Versatile Mage: Thunderstorm

Chapter 162 Li Yu: Opening Champagne at Halftime
When it comes to the rise and fall of an entire city over a thousand years, the guardians show amazing efficiency in action.

In just three hours, when Li Yu and Ding Yumian were still experiencing the local customs of Leicheng, his information had already appeared on the desk of the great guardian Tian Yi.

"Yu Chen?"

Tian Yi frowned as he looked at the photo in the file, a young man in his thirties.

“The age is wrong.”

With the talent of the Chosen One, it is impossible for him to still be a high-level wizard at the age of thirty.

"No!"

After flipping through a few pages of more detailed information, Tian Yi's frown soon relaxed.
"I see. Has your appearance changed?"

If they just wanted to find out the identity of the visitor, it would be done in half an hour given the Guardian's control over the Thunder Festival. The reason they were busy for three hours was to find out the details of this important visitor.

If Li Yu saw this information with his own eyes, he would be shocked to find that all his experiences as a Yuchen Hunter were displayed in this small file, starting from the humble southern town of Bocheng, to his participation in killing the white sand dragon singing turtle in Sansha City, Qiong Province more than a year ago, and finally to being a professional monster hunter with a certain reputation in Modu.

Based on these experiences, Tian Yi easily judged that the strength of the person in the information has been in a stage of rapid improvement in recent years. In this case, the apparent age is not enough to be taken seriously.

"But... you actually adopted a code name and disguised your appearance. Is this to hide your identity?"

"It seems that he realizes his own extraordinaryness."

Tian Yi had no plans to contact the Feather Dust Hunter for the time being. He knew that the other party was so cautious that he had to disguise his identity even when going out. If he contacted him rashly, it would only lead to unnecessary vigilance and trouble. However, Lei City had to win over such a person at all costs.

After much thought, Tian Yi had to look for the answer from the arrangements left by the ancestor. Recalling the contents of his memory, Tian Yi smiled.

"As expected of the First Ancestor, he even foresaw this situation."

Soon, Tian Yi started calling for help, and the wizard who was waiting outside the door came in.
"Announce this. During this grand ceremony, one more area will be opened in the Thunder Forbidden Zone, the Ancestral Monument."

"what?"

Upon hearing the news, the wizard who was obeying the order did not take any action, but subconsciously let out a light exclamation, with an unresolvable doubt in his tone.

The ancestral monument is a forbidden area in Leicheng. Not to mention those foreign wizards who come to Leicheng to beg for money, even the local wizards who have lived in Leicheng for generations can only get close to it after making significant contributions and obtaining approval. It is usually strictly guarded by the guardian lineage.

"Ah what? Do as I say."

"Yes."

……

"What? The Thunder Forbidden Zone actually added a new open area this year? And it's an ancestral monument?"

"How can the ancestral monument be opened to a group of outsiders? This announcement must have been wrong."

"Mistaken? How is that possible? This is right here on our official website, and it's even on the headlines."

"Alas, there hasn't been such a rule for thousands of years. Why are the Great Guardians of this generation always so unconventional?"

"Tian Gang is back... Tian Gang is back~" Li Yu and Ding Yumian, who were shopping, heard the locals discussing something excitedly. After they pricked up their ears to listen, doubts immediately arose in their hearts.
"Ancestral monument, what is that?"

They only knew about the regular areas in the Thunder Forbidden Zone that were once open to the outside world. Things like ancestral monuments seemed to be special areas that only the locals knew about.

Judging from the tone of the local people in Leicheng, the ancestral monument seems to have a very high status, which makes them extremely averse to outsiders setting foot in the area of ​​the ancestral monument.

Then, Li Yu and Ding Yumian entered the official website of Leicheng one after another. Sure enough, there was an additional announcement on it, which suppressed the original announcement of the Thunder Festival. What's more considerate is that the Leicheng officials were afraid that outsiders would not be able to find the location, so they directly marked the direction of the ancestral monument and the planned route.

“The ancestral monument is actually here!”

When outsiders including Li Yu saw the address of the ancestral monument, a black line suddenly appeared on their foreheads. The location of the ancestral monument was not far away. It was right next to the once open area, just like a dark map that was lit up.

But what is special is that to the north of the ancestral monument area there is a hilltop marked in red by the Leicheng officials. It is the habitat of the Leicheng totem thunderbird. Except for the locals of Leicheng, no one can remain calm when facing such a big monster.

"I think the ancestral monument should be your destination this time."

In the hotel, Ding Yumian was explaining his ideas to Li Yu, and Li Yu agreed with them.
"It has been thousands of years. The rest of the permitted areas have probably been explored by local and foreign mages in Leicheng. It is estimated that anything there can no longer be hidden."

"But it's strange. After so many years, why is it that this time, the Thunder Festival will open the important area of ​​Thunder City, the Ancestral Monument, to outsiders."

"Who knows."

Ding Yumian was also confused. This was because the two of them knew nothing about the historical origins of Leicheng. Otherwise, they would have been very keenly aware of how strange this unexpected opening was.

"Forget it. Instead of thinking about those things, let's think about how to pass the preliminaries of the Thunder Festival."

Li Yu has one huge advantage - he never wastes time on internal conflicts.

Put aside the things you don’t know and never let them affect your mood.

Ding Yumian glanced at Li Yu with a half-smile.
"Isn't this mode of one-on-one combat the most suitable for you?"

Li Yu smiled modestly, but beneath that faint smile was hidden an extremely strong self-confidence.

The Leicheng qualifiers have remained almost unchanged for a thousand years and are divided into two divisions for mid- and high-level mages. The mid-level division is simpler and more brutal, with a hundred people in one venue and a battle royale mode started directly. The last person left on the field advances and gets the chance to compete for thirty places for mid-level mages.

As the combat capability of high-level mages has been greatly enhanced, the difficulty of controlling the melee has increased significantly, and the number of people is relatively small, so a one-on-one competition is adopted. Seventy places are divided into seventy venues, with an average of less than fifty people in one venue. The time is tight and it can be completed within three days.

There is only one winner in each venue. The winner advances and the loser is eliminated directly without any chance for a revival match.

For Li Yu, a one-on-one duel might be the safest competition system. In the high-level field, Li Yu is relatively invincible, unless God deliberately punishes him and lets Li Yu run into a pervert who has three souls and three fields superimposed, and is only one step away from becoming a super-class wizard. Perhaps Li Yu will have to spend a lot of effort and use some cheating abilities.

But if you think about it, you will know that it is impossible. Talents of this level will be recruited vigorously wherever they are. They are also wealthy and usually busy looking for opportunities to break through to the super level. Why would they need to come all the way to Leicheng to participate in the competition?

Two days later, when standing on the competition field and looking at the opponent opposite him who had the superposition of the three fields of light, thunder and earth, Li Yu really wanted to slap himself in the face two days ago.

Damn it! Let you open the champagne at halftime!

(End of this chapter)