dkrc Chapter 83 Team Battle! Ancient Battlefield!
Chapter 83 Team Battle! Ancient Battlefield!
Su Lin and Lin Qingli ignored the noise.
The two found a quiet place to sit down and chatted casually.
"By the way, Qingli, how good is your master, the Sword Saint Ye?"
Su Lin asked.
"fine."
Lin Qingli nodded: "They're very strict. They make me get up before dawn every day to practice swordsmanship, and I have to meditate at night. It's exhausting."
"A strict teacher produces outstanding students."
Su Lin smiled and said, "You're level 33 now, which is quite a bit higher than me."
"Your level 26 isn't low either."
Lin Qingli glanced at him: "Besides, your combat strength can't be measured by your level."
The two looked at each other and smiled.
Two hours later.
The first round of individual competitions has concluded.
A total of 6742 students participated in this year's college entrance examination. Half of them were eliminated, leaving 3371 students to enter the revival round.
The revival round will begin immediately, with the same rules as the first round: the winners will qualify for the team competition, and the losers will be completely eliminated.
Ultimately, approximately 5000 people will advance to the team competition stage.
Strictly speaking, the elimination rate isn't very high, only a quarter, but for those students who are unlucky enough to draw strong opponents, the revival round is their last chance.
Su Lin did not stay on the playground to watch the other players' games.
He met up with Lin Qingli, Jiang Feng, Jiang Yuyao, and Shen Lingling, and found a quiet place to discuss their team competition strategy.
"This is a copy of the documents I got from my dad."
Jiang Yuyao took out a document and spread it out on the table.
"In the afternoon's team competition, all teams will enter the same large instance – [Ancient Battlefield]."
"Dungeon Level: 20-35, Difficulty: Nightmare, Area: Approximately 100 square kilometers, Terrain includes five types: forest, swamp, desert, ruins, and mine."
"Monster distribution: ranging from E to A rank, with an S-rank BOSS [Ancient Behemoth] in the central ruins."
"As for the rules, they are typical point-based systems—"
Jiang Yuyao paused, her gaze sweeping over everyone:
"Kill monsters to gain points, defeat other teams to gain half of their points, and wipe out the entire opposing team to gain all the points."
"The ten teams with the highest final scores will advance to the final showdown."
"Damn, no wonder she's Lord Lin's daughter; she even managed to get her hands on these rules ahead of time?!"
Jiang Feng was shocked.
He truly hadn't expected that someone would know about this top-secret copy of the information in advance.
"What's the big deal? It's just the rules and basic information about the game. At most, it'll give us a little more time to discuss our plans. This competition will last for about a dozen hours, so this little bit of time won't make any difference."
Seeing her younger brother making such a fuss, Jiang Yuyao said with some dissatisfaction.
"So I'm just ignorant?"
Jiang Feng felt a little embarrassed.
Beside her, Shen Lingling raised an eyebrow:
"So, you're saying we not only have to fight monsters, but also people?"
"That's right, that's how the rules are. Fighting against other people is much more rewarding than grinding monsters."
Jiang Yuyao nodded: "Moreover, there is a substitute puppet mechanism in the dungeon. You won't really die when you die, but you will be teleported out of the dungeon, but all the team's points will be reset to zero."
"This is interesting."
Jiang Feng chuckled: "This is practically encouraging us to fight like madmen. We don't need to hold back; we can fight however we want."
Su Lin didn't speak, but just looked at the map, his gaze fixed on the location of the central ruins.
S-rank BOSS, an ancient behemoth!
You can earn 10 points with just one!
If we can win this, we can basically lock in a top ten!
But he had a vague feeling that things wouldn't be that simple.
The rules are deliberately set so high a score for this boss, just to make everyone want to fight for it!
This year's college entrance examination team battle is probably the first and most brutal one yet!
"No need to hold back, no need to worry about killing anyone?"
"This is fantastic news for me!"
Su Lin thought to himself.
……
At noon, the first round of individual matches and the revival rounds all ended.
To facilitate team formation, 5015 students were ultimately selected to pass the assessment and enter the team competition stage, divided into teams of five, resulting in 1003 teams!
After a short rest.
At this moment, on the playground, each team was ready to go, according to the school's designated areas.
Lü Qingshan stood on the stage and read out the team competition rules.
"In this team competition, all teams will enter a special instance – [Ancient Battlefield]."
"The dungeon has a substitute puppet mechanism. If you die, you will not die. Instead, you will be teleported out of the dungeon, but all the team's points will be reset to zero."
The points system is as follows:
"Kill an E-rank monster +1 point, a D-rank +10 points, a C-rank +100 points, a B-rank +1000 points, an A-rank +10000 points, and an S-rank +100000 points."
"Defeat other team members and gain 50% of their current score."
"Eliminate the opposing team and gain all of their points."
The ten teams with the highest final scores will advance to the final showdown.
Match duration: 12 hours.
"Now, please choose your teams. You must form teams within twenty minutes and then proceed to the designated location to prepare to enter the instance."
As soon as Lü Qingshan finished speaking, the playground became lively.
For Su Lin and the others, they already knew the rules in advance, but for everyone else, it was completely new!
Hearing such simple and brutal rules for the first time, everyone's fighting spirit was ignited!
As for the team formation issue, since it was announced in the morning that there would be team battles, and the solo competition started first, everyone could clearly see the combat power of others, so most people had already chosen their teammates.
Some items simply couldn't be collected, and there's nothing we can do now but put together whatever we can find.
Twenty minutes later.
Each team headed towards their respective teleportation array.
Su Lin looked at his teammates beside him—
Lin Qingli, Level 33, SSS-rank Holy Light Judge.
Jiang Feng, Level 31, S-rank Blazing Controller.
Jiang Yuyao, Level 30, SS-rank Light Priest.
Shen Lingling, Level 31, SS-rank Supreme Talisman Master.
He himself is a level 26, E-rank Beastmaster.
Five people, three SS-rank, one S-rank, and one E-rank.
On the surface, their lineup is already terrifying, but there are many teams present who are stronger than them.
For example, Zhao Lingyun's team—
Zhao Lingyun, Level 33, SS-rank Divine Wrath Sword.
Zhao Lingtian, level 35, SS-rank Beastmaster (half-step SSS), owns one SS-rank beast pet and two S-rank beast pets.
The other three team members are also S-rank or higher.
This team is the biggest favorite to win this team competition.
"Brother Lin, Zhao Lingyun's team is tough to deal with. Are you scared?"
Jiang Feng nudged Su Lin's arm.
Su Lin glanced at him: "What are you afraid of?"
"Zhao Lingtian, didn't the school beauty Lin say that he can merge with a beast pet and his strength will increase dramatically? Besides, I know his personality. He has been very ruthless since he was a child. He is not a simple character."
"oh."
Su Lin responded faintly, saying nothing, yet it seemed he had said everything.
Jiang Feng: "..."
Okay, I shouldn't have asked.