There wouldn't be a situation where an escort agency would be purposely targeted. The five escort agencies would at most make some minor adjustments to their strategy and wouldn't specifically target one agency.
Thus, everyone turned a blind eye to it and acted as though it was nothing out of the ordinary. As one of the five escort agencies, they had some privileges. In the South Continent Sea where the strong preyed on the weak, it was already rare to be able to achieve such a level of fairness. No one was stupid enough to ask for so-called true fairness.
After waiting for a while, Qi Mingyuan finally saw the name list of the Dragon Boat Escort Agency. He shook his head at Qi Wenhan, indicating that he didn't see Wu Bao Liang. Only then did Qi Wenhan hand in the eight name list that he had prepared in advance.
Soon after, the representatives of the other five major escort agencies submitted their name lists. Compared to the newly promoted Heaven's Equal Escort Agency, they were clearly more experienced in the way they did things.
Qi Wenhan was waiting for the Dragon Boat Escort Agency's name list while they were waiting for the Heaven's Equal Escort Agency's name list. The biggest competitor of the five escort agencies had always been each other. The threat that the other agencies posed to them was far from their own.
After the 32 escort agencies submitted their name lists, Zhao Bufan represented the judging team and gathered all the people in charge of the escort agencies together. Under everyone's supervision, they started to draw lots in front of everyone.
Since ancient times, in any form of competition, the drawing of lots had always been the segment where dirty tricks were most likely to occur. It was also the segment where it was most likely to be manipulated under the table. Therefore, everyone paid particular attention to it and paid particular attention to it.
As a result, not only were the judges from the five escort agencies watching the entire drawing process, but there were also the other powers that were invited to watch. Under the supervision of so many experts, if there was anyone who could play dirty tricks, that person would have to be as heaven-defying as Lin Yi.
Very quickly. Under everyone's gaze, the results of the drawing were announced. Not mentioning the other escort agencies, at least the Heaven's Equal Escort Agency's draw wasn't too bad.
After two draws, the opponent for the escort battle was the Horse Escort Agency while the opponent for the escort robbery battle was Yongxing Escort Agency.
What was worth rejoicing was that both the Horse Escort Agency and Yongxing Escort Agency weren't part of the five escort agencies. They were not part of the top five escort agencies. Not now, not in the past. Therefore, in terms of overall strength, it was obvious that the Equal of Heaven Escort Agency was stronger.
However, Qi Wenhan wasn't the least bit happy about the result of the draw. Although the strength of these two escort agencies couldn't compare to the five major escort agencies, they were definitely not weak. In the last South Continent Escort Agency Festival, these two companies ranked 11th and 13th respectively.
Moreover, the strength of these two escort agencies was very stable. Not only in the previous Grand Assembly, but also in the previous Grand Assemblies. In other words, among all the 32 escort agencies, although the Noon Horse Escort Agency and Yong Xing Escort Agency weren't the best, they were still the best. But it was completely worthy of the above average evaluation.
More importantly, they were different from the Heaven's Equal Escort Agency. In order to deal with the upcoming main event, Qi Wenhan still had to consider conserving his strength in case he ran out of stamina. However, neither the Noon Horse Escort Agency nor the Yong Xing Escort Agency had such thoughts. Their typical strategy was to fight to the death with all their might in every match and would never deliberately conserve their strength.
To them, the throne of the top five escort agencies was an unattainable dream. Their most realistic goal was to maintain their ranking. It was already a great success to be able to squeeze into the top ten this time. Their previous rankings were obtained by fighting to the death with others. This time, they naturally had to fight to the death.
Therefore, these two agencies were definitely very hard to deal with. It was no wonder that Qi Wenhan was frowning. This was the first time he had led a team to participate in the South Continent Escort Agency Festival. If they got off to a bad start and failed miserably at the beginning, they would really be too ashamed to face others.
"Don't be nervous. We are the stronger side. There will be no problem as long as we perform as we normally do. They should be the ones who should be nervous." Lin Yi patted Qi Wenhan's shoulder and comforted him.
"Brother Ling is right. I was blinded by the situation." Qi Wenhan instantly broke out in a cold sweat. He turned his head to look at the group of escorts who were all focused on him, and nodded gratefully at Lin Yi.
The general was the soldier's courage. The war had yet to officially begin, and if even he, the young master, was thrown into disarray, the impact on everyone's morale could be imagined. If he allowed this panic to spread, it was possible that the army would really be defeated like a collapsing mountain.
Lin Yi smiled. He did not care too much about the results of the Heaven's Equal Escort Agency. However, he would not just stand by and watch Qi Wenhan and the others commit such a low-level mistake. Even if it was just for the sake of their friendship, he still wanted the Heaven's Equal Escort Agency to maintain its position as one of the top five escort agencies. Otherwise, as the powerful trump card of the Qi father and son, Lin Yi would lose face.
Looking at the match-ups announced on the huge notice board, the escorts of the thirty-two escort agencies all rubbed their hands in glee. Finally, under the announcement of the judging panel, they all lined up and marched into their respective competition grounds.
For every escort agency, there were two matches in the first round of the competition. One was to guard the escorts, and the other was to snatch the escorts. There was no time to adjust between the two matches, and they would start at the same time.
In the huge Magic Cold Square, the thirty-two escort agencies each occupied a space. In the center of each space, there was a treasure chest that had been prepared beforehand. This was their escorts' escorts, and it could also be said that this was their arena.
Eight escorts would fight. Four of them would be tasked with guarding their escorts' escorts and their arena, while the other four would be tasked with snatching the escorts from the opposing agency's arena.
The judging panel gave the order, and the thirty-two matches of the first round began at the same time. In thirty-two arenas, two hundred and fifty-six Golden Core stage escorts began to fight. The atmosphere in the square was instantly pushed to its peak, and deafening cheers and shouts soared into the sky.
The escorts in the arena were either attacking, defending, confronting each other, or cruising around. Everyone was as if they were facing a formidable enemy, and none of them dared to let their guard down. At this moment, the people who were the busiest were not the escorts, but the people in charge of the various escort agencies.
Qi Wenhan, for example, could not attend to both matches at the same time because they were held in two different arenas. In the end, he had no choice but to seek help from Steward Song, asking him to supervise the other escort robbery match.
Steward Song's position in the Equal of Heaven Escort Agency was not inferior to Qi Wenhan's. With him supervising the match, the escorts did not dare to be negligent. However, in the face of Qi Wenhan's request for help, Steward Song shook his head mysteriously and pointed at Lin Yi.
That's right! Qi Wenhan finally reacted, and he secretly praised Uncle Song's brilliance! How far-sighted!
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