165. Choosing the Players
How do we register?
After reading the system introduction, Wang Qianduo asked the guild members.
"Choosing the strongest Player from the guild for the Team Competition is undoubtedly the best choice, since it's for everyone to win the rewards!"
Individual Competition are a given; the real challenge now is Squad Competition.
In my personal opinion, this competition will basically become the format for the main tournament of future Professional League.
I suggest registering directly using the professional teams we've planned, then having guild Player form their own teams, and providing support to those who perform well..."
After Old Wang finished smelling it, the Sword of Miracles immediately gave his analysis.
Everyone agreed with his words, but since the original plan was for five-person teams, this competition required seven-person teams, so the specific team division still needed to be planned.
After discussion, they unanimously decided that the five members of Team One— Sword of Miracles, Song in the Clouds, Wang Qianduo, Xiao Hai, and Sister Hua— should remain unchanged.
Lin Qimeng and Fairy Jingzhe from Team Two joined Team One, forming the Future Guild's dream lineup.
Then Old Ma, along with the Yu Sisters and Night Owl, found three more experts from the guild to form a second team, including Beautiful Days, who obtained the Legendary Weapon.
Their team's strength should not be underestimated either; everyone felt that at least a top 100 finish was not a problem.
Once the two main teams are finalized, the other teams will depend on the preferences of the guild members; it doesn't even matter if you don't team up with guild members.
They had considered having Old Wang lead a pair of promising Player to the competition. The advantage of that was that if he won the championship, those Player would improve very quickly.
However, after some consideration, everyone decided to give up, fearing a potential accident.
Currently, anyone in the Future Guild can fail, but Old Wang cannot.
Once Old Wang falls, the Future Guild; those people are always watching them.
Once the team was finalized, everyone immediately signed up, and then they began to discuss the team members for the competition.
With a 500-person raid group, after deducting the positions of the top players recognized by the Future Guild members, there are still more than 400 positions to be filled.
Even including all signed players, there are still more than 300 spots available.
"Let's organize a guild event for the team, something like comparing damage or healing output," Lin Qimeng.
"Great idea!"
"Moreover, not only can we select people to participate in the competition, but we can also get a general understanding of the strength of everyone in the guild. Brilliant!"
"As expected of the President!"
Lin Qimeng: "... What's wrong with you all? Why are you all suddenly starting to flatter me?"
"President, you see, if there's an event, there should be rewards, right? Can we participate too?" Old Ma.
"Just tell me what you want?"
"We'd like to ask two big shots to help us modify our weapons!"
"Well... I'll go ask them for their opinions!" Lin Qimeng.
The bigwigs at the Central Research Institute aren't people you can command in the Future, so Lin Qimeng needs to ask for their opinions first.
"They both agreed, but there aren't many opportunities; they can only help three people, after all, their time is really precious."
"That's all I can do to help you. The rest is up to you!" Lin Qimeng.
"Long President!"
"The President is awesome!"
"The President is awesome!" Wang Qianduo exclaimed.
"Old Wang, what are you doing getting involved? What's it to you?" Lin Qimeng asked.
"Of course I want to upgrade my equipment too!"
"Get lost, there's no share for you!" the crowd shouted.
Old Wang: "You... you people, once the rabbit is caught, the hunting dog is cooked; once the millstone is no longer used, the donkey is killed!"
"Can you use a person to describe yourself? Why are you always comparing yourself to animals? Besides, if you go directly to those two big shots, do you think they'll refuse you?" Lin Qimeng said.
"Dealing with those two is stressful for me too!" Old Wang.
"It's nothing!"
"What a mess!"
"..."
"You wait!"
After giving Old Wang a good dressing down, the selection process was announced to all the guild Player.
The match is scheduled for tomorrow, giving everyone a day to prepare.
The next day
Old Wang and the others realized they had underestimated the enthusiasm of the guild Player; they never expected so many Player to sign up for the competition.
The Future Guild base will be built on their warships, which provides absolute security at this stage.
However, the downside is that everything except security is a disadvantage; the limited space makes expansion virtually impossible, a situation they cannot resolve.
The limited space meant they had fewer facilities, and even fewer places like the arena, which took up a lot of space.
If they select candidates little by little, they won't be able to finish by the time the competition officially starts, so the scene is a bit chaotic.
"Everyone, quiet down and listen to me!" Lin Qimeng shouted to the group from a high Future point.
She still held considerable authority; the moment she spoke, the entire Future Guild gradually fell silent.
"Everyone is so enthusiastic, we didn't expect so many people!"
This was our mistake, and we apologize to everyone. However, we have already come up with a selection plan.
In this way, our Thousand King Gamblers will go on stage in a moment, and all of you who have signed up, except for the support and healers, will take turns going up to attack him.
Player rank in the top 50 in damage for each element will advance to the next stage.
Opportunities to test your skills against Thousand King gambler are rare, so good luck everyone!
After Lin Qimeng finished speaking, the crowd below the stage started to murmur among themselves. This was a chance to make a name for themselves!
If I kill him instantly...
Of course, only a few people thought that way; the others just wanted to see how much damage they could deal.
With Wang Qianduo's defense and damage mitigation now being higher than those of a typical boss, trying to kill him instantly is just a pipe dream.
After Old Wang went up on stage, he stood in the center of the ring, looked at the crowd below with some emotion, and then said, "Who wants to go first?"
"I'll go!" As soon as Old Wang finished speaking, Yu Xiaoyu shouted first, and then controlled Heavy Hammer General to leap onto the arena.
Heavy Hammer General is a power-type lightning-attribute Mecha; it is a Mecha born for power.
He was covered in heavy purple armor, resembling an ancient, invincible general, and he also held Perfect heavy hammer given to him by the Sword of Miracles. The entire Mecha was majestic and awe-inspiring.
The lightning attribute is renowned for its offensive capabilities, and the power-type heavy hammer is the top-ranked weapon for single-target damage.
Seeing the Yu Xiaoyu gathering Thunderbolt power on the heavy hammer, Old Wang didn't dare to be careless and summoned the Lava Shield.
Not long after, Yu Xiaoyu leaped up, her heavy hammer flashing with Thunderbolt, and charged straight at Old Wang like a thunder god descending to earth.
The heavy hammer struck the Lava Shield, scattering lightning and shattering large sections of the arena. However, despite the violent vibrations, Old Wang's Lava Shield remained standing.
Critical Hit -1536, -1536
Two identical damage numbers appeared above Old Wang's head, one in blue and one in red.
The red indicator deducts Old Wang's health, which is also his shield value, while the blue indicator deducts his mana.
This was caused by the Lord of the Elements's passive ability, and it was precisely because of this passive ability that Old Wang's shield was not broken.
Otherwise, that attack would definitely have broken the shield.
Although Old Wang didn't retaliate, over 400 damage numbers still appeared above Yu Xiaoyu's head, which was his passive counter-damage.
"What is this?! My Thunderbolt Barrage Might can deal 5000 damage to a boss, but you only did 3000?" Yu Xiaoyu said unhappily, looking at her damage.
"You can already be proud that elemental damage can deal 3000 damage to me. No one in our guild can surpass you even by a hand!" Old Wang.
"Hmph!" Yu Xiaoyu ignored her completely, gave a haughty snort, and stepped off the stage.
After he went down, Old Ma immediately came up, but he used all his strength to deal 900 damage to Old Wang in one blow.
"Abnormal!"
Old Wang: "..."
He suspected that the man on stage was there just to insult him, but he had no proof.
After Old Ma stepped down, members of the Future Guild took to the stage one after another, and these people once again witnessed Old Wang's monstrous side.
Of all the members in the guild, less than 1,000 can deal triple-digit damage, and only Lin Qimeng and Xiao Hai can deal more damage than Yu Xiaoyu.
Even with legendary Legendary Equipment Ignore defense, Beautiful Days's damage output didn't surpass Yu Xiaoyu's; the damage bonus from his equipment skills was too low.
After the Player of each attribute were selected, everyone began to select participants through a tournament as planned, and 500 people were quickly finalized and registered.
Once the main team was decided, the others started forming their own teams. They could either get eliminated in the first round or get free system equipment—how could they miss such an opportunity?