Although the opponents in the third round were slightly stronger than the opponents in the first two rounds, Aoki had improved a lot this time.
He still sent out the Swamp Monster. The opponent had obviously done some research on Aoki and knew that Aoki was the owner of the Water Dojo. Moreover, he had sent out the Swamp Monster and Mosquito Incense Lord, which confirmed that Aoki would send out a Water Sprite again. Therefore, the opponent prepared two Grass Sprites this time.
However, no matter how much he calculated, he never expected that Greenwood would be able to upgrade the Giant Swamp Monster to Elite rank in just a week.
Moreover, he often fought other Sprites that were more than ten levels higher than him.
Facing these two Sprites, although their attributes restrained him, their levels were much lower than his. Of course, there was not much pressure.
He was now using a few combination skills more and more smoothly.
Therefore, the third round of the battle ended quickly.
After the battle ended, Aoki did not return to the manor they rented in the suburbs of Destiny City with Daigo and the others.
He left behind a few mouths that were crying piteously for food.
Using King Dai's Instant Transmission, he went to Lizhi Lake and continued to explore the mysterious island.
Because the Sprites on the island were too strong, Aoki's exploration speed was unprecedentedly slow. Sometimes, when a stronger Sprite appeared, he would need to fight for several hours to finish it. Then, he would not be able to explore much in a day.
Moreover, more often than not, he might encounter more than one Sprite. In this case, running away was the best choice.
After entering the mysterious island this time, Aoki had learned his lesson. He carried a big backpack on his back and put a change of clothes, various potions, and compressed food in the backpack. Then, using King Dai's Instant Transmission, he placed the things in the tree hole that they had left behind.
In this way, at least some of Aoki's daily necessities and simple life safety could be guaranteed.
Then, with the tree hole as the center, he explored in all directions.
One thing was very good. That was, there were no particularly strong Sprite groups on the island. Wild Sprites mainly acted alone. Even if they appeared in groups, there would only be three Sprites at most.
Perhaps this was the restriction of this island. At most, three sprites could be grouped together.
Aoki began his journey of exploring the mysterious island once again. He was not in a hurry at all. Instead, he took things one step at a time.
After all, it was not like Neverland. There was no time limit, and no one would interfere with him.
The strength of the elves on this island was also quite powerful. Every step had to be taken with caution.
The improvement of an efficient sprite.
Aoki only had time to do this before the top 128 was decided. Once the top 128 was decided, Aoki wouldn't have so much time to train here.
The Mystical Alliance decided to speed up the competition.
...
Another week passed. During this period of time, other than participating in the fourth and fifth round of the competition, Aoki spent the rest of his time exploring the mysterious island.
It had to be said that the elves on this island were a little too strong.
After such a long time, Aoki had only explored less than a quarter of the island.
And this was after King Dai and the others had improved their strength. Aoki had also become a little bolder, and barely managed to explore so much. Until now, he still hadn't found out what the unknown totems wanted Aoki to do.
But on the last day, Aoki still had to leave because the top 128 of the Mystical Competition had all been decided.
Except for a few unlucky seeded contestants who met other seeded contestants in the fifth round, most of the seeded contestants from other regions had all entered the top 128.
Of course, with eight badges, there were also many contestants who won all the way to the top 128. This was still a large portion of the top 128.
After all, even if there were ten seeded contestants from each region, there were only fifty in total. The remaining seventy-eight contestants were all selected from the vast sea of people. These people were definitely not weak.
There were even many who hid part of their strength.
It was not that there were no such people.
For such a grand competition, without mentioning anything else, there were definitely many people from the underground forces who hid their identities to sneak in.
These people mainly hoped to shine in the Mystical Competition. It would be best if they could defeat a few seeded contestants and then be valued by the Alliance. Finally, they would climb to the top and become the spies planted by the various forces in the Alliance.
In the past, in many regional competitions, these organizations operated like this.
But this time, they had clearly underestimated the Alliance's determination.
The Rocket Team had finally quieted down, and the Alliance was finally starting to show their strength. The Alliance didn't care about the underground forces in some regions. These spies planted in the Alliance would only be caught and eliminated by the Alliance one by one.
That was to say, top underground forces like the Milky Way Team, Ocean Team, or Team Lava had to pay a huge price to raise the level of secrecy of these people to the same level as Aoki. Only then would it be possible.
But to be honest, to these underground forces, spending such a huge price wasn't worth it.
After all, not everyone could be like the Rocket Team, who had a huge amount of manpower, material, and financial resources. They couldn't care less about the acquisition or loss of a talent.
So this time, those who were prepared to plant spies in the Mystical Competition were small and medium-sized forces. They wanted to try their luck.
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This time, Aoki came out of the mysterious island wearing a new set of clothes. It was a brand new Alliance Investigator uniform.
It was still morning, very early. With the help of King Dai, Aoki rushed to Yuanzhi City. From this morning onwards, they would officially enter the top 128. Aoki didn't have time to go back last night, so he could only go back this morning.
When Aoki walked into the Fengyuan Alliance's private room, which he hadn't entered for a long time, everyone except him was already there.
There were a total of ten seeded contestants, and Fengyuan Alliance didn't lose a single one in the first five rounds.
So, the so-called random matchup was a complete lie.
In addition to the contestants, the Alliance also sent two higher-ups to supervise the competition, cheer them on, and act as a deterrent.
The Fengyuan Alliance sent Aoki's teacher, Yagyuu Gang. This time, he was the leader of the team, and he had the highest status and strength.
There was another person who was responsible for assisting Yagyuu Gang. He was a member of the Zivoki family, and he was also considered a mid-level executive in the Alliance.
Yagyuu Gang, who was standing in front of the window and watching the computer randomly match the contestants on the big screen, heard the door open. He knew that his disciple, who he was proud of, had returned.
"Fortunately, you made it in time. If you were late, even if you were a seeded contestant, you would be disqualified."
"Uh, something happened on the way. Teacher, why are you here? Don't you need to do experiments?" Aoki felt a headache when he heard Yagyuu Gang's voice. But as his disciple, what could he do?
Yagyuu Gang's status in the Alliance was getting higher and higher, and Yagyuu Gang had helped Aoki a lot. Yagyuu Gang had played a crucial role in Aoki's current status in the Fengyuan area.
Aoki also respected Yagyuu Gang very much. Even now, Aoki had obtained all his information.
For the sake of his disciple, Yagyuu Gang began to come into contact with the power levels and intrigue that he hated the most.
Yagyuu Gang's behavior touched Aoki.
Aoki was in the Rocket Team, but it didn't mean that he was completely cold-blooded.
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