Chapter 957 - 620: The Qualification Tournament Begins

Chapter 957: Chapter 620: The Qualification Tournament Begins

A few days later, Li Pu arrived at Qi Du.

Qi Du is located on the edge of the Hua District and, compared to the traditional style of Hua District, this city has a slightly exotic flair.

Behind it lies a vast uninhabited desert, teeming with various high-level and low-level magical beasts, making it an ideal venue for this qualification competition.

To manage or guard this desert, Qi Du’s regulatory measures are relatively strict compared to other cities.

When Li Pu arrived on Bus No. 2, he could only disembark at a fixed landing platform and then take a cab to the agreed location.

Here, summoning beasts cannot be casually released, or one would easily receive a warning.

Upon reaching the registration site, Liu Jisheng and Fu Dusheng warmly welcomed him.

"Junior, you finally made it."

"I’ve already filled out the forms for you. All you need is to hand them in yourself for registration."

Behind Liu Jisheng was a tall man wearing sunglasses, with tiger-striped fur growing on his temples and the backs of his hands, standing at least two meters tall.

This seems to be his partner for this qualification round, though it’s surprising that he’s a mixed-race of other ethnicities.

"I’ve also filled out the form for you."

Fu Dusheng beside him promptly handed over the form.

His partner’s attire was very peculiar, with a fishbone necklace around her neck and a fish skull hat on her head.

Li Pu had seen her before; she had visited when the Solitude Adventure Guild tried to recruit him.

She’s precisely Yu Duoduo, the head of the Solitude Adventure Guild.

Fu Dusheng is merely the deputy head of this guild.

It’s said that Yu Duoduo’s summoned creatures are all murloc priests and other murloc-like beings; note, murlocs, not mermaids.

As the leader of this adventure guild, she follows the Burst Soldier Style.

"Thank you."

Li Pu nodded in acknowledgment and took the form.

He was cautious and scanned the content of the form.

As expected, in the "Affiliated Adventure Guild" column, they had filled in [Repeat Adventure Guild] and [Solitude Adventure Guild].

"You two seniors are too courteous."

He smiled and looked at Liu and Fu, stacking the two forms together.

Sssss...

Tearing them in half.

"You vile person, actually attempting to deceive me with despicable tricks," she remarked.

Liu Jisheng glared at Fu Dusheng, as if he wasn’t involved.

"Junior, it was just a joke earlier; this one’s the real deal."

Fu Dusheng ignored him and handed over a form.

"Thanks, senior, I’ll be back soon."

After reviewing the form, Li Pu headed to the registration area.

He had timed it pretty tightly; registration today and the competition starts tomorrow.

After a night’s rest, early the next morning, he boarded a Crystal Coin-driven floating bus arranged by the reception staff, leaving Qi Du and heading deep into the desert.

The number of participants this time was fewer than Li Pu had imagined.

With 60-seat buses, there were only 4 of them, and they weren’t even full.

Meaning the total number of competitors was less than 240, and the adventure guilds represented were only a little over 100.

It’s said one bus carried the veteran members striving for elite guild qualification, while the rest were newcomers without guild qualifications like them.

Which means newbies were paired in groups of two, totaling less than 100 teams.

Yet be it elite guild or founding a new guild, there were only 10 slots available in total.

With a one-twelfth selection rate, it doesn’t seem too low.

But he knew everyone here for the qualification was elite, not to be underestimated.

Essentially, everyone was seated in pairs, while Li Pu chose the more spacious last row alone.

Although everyone tried to hide their presence, they couldn’t escape his perception.

This bus was filled with Sixth Order Summoners, and their auras were solid.

Several of them even gave him the feeling they were close to reaching the threshold of Seventh Order.

Liu Jisheng had introduced that the maximum strength for this qualification competition was Seventh Order.

As Eighth Order Summoners could directly receive elite guild formation qualifications without needing to participate in the competition.

While observing everyone, Li Pu didn’t realize that in others’ eyes, he was actually seen as the least competitive one.

Traveling alone without a partner, his aura barely reached Sixth Order.

"Brother, I must say, you’re really brave."

At this moment, a voice reached him.

The man appeared to be around forty, tall and slender, with a mustache.

On the bus, only Li Pu and this man were seated in the last row.

Both were independent participants.

But the difference was, this man’s aura was the most solid on the scene.

"You can call me Mustache."

Seeing Li Pu turn around, Mustache kindly extended his hand. ℯ

"Li Pu."

Li Pu shook hands with him.

"Li Pu, brother, did you come here to gain experience?"

Observing Li Pu’s youthful appearance and no companions, Mustache made a speculation.

Such a young Sixth Order Summoner likely comes from some powerful family.

These family forces often secretly violate federal rules by training children as Summoners from a young age.

Such experience-gathering and adventure-seeking are things these families often do.

Take note that if one fails in the qualification competition, they cannot participate again for three years.

Only family forces would regard such a precious opportunity purely as an experience.

"Well, sort of."

"Then why does Mustache choose to participate independently?"

Li Pu didn’t plan to elaborate, he simply nodded.