Chapter 11 The Bloody Battle of Four Realms Begins

November 5th, midnight.

The s2 Re-Selection Round of the Peak Tournament—【Bloody Battle of Four Realms】, began on time.

The format of the Re-Selection Round was as Feng Bujue had predicted: a knockout tournament, and a single-elimination one at that.

Any team, no matter who, only needed to lose one match… and they would be saying goodbye to the competition.

This format was undoubtedly very cruel.

You should know that, among the 256 teams that entered the Re-Selection Round, the bottom 156 teams received no prizes at all. And in the first round of the Re-Selection Round, 128 teams would be eliminated.

This meant… that after the first round, all the eliminated teams that weren't in the top 100 of the Preliminaries, from the perspective of material rewards, were no different from those teams that failed to advance to the Re-Selection Round… they were all empty-handed.

But, that's competition…

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At midnight on this day, the Hell Front team had also pre-assembled and joined the match queue on time.

According to the rules, the match-ups for each round of the Re-Selection Round were announced sixteen hours before the match… that is, at eight o'clock in the morning of the previous day.

And Hell Front's opponent in this first round was—【Shidao Second Squad】.

Their match was one of the focal points of the first round, even arguably the most anticipated one.

There were three main reasons for this…

First, whether they were professional studios or casual players, everyone wanted to learn more about the strength of this mysterious Hell Front team.

Second, this match was the only clash between the top ten teams in the first round, namely a direct confrontation between the seventh and ninth-ranked teams in the Preliminaries.

Third, the Si Rui Group's promotional campaign had recently been launched. "Feng Bujue's" identity as a writer was known to more and more people and had become a hot topic… and his level of attention had reached an unprecedented height.

To sum it up… everyone wanted to know, just how strong are you guys? Can you beat a strong professional team? And… what crazy thing will that lunatic do in the match this time?

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【Feng Bujue, Level 50】

【Wang Tan Zhi, Level 50】

【Si Yu Ruo Li, Level 50】

【Bei Ling Xiao Gu, Level 50】

【Shi Shang Hua Jian, Level 50】

【Please select the game mode you want your team to join.】

【You have selected Peak Tournament s2 - Bloody Battle of Four Realms, please confirm.】

【Confirmed, please select the observers for this battle.】

【Confirmed, your team has entered the queue and is waiting for your opponent to be ready.】

【Match complete, coordinating neural connections, script generation in progress…】

【Loading begins, please wait.】

"The smoke of war has just settled, the blood is still warm, the bloody battle begins again, no one waits. All the stars gather in the four realms, heroic feelings soar beyond the nine heavens."

【Loading complete, welcome to Peak Tournament s2 - Bloody Battle of Four Realms.】

【This mode provides a script introduction and has a chance of appearing side hidden quests and special worldviews.】

【Script Victory Reward: Advance to the second round of the Re-Selection Round.】

【Script introduction will be played soon, the match will start immediately after the playback.】

Apart from the opening poem… oh no… the opening remarks being changed, the loading process for the Re-Selection Round was roughly the same as the Preliminaries.

The "Privacy Protection Option" no longer existed after the first few rounds of the Preliminaries, which also saved some steps.

It should also be noted here that… the rewards for the Preliminaries had already been distributed on November 1st. Considering that the teams still had the possibility of obtaining subsequent rewards (i.e., the prizes for the Re-Selection Round and the Finals), the physical prizes in the real world would be distributed uniformly after the Finals; as for the "New Version Experience Rights," they couldn't be used for the time being.

However, all the other rewards had already arrived on the day the leaderboards were announced…

Therefore, the five members of Hell Front had all received the lavish rewards of "Perfect Level Equipment *1," "Excellent Level Equipment *2," "Game Coins 1,000,000," and "Direct Level Up to Level 50."

Of course, the "Direct Level Up to Level 50" reward also had its advantages and disadvantages. It was fine for Ruoyu, Xiaoling, and Xiaotan, because all three of them had already leveled up to Level 49 in October; but… Huajian was only Level 44 before the direct level up. Although the direct level up saved her a lot of leveling time, her specializations, skills, and equipment configurations would obviously be somewhat out of sync.

In this case, Jue Ge was naturally not polite and invited her to the bench.

According to Jue Ge's judgment… it was relatively disadvantageous to send Huajian to the field, at least in this first match.

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Having talked about Hell Front, let's take a look at 【Shidao Second Squad】 in general.

The four members they fielded in this match were: 【San Yu Qiang Xi】 (Three Jade Assault), 【Shui Shi Qiang Xi】 (Water Show Assault), 【Chongsheng Wei Wang】 (Reborn as King), and 【Chuanyue Wei Wang】 (Transmigrate as King).

In terms of IDs, these four also upheld Shidao's consistent style, with all sorts of incomprehensible-yet-impressive and incomprehensible-and-not-impressive names.

As for the appearance of the four members… there wasn't much to introduce either. Four men with the same hairstyle, clothing, expressionless faces, and even similar builds.

However, in terms of the game characters' abilities, these four were very different. After all, Shidao's lineup was arranged by AI, and there wouldn't be much homogenization among teammates, so they could complement each other.

First of all, the captain 【San Yu Qiang Xi】 was a player who excelled in the Summoning specialization. He possessed two S-rank summoned creatures at the same time, and his own Fighting specialization was also remarkable. His apparent strength ranked in the top thirty of the personal player combat power list (now many first-line players have chosen not to display their names on the list, so some players who should have been ranked outside the top fifty have risen in the rankings), so he should not be underestimated.

Secondly, there was the vice-captain 【Shui Shi Qiang Xi】. This person was a master who specialized in the Shooting specialization, and his specialization was relatively one-sided; even so… he could still squeeze into the top fifty of the personal combat power list, and he was also a tough opponent.

Next, there was the team's strategist 【Chongsheng Wei Wang】, a support-type and intelligent character who was good at Healing and Spiritual Arts specializations. He would occasionally act as a substitute in the Preliminaries, and he didn't have many opportunities to perform in the main competition, but his basic functions were still relatively clear.

Finally, there was 【Chuanyue Wei Wang】, who excelled in the Fighting specialization. As the team's main combatant, an S-rank Fighting specialization was a must. His ranking in the top forty of the personal combat power list could also confirm his ability.

The above was the basic overview of 【Shidao Second Squad】.

Although it was the Second Squad, objectively speaking, their results in the Preliminaries were ranked above the First Squad. Moreover… the people of Shidao, even if they weren't very strong, would definitely not be weak.

Their ranking on the combat power list couldn't be fully believed either, because they used "drugs" and other cheating methods, so their actual combat power would inevitably be higher and more difficult to deal with than what could be statistically measured…

For Hell Front, this first match was already a serious challenge…