"Just press your personal terminal here!"
At the entrance of the Grand Dueling Arena, a few NPCs were handling matters regarding the levels. Guhan pressed his personal terminal on the table, and Guhan's match information was displayed on the table.
[Player: Military Governor.
Grade: Treasured Sword.
Preliminary Round Area: Area 64.
Area Rank: First.
Preliminary Kill Points: 34560.
Overall Rank: First.]
"Alright, please draw a lot from this box!" The NPC took out another brocade box. This was the lot-drawing ceremony for the semi-finals.
According to the rules, the first place of each area was a seeded player. Their opponent would only be the last place in each area.
As for the special Area 64, which had 32 slots, the first and second place would also enjoy seeded status.
Guhan was the first place, so his opponent would definitely be the sixteenth place in the other areas.
The lot-drawing ceremony was originally not a big deal. The opponents decided by the system were always randomly selected.
However, to make the semi-finals more interesting, the system added a lot-drawing ceremony.
Guhan's hand casually drew a lot from the brocade box and drew out a piece of paper with the number 61 written on it. This meant that Guhan's first opponent would be the sixteenth place player from Area 61.
… …
"Dear sword-wielding players, welcome to the live broadcast of the 20th Eight City Sword Duel semi-finals. You are now watching the live broadcast of the Treasured Sword Tier semi-finals. I am your most adorable commentator, Little Rice Doll!" said a slightly plump middle-aged man in a traditional Chinese suit with a face full of smiles.
"Hello everyone, I'm Miss," said a cute and innocent beauty.
The two of them were the commentators in charge of commentating the entire semi-finals of the Treasured Sword Grade Competition.
Although the competition was held in the Grand Dueling Arena, players didn't need to watch the competition from the spectator stands like they did before the Apocalypse. Players could click any button from anywhere and enter the Eight City Sword Duel's live broadcast room to watch the competition through the live broadcast.
What was a live broadcast?
For example, after a player entered the live broadcast room, he sat on a sofa. Opposite him were two commentators, one male and one female, who were also sitting on the sofa and talking non-stop. It felt as if the two commentators were really sitting opposite him and talking to him alone.
But in fact, the two commentators were talking to all the players. You couldn't interact with them at all. You could only listen to them.
Of course, if a player felt lonely watching a livestream alone, they could invite their friends into the livestream room and watch the livestream together. Everything would be as real as if it were happening in the real world.
"Hey, did you know that top lane MISS?
This is my third time commentating for the Sword Group of the Eight City Sword Duel, but this is the first time I've ever been so excited! "Little Rice Doll said.
"Why?"
It was Miss's first time commentating on the Eight Cities Sword Tournament. With her lack of experience, she could only be a qualified supporter.
"Because in the previous two competitions, the viewership ratings for our Sword Group's competition were never above 5%. We didn't even have 4 million concurrent viewers. But this time, according to the latest data, the number of viewers for the Sword Group's competition has exceeded 24 million, reaching a viewership rating of 30%. We are ranked second out of all the five groups. How can I not be excited?!!" At this point, the Little Rice Doll actually shed a few tears.
This male commentator's excitement was not fake, but his true feelings.
Other than the Emperor Sword Group's competition, which didn't have any preliminaries or semi-finals and directly went to the finals, the other groups all started their semi-finals at the same time. Thus, players had to choose one of the five groups to watch.
The Legend of the Sword and Fairy division had always been the favorite of the players. The reason was simple. The matches of the Legend of the Sword and Fairy division were too glamorous. Various kinds of dazzling abilities emerged one after another, and the shaking of the earth was a common occurrence.
Just like how everyone loved American blockbusters, all the players naturally loved to watch the Legend of the Sword and Fairy division.
As a result, the viewership ratings for the other groups were much lower. The Sword Group had always been competing with the Ancient Sword Group for the lowest viewership ratings. Who would have thought that they would be ranked second today?
"I understand now. It must be because the Military Governor is competing in our Sword Group, right?!"
The top lane Miss clapped her hands, and two stars appeared in her eyes. "Actually, I'm also a fan of the Military Governor. I really want to watch the great Military Governor's competition now!"
"Don't worry, the competition will start in 30 seconds. When the time comes, we will lead everyone to the Military Governor's arena."
The Little Rice Doll paused for a moment. "Dear players, I have to inform you that the main route of the live stream is now connected to the first seed of the Sword Group, the Military Governor's arena. If you don't want to watch the Military Governor's competition, you can use the remote control device beside you to enter the number of the contestant you want to watch: 0 + region code + contestant ranking. Then, you will be able to enter the contestant's arena.
For example, if you want to watch the tenth region's first place match, you can enter 01001 to watch the match. Thank you for your cooperation. "
As soon as the commentator finished speaking, the style of the live stream changed. The live stream moved to the side of an arena, and the spectators sat closest to the arena. They could watch the entire competition from the closest distance.
Moreover, if necessary, the players could also view the forum on the spot. They could watch the competition and browse the forum at the same time.
At that moment, the two contestants appeared on the arena. One was the highly anticipated Military Governor, and the other was the chubby man.
"System Notification: The competition is about to begin. Player Military Governor, please select the map!"
It would be too boring if the competition was only held on a monotonous arena. Therefore, before the competition began, the system would allow the player with the higher ranking to select the map.
Of course, Guhan did not care about a map. Therefore, he chose the option at the top. "Sports Field!"
In the next second, the arena turned into a sports field that was a hundred meters long and wide. There were plastic tracks on both sides, and the ground was also cement. It was no different from a normal sports field in a school.
"System Notification: Randomly selecting the competition mode … Mode confirmed … Sword Duel Mode!" The system continued to broadcast. There were many modes in the competition that were randomly selected.
The Sword Duel Mode was one of the most common modes. Simply put, the Sword Wielder would let his Swordladies fight one by one, and they were not allowed to leave the arena in the middle. Once the Swordladies' shields were broken, they would lose the ability to fight and would not be able to enter the arena again.
Once all the Swordladies' shields were broken, the Sword Wielder would naturally lose.
"The competition will begin in ten seconds. All players, please prepare yourselves!"
"I am Military Governor, the Sword Wielder of the Sword Tier!
I am the Sword Wielder of the Sword Tier, the Sword Wielder of the Sword Tier!
I am the Sword Wielder of the Ancient Sword Tier, the Qingpin Sword, and I have fought against you. From now on, the grudge between us shall be settled, and we shall live up to the glory of mankind! "
The system notified them that there were still ten seconds left. They did not want them to just prepare themselves and not speak. At this time, they needed to introduce themselves to each other. This was the basic etiquette of the competition. When Guhan and Hui Jian fought for the Heavenly Sword's keepsake, they also used this etiquette.
"I am Sigma, the Sword Wielder of the Sword Tier!
I am the Sword Wielder of the Sword Tier, the Yin and Yang Sword, and I have fought against you!
Ancient sword rank Sword Maiden, Blue Rain Sword, fought with you, and from now on, all debts of gratitude and grudges will be settled. With our lives, we will bring glory to the human race and not let down the future generations! "
It was obvious that Sigma was very impatient with reading out these programmed lines. After he finished speaking, he pointed at Gu Han's nose and scolded, "Commander, you're just an opportunistic piece of trash. You only know how to use your little tricks. What kind of ability is that? Give my brother back his quota!"
The Swordsman named Sigma yelled, immediately drawing the ire of the spectating players.
Everyone posted posts on the forums to denounce this shameless braggart.
"You piece of trash! How dare you call the Military Governor a piece of trash! I'll kill him!"
"Count me in! I'm going to kill him too!"
"Well, I'm the only one who cares. How did the Military Governor owe his brother a slot?"
The two commentators also began to discuss. "I say, Senior Doll, take a guess. How did the Military Governor steal his brother's slot?"
"Isn't it simple?
This Sigma is from District 61, so his brother might be from District 62. District 62 is the last place, so all of its slots have been taken away. In a sense, Mr. Sigma's brother was really screwed over by the Military Governor! "
"Ahem, as usual, let's talk about the swordmaidens of both sides."
Little Rice Doll continued, "First, we'll talk about Sigma's Sword Maiden Yin Yang Sword. It's a Confucian swordmaiden with excellent defense. It can use its ultimate skill, the Yin Yang Sword Array, to form a defensive barrier that lasts for one minute. It can withstand attacks ten times more than what it can withstand. In my opinion, Sigma can at least last one minute against the Military Governor's Heaven-reliant Sword …"
"System Notification: Sword Maiden Yin Yang Sword's shield has been shattered. Player has been eliminated from battle."
Poor Little Rice Doll was instantly slapped in the face. Before he could finish his sentence, the Yin Yang Sword's shield had been shattered, let alone one minute.
Under the gazes of tens of millions of players, as soon as the countdown ended, Guhan appeared behind the Yin Yang Sword like a ghost. With just one slash, the energy of the Yin Yang Sword's shield had been reduced by more than half.
The Yin and Yang Sword was startled and immediately used its big move, the Yin and Yang Sword Formation, to cast a protective cover on itself that could last for one minute, which was 10 times its defensive power.
Then, Gu Han didn't use any moves. He just slashed at the protective shield with his sword. In less than six seconds, the protective shield, which was said to have increased its defensive power by ten times, was forcefully destroyed by the admiral's slash.
"I surrender!"
Sigma looked like a deflated inflatable doll when it saw that its Swordmistress, which specialized in defense, was defeated in less than ten seconds. It didn't even have the chance to use its Ancient Swordmistress before it could even use its Swordmistress.