Chapter 310: The Second Round Begins! Spirit Summoner
Even though eight massive floating arenas were set up for the eight groups to compete simultaneously,
The first round of the competition ended after three hours.
This was to ensure that every contestant could compete at their peak condition, so during the process, some severely injured but barely surviving contestants were given extra rest and recovery time.
Additionally, the officials prepared various high-grade recovery pills for the contestants.
Each group had 45 people, with one person getting a bye.
Therefore, after the first round, each group was left with 23 people.
For the lucky one who got the bye, the other eliminated contestants had no complaints.
After all, official event rewards are only given to the top two.
If you rely solely on luck and lack strength, even if you advance from the group stage, you'll ultimately be defeated.
Furthermore, none of the representatives from Dragon Country, Free Federation, Holy Light Empire, and Giant Kingdom were eliminated.
It is worth mentioning that, perhaps because Ling Zhan was the first to enter without bringing a divine beast,
Subsequent top talents, like Saint Luni, Li Chaoge, Albert, and Xilfu, also entered alone!
It really feels like a real competition now!
Of course, the contestants facing these top talents couldn't help but want to cry, as they were all eliminated by these top talents in seconds.
Soon...
After all the contestants had recovered, the official announcer immediately began announcing the matchups for the second round of the elimination matches!
"Next, we will begin the draw for the second round matchups!"
"Please, all contestants, get ready to enter the arena!"
Under the reminder of the official announcer,
Whoosh!!
The second round group stage matchups, arranged by the backend system's random draw, immediately appeared on the screen!
"First, let's look at the matchups for Group A..."
"In the first match, we have the number three seed from the Holy Light Empire, Prince Saint Lujia! His profession is Spirit Summoner! And his opponent is..."
"Hmm!?"
At this point, the official announcer's expression suddenly froze.
Then, his face turned red, and he excitedly shouted:
"Oh! My God!"
"The Jobless Wanderer!! It's him again!"
"Prince Saint Lujia's opponent is the number five seed from Dragon Country, Ling Zhan!!"
As soon as the announcement was made,
"OHHHHHHH!!!!"
The entire arena erupted into a thunderous cheer!!
Every spectator's face was visibly flushed with excitement, showing how high their expectations were for the first match of Group A!
Even the contestants from other countries and the nobles in the top viewing seats were breathing heavily!
Especially the noble ministers from the Holy Light Empire, their entire fat bodies began to tremble!
It has begun!
This is the first confrontation between the Holy Light Empire and Dragon Country!!
Holy Light Empire's Third Prince, Saint Lujia!
Against...
Dragon Country's Jobless Wanderer, Ling Zhan!!
"Damn!! Another spotlight match!!"
"A showdown of the strong!!"
"The first round of matches eliminated many weak contestants, and as the tournament progresses, such spotlight matches will become more frequent!"
"Yes, after watching the first round, I almost fell asleep! Most were one-sided crushes!"
"…"
In the first round, only the opening match and the Norton vs. Lieta match excited the audience a little.
The subsequent matches were increasingly boring, especially the battles involving top talents.
Now...
Finally, the spotlight match has arrived as hoped!
"Who do you think has a better chance of winning this spotlight match?"
"Isn't it obvious? It must be Prince Saint Lujia!"
"Haha! Does anyone really think it's a strong showdown? This wanderer is not worthy of being compared to Prince Saint Lujia?"
"I think so too, Prince Saint Lujia is also a favorite to win the championship in this tournament!"
"…"
Under the spotlight of this match, many spectators briefly glanced at the matchup information for other groups provided by the announcer.
And then directly chose to ignore them.
Whether it was by coincidence or some other reason...
In this round of the tournament, many top contenders were matched against opponents with vastly different strengths.
Only the matchups in Group A were the most eye-catching.
Spectators also began discussing who had a higher chance of winning.
Most spectators favored Prince Saint Lujia.
Prince Saint Lujia is also a renowned young powerhouse!
Moreover, he is considered the one with the best chance of catching up to Saint Luni among all the young generation in the Holy Light Empire.
Additionally...
Prince Saint Lujia's profession is also a very rare special profession.
Spirit Summoner!
This is an alternate second-tier path for Necromancers!
It is well known that Necromancers are a dark attribute profession, which is completely contrary to the holy light attribute of the Holy Light Empire.
However...
Every initial profession's second-tier path does not only have one option!
Just like a Mage's second-tier paths.
You can advance to a Mage King corresponding to your magic attribute.
Or you can advance to an Elemental Warrior, which is a deviation from the norm.
Or you can advance to an Auxiliary Law Supporter.
Elemental Warriors need no introduction, Koron is an example.
They inscribe magic formulas onto themselves, giving their bodies destructive power comparable to spells.
The Auxiliary Law Supporter focuses on assisting teammates, especially in supporting magic professions.
The skills of an Auxiliary Law Supporter can even be combined with magic profession skills to form even more powerful attacks.
Of course...
The premise for having such a wide range of second-tier choices is that you must have access to a trial dungeon for that profession.
Such precious second-tier paths are generally kept in high secrecy by major families and organizations.
As for Spirit Summoners...
The function of their skills is exactly as their profession name suggests.
Summon spirits!
They mobilize the souls of ancient strong beings to possess them.
After possession, they inherit part of the ancient strong being's thoughts, skills, battle techniques, and so on...
It is said that Spirit Summoners can inherit 100% of the summoned strong being's thoughts, skills, battle techniques, and various attributes after reaching the fourth tier and becoming a 'Spirit Deity.'
Even under their own order skills, they can exert strength far beyond that of the ancient strong being.
Moreover...
The Spirit Summoner is also recognized as a versatile warrior!
If the team needs a healer, they can summon the soul of an ancient healer, thus acquiring some of that healer's skills and attributes!
Whatever is needed, summon it!
Of course...
Such a powerful profession also has limitations; you cannot summon the spirits of two powerful beings simultaneously.
After all, if you could summon more than one strong being, you would be able to merge all professions into one!
It is rumored that many organizations have been secretly conducting in-depth research on the Spirit Summoner profession for hundreds of years.
Among them, the Demon Arrival Organization is one of them.
Only the Spirit Summoner profession has the greatest hope of combining two major professions in one.