Chapter 442: Mental Limit Break Challenge Mission
[You have passed the preliminary stage of the KOF97 tournament, becoming one of the top sixteen teams and entering the main tournament.]
[Your main mission has officially been triggered—]
["Fighting Tournament KOF97" Team Mission: Achieve the highest possible ranking in the tournament.
Basic Rewards: Top 16, Top 8, Top 4, Runner-up, Champion, corresponding to a final settlement evaluation of Basic B, B+, A-, A, S respectively, and can be further improved based on player actions.
Heaven's Chosen Coin Rewards: 5,000, 10,000, 20,000, 50,000, 100,000. This reward is a fixed prize and is not affected by the basic evaluation bonus.
Attribute Point Rewards: 5 free attribute points, 2 free skill points, affected by the final settlement evaluation bonus.]
[Your additional skill "Holy Grail Mission" has been triggered—]
[Side Mission / Holy Grail Mission: "Defeat the Three Sacred Treasures Inheritors" — Kyo Kusanagi (0/1), Iori Yagami (0/1), Chizuru Kagura (0/1). For each additional one defeated, you and your team units will gain a 10% damage bonus against units with "Heavenly Orochi / Orochi Blood," up to a maximum of 30%.
"Defeat the Awakened New Faces Team" — Yashiro Nanakase (0/1), Shermie (0/1), Chris (0/1). For each additional one defeated, you and your team units will gain a 10% damage reduction against units with "Heavenly Orochi / Orochi Blood," up to a maximum of 30%.]
This was the prompt Cheng Tian and other teams still holding invitation letters received after the electronic countdown bell rang.
As Cheng, who possessed multiple invitation letters, he could designate one team that participated in the preliminaries to compete.
Cheng Tian, without hesitation, chose a team he had been eyeing for a long time—
The Scarlet Devil Mansion Team.
This team seemed to have registered purely for fun, never truly showing up during the previous 72 hours. So, Cheng Tian's choice seemed completely inexplicable to others, even a blatant rigging of the system.
However, due to yesterday's head start, the organizers directly stated that "the strong can dictate the rules." Although very puzzled, most had no objections. Instead, a considerable amount of attention emerged; they were very curious about what kind of obscure team could be singled out by the Olililili Team.
Of course, the most bewildered of all was the chosen Scarlet Devil Mansion Team itself.
The little girl, holding a parasol and sipping red tea, inexplicably received a notification that she had entered the main tournament.
"What's going on!?"
The dignified little girl slammed the table, looking as if the floor was burning.
"Miss, have you forgotten? It was on a whim that you had that useless gatekeeper go and sign up, saying you wanted to see the combat level of the modern world."
The cold maid looked straight ahead, directly choosing to retort to her master.
"Ah, is that so..."
The little girl looked enlightened, completely unable to recall giving such an order.
"Forget it then, just go along with it. Later, you and that freeloader can just go on stage and go through the motions."
Unable to figure it out and choosing to give up thinking, the dignified little girl's expression turned perfunctory.
"Yes."
The maid said nothing else, directly agreeing, but in her mind, a videotape delivered by a courier yesterday appeared.
At the time, the maid did not show it to her Miss, but watched it herself first to see if it contained anything that would pollute her Miss's pure mind. And when she saw the hurricane kick in the videotape, screaming her own gatekeeper's name, the maid's expression was as enlightened as her Miss's current one.
The final conclusion was that it was a prank and utterly useless.
However, the maid did remember the source of the delivery because of it, and it was, without surprise, Aoko, the captain of the Olililili Team, who specifically nominated their side to participate.
Although she had seen Cheng Tian on the live broadcast channel several times, the maid always had an indescribably subtle feeling. Her memory told her she had never seen Cheng Tian, but a strong sense of familiarity made this judgment even more Vague.
Especially when Cheng Tian released The World, that feeling became even stronger.
And this also made her involuntarily recall the time-stopping phenomena that occasionally occurred two days ago.
Cheng Tian's choice was relatively quick, and other teams also made similar moves. In short, after a little more time, the top sixteen teams were officially announced. They were—
No. 01 Olililili Team: Cheng Tian, Eileen, Bazett, Mina.
No. 02 Japan Team: Kyo Kusanagi, Benimaru Nikaido, Goro Daimon.
No. 03 Yagami Team: Iori Yagami.
No. 04 Psycho Soldier Team: Athena Asamiya, Sie Kensou, Chin Gentsai.
No. 05 New Faces Team: Yashiro Nanakase, Shermie, Chris.
No. 06 Ikari Warriors Team: Ralf Jones, Clark Still, Leona Heidern.
No. 07 Art of Fighting Team: Ryo Sakazaki, Robert Garcia, Yuri Sakazaki.
No. 08 Fatal Fury Team: Terry Bogard, Andy Bogard, Joe Higashi.
No. 09 Women Fighters Team: Mai Shiranui, King, Chizuru Kagura.
No. 10 Howard Team: Geese Howard, Ryuji Yamazaki, Billy Kane.
No. 11 Kaiba Team: Seto Kaiba.
No. 12 Scarlet Devil Mansion Team: Remilia Scarlet, Sakuya Izayoi, Hong Meiling.
No. 13 Cat Spirit Team: Neco-Arc, Neco-Mina.
No. 14 Drunken Master Team: Hon Fu, Cheng Fu, Lei Wulong.
No. 15 Demon Team: Demitri Maximoff, Devil Jin Kazama, Hsien-Ko.
No. 16 996 Team: Ren Xiaoyao, Xiao Zi, Jack, Babaofan.
The team names and rosters of all 16 teams were directly displayed on all live broadcast channels, and all channels would continue to follow the subsequent main tournament teams until the champion was decided.
Only 2 player teams qualified for the top sixteen, and this moment also meant that the main missions of these two teams were indirectly completed. Regardless of whether they advanced further, they could settle normally after the event. Cheng Tian's hanging heart finally completely relaxed.
However, just after a series of prompts popped up, Cheng Tian received another spatial prompt that made his expression serious.
[Detecting that the player has initially met the challenge requirements for "Mental Attribute Limit Break"—]
[Detecting that the current main mission environment is compatible with the Limit Break Challenge Mission—]
[You have successfully triggered and gained permission to choose whether to undertake the "Mental Attribute Limit Break" Challenge Mission.]
[If you choose to accept, you will undertake an extreme challenge in the upcoming fighting tournament in the form of "X Bans" and will be forced to start first in each round.
Top 16 to Top 8 — Ban Items.
Top 8 to Top 4 — Ban Items, Equipment.
Top 4 to Semifinals — Ban Items, Equipment, Class.
Finals — Ban Items, Equipment, Class, Skills.]
[When you complete all X Ban challenges and win the championship, your mental attribute limit will be fully unleashed, and you will receive additional bonus rewards.]
[You can also abandon the Limit Break Challenge at any time. Abandoning the challenge will not incur additional penalties and will not affect the final settlement.]
[After abandoning, you can try to trigger the next suitable challenge opportunity in subsequent main missions.]
[Do you accept the "Mental Attribute Limit Break" Challenge?]