The Rising Star Competition could be divided into three stages. The first stage was the promotion stage, in which all contestants had to climb the tower and reach Level 30 and gain 100 points to advance.
The second stage was now. It was the official start of the competition, which could also be called the semi-finals or the elimination stage.
The third stage was the final stage, which would determine the final ranking.
The semi-finals had reached its climax. There were more than 50 matches per day, and sometimes even more than 100 matches. Since there were so many matches, it was important for the audience to choose which matches to watch.
Normally, contestants would watch the matches of their potential opponents. The audience, on the other hand, would choose the matches based on their preferences or the contestants' fame.
But sometimes, there were exceptions, such as today's match.
[Gloom Light VS Philosopher's Book]
When buying tickets, some people noticed that the number of people who bought tickets skyrocketed as soon as the match was shown on the screen. Among the ten matches in the same stage, the number of people who watched the match instantly shot up to the second place.
This was the most popular match in the same stage, where both contestants were potential seeds.
Gloom Xili was strong and had performed well in recent matches. However, she was still a newcomer. Even if she had the strength of a potential seed, she was still not famous enough.
As for Philosopher's Book, it was even more puzzling. It was almost unknown.
Why did so many people want to watch a match like this?
Although they didn't know why, there were many people who followed the trend. When they bought tickets and arrived at the arena, they realized the reason. At this time, on the judging panel, there was a wizard with blonde hair and blue eyes who attracted everyone's attention.
It was Angor, who was known as Super Dimension.
Angor's popularity kept rising, which was why people were buying tickets to watch the matches.
"Did you hear that? Your fans are crazy about you, so they came here to buy tickets. But those who followed the trend only realized that it's because of you. Now they're starting to doubt how good the match is, "said a burly man. "Aren't you worried?" A stocky man moved closer to Angor and asked, "Aren't you worried?"
"What should I be worried about?" Angor looked at the man in confusion.
The man was "Mad Bear" Sabot, Mithra's student and the judge of this match. Apart from the special judges, Sabot was one of the rare wizard judges.
"For example, your popularity dropping? I thought it would be an exciting match, but it turned out to be a boring one. "
"I'm not a wizard from Rest Torch Academy. I don't need applause and attention to create something. Actually, I hope that you don't come alone. "
Angor paused a little and continued, "Besides, is this match really that boring? Not necessarily. "
Sabot was about to tease Angor again when he heard Angor talking about the competition. "What? You're looking forward to it?"
As he spoke, Sabot picked up a stack of documents. On it was a player ranking compiled by the resident judges. Unlike the rankings published by the public, this was internal information with some special comments and opinions.
Sabot said, "This girl named Xili is quite strong. She has the potential to become a supernova. However, he could tell from the first round of the qualifying matches that she admitted defeat on her own accord. There seemed to be some secret behind it. Some people speculate that he's hiding from someone. "
"As for you, Sailum. He's the reason you came, right? I heard that both of you joined Brute Cavern together? I think he has a Sage Body, which is quite good among level-2 apprentices. But he's a whole level weaker than Xili. Judging from his past experience, he has less than a 20% chance of winning. "
"You think a one-sided match like this is exciting?"
Angor did not deny Sabot's words. "I believe that the gap is too big. But it doesn't mean it's not exciting. "
"You mean John's Comeback?" Sabot asked.
John's Counterattack was a popular plot in the Southern Mountain Range. There was a kid named John in the story. Every time he encountered an unsolvable problem or an opponent that he couldn't defeat, he would recite a long monologue in his heart, making his blood boil. Then, when he faced another problem, he would somehow find a solution to it.
Later, John's Comeback became a joke, which referred to those who got carried away and thought they could defeat their opponents.
Angor only smiled and did not answer, leaving Sabot in suspense.
He did not know whether John could do it or not. But if Sailum really chose that path, Angor believed the match would not be too boring.
…
As the countdown on the screen reached the last ten seconds, the audience quieted down.
Both those who came for Angor and those who simply bought tickets had their eyes on the match, even though they did not think it was going to be interesting at all.
And they were right.
As soon as the match began, Sailum almost fell out of the ring.
Since the countdown timer was set, both contestants could predict the time and construct cantrip models in their mind spaces in advance to begin their first battle.
Generally speaking, the first cantrip was a good indicator of the contestant's attitude.
The first cantrip usually took a long time to prepare, so it was usually powerful enough. Those who chose to attack were those who were confident in their own strength. Those who chose to defend were either those who specialized in defense or those who thought they were in a passive position.
Xili chose to attack, while Sailum chose to defend. Sailum also knew that he was in a passive position, so he decided to play it safe.
Xili muttered "hope" to herself, but what she released from her hands was "despair".
Dark Strike. A level-3 cantrip. It was not a powerful one, but as long as the cantrip model was constructed, it could be cast faster than any other cantrip of the same class.
The speed of the spell was obvious from the beginning of the match.
Sailum had already constructed his cantrip in advance and cast it at the start of the countdown. It was almost the same as a cantrip with a spell slot. However, Xili's Dark Blast had already reached Sailum before his Dark Shield was fully formed. Although both spells could be cast in an instant, the speed of Dark Blast was faster than the speed of Sailum's Dark Shield.
Sailum was caught off guard and was hit by Dark Strike.
Although Dark Strike did not cause much damage to Sailum, the force of Dark Strike was continuous. Sailum was shot out of the ring by Dark Strike as if he was shot by an arrow.
At the critical moment when Sailum was about to hit the ground, a handsome man in a thin white shirt suddenly crawled out of the book in Sailum's hand. He flapped his pure white wings and wrapped Sailum up, bringing him out of the range of Dark Strike.
In the end, the man returned to the ring with Sailum, who was about to hit the ground.
Everyone in the audience was stunned. They had no idea where this winged man had come from. Some people who did not know the details even wondered if Sailum was cheating.
However, there were also people with sharp eyes in the audience. They soon realized that this winged man was not a real person, but a book spirit.
Just like a magic pet, a book spirit could be brought into the ring if it belonged to the contestant.
When they looked at the judges, none of them showed any reaction as if they were used to this. It was obvious that this winged man was in compliance with the rules.
This was very surprising. One had to know that spirits were very rare, and it was a book spirit that came out of a book.
Did the title "Philosopher's Book" refer to the book in his hand?
Also, he was from Brute Cavern. Did he have something to do with the "Elder of Books", who was said to be the most knowledgeable wizard in the southern wizarding region?
If it was really related to the Elder of Books, then this contestant might really be worth looking forward to.
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