Book Three, Chapter 23: The Cruelty of the Preliminaries
The vast land is divided into tens of thousands of grids, each grid is twenty meters by twenty meters in size.
Xu Jingming and the other tens of thousands of masters stood in the center of the grid.
"Huh?" Xu Jingming could see that the grid he was in was covered by a translucent barrier, preventing the players from interfering with each other.
"The preliminaries are divided into two rounds." The mighty voice echoed across the vast land, "In the first round, you have to face arrows! The arrows will appear from the barrier and shoot towards your heads! The speed of the arrows will become faster and faster.
, if you are shot, you will be eliminated! The first round begins!”
Xu Jingming saw at a glance that a translucent arrow suddenly condensed on the translucent barrier, and then shot toward his head.
"So slow." Xu Jingming looked at...
This arrow is ten meters away from me! Its flight speed is probably only one hundred meters per second, which is too slow.
"With such a slow arrow, even if it hits my face, it probably won't be able to penetrate the facial muscles." Xu Jingming is very aware of the power of Planet Life Perfect's body, but he will not be stupid enough to catch the arrow with his face. With one step, he
The speed of his steps was faster than the speed of arrows! The arrows flew past him slowly.
With Xu Jingming's neural reaction speed, looking at arrows traveling at 100 meters per second is like an unevolved ordinary person looking at the crawling speed of ants. It is really too slow.
An arrow of one hundred meters per second, even if fired from a distance of ten meters, would pose no threat to the thousands of players on the field, let alone Xu Jingming.
Li Miaomiao also dodged away.
"call out."
The second translucent arrow condenses faster and its flight speed also increases.
Time passed minute by minute.
"These arrows are gathering faster and faster, and they are irregular. Many of them are shot from behind." Mr. Xu had long taken off his light armor, because the arrows were all aimed at the head, and wearing armor was of little use.
On the contrary, it will affect speed and flexibility.
Only one arrow at a time!
But it may appear from all directions in front of you, above your head, or behind you, and it may even shoot as soon as it appears! The rate of fire is also getting faster and faster.
"No way." Mr. Xu felt the fluctuation on his side and behind, and tried his best to dodge, but an arrow shot diagonally from the side and back, entering from the lower jaw, and Mr. Xu's body turned into an illusion.
Ordinary third-level players are being eliminated one after another.
Because Li Miaomiao practiced swordsmanship, attached great importance to body skills, and was taught by Xu Jingming, she was able to last longer. But as many high-end third-level players were also eliminated, she was also taken away by an arrow.
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"A large number of contestants have been eliminated." The female host watched as the figures in the live broadcast turned into illusions.
"Even if you stand in the center, the distance from which the arrows are shot is only ten meters! Ten meters is too close, and the arrows are getting faster and faster, and many of them are shot from the side or even the back. You can't see it with the naked eye! You can only see it with the naked eye!
Sensing the fluctuations in the air requires too much." Owen, the male guest, lamented, "There are fewer and fewer players on the field. It is estimated that those still on the field are at least the fourth level."
1201…1156…1083…988…
The number showing the number of players keeps jumping and getting smaller.
"This arrow is too difficult to dodge." Xu Hong felt his ears hurt, and his body began to turn into reality.
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"I'm very good at movement, but I can't bear it anymore." Dai Xiaoqing relied solely on sensing air fluctuations to resist the increasingly terrifying hidden arrows, and finally took her away with one arrow.
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"It's too difficult." Yang Qingshuo also felt that it was becoming more and more difficult, and she felt that she might make a mistake at any time, and suddenly the arrow attack stopped.
Yang Qingshuo was a little stunned.
"Congratulations to the five hundred contestants for passing the first round of the preliminaries." The mighty voice echoed across the vast land, "Of course, this first round is just a warm-up, and the second round of the preliminaries is the most cruel, and the final selection must be made.
The strongest 32 bits.”
"In the second round, killers will appear around you, either individually or in multiples! The killers will attack you with all their strength. What you have to do...is to survive as long as possible."
"The second round will end when there are 32 people left on the field."
"Remind you: Don't think about defense, try to kill the enemy! Otherwise, the number of killers will increase and the threat will become bigger and bigger."
"The second round begins!"
The words just fell.
Xu Jingming saw a translucent killer begin to appear at the barrier ten meters away. The translucent killer was holding a single sword and pounced on Xu Jingming as soon as he appeared.
Xu Jingming held a shield in each hand. He had no intention of using marksmanship! These challenges were really not a threat to marksmanship.
"Practice your shield skills more, and the shield skills are more suitable for dealing with unexpected situations." Xu Jingming looked at the killer approaching, without hiding, he directly hit him with a shield.
boom!
The shield was like a thunder bombardment. While hitting the killer's knife, its speed did not slow down and hit the killer. The translucent killer was directly dissipated by the impact.
Xu Jingming's shield technique was learned from the possessed tenth-level strongman 'Ambro'! Ambro's shield technique is thick and flawless when defending, but it is extremely domineering when attacking, as if it carries the entire time and space.
Smashing the enemy with great force, this extremely fierce shield method is in line with Xu Jingming's temperament.
His shield skills are also famous for their fierceness. According to the virtual world, the compatibility between Xu Jingming and Ambro is as high as 99.9321%.
"The combat range is twenty meters by twenty meters. For experts, this range is very small. Facing the siege of killers is also more thrilling." Xu Jingming thought, of course, for him, it was not thrilling at all.
Two shields, fiercely slapping enemies on all sides.
One appears and kills another! All of them turn into illusions! Three or five appear, and it's like a tiger slaps three or five to death in a row.
"According to the information we got from the explanation, these killers who appeared are all of the fourth level! And as time goes by, their strength will continue to increase." The female host said, "There are only more than 300 masters left on the field.
, they are all well-known top players in various countries. Now they are eliminated very quickly."
"The killer is coming too fast." Although Wang Yi has reached the fourth level limit, he still has the skill of rapid shooting with bow and arrow, killing the killer again and again.
But these killers are also equipped with shields and heavy armor, and only their heads are flawless.
The range is too small! If you make a mistake, you will be forced to get closer.
"Poof." A blade of light passed over Wang Yi's body.
Wang Yi was eliminated.
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"Not good." In the fierce battle, Yang Qingshuo became more and more strenuous. Faced with five killers attacking him, he struggled to resist, but three new killers appeared. Eight killers... some were good at hidden weapons, some were good at heavy weapons, and some were good at heavy weapons.
Those who were good at assassination came and surrounded him, and Yang Qingshuo was instantly overwhelmed.
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There were only 103 people left on the field, and as the time continued to beat, Xiong Tianshan, Gao Chong and other top players from Xia Kingdom also fell one after another.
"You have to hold on, hold on."
Li Wenxiu held the Bagua double ax and used ghostly skills to kill the enemy with all his strength.
Only by killing more can the number of enemies be reduced.
But the killers who appear are getting stronger and stronger! They are all at least the fourth-level medium level, and there are many of them, so they are too threatening when they work together.
"Bang bang." Two killers holding shields collided with Li Wenxiu, affecting Li Wenxiu's movement. At the same time, two killers released hidden weapons, causing Li Wenxiu to dodge in a thrilling way, and three killers attacked and killed her at close range!
Li Wenxiu's Bagua twin axes swiped across the necks of the two killers, but his chest hurt! Instead, a spear pierced his chest.
"No--"
Li Wenxiu was very unwilling, but her body still turned into an illusion.
The moment he was eliminated, the number changed from 93 to 92. The weakest one still holding on at this moment was the fourth level limit!
"Li Wenxiu!"
"No--"
"How can it be?"
Countless people in Silla Kingdom covered their heads and watched this scene in disbelief.
They were the strongest player in the Silla Kingdom and the master of the Silla Kingdom who lasted the longest in the preliminaries, but they finally fell and were still far away from the top 32 spots.
Many top players around the world are stuck behind the fourth level limit. What is competing at this time is actual combat ability! For the same 'fourth level limit', different people can exert different strengths.
"There are still a hundred people left. In Sakura Country, only Miyagawa Akishin and Kiyosato Toichi are left?"
"The competition for these thirty-two places is too cruel."