"Let's go meet up with the other judges, I don't know if the meeting has started?" Falina muttered under her breath.

Angel catches the words: "Meeting? What meeting?"

"There seems to be a meeting to quantify the criteria for winning and losing, a standardized meeting to weigh the winners and losers for the different situations that can happen on the field. Falina paused, then added, "However, it doesn't matter to us whether we listen to this kind of meeting or not. ”

"Anyway, there are no special circumstances, and special judges rarely intervene in the evaluation of victory and defeat. With that, Falina winked at Angel: "We just need to sit on the sidelines, drink tea and think about alchemy, and the game is over." ”

Angel: "......" It turns out that he is not the only one who plans to mix points.

As soon as Falina finished speaking, she contacted a person through the communicator, and from the light and shadow of the communicator, it could be seen that the other party was a middle-aged woman who looked mean-looking.

Falina communicated with the other party for a while, then turned off the communicator and explained to Angel: "She is the Bartina Witch, a close friend of mine, and the judge of this Nova competition, but she is not a special judge, but a resident judge. ”

"I was still thinking about whether or not to go to the judging meeting, but now I don't have to think about it, because Batina told me that the meeting was almost half an hour over. ”

Angel looked apologetic: "It's me who is late." ”

"It doesn't matter, anyway, I'm inclined not to attend the meeting, but because of the situation, I'm still a little hesitant. Falina shrugged: "You were a little late, but you made an ideal choice for me." ”

They walked all the way forward, because the spectators had already gone to the endless arena, and there were not too many people outside.

Occasionally, they would meet one or two people, and they all looked surprised when they saw Ingres. Although no one dared to step forward, there were whispers in the wind.

""The Sky of Truth" is not exaggerated this time, Angel has really been promoted!"

"Shhhhhh How dare you call it by its name, beware of being heard by Wizard Pat. ”

"Ann...... I've heard that the Witch of Pat seems to be the judge of this competition, so Wizard Pat should be ...... too."

"Alas, when I came to the Rising Star Tournament, I was thinking that Ingres, as Jet's long-cherished enemy, would definitely be in a good battle of fate. Who knows, Jet Bo is still a player, he has become a judge. ”

Although these muttering sounds are subtle, for official wizards, as long as they want to hear it, they will thunder in their ears, and it is useless to whisper them.

Falina naturally heard those voices, and she said with a smile: "According to your current popularity, when the preliminary round comes, it is estimated that you will steal the limelight from all the judges." ”

Angel: "It's not my will, and besides, the judging needs to be in the limelight? I thought that only the contestants would care about popularity. ”

"There are always people who enjoy the sense of accomplishment of being noticed. Farina: "I've heard that there are a few judges who will care about this, but they are stealing the limelight by you, and they probably don't dare to say anything, after all, this is the general trend of the Sky Machinery City." ”

Public opinion has lifted Ingres to the top, and it may have been a killing at first. But Ingres himself has stood at the top of the list, and has climbed one level higher, and now he has reached the official wizard. The so-called killing not only became a joke, but even pushed his popularity to a climax.

The Rising Stars game was such a hot game, and it didn't overshadow Ingres's brilliance. This can be seen from Ashilie's rush to class two days ago, and the alchemy circle was almost empty.

That's what Falina calls the general trend.

Soon after, under the guidance of Farina, they arrived backstage in the Infinite Arena. It's an official wizard-only road, so it's quiet and there's no one else but the two of them.

Not long after walking along this promenade, they suddenly heard a thudding sound.

Angel frowned, his gaze to the source of the sound.

The sound came from a closed wooden door.

"That seems to be ......," Falina was barely halfway through when a large hole broke in the middle of the wooden door, and a figure flew out of it.

It was a man covered in blood, his eyes had begun to roll and he had apparently fainted.

At this moment, a black cat jumped out of the hole in the wooden door.

"That's what happens when you offend me. The black cat jumped onto the man's skull, muttering a human voice and revealing its sharp claws, as if trying to break his head.

Suddenly, the black cat smelled the faint scent of flower tea in the air, arched its body, and turned around suddenly, its gaze just opposite Angel and Farina.

The black cat's dark green eyes flashed with cold light, and its pupils turned into a vertical line.

However, when the black cat saw Angels and Farina's appearances clearly, its arched back slowly relaxed, and it seemed to recognize their identities.

The black cat drooped its tail and muttered "Good luck to you" in a low voice, then turned around and jumped into the door and disappeared.

The cold wind blew, leaving only the man lying in a pool of blood.

"Behind this door is the player's backstage. Farina finally said what she hadn't said before.

Angel pointed to the people on the ground: "So, this person and a cat are all contestants in this competition?"

Falina stepped forward, a warm moisture filled the man's body, and after a while, Falina said: "To be precise, only that cat is a contestant in the Nova Contest now." Although this person is not dead, he has not been able to recover from his injuries for three or five months. ”

Angel recalls the cat from before, which looks a little like Qili's Luna, but Luna is a female cat, and from the sound of it, it seems to be a male cat. Moreover, Luna is a monster, and the black cat just now is probably just some kind of bloodline incarnation.

But the incarnation is so perfect, almost exactly the same as a cat, it can be seen that it has surpassed the semi-beast state.

The bloodline incarnation transcends the half-beast form, and can also control the self and not be controlled by the beast. It is enough to see that his fit and understanding of his own bloodline has reached a very high level.

Speaking of the incarnation of bloodline alone, it is estimated that Angel sees the most suitable person among his apprentices.

When Angel thought so, Falina also sighed: "That black cat is almost in an all-beast form, which is rare among bloodline wizards, and there are really too many geniuses that have never been seen before in the Nova Race this time." ”

Angel also agreed: "The current newcomer is really more like a monster than the other." ”

Falina looked at Angel with strange eyes, and said that the newcomer is like a monster, you are the newest person, the strongest monster.

It should be her turn to say this, not Angell. Farina sneered in her heart.

"I've seen Xia Li's skills before, and it's also very good. Did she make the cut this time?" asked Angel.

"Xia Li has advanced, but I guess with her stubborn character, this competition will definitely offend many people. Falina pointed to the unconscious man on the ground: "I hope she doesn't fall into this fate." ”

The man on the ground was finally taken away by the staff. Angel and Falina continued to the judging room, and as they left, Ingres probed into the backstage of the contestants.

It's very lively inside.

Although many players may not compete today, and the location of the competition is not necessarily the boundless arena, there are dozens of players at a glance, including the black cat that Angel saw before.

After entering the backstage of the contestants, the black cat walked forward with elegant cat steps. Along the way, no one dared to approach, and everyone looked at it in fear. When the black cat walked to a sofa with a backrest, its body slowly changed, into a handsome and indifferent teenager, the only thing that did not change was the pair of cat pupils, when he swept the cat pupils to the players present, the players avoided his gaze.

However, there are also several people who don't care about the black cat's eyes.

For example, a woman who is carrying a handbag with a pink heart painted on it, but the aura around her body is so gloomy that it seems to be surrounded by dark energy.

Also, although there is a faint death aura all over his body, the whole person is like a healthy young man in the rising sun.

A man with a naked upper body, scars all over his body, and a man who is silently cultivating beside him.

A weird sick girl wearing a weird hat and laughing.

Wait a minute...... These people all ignored the black cat's eyes, and the black cat itself also showed great importance to these people. It can be seen that this group of people is estimated to be at the same level as him, and may even be stronger.

Although Ingres said that he planned to be a judge to cheat points, he didn't plan to mix, and he was looking forward to this new star game. Especially this new star competition, there are also their own friends to participate.

Angel withdrew his mental power, but he didn't find it, when his mental power was removed, a young man in the corner who was holding a book and reading very seriously, looked at the direction of the spiritual power leaving suspiciously.

......

Falina sensed Angel's mental power: "You seem to be curious about these fighters. ”

"After all, I have to watch at least 10 games, and I still hope to see a good matchup in these 10 games. Ingres said.

"Speaking of exciting, it is true that some of the apprentices' competitions will be more interesting. Falina paused: "For example, today's preliminary round." ”

Ingres asked with some curiosity, "Why is today's preliminary round so exciting?"

"There were a lot of people who came to see the preliminary round, which represents the face of this new star competition. ”

With Farina's explanation, Ingres understood.

The so-called "preliminary round" is actually not the first game of the order of the game that he understands. Rather, it is a duel that has been deliberately selected.

However, this "deliberate", according to Farina, should not be a black-box operation.

Because at the end of the Nova Tournament yesterday, all the players who advanced had already been matched by lottery. In other words, they already know what number their opponent is, but they haven't made a specific match schedule yet.

Players only know what their opponents are at the moment, but the official must already know the two players corresponding to all the matches.

Because the preliminary round is the face of the Rising Star Competition, and it is definitely the most popular game except for the finals. Wouldn't it be humiliating if the preliminary round turned into a protracted battle in which one side admits defeat, or is one-sided, or has no technical content.

Therefore, among the nearly 200 games, the official selected the most interesting game as the preliminary round of the rematch of the Nova Competition.

Since it is a deliberately selected duel, relatively speaking, it will definitely not be too bad.

Thinking of this, Angel asked with some curiosity: "Then who is the duel against whom in this preliminary round?"