Because this is the first China Regional Martial Arts Tournament, it serves as an incentive for the largest region in the entire Second World. Especially to encourage everyone to strive forward, a mysterious gift will be awarded to the individual champion—it will be announced after the champion is determined. After the tournament, the Rich List, Weapon List, and Artifact List will also be published.

A new day has arrived, a day worth looking forward to. The tournament is held at the Genghis Khan Arena, and our team is registered as the "Guns N' Roses Mercenary Group," consisting of Me, Grace, Little Henry, Big Sam, and Little Sam. Little Grace is the cheerleading captain and also a member, just to make up the numbers.

From my observation, our team's strength is definitely among the top. And that's not even counting Me—after such a long period of hard training, plus my luck bonus, my level now far surpasses other players, just reaching level 61, at the Archmage stage. As for the others, I know that Grace is a level 52, third-tier Taoist, already considered a top expert. Maybe it's because we've been leveling up together, but now our relationship has developed very well. Although I'm new to romance, I found that Grace also has no experience in this area, so our beautiful first love blossomed together. Affection grows over time, and when you truly meet someone you like, who cares about saving face? Fortunately, Grace isn't the type to put on airs—if she likes someone, she just admits it. Everyone can see our relationship; it's just not spoken out loud yet.

So many people! There really are crowds upon crowds—I finally understand what a sea of people means. We're at the 54th arena, third group. Watching the magic and battle energy flying across the field, my hands are itching to fight. When it's our turn, our tactics are simple: the two "傻"s target one of the opponent's mages and charge straight at him, Little Henry goes guerrilla, poisoning every opponent, and the rest of us protect our own and disrupt the enemy's attacks. Little Henry is now level 46, very agile, and hard to hit. The two "傻"s are level 44, real tanks. Grace casts group healing, adds protective stone skin, and uses anti-magic spells. I help the two "傻"s attack and use large-area magic against the others. I have a magic shield, so normal attacks don't affect me at all. To hide my strength, I also cast a disguise spell on myself (players five levels below me can't see my level; it's a skill you can only learn after level 40), not wanting to reveal too much before the individual competition.

The opposing team has a similar setup, but their levels and equipment are far inferior. With me, the king of luck, on our side, everyone's equipment is top-notch. My luck is now at 7 points, and I can clearly feel that our equipment performs almost twice as well as Little Henry's and the others'. There was no suspense—their mage saw two level 44 warriors charging at him and was so scared he almost surrendered on the spot. Their warriors tried to take me out in one hit, but I just laughed—one Fire Ring Repel sent them flying, and a few Thunderbolts sent them back to their hometowns. No challenge at all. The rest of the matches were a breeze, except when we faced the War God Alliance, which was a bit tricky. That group of freaks were all level 48 warriors—truly terrifying, I don't know how they trained. As soon as the match started, three warriors charged straight at me, and two went for Grace. I sent the two "傻"s to help Grace, Little Henry kept moving, and I dealt with the rest. This was my first time using the level 55 spell—Thunder God's Descent (a small-area, super-powerful wind magic). I activated my magic shield (learnable at level 50, but mine is level 3), and took three hits head-on. It was scary—my shield almost broke. That kind of impact really can only be produced by warriors. I cast Fire Ring Repel to knock them back, then Thunder God's Descent—the sky suddenly gathered a small patch of dark clouds, a magic circle appeared on the ground: boom~~, thunder crashed, and in a few strikes, those poisoned guys lost more than half their HP in a daze. Little Henry seized the opportunity to finish them off. The battle on the other side stabilized as well; with Grace's help, the two "傻"s made up for their lower levels, and with Grace's Fire God Talisman attacks, the two guys saw me coming and immediately surrendered.

This battle made our team famous overnight: the goddess-like Grace, the mysterious and terrifying ancient mage Soul Eater, the tall and mighty Iron-Blooded Duo, the quirky thief Little Henry, and of course, our most adorable cheerleading captain Little Grace—a true idol team. From then on, every time we appeared, we drew cheers from the crowd. We were the first team to qualify for the finals, so we could rest for a day and fully prepare for the championship.

Today is a rest day, and everyone is enjoying the rare calm before the finals. Me and Grace are strolling through the bustling Yanhuang City, and "Baobei" (everyone's nickname for Little Grace) insisted on tagging along. Sigh, this little third wheel—Baobei is very attached to me, making Grace jealous. The two of them, one on each side, and the three of us walking down the street already attracted a lot of attention, not to mention our performance in the tournament—we almost became monkeys in a zoo. We quickly found a teahouse to have some tea. With nothing else to do, we chatted about things we saw at the tournament—so-and-so's equipment is insane, so-and-so is so handsome, so-and-so... Three women make a drama, but luckily there are only two right now. I casually mentioned the strange ring I have, and under the strong urging of the two curious babies, I gritted my teeth and appraised it.