The next day.
After getting up on time and having breakfast at the hotel, Lin You and Liu Jun met.
"It's finally about to begin. I hope I can last a few more rounds."
Liu Jun's eyes were full of fighting spirit and expectation, and he did not seem to be affected by yesterday's defeat.
"What's the situation with your opponent this time?" Lin You asked lazily.
"Not bad, with 115 magic points, just barely enough to qualify for the competition, but looking at the magic alone doesn't reveal much."
Although he said this, the smile on Liu Jun's face became noticeably more intense, and he was clearly very satisfied with his opponent this time.
Even if you can't make it to the main competition, if you can win a few more games in the preliminaries and accumulate more duel experience, then you will gain something.
"So you have a chance, which district are you going to play in today?"
"I'm in the third match in Duel Arena No. 7, Area E. I'm relatively far back."
"Okay, let's go, it's time to go."
Lin You nodded. It was almost nine o'clock now, and the venue for the preliminary round was Huiyao Arena.
Unlike ordinary dueling halls, the arena is a venue specially prepared for various competitions. It is extremely large and divided into multiple areas, each with ten dueling arenas.
The dueling arenas in each area can accommodate up to fifty dueling matches at the same time.
Otherwise, with so many people signing up for the preliminaries, it would take who knows when the competition will end.
The two of them left the hotel. Perhaps because of the Bird City Graduation Cup, the streets were crowded with people and cars.
Fortunately, I got up early, otherwise I might be late.
It would be so tragic to be judged as losing because of being late.
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“There are so many people here.”
When Lin You and the others arrived at the Huiyao Arena, the competition was about to begin and the place was already packed with people. Looking around, the sea of heads covered up several area signposts.
There is no way. Although the space here is large, there are not only contestants coming here, but more of them are spectators who are present in person.
During the preliminary round, on-site tickets are extremely cheap and can be purchased in one go, so you can watch the entire event for just 200 yuan.
Naturally, there are quite a few people who are interested.
After struggling to squeeze through the crowd, Lin You finally saw the area map. He turned to Liu Jun behind him and said, "Area C is not far ahead. You need to go further to Area E. Turn right at the end and you will find the area."
"Thanks, Lin You."
Liu Jun thanked him and said, "Then I'll go first. It's getting late."
The competition will officially start in five minutes. Lin You doesn't need to be in a hurry. His competition is in the second round. Unless the contestant in front of him is late, there is still some time.
At this time, the audience who had bought tickets specifically to watch the game had already entered the venue and were discussing.
"Have you heard? Pengyue High School has sent a group of students this time. Does anyone know which district they're playing in?"
"You're too naive. What kind of place is Pengyue? It's the most famous duel high school in Bird City. Even if the students here aren't the most outstanding, as long as they have something, their magic power will definitely be over 180 points."
"What happened to 180 mana?"
"I call you a newbie, yet you're still being stubborn. With only 180 mana points, don't you know you'll basically have a bye in the preliminaries?"
"Damn, isn't that a waste of my money? I was hoping to see some geniuses compete."
"Well, magic isn't everything. Even if there aren't any byes, there are still plenty of strong players in Bird City. Just watch them dominate. Isn't the point of buying a ticket just for the fun?"
"That's true..."
More than 90% of the audience who bought tickets to watch the game are local people in Bird City, and their support is naturally from their own family.
Lin You found a vending machine, bought a bottle of Sprite, and drank it while waiting for these people to enter.
The number of people around was decreasing at a visible rate, and soon only the internal staff responsible for sanitation, cleaning and security were left.
Lin You threw the empty bottle into the trash can and entered the gate of Area C.
The competition had officially started at this time. Lin You did not go to the audience seats, but walked from the aisle of the player preparation area to the front of duel field No. 4.
As soon as I walked over, I saw a boy with a short flat head also waiting.
Because he had read his information beforehand, which also included a photo, Lin You recognized at a glance that the other person was Zhang Cheng, his first opponent.
Zhang Cheng also noticed Lin You walking over. He looked a little nervous and was obviously afraid.
Although magic power does not represent everything, the difference of 21 magic points is already quite obvious, which is the capital for summoning a White Star Monster Card.
If the battle is prolonged, the advantage of magic will be fully demonstrated, even if it is just blackjack.
"Hello."
"Oh, sure."
Lin You simply replied to Zhang Cheng who greeted him, and said nothing more.
Zhang Cheng didn't say anything else. He was racking his brains to figure out how to defeat Lin You.
Lin You had already formulated relevant strategies for the first battle in advance, so it was not too difficult to deal with the opponents at this stage.
In the competition area, the battles in the major duel arenas are in full swing, and the duration of the battles varies greatly.
Some ended the battle quickly in a minute or two, while others fought desperately and were still fighting after half an hour.
This is normal. If there is a way to quickly force the opponent to an empty field, there is a chance to end the battle quickly.
If both sides are evenly matched and the monsters continue to fight each other, the duration will continue to increase due to various factors.
This is the situation in Duel Arena No. 4 that Lin You drew.
After waiting for forty minutes, Lin You, whose patience was almost worn out, finally witnessed with his own eyes the outcome of the battle between the two flesh-mountain monsters. The victorious duelist raised his hands in celebration, appearing extremely happy.
After that, the supervisor of the No. 4 preparation area signaled with his eyes, and Lin You and the other two walked into the duel area, each occupying one end, and were twenty meters apart as per the standard.
"Soul connection." The supervisor in the preparation area said loudly.
Upon hearing the command, the two immediately activated their duel gloves and waited for the official duel command.
In the audience seats, sitting in a row with relatively few people, Yi Zhiqing, who had adjusted her mobile phone and waited for a long time, moved her eyes slightly, and immediately activated the "live broadcast card" to lock the duel area where Lin You was.
The live broadcast of the first battle started.
"The duel begins!"
The supervisor gave the order.
Lin You and Zhang Cheng looked at each other from a distance and immediately activated their magic power.
The moment Zhang Cheng activated the card, a trap card appeared in front of Lin You.
A seal with a light blue halo was suspended in the air. A wave of light spread out, and five or six pitch-black chains stretched out in an instant. As Zhang Cheng looked on with a look of doubt and surprise, they were inserted into the soul barrier in front of him.
The originally invisible soul barrier now had a translucent texture, with densely packed runes of unknown meaning appearing on top.
Trap card, carved seal!
This card can only be activated when the target duelist successfully activates a card, sealing the target for ten seconds. During this period, the duelist will not be able to activate any cards normally!
When this card is activated, Lin You's standard combo directly fills the field. The Silent Magician is special summoned by the Black Forest Witch's sacrifice, and then the Phantom Beast King appears on the field.
But this time, Lin You had no intention of using the chestnut ball army.
There's no need for that.
The monster that appeared in Zhang Cheng's field was called the Flame Swordsman. He was wearing a burning samurai kimono, and the two swords in his hands also emitted blazing flames.
This is a white star monster with both the Fire attribute and race, with an attack power of 1700 points and a defense power of 1100 points.
Undoubtedly, he is the core of Zhang Cheng's deck.
The graduating students who are able to participate in the Bird City Graduation Cup have more or less mastered some means of card linkage. At this stage, this linkage is usually implemented around one card.
Zhang Cheng is no exception.
But when he was about to activate the card to link up with the Flame Swordsman, the injection of magic power seemed to be hindered by something.
At the same time, the soul barrier that was inexplicably penetrated by several pitch-black chains was flickering at this moment, as if there was some kind of malfunction.
Eh?
What's going on...
Zhang Cheng suddenly became disheveled in the wind.