After watching the game, Heather didn't linger.
Cao Yangyao left with him. Shinan was a little surprised. I thought I was being tricked. It seems that Cao Yangyao is not stupid.
Cao Yangyao is not as stupid as he thought. It is extremely important to confirm the quota for the quarterfinals tomorrow.
He is not stupid. If he goes to beat someone up now, the God of War from Duankong Mountain can beat him to death.
But when he waits for the top eight list to be confirmed, he will beat someone again. Duankong Mountain has no hope of victory in the subsequent games anyway. If he beats him, he will beat them. Duankong Mountain may have an excuse not to compete. The God of War of Duankong Mountain may still be able to win. I have to praise Cao Yangyao for playing well, and I feel secretly happy that losing to someone from Military Defense University is better than losing to someone else.
Naturally, Cao Yangyao would not tell Shi Nan about these little Jiujiu.
This guy, Heather, is not very reliable. He actually encouraged him to beat someone today. He will be beaten to death by the God of War. This guy wants to be beaten to death, so he will not be fooled!
[Emotional value from Cao Yangyao, +222]
With a sense of pride that he had surpassed Heather with his IQ, Cao Yangyao held his head high and despised Heather for a while.
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On December 29, the battle for the last place in the quarterfinals begins.
Five fifth-level warriors from Duankong Mountain came out together. Xiao Zhan was worthy of the title of Master of the Obscene Style. He wore a sixth-level Dzogchen biological leather armor and participated in the battle. He deliberately lured the strong men from Anxi Military Academy to attack his abdomen, and fought with the opponent in a lose-lose manner. trick!
Xiao Zhan's sword penetrated the opponent's shoulder blade, but the opponent's shot failed to penetrate his abdominal cavity. As a result, Xiao Zhan was defeated by one move.
This time, Anxi Military Academy was dissatisfied.
It's not that you can't wear these, but under normal circumstances, everyone defaults to students bringing their own equipment.
The full leather armor was obviously beyond this category and was obviously not Xiao Zhan's own.
The defensive power of leather armor is actually limited, so it is not very helpful to a warrior-level spiritual practitioner. A warrior-level spiritual practitioner practices S-level martial arts and has extremely strong spiritual penetration. Under the same conditions, it is naturally better than Be strong if you don’t wear it.
Now, the two schools started a war of words.
Unfortunately, the rules of the competition did not stipulate that they were not allowed to wear these, and Anxi Military Academy was dissatisfied. In the end, due to Xiao Zhan, the two sides fought to the fifth player. Duankongshan won by a slim margin and won the last place in the quarterfinals.
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The sixteen places were confirmed, and Heather took a long breath. It was their turn next.
The sixteen-to-eight competition is a little different from the previous ones, because the selection of the real eight holy places cannot be decided in one game.
Therefore, the 16th to 8th round adopted a group stage, drawn lots, and divided into four groups of four teams.
The four groups are divided into two columns, A and B. Group AB is column A and group CD is column B.
In other words, before the finals, the teams in column A will never meet the teams in column B.
Each team plays three games, earning 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss.
In the end, according to the points ranking, the first and second teams in the group qualified and became the eight holy places.
Finally, there is the ranking competition of the Eight Holy Lands. The competition is based on the group stage points and the column they are in. For example, in the A column competition: the first place in Group A will play the second place in Group B, the first place in Group B will play the second place in Group A, and the winning two teams will play in the semi-finals again. , the two losing teams will also have to play in the semi-finals, and the same is true for Group C and Group D in the second column.
The two teams that won the first semi-finals will compete in the first and second place in the finals, and the two losing teams will compete in the finals.
The battle for third and fourth place.
The two winning teams in the post-semi-finals will compete in the post-finals for fifth and sixth place, while the losing teams will compete for seventh and eighth place.
This rule is slightly different from the previous one.
The rule that was shown to Shinan and the others before was that the first of the four groups would advance to the semi-finals, but now, there was a full competition.
Obviously, because of changes in the situation, or because rising stars like Ke Gai have shown their strength one after another, the government has changed the rules and given everyone more opportunities.
Previously, the top four groups qualified. I’m afraid the government wanted to have Yenching University, First Military Academy, Qingbei University and Military Defense University in the semi-finals.
As soon as the new rules came out, Shi Nan cursed inwardly. Changing the rules temporarily was not something the government could do!
No wonder the competition rules for the ranking of the Eight Holy Lands have not been announced to the public before. The co-author is waiting here!
After Ai Xiuran announced the rules, regardless of whether they agreed or not, he quickly said: "Draw lots to determine the groups. Strong teams can advance no matter which group they are placed in!"
Training places like Duankong Mountain are almost cursed!
Don’t cheat if you can!
If you put the four universities of Yenching University, Military Defense University, First Military Academy, and Qingbei University into the same row or even the same group, then you will be considered great! Only in this way can the other four companies have a chance to qualify.
Otherwise, it’s just a matter of grabbing the lower rankings.
Not surprisingly, the four groups will probably divide the four companies equally.
As for the rest, it doesn't matter, it may be a real random draw.
But don't forget that there is also the distribution of columns A and B. The relationship between them is very important.
Everyone can even guess that Yanjing University is recognized as the number one, even if Xiang Yu
The strength is not weak.
It is difficult to judge who is stronger between the Military Defense University and the First Military Academy. Heather's strength has not been exposed yet, so it is difficult to rank them. Therefore, the Military Defense University and the First Military Academy may be ranked in the same row.
If this is the case, then for the sake of balance, Qingbei University will most likely be ranked in the same row as Yenching University.
There is also the Army Special Military Academy. The probability of the two major military academies competing against each other is not very high, so the Army Special Military Academy is probably also in the same group as Yenching University.
None of the spiritual practitioners participating in the competition were stupid. Before the lottery started, Shi Nan smiled and said: "Brother Ai, it seems that we must have a battle."
Yenching University and Qingbei University are in the same row. Even if an Army Special Military Academy is pushed through, the president of the Army Special Military Academy is no match for Ai Yuchen.
If Qingbei University loses to Yanjing University, then Shinan and the others will fight Qingbei University in their first match.
If in an upset, Qingbei University defeats Yanjing University, then Shi Nan thinks the final will be between Military Defense University and Qingbei University.
As for the Military Defense University taking second place in the group and losing to the First Military Academy, Shi Nan simply didn't consider it.
Ai Yuchen smiled and said: "I hope we will meet in the finals."
Jing Zishi said lightly: "Then I'm afraid there's no hope."
After saying that, he looked at Xiang Yu and Shinan and said: "You two, it depends on who fights me first, but it's good to do it this way. You can fight it again. Who is stronger and who is weaker is clear at a glance, lest anyone say that we didn't fight and refuse to admit defeat. ."
In this format, the top four teams all have a chance to compete.
The premise is that the first place player in both groups can win.
Several people were talking lively, and the powerful people from the Ministry of Education who were arranging the lottery had dark faces!
You guys are awesome. Believe it or not, I will actually assign you to a group.
!
We haven't even drawn the lots yet, but everyone has started discussing the upcoming battle. Is this a show of IQ?
Today's young people don't understand the care of the older generation at all.
In order to give you less internal friction and more opportunities for confrontation, is it easy for us?
Several eighth- and ninth-level experts discussed for a long time before finally adopting this competition system and arranging the members of the four groups. Don't you know how to be grateful at all?
Seeing a few people talking lively, the strong man in charge of drawing lots from the Ministry of Education had to interrupt: "Okay, let's start drawing lots!"
Shinan and the others looked indifferent. Shinan randomly drew lots and said with a smile: "Xiang Yu, I was still thinking about who would be my first opponent. I didn't expect it to be you. If you lose, this fifth-level player will I took the third one first, but it’s a pity that you didn’t challenge for first place at that time.”
Xiang Yu said calmly: "If you have the ability, just come and get it!"
Zhang Boyan, the president of Aurora University on the side, chuckled and said: "You two are very confident, but you have to ask me whether Aurora University will agree!"
Heather curled her lips, not thinking too highly of you.
"Draw lots!"
The strong man from the Ministry of Education sounded a little angry. If he goes on, I will really arrange a group for you. Even if the result is very bad and you will be beaten by the minister when you go back, just accept it!
Several people seemed to have just remembered this, and they all coughed dryly and began to draw lots honestly.
Shi Nan didn't even bother to look. As expected, Military Defense University, First Military Academy, and Aurora University would be together.
Facts have proved that Heather and the others were right about their guess.
Group A: Military Defense University, Chiri Sect, Jihan Palace, Duankong Mountain.
Group B: First Military Academy, Aurora University, Shuchuan University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
Group C: Qingbei University, Army Special Military Academy, Bahuang
Gate, Wanhua Sect.
Group D: Yanjing University, Hucheng Jiaotong University, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xuanyumen.
Shinan ignored the others and said after drawing lots: "Leader, do you want to draw lots for the group stage as well? How about we arrange the battle with the First Military Academy first..."
Shi Nan said these words very quietly. The strong man from the Ministry of Education glared at him, and after thinking about it, he whispered: "You guys will fight in the end!"
[Emotional value from Yan Yushu, +211]
"Cough cough cough..."
Many people who heard it coughed one after another. Damn it, this cheating is like this. Why draw lots? You might as well just decide the order and arrange it directly. Obviously, in order to prevent the two families from colliding at the beginning and causing the strong player to be injured and unable to participate, the higher-ups directly intervened to allow the two families to collide in the end.
The key is, if that's the case, then just arrange the order directly. Now it's a waste of time to decide by drawing lots.
Shinan didn't expect the other party to respond, so he laughed dryly and didn't ask again.
Forget it, just do whatever you want, the other companies will treat everyone the same, there is no difference.
Shinan looked towards the second floor. Although he didn't see Ai Xiuran, Shinan knew that the old man was on the second floor, and he might be staring at him fiercely now.
As a result, when the order of the draw came out, the happiest thing for Shinan was the first match of the group stage of Military Defense University, against Duankong Mountain!
This... how about letting Hu Yanji come and break through it?
Speaking of which, Duankong Mountain is also unlucky. It finally advanced to the top 16, and tomorrow morning it will play against the Military Defense University. This is a rhythm that will be brutally beaten. It will not be beaten to collapse, right?
Xiao Zhan, who was opposite him, looked a little pale. Shinan didn't know if he had seen it wrong.
.
"It's pitiful, but it's only a matter of time. After enduring the nightmare in one day, the impact will be less."
Shinan prayed for Duankong Mountain without any sincerity, hoping that Xiao Zhan could be stronger.
The top eight ranking matches are approaching the Chinese New Year, so the schedule is even tighter.
There were four official games in the morning of January 1, 2007, and there were also four games in the afternoon.
Shinan and the others are in Group A. At 8 a.m. on the 1st, Military Defense University VS Duankong Mountain, and at 1 p.m. Jihan Palace VS Chiri Sect.
There are also two games for other groups.
Group B, 9 a.m., Shuchuan University VS First Military Academy, 2 p.m., Huazhong University of Science and Technology VS Aurora University!
Group C, 10 a.m., Qingbei University VS Wanhua Sect, 3 p.m., Army Special Military Academy VS Bahuangmen!
Group D, 11 a.m., Yanjing University VS Xuanyumen, 4 p.m., Shanghai Jiaotong University VS Northwestern Polytechnical University!
As soon as this schedule came out, it immediately caused a sensation!
Eight games a day, the four most famous Wuhan universities and military academies will all play!
In an instant, spectator tickets became hard to come by!
For the eight games on January 1st, Yanjing University did not consider it that much and did not find it troublesome. They simply decided to use a one-vote-a-day system with a ticket price of 2,000 yuan.
And just when the schedule came out on the afternoon of the 1st, someone online was already offering tickets for 20,000, and by late at night, it even went up to 50,000!
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Shi Nan despises Yenching University's ticket sales system.
In order to save trouble, these guys won't even make the money they get.
There are four games a day, and they are all warrior-level games. The ticket price is 250 per game, so for us fifth-level people, it’s 250?
according to
In the schedule, each team has to play 3 games, and a group of 4 teams has to play 6 games in total.
Four groups, that’s 24 games, eight games a day, which also takes 3 days.
In addition to the upcoming qualifying competition, the battle between third and fourth, and the battle between one and two, the government means that the competition will end in January and cannot waste too much time of the students. The compact schedule also means that everyone's combat intensity is higher and the recovery time is shorter...
