Chapter 708 Special Competition

Chapter 708 Special Competition

Chapter 708 Special Competition
"Hey, Natsu, you're full of energy, it's a pity that you're just a reserve."

"Natsu is right, we must win the first game and let them see how powerful we are!"

"Fairy Tail will win!"

"..."

Following Natsu's words, everyone in the guild began to chime in, some were full of fighting spirit while others spoke in a relaxed tone, not wanting to put pressure on the players.

Guild Master Makarov sat on the fence of the stands, looking serious, "Wait for the rules to be announced. We have two teams, and we will definitely get a good place."

Natsu clenched his fists, his expression excited, his eyes full of fighting spirit, "Damn it, I really wanted to compete, but it's a pity I wasn't selected."

As he said that, he looked at Lu Li who was standing in the front row, "Brother Lu is so strong. After the Great Demon Fighting Martial Arts Show is over, I will definitely challenge you again."

Lu Li, who was called, looked back at Natsu and smiled, "Then you must become stronger. I'll be waiting."

Because the explorers are inserted into this world midway, they all have pre-set settings.

When they were playing the preliminaries at the outpost, the Grand Demon Fighting Show here was also a preliminaries. According to the settings, they had decided on the candidates for the competition within the guild before the preliminaries.

The way to decide the candidates is naturally Fairy Tail's usual nonsensical style. In the setting, they fought a lot before deciding on the strongest lineup.

Natsu's performance was seriously affected by his emotions, so he was not good at civil wars and his performance was unstable, so he was not selected.

The only native of the original world in Lu Li's group of five is the Fairy Queen Erza, while the native in Team B is the Thunder Dragon's Dragon Slayer Mage Lacusas.

"I really want to play. I'm a backup. Let me play..."

Natsu walked to the front and approached Lu Li with a sunny smile on his face.

But before he could finish his words, Lucy behind him hit him on the head, "Natsu, the backup is usually replaced after the person in front is injured. Do you want your partner to get hurt?"

"That's not what I meant, but..."

Natsu was hit on the head by Lucy, and it was difficult for him to fight back in such a daily scene.

"Natsu, be quiet, the rules are about to be announced."

At this moment, Erza, who was wearing armor and had her arms crossed over her chest, glanced at Natsu, making Natsu suddenly silent.

In the center of the arena of the Great Demon Fighting Competition, a referee with a pumpkin head entered and used some kind of flying magic to loudly announce the rules of this round to everyone.

Seeing this pumpkin, all explorers focused their attention on him and used their own reconnaissance methods.

In Lu Li's view, this pumpkin is not the king of this country in disguise, but simply an empty shell. Obviously, the more important purpose of this great magic battle is to serve as a competition stage for the nine spaces.

In order to facilitate the nine spaces to formulate rules, the referees and commentators of the Great Demon Fighting Show are all from Lingxu Palace.

Looking at the top of the commentary seat, you can see that the commentators sitting there are not the former commentators Yajima and Chapati Lola who were specially invited in the original work, but two unfamiliar faces to explorers.

There are two people, one man and one woman. Their clothes and appearance are not realistic at all, which is out of tune with this world. The man is wearing a close-fitting mecha, leaving only his face exposed, and the woman is wearing an ancient-style gauze long dress. No matter who they are, they don't match the style here.

But the audience and the strong men from many guilds did not think there was anything wrong. When the two introduced themselves and mentioned that they were XX identities in this world, they all seemed very familiar with them.

All I can say is that the power of space is too strong. After forcibly inserting the characters, everyone feels there is no sense of disobedience.

"The Great Demon Fighting Martial Arts Competition is now officially underway. The first round of special competitions is called Secrets."

The pumpkin referee was introducing the rules in the arena. At the same time, a magical city appeared in the center of the arena, which was dozens of times larger than the one in the original book.

His voice continued to echo around the stadium. At the same time, in order to allow every spectator to see what was happening in the game, a magical broadcast screen was raised at the edge of the stands.

"The specific rules are that each guild sends one player to enter the magic city. Within a limited time, they must find and attack seven other opponents. If they successfully attack a real person, they will receive +1P. If they attack a fake person, they will receive -1P. If they are attacked, they will be randomly teleported to a new place and start over."

The Pumpkin Judge continued, "By the way, after confirming the contestants, the Magic City will generate corresponding copies. The dummies are very difficult to distinguish."

After hearing the Pumpkin Referee read out the rules, the natives of the Fairy Tail world were in an uproar, while the explorers were thoughtful.

They are clear about the rules and know who won the game in the original novel, but why didn't Lingxu Palace change the rules?

Is it that Lingxu Palace is too lazy to formulate new rules, and all special competitions in the next five days will be the same as in the original work, or will Lingxu Palace formulate new rules depending on the situation?

The referee did not give the teams too much time to think. After he read out the rules, each explorer received a stage-by-stage competition task.

[Competitive Mission: Secret]

Mission content: In the secret competition, try to get higher scores and ensure that the team ranks in the forefront.

Mission difficulty: Easy ~ Must die
Mission Rewards: In this round of competition, the points obtained in each link will be converted into the pioneer's personal points (with the bonus of economic terms)
Failure penalty: Personal score -5
After seeing his personal mission, Lu Li suddenly realized that the rules were indeed the same as in the original book on the surface, but the rules for explorers were different in secret.

Because for the guild, the special competition is scored based on ranking: first place 10 points, second place 8 points, third place 6 points, fourth place 4 points, fifth place 3 points, sixth place 2 points, seventh place 1 point, and eighth place 0 points.

In other words, no matter how many points a contestant can get individually in this round of competition, the guild's maximum score will only be 10 points.

On the other hand, if you are able to secure first place, you can get a lot of personal points.

Lu Li's team has a 100% 'economic bonus'. If he scores 10 points in the game, minus the 3 points given to the pendant, the remaining 7 points will be amplified, and he will get 14 personal points, which is equivalent to 14 inheritance crystals.

After figuring out the key, Lu Li no longer had any tentative intentions and directly held down Natsu, the hot-blooded young man who was clamoring to fight.

"I'll take the first battle."

Lu Li said, causing Gray, who originally wanted to challenge for a fight, to hold back his words.

Since players from the official team have volunteered to join, the backup team will naturally have to take the back seat.

"Lu Li, I remember that you are a composite magician. Gray is good at modeling magic, which is quite suitable for the rules of this game. Would you like to consider letting him play?"

Erza asked as she was standing next to Lu Li. From her perspective, Lu Li was a partner who protected the guild during their absence and was trustworthy.

But she was not very clear about Lu Li's specific strength and magic methods. On the contrary, she had fought Gray since he was a child, and she was very clear about the refinement of Gray's modeling magic. She should be able to make a relatively perfect dummy to deceive the opponent. "No, you have to have some confidence in me."

Lu Li said with a smile, glancing at the other explorers outside the arena. He found that everyone was eager to try the first battle and wanted to score points in this battle. Almost all of them sent out the strongest in their team, or the explorer who was best at hide-and-seek.

In this situation, he didn't want to fail. After all, the total score involved his personal income, so he didn't plan to let others take part.

"Gray, even Erza said so, so let's just believe Brother Lu!"

Natsu said with a bright smile, "Brother Lu, you have to win!"

Other people in the guild also cheered Lu Li up, and the atmosphere was very friendly, especially those who had been protected by Lu Li for two years in the setting, who looked at Lu Li with full trust.

Obviously, in these people's impressions, Lu Li is extremely powerful.

"Brother Lu, that family doesn't seem to have moved."

The demon spirit whispered a reminder that she was referring to the Valkyrie's team, and the people sent out did not seem to be the Valkyrie herself, but Mandragora.

"She can sit still, but I can't."

As Lu Li spoke, he took a step out from the stands and appeared in the stadium as if teleporting.

He didn't know what the Valkyrie was planning, whether she was not interested in this kind of competition or was just not good at it, but Lu Li was ready to do it himself.

Anyway, he considers himself a poor man and will not miss any opportunity to make money. Besides, he also needs to find a chance to stack the passive ability of the Fashion King.

After entering the world, Lu Li discovered that his words and actions could trigger an increase in his fashion value score, so his title could be updated to the next level.

If you can stack more titles, it will also help improve your combat power.

Lu Li just saw that the team the Valkyrie was in had one economic attribute, and the other two were all combat power.

Lu Li had no idea what the other party was thinking. It was possible that they formed the team in this way because they considered balance.

However, he felt that if he did not stack the title of King of Fashion, if the opponent had three combat power entries, he would be at a disadvantage in the fight, and that would not be satisfying.

Soon, all the players were in position, and each guild's eyes were fixed on their own contestants, and there were constant cheers from the audience.

Lu Li took a look and found that there were many familiar faces among the members participating in the battle, including Mandragora, My Big Stick is a Little Thick, Gorilla Fire, and the 'Silk Stocking Milk Tea' from Hongmeng Space. It was obvious that they wanted to win the first battle and get some points.

"All contestants are in place. Now, the first round of special competition begins!"

The Pumpkin Referee announced loudly, and the next moment, white light lit up in the city, teleporting all the members apart.

Lu Li tried to resist with his own spatial abilities, but found that the teleportation properties of this white light were similar to the power that teleported explorers into the world, and he could not contend with it at all.

It can be seen that this great magic battle performance was completely controlled by the nine spaces and Lingxu Palace. This city was not built by the magic of this world at all, but was the work of Lingxu Palace.

Lu Li glanced at the surrounding environment. He was teleported to the east of the city. There were dummies of himself and the explorers everywhere. The dummies were lifelike and were far from the ones in the original book who only had the same appearance.

Other explorers also quickly discovered this, because the aura emitted by these dummies is exactly the same as that of real people. Even if you use reconnaissance skills to observe, you will find that the attributes seen in the field of vision are the same as those of real people.

Not only that, these dummies can move, they don't just stand there motionless. Their expressions and movements are exactly the same as real people, and they can even use some of their own abilities to attack.

In an instant, the whole city was in chaos, the fake people started fighting with each other, and it was impossible to tell who was real and who was fake.

In the stands, the audience became excited when they saw this scene. They didn’t expect that the first special competition of the Grand Demon Fighting Show would be so interesting and exciting.

"How on earth can this kind of magic be done!?"

In the direction of Fairy Tail, Gray looked at the dummies in the city with a shocked expression, "Modeling magic, can it do something like this?"

"How amazing! The organizer of the Great Demon Fighting Martial Arts Show actually mastered such amazing magic..."

Lucy was also amazed, "These dummies can move and have impressive magical powers. How can we tell them apart?"

"Mr. Lu is in a bit of trouble this time. He seems to be best at swordsmanship, but facing so many dummies, I don't know how many points he will lose with one chop."

Mirajane also frowned slightly in the stands. She was an S-class magician of Fairy Tail, so she naturally had a good eye and knew that this kind of magic was very difficult to deal with.

"Not only can we not attack at will, but we also have to dodge attacks from other contestants, including the dummies. Isn't this competition too difficult?"

Lucy said worriedly, "Is Mr. Lu really okay?"

"Lucy!"

At this time, Natsu spoke up, his expression serious, and his eyes looking at the arena were full of trust, "You have to believe in your partners! Brother Lu will definitely win!"

Listening to the conversation of everyone in the Fairy Tail Guild, Black Lily and the others felt a little nervous, and inexplicably recalled the innocence they once had.

"Don't worry, since Mr. Lu knows the rules and is still entering, he is sure to win."

Black Lily spoke up and said that the three of them were Lu Li's accessories, and their identities were set very hastily.

In Fairy Tail, they are similar to the Raijin group of Lacusas's personal guards. They belong to Lu Li's personal guards. They disappeared and returned with Lu Li before, and this time they have strongly won the qualification to participate in the official competition.

In the setting, they all won their spots by defeating Gray, Natsu, Lucy and others in competition, and everyone in the guild was quite convinced.

"Look at the big screen, someone is already losing points very quickly!"

The happy sitting on Natsu's shoulder raised his cat paw and pointed at the big screen in the sky. At this time, the scores on the big screen were refreshing quickly, but no one was scoring, all were losing points.

The referee obviously did not give a particularly detailed introduction to the special features of the dummies in this level. Even for the battle-hardened space elites, facing so many dummies, it would be difficult to know whether to fight or not to fight.

If they are attacked by the dummies, they will also lose points!

(End of this chapter)