The first round of matches ended quickly.

A total of fifty people advanced to the second round, which continued at 2 PM.

After announcing the results of the first round, the host gave a brief summary.

"I believe everyone witnessed the exciting first round."

"It's no wonder our elites from all over Longxia made it through; the battles were indeed spectacular!"

"Those who lost shouldn't be discouraged; it's not that you aren't strong enough, but that your opponents were just a bit more outstanding."

"And those who won, don't get complacent; your journey is just beginning!"

"Of course, this competition also introduced a few dark horses, making our matches even more thrilling."

"Like you, I'm very much looking forward to the second match this afternoon."

"At 2 PM, let's be there or be square!"

...

In fact, the host didn't really watch the matches closely.

After all.

One can't keep an eye on everything or hear everything happening.

It's impossible to see every participant's match situation.

This spiel is almost repeated every year.

But this year is different.

There genuinely is a dark horse causing widespread discussion!

He is none other than the Undead Mage from Black Fire City, Lu Ran!

Many in the audience didn't actually see Lu Ran's battle, since it was too fast.

The battle between an Undead Mage and a Profound Armor Berserker wasn't considered interesting anyway.

But the news of the fastest match completion spread quickly.

An Undead Mage, who wasn't even qualified to participate in the Hundred Cities League, not only participated but also defeated his opponent the fastest!

It's one thing to defeat an opponent, but the opponent was a Profound Armor Berserker—a direct counter to an Undead Mage!

So how did he manage to finish it so quickly in this situation?

For a while, rumors were flying!

"Nepotism? An Undead Mage can join the Hundred Cities League?"

"What good is nepotism when the opponent is a Profound Armor Berserker, a complete counter to Magic Series professions!"

"I'm telling you, it's nepotism, making the opponent surrender and gear up with trash equipment. Is it that hard?"

"This is corruption!"

"Now I'm seriously doubting the fairness of the Hundred Cities League."

"Damn, which rich kid is playing up there, what bad luck!"

"In the second round, I'll keep my eyes on him!"

...

As expected, accompanying this was immense doubt directed at Lu Ran by many!

This was normal; not doubting would be strange.

After the match ended.

Cong Shuang returned to the Cong Family.

"Yu, before the match, you said your friend, Lu Ran, is very powerful. How powerful? Tell me in detail what you guys did yesterday." Cong Shuang asked impatiently.

"Oh, we didn't do much, just went on a quest." Cong Yu glanced cautiously at Cong Jixian, murmuring.

"Speak the truth." Cong Shuang rolled her eyes at Cong Yu.

She knew this sister of hers all too well.

Especially when she was lying, she loved watching their father Cong Jixian's reaction the most.

"Alright, so we just went on a quest. During the match, there was some danger, so I asked Lu Ran for help. And it was indeed dangerous, at the time..."

Cong Yu recounted the events of the previous day's quest in detail.

Upon hearing this, Cong Shuang immediately understood why Cong Yu was stammering and hesitant to speak.

Cong Jixian was the first to react.

He widened his eyes, saying: "Girl, you ignored my warnings? You took on such a high-level difficult quest? If not for Lu Ran, do you know what would have happened to you!"

It was clear Cong Jixian was very angry.

Cong Yu also realized her mistake, feeling a bit reckless and impulsive, and didn't dare to make a noise.

Cong Shuang was astonished, looking at Cong Yu.

She pondered: "Titan Python? That should be a BOSS-level wild creature, right?"

Just then.

A young man wearing glasses beside her spoke: "I checked the records; it should be a ruin BOSS, located in the Southern Border."

Upon hearing this, Cong Shuang's head buzzed.

A ruin BOSS!

And from the Southern Border at that, during the Undead Mage's battle, he could summon such a creature?

An Undead Mage, a ruin BOSS, how do these two tie together?

"Anything else?" Cong Shuang continued to ask.

"No, that's it. The other thing is the undead creatures summoned by Lu Ran's Legion Guardian skill. But I don't know if it's just my misconception, the Skeleton Soldiers summoned by Lu Ran's Legion Guardian seemed incredibly powerful, attributes far exceeding other Undead Mages' Skeletons, even stronger than the Skeletons of high-level Undead Mages I've encountered!" Cong Yu mused.

Hearing this, Cong Shuang didn't overlook Cong Yu's 'misconception.'

She turned to the people brought by the Cong Family.

She pointed and said: "You are an Undead Mage, come, cast a Legion Guardian."

That servant obediently followed the command.

Immediately.

Ten Skeleton Soldiers appeared in front.

Cong Shuang then turned to Cong Yu, pointing at the Skeleton Soldiers, and asked: "Look at these Skeleton Soldiers' attributes and compare them to Lu Ran's. How do they match up?"

Cong Yu turned to look, especially staring at the attributes panel of the Skeleton Soldiers.

Then said: "When Lu Ran summoned them, he directly used Corpse Explosion, I don't quite remember the exact attributes, but they were definitely much stronger than these Skeleton Soldiers."

Cong Shuang's eyes narrowed slightly.

Cong Ji, this Undead Mage, is level fifty-one!

And his equipment is top-tier.

Yet the Skeleton Soldiers he summoned weren't as strong as Lu Ran's?

And according to Cong Yu, Lu Ran's Skeleton Soldiers were much stronger than these Skeleton Soldiers!

"By the way, what happened at platform six earlier, did you see?" Cong Shuang continued to ask.

"Didn't see clearly, but I had someone watching, and Lu Ran used a Blood Spear at the time." Cong Yu said.

Cong Shuang continued waiting for Cong Yu to elaborate.

But she noticed Cong Yu had no intention of continuing.

Suddenly realizing, she questioned: "That's it? Just a Blood Spear?"

"Yes, just one Blood Spear." Cong Yu nodded.

"One Blood Spear instantly killed the opponent? What was the opponent's profession?" Cong Shuang hurriedly continued to ask.

"I remember it; it was a Profound Armor Berserker." Cong Yu truthfully replied.

It was hard for Cong Shuang to describe her feelings at that moment.

An Undead Mage threw a Blood Spear and instantly killed a Profound Armor Berserker known for Magic Resistance, said to be the nemesis of Magic Series professions!

The battle ended in a few seconds!

"Indeed, something's off with that Lu Ran!" Cong Shuang murmured.

She even hoped before that maybe Lu Ran was just lucky enough to encounter a weakling profession from another academy.

Or perhaps.

The opponent due to some accident or reason withdrew or conceded.

But the actual result slapped Cong Shuang hard.

"Big girl, no need to pay too much attention, even if Lu Ran has something strange, he's just an Undead Mage. The championship is surely yours; being a core member of the Celestial Path Alliance is your ultimate goal." Cong Jixian said to Cong Shuang.

Core member of the Celestial Path Alliance...

Cong Shuang even felt a bit bitter inside.

Handing over a document to Cong Jixian, she said: "Before this, Lu Ran was already a core member of the Celestial Path Alliance, and not just that..."

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