With the raising of the anti-flag and the brewing of confrontation between major groups and media forces, the game promoted and organized by the New Alliance also completed the transformation from a "big news" at the beginning to a "grand event" that attracted worldwide attention.
, the attention of players aroused by this event that has already become the focus of millions of people has gradually begun to achieve the effect that the main planners such as Lou Yushang wanted, and the League Cup held by the old league that has lasted for 20 years has been gradually replaced.
The popularity ratio has gone down. Players who have given up supporting the old and new alliances have been arguing for a long time. The topics raised by players who are paying attention to this "wild game" held by the new alliance have also begun to rise with the popularity.
And it became more and more, which naturally included the appearance of the legendary retired king. The major guilds heard the news and came to "siege Guangmingding", which had already happened on the sacred mountain.
The century duel and the subsequent smash, the subsequent development and arrangements of the event, and most importantly - the time for the "restart" of this event.
However, when they discovered the start date because they paid attention to the trends of the organizer Jiang Hu, the title of the game was also put in front of everyone with the official announcement of Jiang Hu in the real world, thus becoming another exciting matter.
A fun topic that made many players laugh out loud.
"The chicken must not lose the cup? Is this a typo? This should be a typo, right?"
"I rubbed my eyes and read it three times. I even asked my connections in the world to confirm it three times. The answer is correct."
"What? What do they mean?"
"It is true that this game was a game organized by the major guilds from the beginning. Naturally, there is no game name. But even if you really want to name this pheasant game, you can also name it.
A name like "New League Cup"! Isn't this Duan Fenglei also a patient with difficulty in naming?"
"There is a reason why we chose this name as the name of our competition."
The heated discussion began to boil long before the game. Duan Fenglei, who knew this, also put his hands behind his back, stood on the high platform with a smile and explained: "Unlike you spectators who only watch the excitement, we all
We know and pay great attention to the purpose of gathering here even if we give up the UEFA Cup."
"Three years ago, this goal was completely dead because of the disappearance of a certain person, which became a lifelong regret for most of the masters and professional players present." Still maintaining a smile on his face, Duan Fenglei looked around and stood in the center.
The faces in the square are either familiar or unfamiliar: "However, God's will is unpredictable. Today, three years later, all of us once again have the opportunity to challenge that apex-like existence."
"This opportunity cannot be missed." The middle-aged boxer raised his head and emphasized the four words in a paused voice: "Through the verification of the battle on the sacred mountain, the man who has always refused to show up, but still has unfathomable
Strong men are still trapped in the center of some kind of dark vortex. This opportunity to challenge can be said to be fleeting and will never come back."
"Then why do you want to replace one of the words? The reason is even simpler." Duan Fenglei said this with a hint of ridicule in his laughter: "Because in my eyes, I didn't really defeat that guy.
Before, you, me, and everyone else—"
"They're all just a bunch of noobs."
Stretching out one of his fingers, Guild Master Jianghu, who had his back to the senior officials of the Empire and the Principality, pointed at the masters of the major guilds below: "Anyway, we have been fighting for so many years and we are all familiar with each other. I
I said it bluntly without hesitation: You guys look like you are having a lively fight, but in my eyes, you are no different from noobs pecking each other."
"Every time I come in front of Duantian Blade, I'm just giving food." Finally suppressing his smile, Duan Fenglei waved his hand unceremoniously: "You claim to be a master, you claim to be the best, but in my eyes, you are nothing at all.
No chance.”
"That's not necessarily true, brother." Duan Shanyue, who was standing on the side of the high platform with his arms folded, smiled and responded, "What if the Sky-Breaking Blade has also declined in the past three years?"
"Regressing? The battle at Shenshan Mountain is the proof." Duan Fenglei snorted and turned away his head with disdain: "It seems that the Sky-Breaking Blade has given you some hope, but in fact you are still acting like clowns one by one. This kind of
It is a ridiculous situation, and as the organizer of the second round of competition, I cannot let it happen again."
"Novices are not qualified to challenge - this is the purpose of our competition."
Pointing at everyone below again, Duan Fenglei continued to make speeches that made everyone stunned: "Of course, a competition must be accompanied by rookies. Naturally, I will not object to those random people who come out of nowhere.
Shrimps, soldiers and crab generals come over to join in and give away their heads. If you are willing to sign up and let us sharpen our swords and warm up, we will not be stingy about wasting such a small amount of energy."
"After all, you can't lose the chicken." He touched his nose and let out a few chuckles. Duanshanyue on the side also raised his beard again: "Those guys who feel good about themselves, your strength is not even the same as those behind us.
The imperial nobles and the principal councilors can't stand it, but they are still willing to take a look at it, just for fun."
"I know you are all unhappy and angry right now, and you want to come up and spout some rubbish at me to vent your dissatisfaction and anger, or to present facts and reason to prove that our world is talking nonsense." He put his hands on his back again, Duan Fenglei
Facing the square below which was gradually becoming noisy, he spread his hands and said, "Welcome to fight, I still say the same thing."
"Strength comes first." He turned around and gradually disappeared from the sight of everyone on the high platform: "Those who don't think they are noobs, those who don't want to be clowns, those who want to refute me, those who have the confidence to stand out, then
Just use your fists to prove it."
"I'm here waiting for you to come."
The magic-enhanced declaration gradually disappeared as the middle-aged boxer disappeared, leaving only the increasingly uproarious voices from the surrounding city and players inside and outside the game, the shouts and curses that almost wanted to shake the world.
The opening speech was also ridiculed by the crowd, as if it wanted to hit Tania, who was about to be thrown away, directly on the butt of the disappeared Jianghu Guild Leader. The wry smiles from the representatives of the guilds below
In the expression, the voice of Dimai Broadcasting, which has been well known to everyone, has become the strongest medicine to suppress this loud noise. The familiar voice of Blossoms has also become a breath of fresh air after the opening speech, forcibly
Dispelling all the noise in the ears of many players: "Cough, cough, cough, cough! Then thank you Mr. Duan Fenglei, the president of Jianghu, for this speech. Thanks to him, the popularity of this competition will probably increase to another level.
It’s a whole new level that’s never been seen before.”
"The purpose of stimulating everyone's enthusiasm for participating seems to be very successful this time. These words from the current leader of the group, the Jianghu President, also seem to be the most... uh, appropriate." A mysterious middle-aged man said
The voice then followed the voice of Blossoms, and the mature and steady voice also carried a bit of embarrassment that I didn't know how to evaluate: "It seems that compared to the old friend in my memory, today's Duan Fenglei is not as good as
What a big change, this can be said to make me feel a little more at ease as a novice commentator."
"Are you nervous? Why didn't I see it?" Then Fanhua Sijin also screamed strangely: "Don't scare me, there is still a long time today, but - before the game officially starts, we still have a process to go through.
Walk."
"That's right, that's the rule of the game." Fanhua's next sentence completely extinguished the noise and complaints of all the players present: "Since Mr. Duan Fenglei has already laughed... ahem, I have finished speaking, then please
Mr. Duanshanyue, please announce the rules."
"Looking at your eyes, it seems like you didn't expect this aspect."
Crossing his arms and walking to the front of the high platform, Duan Shanyue still had a scornful expression on his face: "Nonsense! This is our home court, and of course we have the final say on the rules of the game!"
"But don't worry, we won't change too many rules." Pointing behind him, the bearded man gave a thumbs up and chuckled twice again: "It's still one-on-one, and the winner will have the chance to challenge Duan Tian.
But you also heard what my eldest brother just said, we don’t want to waste too much time because of a large number of weak people participating, and the Sky-Breaking Blade doesn’t have so much time to keep playing with you.”
"The competition is divided into two stages: the preliminary round and the main stage. You can choose your opponents from among the contestants in the preliminary stage. The winner will be qualified for the main stage." Duan Shanyue grinned: "The main stage is
What is the content... keep it secret for now, you will know it when the time comes."
"Because in this way, half of the people will not be able to see the main game." The people in the central square below the field looked at each other with stunned expressions, and the magical sound transmission of the flowers was the first to ring in their ears:
"Let's cut it in half first - well, it seems that the main competition is similar to the rules of a large-scale elimination system."
"I personally understand the rules set up by the Duan brothers." The mysterious middle-aged commentator also laughed and said: "They don't want to waste a great challenge opportunity on so many so-called 'rookies', or even
I want to find ways to monopolize challenge opportunities in this way.”
"As the host, we can still gain this advantage." Fanhua responded with a smile: "But this is also the problem with previous pheasant competitions: they want to make rules that are beneficial to themselves, but not everyone will.
Follow these rules."
"That means there is no coercive means to protect the rules of the game, right? I remember that in many wild games in ancient times, there were indeed examples of using brute force to forcefully break the field." The mysterious middle-aged voice affirmed: "I heard that...
Once when we were on the sacred mountain, someone finally came out to interfere - "
"Ah, you are referring to the appearance of the Tyran Tower, right? No one thought that they would suddenly rush into the field, and no one thought that the Holy Mountain could actually repel the opponent safely." Fan Hualike interrupted the other party's words.
Jin also laughed: "From my personal point of view, I am not opposed to the emergence of off-field factors that can make the battle more intense and exciting! But this is not a good thing for the event itself.
"
"For someone like Duan Fenglei who is looking forward to a head-on confrontation with the Sky-Breaking Blade, this is definitely unacceptable to him."
Following the direction indicated by these words, everyone once again focused their attention upwards. The expression of Duan Shanyue standing there did not change at all, but the smile on his face became more obvious: "Safety issue? There is no such thing.
There is a need to worry.”
"We specially invited the heads of state and nobles from the two countries to maintain the order of this competition." Having said this, Duan Shanyue gestured behind him: "The Frey Empire and the Principality of Ernifia will both
Arrange the most powerful guards to become the maintainers of order stationed in every corner of the city, and——"
"Distinguished magicians from the Council of Mages from the Sky City." Duan Shanyue waved his big hand to the sky, pointing to the shadow of the huge ring city hanging far above the sky: "They will also compete with us.
Together with the members, we become the referee of every game!"
"Ah, speaking of which, it seems that I haven't introduced the rules of the preliminary round in detail, right?" Duan Shanyue, who winked, put away his high-spirited attitude and lowered his voice, then put on a mysterious expression: "
That's right, even if it's the preliminary round, we don't have that much time to accompany thousands of you to keep playing. We have secretly cursed countless times for the extremely lengthy competition system of the UEFA Cup held by the old league, not to mention -
—”
"These distinguished adults behind me don't have time to sit here with us and waste time." Duan Shanyue's eyes burst out with several rays of light: "From eight o'clock in the morning to eight o'clock in the evening - I leave it to you.
There is only so much time.”
"Those who have not yet determined the winner after this time will be deemed to have automatically given up their qualifications to participate in the main draw. That's it."
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"Hey, it's already started over there."
In the temporary camp on the sacred mountain, Snow Spirit Huan Bing poked his head out from behind Laura's tent: "Get ready to go."
"Oh, okay." He raised his head and responded casually. Duan Qing, who was sitting in front of the tent, still focused on what he was talking about: "So basic abilities are very important, which is what we often call 'basic skills.
', combat skills like those registered in the alliance are actually the product of mastering basic skills."
"Then, can I also practice the 'whirlwind dance'?" The young swordsman sitting in front of Duan Qing asked expectantly: "There is also a Z-shaped sprint——"
"Of course, the same principle applies to flying flowers into swords and picking leaves into swords." Duan Qing replied excitedly: "Practice to the extreme, and you will even find that your fingers are the strongest swords, and your fists are the strongest swords."
He’s the strongest—Hey, hey, don’t pull, don’t pull! It hurts, it hurts!”
"Blow, still blowing."
Duan Qing, who was crying out in pain, covered his ears and was dragged away from the place with screams. Xue Ling Huan Bing, who came up to him, put his hands on his hips with an annoyed look on his face: "Do you still want to participate in the competition?"
"Let's go now!"
This chapter has been completed!