The platform supported by many tree roots blocked the sun, and there was a shadow under the platform.
The Sky City appeared, everyone applauded, the silence was broken, and the magic competition officially began.
Lulu and his group were leading the way. He stepped on the water and stopped, leaving only small ripples.
The lake water becomes vivid, the sky changes, and the transparent water groups form arenas.
"Wow~" Seeing the transparent venues rising from the water one after another, people seem to have been accustomed to follow the pace of the people in front of them and step onto the water. In order not to make themselves look too inexperienced, Bai Xiaobai just sighed. Soon, he followed.
When Bai Xiaobai thought that everything should be transparent on the site composed of water, he saw that there were some definite places, and vines grew out of the water wall, adding a light brown background to the transparency.
Yesterday, Gayu gave Bai Xiaobai a dazzling explanation about this magic competition, and finally said, "You must go to the opening ceremony tomorrow. Go early, otherwise you will regret it."
At that time, Bai Xiaobai didn't believe it. An opening ceremony and a magic competition were nothing more than that.
Now, Bai Xiaobai touched his face, feeling a dull pain.
As they walked, the crowd dispersed following the instructions that appeared on the water. Bai Xiaobai was guided to the contestant hall because of the badges on his chest indicating the identity of the contestants.
The player hall is huge and densely packed with people.
You can tell by looking at the route that the player hall should be under the arena, probably because it is used for fighting. The material of the ceiling above the head is obviously different, because Bai Xiaobai saw that it was completely frozen, and there were even threads. It's so cold that I don't know if my feet will be slippery when walking on it.
Maybe it was because of the material, or maybe it was Bai Xiaobai's own problem. Bai Xiaobai could vaguely hear the voices of the people above him. He found a clean corner and sat there with his knees in his arms.
Listening to the sound now, it is almost the time for the audience to enter, the sound of scattered footsteps, and the sound of people calling for friends.
Surprisingly, it was the time to sleep and dream, but Bai Xiaobai didn't feel as sleepy as before and couldn't control her body. She was still awake now.
"Stab~Stab" a small electric sound sounded. Bai Xiaobai raised his eyebrows and followed the sound to look at the big screen that suddenly emerged from the water in front of him. After a few stabs on the screen, the picture appeared.
It was still in the early preparation stage, so some scenes from the arena were randomly displayed on the screen, which also allowed Bai Xiaobai to know the full picture of the arena.
It is not as original as Bai Xiaobai imagined. Although the water builds up the entire site, because it is filled with vines, the whole place is very similar to the ancient Roman Colosseum in Bai Xiaobai's memory.
The audience sat around. The referee's table was in the middle of the auditorium on the north side. The basin in the middle was where the competition took place. There were also boxes behind the audience. Bai Xiaobai's question just now can now be answered. The soil was transported from nowhere on the ground. It's dirt, or the kind of dirt that's particularly hard to walk on.
At this time, in the player hall, the person in charge finally came. There was more than one person in charge, and the people in charge were looking for the players one by one to confirm their identities.
After a while, the person in charge noticed Bai Xiaobai huddled in the corner and walked up to her. ….
"Hello, please show me your ID badge." It was a young lady.
Bai Xiaobai took off the badge pinned to his clothes and handed it to her. Then Bai Xiaobai got a very original cardboard box given by the young lady and was told to draw lots to determine the order of appearance.
Bai Xiaobai put his hand in without much thought. Before he could pull it down, a piece of paper seemed to stick to Bai Xiaobai's finger.
It was Bai Xiaobai's first time here, and Gayu didn't have to participate in the preliminaries and didn't say anything in advance, so Bai Xiaobai thought that this was the process now, and took out his hand. What was stuck to his hand was a black card the size of a poker card. card.
"Black card!" The young lady exclaimed, then shook her head helplessly as if she had figured something out.
Bai Xiaobai tilted his head in confusion, "What happened to drawing this card?"
The young lady maintained her professionalism and didn't say much. She just said a riddle: "I wish you the best in the next Magic Competition."
good luck"
Next? Isn’t this session just beginning? This sentence made Bai Xiaobai confused.
But the young lady didn't want to say more. After returning the badge, she continued to register the next person, leaving Bai Xiaobai alone confused.
At this moment, Bai Xiaobai suddenly heard "Huh, kid" and saw several people in the crowd who were obviously malicious looking at him with mocking eyes.
"Is this your first time participating in a magic competition? You're still alone."
Bai Xiaobai watched a girl who was about the same age as himself walking towards him.
The girl has two braids hanging down in front, wearing a beige dress, a golden cloak, and a dark brown wizard's hat on her head.
"Hello, my name is Liu Jingxiang, and I am a contestant this time." Liu Jingxiang stretched out her hand, apparently trying to pull Bai Xiaobai up.
"Hello, my name is Bai Xiaobai, and I am also a player." Although Bai Xiaobai had no intention of standing up, there were people coming to help him, so he might as well get up.
"You were targeted," Liu Jingxiang said while looking at Bai Xiaobai.
"Huh?" What happened? Bai Xiaobai blinked.
"This qualifier is a big brawl. Cards of different colors represent different competition environments. The green card I drew represents a forest, while the black card represents darkness."
"dark?"
"Yes, it is darkness. When the time comes, special magic will absorb all the light in the competition environment. Hundreds of people will have to fight in the darkness. Even the light of fire magic will be absorbed."
"Oh~" They were fighting in the dark, "What happened?" Bai Xiaobai still didn't realize where he was being targeted.
"Every time there is a big brawl in the qualifiers, the casualty rate in the black card game is always the highest. Although there are referees watching the game, the referee can only see the human form. If someone is injured in the dark, it is difficult for the referee to judge. He judged it instantly and rescued you."
"Um"
"So there are always some disgusting people who will play tricks during the lottery to let some weak or strong people draw black cards. This can not only satisfy their perverted desire to see the weak being hunted, but also allow some strong people to draw black cards in advance. "They kill each other"
Liu Jingxiang sighed, "Actually, as long as you continue to draw down and bring out two pictures at once, they will recognize the one you actually pulled out. There were people who were targeted before because they were looked down upon. Later everyone knew that this was the case." It’s over, there are fewer people who have been successfully targeted. I didn’t expect that I would encounter one today. You are so pitiful. Your sword has no eyes. Otherwise, you should choose to withdraw from the competition. Your life is at stake.”
Bai Xiaobai could see that the girl in front of him was really kind-hearted and came to tell him so much, but he was a little unhappy. Why did she subconsciously bring me into the category of weak people who would be hunted instead of strong people who can kill each other.
Have you ever grown so harmless?
"Thank you for reminding me, but I will still choose to play. After all, I can't make those disgusting people laugh too happily."
After speaking, Bai Xiaobai smiled.
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