Chapter 177. The Undefeated National Team
Upon arriving at the Mexican pavilion, it was clear that each country's national team could roughly gauge their strength by observing the players from their pavilion. Mexico's players were quite strong, which somewhat hindered everyone from obtaining the medal. However, they still managed to win the medal in the end, bringing them one step closer to entering Venice.
After Mexico, it was the United States.
The Liberty Temple, the highest magical association in the Americas, is located in New York City, one of the five continental magical associations in the world. It is considered the true sanctuary of magic. Those who serve in the Liberty Temple are known as Temple Mages and are revered and admired by the world. For many mages, becoming a Temple Mage is their ultimate dream.
The United States Pavilion is located on Liberty Island, where the Temple of Liberty is situated. So after successfully winning the Mexican Medal, everyone was eager to visit this magical sanctuary and experience the awe and grandeur of the world's most magnificent magical place.
Upon arriving in New York, the group immediately headed to the Temple of Liberty. From the harbor, one could see a stunning statue of a goddess rising from the sea, its holy blue and golden light inspiring awe.
The magical world is quite special. The art of these statues is beyond imagination. It makes people feel as if the ancient Greek goddess is standing here, looking down on her people under the light of her freedom with her kind, peaceful and serene gaze!
Like the Oriental Pearl Tower, the base of the statue of Goddess features a tourist area, museum, exhibition hall, and research center.
You have to take the elevator inside the building and ascend to a certain height to reach the Dharma Master's Hall.
Upon learning of the arrival of the Great Xia Kingdom's delegation, the temple mage Oruna personally came to meet Mo Fan in the plaza below the goddess statue.
Oruna was still wearing that black and gold dress, exuding a Nordic aloofness and beauty. When she saw Mo Fan, a faint smile appeared on her face.
In any case, this classmate helped her resolve a major incident, and now Caso has been sent to the Temple of Liberty for trial.
Although this required a reward, she was still very grateful for Mo Fan's help.
"I'll take you to the National Pavilion. Strictly speaking, I'm practically a teacher there," Oluna said.
"Alright, lead the way," Mo Fan said.
Mo Fan completely ignored the man next to Oluna.
Oruna originally wanted to introduce her younger brother, but seeing that Mo Fan didn't seem inclined to ask, she had no choice but to give up.
She is also a rather aloof woman.
Since Mo Fan didn't ask, there was no intention to explain.
Meanwhile, Oruna's younger brother kept staring at Mo Fan, clearly displeased with his sister's attitude towards him.
Upon arriving at the U.S. Pavilion, the observant Jiang Shaoxu noticed a large display board with the flags of many countries hanging on it as soon as she entered.
The time was written next to the national flag, and then there was a big X at the very end!
"What is this?" Jiang Shaoxu asked.
"The record of challenges from various countries," Oluna said casually.
"Does this cross mean they failed the challenge? No way, this whole page is full of crosses, does that mean you've been on a winning streak for a long time?" Zhao Manyan exclaimed in surprise.
The strength of the U.S. National Pavilion is estimated to be greater than that of the national governments of some upper-middle-class countries.
So it's normal that they can do this, but it's still hard to imagine what their strength is like.
"If you scroll up to the very top, it's all crosses." Fromm, finally finding his 'presence,' said with a hint of pride.
Everyone's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets when they heard this.
Zhao Manyan, still not believing in bad luck, actually started flipping through the pages. He flipped up the large page hanging on the wall, and as a result, among all the countries that came to challenge him, not a single one had the green success mark!
"No country has succeeded in challenging this for so long... This is just too outrageous!!" Jiang Yu couldn't help but exclaim.
None of them succeeded, meaning that the US National Pavilion has maintained an undefeated record to date.
The national team is considered the worst of the worst, and it's quite astonishing that so many of the top national team players have all failed to advance from here.
After all, they were just students at the National Academy.
"Speaking of which, I can understand why all these countries have crossed out their names, since none of them have succeeded. But why is there also a cross drawn after our Great Xia flag at the very bottom, where the date is today?" Jiang Shaoxu couldn't help but ask.
Fromm glanced down and chuckled, saying, "I guess the captain knew you were coming, so he wrote down your information. Anyway, the result would be the same, so he just filled it in to avoid having to scribble it down again... The captain is the kind of person who will get angry even if you take up five seconds more of his time with just one sentence!"
"Aren't you guys looking down on people a bit too much?" Jiang Yu couldn't help but say.
Fromm shrugged and said, "You can see for yourselves. So many countries, quite a few of which are no less powerful than you, yet none of them received the Challenge Medal. Do you really think you can get it?"
"This isn't about whether we can get it or not. We haven't even fought yet, and you've already drawn up the results. That's incredibly disrespectful!" Nan Jue said.
"Respect? That's something that only belongs to the strong, isn't it? Oh, I almost forgot, your country values humility. I'm sorry, but people here don't really learn humility, nor do we need to," Fromm said.
"Then let's just fight. I think it's the simplest way to settle things with fists," Mo Fan said.
A bunch of little karaomi, do they really think they're something special?
However, after carefully browsing through the exhibits, Mo Fan discovered that the British team did not seem to have visited the national pavilion.
Their country is indeed strong, and even the students from the National Academy are quite powerful, but they are not strong enough to handle the regular members of every powerful nation.
Of course, this doesn't exclude the possibility of some powerful nations' national teams waiting for them to continue their victories, and then crush them in one fell swoop!
It's also to enhance the reputation of their own country.
Orona led everyone to the American team members, who numbered about seven or eight. One of them, a handsome man with a headscarf, stood out, not because of his outstanding appearance, but because he was loudly reprimanding his teammates.
"This is our captain, Boblin," Fromm said.
Boblin stopped his insults, turned around, glanced at the people from Great Xia, and said, "Let's not waste any more time, let's just go and fight?"
"Shouldn't the competition rules be agreed upon beforehand?" Nan Jue felt that Boblin was being a bit too hasty.
"Oh, right, then it'll be a standard five-on-five, one game to decide the winner?" Boblin said.
"Okay, let's begin," Mo Fan said directly.
There's no point in wasting words with them, just beat them up.