Wu Haotian never expected that in the final match, he would face the goddess he once loved but could never have!
However, at this moment, his rationality triumphed over his emotions: “Come on, Jinyan, I won’t go easy on you!”
Facing Su Jinyan, a Level 34 Forbidden Mage, Wu Haotian said, “Hmm, I won’t hold back either.”
Having previously won a duel against Su Jinyan, Wu Haotian was confident he could defeat her again.
He knew Su Jinyan’s strength lay in her control abilities; as long as he could resist her control, he could easily defeat her!
But just then, Wu Haotian suddenly remembered something crucial, and his smile froze: “Damn… I swapped out the gear that had control resistance because its attribute bonus was too low!”
And during the match, changing equipment was prohibited!
As Wu Haotian realized this, Su Jinyan had already begun casting her spell.
Whoosh!
A beam of light descended from the sky, accurately predicting Wu Haotian’s positioning and hitting him.
-1335! Immobilized!
Wu Haotian’s heart sank: “It’s over…”
“My drink is gone!”
Sure enough, Su Jinyan’s combo left Wu Haotian unable to move, his health bar plummeting rapidly!
Just as Su Jinyan was about to finish the fight, a message from the guild chat popped up in front of her:
[Mist Rain Pavilion, Sasha]: “Guild Leader, if you win this last match, you’ll get a perfect score and rank third on the leaderboard! Go for it!”
Seeing this message, Su Jinyan quickly opened the leaderboard and saw that besides Zhang Yue in first place and Supreme Carefree in second place, she and Wu Haotian were both tied for third and fourth with 85 points!
At that moment, Su Jinyan seemed to realize something.
She closed the leaderboard, raised her staff, and cast a spell at the nearly defeated Wu Haotian.
Boom!
A fireball descended from the sky but… missed!
Seeing the fireball land at his feet, Wu Haotian quickly rolled, cast [Fire Healing] to restore his health, and charged at Su Jinyan with [Flame Thrust]!
Swoosh!
The flaming spear barely grazed Su Jinyan’s shoulder, knocking her back. Wu Haotian followed up with a close-combat combo, easily defeating Su Jinyan!
What seemed like a sure defeat turned into a victory for Wu Haotian due to Su Jinyan’s mistake!
Even Wu Haotian was a bit surprised by this outcome!
Wu Haotian smiled at Su Jinyan: “Sorry, Jinyan, you lost again!”
Su Jinyan didn’t respond, waiting a few seconds before the system teleported her out of the match space.
Wu Haotian also returned to The Fifth World.
Eagerly, he boasted to Zhang Yue: “Guild Leader, guess who I just faced?”
“Su Jinyan!”
Zhang Yue was intrigued: “Did you lose?”
“I almost did, but she made a mistake, giving me a chance to turn the tables. I won!”
“A mistake?”
“Yeah!” Wu Haotian said, “The Forbidden Mage profession is strong, but it requires high skill. One mistake can be fatal!”
Wu Haotian truly believed that Su Jinyan’s mistake gave him the chance to win.
But Zhang Yue saw through it.
He opened Feixin and sent Su Jinyan a private message: “Thank you.”
“Thank me for what?” Su Jinyan replied.
“For giving up third place to my Temple of Destiny.”
“Oh, you figured it out!” Su Jinyan said, “It’s no big deal. For us old guilds, the ranking doesn’t matter!”
According to the policy released by the Global Professionals Organization, newly registered guilds’ professionals who place in the top three in any major tournament will have their final points multiplied by five!
Because of this, Su Jinyan intentionally lost to Wu Haotian in the last match, giving him the third place in Coastal City’s rankings.
The city-level qualifiers were nearing their end.
Meanwhile, in Ganyang City.
The Level 33 Rare Grade Thunder Mage God of War Retribution had also completed nine matches today, fortunately avoiding any encounters with members of the [Heavenly Palace] guild.
Just when he thought he could relax and not worry about match-fixing.
In the final match, he inevitably faced the opponent he least wanted to meet.
“Ding~ Your opponent for this match is the [Heavenly Palace] guild professional [Heavenly Palace Changhong]! Please prepare!”
Lin Tian frowned, gripping his staff tighter.
On the other side, the Level 32 second-class Assassin named Heavenly Palace Changhong, seeing that his opponent was from the God of War Guild, which they had bribed with five million, couldn’t help but feel elated.
He gave Lin Tian a look, seemingly signaling him to go easy.
The countdown ended, and the match began.
Whoosh!
Heavenly Palace Changhong’s figure blurred as he charged at Lin Tian.
Lin Tian gripped his staff tightly, unmoved, his mind recalling the words of Director Zhan Longying and a painful memory, feeling deeply conflicted.
Just as Heavenly Palace Changhong’s dagger was about to strike Lin Tian.
Suddenly.
Whoosh!
Lin Tian blinked away, dodging the attack and creating distance.
He countered with three consecutive lightning bolts, each dealing around 1500 damage, instantly killing Heavenly Palace Changhong!
The match ended.
At the God of War Guild headquarters in Ganyang City, the complaint hotline was immediately flooded…
“What the hell is wrong with your God of War Guild! Do you have any integrity? You took the money and didn’t throw the match, what gives?”
Lin Tian also received an expected message: “Lin Tian, due to your violation of guild rules and acting on your own, you are hereby officially dismissed from the God of War Guild!”
Lin Tian took off his glasses, leaned against a wall in the Dawn Sanctuary, and looked up at the searchlight in the sky, smiling calmly.
At this moment, he felt a sense of relief.
In the guild chat, members of the God of War Guild who heard the news tried to persuade him:
“Guild Leader, just apologize to Director Zhan, say it wasn’t intentional, and this will blow over!”
“Yeah, Guild Leader, Director Zhan just wants to give you a scare; he doesn’t really want to fire you!”
“Goodbye, brothers.” Lin Tian left this one message in the chat before decisively leaving the guild chat.
Half an hour later, the matches were nearing their end.
The city-level qualifiers’ top 100 rankings for each city were gradually published online!
You could search for them online.
Coastal City Top 100 Rankings (The following professionals will receive a 100,000 bonus and advance to the provincial championships):
[1: Zero] (Glory Points 90, affiliated with Temple of Destiny)
[2: Supreme Carefree] (Glory Points 90, affiliated with Supreme)
[3: Infinite Supreme] (Glory Points 90, affiliated with Temple of Destiny)
[4: Su Ya] (Glory Points 85, affiliated with Mist Rain Pavilion)
[5: Supreme Galaxy] (Glory Points 84, affiliated with Supreme)
…
In the end, Ning Tiantian also made it to the Coastal City Top 100 with a score of 71, ranking 75th!
This was something Ning Tiantian never dreamed of.
Thus, the 100th Global Professionals Tournament city-level qualifiers concluded with Temple of Destiny advancing all three members to the provincial championships!
Through this city-level qualifier, top professionals from each city emerged.
In Ganyang City, the God of War and Heavenly Palace guilds’ professionals dominated, with God of War Retribution leading the rankings!
Tianlang was dominated by the Infinity Guild, with all top five spots taken by Infinity Guild members!
Almost every city had a few top-tier professionals with perfect scores!
“Ding~ The 100th Global Professionals Tournament [City-Level Qualifiers] has ended. All advancing professionals, please prepare for the [Provincial Championships] in three days!”
As the system notification ended.
Zhang Yue, Wu Haotian, and Ning Tiantian returned to the Man-eating Ant Nest for a day of grinding.
Through the monster drops and the [Collect Antennae] quest rewards, Zhang Yue leveled up the Skeleton King to Level 35.
At 6 PM, the three of them planned an offline celebration dinner and logged off.
Just then, Zhang Yue received a Feixin message:
“Is your guild still recruiting…”
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