Chapter 765: If you are bad, you have to practice more!

The giant electronic screen hanging in the center of the hall absorbed all the noise the moment it lit up on time.

Sawada Rika stood in front of the screen.

She slowly restrained the overly bright smile on her face at this moment.

She didn't speak immediately, but used those eyes that were carefully drawn and looked exceptionally spirited to slowly sweep across the audience.

The contestant waiting area was empty and murderous at this moment.

The spectator seats were also much quieter, many people held their breath, clenched the competition schedule in their hands, waiting for her announcement.

"Everyone."

Her voice came through the microphone, clear, stable, but with a heavier weight than usual.

"Welcome to the fifth round of the 'Newcomer Shogi Competition'!"

Her words were like sparks thrown into boiling grease.

Instantly ignited the scorched expectation that had long filled the air.

A burst of irrepressible excited low exclamations erupted in the spectator seats, many people leaned forward slightly, their eyes shining.

"After four rounds, a cruel screening of more than two thousand people in total."

"The once bustling competition field, now, only remains—"

She turned sideways, her arm sweeping towards the screen behind her like a blade.

On the screen, the dark red special effect of the number "128" appeared with a burning sensation, the edges seemed to have ashes falling, carrying a bloody smell.

"One hundred and twenty-eight true strong players."

"This round, we will inject the strongest catalyst for the white-hot stage of this newcomer shogi competition!"

She suddenly opened her arms, her voice suddenly raised, full of dramatic tension.

"From this round, the competition system has changed!"

"An unparalleled special battle—Hell Two-Match, is about to unfold!"

The background music didn't know when it had quietly switched.

Low, rhythmic drum beats like endangered heartbeats, and like death countdowns, knocked on everyone's eardrums one by one.

"No longer a single-match victory, one battle determines the universe."

"Today, here, every shogi player who still carries a dream must face..."

She spoke word by word, her lips opening and closing as if spitting out cold iron blocks, ensuring that every syllable heavily smashed into the bottom of everyone's hearts in the venue.

"Two, consecutive, high, intensity, slaughter!"

"After defeating the first opponent, you will get a short correction time like breathing."

"Immediately after, after a short rest, all contestants who won the first battle will immediately face another—an opponent who also just bathed in the momentum of victory!"

Sawada Rika's voice suddenly raised, carrying a kind of near-cold, fate-sentencing meaning:

"Two matches! As long as you lose any one of them—even if it's just one!"

"All your previous sweat, all your torment, all your glory and persistence, will be completely reset at this moment!"

"Only those who win two consecutive games! Only the survivors who have experienced double blood and fire tempering! Can hold the only ticket to the next round, to a higher peak, to the ultimate reward!"

She paused for a moment, letting this cruel rule sink into people's hearts, and then threw out an even more shocking result.

"That is to say—after this competition, the total number of remaining contestants will not be sixty-four lucky ones!"

"But only... thirty-two!"

The number "128" on the screen behind her began to flicker and tremble violently.

Immediately, it was torn apart by an invisible giant force, splitting into two groups of dark red phantoms that constantly collided, swallowed, and reduced.

The numbers jumped and decreased crazily, the visual effect was full of oppression, and finally, in a piece of dazzling red light, it settled on—

"32"!

"Yes, everyone heard it right."

"More cruel! The 'Hell Two-Match' that tests the shogi player's comprehensive strength, physical strength, and iron will..."

She took a deep breath, her eyes burning.

"From now on, officially start!"

Her tone eased slightly, but injected a deeper, seductive power.

Her gaze was like a hook, sweeping across the contestant area, as if having a soul dialogue with every shogi player.

"Of course, accompanied by challenges whose difficulty increases geometrically..."

"The amount of prize money that the winner can pick will also usher in an explosive, dizzying growth!"

The screen switched in response.

The brilliant golden numbers roared and poured down like a waterfall galaxy, and finally, with the momentum of ten thousand troops, settled heavily.

"Fifth round, first battle victory, prize money 160,000 yen!"

"And if you can win another game! Complete the ultimate clearance of this 'Hell Two-Match'—"

She deliberately lengthened her tone, every word hanging the heart of the whole venue.

The numbers behind her seemed to have accumulated enough power, and exploded!

Turned into a dazzling golden light rain that swept the sky.

The light rain swirled and condensed, finally collapsing into a huge number that made countless people's breathing stop suddenly.

"You will take a huge prize of 320,000 yen at once!"

320,000!

For many ordinary spectators in the stands, this is already a wealth that needs to be accumulated by working hard for a period of time.

"As long as you continue to win! Win the next five rounds in a row! Complete a super winning streak epic that is more difficult than the last, more cruel than the last!"

"Then, the one waiting for you at the peak of glory is still the one that can completely reshape your life—"

"40,960,000 yen!!!"

The final astronomical number once again occupied the entire giant screen with the kingly posture of ruling the world.

The background music climbed to the most violent climax at this moment!

The majestic symphony and the dense rain-like, heavy war drum-like beats intertwined crazily, pushing the atmosphere in the hall, which was already boiling, to the peak of madness!

The contestant area was also excited.

After all, so much money can almost make people lie flat directly!

And at this moment.

All the inflammatory expressions on Sawada Rika's face retreated like a tide.

Leaving only a piece of deep-sea-like solemnity and magma-like expectation.

She announced in a deep voice, every word as clear as an ice cone falling to the ground:

"And this competition is also divided into four divisions, each division conducted in three sessions."

"Today is the life-and-death stage of the first session of the A division!"

"The total number of contestants participating in the first session of the A division this time is—"

She deliberately paused, and the big screen quickly listed eight names and photos.

"8 people!"

"That is to say—"

Her gaze was as sharp as an eagle, sweeping across the audience.