Chapter 326 – Mu Xuan’s invitation (1/2)
Chapter 326 Mu Xuan’s invitation
Shua!
Right as I logged on, I received a system message: “Hello, Xiao Yao Zi Zai. Because you are a participant in the 【Rise of Heroes]’s top 32 tournament, you can enter the arena for free. Do you wish to enter?”
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I made sure to check on the condition of my equipment so that it wouldn’t break in the tournament, and that I had enough potions. Since the tournament restricted the use of God Army Cards, I didn’t need to check on those, and I entered the arena. Rays of light began rising from the ground and wrapped around my body as the magic teleported me to another map. A panorama suddenly unfolded before my eyes. It was a stately and serene arena with white marble covering the ground. In the center of the massive plaza was a battle arena surrounded with hundreds of spectators. It was like a Roman Colosseum, only without the feel of death; it was more like the atmosphere of a competitive game.
At around 11:45, there were only 15 minutes left until the top 32 started competing. I came a bit late; Yue Qing Qian, Song Han, and Old K were already inside the plaza. In the distance, Yue Qing Qian raised her arm and shouted, “Brother Xiao Yao, we’re over here! Hurry up!”
I quickly jogged over. Not far from me, Wan Er and Dong Cheng Yue also appeared. Our entire group had been teleported to the nearest contestant stage, whereas the spectators were all sitting outside in the audience. The entire stadium had at least 10,000 people there to watch; they were all players from the three big cities.
Everyone was gathered together. I looked toward the center and said, “There’s only one area. Looks like the top 32 fights are going to occur one by one, not at the same time.”
Wan Er nodded and said, “Yup! In total, there’ll only be 16 rounds since it’s a best of three knock-out competition. This way it’ll be more fair.”
Yue Qing Qian smiled and said, “There are so many spectators. I heard that if you want to enter the arena, you have to pay at least 100G…… Otherwise, you can only watch it live from the NPC’s in the main cities, where the atmosphere is not as great. But the 100G is too expensive; that’s like 500RMB…”
Dong Cheng Yue held up her staff and said, “No worries. There’s quite a number of people who have that kind of money in the three great cities… Ugh, an annoying person is coming over…”
In the distance, a Knight clad in armor and holding a long spear was walking over. It was Wang Ze Cheng, ID Cang Cheng. He calmly walked over with his Transparent Spear and smiled at Wan Er, “Wan Er, here you were. Congratulations on getting into the top 32. I had originally wanted to invite you to eat dinner with me to celebrate, but you didn’t pick up last night. I guess you just didn’t see it……”
Wan Er pursed her lips and bluntly said, “No, I saw it, I just didn’t want to pick up. I don’t even know you that well, so don’t call me again, or else I’ll put you on the blacklist.”
Wang Ze Cheng stared blankly at her and said, “That… Wan Er, did I do something to offend you?”
Wan Er smiled and said, “You didn’t offend me, but you used [Hero’s Mound: First Division] to invade Ba Huang City. Now, even Q-Sword can’t reclaim his power over the First Division. He doesn’t talk about it, but that doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. Wang Ze Cheng, I really don’t understand what you want to do. Did you invest 4M into [Hero’s Mound] just so you could buy our First Division?”
Wang Ze Cheng furrowed his eyebrows and said, “It’s not what you think it is. I was just…”
“What isn’t?”
Wan Er arched a delicate eyebrow and said, “After [Hero’s Mound: First Division] left Fan Shu City, you’ve switched out a total of 43 people, from the Vice Guild Master to even the flag bearers. We all know that they’re your people, your trusted aides. Hehe, Wang Ze Cheng, you’ve truly made a great investment. You managed to buy a super guild with 4M. In addition, you can use [Hero’s Mound]’s reputation everywhere to intimidate the average small guilds and earn some meager sensibilities, right?”
Wang Ze Cheng looked like he was beginning to struggle, “Wan Er, it’s really not what you think it is. I’m not that kind of a person. There must be some misunderstanding. Don’t trust other people’s rumors so easily……”
As he said, that he reached out to grab Wan Er’s wrist.
“Shua!”
I quickly slid in front of Wan Er and with the shake of my right shoulder, the Emperor Qin’s Sword slid out of its sheath and knocked away Wang Ze Cheng’s arm. As we were, my defense was slightly lower than his, but my attack was far greater. It was impossible for him to force his way past me in the game.
“Li Xiao Yao?”
Wang Ze Cheng retreated a few steps, slightly embarrassed. He raised his spear and said, “What’s the meaning of this? Why are you fighting against me?”
My eyes flashed as I coldly said, “Wang Ze Cheng, keep your distance from Wan Er, or else I’ll rip you apart!”
Wang Ze Cheng gave me a cold glare and said, “Li Xiao Yao, I have not done anything to offend you, so why are you doing this? I have a strong alliance with Tian Xin Corporation. Uncle Lin would never allow you to do this. Hmph, don’t mistake my patience with you as weakness. If you weren’t Wan Er’s friend, then I wouldn’t show you so much mercy!”
I couldn’t help but smile. and with a “Keng” my sword completely slid out of its sheath. I gripped it in my hand and said, “Come on, let me see just how capable Ba Huang City’s number one Knight really is. I’ve been waiting for you to say this for a while now, Wang Ze Cheng. It must be tiring wearing that fake mask all the time. Come, come, come, let’s heartily fight it out. Whoever loses must withdraw from the Rise of the Heroes Tournament!”
“You!”
Wang Ze Cheng was speechless with fury, and could only raise his spear and turn around to leave, “It’s impossible to reason with you…”
Yue Qing Qian smiled at the sight of Wang Ze Cheng leaving and said, “Oh, Brother Xiao Yao, you just made Guild Master Cang Cheng rage quit. Careful, [Hero’s Mound: First Division] might try to annihilate our [Zhan Long]…..”
Old K laughed out loud and said, “I’ll be waiting for that group of trash to come at us……”