<h4>Chapter 287 - One V One Fighting (1)</h4>


    Day 3 of the VR Olympics with the preliminaries for the three most hyped events in the sport. The generalyout of all the preliminaries was the same , there were four groups A , B , C , D?Consisting of round of 128?knockout style tournament in Each match .


    Hence one contestant would need to win 7 matches to be the champions of their respective groups.


    There were a total of 250 countries participating in this event , hence there were a total of 500 participants in this event , 2 from each country.


    Because of this , not all participants would need to fight in the round of 128 , as some would get a ( by ) in the match ,?and as a rule of the thumb , no two contenders of the same country would be in the same block.


    Hence for example one yer from Japan was in block A , then the other one would be in block B , this would ensure fair and healthypetition.


    Hence today was going to be a long day for Rudra , at the best case scenario if he got a ( by )in the first round , he would still need to fight and win 6 matches to advance. If not he would need to fight seven.


    Although the initial matches would not be in the grand collosseum , the matches from the semi - final of the group stage forward would all be in the grand collosseum.


    Rudra was ced in Group A , while Jin Mori was ced in Group C for Japan.


    Parax was in group D , this caused many fans who wanted to see Rudra take on Parax click their tongues in dissapointment . Considering how hard it was to advance from each group , the chances of the two facing seemed slim.


    The one v one fighting was the grandest event of them all , and the Rudra vs Parax rivalry was only a drop in the bucket. There were many other heated rivalries and many other strong contenders in the event.


    A fantasy vote that took ce about who was most likely to win the event , ced Rudra in fourth ce actually behind 3 other contenders.


    At number three was the Russian prized fighter Khabib , he was nicknamed as the Bear fighter , because he once wrestled a level 55 mutant bear , with nothing but his bare hands while being a level 30 yer with no armour . Logically it was impossible to beat the bear , but Khabib pulled it off. Hisst recorded level was 74 , and his ss was the Dark Barbarian.


    At number two was Parax , at level 82 , he was a fan favourite to win the event , his skills when disyed on the big screen were shy and neat , hence his performance actually entranced more people than Rudra''s in the beat the clock challenge , which was in and effective.


    The number one yer most voted to win the event was the dark faction yer with the ss of blood warlock. Rumored to have learnt a legendary blood control spell called absolute blood maniption , he was a one man ughter crew much more terrifying than any necromancer or wizard in PVE . A video clip of him viping out a thousand man crew on a bloody battlefield in under 3 minutes had taken the inte by storm when it was released , however as terrifying as his PVE skills were , his PVP skills were not to be underestimated at All , always walking in a battle with vials of blood , he won his fights in the national championship without ever moving a single step from his spot. Hailing from Texas USA , his name was '' Nightmare ''.


    Coincidentally all four of them were in different blocks.


    Rudra was in block A.


    Khabib in block B


    Nightmare in block C.


    And parax in block D


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    Derek Ray : Good morningdies and gentlemen my name is Derek Ray and with me in thementary today is the English legend Lee Dixon , wee Lee


    Lee Dixon : Thankyou Derek , what a day for eSports fans around the world , the initial rounds for the three of the most awaited events start today Derek , we will be presiding over the stream of one v one fighting , while the othermentary teams will be handling the other two events , you can watch all three cannels live and for free on cuberworks.


    Derek Ray : Well , Lee cutting right to the chase , the group stage matches start in less than five minutes , rake in your predictions about the event.


    Lee Dixon : Well , Derek there was a fantasy poll about who the world things will win , out of the 500 contestants 96% of the vote went to the top 4 seeds . It naturally speaks volumes about who themon masses thinks will win , with 33% people voting for the top seed '' nightmare '' , the dark faction yer with blood magic , I think he is going to be my pick as well Derek , the masses are not stupid , he is the strongest of them all , who is your pick?


    Derek Ray : My pick will be the second seed parax Lee , he has the highest level of them all , and after loosing to Shakuni in the beat the clock event , he made a public statement about how he would write his wrongs in one v one event and bring home a gold medal. He is a driven man , and a driven man is dangerous.


    Lee Dixon : Talking about the winner of the tower event Shakuni , he is voted to be the fourth most likely contender to win this event , getting 17% votes. He took the world by storm with his power and speed in the beat the clock event , I think he wille out on top in his table to go through to the semi finals.


    Derek Ray : All four top seeds are in different groups Lee , let''s see if the assumptions of the masses wille true or not , if so we would have a very interesting semi finals tommorow eh.


    Lee Dixon : Absolutely Derek , alright , the wait is over , the challengers have been teleported to the virtual fight arena for the initial matches , let''s cut to some of the fight scenes. Remember you watched it live only on the cuber eSportswork.


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