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Chapter 118 Invitational Tournament Tickets from the Pei Family (4K)

Digital tombstones?

Shen Yi had heard quite a bit about this world.

It is said that the first investigator to enter the tombstone world was startled when he saw countless black stone tablets on the ground.

After silently noting down Lavinia's words, Shen Yi followed the flow of the audience into the venue.

The first competition was in the high-ranking group where Thirteen Princess was.

This group didn't have a qualifying round; it went straight to the elimination rounds. After all, by level 6, most duelists have already graduated and joined professional clubs.

Incidentally, the duel level in the Starry World is not directly related to the duelist's actual strength.

The duel ranking system is essentially a rudimentary system for classifying duelists' strength based on match scores.

After all, it's difficult to measure a duelist's strength with specific numbers, as it involves complex issues such as luck and deck counters.

In contrast, the match score is a very straightforward number.

You will earn competition points as long as you participate in the competition and achieve a top-eight finish.

Once you accumulate enough points, you can automatically level up.

Because he has never participated in any quarterfinal matches, Shen Yi's match score is 0. So even though he defeated Gu Yu (level 5) and Pei Minghong (level 7) to prove his dueling ability, he is still classified as a level 1 duelist in the official statistics.

Shen Yi glanced at Lavinia beside him.

Lavinia said that as long as he reached level 6, she would take him to her Soul Card world to complete her mission.

Once the mission is completed, Lavinia can become your Soul Card.

Shen Yi even went to check it out afterwards.

College internal competitions, rookie cups, and formal professional leagues all have corresponding competition scores.

However, if he only relies on the monthly internal competitions of the academy to accumulate points, Shen Yi estimates that it will take four or five years to barely reach the level of level 4. Once you have the status of a level 4 duelist, you can try out for various clubs and then get the opportunity to compete in professional matches.

As a result, starting from the mid-level, the number of players participating in the academy's internal competitions began to decrease sharply, with the vast majority of students joining clubs instead.

Of course, participating in the trial training does not mean that you can officially graduate.

The Duel Academy has only one graduation standard: obtain club certification and become a formal professional player.

Therefore, even though Thirteen Princess has reached level 6, she is still a student because she has never signed a professional contract.

It took Thirteen Princess two years to reach level 6, which is obviously not a leveling speed that can be achieved in internal competitions. Here we have to mention the rather special invitational tournament.

So-called invitational tournaments are events organized by companies for publicity purposes, and they often invite duelists to participate in duels.

Compared to formal professional tournaments, invitational tournaments are not as formal, but these GG-type invitational tournaments offer very generous prize money, and the champion will also receive corresponding tournament points, the value of which is linked to the prize money.

Because some invitational tournaments offer even higher prize money than professional tournaments, the tournament ranking points for invitational tournaments can sometimes be higher than those for regular professional tournaments.

However, you can't just join an invitational tournament whenever you want; usually, the organizers issue invitation tickets based on their own needs.

In other words, the invitational tournament system is actually a special channel prepared by family-owned businesses to allow their descendants to quickly advance into the professional arena.

Shen Yi was not surprised by this.

In a capitalist society, do you really think there can be any true fairness?

It's much better to let these investors spend a lot of money buying match points than to focus their efforts on the professional arena and create chaos in the professional scene.

Furthermore, according to the mandatory requirements of the executing agency, duelists invited to such invitational tournaments cannot come from the same club or the same family, and the duelists must be of the same level. Also, duelists of level 6 or above cannot obtain tournament points from the invitational tournament.

The meaning is clear: you can promote someone, provided that the person you promote wins.

As Shen Yi was thinking, the people around him began to cheer.

Upon closer inspection, it was Thirteen Princess who had entered the dueling arena.

"Thirteen Princesses! Thirteen Princesses! Thirteen Princesses!"

The audience cheered enthusiastically.

Shen Yi's ears twitched; he felt he heard a familiar voice amidst the cheers.

Turning her head, she saw that on the stands not far away, Kujuhime was frantically shouting her sister's name, completely lacking her usual ladylike demeanor.

Shen Yi silently withdrew his gaze after seeing Jiji's almost frenzied behavior.

Being a sister-complex is perfectly normal.

At this point, after the referee robot checked and confirmed that everything was in order, it signaled to both duelists that they could begin their duel.

In that instant, Thirteen Princess's expression changed noticeably.

Her demeanor instantly became arrogant, and a hint of excitement appeared on her lips.

Her crimson eyes were fixed on her opponent.

"I hope you can give me a pleasant duel," Thirteen Princess laughed.

Holy crap!

How come this woman becomes a completely different person when it comes to duels?

Shen Yi watched as Thirteen Princess, who had seized the initiative and was frantically expanding her territory, couldn't help but feel a sense of unease.

As rumored, Thirteen Princess's deck is indeed a very standard Dragon deck.

It could even be said to be too standard.

Majestic dragons quickly spread across the entire area at her summons.

The terrifying field value of 3500 spirit points on average seems to speak of the dragon's majesty.

Looking at the giant dragon on the field, Shen Yi subconsciously glanced at Lavinia beside him.

Lavinia stared at the giant dragon on the field, her face showing no change in emotion.

Miss Long Ji noticed Shen Yi's gaze.

"What's wrong?" she asked.

"Do you also have this form?" Shen Yi pointed to the giant dragon on the field.

Lavinia laughed and said, "Of course there are."

"Let me ride it sometime," Shen Yi chuckled. Before Lavinia could respond, Vera had already lightly kicked Shen Yi's ankle.

Clearly, while the doll was ostensibly watching the match, she was constantly aware of Shen Yi and Lavinia's conversation.

The Thirteen Princess's strength is indeed terrifying.

To reach the Rank 6 duelist level while still in academy, family background alone is definitely not enough; you yourself must also have sufficient strength, strong enough that your family's company would be willing to spend a lot of money to sponsor invitational tournaments for you.

However, even such a standout among her peers could not withstand more than two rounds against Thirteen Princess.

With her health points burned away by the terrifying dragon's breath, Thirteen Princess easily ended the duel.

"Ahhh! Thirteen Princess is so cool!!!"

Shen Yi's lips twitched slightly.

If nothing unexpected happens, this shout also came from Princess Kuju.

Following Thirteen Princess's match is the mid-level tournament.

Previously, the champion of this rank was a foregone conclusion, having been won by Gu Yu for three consecutive years.

But with Gu Yu's disappearance, the situation at this level instantly became unpredictable.

As Shen Yi was thinking, Vera gently tugged at his sleeve: "Yi, someone sent you an email."

"Email?" Shen Yi was slightly taken aback.

Star World has its own instant messaging system, and it's quite popular.

Email is rarely used except for formal documents and invitations.

"It's a ticket to an invitational tournament."

"Tickets to the game?"

"Entry tickets," Vera said confidently.

"what?"

This really made Shen Yi feel flattered.

I was just having a headache about how to level up to level 6, and now an invitational tournament has popped up.

But—is my reputation really high enough to attract the attention and invitations of those large corporations?

"Which company organized this?" After the initial surprise and excitement, Shen Yi quickly calmed down and looked at Vera seriously.

Vera has always been this reliable.

She had already searched for the answer when Shen Yi asked the question.

"A factory that produces special-purpose blank cards," Vera said. "They said they were interested in your self-developed capabilities, Ah Yi, which could be used to better promote their blank cards, so they extended an invitation to you."

"What about the other participants?"

"Huh? They all seem to be Level 1 duelists from Yuezhou City," Vera said, somewhat puzzled. "Wait—I think I recognize some of them."

Generally speaking, invitational tournaments only require players to be of the same rank, and are not so strict as to impose strict restrictions on registration.

Moreover, a more practical problem arises: most duels among Level 1 duelists are not entertaining.

Duels that are not visually appealing or abstract will not result in a GG (Game Winner) bonus.

"A Level 1 duelist?"

Perhaps it was the effect of Thirteen Princess's earlier reminder, because Shen Yi immediately became alert upon hearing this word: "Continue to investigate further and see what kind of capital is behind this company."

"Understood!" Vera nodded.

While Vera was investigating the organizer's background, Shen Yi also took out his ID card and began to carefully study the email.

The email was worded so elegantly and politely that it was even stereotypical.

The email contained very clear details about the invitational tournament.

A total of eight duelists were invited, a standard invitational tournament format.

The prize pool for the competition is three million points. The champion receives 60% of the prize, the runner-up receives 20%, and the remaining 20% ​​is split equally among the other participants.

The prize pool design is also very standard.

If there are even one more point, people will doubt the true purpose of the invitational tournament; if there are even one less point, people will lose the desire to participate.

Before Shen Yi could even finish reading the invitation, the outcome of the match was already decided.

It ended rather quickly.

Shen Yi's gaze fell on the dueling arena.

The victor of this duel is standing in the center of the arena, thanking the audience around him.

"Found it, Yi."

Just then, Vera's voice came again.

"The other party used a very complicated shareholding logic. But fortunately, I managed to figure it out in the end." Vera raised her hand and tapped Shen Yi's identity card, synchronizing the data she had analyzed onto the identity card so that Shen Yi could easily detect it.

At the same time, she kept explaining the underlying logic of the controlling stake.

In short————

"The Pei family? It's actually the Pei family?"

The moment Shen Yi saw Vera's conclusion, he immediately understood that the Pei family was investigating the murderer of Pei Minghong.

It seems there are some clever people within the Pei family who quickly identified their general profile.

"Yes." Vera nodded affirmatively and said, "The logic behind this controlling stake is somewhat similar to that of Dream Dance Company; it's probably an enhanced version of Dream Dance Company."

As she spoke, Vera looked at Shen Yi and came to the same conclusion as him: "It seems like they came for you, Yi, because of Pei Minghong's matter."

Shen Yi stroked his chin thoughtfully, and upon hearing Vera's words, nodded in agreement: "They're obviously here for me."

Clearly, the Pei family is convinced that the card of the Lord of Stars is currently in the hands of the person who dueled with Pei Minghong, and they are sparing no effort to find that person.

"So, Ah Yi, are you planning to participate?" Vera asked softly.

Shen Yi stroked his chin and grinned, "Participate, of course we'll participate. Why not? Just for the competition points alone, it's worth the trip."

The prize money and competition points are both in the hands of the implementing agency.

As long as Shen Yi wins the final victory, even if the Pei family tries to obstruct him, the executing agency will still award the points in the industry competition to the rightful owners based on its own judgment.

However, Shen Yi did not rush to reply to the email.

The competition is scheduled after the lower-ranked internal matches conclude, which is this Sunday. Shen Yi needs to make ample preparations during this time.

Those Level 1 duelists who were also invited are definitely not the focus of this invitational tournament.

However, Shen Yi found an interesting name inside.

This name made Shen Yi think of many other things.

He needed to determine exactly how many members of the Pei family would be present and what surprises they had in store for him.

The afternoon's matches ended quickly.

The efficiency of Star Duel is really high; the longest duel only took less than five rounds in total.

Tomorrow is Shen Yi's semi-final match, which will also be my official debut in the knockout stage of such a formal competition.

Xu Ran's opponent in the semifinals was named Qi Yu, who was a member of the same dueling club as Xu Ran and used a set of electronic hacker decks.

To be honest, I'm currently gathering relevant information, so I can have a duel with the other party and then communicate with them.

At this moment, Princess Kuju walked over with a hint of doubt.

"Shen Yi, have you received an invitation to a tournament?" Jiji asked, looking at Shen Yi.

Yes.

The interesting name Shen Yi saw was Jiu Shi Ji.

Why did the Pei family invite the Ninety-One Concubine?

We can't possibly assume she was the mastermind behind Pei Minghong's death, can we?

Jishi clearly lacked this understanding. She was unaware of Shen Yi's situation and didn't even possess Vera's abilities. She was also unaware of the contestant list.

Shen Yi looked at the puzzled Ji Shi and countless thoughts flashed through his mind.

Could it be that the Pei family has their eyes on the Ji family's God Card?

We need to discuss this with Thirteen Princess.