During the next few days, Li Pu's activities were rather monotonous.

Since he received the full payment in advance, he felt a little embarrassed.

Thus, he planned to hasten his progress slightly to complete the training tasks assigned by the seniors.

His activity for these days primarily consisted of training, resting/playing cards, then training again, followed by resting/playing cards.

Meanwhile, new training requests also came in, from several senior sisters who weren't comfortable entering the boys' dormitory initially.

Considering that he still had quite a few tasks piled up, Li Pu could only politely decline them for the time being.

Once the current tasks were nearly completed, he would then consider his next steps.

Taking requests too early would weigh on his mind a bit, always feeling like he owed something to others.

During these days, Li Pu also took some time to visit the Cubic Card Association's service point, registering for the Southwest Star Cup's cubic card track.

In response, Director Fu was very enthusiastic.

He even promised that when Li Pu participated, all expenses for accommodation, food, and transportation during the event would be covered by him personally.

Because if Li Pu really achieved good results, it would contribute to his performance, after all, these talents registered at their service point.

However, Li Pu was unlikely to enjoy this benefit.

Because, by then, all his expenses had already been covered by the school.

The school, of course, wouldn't care about the cubic card track, only the actual combat track.

That's right, besides the cubic card track, Li Pu also confirmed his participation in the actual combat track.

The slots for the actual combat track were relatively hard to obtain compared to the cubic card track.

It just so happened that Li Fan had one in hand, so he gave it to him.

Li Pu did not plan to participate in the individual battle, but aimed for the team battle.

Because the tournament had a rule that you could only choose one track at a time, individual or team.

If you wanted to participate in another track, you could come again next year.

The reason for choosing the team battle was simple.

Because the rewards they offered were indeed too enticing.

Li Pu didn't care about the exemption opportunities.

But the top reward for individual battles was only 50,000 Crystal Coins.

The top reward for team battles was directly divided among five people, totaling 500,000.

Even the other rankings' rewards saw the team battle leading by a significant margin.

Therefore, the rewards for the team battle track were far more attractive.

As for the members for the team battle, they were mostly confirmed during these few days.

When considering the composition of the team battle, aside from various tactical arrangements, he believed there was another crucial aspect.

That was harmony within the team, everyone should be united.

If harmony within the team couldn't be achieved, cooperation would surely be less effective.

Under these premises, their team naturally formed.

The first member of the team was Wu Guinan.

Don't look at this guy as if he's weak usually; it really depends on who he's compared with.

First, his instant-use "Sprint" provides him with good self-preservation abilities.

Secondly, the defensive capabilities of his Rolling Turtle were unmatched among first-years.

So if not compared with Li Pu, he actually counted among the best of the first-year students.

In team battles, a front-line role that absorbs firepower was very important.

The Rolling Turtle, being tough and fast when rolling, was ideal for this position.

Of course, Li Pu could do this too.

But he had to serve as the healer, which conflicted too much with the charging role.

As for the second member, it was Chang Shoushang, who had previously invited Li Pu.

This senior frequently got injured; he appeared useless but was actually often thus.

The main reason he became part of the team was that he was fairly acquainted with Li Pu, plus he persistently begged.

However, after understanding the format of the team battle, Li Pu felt this senior wasn't entirely useless.

What was meant by an actual combat track meant it wasn't just pure arena PK.

Some segments involved tasks like dungeon exploration.

Chang Shoushang's vast storage space should prove quite effective.

Moreover, Li Pu temporarily didn't want too many people to know he had two summoned beasts. Senior Chang's inclusion could help cover up and let Bu Bu pretend to be his summoned beast.

The last member was also an acquaintance of Li Pu.

It was Jiang Guiju, invited by Wu Guinan and Chang Shoushang.

Jiang Guiju's strength naturally needed no further mention.

She might rank highly even in individual battles, proving quite reliable.

With Jiang Guiju's level as a third-year student, obtaining a slot was naturally not a challenge.

Her original plan was to participate in the individual battle or team up with Hang Xing, Chang Shilian, and others.

But after Wu Guinan's invitation, she hesitated a bit and then agreed.

From her perspective, as a senior, bringing along this group of juniors was no harm.

Moreover, she believed she understood (?) the three juniors' capabilities, truth be told it seemed promising.

The team battle consisted of 4 players + 1 substitute.

Including Li Pu, the minimum standard of 4 players was already met, but they still lacked 1 substitute.

According to Li Pu's plan, he hoped to find a good communicative acquaintance.

Yi Lunyou, because of his unlucky name, was vetoed by everyone.

Cai Yan had already agreed to team up with others, so he didn't join this team.

Wu Guinan even proposed Little Tree Man as a candidate, but this guy immediately refused because he was afraid.

In the end, they could only think of Wang Nuonuo, who had gone on a raid with them.

It turned out Wang Nuonuo hadn't secured a slot, so the substitute member's position remained vacant for the moment.

Now, with less than two weeks until the Southwest Star Cup, Li Pu knew he had to prepare well.

Hence, after completing most of the training tasks, he started returning to East Wilderness Ridge.

Besides collecting materials for the Scarecrow and offering sacrifices to Bu Bu, another important task was hunting Cloud Wolves.

After braving the elements for three days and nights, the task of collecting Cloud Wolf tails was finally completed.

During this time, Li Pu also tried entering the Stone Forest Maze to find Dream Mulberry Silkworms, but failed to spot any again; last time may have just been overly lucky.

With over 300 wolf tails, he successfully acquired 3 leaves from the Climbing Wall Vine.

Thus, the related materials for the A+ skill "Jade Iron Vine" were finally collected.

Though excited, Li Pu didn't proceed immediately.

Instead, he restrained his joy, hurried back to school, heading toward the trading station.

Before using "Jade Iron Vine," he wanted to exploit a bug.

First, he planned to upgrade "Entangle" using the relatively cheap F-class skill light ball, then merge it with "Jade Iron Vine."

Apart from this, there were many other things to accomplish today.

The Scarecrow finally leveled up to LV30 again and was ready for rebirth.

Moreover, he already possessed the necessary rebirth materials, without needing extra expenses.

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