Chapter 243: Jokers and Trump Cards

Behind Pang Lai followed another old man, who was none other than Han Ji, the president of the Ancient Capital Bell Tower Magic Association.

Han Ji was not surprised when he saw Han Lan and Mo Fan. He just smiled and said, "You are both very good. You have successfully reached Venice."

"Are you still worried that Han and I will be eliminated?" Mo Fan said.

"That's not the case. I just heard that both of you are restless and I am afraid that you will be expelled..." Han Ji said.

Han Ji chatted with Mo Fan for a few words, and the topic returned to the issue of the players.

Feng Li wanted to preserve his strength. In the first game of the opening match, he did not want to use the trump cards of Mo Fan, Ai Jiangtu, and Han Lan.

But others did not think so. They just wanted to get off to a good start. Pang Lai persuaded them with some kind words and pointed out the importance and impact of the first opening match.

Feng Li also realized that his arrangement was indeed inappropriate, and the final result of the discussion was to let Han Lan, Mu Nujiao, Mu Ningxue, Jiang Shaoxu, and Jiang Yu serve as the starting team.

Jiang Shaoxu and Jiang Yu were responsible for disrupting the opponent's offensive rhythm and the mental protection of their teammates, and Mu Ningxue was responsible for the destruction mage.

Mu Nujiao, who possessed the wind soul seed and claw blade arm armor magic tools, turned into a phantom assassin wandering the battlefield.

As the finale ace, Han Lan's request to Feng Li was to try not to use the summoning system in the first game, thereby exposing too much strength, so as not to be targeted by other magic powers too early to make targeted plans, and to leave some opportunities for other teammates to perform.

Han Lan nodded to show that he understood.

After discussing the game tactics, the players began to prepare for the game one after another.

There are many magic arenas in Venice, and this is just one of the opening venues. However, the magic flat battlefield alone is about the size of four football fields plus a track and field stadium. This is a rather exaggerated scale. It is not easy to free up such a piece of land in Venice, where every inch of land is worth a lot of money.

From this, we can see the importance of the water city of Venice to this world university competition.

The large magic arena means that the viewing seats are also densely packed, but considering that magic battles are dangerous, even if there is a barrier to protect them, not too many people will be allowed to watch in the arena.

Anyway, with the current magic technology, whether it is a bird's-eye view, close-up, side view, or front view, the battle scene will be transmitted to the eyes of the viewer without any omission.

The arena has been tightly wrapped by the barrier, and outside the barrier, there will be defense mages responsible for resisting the huge energy that may overflow.

These are basically high-level mages. The destructive power of a high-level magic is enough to shake an entire street, so even if the arena is the size of four football fields combined, you can't let your guard down.

Internationally, mage duels are not very encouraged, and a large part of the reason is that the energy is difficult to control. The more powerful the mage, the more terrible destruction they can cause. In the past, there were quite a few examples of accidental injuries caused by mage duels.

The field was initially in the form of mud, with fine dust on it. It seemed that a random wind magic could raise a large amount of dust.

However, several old mages soon entered the field. They began to change the field on the spot with their own earth and plant magic.

Just like a magic trick, hard soil, hard mud, high rocks, and hills, a different landform soon formed in full view of the public.

After that, the plant magician came on stage. You can see the ancient trees rising from the ground, the green forest formed a dense canopy, and the long vines and whiskers were intertwined to form a primeval forest!

Not long after, the bare magic arena had completely turned into a wild battlefield. If the entire venue was not surrounded by the barrier and the wall of the Roman Colosseum, it would seem to be completely in a forest outside the city!

After these professional mages set up a wild forest battle scene, the referee's voice came out immediately: "Please take your positions, both players!"

The players stepped into the designated positions one after another, and the people in the high audience seats at the far end began to discuss fiercely.

Since the player information of all national teams was kept confidential before the competition, the information of each player in each country became one of the most concerned topics. Many intelligence dealers would even dig out everything that the player had experienced since the day of awakening!

"This is my first time playing in such a large arena. I'm a little nervous." Jiang Yu said in a low voice.

"Why are you so nervous? Just beat them to death!" Jiang Shaoxu said generously.

"I won't use summoned beasts in this opening match, so those who want to perform well should seize the opportunity." Han Lan said.

Everyone nodded when they heard this, and then adjusted their directions and positions, and began to prepare for the official match.

After roughly deploying the tactics, the countdown of fireworks had already sounded in the sky. When the fireworks bloomed in the center and echoed with a rumbling sound, it was the official start of the opening match of the World Academy Competition!

At the beginning of the game, Mu Ningxue was the first to discover the toxin in the wind. It was released by the rising star Yosuke of the Japanese team. She immediately used the wind barrier to dispel this little trick.

"Such a bastard, trying to trick us, seems to be the poison powder applied by the long-faced man." Jiang Yu cursed.

Jiang Shaoxu, who was standing by, seemed calmer. He glanced at Jiang Yu and said, "You should stop hanging out with people like Mo Fan in the future. Why do you always swear? You were not like this in the beginning when you were in the team."

"If they find out, I will say that your method can only deal with some immature little mages." Ming Bushong said with a hint of ridicule towards Yosuke.

After saying this, Ming Bushong walked towards the dense tall forest. When his long figure stepped into the shade of the trees, Ming Bushong disappeared. People had no idea where he was, as if he was invisible. Only those old mages could barely catch a fast-moving black shadow in the dense woods.

"Jiang Yu, let your Night Rakshasa deal with him, Mu Lingxue will be in charge of controlling the situation, Jiang Shaoxu will interfere with the opponent's destruction mage, that fat man, Jiaojiao will be in charge of moving forward in secret, and prioritize the elimination of the female mage on the opposite side."

After Han Lan roughly explained the tactics, everyone nodded to show that they understood, and then began to perform their duties.

Mu Ningxue flapped her wind wings and quickly took off to occupy the commanding heights, and began to set up the Panbing field. The surging ice power quickly occupied the field.

"Feifei, go!"

Jiang Yu also summoned his little black cat, and an elegant and swift cat shadow rushed into the forest, looking for Ming Bushong hiding in it.

"Jiaojiao."

Han Lan turned his head to look at Mu Nujiao, who had summoned the Wind-Splitting Fist Blade Armor and the Dark Lord Cloak. The latter nodded to show that she understood, and her figure turned into a pool of shadows and passed through the obstacles, sneaking up and waiting for an opportunity to move, aiming directly at the short-haired female mage of the Japanese team.

"Mind Turbulence!"

At this moment, only Jiang Shaoxu was left beside Han Lan. Pink mind waves were released from her body layer by layer, and the large-scale mind interference force quickly swept towards Shao Hegu and others on the Japanese team.