1018: Admit defeat

“The next match is the doubles battle, right? Where is Xingchen? Now is the time to arrange the Partners for the doubles battle for everyone.” When the topic shifted to Du Xingchen, Wen Xiucheng looked around the tent.

From the start of their battle until it ended, they hadn't seen Du Xingchen, and they didn't know where he had gone.

At this moment.

After Du Xingchen had finished distributing all the flyers, he stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the Heaven at a forty-five-degree angle.

A total of five thousand copies were handed out in less than half an hour, and such a harvest made him feel very good.

He even had an indescribable sense of accomplishment.

If he hadn't been recommended for admission in the Original World, his final outcome would have at least been a great salesman, right?

He withdrew his thoughts and shifted his gaze to the System panel.

After the flyers were distributed, no power feedback had returned yet.

He would have to wait until they offered sacrifices before he could gain anything.

While scrolling through the panel, a striking lottery draw caught his eye.

The hundred-thousand-year-level lottery he received when accepting the inheritance hadn't been used yet!

“System, use the lottery draw!”

“Ding ~ Host used the hundred-thousand-year lottery draw. Congratulations to the Host, you have obtained Team Swagger Mode.”

[Team Swagger Mode]: After the mode is activated, as long as the Host leads the team to successfully swagger, different levels of rewards can be obtained. The mode lasts during the Soul Card Master College Entrance Examination period.

Along with the delivery of this reward and the display of its description, Du Xingchen's expression became strange.

“Swagger? Is this a path the protagonist team must take?”

…

“You're all here?” Du Xingchen lifted the tent flap and saw these people discussing the afternoon's doubles battle.

“Captain!” Seeing the person arrive, Liangcai Sword immediately showed a smug expression: “How was it? We didn't embarrass our Eight Gods Team, right?!”

“Yes, a direct four-game winning streak, you did very well.” Du Xingchen praised him and patted his shoulder.

He genuinely felt this team member was capable.

If Liangcai Sword hadn't completed the final one-versus-four on the field, it would have been impossible for him to hand out the five thousand flyers he had.

“Du Xingchen, how should we arrange the tactics for the doubles battle this afternoon?” Zhongsun Yiqing asked Du Xingchen.

Compared to before, she had reined in many of her own thoughts.

Also, because of Liangcai Sword's display of strength, in the Goddess's eyes, the entire Eight Gods Team seemed to be shrouded in a layer of mystery.

After the Goddess's question fell, Du Xingchen looked at the other teammates and saw the questioning gazes from the others as well.

“For the doubles battle this afternoon… I propose, we directly forfeit and concede!”

Du Xingchen's tone was calm as he announced.

After these words came out, everyone was startled.

“Forfeit and concede? Directly give away 8 points? Why?” Zhongsun Yiqing was the first to ask, unable to accept it.

Facing this question, Du Xingchen naturally couldn't directly answer that it was to attract the audience's attention and then get rewards by swaggering in the team battle.

“There's actually no need to participate in the doubles battle. Our team has already secured 7 points in the individual battles, and we can still win by winning the team battle later.”

“Since that's the case, it's better to have one less round of battle and conserve energy for the battles that follow.”

“But we can clearly take these 8 points, and there's even a high probability that we can directly decide the outcome in the doubles battle. Isn't giving them away for free something only a fool would do?”

Zhongsun Yiqing had originally started to convince herself after seeing Liangcai Sword's strength, thinking that this team hid considerable power, and that Du Xingchen was not as simple as he appeared, someone she could listen to.

But now, with Du Xingchen's proposal, the Goddess felt that the other party's thinking was still too advanced.

So much so that she still couldn't accept it!

“Winning the team battle is enough. To decide the outcome in the doubles battle, we would have to win at least three out of four matches. If we can't do that, we still have to fight the team battle. I'm fine with whatever the Captain decides anyway.” Liangcai Sword had helped the team win four points earlier and had now expressed his support for Du Xingchen.

Zhongsun Yiqing felt a bit weary: “What if we lose the team battle?”

“Those riff-raff were like that during the individual battles; if they can last for a quarter of an hour against us in the team battle, consider them winners!” Wen Xiucheng said, his eyes flickering.

He didn't know Du Xingchen's intention in asking everyone to concede.

However, he had full confidence in the team battle!

“When you're on stage, you don't need to exert yourself, just be a pretty face.”

“If we lose the team battle, I'll give you the Nirvana Pill directly, how about that?” Du Xingchen came to Zhongsun Yiqing's side and whispered.

These words made the woman's breathing suddenly stop: “Is that true?!”

“Of course it's true.” Du Xingchen nodded, then uttered two more words: “But.”

These two words caused Zhongsun Yiqing to furrow her brows: “But what?”

“But if we win the team battle, you have to do me a favor.”

“What favor?”

“Handing out flyers.”

“Handing out flyers?”

…

At noon.

The battleground for the Eight Gods Team and the Qian He Team, two teams, arrived in a Desert.

Under the scorching Sun, a large crowd still gathered around!

The battle situation between these two teams in the morning was arguably the most intense and spectacular in this area.

Even the Qian He Team, which was defeated and only got 1 point, still showed their powerful strength in the fight in everyone's eyes!

Of course, what people were even more looking forward to was the mysterious and powerful Eight Gods Team!

The Goddess was willing to join them as a team member, and a Four-Star Soul Card Master who was dispatched from within was able to continue to seize four points after defeating a Six-Star Soul Card Master!

Such a feat made tens of thousands of spectators on this battlefield understand!

This news had even spread to more distant Cities and the Central District combat areas.

The Eight Gods Team had also initially entered the sights of many people.

Now, the doubles battle was about to begin, and people were even more looking forward to the specific strength of the other team members of the Eight Gods Team!

“Captain, this Eight Gods Team is really not simple. We thought before that only the Goddess was worth watching, but now we truly underestimated them.” In the resting area of the Qian He Team, the atmosphere was very heavy.

Compared to the team led by Du Xingchen on the other side, this side was the other extreme.

“I knew it, even if the Goddess left the God's Temple First Team, she wouldn't just casually join an ordinary team. Our current opponent is very likely the third team secretly cultivated by the Divine Hall!”

The Captain angrily punched the ground, his expression very ugly.

Now that one battle was over, they had only obtained one point.

With such a record, they didn't even dare to see those elders of the Royal Family.

Thinking about the battles that followed, they felt even more like walking on thin ice.

In the doubles battle, no matter what, they must win at least one match to hold on until the team battle arrives!

Only by entering the team battle can their strength be truly demonstrated!

One must know, they had painstakingly trained and coordinated for more than half a year to simulate team battles!

These 10 points from the team battle were within their grasp!

“Let's go, everyone cheer up, we still have a chance.” The Captain took a deep breath, his eyes showing seriousness as he stood up.

When everyone arrived at the battleground with solemn expressions, they could also see that the Eight Gods Team, their opponents, had also arrived not far away.

“Eight Gods Team, Eight Gods Team!”

“Goddess! Liangcai Sword! Goddess! Liangcai Sword!”

When the surrounding spectators saw Du Xingchen and the others, the cheers were like a tsunami, wave after wave!

On the Qian He Team's side, everyone's expressions were very ugly as they watched the spectators who had originally supported them run to support Du Xingchen and the others.

“Doubles battle, Qian He Team VS Eight Gods Team.”

“Let's welcome the players for the first battle from both sides to the stage!”

Under the Referee's words, in this Desert, four people slowly walked onto the stage.

On the side of the team led by Du Xingchen, the ones who took the stage were Liangcai Sword and Sun Yingying.

Opposite them were two Five-Star Soul Card Masters, one tall and one short.

When the two saw that their opponent was Liangcai Sword, their expressions couldn't help but become very serious, even gloomy.

And among the Qian He Team behind them, the leading Teacher and the other teammates couldn't help but have dark expressions.

It was that terrifying sword-wielding person from the previous match; this battle, these two were going to be in trouble!

“Beep!” The Referee blew a whistle.

The battle officially began!

At this moment, the audience cheered enthusiastically again.

“Hey, do you two want to win?” Liangcai Sword looked calmly at the two people in front of him.

Facing this question, the two Five-Star Soul Card Masters with solemn expressions couldn't help but let out a cold snort: “Nonsense, you came on stage, don't you want to win?”

“Just being pretentious here, asking useless nonsense!”

The players from the Qian He Team who were on stage said irritably.

And after their words fell, Liangcai Sword suddenly looked at the Referee behind him and said something that these two from the Qian He Team had not anticipated.

“Referee, we forfeit.”

When this sentence came out, the scene fell silent.

“Forfeit? Did I hear that right?” The surrounding spectators looked at each other.

Even the Referee was momentarily stunned: “Forfeit? Concede?”

“That's right, these opponents have terrible character. They're swearing, so we forfeit.”

“This…” The Referee's mouth twitched.

“Referee! They conceded! You heard it, everyone heard it too! They conceded, they can't go back on it! Can't go back on it!” Outside the field, the leading Teacher of the Qian He Team shouted loudly, his face flushed red.