I, the Necromancer, will crush the gods!

Chapter 168 Heading to Hangzhou to Participate in the Professional Tournament

Chapter 168 Heading to Hangzhou to Participate in the Professional Tournament

Meanwhile, after parting ways with Jiang Chen, Lin Cai'er couldn't wait to go home.

She went home and showed off to her grandfather.

She's already a two-star lieutenant, which is no small feat!

Jiang Chen finished his conversation with Hong Jishi at Hong Shen's courtyard, and then contacted Fang Hongxiu to confirm the departure time for tomorrow.

Instead of returning to his dormitory, he chose to use the teleportation array to return to Fortress One.

Inside Fortress One, people were still enthusiastically discussing the Battlefield Ghost King. Jiang Chen listened as he walked, learning some new information.

"Have you heard? The leader of the Huangtian Guild is furious. It seems their team disappeared while searching for the Battlefield Ghost King."

"Yes, the Battlefield Demon King was defeated by others, while the Huangtian Guild's team mysteriously disappeared."

"The Huangtian Guild suffered a great loss this time. I heard that their young guild leader is dead."

Jiang Chen knew that the Huangtian Guild had a terrible reputation among professionals, so many professionals were happy about this news.

"No matter who did it, I have to say well done. It's their fault for always bullying us ordinary folks."

The Huangtian Guild has a very bad reputation among professionals.

Most professionals are happy to see them suffer.

Jiang Chen knew this matter was unlikely to end there.

Go ahead and investigate if you want, just try your best not to expose yourself. He has no regrets whatsoever about killing Li Mingyu.

After returning to Fortress One, he went to the Military Skill Training Grounds and began summoning skeleton warriors.

He plans to use all 30 remaining slots to summon skeleton warriors in order to enhance his power.

Jiang Chen summoned 10 skeleton warriors in one go, then meditated, waiting for his mental energy to recover.

Inside the military's skills training ground, his mental energy can be fully restored in just over an hour.

Three hours later, Jiang Chen finished his skill training. His summoning queue was full, consisting of 170 skeleton warriors and 100 skeleton mages, forming a massive army.

These powerful subordinates filled Jiang Chen with confidence.

After his practice, he returned to his dormitory at Shenlong University, ready to get a good night's rest.

When Jiang Chen returned to the dormitory area, Lu Qingyu, Feng Xiu, Han Li, and several others came over. They also brought two new faces with them, one dressed as a knight and the other as a support.

Lu Qingyu asked curiously, "Jiang Chen, where have you been these past few days?"

Jiang Chen replied, "I went to Battlefield Number Three."

Feng Xiu was taken aback and said incredulously, "You actually went to Battlefield Number Three?"

Then he saw Jiang Chen's sergeant's badge, immediately saluted and said, "Private Feng Xiu greets your superior."

Everyone else was puzzled by Feng Xiu's reaction. Lu Qingyu asked, "What are you doing?"

Feng Xiu explained, "He is a second lieutenant, and I am a private. We need to salute when we see our superior."

Jiang Chen nodded, noticing that Feng Xiu was also wearing a sergeant's badge on his shoulder.

Lu Qingyu didn't know much about military affairs, so she asked, "Is it really that difficult to become a second lieutenant?" Feng Xiu explained, "Yes, it is very difficult to get promoted to the rank of second lieutenant. Killing an ordinary demon below level 40 only earns you 100 military merits, while becoming a second lieutenant requires at least 20000 military merits. Many level 40 professionals may not even be able to reach that level."

“My family is a military family, so I know a lot about these things.”

Feng Xiu pointed to his shoulder, where he also had a sergeant's badge.

The white ones have no stars.

The most ordinary private.

When Jiang Chen first met Feng Xiu, he felt that his temperament was different from that of ordinary people.

"So you come from a military family."

Feng Xiu nodded: "Yes, the Feng family of the Holy Sword, our ancestors were all soldiers, generation after generation."

Jiang Chen asked, "What are you going to do now?" Lu Qingyu replied, "We're going to Hangzhou tomorrow. We plan to practice our tactics again and try to get a good result."

"It's because you leveled up so quickly, otherwise, we wouldn't have needed to go through all this trouble."

Jiang Chen smiled slightly: "Then keep up the good work, you'll definitely get good results."

After Jiang Chen left, Feng Xiu couldn't help but sigh, "He's probably the youngest lieutenant in our Divine Dragon Empire."

Lu Qingyu was a little confused: "Is it difficult to be a lieutenant?"

She knew absolutely nothing about military affairs.

Feng Xiu sighed, "It's extremely difficult. As I just explained, killing a normal demon below level 40 earns 100 military merits."

"A second lieutenant needs at least 1 military merits, and he is a two-star second lieutenant, so he must have at least 2 military merits."

"Do you think it's difficult or not?" "Many level 40 professionals haven't even reached the rank of second lieutenant."

Several people gasped in astonishment.

From a young age, we were taught that demons are extremely powerful.

Killing even one is difficult enough, let alone hundreds.

This is not just a little bit difficult.

Feng Xiu's eyes gleamed with hope: "How did he do that?"

The next day, Lin Cai'er came to find Jiang Chen for breakfast early in the morning.

She was skipping and jumping around, clearly in a very good mood.

Obviously, things went very well after I got home yesterday.

“Grandpa was really startled by me yesterday.”

Lin Zhenzi was indeed startled by Lin Cai'er.

In just a few days, he was promoted from private to second lieutenant. No wonder he was shocked. Lin Cai'er wasn't a top-tier professional who could wipe out a large group of demons with a single skill.

She's only level 26.

Jiang Chen smiled and asked, "And then?"

Lin Cai'er stuffed her mouth with food: "Later, I told him about what had happened these past few days, and then Grandpa got angry and said he was going to tear down Hong Shen's house."

What is this and what?

Jiang Chen couldn't understand why they wanted to demolish Hong Shen's house.

Is there any causal relationship between these events?

Lin Cai'er explained, "He said that Hong Shen sent you to such a dangerous place, so I went with him. I didn't even tell him."

So that's how it is. Jiang Chen chuckled to himself.

"But it's okay. They've been arguing for years, we're used to it."

“A few days ago, they went to the Ancient Roman Catholic Church together, razed it to the ground, and also killed that Loki guy completely.”

Jiang Chen was speechless for a moment.

Hong Jishi didn't tell him about this.

Needless to say, it was all done for themselves.

Jiang Chen knew that Hong Jishi treated him very well.

Lin Cai'er also told Lin Zhenzi about killing Li Mingyu, and at the same time told him not to tell anyone.

Lin Zhenzi readily agreed, otherwise the consequences would be severe.

After eating her fill, Lin Cai'er bought a bunch of food, just in case she didn't like the food in Hangzhou.

Jiang Chen smiled and let her be; it was no big deal.

Hangzhou, as one of the few super-large cities in the Shenlong Empire, is not much different from the capital, Shenlong City.

Hundreds of teleportation arrays were lined up in a row, and countless professionals emerged from them.

The Divine Dragon Empire has made thorough preparations for the 100th Professional Tournament.

Numerous facilities were built to supply the professionals who travel from all over the world to compete.

Lodging and food are plentiful, and everything is top-notch.

And all of these are free.

This demonstrates the formidable strength of the Divine Dragon Empire, a vast empire far surpassing that of ordinary small countries.

"So many people!" Lin Cai'er exclaimed, her eyes wide with curiosity.

I've never seen anything like it before—a dense, countless crowd of people, all of them professionals.

Fang Hongxiu said with a smile, "This place only has professionals below level 40. The advanced professionals after the second job advancement are in another place, and there are just as many people there."

For most players, reaching level 70 and completing the third job advancement might be difficult, but completing the second job advancement is achievable for most. It's fair to say that players below level 70 make up over 95% of all players.

Therefore, when designing the level groups for the professional competition, only professionals below level 70 were considered.

Professionals above level 70 will no longer participate in the competition.

Then, professionals below level 70 are divided into groups of 10 levels each for the competition.

This would appear to be fairer.

The rules have been in place for hundreds of years, and this is the 100th edition; no one has raised any objections for a long time.

Fang Hongxiu had already thoroughly understood the competition rules.

She acted like an older sister, leading everyone to the Shenlong University headquarters.

He explained the specific competition rules to everyone along the way.

"This year's rules are unprecedented and surpass any previous edition." "According to incomplete statistics, more than 10 teams will participate."

The group of people were all shocked upon hearing this.

Lin Cai'er stuck out her little tongue: "With so many people, it'll take forever to compete."

Jiang Chen couldn't help but pat her little head.

If she could think of these problems, how could the imperial high command not have thought of them?

There must be a solution.

Fang Hongxiu said with a smile, "So there will be a preliminary selection tomorrow."

"Only teams that pass the preliminary rounds are eligible to stay and continue competing."

"Although the specific rules of the preliminary selection are unknown, the Empire has announced that more than 90% of the teams will be eliminated in this preliminary selection."

“I think the preliminary rounds will be quite difficult, so we need to be prepared.” Lin Cai’er calculated: “Even if 90% are eliminated, there are still 10,000 teams left, which is a lot.”

Liu Cui chuckled, "The Empire says 90% or higher, but 99% is also 90% or higher."

Fang Hongxiu added, "The Empire also said that all teams faced the same difficulty in this selection process, relying solely on their hard skills, with no room for luck."

"The Empire announces to the world that the competition will be absolutely fair."

Three women and one drama.

They talked non-stop the whole way, chattering away, giving Jiang Chen and Zhang Yang no chance to interrupt.

Jiang Chen was never a talkative person; just listening was enough.

Zhang Yang couldn't hold back and tried to interrupt several times, but Liu Cui shut him down each time.

Later, he listened attentively and stopped talking.

There were over a hundred teams from Shenlong University participating in the competition. They were divided into groups of five, forming a large and impressive team.

Jiang Chen searched through the crowd, but finally showed a hint of disappointment, as he did not see Jiang Ruo in the crowd.

Lin Cai'er noticed the disappointment in Jiang Chen's eyes and took his hand, saying, "Don't worry, we'll definitely meet."

Jiang Chen hummed in agreement: "They probably haven't arrived yet."

The group arrived at the Shenlong University's base.

For this competition, the Divine Dragon Empire built a large number of settlements for the professionals to live in.

Fang Hongxiu went over, completed the formalities, and received her room key.

Each residence has five separate cabins, just enough for five people.

After completing the formalities, the group went outside to familiarize themselves with the surroundings.

Inside the compound, professionals were constantly coming and going.

Looking around, all the players were below level 40. Clearly, those above level 40 also had their own bases.

Lin Cai'er jogged over and said, "I asked, and the teams from the top academies aren't here."

"However, it is confirmed that teams from top academies will participate. Once we pass the preliminary rounds tomorrow and the competition officially begins, we can go and watch the competition."

"The list will be released then."

Lin Cai'er made a special inquiry and learned that Jiang Chen wanted to find Jiang Ruo.

"Thank you."

Suddenly, an dissatisfied voice came from the side: "If you want to show off your love, go do it somewhere else. If you want to have sex, go to your room. Don't stand here blocking the way."

The tone was very unfriendly, causing Jiang Chen to frown.