There were many F-rank Pet Tamers who met the entry requirements, and even after a full day of efficient preliminary matches yesterday, the qualifiers had yet to conclude.
However, only a little over sixty contestants remained. At most, the preliminaries would be finished within an hour.
Qiao Sang arrived at Row 9 in Area C.
Bai Yunmiao had also signed up for this Hundred New Tournament and successfully made it through the preliminaries.
The two of them, both having passed the preliminaries, arranged to meet up.
"Genius Qiao, I asked around. The contestants who pass the preliminaries will have their order randomly shuffled on the big screen. Whoever gets paired together will be in the same group." Bai Yunmiao pointed at the screen above the arena.
Ever since learning Qiao Sang's name, Bai Yunmiao had called her Genius Qiao online.
Qiao Sang nodded. System-randomized matchups like this were common in all sorts of competitions.
"Why are you dressed so... prettily today?" Qiao Sang asked.
More accurately, she was dressed rather formally.
Bai Yunmiao sat there looking exceptionally ladylike, with full makeup and hair styling, a little black dress paired with bright-colored high heels. She looked as though she were headed to a banquet.
"Isn't it so I'll look better on camera? I watched yesterday's replay online. It was practically a death camera angle—it made me look so ugly. It didn't even capture a third of my beauty," Bai Yunmiao complained.
Indeed, livestream cameras without filters could sometimes be as merciless as demon-revealing mirrors.
Bai Yunmiao continued, "Besides, there are half as many contestants today. I think there's a high chance I'll get interviewed."
An interview...
Qiao Sang remembered what had just happened. Her heart clenched, and she no longer felt like speaking...
Inside the arena, Qiao Sang unexpectedly spotted