On the morning of August 1, the New York Athletic Center was overcrowded again.
The huge sports center is dotted with hundreds of huge advertising light boxes and a human-shaped sign.
Advertising light boxes are used to display the teams and players that have entered the top 16, while other teams and players that have failed to reach the group stage have ordinary stop signs.
The New York Athletic Center is open to the public free of charge except for the battlefield, so countless tourists from all over the world are happy to enter the arena to take photos with supporting teams or players.
There are quite a few tourists lined up in front of Chen Wen's light sign, most of them are yellow-skinned, but there are also many white and black people holding Chen Wen's Q version of his profile picture.
In addition to these tourists who checked in, many spectators who really paid attention to the event had already gathered in front of the Phoenix Arena and watched the upcoming lottery ceremony on the large screen set up in front of the arena.
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Naturally, not many spectators were willing to pay for tickets to the lottery ceremony.
Therefore, as long as relevant personnel from schools participating in the global competition can go to the site for free and watch the lottery ceremony.
Everyone from Beijing University, Sichuan University and Zhejiang University came.
As for Mo University, only Gao Yuan and their team leader came.
Ever since they were eliminated in the group stage of the team competition, Magic University has been led by the rhythm. If Gao Yuan had not advanced to the top 16 of the singles competition, they would not have wanted to come to the live broadcast.
Among the four major universities, although Beijing University and the University of Magic are often out of their minds, they have also established a good relationship in the competition.
Therefore, people from Beijing University and Magic University sit together, while Sichuan University and Zhejiang University join each other to keep warm.
Under the tacit "care" of both parties, Chen Wen and Fang Qing sat down together as expected.
Chen Wen reached into the void and instantly grabbed a pear-shaped spiritual fruit out of thin air.
The skin of this spiritual fruit is golden, and the faint spiritual energy lingers around it like clouds. It looks like a fairy fruit from the nine heavens.
Holding the spirit-gathering fruit, Chen Wen handed it to Fang Qing and said, "The lottery ceremony will start in a while. Try the spirit fruit I planted."
"Did you grow it?"
Sniffing the dense spiritual energy, Fang Qing was a little greedy, but she didn't reach out, but looked at Chen Wen doubtfully.
"Just take it..."
Chen Wen slowly approached Fang Qing and whispered to him: "The fourth pet beast I contracted is the wood elf. This is the spiritual fruit of its symbiotic body. It only requires some time and spiritual energy, and it doesn't cost much."
With that said, Chen Wen put the spirit fruit in Fang Qing's hand.
Sensing the hot wind blowing by her ears, Fang Qing's neck turned red, she hummed slightly, took the Spirit-Gathering Fruit and took a bite.
The pulp melted in the mouth, and the sweet taste instantly occupied Fang Qing's entire mind. Then the juice quickly flowed from her throat to her dantian, turning into warm gas, which moistened every pore on her body.
For a moment, Fang Qing narrowed her eyes in contentment, and a feeling of clarity and refreshment emerged spontaneously.
Suppressing the comfortable feeling and not crying out, Fang Qing looked at Chen Wendao with bright eyes: "High-level spiritual fruit?"
She only took a small bite, but the rich and pure spiritual energy had already filled her whole body.
There is no doubt that this is definitely a high-level spiritual fruit.
Chen Wen nodded and said: "It is indeed a high-level spirit fruit, but my spirit gathering fruit does not have any special effects. It is just that the attributes contained in it are pure and have no attributes."
Generally, high-level spiritual materials have more or less various special effects. They can not only improve various attributes of pet beasts, but can even help pet beasts awaken their talents, such as the fortune lotus seeds that Po has eaten.
Although the Spirit Gathering Fruit is also a high-level spirit fruit, it has no useful special effects.
The only thing worthy of praise is that the spiritual energy of the Spirit Gathering Fruit is pure spiritual energy without attributes, which can restore the spiritual energy of any pet beast and help any pet beast improve its strength.
Fang Qing's eyes lit up and she could see the value of the Spirit-Gathering Fruit at a glance: "There are very few medicines that can quickly restore spiritual energy. If the Spirit-Gathering Fruit can be preserved for a long time, its value is not low."
Chen Wen shrugged and said, "It's not enough for A Bao and I to eat. Where can we sell the spare spirit-gathering fruits?"
Now he, Po, Orochimaru and Erzhu are all promoted to rare. The two true dragon incarnations are also rare, and their daily consumption is a bottomless pit.
Mu Ling'er is not even at the elite level now, and her results can only satisfy her appetite.
After chatting for a while, the lottery ceremony finally began.
After a brief speech and introduction by the vice-president of the Global Beast Masters Association, two hosts appeared on the stage, holding microphones and began to introduce the players and teams participating in the draw to the audience at the scene and in front of the live broadcast room.
Following their introduction, the wonderful performances of each team or player were played on the large screen above the battlefield.
When Sichuan University and Chen Wen were introduced, there was a lot of applause from the audience, and He Tao also whistled exaggeratedly. The momentum was not small.
"The drawing ceremony for the team competition is now underway!"
"Let us once again welcome the sixteen teams that will enter the knockout rounds of the 2023 Global Series!"
"they are……"
"The Imperial Beast Control University from England——!
"
The host used the catapult technique to prolong the ending, and the camera focused on the five contestants of the Imperial Beast Control.
The five imperial beast masters stood up at the right time and all performed a gentleman's salute.
The audience in the venue cheered and applauded, and countless English-language comments flooded the screen in the live broadcast room.
“From the University of Paris in France—!
"
Five people from the University of Paris blew kisses to the camera in unison.
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"It's bad. Didn't we fail to win at the beginning?"
Zhao Yue was dumbfounded, "Teacher Hong Bo didn't tell us to prepare a move?"
Chen Wen and others nodded and looked at Hong Bo.
"I forgot... As long as I can win the game, what's the use of doing these evil things?"
Hong Bo was a little embarrassed at first, but the more he talked, the more confident he became.
Chen Wen and others were speechless.
"Nishikawa University from China——!
"
Upon hearing the host's call, Chen Wen and others stood up together. Without any preparation, they could only simply wave their hands.
Fortunately, the audience applauded and they breathed a sigh of relief.
"The American Federation is still the only one!" He Jie said while looking at the top 16 list. "Three teams entered the knockout round in the team competition. Among them, Phoenix University and the University of Washington were both first in the group, and the University of Chicago even defeated the Devils.
Made it into the knockout rounds."
Su Nian on the side smiled and answered: "The American Federation is indeed strong, but our performance this year is not bad. Although only two teams, Beijing University and Sichuan University, entered the knockout round, they were both first in the group and almost locked in the two teams.
A place in the top eight.”
In the top 16 of the team competition, China ranked first among the eight groups. This result is already the best result after the United States Federation.
The draw was very straightforward, and soon it was Nishikawa University's turn.
“Good sign!”
Seeing the emblem of the University of Paris appear below the emblem of Xichuan University, Chen Wen immediately clapped his hands and applauded.
Seeing this, Fang Qing pondered for a moment and said: "Paris University is quite good, so don't underestimate them."
Chen Wen nodded and said, "Don't worry!"
The director was very keen and immediately cut the camera to focus on the two of them.
For a moment, the audience in the Huaguo live broadcast room exploded.
"???"
"When did Chen Wen and Fang Qing have an affair?"
"Is Chen Wen still a child?"
"Female junior, hold Jinshan, you don't know how good my sister is!"
"If Sichuan University takes revenge on Zhejiang University, I will agree to this marriage."
"What kind of cow are you? I don't need your consent to get married?"
"By the way...don't you even talk about falling in love?"
"..."
While the audience was confused, the draw for the team competition finally came to an end.
Chen Wen took a look and found that his luck value seemed to be exhausted after entering the global competition.
In addition to Sichuan University, the other three groups in the lower half are Phoenix University, Tokyo University and Kyoto University.
Phoenix University is the favorite to win the championship, and Kyoto University and the University of Tokyo are also regarded as top four teams, and they are all tough contenders.
In the subsequent singles competition, Chen Wen's luck was not very good either.
The top 16 teams faced Oliver Arthur Charles of the United States. The top teams in the same half of the group were Adam of the Vatican, Azim Premji of India and George Davis of the United States.
Liver Arthur Charles is the prince of England. The three pet beasts all have epic potential, and with the accumulation of resources, they all have rare mid-level or even high-level strength. His second appearance in the group was only due to the unfortunate encounter with the third member of the United States Federation.
One LeBron Johnson.
Adam is known as a living angel. With six wings on his back, he has a speed comparable to teleportation. What's even more terrifying is that no one knows which beasts he has contracted.
Needless to say, Azim Premki has proven his strength by defeating Dongfang Jue twice head-on.
George Davis is the best beast master in the United States after LeBron Johnson, and his main pet, the Golden Holy Dragon, is a beast with legendary potential.
Seeing the roster for the second half of the singles competition, countless viewers watching the live broadcast let out heavy sighs.
Hong Bo, Gong Zikun, Fang Qing and others all looked serious.
On the contrary, Chen Wen, the person involved, showed a happy smile.