Players are coming, fortunately I have a time travel simulator

Nathaniel City, District 16, Sifarik Glory Arena.

At this time, the originally empty Glory Arena was already filled with players so dense that there was no end in sight. A conservative estimate was that there were more than 100,000 or 200,000 players.

They were eagerly waiting for the arena to open. Some of them looked eagerly at the professional teams and masters standing at the main entrance, while others boasted to their companions about what they had seen and heard during the Starry Sky organization's team-building event last night.

On the forum, in addition to the Star Team Building discussion thread, Wayne Stewell-related discussion thread, and the new group dungeon development thread, the most popular posts are also filled with information about major clubs, various analysis posts, and predicted ranking posts.

Next, all individuals and clubs will be divided into two groups A and B and take turns competing within the group. The top eight teams in groups A and B will enter the winners group, and the ninth to sixteenth teams will enter the losers group.

In the knockout rounds, players will fight against each other in a best-of-three format, and the final champion will be decided.

Compared with the previous regional qualifiers, this knockout round undoubtedly attracted the attention of all players. The total prize money of this competition was worth 1.8 million, breaking the previous record of 6000 million total prize money held by "Destiny", and it was a triple kill.

It can be said that players and clubs participating in the competition now do not need to compete, and even if they are eliminated directly and go home, they can still take away a prize of nearly 300 million.

Therefore, it also shared the popularity of Wayne Stewell and the Star Organization to a certain extent, forming a three-way balance of power.

In China, only five teams advanced from the team competition: Xingyue, Candy Super Sweet, Deep Blue, and Elegy from the Brighton region, and Tangshi Songci from the West Falik region. Six players advanced from the individual competition: Jinse, A Wave of Heat, Underwater Star, Super Power Blue Cat, Shui Gaohan, and Yanran Weile.

XB, a member of the Starry Sky organization who had already been eliminated, served as the commentator and host for today's match. He also invited domestic players from the Starry Sky organization for pre-match interviews.

"Hello everyone, I'm your old friend XB. You can also call me Xiaobai. The first round of eliminations is about to begin, and I've invited several representative contestants from China to do a brief pre-match interview.

The interview took place at the gate of the Arena of Honor, and the subjects were the top players of several participating teams and the boss, the underwater sinking star, a total of six people.

Honestly, aside from Shuidi Chenxing, the other players had all participated in Destiny's International Invitational before, so they weren't too nervous. A few professional players they knew were still chatting and laughing. Shuidi Chenxing wore a black trench coat, known as the hero suit, and wore a proud expression. But his restless hands and frequent blinking suggested he wasn't quite so ordinary.

Several professional players waved towards the camera as a greeting, and then the normal interview process began.

XB, wearing a white suit, held the microphone and seemed to have completely forgotten the shadow of last night. He began the interview with a lewd smile.

The first person he interviewed was Shuidi Shenxing:

"As the owner and player of the Star-Moon Club, are you confident about this year's competition? What kind of results do you expect to achieve? What are your thoughts on the news that the British Cross Guild asked the tournament organizers to ban you from using the Phoenix suit?

The interview questions were quite pointed. Shuidi Chenxing pondered for a moment and said:

"Of course I have confidence. Why would I play professionally without it? Whether it's individual competition or team competition, my goal is to win. As for the request to ban me from using the Phoenix suit... haha, I can only say that they are being mean."

Shuidi Chenxing is well-known for his boldness in speaking. He has no taboos when criticizing others. He is a typical big troll. The professional players didn't react much at this time, but the surrounding onlookers cheered loudly.

"Okay, our national husband is really honest." XB clapped his hands in satisfaction and expressed his gratitude to Shuidi Chenxing for his cooperation.

Then, XB looked at Jinse again and asked:

"What about you, Jin Shen? What kind of results do you expect to achieve? Who do you think is the strongest opponent?"

Jinse, who had just finished an all-nighter, was still full of energy and answered without hesitation:

"Of course, Deep Blue's goal is still first place. As for the individual competition... I'll just go with the flow. There are too many strong opponents, like the Underwater Star Giant, the Heat Wave, Alex from Nirvana Club, and Purple Arthur from Cross Club. They're all better than me. My goal is to secure a spot in the quarterfinals."

The professional players present glanced at her with contempt on their faces. Everyone in the professional player group knew that this short girl had read too many e-sports novels recently and was superstitious about bad luck. From time to time, she would defend herself in the group. They wanted to give her a big beating. What the hell was that?

Since everyone is an old acquaintance, the interview process here is quite relaxed, with laughter and applause breaking out from time to time, which attracts attention.

Alex and his teammates watched from afar. Unlike the Huaxia team, their lineup lacked a Rangers, instead employing two Warriors, a Meteorologist, a Priest, and a Knight. Both offense and defense were remarkably solid. Thanks to the presence of "Nirvana Warrior," Alex, the Nirvana Club had a single goal this year: to win the championship.

They have their own trump cards, and not just one.

At this moment, there was an uproar all around, and a group of people rushed towards the entrance of the Glory Arena.

Wayne Stewell had just jumped off the carriage and was walking towards this side.

"Oh my god, Wayne Stewell is here to watch the game too? Is this an Easter egg feature in the game?" The players were all surprised.

There were also some players and professional players who had just arrived at Nathaniel, or players who had not been to Carnaby Street in the past two days, who flocked to Zhou Ning and opened his personal shop.

As expected, just as it was said on the forum, Wayne Stewell, in addition to being the protagonist, also serves as a skill instructor and a mysterious merchant, and there are many good things in his store.

But why is the price 10% higher than the screenshot in the previous forum? No matter what, I still learned it.

Then, in the most conspicuous place in the store, two new skills appeared, causing the players in the front of the line to suddenly widen their eyes.

"Is this... the protagonist's signature skill in the series, [Houohaku Haki], or is it a universal skill?"

"There's also a passive skill, Shadow Cloak? Both of these new skills cost 250000 experience and 30 Vekta. They look powerful. The experience requirement is a bit high, though."

A player casually took a screenshot and posted a message on the forum, but he never expected that his post would be immediately pushed to the top and its popularity instantly exceeded 10,000.

Every player who plays this game knows the skill of Conqueror's Haki, which is the protagonist's signature skill. It has both class and strength. A mage's Fire Dragon Technique, which is weaker than this, requires almost 30 tasks to complete!

Such a powerful skill is now being sold without any warning or conditions, and the price is not expensive.

Isn’t this too kind?

Before long, the forum spread to the game, and countless players rushed towards Zhou Ning. Even the professional players didn't bother to continue the interview and walked over here, surrounding Zhou Ning in three layers.

The attraction of Conqueror's Haki did not disappoint him. As his own frequently used exclusive skill, the status of this skill has been raised to the peak in the entire 1.0 version. It has become a skill exclusive to the protagonist. If he sells it at this juncture, it will definitely shock all players.

The experience on the panel skyrocketed, increasing by more than 600 million per minute.

In fact, in addition to [Conqueror's Haki] and [Magic Shadow Cloak], Zhou Ning also set [Lightning Chakra Mode] as a universal skill for sale. Of course, he also put these skills in the guild store, which can be purchased with contribution points, but the price is reduced by 5%.

Zhou Ning stopped selling temporarily only after the first round of competition began and the players and professional players were ready to enter. There was no need to give the players the impression that he was in a hurry to reap the benefits, as there was still the second half to go.

Looking at the panel, in less than 2 hours, he had already earned 3.9 million experience points. He was close to his goal of breaking 6 million in a matter of minutes as long as he continued selling after the game.

The opening match of the individual competition was between Shuidi Shenxing and Zi Yasuo, and later on, the Deep Blue Club would face the American Lions Club. This was two consecutive matches between Chinese and foreign teams.