The journey of the elves starting from Xanadu

About 4 hours later, the train slowly arrived at the station.

Magic City, here we come.

Since there are many schools participating in the competition, Modou No. [-] Middle School has arranged hotels for each major high school, and they are now preparing to go to the hotel to store their luggage.

The location of the hotel is not far from Magic City No. [-] Middle School. It can be reached within a few minutes' walk, which is very convenient.

The facilities are not bad, and the decorations are magnificent.

The entire hotel seemed to have been booked. During the time that Qiao Yu and the others came in, they had already encountered several teams, all wearing different school uniforms.

"That is Changya Middle School, that is Yuchao Middle School, and that one is the uniform of Chongyuan Middle School..."

While leading the team, Director Zheng introduced the middle schools they encountered along the way to Qiao Yu and others, as well as the opponents they were about to encounter.

The hotel needed to go through the formalities and present the school's official certificate. Feeling the atmosphere, several students, including Qiao Yu, became a little excited.

"Brother Yu, it's my first time to compete with so many people from other schools. I'm a little excited."

"I'm a little bit too. The main reason is that the tense atmosphere before the battle is completely different from the trial. I guess there will be a draw later, right? To decide our opponent for the first battle."

Qiao Yu looked around. New middle school teams kept coming in. Each entry made the atmosphere in the hotel lobby more solemn.

This kind of atmosphere made Qiao Yu's little heart unbearable, and it was about to explode.

It's so stressful.

He couldn't wait to have a hearty battle with the elites from other middle schools.

Several companions around him behaved similarly to Qiao Yu.

This is probably the passion of young people.

Director Zheng completed the formalities and took Qiao Yu and others to the exclusive room in Dongcheng No. [-] Middle School.

The hotel room was for two people, so the two girls in the team naturally lived in the same room, and Li Nanjun naturally pulled Qiao Yu into the same room.

After checking into the hotel, Director Zheng gathered 10 participating students in his room. There was also Cen Xianghui who lived with Director Zheng.

"During the competition, in addition to the contestants from our 16 middle schools, there will also be spectators coming to watch. The number of people may be a bit large. Please try to ensure that you are not affected."

"It's your first time participating in this kind of event. You just need to play to your normal level and try not to make any command errors during the battle."

"You all come closer first."

11 students approached, and Director Zheng clicked on the computer's web page.

"This is the result of the lottery I just conducted. In the first battle, our opponent is Ningle Middle School."

"It's not that strong. According to the strength of the 16 schools in previous years, our Dongcheng No. [-] Middle School belongs to the second echelon. The first echelon is Qingjing Affiliated Middle School and Yanjing Affiliated Middle School from the imperial capital, as well as Luocheng No. [-] Middle School and Modu No. [-] Middle School. There are four schools, and Ningle Middle School is in the third echelon.”

"Of course, before the actual battle, no one can be sure whether the opponent will have a dark horse, so you still have to go all out. We will win this battle beautifully."

Director Zheng looked through his notebook, which contained strength estimates for many middle schools.

"You all know the rules of the exchange competition. In the first game, I plan to send Tantai Wanyu directly to the field."

He looked at Tantai Wanyu.

"Your strength is not much worse than Qiao Yu and Gao Yijie. If you play, you can not only show the strength of our school, but also win the game beautifully while also keeping some of your cards. How about that?"

"I'm OK."

Tantai Wanyu nodded lightly.

"Okay, let's decide like this. We will play according to the rankings in the trial, and try our best to allow everyone to fight against suitable opponents. Everyone, work hard!"

......

Had a quick lunch.

Since it was still early, Qiao Yu always stayed up late, so he felt sleepy after returning to the room.

Ignoring Li Nanjun's invitation to visit, he resolutely chose to sleep first.

Keep your spirits up so you can play the game.

When Qiao Yu woke up, it was already evening.

"Did you sleep for three and a half hours? I haven't had such a good nap in a long time."

The bed next to him was empty, and it looked like Li Nanjun hadn't come back yet.

Qiao Yu turned on his phone and saw that relevant battle information had been posted on the official forum of Magic City No. [-] Middle School.

The first game tomorrow morning is between Modou No. [-] Middle School and Qingjing Affiliated Middle School. It is equivalent to the organizer Modou No. [-] Middle School bringing everyone a wonderful match first.

The opening ceremony with a battle between two first-tier middle schools can greatly arouse the emotions of the audience.

The second game was between their Dongcheng No. [-] Middle School and Ningle Middle School.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Qiao Yu stopped by to learn about the rules of the exchange competition.

He promised that he had listened carefully last night, but he didn't know why he had completely forgotten it when he woke up.

"So it's a points system and an offensive and defensive competition..."

After reading the rules, Qiao Yu also roughly understood the specific process.

The two middle schools competing against each other will randomly decide on the offensive and defensive teams. The defending team will send one player to defend the ring first. This is why Director Zheng asked Tantai Wanyu to play first.

Their Dongcheng No. [-] Middle School will be the defender in tomorrow's match.

The attacking side decides the order of battle at will, until the defending side is defeated, and then switches positions.

The winner will get 2 points, the tie will get 1 point, and the middle schools with more than 15 points in total can advance to the next round.

That is to say, only middle schools that have defeated at least 7 schools and tied one game can advance.

Only one elf can be selected after entering the battle and cannot be changed midway, so for many players, even if they have captured the second elf, they will not send it to the field.

Strictly speaking, they are still new trainers. No matter how outstanding the potential of the second elf is, in such a short period of time, it will generally not surpass the initial elf. What's more, the initial elf has also been carefully selected and has high potential. Not too bad.

In this way, for some rival middle schools in the same echelon, hiding and clumsiness has become a major subject. How to win the battle without exposing the true strength as much as possible is the key to winning the championship.

"Looking at it this way, I actually have a relatively big advantage."

Qiao Yu's current two elves, Qilulian and Little Dream Demon, are both very powerful.

No matter which one, in the hands of most students at the same stage, it is the ace elf.

And he has two!

However, because Qiao Yu published a popular science paper, the news that his initial elf was a different-colored Lalulas spread widely, which also prevented him from hiding Qilulian until the finals.

The tacit understanding between Little Dream Demon and him is definitely not as high as Chirulian's.

The telepathy and the daily interactions from the time of conquest to the present make Qiao Yu very confident. Even among the more than 160 contestants, few can surpass him and Qilulian in terms of bonding.

In an elf battle, a very important hidden condition that affects the outcome is the bond between the elf and the trainer.

The bond between the silly thing and the Skin God even allowed it to defeat Latios regardless of the difference in racial values. The bond with the Koga Ninja allowed it to have an unprecedented bond evolution...

Although every call to "stand up" is ridiculed as a god-level command, is it not a reflection of the deep bond with the elves?