Jiang Kai felt the injuries on his body immediately disappear, and his depleted stamina and mental strength were instantly replenished.
All the surviving players in the final circle had their wounds quickly healed, even Ruan Yu's missing arm regenerated with fresh flesh, and her blood-red eyes became clear.
All the bosses in the competition zone turned and left the battlefield without a glance.
"It's over…", Jiang Kai's eyes widened, "It's finally over!"
At present, only three teams had survived: one member of the Y Country Wizard Squad, two from the F Country Fishing Squad, and three from Huaxia's Fire God Squad.
Although everyone's condition had been fully restored, all of them appeared utterly exhausted.
In such a brutal competition, even as victors, everyone felt like they had narrowly escaped death.
Jiang Kai got up from the ground and regrouped with the awakened Ruan Yu and Yuan Zhu.
In front of the three teams, three stone steles rose.
In the middle of the three stone steles, a small stone tower slowly rose.
The stone tower glowed faintly, and a voice sounded.
[Next, based on the number of surviving team members and the remaining number of Redemption Cards, the three surviving squads will be ranked. The judging criteria are: number of team members as the primary standard, and number of Redemption Cards as the auxiliary standard.]
[Y Country Wizard Season Squad has one surviving member, earning third place. You will receive one Lost Land Key.]
Within Y Country, it could be said the entire nation cheered.
Especially after witnessing the difficulty of this tournament, no one would blame them for only taking third place.
To stand out from one hundred countries, overcoming all kinds of difficulties along the way, just making the rankings was enough to make people cheer for them.
Even if it was only one key, at least they qualified to enter the Lost Land.
The stone gate at the top of the stone tower slowly opened, accompanied by a burst of white light, and then, an ancient key flew out from within the tower and hovered in the air.
The wizard walked up excitedly, his hands trembling as he held the key.
[F Country Fishing Squad, two surviving members, earn second place. You will receive two Lost Land Keys.]
Weiss and Green had very calm expressions.
Green even turned back, frowning at Weiss, "Captain, we only got second."
Weiss shrugged and said helplessly, "There were bosses. I couldn't fully control the situation."
Green nodded. Weiss was strong, but even Weiss couldn't have predicted that bosses would appear in the finals.
Weiss stepped forward and took the two Lost Land Keys.
[Huaxia Fire God Squad, three surviving members, earn first place. You will receive three Lost Land Keys.]
Jiang Kai smiled faintly and looked at Yuan Zhu and Ruan Yu.
The two stood there dumbly, as if trying hard to recall something, probably blanked out again.
The stone tower rose with the keys. Jiang Kai stepped forward and collected the three floating keys.
When Jiang Kai turned around, one of the camera devices happened to give him a close-up shot.
At that moment, inside Login Hall No. 18, an earth-shattering cheer erupted.
"We won! We won, first place! Our Huaxia got first place!"
"Fire God, nice job! Jiang Kai is awesome! Ruan Ghost is awesome! First War God is awesome!"
"He's from our Jiangzhong City! Someone from our Jiangzhong City took global first place!"
Lu Dachuan stood at the hall exit, looking at the big screen in the distance, then turned to Hu Yan and Su Nuannuan beside him.
"Actually, there's also Hu the Immortal and Su the Miracle Doctor."
Su Nuannuan said awkwardly, "Brother Lu, don't tease us."
"You two don't need to be modest. I'm more and more convinced that in your squad, everyone is indispensable. Everyone has huge potential."
"Looks like the prices for the Drunkard and Feng Shui Master materials are going up again… Tsk, I wonder if there are still bargains on the black market," Lu Dachuan frowned, "If not, even getting a Green Water Ghost is fine. At least I could pay off the mortgage in one go."
[The Global Championship Primary Region will close in three minutes. In thirty days, all three teams' members must enter the competition zone at 13:00 to explore the Lost Land. Exploration time will be two hours.]
[All your functional cards and Redemption Cards will be recycled. Please leave the competition zone within three minutes.]
After the system prompt, the stone steles and stone tower slowly sank underground. In the place where the stone tower had been, a teleportation array appeared.
The Y Country player immediately logged off from the teleportation array.
Jiang Kai and the others were just about to leave when the two members of the Fishing Squad suddenly blocked their way.
Jiang Kai frowned slightly and looked at the two.
Weiss smiled faintly and looked at Jiang Kai, "Jiang Kai, I'm Weiss."
Jiang Kai still frowned, looking unfamiliar, "Something you want?"
Weiss smiled brightly, "To be honest, I didn't expect you to beat Kuramasuke… your potential exceeded my imagination."
The more Jiang Kai looked at Weiss, the weirder he felt.
He couldn't guess the foreigner's age, but Weiss didn't seem older than him by much. Why did he talk so old-fashioned?
"Uh… thanks. Anyway, I'm logging off now," Jiang Kai said.
Weiss's smile didn't fade, but he didn't step aside, "Jiang Kai, even I didn't know the rules of the championship, so I missed out on some very interesting things."
Jiang Kai looked disgusted. This guy was acting like not knowing the rules was some rare feat.
If he weren't also a survivor of the championship, Jiang Kai would really think this guy was even more of a scammer than old Hu.
"If I guessed right, the Intermediate Competition will be a transcendental-level battle," Weiss spoke confidently, "I'm really looking forward to seeing you in the Intermediate Arena, so… I'm giving you a letter."
As he spoke, Weiss handed Jiang Kai a letter.
The pink envelope was sealed with wax, and the wax design resembled a twisted human face, somewhat indescribably creepy.
Yuan Zhu stared at the pink envelope. Combined with what Weiss said, something about "hoping to see Jiang Kai again", his frown deepened.
"A love letter?"
Jiang Kai turned and gave Yuan Zhu a glare, "Love your sister!"
Weiss didn't seem to hear and continued, "You see, there were so many people in this championship, but I was only interested in you. Do you know why?"
"Interested… in me?", Jiang Kai's eyes widened. The hand holding the red envelope trembled slightly, "Ahem, Weiss, I don't want to hurt you, but some things I have to clarify. I actually…"
"No, I want you to hurt me," Weiss interrupted anxiously.
Yuan Zhu and Ruan Yu listened intently, wishing they could get closer to Jiang Kai and Weiss.
Suddenly, the amount of information was a bit overwhelming…
Weiss smiled, "If I'm right, the Intermediate Championship will be transcendental level. Remember my words, transcendental level is just the beginner level of Ghost Star."
Jiang Kai was stunned.
'The Intermediate Championship is already transcendental level? Isn't that a bit much? Where did this guy get that info?'
Weiss smiled faintly. His big eyes, with thick eyelashes, burned as they stared at Jiang Kai, "Remember, you must come. I'll be waiting for you in the Intermediate Arena!"
Hearing that, Jiang Kai couldn't help but shiver, "Uh… I… might not come. You better not wait for me…" With that, Jiang Kai quickly dragged Yuan Zhu and Ruan Yu into the teleportation array.
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The three of them were surprisingly teleported directly to the square of Frontier City No. 18.
The teleportation gate had directly sent them to the nearest Frontier City.
At this moment, there were almost no people in the city.
"Probably all at the Mount Taiping Road," Ruan Yu guessed. "Captain Kai, where are we going?"
Jiang Kai sighed, "This championship really hit me hard. I feel like I need to level up more."
Even though Jiang Kai had beaten Kuramasuke, if not for the Wheel of Destiny, he really couldn't have beaten that guy.
What was the Wheel of Destiny? Every spin's result was random. This time he got lucky with a true qi attack, but what about next time, or the time after that…
Moreover, what that Weiss said did indeed affect Jiang Kai.
According to them, they weren't even at the entry level yet?
"Captain Kai, um… before leveling up, can we take a look at that love letter?", Ruan Yu suddenly asked, "I don't mean to look down on your kind. Just… just curious."
Jiang Kai turned and frowned at Ruan Yu, "Our kind? What kind of people are we? Explain it clearly!"
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