze, the dean slowly turned his head, looking at each other, Ye Xuan felt that at this moment, his mind was pierced by the dean, and many secrets were seen by him, Ye Xuan's body trembled involuntarily, and in just a few seconds, Ye Xuan felt that his back was wet.

"Hello students," the dean said, "I'm Yun Junhong, the dean of the Junior Demon Spirit Academy, I'm sorry, I couldn't attend everyone's freshman ceremony last time, and I apologize to everyone here first." ”

"The Freshman Challenge is about to start, and I would like to introduce you to this Freshman Challenge. First of all, congratulations to all the students who have reached the Mage level before today, and you may not know that only students who have reached the Mage level are eligible to participate in the Freshman Challenge. ”

There was an uproar in the audience, and Ye Xuan and the three of them also got the answer at this moment, so it turned out to be like this!

"The 10 students in each class are divided into five groups, and a total of 25 teams participate in this challenge, which is relatively rare in the many years of history of the academy. ”

"This challenge is divided into a class competition and an individual competition, which is the elimination round and the finals. Among them, the format of the knockout round is two-on-two, with a total of four rounds of competition. Before the start of the first three rounds of the competition, there will be a draw to draw the bye team, and the bye team in the first two rounds will directly advance to the next round of the competition. ”

However, the byes in the third round are no longer directly promoted, but eliminated directly, and the three teams that won in the fourth round advance to the finals. ”

"The three teams that advance to the finals will have to compete against each other in the same group to determine the three candidates for the championship and also rank them, and the above is the schedule of the challenge. ”

"I believe that the most anticipated prize for the students is the prize, and then I will introduce the prize to you. ”

"The prize for the first place is a volume of the three-grade spiritual technique "Forging Divine Formula" and fifteen orange spirit coins, "Forging Divine Formula" is a volume of secret books for cultivating spiritual power, although it is the lowest, but because of the scarcity of such secret books, its value is also difficult to estimate with money. ”

"The prize for the second place is a three-grade Lingbao Lingyuan flower and ten orange spirit coins, the biggest effect of the Lingbao is to refine into an elixir, of course, direct absorption is also possible, but the effect is poor. ”

"The prize for the third place is relatively poor, a low-level space ring and five orange spirit coins, this space ring has a space of ten square meters, and it is a kind of storage magic weapon. ”

"Now I announce, Freshman Challenge, begin!"

As soon as Yun Junhong's words fell, all the students burned like a lit flame, and the enthusiasm of the audience was high, and the coolness was swept away.

Wei Luoshu came to the front at this time and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, I will be the referee of this freshman challenge. The next step is to draw the byes of the first round. ”

Wei Luoshu's left hand palm up, right hand on the left hand sideways, a black box appeared on her left hand out of thin air, the left hand slapped out of the bottom of the box, a baby fist-sized vermilion bead rose to the sky, the final belonging can only be Wei Luoshu's palm, and the vermilion light from the bead appeared at the same time as the clenching.

"The bye team in the first round is Zu Junning and Tian Shunming from the third class of the year, congratulations to this lucky team who directly advanced to the second round of the competition. The audience began to commotion, wanting to see the true face of the lucky pair, and sighed one after another, "It's a student of the third class, it's so lucky!"

"I envy them, why aren't they us!"

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"Shun Ming, did you hear? It's because we have a bye, and we can directly participate in the second round of the competition, it's really happy!" The excitement prompted the young man with dazzling blond hair to shout to his companion next to him.

"I heard it, but I didn't expect it to be us, and our luck was really good. "It was a plain-looking young man who spoke, but he was not easily forgotten, because he had a pair of eyes as green as jade. Although his words were calm, the excitement in his eyes still revealed his inner emotions.

Wei Luoshu's right hand was raised again, this time it was five identical vermilion beads, "Let's have ten knockout matches today, five in the morning and five in the afternoon, and the five knockout rounds will be held simultaneously, so please invite these students to come to the arena in turn." ”

The rectangular training ground is evenly divided into ten small rectangular fields, and only five of them are occupied by the knockout rounds, as the other five are used to separate the teams from each field.

"In the No. 1 field, Shan Tianhong and Wen Taolong from the second class played against Fei Hanling and Song Junlin from the fourth class; in the No. 2 field, Yi Zhuxuan and Qin Jiexiu from the third class played against Tu Chunyao and Xia Linying from the third class...... "A total of 20 students from 10 men and 10 women walked out from all sides and came to the corresponding arena one after another.

"Before the game starts, let's talk about the rules of the game, out of bounds, admit defeat, and run out of mana is elimination, what you need to pay attention to is the third point - mana is exhausted, your mana reserves are not much, so you should pay special attention to it. ”

"Also, if there is only one person left on the field, that person's team is the winner, and the winner advances to the next round of the competition. Now I announce that the first five matches of the first round of the Freshman Challenge are now open!"

"Blazing ......" and "Heavy ......" As soon as Wei Luoshu finished speaking, the twenty students on the training ground began to chant, not taking Wei Luoshu's admonition to heart at all, they all simply wanted to show off. Suddenly, a thin multicolored neon appeared on the training ground, which was quite spectacular, and the students who did not play on the field exclaimed, and even worse, their eyes stopped moving.

"It's all a group of children, and they are all so competitive, so their future achievements shouldn't be too bad. Shao Min seemed to like the current state of the students and gave his own evaluation.

"Although it is good to be competitive, it is not a good thing to only know that competitiveness is not a good thing, and this group of children still needs to be polished in order to become a big tool. Fu Xiangyi's evaluation of Shao Min was further analyzed, but it did not negate her evaluation.

"Children are children, and they are told to pay attention to the consumption of magic power, or to chant as soon as they come up, just like the previous sessions. Wei Luoshu was slightly dissatisfied with the practice of the students, and she was just helpless, listening to the last sentence was more commonplace.

On the fifth field, the yellow light and the red light faced each other, and it can be felt that the yellow light is superior.

The moment the magic power fluctuated and was released, Feng Yiqi felt the pressure coming, it was the attribute restraint from the five elements, she could only be forced to strengthen the output of the magic power to resist the pressure, and most of the magic power in the spirit cave disappeared in an instant, "Rui Qiong, we have to hurry up and attack, my magic power is not much left." ”

"Okay, let's start attacking now!"

Everyone on the training ground is also paying attention to everything on the field, "This freshman challenge seems to be more interesting than our challenge. "The short ear-length hair of the fiery red is the heart of the mother who once appeared in the cafeteria and disliked the noisy freshmen.

"yes, there were more participants than we did that time. The young man who was called Brother Wu by Yuan Xin walked up to her from behind her.

"Blazing - fire elements, I call, borrow me - your strength, gather hands - condense fire. Sparks!" A small cluster of sparks was suspended on Feng Yiqi's right hand, weak as if a gust of wind could extinguish it, and there was ridicule from the opposite side.

"Hahaha! Just your little flame, I'm afraid it will be extinguished before it flies over, Chonghao, what do you say?" Hua Zhixiong tilted his head and asked Ou Chonghao, very arrogant.

"You've already said this, what else can I say?" Ou Chonghao spread his hands out, looking helpless.

"It's so arrogant, don't dodge it if you have the ability!" Feng Yiqi was annoyed and threw the spark at Hua Zhixiong.

Hua Zhixiong leaned and dodged the sparks, "You think I'm as stupid as you, standing and beating others, coming and not being rude, you are also ready to take the move, Chonghao, you also attack quickly." ”

"Heavy - soil molecules, I call, borrow me - Ru Li, Hui Hand - condensation. Tusha!" Hua Zhixiong and Ou Chonghao chanted at the same time, scattering a small handful of sand, Xing Ruiqiong easily dodged it, but Feng Yiqi wanted to resist hard, and she was ruthless under her mouth.

"Tell me how about my spark, your magic skills are not enough to see! Blazing - fire molecules, I call, borrow me - Ru Li, Hui Hand - Condense the fire. Sparks!" The earth and sand collided with each other, and no one took advantage.

"No matter how bad my soil and sand are, it is stronger than the spark that you blow and extinguish. Besides, I've only released one spell, and you've already released two, and you're running out of mana by my mana reserves, see if you can take my move. Heavy - soil molecules, I call, borrow me - Ru force, sink sand - condensation ball. Dirt ball!"

Feng Yiqi couldn't believe that Hua Zhixiong was able to release the earth ball, aiming to prove one thing, his magic reserves were more than Feng Yiqi's magic reserves.

Feng Yiqi unwillingly chanted again: "Blazing - earth molecules, I call, borrow me - Ru Li, Hui Hand - Condensing Fire." Sparks!" Xing Ruiqiong, who had just escaped Ou Chonghao's soil and sand, also chanted: "Thick - soil molecules, I call, borrow me - Ru Li, gather hands - condensate sand." Tusha!"

A cluster of sparks and a little sand teamed up to resist the earth ball, after all, it was still slightly a level behind, after the earth ball defeated the spark and the earth sand, it flew straight towards Feng Yiqi, and before she could react, she was already knocked off the training ground.

The distance between the two was a bit far, so Xing Ruiqiong couldn't help, so she could only watch her out.

"Now that you're the only one left, it's better to admit defeat directly, it's impossible for you to win between the two of us against you alone. Hua Zhixiong persuaded.

Even if it's just me, I'm going to defeat you, help Yiqi avenge it, and win. Xing Ruiqiong had an undoubted firmness in her eyes.

"Then it's up to you, Chonghao, can you be alone?" Before Ou Chonghao could answer, Xing Ruiqiong shouted out first: "Don't look down on people, I won't be afraid of the two of you coming together." ”

"Say who looks down on you, it's you who look down on me, you were originally my opponent, take it! Tusha!" The same magic technique was released in Xing Ruiqiong's hands, and the first official encounter between the two ended in a tie.

"Chonghao, do you want to help? I see you can't handle it a bit!" Hua Zhixiong asked on the side, he wanted to end the game early so that he could go back and continue his cultivation. Hua Zhixiong put the goal of "Forging God Formula" this time, and then began to urge Ou Chonghao.

"Give me a little more time and I can deal with her. Ou Chonghao was a little anxious in his heart, he didn't want to lose to a girl, even if in the end their team successfully advanced to the second round of the competition.

Xing Ruiqiong said at this time: "It's useless to give you more time, the final result will only be that you and I are out of the game due to the exhaustion of mana, it is impossible for you to defeat me, and I will be the soil and sand you will, unless you have more mana reserves than mine." ”

"Hua Zhixiong, let's go together, I really can't beat her. Ou Chonghao reluctantly admitted this fact, and at the same time let Hua Zhixiong make a move to end the game.

"Well, I wanted to end this game a long time ago. Heavy--earth molecules, I call, borrow me-Ru Li, sink the sand-condensation ball. Dirt ball!"

"Heavy - soil molecules, I call, borrow me - Ru Li, Hui Hand - condensation. Tusha!" Ou Chonghao and Xing Ruiqiong chanted this spell again, and the difference between victory and defeat in this game was at this moment.

With a scream and a crash, Xing Ruiqiong fell under the training ground, and the students of the fifth class hurriedly ran forward, and the winners of this game were Hua Zhixiong and Ou Chonghao.

"The first five knockout rounds have all ended, and I will announce the teams that have advanced to the second round of the competition, they are Zu Junning and Tian Shunming from Class 3, Hua Zhixiong and Ou Chonghao from Class 3 ......"

"Congratulations to these five teams for advancing to the second round of the competition, and the next five knockout matches will be played in the afternoon, so let's stay tuned, don't be late, but you will be disqualified. ”

"It's really much more exciting than ours, Brother Wu, what do you think?" Yuan Xin looked at Brother Wu who looked indifferent, but he just nodded, which made Yuan Xin secretly disappointed.

'It's so exciting, I want to play quickly and I don't know who our opponent is. ”

"Hua Zhixiong, Ou Chonghao, congratulations on your promotion, or let's celebrate later!"

"Don't be too upset, it's just a game, there's still a chance in the future. ”

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"Ye Xuan, let's also go and comfort Feng Yiqi and the two. Luo Xuanyi pulled Ye Xuan, no matter how he said it, they were all students in the same class, so it was still a bit necessary to comfort him.

"You guys, take my share, I don't want to go, I want to cultivate. Before Luo Xuanyi could speak, Ye Xuan had already left.

I didn't expect that this freshman challenge would have to reach the realm of mages to be able to participate, and what was even more terrifying was that all fifty students had reached this condition. This sudden change broke Ye Xuan's joy of breaking through the mage, making him feel pressure and a sense of crisis.

Ye Xuan still appeared in this dim forest, and the possession of the dark attribute made him gradually like the dimness of this forest, and it also brought Ye Xuan physical and mental joy.

When Dean Yun Junhong announced the prizes of the competition, another text appeared in Ye Xuan's mind: Be sure to win the "Forging God Technique".

Although there were no other additional explanations, Ye Xuan insisted on his consistent approach and chose to believe it without hesitation.