The next day.
11:30.
After a night's rest, the knockout round of the quarter-finals of this year's Bird City Graduation Cup began immediately.
The competition schedule has been quite tight these days.
The top four will be decided today, the semi-finals will be held tomorrow, and the most crucial final will be the day after tomorrow.
Of course, before the finals, there is still a battle for third place, which paves the way for the final climax.
Besides, getting third place is not bad either, at least you can get a prize of 20,000 yuan.
The runner-up and champion received 50,000 and 200,000 respectively, which is a big difference.
The matching results are also out.
Lin You’s opponent is also a famous bird player.
It seems that at this juncture, the birds are not doing anything behind the scenes.
If there was a little more shady dealings, maybe a duel between Lin You and Qi Yuxuan would be arranged.
Judging from the matching results, the organizer is quite decent.
In the duel arena.
Lin You and the Bird City player are both in position.
He was the third one to appear today, and he looked relaxed at the moment.
In comparison, the Bird City player looked obviously nervous and depressed.
He would rather meet Jiang Xiao than fight with Lin You.
Although both were crushed, the former was at least "one of our own".
No matter how depressed you are, symbolic resistance is still necessary.
This Bird City player was ready to throw in the towel, especially when he saw Lin You directly choose to summon Baphomet.
Although it takes a few seconds to summon Baphomet.
But Lin You summoned it at the beginning of the game, and sacrificed it immediately after the Origin Card came out.
It takes time for Bird City players to summon monsters. Even if there are still a few seconds of attack time after summoning, the distance between them is 50 meters.
After the duel began, Lin You consciously retreated.
It is not realistic to seize this opportunity to smash Lin You's soul barrier in one fell swoop.
The roar of the beast was heard, and violent energy fluctuations flooded.
Baphomet appears.
This time, Lin You had no reservations and directly activated the black necklace.
It is impossible for these graduates to have cards in their decks that can target Black Star monsters.
Even if there is, it will not be a 'destructive' effect.
A card that can powerfully deal with Black Star Monsters is probably hard to come by even in Duel High School.
This is indeed the case. The moment he saw Baphomet, the Bird City Duelist felt a little desperate.
The sense of oppression is too strong.
This is the Black Star Monster!
Relying on the powerful linkage of his own cards, Yang Xu was able to hold out against Baphomet for more than half an hour.
This is already very impressive.
And now, this duel was over in less than five minutes.
There was another uproar at the scene.
The second one.
This is the second top student from a prestigious university in Bird City that Lin You has defeated.
That’s right, this contestant who was afraid before the battle was actually a student in the duel class of Pengyue High School, ranking eighth in the class.
Not a very high ranking, but not bad at all.
This is the ranking of Pengyue High School’s duel class!
But unfortunately, such strength does not have much resistance in front of the Black Star Monster.
"Lin Yousheng."
The supervisor was quite decisive in declaring the winner today, as he had already witnessed Baphomet's power yesterday.
at the same time.
Guest seats.
Wang Haoyun said with a headache, "Su Yu, this guy from your school is too weak, isn't he? He was beaten to pieces in just five minutes."
Su Yu glanced at him, without saying anything, just looked at him.
"Okay, okay."
Wang Haoyun knew what he meant and said dully, "The Black Star Monster's combat power is indeed a bit outrageous. Even that perennial runner-up seems to be being led by the nose. Do you think Jiang Xiao can do it? He's from your school. You know him better than I do."
Su Yu pondered for a moment and said pertinently, "Jiang Xiao is very strong and has built a very complete deck, but in the final analysis, the early game power of the Gem Beast deck is limited. It will probably be difficult for him to win."
"I'll go."
Wang Haoyun held his head in his hands, ruffling his hair, and said in a panic, "It's over, it's over. I'm going to get criticized badly this time."
He regrets it very much now.
I regret not signing up for this year's Bird City Graduation Cup.
Don’t think that it was Yang Xu who lost the game.
But who is Yang Xu?
That represents their Tianyu High School!
The reason why Tianyu High School invited Yang Xu to play this time was mainly because of the messages left by netizens on Tianyu’s official website.
After losing to Lin You yesterday, the Tianyu network has been destroyed by many Niaodu netizens.
They all questioned why the truly powerful students were not sent out.
They criticized their school for not having the sense of honor and responsibility as a famous school in the Bird Capital.
Still restrained now.
When Jiang Xiao also lost the game, the moment Lin You really held the trophy was the real end of him.
By then, he, the new king of Tianyu, will have to be dragged out for 'public execution'.
Thinking of this, Yang Xu felt like crying but had no tears. Looking at Su Yu who didn't show any expression, he became even more depressed.
It's so urgent, and you're still sitting so comfortably?
Su Yu retracted his gaze and said calmly: "What is coming will eventually come. Instead of worrying about it, it is better to look at it in a positive way."
Having said this, he paused and continued, "What's more, even if you participated in this competition, it might not necessarily have a better outcome."
Wang Haoyun wanted to refute, but he didn't know how to refute for a moment. After a while, he said: "Then at least I won't lose."
“But it’s hard for you to win.”
Su Yu exposed the situation, saying, "You have a way to hold the situation against him and make it difficult to determine the winner, but if you don't defeat him, public opinion will not change, and it may even get worse."
"Why?"
"Don't you think about what title you bear?"
"title……"
Wang Haoyun thought for a moment and suddenly realized.
yes!
I am the new king of Tianyu!
The rookie king of Tianyu, one of the two brightest rising stars in Bird City.
Even though he was like this, he was evenly matched with the contestant from Jiangcheng on his own turf. By then, the school's official website would definitely explode, and it would be a huge explosion.
Not participating is actually a good thing.
Although he would be pointed out and criticized, the criticism was for not taking action, not for not being able to win.
It is conceivable that many people would feel comforted by this and come forward to refute it, saying that it is not that the Niaodu genius is not strong enough, but that the real genius has not yet made a move!
"Okay, I feel much better now."
Su Yu's words gave Wang Haoyun a sense of enlightenment, and he was no longer troubled.
At this time, the fourth match had already started, with Jiang Xiao competing against the contestant from Huacheng.
Huacheng is an extremely powerful duel city.
The national duel ranking is third, second only to the Imperial Capital and the Magic City.
Several players from Huacheng have also signed up to participate in this year's Bird City Graduation Cup.
Speaking of which, Lin You also played against a girl from Huacheng.
But it is obvious that among the Huacheng players who have registered, there are basically no students from the duel classes of local famous schools.
Even if there is, the ranking in the class should not be high.
The strongest one is the contestant who successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.
But unfortunately, he is now facing Jiang Xiao.
Fifteen minutes later, the winner was decided.
As expected, Jiang Xiao advanced to the semi-finals.
This Huacheng player has done quite well, and his overall performance has reached the level of the top four.
At this point, the top four candidates are quite interesting.
They are Lin You, Qi Yuxuan, Jiang Xiao and Li Feng.
The first two are from Jiangcheng, and the last two are local players from Bird City.
No one expected that this year's Bird City Graduation Cup would develop to this point.
This is nothing.
Jiangcheng VS Bird City?
Because the contrast is so striking, various analysis posts and support posts on the Bird City forum have been flooding the screen.
It's not just the birds here.
Even on China's largest duelist forum, 'Duel Kingdom', there are many related posts.
The Duel Kingdom Forum is a super large forum dedicated to discussing various duelist competitions at home and abroad.
In terms of popularity and professionalism, it is undoubtedly the best duelist forum.
However, although Duel Kingdom often discusses various events, what they usually discuss are large-scale events.
At the very least, it has to be at the 'Duel City' level.
As for the Bird City Graduation Cup?
Even though the event seems quite grand, so what if it is grand?
The quality of the players is too poor.
It is said that there are many geniuses, but no matter how talented they are, aren’t they still high school graduates?
Compared with those real duelists, or even duel masters, there is a world of difference.
But now, many people specifically forward related posts in Duel Kingdom.
Ninety-nine percent of the posts are treated as spam, few people read them, they have very little popularity, and they are quickly covered.
Only one thing made a certain splash in the Duel Kingdom.
At the Bird City Graduation Cup, Jiangcheng's top talent suddenly appeared, the Black Star Monster stirred up the situation, and the 'birds' were terrified!
The title of the post is exaggerated, but the content is detailed and comes with screenshots.
Although it is impossible to determine the authenticity of a screenshot alone, there are still many people who responded to the post.
"The Black Star Monster seems interesting. It's rare, isn't it?"
"Are you a Cloud Duelist or a Cloud spectator? Have you lost your mind after watching too many high-end competitions? Is it outrageous for a high school graduate to summon a Black Star monster?"
"I remember back then I couldn't even activate a few cards. If I could actually summon a Black Star monster, it would be really awesome."
"You're kidding me, a high school graduate summoning a Black Star Monster? Top graduates from the Imperial Capital and the Magic City might be able to do that, but forget about Jiangcheng."
“What do you mean, I am from Jiangcheng, Jiangcheng, you don’t accept it?”
“…”
Most people are still skeptical about this matter.
There are quite a few people who can choose to believe.
Some people also brought up some talented graduates in recent years as examples, and put forward the concept of "innate magic-adaptable physique" to start explaining around this point.
As the post became more and more popular, it became more and more heated.
Lin You, the person involved, was not aware of these online debates and he no longer went online.
Instead, Liu Jun told him that his number of support votes was increasing.
Because they successfully advanced to the semi-finals, this news also reached the ears of some people in Jiangcheng.
As word of mouth spreads, more and more people will know about it.
He has even surpassed Qi Yuxuan who is ahead of him.
Upon hearing the news, Lin You felt very relieved.
In this impetuous era, strength is still more important than appearance, which is a good thing.
No, it seems not necessarily.
Lin You glanced and saw a mirror next to him.
Looking at himself in the mirror, he decisively denied his previous idea.
Whether this idea is valid remains to be discussed.
"Practice."
Shaking his head and not thinking about it anymore, Lin You began his daily magic training.
…
August 9th.
On the day of the semi-finals.
This time, the organizers announced the battle groups before the game.
Lin You competed in the first group.
The opponent is not Jiang Xiao.
Not Qi Yuxuan either.
But it’s Li Feng!
Li Feng is also a student in the duel class of Pengyue High School and ranks fifth in the class.
In terms of ranking, he is only two places behind Jiang Xiao.
However, the actual combat effectiveness is quite a bit worse.
Learned that he would duel with Lin You.
I am depressed, yes.
But my mentality is still good.
What else can I do if it’s not good?
Even Jiang Xiao, who was able to suppress him steadily, had already issued a "declaration of defeat" in the preparation area. It was really a bit unrealistic for him to think about defeating Lin You.
As for those who cursed on the official website.
Pengyue High School has not been criticized yet.
On the contrary, many people went to Pengyue High School to support Jiang Xiao, and placed their hopes of defending the championship and local glory on him.
After all, Jiang Xiao hasn't lost yet.
The one who is not defeated is the strongest.
With this mentality, some people actually think that Jiang Xiao has a good chance of winning.
This group of people clearly do not have a full understanding of the duelists' strength.
Although Bird City is a city where card culture prevails and is ranked sixth in the country in terms of dueling strength, in this card world, ordinary people still make up the majority, and this is no exception.
There are many channels for ordinary people to learn about cards, but most of them are superficial.
How could netizens who are used to watching various high-level duel competitions understand the actual gap between black star monsters and white star monsters?
I don’t even understand what it means to summon the Black Star Monster during high school graduation.
In the eyes of some people, the visual effect of the chestnut ball army is much stronger than that of the black star monster.
Li Feng simply maintained a Buddhist mentality and started a duel with Lin You.
…
Swish.
Baphomet flashed by.
Li Feng didn't even see its approaching figure, and the soul barrier in front of him was reduced to zero by the two claws.
Although he lost the semi-finals so easily, Li Feng remained calm.
He has already studied his opponent for the third place in advance.
As for the subject of research, it is of course Qi Yuxuan.
Li Feng had also watched her games before.
In terms of strength, Li Feng is inferior to her.
But it doesn’t mean you can’t fight.
At least, he wouldn't feel the same powerlessness as when fighting Lin You or Jiang Xiao.
The players took turns on the field, and this time it was Jiang Xiao and Qi Yuxuan's turn.
Lin You really hopes that Qi Yuxuan can advance to the finals. After all, they are both from Jiangcheng. It sounds interesting to meet in the finals of the Graduation Cup hosted by Bird City.
As for fighting with Qi Yuxuan?
Lin You did not shy away from it.
Not shy at all.
In the duel arena, regardless of gender, the only creed is to strike hard.
He must win this championship.
This was his original intention for coming here to participate in the competition.
Not for the two hundred thousand.
Although two hundred thousand is not a small amount, it is nothing compared to the new achievement sequence that may be unlocked.
At this moment, in the duel arena, accompanied by the supervisor's order.
The competition officially begins.
Qi Yuxuan's dueling style has not changed.
I still started with the Cyber Dragon Core, and then activated the magic card "Cyber Transformation Surgery" which reduces magic power consumption by 70%.
"roar!"
The mimic electronic dragon quickly appeared on the scene.
Mechanical family, light attribute.
Attack power/2500, defense power/1800.
Qi Yuxuan's card linkage can be described as simple and crude, immediately summoning such a powerful monster card.
“Hiss!”
The sound of horses neighing spread, and in Jiang Xiao's field, an elegant and noble white Pegasus walked through the air, a pair of gorgeous light golden wings spread out, and a noble and fantasy atmosphere filled the air.
【Jade Beast Jade Pegasus】
Beastman, wind attribute.
Attack power/1800, defense power/1200.
As the Pegasus stepped into the air, a brilliant light flashed.
A large bright yellow gem appeared in the air, and there seemed to be some creature hidden in the gem.
Immediately afterwards, Jiang Xiao activated a magic card called "Baoyu's Bond".
Two more gems appeared in the air.
One is a blue-green diamond, and the other is a lychee-red gem.
The lychee red gem did not stay still like the other two gems. Instead, it emitted a ray of summoning light, and a cute little beast with red eyes appeared on the scene.
【Jade Beast Ruby Beast】
Angel race, light attribute.
Attack power/300, defense power/300.
The moment the ruby beast appeared, an astonishing scene occurred.
The bright yellow and cyan-blue gems suspended in the air seemed to be attracted by something, each emitting a ray of summoning light.
Immediately afterwards, two more monsters appeared on the scene.
One looks like a saber-toothed tiger, and the other is a gray goshawk.
【Jade Beast Yellow Jade Tiger】
Beast race, earth attribute.
Attack power/1600, Defense power/1000
…
【Gem Beast Cobalt-tipped Goshawk】
Bird and beast tribe, wind attribute.
Attack power/1400, defense power/800.
The two monsters that appeared at the same time did not seem to be very powerful judging from the panel data.
But this is not the most important thing now.
In the preparation area, Lin You, who was watching the battle on the big screen, exclaimed in surprise, "Four monsters?"
"Impressive, isn't it?"
Li Feng suddenly stood up from his seat. He seemed to have expected that Lin You would be surprised by this matter, so he walked over with a smile on his face.
When Lin You summoned the black star monster, he scared them all.
But it's okay now.
There is retribution in the world, and you will be surprised sometimes.
Looking at Li Feng, whose face was covered with "Ask me, ask me," Lin You didn't pay much attention and asked directly, "Did you use a special card to do this?"
"Of course not."
Li Feng shook his head and said, "I don't know if there are such cards, but Jiang Xiao is not one of them."
"What is that?"
“Ahem…”
Li Feng coughed for a while, as if he was trying to keep the secret.
"Forget it."
Lin You was too lazy to pay attention and delayed watching the game.
"No, listen to me."
Li Feng was clearly not good at holding back what he was about to say, so he quickly said, "In fact, Jiang Xiao's Origin Card is the Jade Pegasus."
"Origin Card, so what?"
Lin You was puzzled. Although there was no summoning interval for the Origin Card, it still required a soul connection.
For non-duelists, the maximum number of soul connections should be three monsters.
"You don't understand this."
Li Feng smiled and said, "Gemmon is a monster with a very special soul. Even after death, this type of monster will not be sent to the graveyard, but will remain on the field in the form of a permanent magic card."
"In the secret realm, dead jade beasts will not drop card souls, but will turn into soul gems. Compared to card souls, these gems are more difficult to make into cards, which is why jade beasts are so rare."
"And when this special soul becomes an Origin Card, it develops a marvelous property."
Having said that, Li Feng paused and added: "Independence!"
"In other words, you can form a perfect connection with the duelist without occupying the soul connection seat."
"And this hand..."
Lin You was also surprised to hear this, but he had never seen Jiang Xiao use this Origin Card in previous duels.
It’s being used now.
It seems that he takes Qi Yuxuan very seriously.
He is serious about this.