Chapter 994: Divine Cup Begins_2

As long as you have this certificate, you can even rent some equipment exclusive to adventure teams that ordinary people can’t rent.

So this certificate is quite useful.

“Of course I know this certificate is important, senior.”

“Even if you lose it, you can always reapply for it.”

Li Pu shrugged.

“Uh… indeed, although the procedure is a bit complicated, you can indeed reapply.”

“But you need to know… the one holding the certificate is your trusty scarecrow.”

Liu Jisheng looked hesitant.

The key is to handle certain special situations.

The summoned beasts registered under the summoner of an adventure team can directly use the certificate to handle matters.

Currently, Li Pu is the only registered member of this adventure team, and of course, he registered the scarecrows as well.

That means the scarecrows holding Li Pu’s certificate can actually use it.

“Huh? There’s such a rule.”

Upon hearing his explanation, Li Pu was slightly taken aback: “I thought it was just playing around with it.”

“You really have a big heart.”

Long Ren covered his forehead.

“It’s fine, let them play.”

“Anyway, it’s abroad, and they can mess around as much as they want.”

Li Pu shrugged, not making a big deal out of it.

“I feel like it’s trying to expand the ‘zero transfer’ gang abroad.”

Liu Jisheng chuckled wryly.

…

A few days later, the Divine Cup online tournament officially began.

To hide his strength, Li Pu decided not to use his dragon cards and other powerful main cards during the online tournament, to prevent others from remembering his deck.

Anyway, the online tournament uses a 3+1 and 4+1 format, so as long as he designs one or two strong small tactics, advancing shouldn’t be difficult.

But in the last round of the online tournament, Li Pu had extraordinarily bad luck.

He unexpectedly encountered a master-level player.

And the opponent adhered to the strategy of a lion fighting a rabbit, starting off with strong cards, evidently well-prepared.

In desperation, he had to bring out strong cards like [Beast Master].

In the end, he managed to squeeze into the top 10,000 with some close calls.

Ten days later, the online tournament officially ended.

The location for the offline tournament was chosen to be the Huazhou Imperial Capital.

Since the offline tournament is not open to the public, the association specially built a concealed but large competition base in the suburbs for it.

On this day, Li Pu arrived at Seven-Star Street at the agreed time to find Li Fan for their departure.

Besides Li Fan, Hidekura Ka was also there.

The three of them got into a special car and started chatting.

“You kid, you didn’t handle the online tournament well, did you?”

Hidekura Ka crossed her arms and looked at Li Pu teasingly.

In the last round of the online tournament, there were only 20,000 participants, which equates to 10,000 matches.

The entire online tournament was live-streamed, so a lot of people watched that last round, wanting to see who would secure a spot in the offline tournament.

When Li Pu brought out [Beast Master], it truly startled a lot of spectators.

He left a deep impression on everyone, fairly speaking, becoming famous after one battle.

However, with the offline tournament imminent, becoming famous now isn’t a good thing.

Undoubtedly, some people with intentions might investigate him privately and prepare counter cards.

“Couldn’t help it, Mr. Hidekura.”

“If I hadn’t played the strong cards then, I would have been eliminated.”

Li Pu expressed his helplessness.

“Ultimately, your preparation wasn’t thorough enough.”

Li Fan shook his head, having a tone of disappointment.

“Your preparation work was overly sufficient, too much so.”

But his words made Hidekura Ka roll her eyes.

Honestly speaking, for Li Fan’s conduct, she both disdained and admired it.

This guy somehow managed to bribe his opponent through the online connection in advance.

Then that opponent threw the match theatrically, which really infuriated the audience watching the live stream.

It’s shameless, but one has to admire such tactics.

“But speaking of which, if you really encounter the deities in the tournament…”

“I suggest you better not use those few dragon cards.”

At this moment, Li Fan advised Li Pu.

“What do you mean, teacher?”

“Could it be that the deities also pay attention to the online tournament?”

Li Pu was taken aback.

“Of course, if these guys weren’t bored, why would they indulge in playing cards?”

Li Fan showed a matter-of-fact expression.

“Doesn’t that mean you’re also saying you’re bored.”

Hidekura Ka teased.

At least she occasionally follows her affiliated adventure team abroad, but Li Fan, ever since he reopened Li Fan’s Card House, has never left Seven-Star Street, let alone ventured far.

“Don’t try to compare the depth of card pools with the deities.”

Li Fan ignored her, shaking his finger as he advised Li Pu: “If we want to win, we can only rely on skill, tricks, and this.”

He pointed to his head.

Of course, this was just his own speculation, after all, he hadn’t truly faced off against a deity.

“Are the deities really that strong, teacher?”

Li Pu was a bit curious.

“Certainly, who knows how long these guys have been alive, the accumulation of their card pools is not something we can compare with.”

Li Fan lit a cigarette but was immediately caught by Hidekura Ka and thrown out of the window.

“So, are there any differences in style among those three deities at the card table?”

Li Pu, having had some direct or indirect interaction with the deities, knew they were quite formidable.

In short, they were very strong.

“You ask me, who am I supposed to ask?”

“I’ve never met the deities, how could I possibly know them in advance.”

But regarding this question, Li Fan merely shrugged.

“Why don’t I believe you.”

Hidekura Ka rolled her eyes again.

“You wouldn’t be guarding against even our people, would you?”

She seemed to figure something out, looking at him with disdain.

“That’s not necessary, that’s not necessary.”

Li Fan smiled and waved his hand, looking harmless.

“…”

However, Li Pu was very familiar with this kind of smile on the teacher’s face.

The old trickster’s words and actions were either real or fake, but he had been deceived by this kind of smile more than once or twice.

He always felt that Li Fan was indeed guarding against them.

It seemed that the guy really wanted to play cards with the deities.

So even if he or Hidekura Ka encountered the deities, he would probably hope for the deities to win.

“My student, are you even doubting your teacher?”

Seeing Li Pu display an expression of doubt, Li Fan looked unhappy.

“Since that’s the case, I won’t keep it a secret.”

“Actually, I have indeed inquired some information about one of the deities.”

He had expected this all along.

If he didn’t throw out one or two pieces of useless information, they wouldn’t believe him.

“Oh?” x2

Sure enough, when he said this, both Li Pu and Hidekura Ka raised their eyebrows.

This guy was indeed incredible, able to even gather information about the deities, as expected?

“Listen up, I’ll only say it once.”

Facing the two of them, Li Fan’s expression turned serious again.

“I’ve heard that this time the offline tournament is adopting a fully enclosed format.”

“Which means there will be no audience, no referees, and before a match starts, you won’t know who your opponent is.”

He explained.

“Even you can’t know the opponent in advance?”

Hidekura Ka was taken aback.

“That’s right.”

Li Fan nodded.

These words made Li Pu and Hidekura Ka exchange glances, communicating with their eyes.

Li Pu: So it’s a complete closed-off offline tournament.

Hidekura Ka: Indeed, he is a despicable person who could even find his opponent in advance through online connections.

Li Pu: Even a despicable person like him can’t handle this.

Li Fan: … Do you guys think I can’t understand your looks, is it necessary to emphasize the word ‘despicable’ repeatedly?

But if this format is indeed coming, players really have no way of knowing the upcoming matches.

They won’t know in advance if the next opponent is a deity.

“First of all, before that, you need to know the characteristics of these three deities.”

What Li Fan said next drew their attention again.

“The One-Eyed God, has only one eye.”

“The God of Inversion, speaks in a reversed manner, just like I just did.”

“As for the God of Justice, there are no obvious features, but you can identify through elimination.”