Chapter 24 The first battle of the points competition
Unlike the knockout round, the 16 teams are all held in the academy's martial arts arena and are open to spectators.
The arena is large enough to allow the players to give full play to their strength, and compared with the rapid selection of the group stage, the points competition tests the ability and teamwork of the players.
In autumn, at noon, the weather is a bit muggy. Looking at the battle list on the image magic crystal at the entrance of the martial arts arena, Shang Hao was also a little depressed in his heart.
Originally, it was already bad luck to meet the first place in a group in the first game of the points competition, but after the ranking came out, the first game at the top was "Shang Hao's team against Kate's team."
"Don't be bitter about the two of you, I believe this girl can lead the two of you to win." Xiao Mingyue held the juice in her hand and comforted Huang Tianyang and Shang Hao.
"Shang Hao Shang Hao, look over there, those four people are the four of Kate's team," Xiao Mingyue suddenly pointed behind Shang Hao and said.
Shang Hao turned around with some curiosity, and the four people, three men and one woman who came to him, the man led by him was dressed in heavy armor, and he was obviously the only heavily armored Kate in the team, and the tall man who walked next to Kate along the way should be Li Qing of the Berserk Department, and the Shadow Department Creel who walked at the end was dressed in a gray mage robe, and his figure did not look as strong as Li Qing and Kate, but he was also quite tall. Cheng Chen, the only female mage in the team, stood between the three of them, but she looked much petite.
When the four of them came over, Cheng Chen saw Xiao Mingyue and greeted him very warmly, "Mingyue, you are also here, I didn't expect our two meetings to meet in the first game of the points competition." ”
"Me too, I didn't expect our game to be the opener. Xiao Mingyue saw that Cheng Chen also walked over directly.
"Won't Cheng Chen introduce us to him?" Kate said as she looked at Cheng Chen.
"This is Xiao Mingyue, I went to listen to the open class on the history of the Five Domains, and the one wearing armor next to me is Huang Tianyang, the first in this year's Tianxin Academy trial, you should know each other, as for this one, it must be Shang Hao. Cheng Chen is very familiar with it, and it seems that he has also learned about Shang Hao and the others.
"Hello, I'm Shang Hao" Although they were opponents, since Cheng Chen and Xiao Mingyue knew each other, Shang Hao still greeted him politely.
"Hello, I'm Kate" Kate stepped forward, the armor on her body exuding powerful magic fluctuations.
After Kate said hello, she introduced the other two to Shang Hao
"This is Li Qing, and the one in the gray robe is Creel. Li Qing waved his hand, and Shang Hao smiled back. Creel only looked up when Kate introduced him, and then the wide mage robes covered his face again.
"Shang Hao, don't mind, Creel is not hostile to you, he is just used to this, and it is also for us" Kate hurriedly explained to Creel.
"It's okay, personal habits, understandable. Shang Hao was not disgusted by Creel's behavior, and the breath of life exuded by Creel's body did not make him feel uncomfortable, but the breath was a little heavy. Shang Hao's powerful life source is very accurate in sensing the life breath of others.
After saying hello, Kate stepped forward to take a look at the image magic crystal, and then her face was a little heavy like Shang Hao before.
"It's really the first opening game, I thought Xiao Mingyue was joking just now."
Cheng Chen also approached at this time and saw the battle list.
"Forget it, it's always a fight, and since it's the opening game, it's time for us to get ready. ”
"Three, then we'll say goodbye first, we'll see you in the arena later" Cheng Chen said hello, and the four of Kate walked towards the preparation room in the arena.
"Let's go, we should also prepare" Shang Hao called Xiao Mingyue and Huang Tianyang, and also walked towards the preparation room. There are four preparation rooms in the martial arts arena, Kate and the four are assigned to the No. 4 preparation room, and the three of Shang Hao are the No. 2 preparation room.
When approaching the preparation room, there was already a group of teams sitting in the preparation room chatting, but it was also Shang Hao's three acquaintances, and four people from Shen Ting's team. Huang Tianyang didn't have a good relationship with them, and he didn't speak after entering, only Shang Hao and Xiao Mingyue said hello to Shen Ting.
Sitting in the preparation room, Shang Hao and the three of them were closing their eyes and recuperating, adjusting their magical state.
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"After the fierce group stage, the top 16 teams of the freshman exchange competition have been produced, starting today, there will be a week-long points competition, which will represent the highest level of the freshmen competition, I believe that these sixteen teams will let us see a lot of wonderful games, well, nonsense, let's start the first game of our points competition, there are players from both sides to enter: they are the first place in the four groups, the Shang Hao team and their opponents, the first place in one group, Kate's team. ”
Hearing the voice of the host in the martial arts arena, Shang Hao and the three of them entered the player passage from the lounge and walked into the ring, while the four Kate were also walking out of the player passage on the other side.
When he saw the two teams of players entering, the host standing on the high platform in the martial arts arena spoke again, and the sound spread throughout the martial arts arena through the amplified magic circle on the high platform.
"This game is going to be a very exciting game as the opening game, and those of you who have played in the group stage should have an impression of these two groups. Shang Hao's team once used a second kill and a one-on-three in the group stage to make their opponents in the following games dare not fight, while Kate's team relied on the conventional style of play and the steady team battle to maintain their dominance in one group. Of course, these two teams also have a very similar point, that is, both teams have some preservation of strength. With the assistance of Shang Hao's team, Xiao Mingyue has not made many shots in the game, and similarly, Kate's team's shadow mage Creel has almost no shots. But one of these two is the seventh in the trial of Tianxin Academy, and the other is a special recruit student of the Shadow Department of the Magic Academy, I believe everyone is very curious about the hole cards of these two teams, let's wait and see!"
After the presentation of the host in the blue dress, the referee in the venue raised his hand to signal the players of both sides to prepare.
"Please prepare for both players"
The magic power on the bracelet surged, and the Polar Shadow had already appeared in his hand, and Huang Tianyang also took out the Earth Splitting Spear and stood beside Shang Hao, Xiao Mingyue was still standing at the back with a magic staff. The four Kate on the opposite side were standing a little strangely, standing at the front was actually Cheng Chen from the control department, while Li Qing from the berserk battle department and Kate from the riding battle department stood at the back of the team, and Creel from the shadow department stood in the middle.
The rare one-one-two-one formation, and even more rare position, a trace of worry flashed in Shang Hao's heart, and suddenly remembered something, and said in a low voice, "Mingyue is ready to release Qingxin to me immediately."
After giving Xiao Mingyue's instructions, Shang Hao's face was a little solemn, and the lightning array in his body was also activated by magic power, ready to be released at any time.
The strange way of standing and forming on the other side reminded him of a kind of shadow magic he had heard of when he was studying with Carlo.
"Ready, 3, 2, 1, game on!"
At the moment when the referee's words fell, the magic circle lit up at the same time at the feet of Creel and Shang Hao......