Inside the hotel.
Since Lin You arrived early, the check-in procedures were quite convenient.
There is no need to make a special trip to Asiniao, as they will automatically check out the players.
After completing the check-in procedures, Lin You took the elevator to the eighth floor.
His room number this time is 8806.
After getting out of the elevator and walking along the corridor, Lin You quickly found his room. Just as he was about to use the room card to open the door, the door of the next room suddenly opened.
The person who came out was a little fat boy. He wasn’t too fat, but his face was a little chubby.
Seeing Lin You, the little fat boy was stunned at first, then he said happily: "These preliminaries have been dragging on for so long, but they are finally over. I can finally have a neighbor."
Lin You was also stunned. From what he said, it seemed that he had been living here for several days?
The little fat man seemed to see Lin You's confusion and immediately said with a smile: "Brother, are you curious about why I can live here in advance?"
“A little.”
"Nothing strange."
The little fat man explained generously, "Doesn't the competition rules state that some contestants with more than 180 points of magic power will be temporarily given a bye?"
Lin You nodded.
Seeing him nod, the little fat man continued, "But the local contestants in Bird City all know that this 'temporary' is just a word. In fact, during the preliminary stage, these people cannot participate in the matching. That's just a waste of time. So if these contestants want to stay here early, it's completely fine."
"I see."
After seeing that they were all like this, Lin You finally understood what was going on. He looked at the little fat man with some scrutiny, "So, you are one of them?"
I can't tell at all, the temperament doesn't match.
Logically speaking, experts all prefer the principle of silence is golden. The fat boy is quite talkative, proactive and enthusiastic.
"hey-hey."
The little fat man wiped his nose, but also seemed quite modest and frank. "It's mainly because I eat a lot of supplements, so my magic power has increased. But to be honest, my actual combat power is quite average, definitely not as good as those other high-level magic duelists."
Lin You didn't take it seriously and asked again, "Are you a local?"
The little fat boy nodded and said, "Yeah, my name is Du Xiaofei. People always like to call me 'Fatty Belly', but is that just a fat belly? It's just that my face is a little fatter, no, it's a little rounder."
At the end of his words, Du Xiaofei seemed a little depressed.
"Small fat belly?"
Lin Youle was amused. "If you hadn't mentioned it, I really hadn't thought about it that way. Now that you've said it, it's hard to say."
"No, brother." Du Xiaofei became even more depressed.
Lin You also knew that the other party might really mind, so he didn't tease him and chuckled, "My name is Lin You, from Jiangcheng."
"Lin You?"
Du Xiaofei fell into deep thought, as if he had heard this name somewhere before. After thinking for a while, he suddenly said, "Oh, I've seen you on the forum. Are you really a student at Duel High School?"
Lin You was listed as an A-level player on the Bird City forum, but he actually graduated from a semi-professional high school with a dueling department, which surprised many people.
"It seems that this forum is more popular than I thought." This is what Lin You is concerned about.
"Not surprising."
Du Xiaofei smiled and said, "The Bird City Forum is the most popular duelist forum in Bird City. Local students like us often read the popular posts on the forum and can find a lot of valuable information."
"Lin You, I think with your strength, you won't lose to anyone except a few perverts."
Du Xiaofei has a high opinion of Lin You.
"Are you referring to Jiang Xiao, Yang Xu, and others mentioned in the post?"
"Yes, to be honest, they came out specially this time to calm the situation."
Speaking of these people, Du Xiaofei's tone was filled with admiration. "Normally, for a graduation cup competition like this, top students from Pengyue and Tianyu, two top high schools, wouldn't come to join in the fun."
"After all, it's just a graduation cup competition. There aren't many exceptionally talented students who would travel all the way to other cities to join in the fun. Therefore, every year, the championships in the graduation cup competitions held in major cities are generally won by locals, and failures are rare."
"But last year, fifteen cities hosted graduation cups, and to everyone's surprise, three cities tanked, with the championships snatched away by outsiders."
"Because of this incident, and the fact that Bird City is hosting a rare graduation cup this year, many people have left messages on the campus management websites of Pengyue and Tianyu High Schools, asking them to send someone to defend the local pride."
Speaking of this, Du Xiaofei sighed, "This commotion has really caused a stir. Jiang Xiao, Yang Xu, and others basically represent the top combat power of this year's Bird City graduates."
"This time the champion will definitely be one of them. I'm afraid my only chance is to make it to the round of 32. But brother, I think you have a chance to make it to the round of 16."
Du Xiaofei seemed quite optimistic about Lin You.
Lin You just smiled and didn't say much.
His goal is to win the championship, and that won't change.
Let’s not talk about the probability of realization for now, but the fighting spirit will not be lost because of these powerful Bird City graduates.
"Brother, let's stop here for now. I'm busy with something else. Are you free to have a buffet with me later in the evening?"
"Okay."
Lin You agreed and went back to his room.
The schedule for subsequent events of the Bird City Graduation Cup has been released.
According to the arrangement, the knockout rounds will be held on the 14th and 15th, with the teams ranked 128 to 64.
After a week of rest, the knockout round of 64 to 32 will be held on the 23rd.
Another week of rest, the 16 to 8 round will be on the 31st.
Then there will be another week of rest, and then on the 8th, 9th and 10th, the 8-to-4, 4-to-2 and final championship battles will be held respectively.
Apart from the tight competition in the last three days, the rest of the time was extremely relaxed.
There is plenty of time for the players to adjust.
Of course, this is just a superficial phenomenon.
In fact, this is the organizers being cunning, trying to extend the competition as much as possible to maximize the popularity.
Lin You didn't care, since food and accommodation were all included.
As for Liu Jun, staying in an economical hotel wouldn't cost him much, and he could also go to the duel hall on weekdays. The thing that Bird City has the most is various duel halls, and most of them are free.
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July 14th, the day of the competition.
Climbing Arena.
The huge arena is divided into four dueling venues.
Although there are only four, each one is built according to duelist standards.
The venue is comparable to the size of a football field.
Fighting in such a venue has both advantages and disadvantages.
The good thing is that for many people's cards, there is more room to play.
The disadvantages are also obvious.
With the current abilities of graduates, the effective range of connection with their own card souls is ten meters in radius, which is limited.
Therefore, when trying various duel tactics, you need to always pay attention to the distance between each other, otherwise if the connection is accidentally disconnected, the card will break by itself.
The draw for the main draw was completed during the rest day.
A host is currently explaining the event to the audience.
Although it was only the first day of the competition, the popularity was already quite high, with tens of thousands of spectators in attendance.
Due to the large number of matches, the knockout stage will be held in multiple venues and will be played simultaneously.
However, the number of venues that started the battle at the same time was controlled at four, with eight games in each venue, totaling 32 games a day. Together with the 32 games on the next day, the elimination stage of 128 to 64 was completed.
Lin You played today, in the 3rd match at Court No. 4.
At this moment, Lin You was sitting in the audience, next to Liu Jun.
"Lin You, work harder. You must completely defeat your opponent today. That girl was actually live-streaming your match the other day. I saw it last time."
Liu Jun, who was eliminated early, now seemed more excited than Lin You, the person involved.
"Your son has a strong sense of substitution." Lin You joked, but he didn't think it was difficult to accomplish.
His opponent this time has a magic value of 158 points, which is not too difficult to deal with judging by the magic power.
Although magic is not everything, this statement does not apply to everyone.
Among the contestants this time, Lin You didn't think that any contestant with magic power similar to his could defeat him in a duel.
On the field, games are played one after another.
Because there are special commentators for the main competition, even the less important matches seem a lot more lively and interesting.
After watching the game with great interest for a while, finally, the third game of venue No. 4 came.
It was Lin You's turn.