"What?!"
As soon as the words of one person and one cat fell, everyone present widened their eyes.
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Fairy Tail Team B Inn.
Luo Xingchen and the other five people had already gathered together.
According to Luo Xingchen's speculation, the knockout round will start at twelve o'clock.
Therefore, everyone did not sleep.
Instead, she dressed neatly and waited quietly for the arrival of twelve o'clock.
(to get Li's) tick...tick...
With the constant shaking of the clock on the wall.
Time slipped away slowly amidst everyone's waiting.
Finally, the hour and minute hands coincided at twelve o'clock.
Clang...clang...clang...
The huge bell rang throughout the town of Kurokas.
"Look!" Juvia, who had been staring out the window, suddenly said.
Everyone came to the balcony one after another and looked towards the mid-air of Kulocas town.
Under the dark night sky, a projection device projected a tens of meters high pumpkin man in mid-air, wearing a pumpkin headgear and wearing a green top hat with tall feet.
"Good morning, all the guild mages who came to perform martial arts for the Great Demon Fighting!"
The voice of the pumpkin man resounded through the loudspeaker device throughout Kulocas.
"Because this year's participating teams have reached a level beyond imagination, so in order to make the content more interesting, we decided that there will be eight teams competing this time."
The projected pumpkin man danced his body while talking.
"So, the qualifiers, which will be reduced from 113 teams to 8 teams at one time, are about to begin!!".
Chapter 418 Maze? Not that much trouble!
Kaka... Kaka...
The ground began to vibrate violently.
Immediately afterwards, everyone in the hotel could clearly feel that the room they were standing in began to be raised continuously.
Luo Xingchen and the others grabbed the edge of the balcony and watched their bodies gradually move away from the ground.
"Sure enough, Xingchen really hit the mark."
Listening to the words of the pumpkin man, Laxus folded his arms.
He looked at Luo Xingchen and said.
"And according to what that guy said just now, we must win the top eight to be eligible to continue competing." Gajiro said.
"That's right, it was such a fierce competition in the beginning." Although he was feeling emotional.
But Luo Xingchen's eyes didn't change at all.
"However, isn't this better?" Milaj raised a smile.
"It's really exciting to eliminate more than a hundred teams from the very beginning."
After rising to a height of about 20 meters, the hotel stopped.
Immediately afterwards, pieces of wood boards emerged out of thin air in front of the window sill.
Extending to the distance, forming a straight upward path.
"Next, I will announce the rules of the qualifiers for the Demon Fighting Martial Arts Competition." The pumpkin man projected in mid-air spoke out.
With his dancing posture, he regained his physique and stretched out a finger.
"First of all, this is a running game. The starting point is the hotel where you are staying, and the end point is the competition site of this competition, Dome-Fla Bird!" 150
"Everyone is free to use all kinds of magic, there is no limit at all, only the eight teams that arrive first can be counted as passing the qualifiers."
"And participate in the next official competition."
"However, five people must pass together, otherwise it will be regarded as elimination!"
The Pumpkin Man seemed to have thought of something, and raised his arms:
"By the way, just to remind you, if you die in the maze, the organizer will not be responsible!"
"Okay..."
The pumpkin man raised his short hands, and his tone became agitated.
"Then, the Grand Demon Fighting Martial Arts Qualifiers, the maze in the sky! Officially begin!!"
"Come on everyone!"
As the voice fell, the projection of the pumpkin man also disappeared.
And everyone didn't care about the disappearance of the pumpkin man.
Instead, he looked behind the projection of the pumpkin man just now.
On the huge maze that slowly floated up.
The boardwalks extending from the lodgings of each participating guild lead to the huge maze floating in mid-air.
The huge maze as a whole is an irregular sphere with a diameter that even reaches an astonishing length of several kilometers.
The huge labyrinth suspended above the capital seems to be made of various materials.
Although it looks rough, the majesty of the labyrinth inside can be seen from the surface of the incomplete sphere.
"Indeed, a huge maze floating in mid-air requires an astronomical amount of magic power."
Laxus nodded lightly and said.
"Could the mysterious magic power of the kingdom be related to this?" Milaj thought of Urdia's request.
Can't help murmuring.
"Juvia thinks it's better not to worry about that, the game has already started."
Juvia reminded everyone.
Immediately, everyone turned their attention to Luo Xingchen who was standing in the front.
I don't know when, Luo Xingchen has become the backbone of everyone in Fairy Tail.
As long as he was on the scene, everyone would involuntarily leave the decision in Luo Xingchen's hands.
Because everyone has full trust in Luo Xingchen.
Believe that he can lead Fairy Tail to the final victory.
Sensing everyone's gaze, Luo Xingchen's expression also became serious.
His eyes looked at the road ahead paved with wooden boards.
In his eyes, the flames of fighting spirit are constantly burning.
"Then... let's go!"
"Towards Fiore No. 1, let's go!"
"oh!!"
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Accompanied by echoes, everyone stepped onto the passage made of wooden planks.
Start moving towards the maze.
Along the way, you can also see contestants from other guilds running on the boardwalk not far away.
Ignore what they mean.
Luo Xingchen and the others quickly entered the maze.
Throughout the labyrinth, the winding and criss-crossing roads are full of strange things.
In addition to the stone stairs standing under the feet of Luo Xingchen and the others, there were also roads above their heads and under their feet.
There are no guardrails on both sides of the road, which means that if you accidentally step on the air, you may fall directly out of the maze.
It hit the ground a hundred meters below.
And this is why the organizer specially reminded just now that if you lose your life, the organizer will not be responsible.
"It's really troublesome (cbcc)...It turned out to be a three-dimensional maze." Miraj circled around for a while.
Can't help murmuring.
"After all, we want to eliminate more than a hundred teams, so it's understandably difficult." Luo Xingchen said.
"Having said that... but where should we go next?"
Laxus raised his doubts.
It's okay to let him hit people, but if he walks a maze...it's a bit embarrassing.
"This maze is terrifyingly large, and there are walkable paths up and down, which means that if we don't know the direction, we may get lost here."
Gajeel frowned slightly and expressed his opinion.
"As for the final dome, Fra Bird... Juvia, Mr. Xingchen, and Miss Mira have been there. If I remember correctly, it should be in the east."
"If you can confirm that the east side is there, you should be able to arrive at it accurately." Juvia said.
Saying that, everyone couldn't help looking around.
The densely packed roads that intersect with each other, and the scattered covering parts on the surface of the huge outer sphere.
It blocked everyone's view of the outside world.
So that everyone can't tell from the inside where they need to go.
"Don't worry about this, it's not that troublesome."
Just when everyone was at a loss, Luo Xingchen who was standing in the front suddenly spoke out.
There was absolute confidence in that tone.
Raise your arms slowly,
Brilliant golden light began to gather in Luo Xingchen's palm.
Immediately afterwards, the magic crystal emblem of the space appeared in his palm.
"Since it has been explained that no matter what method is used, then we can just jump directly to the arena."
The magic crystal emblem of the space turned into bursts of light spots, which merged into Luo Xingchen's body.
The voice continued to resound:
"When we were shopping with Mira and Juvia before, we went to the arena of the dome-Fra bird, and let me know the spatial location of that place."
After a pause, he raised a smile: "This is considered luck, fortunately we have been to that place at that time."
"And it's not too far from here!"
"Master Xingchen intends... space magic?" Juvia couldn't help but recalled the time in the Eastern Continent.
Luo Xingchen used this trick in an instant,
Then he took everyone to jump directly from the town to the halfway up the mountain.
That strange feeling is still fresh in Juvia's memory.
But at this moment, everyone who heard Luo Xingchen's words all showed smiles.