Chapter 33

"What should we do now?"

The members of the Dragon Tomb Society gathered together, discussing what to do next.

"We don't know how much Mo Ye knows, and there's a possibility that he might also run away," Xu Tianyun said worriedly.

"If he wanted to run away, he would have left with Li Zheng. Why would he come and talk to us?" Lai Yiming thought about this man named Mo Ye.

"What should we do now? Everything is a mess. Li Zheng and Ying Tianlong are just crazy!" To those who didn't know the truth, it seemed to be the case, just like Tao Shan, who was now in a frenzy.

But in Zhou Xian's mind, the situation might not be that simple.

"Regardless of what happens, we can only clarify the issue after we catch Li Zheng and Ying Tianlong. And as Mo Ye said, age is a hard obstacle..."

That's right, don't forget that in the High School Cup, no one has reached the age of 18.

"Could it be because of this that someone is using them as a cover? As students, doing these things is a bit too much, isn't it?" Li Chuyu felt that the situation might be serious.

"But now, to solve the problem, we still need the information from Mo Ye, right?" Zhou Xian thought about Mo Ye's conditions.

"Then let's just fight." Zhang Taihao, who had been silent, stood up. His words decided what the Dragon Tomb Society would do next.

...

July 10th.

This was the final day of the tournament.

However, the number of spectators heading to the gymnasium seemed to be less than in the previous days. The audience seemed to have little interest in the two relatively unknown small clubs.

"Tsk, if our opponent was the Esports Club, there would definitely be a crowd outside now," Xu Tianyun glanced at the competition area.

If the Dragon Tomb Society could defeat the Esports Club in the final, it would certainly be a shocking news.

But unfortunately, the current match was between two relatively unknown clubs, which had no appeal compared to the Esports Club and other large clubs.

Of course, the previous exciting matches had made many people look forward to Zhang Taihao and his team's performance in the final, but the audience's disappointment was hard to express.

"Really unlucky, we have to face the Swallow Heaven Club in the final, and they only have three people. Even the lineup isn't complete."

Tao Shan sighed.

At this moment, the host's voice finally sounded: "Next, we will enter the final of the High School Cup of the Electronic Sports Competition. The two clubs in this final are the Dragon Tomb Society and the Swallow Heaven Club..."

As the introduction began, Zhou Xian and the others were about to take the stage.

The Swallow Heaven Club now only had three people left. Besides Mo Ye, the other two seemed to be players hired by Ying Haitao. Both of them were priests, one was a control-type evil priest, and the other was a turret-type crazy priest.

As for Mo Ye, he was a fire mage.

"Mo Ye is mine, the rest is up to you," Zhang Taihao's fighting spirit was ignited the moment he saw Mo Ye.

After looking at the lineup, Xu Tianyun said, "I'll take the front. Old Zhou, you stay behind me. Tao Shan and Lai Yiming will be the reserves. The other two haven't appeared in the game yet, so you need to prepare according to the situation. Is that okay?"

"Sure."

The atmosphere in the Dragon Tomb Society at this moment seemed to have lost its passion, just like the audience.

"Something feels off."

Li Chuyu looked at the five people about to go on stage and felt something was not right.

It wasn't just the members of the Dragon Tomb Society; it seemed that the entire stage was a bit off?

...

Not just Li Chuyu, Zhou Xian himself had also noticed this.

This feeling was as if his emotions were being blurred. To put it in a more terrifying way, it was as if someone had covered a layer of gauze over his brain.

"This feeling is really strange."

Zhou Xian was indeed uncomfortable.

In the game, Zhou Xian had encountered a similar situation before.

Before obtaining the Great Emperor quest, Zhou Xian had once helped someone complete a hidden quest to obtain a prop called the "Soul Devouring Wooden Box." Although the quest level was not high, it was S-level in difficulty, and because each player could only do it once, it was quite famous in the game.

Though it was a "universal quest," the prerequisites were quite troublesome. First, the quest needed to be accepted from an investigator in the Zhuque Kingdom, which involved investigating a hidden evil altar. When players entered the target town, they would find that the villagers' emotions were in a peculiar state. They were either highly agitated or消极厌世. However, all these emotions were negative.

Next, the players would find an evil altar, and after a series of tasks, they would need to obtain the "Soul Devouring Wooden Box" from the Earth Demon King to counter the evil and suppress the altar, thus completing the quest.

Now, Zhou Xian saw that the sudden negative emotions of the students seemed somewhat similar...

"What am I thinking!"

Zhou Xian was startled by his own bizarre thoughts. He forced himself not to bring the game content into the real world.

Zhou Xian looked around. At this moment, except for Zhang Taihao, who was burning with fighting spirit, and Mo Ye on the opposite side, he felt himself getting excited standing in front of these two people.

The first match was Xu Tianyun against the control-type evil priest.

This was an internal battle among priests. Xu Tianyun's skills were highly refined, though not as good as professional players, he was still quite good among high school students. In the end, with one-fifth of his health remaining, Xu Tianyun successfully cleared the priest from the stage.

However, the second crazy priest was a bit more challenging. The crazy priest was a combination of a mage and a turret, enhancing various magic skills, constantly approaching the level of a mage. This crazy priest had good awareness, and although Xu Tianyun won the first match, he lost the second.

Zhou Xian took the stage for the third match, facing the crazy priest.

However, Zhou Xian's three major skills and infinite step movement naturally countered the crazy priest's performance, so he defeated the opponent with minimal damage. After this match, Zhou Xian gave up the fourth match and directly let Zhang Taihao face Mo Ye.

Zhang Taihao was a berserker mage, with extreme enhancement of attack skills, while Mo Ye was a fire mage, with a higher level of control and lethality in fire magic than a berserker mage.

Zhou Xian also noticed that when Zhang Taihao took the stage, the previously lifeless audience began to show some movement.

"That's Zhang Taihao from the other day!"

"I've heard before that there's a very strong transfer student in junior high named Zhang Taihao, even called the 'Ghostly Transfer Student.' I saw him in the previous matches, and he's indeed as good as they say!"

"Right, right! The result of today's match will probably be a win for the Dragon Tomb Society."

The discussions gradually dispelled Zhou Xian's unease.

"It's probably just an illusion. How could people in the real world be influenced by a game prop..."

Zhou Xian comforted himself.

At this moment, the battle between Zhang Taihao and Mo Ye began.

Mo Ye was dressed in a black robe, and the weapon he used was a Phoenix Feather Staff. Zhang Taihao had used such a thing before.

Of course, Zhang Taihao now had better equipment.

However, the difference in weapons was leveled by the system, so in terms of equipment, there was not much difference between the two.

Mo Ye made the first move.

The fire mage casually threw out three fireballs.

Mo Ye's movements were very standard, giving the impression of a textbook-perfect action.

Zhang Taihao, like Mo Ye, instantly threw out three fireballs.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

An astonishing scene occurred.

The six fireballs collided in the air, exploded, and directly canceled each other out!

"Damn, he actually used fireballs to cancel out fireballs!"

Everyone's eyes widened.

Zhang Taihao's move was terrifying.

Using magic to intercept the opponent's magic is easy to say but hard to do, and it's not just a little difficult.

Intercepting fireballs in the air requires precise judgment, absolute timing, and the most delicate control.

All three are essential.

Zhang Taihao managed to do all this in 0.1 seconds and successfully canceled out the opponent's fireball spell. How could this not be astonishing? Such a skill is rarely seen even in professional leagues!

"I didn't expect you to be so strong," Mo Ye was also amazed after seeing Zhang Taihao's move.

"I couldn't do it before, but recently my brainwave frequency broke 9%, and I felt I could do it now. So I just did a small experiment," Zhang Taihao immediately threw three ice spears at Mo Ye.

Mo Ye was not to be outdone, immediately raising his staff and throwing three fireballs at the ice spears. The fireballs and ice spears collided and canceled each other out again!

"Damn, even if they had rehearsed, they couldn't do it better than this!"

The speed of the ice spears was faster than the fireballs. Although Mo Ye's interception was theoretically the same as Zhang Taihao's, it was even more difficult!

After seeing Mo Ye's terrifying skills, many fans who originally supported Zhang Taihao slowly shifted their emotions to Mo Ye.

The previously lifeless atmosphere was now completely dispelled!