Onmyoji who mingles in the world of anime

"Clap! This dungeon encounter has officially ended!"

As players in the maze died one by one, until only a girl holding a shield remained, the voice of the NPC monster rang out in the game.

"Let's congratulate Maple-chan from the Arrayed Cats Guild for surviving to the end!"

"Great!" Maple, who was still in the maze, exclaimed happily upon hearing this.

The players outside the arena were used to it and were even a little happy.

As for the reason...!

Naturally, they prevented Maple from taking first place on the kill leaderboard, but if it were just the survival leaderboard, everyone could accept it.

Even so, Maple is still ranked third on the kill leaderboard.

If it weren't for the sacrifice of those skilled players, or if they had acted a little slower, Maple would probably have already gone on a killing spree in her mechanical god.

Maple might even take first place on both lists then.

"Now, let's start calculating the rewards. At the same time, we will also interview the three top-ranked players and play their highlights."

"First up is Maple-chan, who's number one on our survival leaderboard. As a player who's been interviewed multiple times for her high ranking in events, how are you feeling right now?"

By this time, Maple was no longer the novice she once was, and she was used to this kind of interview, so she shyly expressed her gratitude.

It was basically a thank you to my guildmates for their support and help, etc.

Next up was an interview with the top-ranked player on both the kill leaderboard and the search leaderboard.

The top kill leaderboard belongs to the Flame Emperor of the "Flame Emperor's Kingdom," whose fire magic is like a mobile artillery platform, constantly killing enemies throughout the entire event.

The top search result belongs to a relatively well-known solo player, but she is famous not for her strength, but for her treasure-hunting ability.

Her profession is also a hidden one, called Treasure Hunter. Her skills are mostly treasure-related abilities such as escaping, dodging, hiding, and searching.

It has to be said that she deserved to be number one on the search rankings.

Tsuchimikado and his team also received the event's settlement rewards. His rankings on the three lists were: "67th on the Search List", "3rd on the Survival List", and "86th on the Kill List".

Although I barely made it into the top 100 on the kill leaderboard, the rewards for all three leaderboards were pretty good, mostly consisting of useful items and materials.

The others also looked pleased, it seemed that everyone had had a good harvest.

……

"Now, please take a short break. At 2 PM sharp, we will start the Maze Battle event."

The tournament will be held in an elimination format, with the top 100 players on the kill leaderboard going through two rounds of elimination matches to select 25 players to enter the official tournament.

Then, these 25 contestants will be randomly divided into five groups for a ring competition.

Each arena will randomly select one player to become the champion, and then the other four players can challenge them. Each player has only one chance to challenge, and if they fail to do so, they will be disqualified from the competition.

If the challenge is successful, the challenger automatically becomes the champion, and the champion loses the right to compete.

After each challenge ends, the champion's status will automatically return to full.

Finally, the remaining champions will qualify for the final round of the competition.

As for the format of the final round, we'll announce that tomorrow!

Upon hearing the rules of the arena, the players were somewhat confused, as there were clearly some unreasonable aspects to the rules.

After all, this rule is very unfair to the first champion, while being too favorable to the last challenger.

However, for most contestants who are very confident in their abilities, this is a minor issue.

Regardless of whether you are the reigning champion or not, all you need to do is defeat the reigning champion and then take down the other challengers.

Apart from a few lyb, all the other players are eager to make a name for themselves in this arena!

After all, I can lose a game, but I can never back down!

It's obvious which is more prestigious: winning by suppressing the entire field or winning by stealing a chicken!

After all, this is just an event, not a formal competition, so winning or losing isn't that important.

Of course, the most important reason is that there are no rewards for rankings other than the champion.

So they can have fun without worry!

Because they weren't particularly confident in their abilities, even if they managed to sneak into the top five, they weren't confident they could win in the finals.

……

At noon, after having lunch, Tsuchimikado Fuyu and the others chatted about their experiences in the game, and then discussed the championship tournament.

Actually, they didn't particularly value the tournament, since only four of them were qualified to participate: Tsuchimikado Fuyu, Kuroneko, Kaguya, and Maple.

There's no need to worry about Maple's strength. In a one-on-one fight, she's really not afraid of anything. No one can completely defeat her when she's at full strength.

Tsuchimikado Tou and Kuroneko's strength goes without saying; they are very solid. As long as they don't encounter particularly difficult opponents, they are confident that they can enter the arena.

As for the finals... well, that depends on luck. After all, they do have opponents who can counter them, like Maple...

As for Kaguya... she felt that she was already very impressive to have made it into the arena.

After joking around for a while, everyone went back to playing the game together.

Soon, the knockout stage group stage was announced, and everyone knew their opponents.

As the countdown ended, the top 100 players on the kill leaderboard were all paired up and teleported to a gladiator arena.

At this moment, fifty large screens suddenly appeared in the game plaza, forming a circle so that players could freely watch the game.

Tsuchimikado Fuyu's opponent this time was a mage, but he wasn't surprised. After all, a third of the top 100 on the kill list were mages, so the probability of encountering a mage was still quite high.

Actually, if Yaprico hadn't been so unlucky and been surrounded and killed early on, with the powerful firepower she gained through crazy spending, it would have been easy for her to enter the championship.

However, while mages excel at racking up kills, not all mages are strong in one-on-one combat.

For example, Tsuchimikado Fuyu's opponent was incredibly skilled at using lightning magic, but he couldn't hit Tsuchimikado Fuyu at all.

Instead, Tsuchimikado Fuyu seized the opportunity and took him down in an instant with a combo.

Tsuchimikado Fuyu's second round of matches also ended exceptionally quickly.

The enemy was an assassin, and when he saw that his opponent was Tsuchimikado Fuyu, his face turned green with rage.

They weren't afraid of players like Maple who were impossible to break through, but they were afraid of players like Tsuchimikado Fuyu, who could deal damage to you but just couldn't kill you, which was the ultimate torture.

Especially when facing someone like Tsuchimikado Fuyu, who is both tanky and powerful.

Tsuchimikado Fuyu wasn't going to play any tricks on him. He was ready to chop me up however he wanted, but if he managed to kill me, then I'd be proud of him.

But if you give me an opportunity, it's a matter of a combo attack.

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Chapter 1477 Final

After the typhoon passed, Zhao Chen helped rebuild the village.

Gradually, everything returned to normal.

The city was bustling with traffic and people, creating a lively atmosphere.

For most people, this is just a minor incident in life.

The little ones ran back to play in the yard.

The quaint courtyard was filled with a sense of tranquility.

Zhao Chen took out the scroll and began to conceive and create once again.

He felt it still wasn't enough.

I won't write if I don't have inspiration.

His painting skills were already at their peak, but he had not yet reached the point of complete confidence.

Art is about emotion.

"Phew, almost there."

"The current state of the drawing is still a little lacking."

Zhao Chen put down his pen.

His phone received many messages; many people were concerned about his situation.

Many museums have reached out to him.

These museums are afraid too.

The restoration of calligraphy and paintings from the Song and Yuan dynasties is currently underway. Paper is a consumable, and if anything goes wrong with Zhao Chen, this type of paper will become extinct.

In addition, many calligraphy and painting masters are making paper orders with Zhao Chen, hoping that he can produce another batch of Song-style Chengxintang paper.

This paper is top-quality Xuan paper, perfect for painting.

Zhao Chen's current status in the art world is indeed very high.

Zhao Chen will continue making Xuan paper. He plans to build a traditional paper mill in the town. Traditional paper mills don't have much industrial equipment; everything is done by hand, so the price won't be too high.

Then, Zhao Chen can continue producing Song-style Chengxintang paper.

Moreover, all the paper is made of two layers, with a unique mark imprinted in the corner, which also helps to prevent piracy.

The paper mill opens once every six months, producing about one hundred sheets of paper each time. The price is slightly lower than selling to museums, but not by much.

Zhao Chen walked out of the courtyard.

After the typhoon, the kestrels in the backyard flew away, probably to continue their search for the sky that belongs to them.

With nothing else to do, he decided to make some more porcelain.

Recently, too many people have been asking him for porcelain, and many museums have offered generous prices. Zhao Chen couldn't refuse, so he agreed to make porcelain for several museums.

However, these museums did not emphasize the completion time, so his work was not in a rush.

Becoming famous does indeed have many advantages.

Moreover, his works are truly worthy of their reputation, which makes them even more popular.

Zhao Chen spent a lot of money.

During the two days of preparing the porcelain, Zhao Chen saw an interesting activity online.