Elf: I can increase proficiency
Chapter 223 Invitation letter for battle, show off your power!
After hearing Zhao Ziming's explanation, Chen Haoyu suddenly became very interested.
I don’t know if it’s difficult to fight against the Duke of the Castle. Why don’t you try it yourself?
Just as the two of them rushed to the castle excitedly to register, they were told that the registration seats were already full.
"Full? It can be full. Doesn't your Battle Castle allow an unlimited number of people to participate?"
Zhao Ziming looked unhappy. The only battle castle he had seen so far was in Jinling. When he returned to Sichuan Province, there would be no such thing. How could he be willing to not let him experience it after finally coming here?
Besides, he also wants to be a duke or something so that he can show off to his mother when he goes home.
"I'm so sorry, two guests."
The staff at the castle gate quickly explained: "We did not limit the number of registrations at the beginning, but you also know that the situation in our alliance..."
Although the words were very tactful, the two of them understood what this guy meant.
Battle castles originated in Europe, and basically every city has its own castle branch. With so many alliances in Europe, there are only so many people in total.
A Chinese League is almost as good as a European one. In addition, with limited branches, the Chinese League is currently only open in a few big cities. There are so many people registered that the Battle Castle cannot handle it.
If there were no restrictions, this castle would probably be overcrowded in minutes.
Chen Haoyu also asked unwillingly: "Is there any other way?"
"It's like this. You two should be students. We have sent registration invitation letters to various colleges and universities in Jinling. If you have the channels, you can go to your school to get them."
"Does Sichuan University have one?"
"Are you two from Sichuan University? Sichuan University doesn't have them."
"Currently, the four cities open to the Battle Castle are Imperial City, Magic City, Jinling, and Yangcheng. As long as they are colleges in these places, they will more or less have invitations to our Battle Castle."
Hearing this, the two looked at each other in confusion. Is Sichuan University such a shameless person?
After all, it is one of the top twenty universities.
After asking about the reason, Zhao Ziming and Chen Haoyu did not embarrass the staff again. Before leaving, the staff did not forget to remind them.
"Two guests, if you get the invitation letter, please register as soon as possible. Currently, the quotas for the Duke of Castle Battle in the other three cities have been filled. Only Jinling has four quotas left."
"If all the quotas are full, there will be no new duke born in our battle castle this year."
"Only dukes are eligible to participate in the competition for the title of grand duke at the end of the year."
In ordinary cities, there are only three dukes at most. Due to the special nature of the Chinese Alliance and the small number of battle castles, each of the four cities has a maximum of ten dukes.
The competition for the title of Grand Duke, thanks to the momentum created by the Arman Group, is no less influential and valuable than the large-scale global competitions held by the World Alliance.
Each trainer can only participate once in his life, and he must be a trainer who obtained the Duke's seat that year.
Despite strict restrictions, thousands of dukes are born around the world every year, competing for the only grand dukedom.
The Duke was selected through layers of competition, and after being screened again, one can imagine how strong his opponent will be.
Those who can get the Duke are basically the strongest among elite trainers, and the number of high-level trainers is very small.
Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that this is a competition between the world's strongest elite trainers of the year.
Although the staff did not think that these two young men could get the last three duke seats, they were just fulfilling their duties. They were not afraid of ten thousand, but just in case.
Every trainer who comes to sign up cannot be underestimated.
There's no guarantee that a future Grand Duke will appear in it.
Hearing that there were not many duke places left, Zhao Ziming couldn't help but feel a little impatient. If there were no places left this year, he would have to wait until next year. Moreover, the title of grand duke is also reserved at the end of the year. He would have to wait anxiously every day for hundreds of days. , he couldn't bear this feeling.
However, his mother's influence was almost non-existent in the Jiangnan area, and her personal connections were also somewhat unreliable. For a while, there was really no other way.
"What do you think, we ask Jiangnan University for an invitation letter?"
At this time, Chen Haoyu next to him suddenly said something, causing Zhao Ziming to smile bitterly: "Brother, don't you know what the relationship between our college and Jiangnan University is?"
It has been reduced to the point where the two colleges have to fight each other every two years. He does not believe that Jiangnan University will be kind enough to give them invitation letters.
Chen Haoyu smiled and didn't explain much. He just said, "Don't worry, let's go back to Director Mo to discuss it."
After saying that, he walked towards the hotel, and Zhao Ziming quickly followed.
After a while, the two returned to the hotel and knocked on the door of Mo Qingya and Ye Lingling. When they opened the door, they found that Ling Yun and Duan Hongliang were all in the room.
Seeing the two of them coming back, Ling Yun greeted, "I was just about to call you, come here quickly!"
After speaking, he opened the laptop he was holding in his hand and said, "This is the information about the opponents we may encounter next. I will send it to everyone's Elf Guide right away. You can take a look at it first to learn more about it."
"But don't have too much hope. This is all information from last year. Many places are definitely inaccurate. Just understand it."
Chen Haoyu went up to take a look and found that they were all members of Jiangnan University's school team and the president and vice president of the fighting club, and other core students.
The introduction is very detailed, such as the attack methods that the elves are good at, the specific combat power index, the skills used and the judgment of the proficiency level of the skills, etc., are all listed.
But as Ling Yun said, last year's information can only be used as a reference.
Just like Chen Haoyu, at this time last year, he was not even a trainer.
But now, they have reached the level of defeating Mo Qingya's non-main elf.
More than a year is enough for a young trainer to complete a major transformation.
After everyone looked at the information, Zhao Ziming also started talking about the battle against the castle.
However, after hearing this, Ling Yun and Duan Hongliang were not interested in playing against the castle. Not every trainer likes to participate in this kind of competition. For them, there is only one goal now, and that is the college league.
Only Ye Lingling was very interested after hearing this, "Little Fatty, tell me quickly, if you become a Duke, you can fight against the Dukes of other alliances?"
When he heard his name, the corner of Zhao Ziming's mouth twitched. He's been small since he was a kid, and he's fat when he's fat. What do you mean when you call me chubby? Although he wanted to reply a few words, but thinking about the rumors about the captain in the academy, he still endured it. After he stopped, he explained to Ye Lingling again.
Mo Qingya on the side also heard the method from Chen Haoyu's mouth, frowned and said: "You mean, let me step in and use the provocation method."
Chen Haoyu smiled and nodded: "That's right, just worry about Director Mo. I can guarantee that Jiangnan University will definitely agree."
How could he not understand the stubbornness of these top ten universities? They all looked gentle and gentle on the surface, but in fact they were too proud inside. As long as Mo Qingya used the outcome of this game to provoke the opponent, she would ask Jiangnan University to spend a lot of money. It is easy to write an invitation letter.
As for whether Jiangnan University will agree?If it doesn't even agree to this, then it doesn't deserve to be in the top ten.
"I understand."
Mo Qingya nodded slightly. She had also heard about new things like fighting castles.
When your strength has grown to a certain level, training all day long will not be of much help in improving your strength. If you participate in more competitions and go out more, you may make greater progress. She is very supportive of this.
"Director Mo!! I want it too!!"
Ye Lingling on the side raised her little hand: "Why don't you ask Jiangnan University to give you a few more, and I'll ask the school team to come over and have fun."
"Bullshit."
Mo Qingya glanced at her angrily. First of all, the number of invitations wouldn't be too many, and Jiangnan University would definitely be reluctant to part with more. Secondly, if you want to become a duke in Battle Castle, it's definitely not that easy to do. Otherwise, by now , Jinling will not have four spots left.
The school team's bunch of drunkards had enough to do, so she thought it was a waste to give them invitations.
Besides, whether they can win is another matter. Do these guys really think Jiangnan University is such an easy opponent?Sichuan University lost the ninth competition. In addition to its own reasons, the strong strength of its opponents was the biggest factor.
Seeing Ye Lingling's dissatisfied pouting, Mo Qingya reached out and pinched her face to express comfort. She has a cold personality. Among all the students at Sichuan University, she is the only one who is gentler to Ye Lingling. Not only because of Ye Lingling The strength is the strongest among the students.
It was also because she saw the shadow of herself in Ye Lingling.
Soon, Chen Haoyu and others dispersed. The competition time was set at ten o'clock tomorrow morning. Although it was not early, they still had to have a good rest.
Get ready for this most difficult turnaround battle for Sichuan University so far!
.........................
Early the next morning, everyone got up early. Except for Ling Yun and Duan Hongliang, who were jealous of each other, the rest of them had a good rest. After breakfast, under the leadership of Assistant Wu Tianjiao, who was responsible for picking up the airport, Came to the prestigious top ten schools, Jiangnan University.
In terms of reception standards, Jiangnan University did a good job. Wu Tianjiao once again stood at the school gate to greet them.
The moment he saw Mo Qingya, he approached her again with a smile: "We meet again, Director Mo."
"I used to represent myself, but now, on behalf of Jiangnan University, I welcome teachers and students from Sichuan University to come as guests."
Wu Tianjiao glanced at Wu Tianjiao's outstretched palm with some disgust, but in full view of everyone, Mo Qingya still held it and quickly let go.
Then he opened his red lips lightly, looked at the honor guard behind Wu Tianjiao and said expressionlessly, "Director Wu, your school's etiquette really flatters us."
Although it was full of irony, Wu Tianjiao acted as if he had not heard it and still smiled and said: "Hahaha, Sichuan University is an old friend of our college. Of course, we must be more serious when welcoming old friends."
He raised his hand while speaking, and the honor guard behind him played music, but the music was the school song of Jiangnan University. Along with the music, many Jiangnan University students gathered around the gate, pointing at the Sichuan University group. Yes, it’s so lively.
"Hey, the money-giving boy is here again."
"This time my bet is still 2:0. Is there anyone who wants to bet with me?"
"Put it down. If you want to defraud money, just say so. Is there any need to gamble?"
"I don't know what the leaders of Sichuan University think. They lose to us every time, but they still refuse to admit defeat."
"Hahaha, maybe they get kickbacks."
Compared with Sichuan University's silence on the friendly match, Jiangnan University publicized it in a big way, hoping that the whole world would know about it.
The name of the boy who gives money is well known throughout Jiangnan University.
Listening to this music like a death knell, coupled with the nodding and arrogant discussions of Jiang University students around, everyone from Sichuan University looked very ugly. Although this was a very low-level tactic to show off one's power as soon as it came, it was still very low-level. I have to say it really angered them.
Ye Lingling clenched her fists tightly. If Ling Yun hadn't stopped her, she would have been able to tear these guys' mouths apart.
At this time, Mo Qingya suddenly raised her hand gently, and the elf ball on her waist automatically moved without wind. The surrounding music and sounds seemed to disappear with her actions.
Immediately, Mo Qingya looked at Wu Tianjiao, who was a little stunned, and said coldly: "Director Wu, are you still competing?"
Wu Tianjiao came back to his senses and laughed stiffly, "A competition... of course."
Isn't it said that this woman is a master of the ice system?
How come even superpowers are so powerful now?
This extremely subtle control ability would probably be difficult for an ordinary master-level super-type elf to achieve.
Could it be that this woman is just one title away from being a master trainer?
Holding back his shock, Wu Tianjiao turned back to look at the crowd and waved his hands to disperse. This little trick was enough if used once, and it would not be appropriate to use it too many times.
If you really want to compete, you have to compete to see the real results.
Yesterday, he went to the hotel and confirmed that the five players sent by Sichuan University this time were the five on the list, and there would be no exceptions.
So this time, he was sure of victory.
Sometimes when he thought about it, he felt that he might have been a little too cautious.
After all, the opponent is just Sichuan University. No matter how powerful it is, how can it be defeated by them?
However, considering the arduous task of his own, it is better to be cautious.
Not long after he took office, his position as coach of the school team was not stable.
In this game, he can't roll over.
Soon, the group arrived at the competition venue of Jiangnan University.
Named after Canglan Gym, Canglan Arena.
In terms of scale, it is comparable to the Sichuan University Arena, but the atmosphere at this time is very lively, and the arena is filled with students from Jiangnan University.
Although it is a cruel competition, it is also a rare competition. For college students who are keen on various competitions, how can they miss it.
At this time, the camera lens in the arena was also focused on the center of the competition arena.
The "strongest" competition between the two colleges is about to begin!
I don’t know if it’s difficult to fight against the Duke of the Castle. Why don’t you try it yourself?
Just as the two of them rushed to the castle excitedly to register, they were told that the registration seats were already full.
"Full? It can be full. Doesn't your Battle Castle allow an unlimited number of people to participate?"
Zhao Ziming looked unhappy. The only battle castle he had seen so far was in Jinling. When he returned to Sichuan Province, there would be no such thing. How could he be willing to not let him experience it after finally coming here?
Besides, he also wants to be a duke or something so that he can show off to his mother when he goes home.
"I'm so sorry, two guests."
The staff at the castle gate quickly explained: "We did not limit the number of registrations at the beginning, but you also know that the situation in our alliance..."
Although the words were very tactful, the two of them understood what this guy meant.
Battle castles originated in Europe, and basically every city has its own castle branch. With so many alliances in Europe, there are only so many people in total.
A Chinese League is almost as good as a European one. In addition, with limited branches, the Chinese League is currently only open in a few big cities. There are so many people registered that the Battle Castle cannot handle it.
If there were no restrictions, this castle would probably be overcrowded in minutes.
Chen Haoyu also asked unwillingly: "Is there any other way?"
"It's like this. You two should be students. We have sent registration invitation letters to various colleges and universities in Jinling. If you have the channels, you can go to your school to get them."
"Does Sichuan University have one?"
"Are you two from Sichuan University? Sichuan University doesn't have them."
"Currently, the four cities open to the Battle Castle are Imperial City, Magic City, Jinling, and Yangcheng. As long as they are colleges in these places, they will more or less have invitations to our Battle Castle."
Hearing this, the two looked at each other in confusion. Is Sichuan University such a shameless person?
After all, it is one of the top twenty universities.
After asking about the reason, Zhao Ziming and Chen Haoyu did not embarrass the staff again. Before leaving, the staff did not forget to remind them.
"Two guests, if you get the invitation letter, please register as soon as possible. Currently, the quotas for the Duke of Castle Battle in the other three cities have been filled. Only Jinling has four quotas left."
"If all the quotas are full, there will be no new duke born in our battle castle this year."
"Only dukes are eligible to participate in the competition for the title of grand duke at the end of the year."
In ordinary cities, there are only three dukes at most. Due to the special nature of the Chinese Alliance and the small number of battle castles, each of the four cities has a maximum of ten dukes.
The competition for the title of Grand Duke, thanks to the momentum created by the Arman Group, is no less influential and valuable than the large-scale global competitions held by the World Alliance.
Each trainer can only participate once in his life, and he must be a trainer who obtained the Duke's seat that year.
Despite strict restrictions, thousands of dukes are born around the world every year, competing for the only grand dukedom.
The Duke was selected through layers of competition, and after being screened again, one can imagine how strong his opponent will be.
Those who can get the Duke are basically the strongest among elite trainers, and the number of high-level trainers is very small.
Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that this is a competition between the world's strongest elite trainers of the year.
Although the staff did not think that these two young men could get the last three duke seats, they were just fulfilling their duties. They were not afraid of ten thousand, but just in case.
Every trainer who comes to sign up cannot be underestimated.
There's no guarantee that a future Grand Duke will appear in it.
Hearing that there were not many duke places left, Zhao Ziming couldn't help but feel a little impatient. If there were no places left this year, he would have to wait until next year. Moreover, the title of grand duke is also reserved at the end of the year. He would have to wait anxiously every day for hundreds of days. , he couldn't bear this feeling.
However, his mother's influence was almost non-existent in the Jiangnan area, and her personal connections were also somewhat unreliable. For a while, there was really no other way.
"What do you think, we ask Jiangnan University for an invitation letter?"
At this time, Chen Haoyu next to him suddenly said something, causing Zhao Ziming to smile bitterly: "Brother, don't you know what the relationship between our college and Jiangnan University is?"
It has been reduced to the point where the two colleges have to fight each other every two years. He does not believe that Jiangnan University will be kind enough to give them invitation letters.
Chen Haoyu smiled and didn't explain much. He just said, "Don't worry, let's go back to Director Mo to discuss it."
After saying that, he walked towards the hotel, and Zhao Ziming quickly followed.
After a while, the two returned to the hotel and knocked on the door of Mo Qingya and Ye Lingling. When they opened the door, they found that Ling Yun and Duan Hongliang were all in the room.
Seeing the two of them coming back, Ling Yun greeted, "I was just about to call you, come here quickly!"
After speaking, he opened the laptop he was holding in his hand and said, "This is the information about the opponents we may encounter next. I will send it to everyone's Elf Guide right away. You can take a look at it first to learn more about it."
"But don't have too much hope. This is all information from last year. Many places are definitely inaccurate. Just understand it."
Chen Haoyu went up to take a look and found that they were all members of Jiangnan University's school team and the president and vice president of the fighting club, and other core students.
The introduction is very detailed, such as the attack methods that the elves are good at, the specific combat power index, the skills used and the judgment of the proficiency level of the skills, etc., are all listed.
But as Ling Yun said, last year's information can only be used as a reference.
Just like Chen Haoyu, at this time last year, he was not even a trainer.
But now, they have reached the level of defeating Mo Qingya's non-main elf.
More than a year is enough for a young trainer to complete a major transformation.
After everyone looked at the information, Zhao Ziming also started talking about the battle against the castle.
However, after hearing this, Ling Yun and Duan Hongliang were not interested in playing against the castle. Not every trainer likes to participate in this kind of competition. For them, there is only one goal now, and that is the college league.
Only Ye Lingling was very interested after hearing this, "Little Fatty, tell me quickly, if you become a Duke, you can fight against the Dukes of other alliances?"
When he heard his name, the corner of Zhao Ziming's mouth twitched. He's been small since he was a kid, and he's fat when he's fat. What do you mean when you call me chubby? Although he wanted to reply a few words, but thinking about the rumors about the captain in the academy, he still endured it. After he stopped, he explained to Ye Lingling again.
Mo Qingya on the side also heard the method from Chen Haoyu's mouth, frowned and said: "You mean, let me step in and use the provocation method."
Chen Haoyu smiled and nodded: "That's right, just worry about Director Mo. I can guarantee that Jiangnan University will definitely agree."
How could he not understand the stubbornness of these top ten universities? They all looked gentle and gentle on the surface, but in fact they were too proud inside. As long as Mo Qingya used the outcome of this game to provoke the opponent, she would ask Jiangnan University to spend a lot of money. It is easy to write an invitation letter.
As for whether Jiangnan University will agree?If it doesn't even agree to this, then it doesn't deserve to be in the top ten.
"I understand."
Mo Qingya nodded slightly. She had also heard about new things like fighting castles.
When your strength has grown to a certain level, training all day long will not be of much help in improving your strength. If you participate in more competitions and go out more, you may make greater progress. She is very supportive of this.
"Director Mo!! I want it too!!"
Ye Lingling on the side raised her little hand: "Why don't you ask Jiangnan University to give you a few more, and I'll ask the school team to come over and have fun."
"Bullshit."
Mo Qingya glanced at her angrily. First of all, the number of invitations wouldn't be too many, and Jiangnan University would definitely be reluctant to part with more. Secondly, if you want to become a duke in Battle Castle, it's definitely not that easy to do. Otherwise, by now , Jinling will not have four spots left.
The school team's bunch of drunkards had enough to do, so she thought it was a waste to give them invitations.
Besides, whether they can win is another matter. Do these guys really think Jiangnan University is such an easy opponent?Sichuan University lost the ninth competition. In addition to its own reasons, the strong strength of its opponents was the biggest factor.
Seeing Ye Lingling's dissatisfied pouting, Mo Qingya reached out and pinched her face to express comfort. She has a cold personality. Among all the students at Sichuan University, she is the only one who is gentler to Ye Lingling. Not only because of Ye Lingling The strength is the strongest among the students.
It was also because she saw the shadow of herself in Ye Lingling.
Soon, Chen Haoyu and others dispersed. The competition time was set at ten o'clock tomorrow morning. Although it was not early, they still had to have a good rest.
Get ready for this most difficult turnaround battle for Sichuan University so far!
.........................
Early the next morning, everyone got up early. Except for Ling Yun and Duan Hongliang, who were jealous of each other, the rest of them had a good rest. After breakfast, under the leadership of Assistant Wu Tianjiao, who was responsible for picking up the airport, Came to the prestigious top ten schools, Jiangnan University.
In terms of reception standards, Jiangnan University did a good job. Wu Tianjiao once again stood at the school gate to greet them.
The moment he saw Mo Qingya, he approached her again with a smile: "We meet again, Director Mo."
"I used to represent myself, but now, on behalf of Jiangnan University, I welcome teachers and students from Sichuan University to come as guests."
Wu Tianjiao glanced at Wu Tianjiao's outstretched palm with some disgust, but in full view of everyone, Mo Qingya still held it and quickly let go.
Then he opened his red lips lightly, looked at the honor guard behind Wu Tianjiao and said expressionlessly, "Director Wu, your school's etiquette really flatters us."
Although it was full of irony, Wu Tianjiao acted as if he had not heard it and still smiled and said: "Hahaha, Sichuan University is an old friend of our college. Of course, we must be more serious when welcoming old friends."
He raised his hand while speaking, and the honor guard behind him played music, but the music was the school song of Jiangnan University. Along with the music, many Jiangnan University students gathered around the gate, pointing at the Sichuan University group. Yes, it’s so lively.
"Hey, the money-giving boy is here again."
"This time my bet is still 2:0. Is there anyone who wants to bet with me?"
"Put it down. If you want to defraud money, just say so. Is there any need to gamble?"
"I don't know what the leaders of Sichuan University think. They lose to us every time, but they still refuse to admit defeat."
"Hahaha, maybe they get kickbacks."
Compared with Sichuan University's silence on the friendly match, Jiangnan University publicized it in a big way, hoping that the whole world would know about it.
The name of the boy who gives money is well known throughout Jiangnan University.
Listening to this music like a death knell, coupled with the nodding and arrogant discussions of Jiang University students around, everyone from Sichuan University looked very ugly. Although this was a very low-level tactic to show off one's power as soon as it came, it was still very low-level. I have to say it really angered them.
Ye Lingling clenched her fists tightly. If Ling Yun hadn't stopped her, she would have been able to tear these guys' mouths apart.
At this time, Mo Qingya suddenly raised her hand gently, and the elf ball on her waist automatically moved without wind. The surrounding music and sounds seemed to disappear with her actions.
Immediately, Mo Qingya looked at Wu Tianjiao, who was a little stunned, and said coldly: "Director Wu, are you still competing?"
Wu Tianjiao came back to his senses and laughed stiffly, "A competition... of course."
Isn't it said that this woman is a master of the ice system?
How come even superpowers are so powerful now?
This extremely subtle control ability would probably be difficult for an ordinary master-level super-type elf to achieve.
Could it be that this woman is just one title away from being a master trainer?
Holding back his shock, Wu Tianjiao turned back to look at the crowd and waved his hands to disperse. This little trick was enough if used once, and it would not be appropriate to use it too many times.
If you really want to compete, you have to compete to see the real results.
Yesterday, he went to the hotel and confirmed that the five players sent by Sichuan University this time were the five on the list, and there would be no exceptions.
So this time, he was sure of victory.
Sometimes when he thought about it, he felt that he might have been a little too cautious.
After all, the opponent is just Sichuan University. No matter how powerful it is, how can it be defeated by them?
However, considering the arduous task of his own, it is better to be cautious.
Not long after he took office, his position as coach of the school team was not stable.
In this game, he can't roll over.
Soon, the group arrived at the competition venue of Jiangnan University.
Named after Canglan Gym, Canglan Arena.
In terms of scale, it is comparable to the Sichuan University Arena, but the atmosphere at this time is very lively, and the arena is filled with students from Jiangnan University.
Although it is a cruel competition, it is also a rare competition. For college students who are keen on various competitions, how can they miss it.
At this time, the camera lens in the arena was also focused on the center of the competition arena.
The "strongest" competition between the two colleges is about to begin!
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