The next day.
At half past eleven.
After a night's rest, the eight-to-four knockout round of this year's Niaodu Graduation Cup started immediately.
These days, the competition schedule is quite tight.
The top four will be decided today, the semi-finals will be tomorrow, and the most critical final will be the day after tomorrow.
Of course, before the finals, there is still a third-place battle to be fought, which can be regarded as paving the way for the final climax.
Besides, getting third place is not bad, as you will get at least 20,000 yuan in bonus.
The runner-up and champion are respectively 50,000 and 200,000, which are quite different.
The matching results are also available.
Lin You's opponent was another famous Niaodu player.
Apparently, at this juncture, Niaodu didn't do much behind the scenes.
If it was something shady, maybe a duel between Lin You and Qi Yuxuan would be arranged.
Judging from the matching results, the organizer is quite ethical.
In the duel field.
Lin You and the Bird City player were both in place.
This is his third appearance today, and he looks relaxed at the moment.
In comparison, the Bird City player obviously seemed a little nervous and depressed.
He would rather meet Jiang Xiao than fight Lin You.
Although they were both crushed, the former was his 'family member' after all.
Depressed as it may be, symbolic resistance is still necessary.
This Bird City player was ready to break the pot, especially when he saw Lin You directly choose to summon Baphomet.
Although it takes a few seconds to summon Baphomet.
But Lin You summoned it at the beginning, and sacrificed it immediately as soon as the Siyuan card came out.
It also takes time for Todo players to summon monsters. Even if there is still a few seconds to attack after summoning, the distance between them is 50 meters.
After the duel began, Lin You still retreated consciously.
It is not realistic to seize this opportunity to smash Lin You's soul barrier in one fell swoop.
The roar of the beast sounded, and violent energy fluctuations flooded.
Baphomet's figure appeared.
This time, Lin You had no scruples and directly activated the black necklace.
It is impossible for graduates like them to have cards against black star monsters in their decks.
Even if there is, it won't be a 'destructive' effect.
This kind of card, which can forcefully destroy the black star monster, is probably very difficult to obtain even in Duel High School.
This is also true. The moment he saw Baphomet, the Bird City duelist became a little desperate.
The sense of oppression is too strong.
This is the Black Star Monster!
Yang Xu relied on the power of his card linkage to be able to stand in front of Baphomet for more than half an hour.
This is already very powerful.
The current duel was over in less than five minutes.
There was another uproar at the scene.
the second.
This is already the second top student from a famous school in Niaodu that Lin You has defeated.
That's right, this contestant who was timid before fighting was actually a student in Pengyue High School's duel class, ranking eighth in the class.
Not a very high ranking, but not bad at all.
This is the ranking of the duel class of Pengyue High School!
But unfortunately, with such strength, there is not much resistance in front of the Black Star Monster.
"Lin Yousheng."
The war supervisor was quite straightforward in declaring victory or defeat today. He had seen Baphomet's power yesterday.
at the same time.
Guest seats.
Wang Haoyun had a headache and said, "Su Yu, this person in your school is too inexperienced, isn't he? He was beaten to pieces in just five minutes?"
Su Yu glanced at him and didn't say anything, just looked at him.
"Okay, okay."
Wang Haoyun knew what he meant and said solemnly: "The Black Star Monster's combat power is indeed a bit outrageous. Even the ten thousand year old second brother seems to be being led around. Do you think Jiang Xiao is good? He is from your school. You know him better than I do."
Su Yu pondered for a moment and said to the point: "Jiang Xiao is very strong and the deck is quite complete, but in the end, the Jade Beast deck has limited abilities in the early stage. It may be difficult to win."
"I go."
Wang Haoyun put his head in his hands, messed up his hair, and said with an explosive attitude: "It's over, it's over, I'm going to get sprayed badly this time."
He regrets it very much now.
I regret not signing up for this year’s Niaodu Graduation Cup.
Don't look at it. It was Yang Xu who lost the game.
But who is Yang Xu?
That represents their Tianyu High School!
The reason why Tianyu High School asked Yang Xu to play this time was mainly because of the messages left by netizens on Tianyu's official website.
After losing to Lin You yesterday, the Tianyu Pipeline Network has been destroyed by many Niaodu netizens.
They all asked why really powerful students were not dispatched.
He scolded their school for not having the honor and sense of responsibility as a prestigious school in the capital city.
Pretty restrained now.
When Jiang Xiao also lost the game, the moment Lin You truly won the cup was the moment when he was truly finished.
When the time comes, he, the new king of Tianyu, will be pulled out and 'publicly executed'.
Thinking of this, Yang Xu was about to cry without tears. Looking at Su Yu who showed no expression at the side, he became even more depressed.
This is burning your butt, how can you still sit so calmly?
Su Yu withdrew his gaze and said calmly: "What should come will come. Instead of worrying about it, it is better to look away."
Having said this, he paused and then said: "What's more, even if you participate in this competition, you may not have a better ending."
Wang Haoyun wanted to refute, but he didn't know how to refute it for a while. He said after a while: "Then at least I won't lose."
"But it's hard for you to win."
Su Yu revealed: "You have a way to maintain a stalemate with him, and it's hard to tell the winner. But if you don't win against him, the public opinion will still not change, or even worse."
"Why?"
"Don't even think about it, what is the title you carry?"
"title……"
Wang Haoyun thought for a moment and suddenly realized.
yes!
I am the new king of Tianyu!
The dignified newcomer king of Tianyu, one of the two brightest rising stars in Bird City.
He was like this, but he was competing with the contestants from Jiangcheng on his own territory. The school's official website would definitely explode, and it would be the ultimate explosion.
It would be a good thing not to participate.
Although he will be pointed out and criticized, the accusation is that he didn't take action, not that he couldn't beat him.
It is conceivable that there will still be many people who feel comforted by this and come forward to refute. It is not that Niaodu's genius is not strong enough, it is just that the real genius has not yet taken action!
"Okay, I feel a lot more comfortable."
Su Yu's words gave Wang Haoyun a feeling of "enlightenment" and he no longer struggled.
At this time, the fourth match had already begun, between Jiang Xiao and the Huacheng contestant.
Huacheng can be described as an extremely powerful duel city.
Ranked third in duels in the country, second only to the Imperial Capital and the Magic Capital.
There are also several Huacheng players who have signed up for this year's Niaodu Graduation Cup.
Speaking of which, Lin You also played against a girl from Huacheng.
But it is obvious that the Huacheng players who signed up are basically not students from the dueling classes of famous local schools.
Even if there is, his ranking in the class should not be high.
The strongest one is none other than this player who successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.
But unfortunately, he is facing Jiang Xiao now.
After fifteen minutes, the winner was decided.
As expected, Jiang Xiao advanced to the semi-finals.
This Huacheng player has done quite well, and his overall performance has reached the top four level.
At this time, the top four candidates are quite interesting.
They are Lin You, Qi Yuxuan, Jiang Xiao and Li Feng.
The first two are from Jiangcheng, and the last two are local players in Bird City.
No one expected that this year’s Niaodu Graduation Cup would develop to this point.
what is this.
Jiangcheng VS Niaodu?
Because this contrast is particularly eye-catching, various analysis posts and support posts on the Niaodu Forum have become overwhelming.
It’s not just Bird City.
There are many related posts on the 'Duel Kingdom', the largest forum for duelists in China.
The Duel Kingdom Forum is a very large forum dedicated to discussing various duelist competitions at home and abroad.
In terms of popularity and professionalism, it is undoubtedly the best duelist forum.
However, despite the fact that Duel Kingdom often discusses various events, what they usually discuss are large-scale events.
At the end of the day, it has to be the 'Duel City' level.
As for the Niaodu Graduation Cup?
Despite the fact that the event seems to be quite serious, so what if it is more serious?
The quality of the players is too poor.
It is said that there are many geniuses, but no matter how talented they are, they are still high school graduates, right?
Compared with those real duelists, or even strong duelists, there is a huge difference.
But now, many people have gone out of their way to repost related posts in Duel Kingdom.
Ninety-nine percent of the posts are regarded as spam. No one reads them. They have very little popularity and are quickly covered.
Only one of them made a splash in the Duel Kingdom.
"The Bird Capital Graduation Cup, Jiangcheng's top genius suddenly appeared, the black star monster stirred up the situation, and the 'birds' scalp went numb!" 》
The title of the post is exaggerated, but the content is detailed and even includes screenshots.
Although it’s impossible to tell whether it’s true or false just by looking at a screenshot, there were still many people replying to the post.
"The black star monster seems interesting. Isn't it rare?"
"Cloud duelists or cloud spectators upstairs? After watching too many high-end events, your mind is not clear? Is it outrageous for a high school graduate to summon a black star monster?"
"I still remember that I couldn't even activate a few cards. The Black Star Monster. If this was really summoned, it would be really awesome."
"Are you lying? A high school graduate summons a black star monster? It's possible for the top graduates of the Imperial and Magic Capitals to do it. Let's forget about it in Jiangcheng."
"What do you mean, I am from Jiangcheng. Are you dissatisfied with Jiangcheng?"
"..."
Most people are still skeptical about this matter.
There are not many people who can choose to believe.
Others gave examples of some talented graduates in recent years, and introduced the concept of 'innate fitness for demons', and began to explain around this point.
The posts are noisy and the heat is rising.
Lin You, the person involved, did not know about these debates on the Internet, and he did not go online anymore.
But Liu Jun told him that his support votes were getting higher and higher now.
Because they successfully advanced to the semi-finals, this matter also spread to the ears of everyone in Jiangcheng.
Word of mouth spreads, and more people know about it.
It has even caught up with Qi Yuxuan who was in front.
After hearing the news, Lin You felt very happy.
In this era of impetuous people, strength is still greater than appearance, which is good.
No, it seems not necessarily.
Lin You glanced and saw a mirror next to him.
Looking at himself in the mirror, he decisively rejected the concept just now.
Whether this concept is valid remains to be discussed.
"Practice."
After shaking his head and not thinking about it anymore, Lin You started his daily magic training.
…
August 9th.
The day of the semifinals.
This time, before the game, the organizer has announced the competition groupings.
Lin You played in the first group.
The opponent is not Jiang Xiao.
It’s not Qi Yuxuan either.
But Li Feng!
Li Feng is also a student in the duel class of Pengyue High School, ranking fifth in the class.
In terms of ranking, he is only two places behind Jiang Xiao.
The actual combat power is quite different.
He learned that he was going to duel with Lin You.
There is depression.
But the mentality is also good.
What else can be done?
Even Jiang Xiao, who was able to suppress him steadily, had already issued a "Declaration of Defeat" in the preparation area. It was a bit fanciful for him to consider defeating Lin You again.
As for those people who cursed on the official website.
I haven’t scolded Pengyue High School yet.
On the contrary, many people went to Pengyue High School to support Jiang Xiao, pinning their hopes of retaining the championship and local glory on him.
After all, Jiang Xiao has not been defeated yet.
The one who is not defeated is the strongest.
With this mentality, some people really think that Jiang Xiao has a good chance of winning.
These people obviously do not have a full understanding of the strength of the duelists.
Although the card culture is prevalent in Bird City, and it is also a duel city that ranks sixth in the country in terms of duel strength, in this world of cards, ordinary people are still the majority, and there is no exception.
There are many channels for ordinary people to learn about cards, but most of them are superficial.
How could netizens who were accustomed to watching various high-level duel events understand the real difference between Black Star Monsters and White Star Monsters?
I don't even understand what summoning the Black Star Monster means when I graduate from high school.
In the eyes of some people, the visual effect of the chestnut ball army is much better than that of the Black Star Monster.
Li Feng simply adhered to his Buddhist mentality and started a duel with Lin You.
…
Tsk.
Baphomet flashed past.
Li Feng didn't even see its approaching figure clearly, and the soul barrier in front of him was reduced to zero by two claws.
Although he lost the semifinals so easily, Li Feng was quite calm.
He has already studied his opponents for the third place match in advance.
As for the subject of research, of course it is Qi Yuxuan.
Li Feng had also watched her previous matches.
In terms of strength, Li Feng is inferior to her.
But it’s not impossible to fight.
At least, there won't be the same feeling of powerlessness as when fighting Lin You and Jiang Xiao.
The field players alternated, this time it was Jiang Xiao and Qi Yuxuan's turn.
Lin You quite hoped that Qi Yuxuan could advance to the finals. After all, they were both from Jiangcheng, and they would meet in the finals of the Graduation Cup hosted by Bird City. How interesting did it sound?
As for fighting Qi Yuxuan?
Lin You didn't shy away from it.
Not shy at all.
In the duel field, regardless of gender, punching hard is the only creed.
He will definitely win this championship.
This was his original intention of coming here specially to compete.
Not for the two hundred thousand.
Although two hundred thousand is a lot, it is nothing compared to the new achievement sequence that may be unlocked.
At this moment, in the duel field, the battle supervisor gave an order.
The game officially begins.
Qi Yuxuan's dueling method has not changed.
It still starts with the Electronic Dragon Core, and then activates the magic card "Electronic Transformation Surgery" that reduces the magic power consumption by 70%.
"Roar!"
The mimic electronic dragon quickly appeared on the field.
Mechanical family, light attribute.
Attack power/2500, defense power/1800.
Qi Yuxuan's card linkage can be described as simple and crude, summoning such a powerful monster card immediately.
"Hiss!"
The cry of the horse spread, and in Jiang Xiao's field, an elegant and noble white Pegasus walked through the air, with a pair of gorgeous light golden wings spread out, and a noble fantasy atmosphere filled the air.
[Jade Beast Sapphire Pegasus]
Orc, wind attribute.
Attack power/1800, defense power/1200.
As the Pegasus came through the air, a bright light flashed.
A large bright yellow gem appeared in mid-air. There seemed to be some creature hidden in the gem.
Immediately afterwards, Jiang Xiao activated a magic card called "Baoyu's Bond".
In mid-air, two more gems appeared one after another.
One is a blue gemstone, and the other is a lychee red gemstone.
The lychee-red gem did not remain as content as the other two gems. Instead, it shot out a summoning light, and a cute little beast with red eyes appeared on the scene.
【Jade Beast Ruby Beast】
Angel clan, light attribute.
Attack power/300, defense power/300.
The moment this ruby beast appeared, an astonishing scene appeared.
The bright yellow and blue gems suspended in mid-air seemed to be pulled by some kind of force, and each of them emitted a summoning light.
Immediately afterwards, two more monsters appeared on the field one after another.
One looks like a saber-toothed tiger, and the other looks like a gray goshawk.
【Jade Beast Topaz Tiger】
Orcs, earth attribute.
Attack power/1600, defense power/1000
…
[Jade Beast Cobalt-Tipped Goshawk]
Birds and beasts, wind attribute.
Attack power/1400, defense power/800.
The two monsters that appeared at the same time didn't necessarily look very powerful just from the panel data.
But the most important thing now is not this.
In the preparation area, Lin You, who was watching the battle through the big screen, was surprised: "Four monsters?"
"It's awesome."
Li Feng suddenly stood up from his seat. He seemed to have expected that Lin You would be surprised by this incident, so he immediately walked over with a smile on his face.
When Lin You summoned the Black Star Monster, they were shocked.
But now it's better.
There is reincarnation in the way of heaven, and there are times when you are surprised.
Looking at Li Feng who had 'Ask me, ask me' written all over his face, Lin You didn't care and asked directly: "Is this done using a special card?"
"of course not."
Li Feng shook his head and said: "I don't know if there is such a card, but Jiang Xiao is not the one."
"That is?"
"Ahem..."
Li Feng coughed for a while, as if he wanted to show off.
"Don't talk about knocking me down."
Lin You didn't bother to pay attention and delayed watching the game.
"No, listen to me."
Li Feng was obviously not good at holding back what he wanted to say. He quickly said, "In fact, Jiang Xiao's origin card is the Jade Pegasus."
"The Origin Card, so what?"
Lin You was puzzled. Although there was no summoning interval for the Siyuan card, it still had soul connection.
Instead of duelists, the maximum number of soul connections should be three monsters.
"You don't understand this."
Li Feng smiled and said: "The Jade Beast is a kind of monster with a very special soul. This kind of monster will not be sent to the cemetery even after death, but will remain in the field in the form of a permanent magic card."
"In the secret realm, the dead gem beasts will not drop stuck souls, but will turn into soul gems. This kind of gem is more difficult to make into cards than stuck souls, which is why gem beasts are so rare."
"And when this special soul becomes the Origin Card, it develops a wonderful characteristic."
Speaking of this, Li Feng paused and said again: "Independence!"
"In other words, you can form a perfect connection with the duelist without occupying the soul connection seat."
"And this hand..."
Lin You also heard it was new, but he had never seen Jiang Xiao use this origin card in the previous duel.
Used now.
It seems that he takes Qi Yuxuan seriously.
He is getting serious.
