Mythical Card Maker: Starting with the Mountain Spirit

Chapter 88 Entering the Elimination Rounds

With the last two freshmen finishing their battles, the first round of the competition officially ended.

The top 40 players with the highest scores will advance to the second round.

The remaining sixty people will be eliminated directly, and the final ranking of the eliminated freshmen will be determined directly based on their points.

Almost the instant the bell rang to signal the end of the first round, the proctor immediately announced that the second round of the competition would begin immediately.

The exam does not give candidates any chance to recover their spiritual and mental energy. This is mainly to assess the spiritual and mental energy content in the new students' bodies. Since recovery-type item cards are not allowed during the exam, candidates need to allocate their energy effectively based on the actual combat situation.

Soon, the mentors had drawn lots to determine their order.

This round of double-elimination uses a cross-elimination format, with Group 1 and Group 10, Group 2 and Group 9, and so on.

The four freshmen who advance from each group will not meet in the first round. The loser of the winners' group will fall into the losers' group, and the loser of the losers' group will be eliminated directly.

The first match of the second round was Lin Mo's appearance, and his opponent was none other than the last place winner of this year's Tianfu Top Ten.

His name was Mo Liang, and he was a seemingly ordinary young man.

He looked at Lin Mo with a wry smile: "I was just hoping not to run into you, but I didn't expect to run into you in the very first match!"

"According to Murphy's Law, the more you don't want something to happen, the higher the probability that it will happen."

Lin Mo smiled calmly and made the first move.

Several streaks of light flashed, and Shen Tu, Yu Lei, and Lu Wu were immediately revealed.

A look of seriousness flashed in Mo Liang's eyes. With a flick of his wrist, a large group of bronze giants appeared in front of him.

It was none other than the Legion Card [Thirteen Bronze Men].

The two officially began their battle, and the arena became lively once again.

"This is going to be interesting! An internal battle among the Ten Prodigies of Tianfu—who do you think has the best chance of winning?"

"Isn't that obvious? It's definitely Lin Mo; after all, he's number one!"

"That's not necessarily true. This Mo Liang is a descendant of the Mo family, renowned for his mechanical legion. I feel Lin Mo's chances are slim!"

"Hehe, let's wait and see!"

Amidst the murmurs of the crowd, Lin Mo launched his attack.

Shen Tu and Yu Lei flashed and instantly appeared in front of Mo Liang's group of bronze giants.

As the spiritual light emanated from them, a golden barrier spread out like ripples on water, enveloping all the bronze giants within it.

Mo Liang's expression changed, and he immediately prepared to command these bronze giants to leave the golden barrier area. However, something surprising happened: these bronze giants ignored everything and headed directly towards Shen Tu and Yu Lei.

"What kind of skill is that?"

A look of horror flashed in Mo Liang's eyes.

Not only was the range of the opponent's card spirit's skill so large, but it also managed to make his card spirit go out of control.

That's just too outrageous.

It should be noted that his "Thirteen Bronze Men" are mechanical creations, and ordinary control skills are completely ineffective.

Lin Mo shook his head and remained silent. With a thought, Lu Wu rushed forward and used a [Nine-Tailed Screen Strike] to sweep all the bronze giants off the platform.

Mo Liang looked somewhat aggrieved and hesitated for a long time before finally admitting defeat to Lin Mo.

"admit!"

Lin Mo clasped his hands slightly and then stepped down from the round platform.

"No way, they lost just like that? That was way too fast!"

"No wonder he's the top scorer in the district exam! His two cards are insane! Not only are they both hard crowd control, but they're also immune to crowd control effects. It's disgusting! One is offensive, the other defensive, and you can't do anything about it!"

"How on earth was this designed? How can this card game be finished without nerfing others?"

The way everyone looked at Lin Mo had changed.

Previously, in their eyes, Lin Mo was just a freshman with considerable talent and strength.

Now they are regarded as a formidable opponent that needs to be taken seriously, and even feared.

Not long after Lin Mo took his seat, Fang Chuchu and the other two also ascended the round platform.

Their opponents were all formidable, being among the top ten talents of Tianfu.

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Fang Chuchu narrowly won in the end, while Yang Shuang'er and her sister were both defeated.

Not long after, it was Lin Mo's turn again.

This time, his opponent was a girl with a cool and aloof appearance.

This girl is from the Pei clan of Hedong and possesses the inherited card [Pei Xingjian].

This is a bronze three-star purple card.

But in the end, he was no match for Lin Mo and suffered a regrettable defeat.

Lin Mo won the third, fourth, and fifth matches, continuing his undefeated streak into the next round.

Not long after, all the matches in the other groups also came to an end.

The top ten have been successfully determined.

Of the ten outstanding students of Tianfu, apart from Lin Mo, Fang Chuchu, and a student named Yin Hui, all the others were eliminated.

The Yang Shuang'er sisters were also unlucky, as all their opponents were highly skilled, and they ultimately ranked only fourteenth and sixteenth.

At this point, only one round of single-elimination matches remains in the freshman ranking competition.

Besides Lin Mo, Fang Chuchu, and Yin Hui, the other seven people all come from the six great families.

Among them, the Qian family of Wuyue had two members, while the other prominent families each had one.

As the bell rang in the examination hall, the proctors drew lots again.

With only ten candidates remaining, there is still plenty of time.

Therefore, the proctor lowered the raised platform back down.

The entire platform is used as a battle zone for everyone to fight against each other.

This time, Lin Mo was no longer the first to go on stage; Fang Chuchu took her place.

Fang Chuchu's rival is Kong hope, a genius from the Confucius family of Qufu.

He was fair-skinned and chubby, and his smile was harmless.

After both of them stood still, the competition officially began with a command from the proctor.

Kong hope cupped his hands in a respectful gesture to Fang Chuchu, then waved one hand.

A large, square, double-eaved pavilion suddenly appeared in front of him.

The pavilion is surrounded by twelve ancient apricot trees, each requiring two people to encircle, and an outer ring of open space paved with bluestone slabs.

"The Apricot Altar! One of the inherited architectural cards of the Confucius family in Qufu. As long as there is a radius of about ten feet around it, it can increase the attack power of the card spirit. In addition, it can also make one immune to mental control, making it extremely powerful!"

A sharp-eyed student immediately exclaimed in surprise.

Immediately afterwards, a young man with a thin face, dressed in a plain Confucian robe and holding a bamboo scroll, also appeared.

It was none other than Yan Hui, the foremost of the seventy-two disciples of Confucius.

Its body was radiating the aura of a bronze three-star!

"He actually summoned Yan Hui directly! Kong hope is using a killer move right from the start!"

"Yan Hui is known for his offensive capabilities in the Kong family's card system. Fang Chuchu is in trouble now. With building cards as a bonus, how can she win?"

Kong hope still wore an innocent smile on his face.

He raised his hand and gently smoothed his cuffs, his tone mild and devoid of any hostility: "Miss Fang, it's not too late for you to admit defeat now."

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Fang Chuchu, however, turned a deaf ear.

With a flick of her wrist, the female swordswoman, the snail fairy, and Aunt Bao all appeared.