Chapter 264 - Jackpot (1/2)

After an uneventful night…

As the sun rose again, Qin Fen hurriedly had breakfast before joining the crowd to the drawing lots venue of the recruit tournament.

The martial arts tournament was one of the hottest topics nowadays.

The army treated the martial arts tournament like the main event, as there were other similar activities in the Federation which often had martial arts tournaments as well.

In the five-star Federation Olympic games that were held every four years, the martial arts tournament had replaced the track and field events of the past and had become the most popular event of paramount importance.

The Football World Cup that was once held every four years also withdrew from the historical stage with the rapid rise of the Great Ensemble that was held every four years.

As the highlight of the recruit tournament, the venue chosen wasn’t the venue of the pistol shooting tournament, but rather it was replaced by a large stadium that could accommodate eighty thousand people.

Although the Recruit King of Martial Combat wasn’t as influential as the Great Ensemble, its opening battle still drew in over thirty thousand people.

Various recruits participants in the competition very quickly formed a small phalanx at the center of the venue.

As the organizer of this tournament, the European Military Region sent out a General to preside over the opening ceremony of the martial arts tournament.

With greying hairs at his temples and a trimmed military uniform, the General stood at the stage and spoke fervently, a speech held in his hand, “After mankind entered the interstellar era, we are no longer facing Earth, but rather a vast universe. Many of our planets don’t have a natural atmosphere. We must rely on our own hands to change the harsh atmosphere and create one that is one hundred percent suitable for our human habilitation. As soldiers, we must consider the general interest of the public and always prepare for the worst. If we encounter a hostile and unknown lifeform on an interstellar voyage, we have a greater responsibility to protect the people. For this reason…”

As Zhao Huzi, who was sitting next to the General, yawned slightly, he just so happened to see American Major General Will also yawning in boredom from the corner of his eyes.

Although the opening lines of every martial arts recruit tournament was changed, the essence of the content was repetitive.

A few major generals of other continents had already heard the openings of previous tournaments. As such, the seemingly impassioned speech of the European General was unable to arouse their interest.

Some military fans who had already watched several tournaments simply took out their earphones and started listening to the music player they always carried with them to pass the time.

In contrast, the military fans who had forgotten to bring their music player, were on one side regretting that they forgot to bring this important piece of equipment, and on another, looking at the sixty-four recruits standing on the field with much anticipation.

Sixty-four recruits from five military regions. With the exception of the previous champions, the American Military Region, who could only send twelve recruits due to them being the defending champions, the other four military regions could each send thirteen recruits to participate.

Qin Fen sized up the man standing next to him quietly. Not only did most of the recruits of the other continents not know each other, the East Asian contestants were also not familiar with everyone in their own region.

These sixty-four recruits were said to represent sixty-four of Earth’s most powerful recruits. Qin Fen was curious about his first opponent. Who is it going to be?

Drawing lots was a matter of sheer luck.

One may draw a relatively weaker opponent, or if one had completely expended their luck, he or she may even draw an expert like the legendary European Emperor, Caesar.

According to the data, Emperor-Caesar had received an invite from the Sacred Martial Hall before he even joined the army.

Having received the invitation of Sacred Martial Hall, he was eligible to be exempted from joining the army and still retain his citizenship. But this Emperor-Caesar did not immediately go to the Sacred Martial Hall. Rather, he sent a postponement letter to the Sacred Martial Hall, choosing the route that had already been set – joining the army!

Sacred Martial Hall was the holy land in the minds of almost all the martial artists.

For a martial artist to resist the great temptation of Sacred Martial Hall, how determined does his heart need to be? A martial artist with such firm convictions would absolutely not be weak.

Although the military speech was somewhat old-fashioned, they still practiced that efficiency pursued in the military. As such, the speech was finished in a short time.

Just after the speech, a huge electronic projection appeared above the stadium.

Sixty-four contestants were divided into two upper and lower halves, each with thirty-two contestants. And the recruits at the end of two halves stood out from the rest. In the final battle, the winner would be the Recruit King of Martial Combat of this tournament.

A black box with sixty-four ball was slowly rotating. On the inside, one could hear the crisp sounds of balls colliding with each other.

The box with sixty-four balls that had numbers written on them finally stopped after this simple rotation, completely hooking the excitement of the audience. They began to wonder what the result of drawing would be.

At this instant, the aura of the recruits’ phalanx also underwent a significant change.

When their opponents were about to be decided, slight fluctuation appeared in the unperturbed hearts of the recruits.

The impartial staff that was responsible for this drawing lots ceremony gently waved their hands to the recruits’ phalanx.

Standing at the forefront of the phalanx was naturally the defending champion of the last recruit tournament, the soldiers of the American Military Zone.

Little Dragon King – Yang Lie was the first one to come to the black box. He reached out and took out a glass ball before raising it high.

The cameraman in charge of broadcasting immediately moved the lens in front of the ball in Yang Lie’s hand and gave it the biggest close-up.

As the close-up appeared on the projection screen, over thirty thousand viewers cheered at the same time.

Number one! Much to everyone’s surprise, the Little Dragon King – Yang Lie drew number one as the first drawer!