As long as enough people embarrass themselves, he won't be the most embarrassed one!
*
During the live broadcast of the competition, the total number of participants in the arena experienced a peak of shrinking rankings, dropping below 500, before slowly decreasing again.
The top 500 in the Freshman League are the absolute elite among the freshmen, attracting a great deal of attention.
Even for the top players on the field, eliminating the remaining elites still requires considerable effort.
After all, those Awakened all have their own areas of expertise. If they encounter a top-tier opponent, wouldn't they run away even if they know they can't win?
On the field, Wen Jing, who had eliminated Keluо, had already started moving again.
Viewers from a third-person perspective saw Wen Jing encounter many contestants along the way. She didn't attack the ordinary elites, but instead launched sneak attacks on every top contestant.
Wen Jing uses the same tactics against everyone.
Strike once and retreat immediately; never be greedy for a strike.
Some people, like Keluо, were instantly killed by her, while others had their own trump cards and managed to hold on.
"Who? Mo Lan?"
" Mo Lan, are you crazy? Why are you attacking me at this time?"
"This move still can't kill me!"
Needless to say, those who were instantly killed, as well as the other surviving contestants, could only see a blurry figure disappear under Wen Jing's calculated attack.
Just like when Keluо was attacked by the invisible ones, the blame was being placed on Mo Lan was operating in other areas.
Many people know that she has become stronger by taking advantage of her invisibility ability and has started to kill indiscriminately with an aggressive fighting style.
"That's... Colin?"
Alice.
In a lava field, the two players looked at each other from a distance, tacitly refraining from attacking, and cautiously retreating in different directions.
Most of the top players are students from Mystic Radiance Spring Class, and they know each other well. Apart from deliberately hiding their abilities, they all have an assessment of each other's strength.
After Luosi's elimination, none of the top players, who were also among the 59% compatible group, wanted to repeat the same mistake and carelessly lower their rankings.
The two kept a safe distance from each other, preparing to go their separate ways.
Just then, a third figure appeared.
Upon seeing the third person passing by, Colin and Alice, who had been keeping to themselves, changed their expressions and attacked the person simultaneously.
Colin waved his hand, and a rain of fire poured down, making the lava terrain even more formidable.
Alice opened her mouth, and a chorus of chanting, so enticing it made one want to drift off to sleep, began to emerge.
When did you form an alliance?
Mo Lan's expression changed drastically. While hastily responding, a lot of thoughts flashed through her mind.
Having already been attacked by ' Mo Lan ', the two ignored the Mo Lan before them and launched an attack.
It's not simply a matter of revenge. Since Mo Lan took the initiative and used an aggressive tactic, they didn't want to be ambushed again. The most important thing they should do was seize the opportunity to eliminate Mo Lan when she was out of sight.
Nobody wants to be constantly on guard against such unstable factors.
Mo Lan's invisibility was already her most dangerous weakness. If she hadn't made any moves, it would have been fine, but now that she dared to use such an aggressive fighting style, she was bound to become the target of everyone's criticism.
"You!"
Faced with the combined attack of two top players, Mo Lan was both angry and helpless.
The next moment, her figure darkened, and she vanished into the shadow space, disappearing without a trace.
"We can't catch up."
Seeing Mo Lan use invisibility to escape, Alice sensed something was amiss, but she immediately looked at Colin. She could faintly hear the sound of water, and an invisible tide enveloped her, quickly creating distance between them.
The temporary alliance is to deal with Mo Lan. Colin has the advantage of terrain at this time, Alice doesn't want to stay any longer.
As the two parted ways, Mo Lan escaped to another area.
"The two of them actually formed an alliance?" she muttered to herself in surprise.
Mo Lan's Wilderness Body is an unknown fantasy species named [ Shadow Hunter ]. Her innate traits are 'Shadow' and 'Hunting'. She can enter the shadow space to become invisible and is good at bursting down enemies with a single strike. However, while she has advantages, she also has disadvantages. Her ability to fight head-on and her endurance are not outstanding.
With such talent, she naturally wouldn't adopt an aggressive fighting style, and she simply couldn't understand why the two of them attacked her the moment they met.
Mo Lan was still pondering the reasons behind this, wondering if there had been any unexpected changes on the field, when she suddenly sensed a dangerous aura approaching.
"Whoosh!"
A supersonic attack descended from the sky. Mo Lan used her speed to avoid a fatal blow, but a piece of metal feather, bearing her bloodstains, still pierced the ground.
"Finally found you, Mo Lan!"
In the sky, Rong Feng, the undisputed strongest in this generation of Azure Jade, fixed his angry gaze on Mo Lan.
Mo Lan: "I..."
"Who exactly is trying to frame me?!"
After being attacked by several top players in succession, even if Mo Lan were slow-witted, she would have realized something was wrong, let alone that she was not a slow-witted person.
Someone is impersonating her and stirring up hatred around her!
Mo Lan's mind raced through information about the contestants. Besides her, who else on the field could remain invisible?
Soon, a figure jumped into her mind.
" Keluо!"
Keluо can temporarily copy other people's talents, though not as strong as the original, but he can indeed copy them.
Moreover, it's possible that Keluо has been hiding a secret all along, with his replication skills being far stronger than outsiders realize, only revealing themselves on the field.
So, the next time they encountered other top players, Mo Lan spoke first and quickly:
"I didn't attack you, it was all a conspiracy by Keluо!"
"What?"
Mo Lan's contradictory behavior, which seemed to be a struggle between her left and right brain, also made some people realize that something was amiss.
Logically speaking, she had no reason to do that.
A sneak attack that cannot deliver a fatal blow only creates enemies for yourself in advance.
" Keluо had this trick up his sleeve?"
Some people didn't believe it, but others did.
Seeing that he himself had been added to the list of suspects from Mo Lan, Keluо, who was watching the live stream from the sidelines, was speechless.
As Keluо emerged as the dark horse of the race, the penultimate lap of the competition finally arrived.
Black mist billowed, the terrain shifted, and as the circle shrank, another round of fierce fighting erupted.
After the chaos of "finding Mo Lan " earlier, the number of participants in the arena had plummeted. With the activity space shrinking by another two thousand square kilometers, the number of participants had dropped to the bottom one hundred.
Most of the elite players have already been eliminated, and those who remain are basically the top players recognized in the early stages, known as the new top 100.
Among the top 100, students from Mystic Radiance and Azure Jade are split 70/30.
The students from Ocher Soil... Inside the arena, no one believed that any contestants from Ocher Soil were still alive.
At this stage, it not only involves strength, but also begins to involve a certain degree of competition for group interests.
After all, for many geniuses born into ordinary circumstances, being in the top 100 is enough. Even if they try their best, they may not be able to achieve a higher ranking. It's better to exchange this 'possibility' for more tangible benefits.
Compared to the exchange of benefits in the grade-level ranking competition, the scale of the Freshman League is undoubtedly hundreds or even thousands of times greater.
Just as a stable situation was beginning to take shape, the unreasonable ' Mo Lan ' reappeared.
"No, it's not Keluо. Even if he copied Mo Lan's invisibility, his fighting style wouldn't be like this!"
Because of Mo Lan's identification, many people suspected Keluо, but following this line of thought, they quickly realized something was wrong when they encountered the invisible attackers for the second time.
Keluо's abilities are typical; even if he has hidden his copying ability, his other signature moves are also energy attacks.
The attackers, however, all used close-quarters combat.
Mo Lan, who most wanted to clear her name, also discovered the problem: how could Keluо's copying ability last so long?
If it wasn't Keluо, then who could it be?
Mo Lan tried to think from a different perspective, and another figure appeared in her mind...
Is Qin Yongge's illusion magic really that powerful?
*
" Mo Lan, you actually came to see me?"
Qin Yongge sensed that someone's thoughts had narrowed the distance between them, and immediately thought of Mo Lan, who was wreaking havoc on the field.
As one of the top players, even at this stage, no player dares to provoke him, because his Wilderness Body is also special, named [ Dreamweaver ], and he is good at the most mysterious 'mental illusion'!
Therefore, Qin Yongge is not afraid of close combat, because the closer one gets to him, the more he will be perceived and influenced by him; his main defense is against ranged attacks.
Mo Lan went to the wrong person.
Qin Yongge an extra layer of perception compared to others, enabling her to sense the thoughts within a certain range around her.
The next moment, an aurora-like halo unfolded beneath his feet, and the illusion began to affect all sentient beings around him except for himself.
"That is..."
At the same time, in the sky, Rong Feng, who possessed extraordinary vision, noticed this scene.
As the safe zone shrinks, he, with his [ Hawkeye ] ability, will soon be able to see the entire map.
Immediately afterwards, Rong Feng saw a figure emerge from stealth mode and tear Qin Yongge, who had seemed to be in complete control just a moment before, apart with a claw strike.
The moment the other party vanished in a flash of light, Rong Feng's pupils contracted, and he saw that the figure that had been hidden in stealth mode finally revealed half of its face.
The person's face was pale, and his lips were a distinctive pale blue... It was undoubtedly Mo Lan!
This scene was not only witnessed by Rong Feng, but also by several other contestants nearby.
[ Mystic Radiance contestant ' Qin Yongge ' has been eliminated, ranked 85th]
"My illusion magic didn't work on Mo Lan at all. She's actually secretly learned some mental power techniques, which I never noticed before..."