Chapter 176: The nd round of the competition begins, the spirit of never giving up! (Two in one, two more please subscribe)

The rules for the round of 32 have also been announced.

The team was divided into four groups, each with eight people, and then the group stage began. Two of the groups were played at No. 1 Middle School, and the other two groups were played at No. 2 Middle School and No. 4 Middle School respectively.

The group stage is a points-based competition, with one point for a win and no points for a loss. The top two teams in terms of points will advance. If there is a tie in the end, the victory or defeat between the two teams will be the deciding factor.

The grouping was also completed yesterday.

Because a total of nine people entered the top 32 with all wins, the nine people are seeded players, and eight of the nine people are paired in each group.

As the only one who won all the games and scored full marks in the martial arts test, Ye Ning was separated and automatically joined the first group.

Ye Ning's group is in No. 1 Middle School.

As for the members of the group, unfortunately, both Jin Bi and Han Meimei are there, which means that even in the best case scenario, one of the friends will be eliminated.

But judging from the situation within the group, there is a high probability that both of them will be eliminated.

Because the senior apprentice from No. 2 Middle School was also among them, as well as a seeded player from No. 4 Middle School and a player from No. 2 Middle School who had advanced with three wins.

But there is also good news. After all, with him around, Ye Ning can "avenge" Zhu Yu.

Of course, the matches between students are all friendly matches, and basically they stop at a certain point. It is a bit of an exaggeration to say that they are revenge matches.

After all, it can't reach the level of hatred.

But as a student, it can be said that I can vent my anger.

In short, because Ye Ning joined and became a three-seed player, and there was also a popular player like the high-level apprentice from No. 2 Middle School, this first group was directly called the death group by everyone.

No one has any doubts about Ye Ning's advancement at the moment. The quality of his summoning cards and his performance that day when he used a special equipment card to resist the enhanced battle card master with his physical body make everyone feel difficult.

But there is more controversy about the second player who advanced.

Some people think it is the senior apprentice from No. 2 Middle School, after all, his level is there.

Some people think it is the other two seeded players.

Some people even support gold coins. After all, this guy's [God's Skeleton Construction Technique] that is similar to Susanoo looks really cool and is indeed very powerful.

The main reason was that the performance of the senior apprentice from the second middle school was somewhat disappointing compared to the senior apprentices from the fourth middle school.

It's clearly already a four-star Vortex but it can only summon three cards at the moment, and the cards themselves aren't that strong.

Even those three cards don’t have any special customized cards, they are all ordinary original cards.

However, those who support him think that he hid his strength when fighting against the fourth high-level apprentice because the summoning flow was originally at a disadvantage against the strengthening flow in the early stage.

Regarding this point, Ye Ning actually thinks it makes sense.

Although it is true that there are very few summoning battle card masters who can control four summoning cards at the same time in the advanced apprentice stage due to the limitation of mental power, after all, if they have that mental power, they will most likely be able to reach the threshold of a card maker. It is very rare to become a battle card master instead of a version answer card maker.

But it’s a bit too much that all three summoning cards are original cards.

Even if this student's family conditions are average and he can't get any high-end cards, doesn't he have a school?
As the strongest student in his grade, the school would definitely make additional investments in him.

However, for Ye Ning, whether he hides it or not, it actually has no effect on him.

If it is the one who plays the strengthening flow, Ye Ning may need to guard against the opponent's direct theft of the home. It can be said that the card [Ruyi Jingu Bang] was really made in advance by himself because of him.

But there is no need to worry about the summoning flow.

As the quality of summoning cards does not differ much, Ye Ning has enough confidence in his own summoning cards.

Moreover, Ye Ning had tried it before. With his current mental strength, he could even summon the [Seven Fairies of Pansi] to fight without the need for a mental amplifier!
Although the mental strength may be under certain pressure at that time, it is not a big problem.

Do you understand the suppression power of the Thousand-Eyed Taoist Priest with the third-order peak strength brought by [Senior Brother, Save Me!]?
When Ye Ning brought the little guy to school, he saw Jin Bi, Zhu Yu and Zhen Hao in the classroom.

Zhen Hao is in the second group, so he is naturally in school too.

Of course, Li Qingqing, who was assigned to the second group like Zhen Hao, was also in school, but her home was a little far away and she was not yet at school.

"Brother Ning is here. By the way, you have to beat up the guy who eliminated Zhu Yu!" As soon as Jin Bi saw Ye Ning, he immediately started to instigate him to avenge Zhu Yu.

"I will definitely fight, but don't even think about beating him hard. After all, this is just a unified examination. I'll just have to stop when I'm done. I may not have done anything to him yet, but the teacher has already decided the winner." Ye Ning went to his seat and sat down.

"Huh? Brother Ye Ning, is that little guy on your shoulder the big rat in the Dinosaur Canyon that day?" Looking at the little guy on Ye Ning's shoulder, Zhu Yu's eyes lit up and he instantly forgot about being eliminated.

No girl can resist the charm of cute things, and Zhu Yu is no exception.

After hearing what Zhu Yu said, Ye Ning rubbed the little guy's head and said, "What big rat? Can you be a little more cultured? It's obviously a hamster. Its name is Taxue.

Walking on the snow, saying hello to my friends. "

[friend?]
The little guy tilted his head. He was a little unfamiliar with the word "friend" at first, but when he felt that everyone had no ill intentions, he roughly understood what it meant.

So it raised its little paws and waved its hands, imitating the way several people greeted Ye Ning when he came in.

"How cute!" Even Jin Bi and Zhen Hao were a little surprised.

This little guy looks so smart.

"Why do I feel like this little thing is very intelligent? Those big dogs of mine are obviously spiritual animals, but they are so stupid."

A few big spiritual beasts and dogs?
Good, good, good, you are worthy of being the young master of the Zhen family. Canine spirit beasts are an extremely scarce species of spirit beasts, and he has them in plural.

“Don’t underestimate this little guy. After being influenced by the Origin Core, it is now a real spiritual beast.” Ye Ning did not tell the little guy about the contract he had signed.

"Wow, a spiritual beast! What a pity, this little guy is too small and doesn't have much meat." Gold Coin said with a chuckle.

Of course, he was just joking, but he still got the cold shoulder from others.

Such a cute little hamster actually thinks about eating. No wonder this guy seems to have grown in size recently.

"Okay, it's getting late. The game is about to start, and Qingqing seems to have arrived too. Let's go." Ye Ning said after looking at his phone.

"GOGOGO!" Although he was almost destined to be eliminated, Jinbi still had a good mentality.

When she met Li Qingqing, she was naturally attracted to the little guy at first.

Then the beautiful photo of the little guy walking on the snow appeared in the group, and immediately received several "!"s.

After that, a heated discussion broke out in the small group, and the little guy was forced to participate, and Li Qingqing took a lot of photos of him.

Naturally, everyone else also knew that the little guy had become a spirit beast.

Of course, he didn’t mention anything about the contract between him and the little guy, and he only said that the reason why the little guy was so close to him was because of the origin core.

According to my uncle, it is not appropriate to spread the news that spirit beasts can sign contracts. Originally, because they were regarded as high-end ingredients, the number of spirit beasts has been hit hard. Now many spirit beast meat products on the market use impure spirit beasts that are semi-artificially bred (Note: semi-artificial means creating a special environment to increase the possibility of spirit beasts appearing, and even if they cannot become spirit beasts, livestock raised in such an environment are also good ingredients).

Once the news spreads that they can still provide assistance to humans as contracted entities, the number of spirit beasts will be drastically reduced.

But for a world, too few wild spiritual beasts may very likely lead to a crisis of decreased spiritual energy concentration.

Of course, another important reason is that contracting a spirit beast is a matter of pure coincidence. Once you know it in advance, it is easy to become utilitarian, which will greatly reduce the possibility of signing a contract.

You should know that the lower the level of the spirit beast that signs the contract, and the smaller the gap in strength between it and the card master, the higher the possibility.

Once a spirit beast reaches the second level, it will be difficult to sign a contract with humans.

In other words, the apprentice level is the most suitable and easiest level for a card master to sign a contract with a spirit beast.

There is still some possibility if you reach the Starlight Realm, but there is really no hope if you go higher.

With the power of the Zhen family, it is impossible that no one in his family knows about this, but from the look of Zhen Hao, he seems to be unclear about this matter.

Obviously, the dog-shaped spirit beasts in his home were probably prepared by his family in an attempt to get him to sign a contract.

They chatted for a while, and the little guy was posed in various poses for some photos. Then the competition was finally about to begin.

The [Battle Arena] card is activated again.

But this time it’s not [Battle Arena·Ten], but two [Battle Arena·Four], one for the first group and one for the second group.

After encouraging each other, they entered the ring one by one.

Naturally, the little guy is not suitable to be brought along. Spirit beasts are external objects, and Ye Ning can't directly say that this is a spirit beast that has completed a contract with him.

So he entrusted the little guy to Zhu Yu.

Zhu Yu must have agreed happily, but Ye Ning had to explain for a long time before the little guy understood that he was going to a competition. Although it was also a fight, it was not such an intense fight where life and death were at stake.

After giving the instructions, Ye Ning stepped into the fighting arena.

Under the guidance of volunteers, who were also students from his own No. 1 Middle School, Ye Ning entered one of the arenas.

There was already a student waiting on the stage.

He was wearing a school uniform, and judging by the style, he was a student of No. 4 Middle School.

It seems that he is not the senior apprentice from No. 2 Middle School.

The man opposite saw Ye Ning and smiled bitterly.

Wow, we meet the number one seed right at the start, right?

Of course, although I feel a little helpless, I don’t have any other feelings.

After all, the group stage is a points competition, and all opponents will be played in the end anyway. The moment he was assigned to the first group and saw the roster, he had actually despaired once.

But even if we can't win, we still have to fight!

As a student, it’s okay to lose once in a while. Only if you are not afraid of losing will you have a chance to win!
This is a sentence their teacher often says.

Ye Ning didn't know about the little drama going on in the other party's mind, but when he went on stage, he found that the expression on the other party's face changed several times, and finally he was a little surprised when he began to show a strong fighting spirit.

Good man, you are just cheering yourself up, right?

However, Ye Ning actually doesn't hate such people.

After all, even if you know you can't win, that's not a reason to give up.

How can you know the gap if you don’t try it?
If we can choose to admit defeat in this kind of competition organized by the school because we have no chance of winning, then what should we do if we cannot admit defeat in the "competitions" in future life?

Therefore, Ye Ning’s goal is to charge forward as much as he can when there are people protecting him. Winning or losing is a form of training.

Only in this way can you rush further and fly higher after breaking away from protection!

His goal is the highest peak, and he cannot afford to fall halfway.

"Students from both sides, get ready. The battle is about to begin."

Following the teacher's instructions, Ye Ning and the other party began to prepare.

Then, the moment the teacher announces the start of the battle, activate the cards at the same time!
Ye Ning naturally opens with [White Bone Lady]!
Almost at the moment when the [White Bone Lady] appeared, a large number of skeletons began to appear around her.

[Skeleton Control]!
This is the dual [Skeleton Control] that he and [White Bone Lady] use together!
Skeleton puppets of different sizes were assembled on the ring and then launched an attack directly towards the opposite side.

When facing a serious person, Ye Ning naturally responds seriously!
He was no longer casual or pretentious as before, but was truly in combat mode.

Although he only summoned a card, [Lady of Bones], he still did not activate the demonization of his avatar.

But at this moment, Ye Ning's state basically represents Ye Ning's strongest normal combat mode when using the single card [White Bone Lady].

At this moment, looking at the dozens of skeleton puppets and the beautiful woman sitting directly on the shoulder of the oversized skeleton puppet, the student opposite had a determined look on his face.

Is it strong?

Very strong!

Can you beat him?

Can't beat it!
But, never give up!

There are also two summoning cards in front of him.

There are two pretty good cards. One of them is based on the [Spirit Monkey] card distributed at the beginning of school, and then the [Fire Ape General] was made by someone hired by the school using materials provided by the school.

Another one is that my family gritted their teeth and bought me a very popular [Flame Rhino] in the market.

With a thought, he immediately controlled [Fire Ape General] to ride on [Flame Rhino].

Riding status!
This is one of the reasons why [Flame Rhino] is so popular.

In the early stages of battle card masters, the mental strength is sometimes difficult to support too many summoning cards. However, if two cards are kept in a riding state, the mental strength requirements can be greatly reduced.

Once his mental strength is slightly freed up, it naturally means that he will be able to use other cards.

Then, a card that was previously a hole card appeared in his hand.

This was the combo he specially prepared for the top 32, but he didn't expect to meet Ye Ning in the first match. Although I am destined to lose, I will let you see how powerful I am!

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