The first round of preliminaries is, to put it bluntly, a team battle.
When registration closed, Xuanhuang received a notice that there were a total of 353 participating teams.
According to the rules of the competition, the preliminaries will be limited to twenty days. After that, each team will have about eighteen games every day!
Each game is controlled within a special time of one stick of incense, which is about twenty minutes. There are seven games in the morning, six games in the afternoon, and about four to five games in the evening. It depends on the arrangements of the competition committee.
One point is awarded for a win, zero points for a tie, and one point is deducted for a loss. It is a fairly fair system.
After all competitions are over, the top 40 players with a total score will automatically advance to the next round of promotions.
Each team ranked in the top 100 but did not enter the promotion round will receive a reward worth two thousand gem coins.
A few days before the start of the competition, Xuanhuang did not give Xiaofei and the others any special training, but instead told them to take a good rest to maintain sufficient physical strength.
She herself acted like a normal person, eating and drinking all day long, but Guizhi and Xiaofei, who were participating in such a competition for the first time, seemed nervous and went to the God-killing Space to practice in seclusion the day after they signed up.
The actual start day came soon.
The venue is located in the largest martial arts arena in the Southern Tang Dynasty. It is usually a place where warriors gather to challenge the champion and obtain bonuses.
Since the beginning of the year, when the three major federations announced that this session of the Mainland Open will be held in Nantang, construction and expansion started here a few months ago and was completed half a month ago. The scale has tripled.
The central circular arena can accommodate millions of people watching at the same time. There are also 18 sub-arenas, each of which can accommodate about 80,000 spectators.
The ticket prices for the central arena and the sub-arena are not at the same level at all.
Today is the first day of the competition. According to the rules over the years, in the morning only the players will enter the venue and the competition organizing committee will give a speech. After that, there will be two demonstration battles.
In the afternoon, the wheel battle really begins!
For the two demonstration battles, two royal teams from the four major kingdoms were dispatched as usual in previous years. This also showed the importance and respect for the four powerful kingdoms on the mainland.
The host, Southern Tang, must be one of them, and the other one will be determined by drawing lots from the three kingdoms of Northern Xiao, Xichang, and Dongchu.
The moment of true gathering from all directions and the convergence of forces has come!
Xuanhuang and other contestants were seated separately from the general audience, located in the southeast corner.
Their location is very remote, and no one has come to greet them since they took their seats.
The other participating team members were all brought to their seats by dedicated personnel, but they were the only ones that no one else even looked at.
Xuanhuang didn't care, but Guizhi was a little angry.
Xuanhuang felt a little like dozing off. Sitting here and listening to the competition organizing committee's nonsense made her think of the principal's eloquent speech at the graduation ceremony.
Unsurprisingly, members of the competition organizing committee were sitting in the first row of the auditorium due south.
The seats are all decorated in dark red.
There are a total of nine people in the first row.
The leaders of the four major powers in mainland China sit in the middle.
Sure enough, Chu Linfeng came. Xuanhuang just glanced at him and quickly moved his gaze to the handsome young man next to him with a purple crown, hair tied up, and a jade face.
After four years of not seeing each other, this young man with green and picturesque features has an aura of stability around him.
Xiao Yunxin, he is here too...
Sitting next to Xiao Yunxin were Yun Chen and his eldest brother Li Yun. At this moment, their delicate faces still had a calm and calm expression. But they didn't know how exciting it would be when they found Huang Er appearing on the stage.
The expression...
Sitting next to Prince Yun is an old man in red with half-closed eyes and full of vigor. His face looks very thin, but his body is surprisingly huge. His arms are flat on the long table.
, each arm is very strong.
If you have good eyesight, you will be surprised when you see him.
Xuanhuang didn't know him, and he didn't even know that this old man was the most senior elder under the throne of Queen Huangfuling of Xichang.
Sitting next to the religious elder is also a vigorous old man with exceptionally bright eyes, a long face, and huge ears. When he has a straight face, he has a powerful and calm look on his face.
The old man's body is not as strong as the believing elders, but his overall aura is no less than that of the believing elders.
Qin Qi, the head of the Qin family, one of the eight great families in the mainland, can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye, but Huang'er is not among those with a discerning eye.
Among the three people sitting next to Chu Linfeng on the left, Huang'er, a lean man in his fifties, recognized him as Tu Gang, the president of the Wushu Federation and the presidents of the three major federations respectively.
The other two, an old man with white eyebrows and black hair who smiled like Maitreya Buddha, were Murong Bai's teacher and the president of the Medical Association, Yu Ying.
The other one is about forty years old, dressed in a green robe, with a handsome face and a restrained aura. He is Mo Jin, the president of the Lianfang Association.
No one from the four major colleges attended today.
The second and third rows of seats were also filled with heads of clans from various sects, or lords of dependent countries, or city lords. The high-ranking officials came to watch this talent selection competition. The serious consequences were flashing in their faces.
A spark that only you can understand.
Talents are what every royal family or big family is eager to possess. The more talents the better, but there are not many truly stunning talents on the mainland.
But I believe that in the future competition period, with the rounds of screening, there will always be one or two very distinctive dark horses!
Until then…
It’s time for all the major forces to rush into action...
After the head of the Qin family of the competition organizing committee finished a brief speech, Prince Yun nodded to the host standing on the main stage of the large arena in the center of the circle.
The host immediately went on to say, "Now let's take a look at the good mental outlook of the 353 elite teams participating in the competition. Please invite the participating team members to enter."
"The ones walking towards us are members of the Southern Tang Royal Team... Oh, look! How handsome and confident these seven young guys are! I believe the goddess of victory will favor them next. Their captain is Younan
Known as the greatest genius in the Tang Dynasty, Lu Yi broke through to become a one-star martial artist in the Heaven Realm at the age of only twenty."
Watching the teams leaving them one after another and entering the central arena area, Guizhi couldn't help but become anxious, "Why is no one coming to take us in?"
Xuanhuang focused his attention on Mr. Lu with great interest.
Although the distance was quite far, she could still see it very clearly with her current eyesight.
Mr. Lu is very handsome. His face is indistinguishable from male and female, even more gentle than that of a girl. Especially his pair of extremely sensational peach blossom eyes, which gave Xuanhuang the illusion of déjà vu.