Chapter 171: Screaming Canyon

Li Er walked forward, greeted Ye Yu and Xu Na respectively, then walked up to Chu Shuangshuang, whispered "Auntie," and finally stood obediently by Zhou Chu's side.

Chu Shuangshuang nodded repeatedly, turned her head with some delight to look at Li Er beside Zhou Chu again, and could not help but feel moved in her heart.

"Is the daughter of Uncle Zhou and Aunt Wang really this beautiful? She is so beautiful that she doesn't even look like a real person."

The more Chu Shuangshuang looked, the more she liked her, and her heart began to fill with anticipation for Zhou Chu's future.

She hadn't expected this kid Zhou Chu to have such a good eye; having such a beautiful girl as his future wife was simply too wonderful.

If Chu Shuangshuang knew that this girl, who was beautiful to an excessive degree, was actually a Mechanical Intelligent Being, one wondered what she would think.

But for the moment, it truly made Chu Shuangshuang's heart very happy.

Seeing this family looking so harmonious, Ye Yu and Xu Na could only return to the viewing platform, disappointed.

Next, they were about to enter the team tournament for the peak elites; since they couldn't recruit these two geniuses into their team, they could only choose from the more popular teams in the tournament.

"A-Chu, did you and Li Er also sign up for this team tournament?"

After chatting for a while in the waiting area, Chu Shuangshuang finally remembered the main purpose of this trip to Shenxia University.

She needed to select new recruits for the Xiaolong Squad from among the students about to graduate from Shenxia University.

Since Zhou Chu and Li Er were only freshmen, they were not within her scope of consideration.

Because the Exorcism Army had a regulation that anyone qualified to enter the Exorcism Army New Recruit Training Camp must have studied at school for at least one year.

Not only that, but they also had to have undergone advanced studies at the National Defense University for at least half a year to be eligible to enter the New Recruit Training Camp.

But this was just a regulation; if a special case was encountered, the captains of the various squads in the Exorcism Army could issue a recruitment order in advance.

Zhou Chu smiled and nodded, saying, "Auntie, if you have things to do, go ahead and get busy. If Li Er and I join forces in the team tournament, taking first place shouldn't be a problem."

Chu Shuangshuang couldn't help but chide him, "Don't get too carried away just because you won the championship in the Individual Tournament. The team tournament is different from the individual one; teamwork is especially important. No matter how strong you two are, you still have to coordinate well with the other team members."

"Shenxia University is full of hidden talents; the teams participating in the team tournament definitely have some tricks up their sleeves. Don't underestimate the enemy, or you might end up capsizing in the gutter."

"By the way, what is the strength of the other three members in your team?"

Zhou Chu smiled and said nonchalantly, "S-Grade, and they are all very obedient."

Chu Shuangshuang nodded, did not probe further, gave a few more instructions, and returned to the viewing platform.

At this moment, a huge spatial array appeared in the center of the arena, and above the array floated a massive, square, virtual 3D map.

This was the competition map for this team tournament—Screaming Canyon.

Screaming Canyon included all complex terrains, perfectly replicating almost all the special terrains in the world within it.

On the east and west sides of the map, two highlands were situated, each containing Energy Crystals of red and blue colors respectively.

The competing teams faced off five-on-five; whoever could be the first to attack the opponent's highland and destroy the opponent's Energy Crystal would be the winner.

The two competing squads were the first to be teleported into Screaming Canyon, appearing in front of all the spectators present in a scaled-down form.

Very quickly, it was Zhou Chu and Li Er's turn in the team ranking tournament.

Their opponents were a team of sophomores, whose individual strength was mid-tier in the school and not particularly strong.

When these five saw that their opponents were Zhou Chu and Li Er, they all shook their heads helplessly.

Not to mention anything else, the strength of these two alone was enough to crush the five of them.

This match was destined to be a loss.

As soon as they entered the canyon, a humid mist rushed toward them, and the surroundings were filled with jagged rocks, with several winding paths appearing and disappearing between them.

Zhou Chu stood before the Energy Crystal and, without a word, summoned three Calamity knights from the Contract Pool.

The three Calamity knights, plus him and Li Er, formed a five-person team.

When Chu Shuangshuang on the viewing platform saw the three Calamity knights Zhou Chu had summoned, she was stunned at first, but eventually understood.

So those three teammates were actually three summoned entities he had called forth.

No wonder Zhou Chu had said at the time that his teammates were very obedient.

These three were certainly obedient to him.

The match was on the verge of breaking out.

Zhou Chu was on the red side.

He first sent the three Calamity knights out, while he and Li Er guarded the Energy Crystal.

Before long, an Assassin from the opposing side was the first to fall, giving up the first blood.

"Damn it, I was killed in the jungle on the top lane!" After the Assassin died, he immediately issued a warning to his teammates.

Immediately following, a Mage from the opposing side also died, and then complained,

"These are the undead knights summoned by Zhou Chu, right? They're too fierce; I was insta-killed by them in two shots!"

If the summoned entities were this fierce, how were they supposed to play? They might as well just surrender.

In less than two minutes, two people on the blue side had already died.

Since the fallen members could not be resurrected, the blue side was already at a disadvantage in terms of numbers.

Consequently, when the remaining members saw that the situation was bad, they decisively chose to concede.

The sophomores hadn't even met Zhou Chu and Li Er before being taken out by the opponent's summoned entities; it could be said there was no need for this match to continue.

Just like that, they won the first team elimination match with extreme ease.

In fact, the simplest and crudest way to win a team tournament was to kill all the opposing people; even without destroying the opponent's Energy Crystal, one would still win the match.

But since it was a team tournament, it was not a competition for one person, but a contest that emphasized teamwork.

As the competition progressed, the opponents in the second round were slightly stronger than in the first.

However, they were still not enough to look at; Zhou Chu once again relied on his powerful summoned entities to easily crush the five of them.

The team tournament was supposed to be a performance between teams, but it had stubbornly turned into a performance for Zhou Chu's three contract servants.

When twilight fell, the team tournament finally entered the first semi-final.

In this round, the opponents Zhou Chu encountered happened to be a team of seniors about to graduate, led by Shi Yu, a gold-medal instructor from the Exorcism Army New Recruit Training Camp, with members Lei Jianting, Li Mengyao, and two other seniors.

Three of the members in this group had been defeated by the hands of Zhou Chu and Li Er.

Therefore, this team tournament appeared especially important; whether they could recover the face lost in the Individual Tournament would depend on this match.

As the Captain, Shi Yu had arranged tactics before the match, and at the same time, based on the situation in the Individual Tournament, specifically assigned certain people to target their opponents.

This time, Li Mengyao volunteered to target Zhou Chu.

She knew that Zhou Li did not fall for her illusion techniques, so she could only use them to deal with Zhou Chu.

She was certain that when Zhou Chu faced her illusion techniques, he would surely be like most male Soul Professionals and would inevitably become lost in a drunken dream under her illusions.