"I hope that all teams and players can perform to their best level in the top 16 and continue to break through themselves!"
"The above is today's drawing ceremony. Audience friends, we will see you in the top 16 on May 1!"
As the host waved goodbye, advertisements started to play in the live broadcast room.
Despite this, the barrage in the live broadcast room still filled the screen, and many viewers were venting their emotions or making their own comments.
"Beijing University and Magic University sit in the upper and lower half. It seems that other teams will miss the finals."
"It's Beijing University vs. Devil University again. I'm tired of watching it."
"I feel like Sichuan University has a chance. Gong Zikun, Su Xing and Chen Wen are all good."
"What chance do you have? Sichuan University has not won against the two major universities since the national competition."
"Sichuan University has the most semi-finals this year, and I, Zhao Ritian, have put my words here."
"..."
“The lower half of the singles match is so comfortable!”
"Yes, they are basically the second seeds from the four major universities, and the overall strength is indeed weaker."
"I don't know if it's weak or not. I just know that there will probably be three games between Beijing University and the Magic Conference today."
"I'll go, it's really possible! The team competition is the peak showdown between Beijing University and Magic University, the first half of the singles competition is probably between Gao Yuan and Liu Yu, and the second half of the finals is probably between Long Ming and Dongfang Jue."
"Three duels in one national competition???"
"By the way, where did you put the other people? If nothing else, Chen Wen, a miraculous beast master, must be respected."
"How can I respect him? Winning the top eight in his freshman year is not enough? Is it possible that he also wants to win the championship?"
…
There was a lot of commotion online, and Chen Wen and others had already left the venue.
On the way, He Tao gave Chen Wen some knowledge about the Beast Control family.
"...As far as I know, the top of the beast-controlling families are the dragon, phoenix and turtle clans, all of which have epic-level or even legendary-level beast control masters."
"Among them, the dragon represents the Long family. They occupy the secret realm of Tianlong and raise and cultivate a large number of pet beasts with dragon blood. Most of the people have the talent to purify the dragon blood."
"The phoenix represents the Dongfang family. Their ancestors once met the phoenix, so their family has the blessing of the phoenix and is naturally loved by birds..."
"Phoenix Blessing?"
Chen Wen's eyes lit up and he interjected: "Does this have anything to do with the Phoenix blessing obtained by touching the Chufeng Cup?"
He Tao pondered for a moment, and then replied: "The blessing effect obtained by the Dongfang family is even more powerful. After all, it is said to be a blessing given by the Phoenix itself."
Chen Wen nodded and motioned for He Tao to continue.
"As for the turtles, I only heard that the family that is good at controlling turtles is named Wang, but I don't know much about the rest."
Upon hearing this, Chen Wen jumped up to Wang Gang and asked with a smile: "Brother Wang, tell me, are you the eldest young master of the Wang family in the white dragon fish suit?"
Wang Gang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said: "I hope I am, so that I can contract an epic-level pet beast."
Everyone laughed, and He Tao reminded: "Dongfang Jue and Long Ming are both from the top beast-controlling families, and they entered the top universities in the country. You can imagine how deep their background is, so you can't
Take it lightly."
The instructor suddenly interjected: "Heirs of top beast-controlling families generally have two beast-controlling talents. You should pay attention to this aspect."
"Two talents?"
Chen Wen thought of Ma Tianxing's second talent that made Tianma bleed. He nodded heavily and said, "I will pay attention to it."
While talking, everyone came to the door of the beast master's house.
Hong Bo stopped and announced: "Everyone has worked hard in the competition these days. Don't think about anything tomorrow. Just have a good rest and leave the collection of opponent information to me."
Having been a team leader for many times, he understands the principle of combining work and rest.
Secrets of the group stage schedule. The continuous games have made everyone a little tired. If they continue to tense up, it will be detrimental to the next knockout rounds.
"Yes, Teacher Hong!"*n
Chen Wen and others answered happily.
…
In the blink of an eye, April turned around and May came.
At 8 o'clock in the morning on May 1, the Kyoto Athletic Center was once again overcrowded. Long queues had formed at the entrance of Fengchao Fengchao, with more and more spectators coming from all directions.
In order to avoid being surrounded by fans, players participating in the national competition must take buses to enter the venue whether they are competing or watching.
This morning's singles knockout round of the top 16 was held. Chen Wen and Su Xing had to attend, and others also came to cheer them on.
Looking at the long queue outside the window, Chen Wen's eyes flashed with golden light, and he almost drooled at the corner of his mouth.
Seeing this, He Tao also looked outside curiously.
After a few glances, he complained with disappointment: "Are you showing off like a pig? I almost thought there were rows of long legs outside."
Chen Wen wiped away the non-existent saliva, and then cursed: "Oh, vulgar, am I, Chen Wen, that kind of person?"
Although everyone has a love for beauty, in his eyes, the audience standing in line at the moment are all moving system points.
After the group stage, the system points have reached more than 23 million.
He originally thought that he would have to at least reach the finals to have a chance to earn a small target of system points.
What he didn't expect was that the May Day holiday would lead to an explosion in the number of spectators, so much so that the Phoenix Nest would be used as the competition venue for the knockout rounds.
This means that each of his games will have at least 100,000 live viewers, which will greatly speed up his point acquisition. It may only take two or three rounds to accumulate 100 million system points, thereby upgrading the system.
While talking and laughing, everyone entered the Phoenix Nest.
"come on!"
"Relax! Fight like normal!"
"Go! Go! Go!"
"..."
After high-fiving Gong Zikun and others, Chen Wen and Su Xing headed to the contestants' lounge with everyone's blessings, while the others headed to the viewing area.
…
At nine o'clock in the morning, everyone was admitted and the top 16 competition officially began.
"5!"
"4!"
"3!"
"2!"
"1!"
With the final countdown, the big lights in the Phoenix Nest began to go out one by one.
In an instant, the venue fell into darkness, and only a faint light remained in the auditorium.
Following a burst of exciting background music, the logo of the national competition appeared in the audience, and then the group portraits of the teams participating in the 2023 National College Student Beast Control Competition appeared in front of everyone one after another.
Immediately afterwards, the school badges appeared on the big screen one by one.
Click! Click! Click!——
It’s coming, it’s coming! It’s finally here!
Hearing the sound of the stage spotlight turning on, many audience members showed expectant looks.
This is the flag-raising session that everyone loves to see in the university group national competition.
Seeing the flags raised next to the battlefield in the center, the audience cheered warmly.
"Kyoto University! Kyoto University!——"
"Modu University! Modu University!——"
"Nishikawa University! Nishikawa University!——"
"..."
The erection of each flag represents that a school's team or player is still in the national competition.
Soon, all thirty-two flags were erected.
It is worth mentioning that the sixteen flags on the left are different, while the sixteen flags on the right are repeated.
The one on the left is the top 16 of the team competition, and the one on the right is the top 16 of the single competition.
Among the thirty-two flags, Kyoto University and Shanghai University are the only ones with four flags.
Next up are Xichuan University and Zhejiang University. Both schools have three flags, showing their strength.
After that, there are schools such as Chang'an University and Renmin University with one or two flags.
Someone has said that the number of flags represents the strength of the school.
The highest honor in the national competition is to have the school emblem engraved on the two flags that finally stand.