Quancheng Cup organizers basically already decided to use Lu Wu and his team to create hype and drama.

In this situation, the organizers naturally needed to employ some shady tactics.

They had to ensure that Lu Wu's team wouldn't be eliminated before encountering Ye Qingxue's ace team.

And for the organizers, this wasn't too difficult; they soon arranged it for Lu Wu and his team.

As a result, the upcoming matches for Lu Wu and his team became somewhat dull and boring.

Basically, whenever it was Lu Wu's team's turn to compete, their opponents either were weaklings or looked strong but actually were just weaklings.

Additionally, before every match, the Quancheng Cup would do some preliminary hype.

In this regard, the organizers were professionals.

Every pre-match hype made it seem like the team Lu Wu and his team were facing was a boss level team, and their battle would be the final battle in the Quancheng Cup.

But every time, Lu Wu's team would effortlessly defeat their opponents.

Relying on these matches filled with shadiness and drama, Lu Wu's team easily passed the preliminaries.

This made Lu Wu particularly frustrated.

This wasn't the type of battle he wanted!

They couldn't gain any experience from these kinds of battles!

Moreover, these continuous easy victories, combined with the organizers' constant hype on the side, made it easy for someone to become overconfident and arrogant.

Lu Wu, however, didn't become arrogant because he was well aware of the gap between his team and Ye Qingxue's ace team.

Lu Wu had obtained their attributes more than a month ago.

Each member's power wasn't weaker than Tuantuan, or even stronger, and that was a month ago.

Lu Wu had also watched their recent matches; even though he hadn't played himself, he knew they had become much stronger.

If they were to face Ye Qingxue's ace team, there was no hope of victory.

Since he understood this, Lu Wu couldn't become arrogant.

And Dudu, with her gentle temperament and plump body, couldn't become arrogant either.

Lu Wu and Dudu didn't become arrogant, but Hao Zhijian did.

Continuous victories, plus the organizers' reports of him and his Frozen Bird as rising stars of the competition, made him swell with arrogance, feeling that he was incredibly awesome.

He believed it was him who led the team to victory!

As a result, in recent days, he started calling Lu Wu by his full name instead of "Brother Lu."

Right now, at the Quancheng Cup competition venue, Lu Wu was having a headache. Just before the first official match was about to begin, the overconfident guy came over.

"Lu Wu, let me tell you something. After we win the match later, I'm not going to train or review with you all. If my dad calls and asks, just tell him I'm training with you."

Hearing this, Lu Wu squinted his eyes.

"Today's an official match. Our opponents are Team 023, another seed team. Are you so confident we will win?"

"Of course! We're so strong; in the Quancheng Cup, we have only one opponent, and the rest are trash!

Don't worry, I'll definitely take them down in one go in the match later!"

This bastard really was becoming overly arrogant.

Looking at Hao Zhijian's cocky face made Lu Wu furious; he deeply regretted not dealing with this bastard because he was busy with other things recently, allowing him to become this arrogant.

At the same time, he regretted that the location wasn't right, so he couldn't do anything to Hao Zhijian.

Today was the first day of the Quancheng Cup's official matches.

From today, the Quancheng Cup opened to spectators, and Lu Wu's team, being the focus of official hype, received the most attention.

The audience seats at their match venue were packed, and their match was the most popular in the official live stream.

In this situation, Lu Wu obviously couldn't hit Hao Zhijian.

Unable to hit him, Lu Wu couldn't be bothered to argue with him either, choosing to endure for now and planning to deal with him after the match.

Lu Wu's endurance made Hao Zhijian even cockier.

He felt that he had really risen up, thinking that the previously domineering Lu Wu now didn't even dare to speak loudly to him.

This scene was observed by some people, who immediately revealed a playful smile.

"This team doesn't seem to be very harmonious! This is getting interesting."

Many noticed this detail, but their main focus wasn't here.

Instead, they were more interested in the upcoming battle.

During the preliminaries, Lu Wu's team barely had any challenging fights due to the organizers' manipulation.

Today's match was considered their first somewhat challenging battle after their rise, so many people came to watch, including a squad of Ye Qingxue's top students.

Three of them, sitting in the front row of the spectator area, were Ye Qingxue's top students.

As their seats were quite prominent, Hao Zhijian, who had been part of the top class for a day, recognized the three immediately.

When he saw them, his expression changed several times before a proud smirk appeared on his face as he extended his thumb towards them, then provocatively flipped it down, causing the three top students' calm faces to darken.

Just as they were about to respond, Lu Wu's team's first official match began.

"Match time! Both teams, please summon your beasts and take your positions!"

Hearing this command, Lu Wu, who had been resting with his eyes closed, opened them.

"Let's go!"

Lu Wu said, straightening up to lead his team over, but found that Hao Zhijian had already stepped ahead of him, extending his hand to the captain of Team 023.

Captain Li Yi was startled; pre-match handshakes were usually the captains' job. He remembered that this guy wasn't the captain!

But after glancing at the approaching Lu Wu, Li Yi eventually extended his hand to shake with Hao Zhijian and deliberately said, "Captain Hao, I've been following your pig-bird tactics for a long time; they're incredibly powerful. Please go easy on us later!"

He completely ignored Lu Wu, blatantly disrespecting him.

This behavior infuriated Dudu, but Hao Zhijian didn't think anything was wrong. His arrogance over the top, he repeatedly nodded, "Sure, sure..."

Meanwhile, Lu Wu wasn't angry at this moment.

There was no need to be angry; if the opponent misbehaved, he'd deal with them in the ring; if the teammate got overconfident, he'd handle it after the match.

At this moment, Lu Wu focused more on the three summoned beasts of Team 023.

Watching the already positioned summoned beasts in the ring, Lu Wu squinted his eyes, recalling the information about these three summoned beasts.

"Swamp Monster, Slime, Paralysis Moth, they are all quite peculiar summoned beasts!"

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Special thanks to [Blue Mountain Like Ash][Carefree Person][Di Xiaoyi] for providing the summoned beasts at the Summoning Beast Building.