"Hahaha, take it, take it."
At the exit of Huiyao Arena, Liu Jun was standing with his hands on his hips, laughing wildly, his face almost overflowing with smugness.
"The preliminaries are not as difficult as I imagined." Liu Jun said in a cheerful tone.
He won again.
Although it was another tough battle, we did achieve two consecutive victories and survived to the next day.
Liu Jun now really wants to open some champagne to celebrate, if his wallet allows.
However, after paying for the round-trip airfare, he didn't have much spare money left.
But it was not bad to go back to the hotel and have the free buffet.
Lin You was also a little surprised. He knew very well what Liu Jun's strength was, but it was not easy for him to survive the first day of preliminaries.
You know, even though it was only the first day, about 500 people had already been eliminated.
I have to say that Liu Jun is lucky, as his opponents are basically at the same level as him.
In this case, the advantage of the Beast Warrior deck in protracted warfare is reflected.
But after eliminating a large group of contestants who were just there for fun, Liu Jun basically had no chance of winning.
On the way back, Liu Jun, who had been excited for a while, suddenly said, "By the way, Lin You, have you checked the class WeChat group?"
"I didn't pay attention, what's wrong?"
"Many people have participated in the Graduation Cup events in various major cities, but we're the only ones who dare to come to Bird City." At this point, Liu Jun smiled and said, "I saw that guy Liu Zhihao was still bragging in the group about winning the first day of the preliminaries in Ancheng. Do you think we should show off more?"
"Nothing."
Lin You said with a lack of interest, "It's just the preliminaries. If I win the championship, I might consider showing off a bit."
"champion……"
Liu Jun was choked. I thought you were just joking, but it seems like you are really thinking about me?
But he didn't say it out loud. He changed the subject at the right time and said, "Yes, let's make a big news for them to see. However, Lin You, I know you are awesome, but if you want to go further, you need to do more research and know yourself and your enemy."
"Do you have any research connections?"
"Nothing."
Liu Jun smiled and said, "You know the Bird City Forum, right?"
"I know. I wanted to see it before."
"Then you really should take a look. There's a lot of valuable information in there, especially from a ruthless person who has compiled information about a lot of contestants. Not only does he have information about the strongest local contestants in Bird City, but he also includes a lot of analysis on the strengths of those from other places."
"So outstanding?"
Lin You also became slightly interested. He opened his mobile phone, logged into the Bird City Forum, and started reading it in the taxi.
Liu Jun came over and pointed at Lin You's phone screen, "This is it, open it and take a look."
It was a forum post marked with a 'HOT' logo. The title of the post was not exaggerated, but still very attractive.
"Quick look at the top players in the Bird City Graduation Cup!"
Since it is a local forum, most of the people who visit the forum are locals of Bird City. In addition, there are contestants like Lin You who clicked in with the mentality of checking the information of their opponents.
When Lin You clicked on the post, the first thing he saw was a preface written by the poster.
"This year, a total of thirteen cities across the country held graduation cup competitions as scheduled. They all received considerable attention and discussion, boosted the cities' economic development, and showcased their competitive spirit..."
Lin You skipped this nonsense and scrolled down.
Finally, I saw the part about player analysis, which is the dry stuff mentioned by Liu Jun.
The person pinned to the top of the contestant analysis is a boy named 'Jiang Xiao'.
The analysis mentioned that Jiang Xiao graduated from Pengyue High School and was a member of the school's duel class, ranking third in the class.
The duel class is undoubtedly a gathering place for talented students in a duel high school, whether it is a duel department high school or a professional duel high school.
Pengyue High School is also the most famous duel high school in Bird City. The quality of the students it produces is self-evident.
Being able to rank third in such a school and such a class, it is no wonder that Jiang Xiao was pinned to the top by the original poster and introduced as the strongest seed player.
In addition, the post also estimated Jiang Xiao's magic value to be 210 points.
The basis for the estimate was not disclosed by the OP, but based on the OP's previous intelligence analysis, this magic value information has certain reference value.
210 points of magic power can be said to be quite high.
Even Deng Yuxin's magic value was only close to 200 points when she graduated.
In terms of magic, Lin You is definitely not at an advantage among the contestants this time, and is even a weak point.
Of course, this is compared with those top contestants.
"Lin You, are you scared?"
Liu Jun seemed to have seen the post and said, "210 mana points, I really don't know what kind of monster he is. But the post also revealed some information about his deck, which is amazing."
"Yeah?"
Lin You was surprised for a moment, then continued to scroll down, "Let me take a look."
Sure enough, as Liu Jun said, the post mentioned Jiang Xiao’s deck.
"Jade Beast?"
Lin You was stunned for a moment. The Gem Beast deck was not unfamiliar to him, whether in the past or now.
As the name suggests, this deck has a bit of an "upper class" vibe.
This is indeed the case. The related cards of the Jade Beast deck, that is, the various Jade Beasts, are quite rare, and very few can be bought on the market.
This refers to the Duelist area of the Duelist Mall, not the ordinary area.
Although Lin You has not yet unlocked the permission to visit the mall, it does not prevent him from learning some inside information through online channels.
To control the Gem Beast deck, you must spend money.
Even if you spend money, it is difficult to perfect the Gem Beast deck, as the monsters in this deck basically appear in secret realms.
"Yeah, the Gemmon deck."
Liu Jun nodded and said, "This Jiang Xiao might be a die-hard fan of that 'Legend'. Otherwise, building this deck would be too much trouble."
"The Gem Beast deck is certainly powerful, but with the same investment of effort and financial resources, there are many better options."
Lin You also knew the 'legend' Liu Jun mentioned, the legendary duelist and user of the Gem Beast deck, Lei Minghan.
Lin You has seen a card-themed movie whose protagonist is based on this legendary duelist.
"Let's look at the others."
Lin You didn't dwell on one person, he slid the screen and read the subsequent introduction.
The second person is called Yang Xu.
Graduated from professional duel high school, Tianyu High School.
In the duel class, duel results ranked second.
The estimated mana value is 205 points, and the deck building feature is the warrior tribe.
Compared to Jiang Xiao, Yang Xu is not inferior in terms of mana value, but his deck is more popular.
This is also normal.
After all, they are just graduates. Even if they have the awareness to build a system deck, the most common decks they build are composed around a certain race.
Liu Jun’s deck building idea is the warrior clan.
Lin You’s current deck, to some extent, also tends to be a magician deck, and many cards are related to the magician family.
"That's not all."
Liu Jun looked at Lin You who was browsing the post and reminded him, "This post is still being updated. The original poster said before that he would update some valuable player information after the first match."
"renew?"
Lin You was a little surprised and said, "How could he possibly watch so many games? Even if someone helps, it would be difficult to collect all the information, right?"
"That's not necessary."
Liu Jun chuckled and said, "This OP is indeed quite capable, and he has quite a few followers. However, they don't watch every match. Instead, they get the match information and only watch players with a magic power of 150 or above."
"In this way, those that are screened out are basically of little value."
Lin You felt relieved. Doing so could indeed save a lot of manpower and energy.
Among the contestants, the magic power of the vast majority does not reach 150 points.
"So, reading these updated materials will be more helpful to you." At this point, Liu Jun suddenly thought of something and said cheerfully, "Lin You, maybe I can still see your information here."
"Yes, there is." Lin You nodded.
"See, what did I say..." Liu Jun was talking when his eyes suddenly widened and he leaned down to look at Lin You's phone screen. "Where, where, let me see?"
"Don't make such a fuss."
Putting his hand on Liu Jun's forehead, Lin You pushed him back and handed him the phone, "Look for yourself."
Liu Jun hurriedly took the phone and quickly glanced at the screen.
Sure enough, in the updated information, there are several paragraphs analyzing Lin You’s strength.
Lin You, a native of Jiangcheng, graduated from Duel Department High School and Jianghua High School.
Magic value: 166 points.
Evaluation: The performance in the first day of the preliminaries was outstanding, with both games resulting in a crushing victory within ten seconds. The deck construction system is unclear, and it is suspected to be a magician type. The characteristic is that it can suppress the situation in a short period of time. The ace monster "Silent Magician" has an attack power of 1800 points (special effect amplification). The deck contains an equipment magic card, which increases the attack power by 500 points.
Therefore, the upper limit of the ace monster's power is 2300 points. In addition, an unknown trap card is activated in both duels, and the effect is suspected to be of the 'Seal Deck' type, and the effect is often estimated to be within ten seconds.
Threat level: A-level.
"Wow, A-level, isn't this too strong?"
After reading these analyses, Liu Jun exclaimed in surprise. He had just said it casually, but who would have thought that Lin You would really become one of the people in the updated information, and even the top A-level one.
In the post, the poster will give a threat rating to each contestant who appears in the post, except for the bird.
In the rating, the vast majority of people are B or even C.
There are only seven A-level people like Lin You.
And the other six people all have magic power above 175 points.
As for higher ratings, they have not yet appeared.
After all, among the non-local contestants, there must be some who meet the bye criteria, and these players have not yet appeared in the updated analysis.
“It’s quite interesting.”
Lin You smiled. Looking at this analysis, there was indeed no difference between it and the abilities he had displayed at this stage. It was considered very accurate.
But now, Lin You's mind is on the powerful contestants from Bird City.
In order to win the final victory, these people have to cross the threshold.
Lin You suddenly felt his blood rushing to his head.
He began to look forward to the arrival of the main competition.