Physical mage, challenge me to a solo duel!

A month has passed in the blink of an eye, and the preliminary rounds of the Magic High School World League are about to begin.

Three days ago, Beijiang Demon had informed Wang Yi, the team leader, that all the seed teams from China should gather in the capital first thing tomorrow morning before setting off together.

That afternoon, Wang Yi specifically asked Xu Jun if he wanted to go with them.

Wang Yi had gotten used to having Uncle Xu, this great god, by her side when she went out.

"It's a pity I can't go," Xu Jun sighed. "Forbidden mages are not allowed to act rashly, let alone enter other countries' borders. This is a rule of the Global Magic Federation."

After all, forbidden mages are like mobile nuclear weapons; whoever they go to will be on edge.

If it were a small country, it wouldn't matter; they don't possess such "nuclear weapons," and no one would care even if they protested.

However, for a large country like the United States, whose size is in no way inferior to that of China, we still need to pay attention to the impact, because they will not only protest, but also have countermeasures.

Only if you abide by these rules can you expect others to do the same. China doesn't want to be allowed to host the Magic High School World League by forbidden mages from other major powers swaggering into its borders.

It won't work openly, and it's even less likely to work secretly.

Wang Yi nodded in understanding.

People will only sit down and reason with each other when their fists are roughly equal in size; this kind of thing happens all the time, no matter which world you're in.

Just like when someone tells you you have nuclear weapons, you better actually do have them.

"Whether I go or not is of no concern to me, but what I'm about to say is the important thing." Xu Jun said to Wang Yi with a serious expression, "On your journey, you may encounter an ambush by the Underworld organization."

"The underworld? An ambush?" Upon hearing Xu Jun suddenly utter this sentence, Wang Yi was initially startled and felt it was unbelievable, but after thinking about it for a moment, he calmed down.

Although it's unclear what went wrong with the Underworld organization, or what got into them that led them to such an idea, now that their attack plan has been discovered, any attempt to come would be like moths to a flame.

If they truly possessed the strength to confront China head-on, the Underworld wouldn't be a rat in the gutter, cowering and lurking in some foreign corner.

Xu Jun continued, "Under normal circumstances, if the Underworld organization launches a full-scale sneak attack, it is not impossible for them to succeed. After all, in each league, only two extraordinary mages are assigned to secretly escort the student teams, one from the Night Watch and the other from the law enforcement system."

"So this time we received intelligence in advance, could it be a sting operation?" Wang Yi quickly figured it out.

Upon hearing this news, even Wang Yi himself subconsciously had this thought, let alone others.

The result of doing this is that they are being used as bait for baiting.

However, if we could lure out a big fish like the Underworld Organization, it might not be impossible.

Moreover, surely the Chinese leadership wouldn't be without a contingency plan, lest they really throw these students around like meat buns.

"That's right, it's a sting operation, but there's nothing we can do about it," Xu Jun explained.

"Unless you are all hidden in the virtual realm of some extraordinary mage, and are brought all the way to the preliminary competition venue before being released, it is not easy to hide your whereabouts. After all, the team of nearly three hundred people, including the participating students, accompanying teachers and logistics staff, is too big a target."

Wang Yi calculated that each top-tier magic university has two seeded teams, with six official members and six substitutes, totaling twelve people. That's seventy-two people from the six top-tier magic universities. Add to that the seeded teams from the twelve first-class magic universities, and the number of participating students alone reaches one hundred and forty-four.

In a modern society with such advanced communication methods, it would be virtually impossible for such a team to disappear without a trace.

Moreover, the country hosting the league isn't some remote, remote mountain village, but one of the most prosperous countries in the world.

Moreover, if one of these three hundred people is carrying a tracking device, whether actively or passively, then no matter how hard you try to hide, you won't be able to avoid it.

Of course, as Xu Jun said, if they really wanted to avoid conflict, they only needed to find a transcendent mage who possessed a virtual realm, let these students squeeze in first, and then have this transcendent mage sneak off to the venue alone. The underworld organization would be helpless in the face of such a situation.

Could it be that these rats dare to openly storm the preliminary competition venue where people from all countries are gathered?

But doing it this way doesn't look very good.

The Magic High School World League is a place where countries gather to flex their muscles, and it concerns their international standing for the next few years. If a great nation like China is forced to this point by a terrorist organization, and has to hide its face and participate timidly, it would be a disgrace to a great power.

Besides these reasons, what Xu Jun didn't mention was that many people above wanted to take this opportunity to resolve the troublesome issue of the underworld.

Among them, the ones with the deepest grudge against the underworld are naturally the Night Watch.

Due to historical reasons, Xu Jun deeply resented the underworld organization. However, the fact that students were being used as bait made Xu Jun hesitate, especially since Qi Xiaohao and Wang Yi were among these students.

Caught in a dilemma, Xu Jun refrained from commenting on the matter, but ultimately, this outcome was reached.

Of course, the fundamental reason is that it's easy to dodge a spear in the open, but hard to guard against an arrow in the dark. Since China is in the open, the underworld couldn't have avoided this attack, especially since they received advance notice.

"On the surface, you will still be escorted by two extraordinary mages, but in reality, six more extraordinary mages have been gathered, making a total of eight extraordinary mages. If the people from the underworld dare to come, we can guarantee they won't return," Xu Jun said with a hint of regret.

If he hadn't accidentally become a forbidden mage, Xu Jun would definitely have participated in this operation.

After all, Xu Jun's companions, Qi Xiaohao's grandparents, died in that battle against the King of Hell.

"Eight extraordinary beings..." Wang Yi pondered for a moment, then asked, "Isn't the Underworld organization supposed to have ten Kings of Hell? If we send eight, will that be enough?"

Xu Jun shook his head slightly: "The extraordinary are not like cabbages, how can they be wholesaled like this? The Ten Kings of Hell have never been all there. Going back more than ten years, the Underworld might have had eight or nine at its peak, but it lost more than half of them in the battle later."

"As for the additions now, I estimate that even if we include King Qin Guang and King Bian Cheng, who have never shown their faces, there are at most five Yama Kings. If all five of them mobilize their armies, that would be even better, killing them in one battle and saving us trouble in the future."

Hearing this, Wang Yi felt relieved.

From this perspective, if it weren't for the need to allocate manpower to protect these students, China would never have dispatched eight extraordinary mages.

Moreover, the extraordinary beings of China are definitely stronger than those from the underworld organization, which is a wild and unorthodox group. In addition, there are Wang Yi and the Water Dragon clone, who can be considered as two extraordinary beings. If an accident occurs, Wang Yi will definitely not be able to hide his strength anymore.

By this calculation, there are a total of ten extraordinary individuals, which is estimated to be close to one-tenth of the extraordinary power in China.

If the underworld doesn't come to return them, fine; but if they do, they'll be ensured they never return.

Thinking of this, Wang Yi asked with some curiosity, "Uncle Xu, how did the news that the Underworld was planning to ambush us, the participating students, leak out?"

If such confidential information could be intercepted by China, it means that there are Chinese spies in the underworld, and they have risen to relatively high positions.

But given the existence of such an undercover agent, it's unbelievable that the underworld hasn't been destroyed yet.

"You might not believe it, but the information about the underworld's plan to attack the participating students was obtained through Xiao Ziru," Xu Jun said.

"Who? Xiao Ziru?" Wang Yi frowned subconsciously.