Just as Li Chaoge was about to go find Ling Zhan...
She noticed that the familiar, aloof figure had already returned to the Dragon Kingdom's preparation area.
This made Li Chaoge, who initially wanted to ask Ling Zhan about his conversation with Princess Saint Luni, fall silent.
It seemed she wasn't in a position to ask where he had gone.
Speaking up suddenly would only make her seem bothersome.
So Li Chaoge had to swallow her words.
Ling Zhan didn't pay any attention to this and continued to focus his indifferent gaze on the screen.
The competition continued.
However, compared to the first three matches, the following 29 matches seemed much more time-consuming and drawn out.
In fact...
A quick and decisive battle is not the norm in team competitions.
Think about it carefully.
This is a small-scale team battle with a total of 100 vs. 100 participants, including the monsters.
Especially since the priests can constantly revive their teammates, and as the battle lines stretch out, leading to a stalemate, a normal match can't be finished in less than half an hour.
When the 64-to-32 matches finally ended...
It was already 3 PM.
The officials checked the time and announced the next steps via broadcast.
After a one-hour break, one more 32-to-16 match would be drawn as the final match of the day.
The remaining matches would continue tomorrow.
After all, it was getting late, and the longer it dragged on, the worse the players' condition would be.
It was said that many players, after dying and being revived repeatedly, not only had their mental state deteriorate but also lost quite a few levels and experience points.
Some players who started at level 62 were down to level 52 after just one match.
It was enough to make them want to cry.
Some might think that such a competition is just a way to make players lose experience and levels for nothing...
And that sending players with reduced levels and experience to the frontlines would only make them easier prey for the monsters...
But the truth is...
If a player keeps dying in such a team competition, it means their strength is insufficient.
Would a country really send someone with insufficient strength to the battlefield?
The national leaders aren't so foolish as to send their soldiers to be slaughtered by monsters.
At this point, many teams started bringing in substitutes.
After all, the starting players had lost too much experience and levels, severely affecting their strength.
However, the teams from powerful nations still had their original members, with no one losing levels or experience.
After the officials announced a one-hour break...
There was a sudden rush!!
Countless spectators clutched their bladders and rushed outside to relieve themselves.
In terms of excitement, the team competition is undoubtedly more engaging than the individual matches.
The grand scale of the massive battles was particularly spectacular.
Many spectators held it in just to avoid missing a match.
"Let's see if we get picked for the final match!"
A member of the Dragon Kingdom team joked as he enjoyed his delicious boxed meal.
Don't be fooled by the boxed meal.
It was quite lavish.
Various rare ingredients that usually only appeared in high-end hotels were provided to the players and spectators.
The food provided by the Holy Light Empire to all players and spectators was personally prepared by royal god-tier chefs. To cater to the tastes of people from different nations, they offered a variety of national cuisines, allowing people to choose freely.
This is one of the reasons why tickets to the Beast Wars Tournament are so expensive.
The funniest part was...
The audience from Korea, who always boasted about their country's food being the best in the world, had 80% of them choosing Chinese food, and after eating it, they gave it a bad review.
They claimed that Dragon Kingdom food was terrible, not as good as our Korean kimchi.
But then the moment of truth came...
On the 'National Job Change' app, the Beast Wars Tournament officials launched a survey for every spectator attending the event.
One of the sections was 'Food Satisfaction Survey.'
After entering the section, all ticket holders could rate the different national cuisines.
Official statistics revealed...
That nearly 90% of the spectators from other countries gave high marks to Dragon Kingdom cuisine.
Only the Korean audience collectively gave it bad reviews.
Looking at the cuisine clicks.
The Korean cuisine click rate was '10%,' and all were negative reviews.
The Dragon Kingdom cuisine click rate was '85%,' with nearly 90% positive reviews, most of the negative reviews coming from Korean and Fusang audiences.
It has to be said, this trick of 'eating from the bowl and then cursing it' was played perfectly by these fools.
Of course...
These were just some amusing side notes.
It proved that sometimes a teammate's words can be prophetic.
Especially when they raise a flag.
The moment the break ended...
The lively audience fell silent.
The official commentator's passionate announcement echoed once more.
"Next, we'll announce the teams for today's final match of the team competition."
"They are..."
"The Nature Goddess team from the Elf Forest, against the Panda team from the Dragon Kingdom!"
"Let's give a round of applause to welcome both teams onto the stage!!"
As the words fell...
Wow!
Thunderous applause and astonished gasps filled the air.
Every spectator's face was once again filled with intense anticipation.
"Great! The final match today features the Dragon Kingdom team again!"
"I'm beginning to think the officials are deliberately targeting that non-specialist..."
"This is going to be interesting. The Elf Forest team was last year's champion! And this year, the Dragon Kingdom team, with that non-specialist, has even more potential!"
"I never expected these two teams to meet so early..."
"..."
The Elf Forest team vs. the Dragon Kingdom team!
Last year's team competition champion vs. the most promising dark horse team!
A non-specialist who just made legendary history is about to face this champion team, known for both their strength and teamwork!
Will the non-specialist lead his team to defeat the champion and continue towards a 'double championship'...
Or will these fair-skinned, beautiful female elves slay the legend and continue their path to the championship?
Everything is eagerly anticipated!
This is a battle with endless highlights!!
This draw reignited the atmosphere that had calmed down during the break.
When the two teams stood on stage facing each other...
The golden-haired, golden-eyed, noble and elegant Princess Lorna looked at the non-specialist figure.
She had heard this man's name from her sister Anna more than once.
At first, she didn't care.
After all, in this world of job changes, nothing is impossible; encountering someone who didn't change jobs was no big deal.
But she never expected that today, this man would stand before her, giving her a strong sense of pressure, becoming the most difficult obstacle for her to overcome.
Especially in the previous individual match, she witnessed her invincible best friend Saint Luni have her head repeatedly smashed by this man's fists, deepening her fear of him.
Even the female elves behind Lorna looked at that cold, aloof figure with a mix of fear, dread, admiration, and awe.
The battle hadn't even begun...
But the Elf team was already anxious.