39: Top ten favorites to win

Two days had passed since Lin Shu went to Praying Mantis Martial Hall to learn new blade styles.

These past few days, Lin Shu still lived a two-point-one-line life.

He stayed at school every day.

Today was the start of the Chu Niao Cup main competition.

Within the class, besides Lin Shu and Huang Yian, no one else had entered the main competition.

Including their class, Canglan No. 2 High School only had twelve students enter the main competition.

It was still pretty good, after all, each district only had eighty slots.

Lin Shu then began to check out Night's panel.

【Name】: Shadow Mantis

【Level】: lv15 (55/150)

【Level Cap】: lv45

【Status】: Healthy

【Quality】: Elite

【Attributes】: Dark / Space

【Talent】: Void Walk - Beginner (11/200)

【Skills】: Junior — Assault - Proficient (5/200), Fast Movement - Perfect (16/50), Heavy Strike - Beginner (1/20), Sharp Blade (Passive) - Perfect (1/50), Spinning Arm Slash - Proficient (12/200), Space Storage - Beginner (8/20)

Intermediate — Dual Shadow Kill - Beginner (7/40), Blade Qi Strike - Accomplished (3/80), Windbreak Blade - Beginner (1/40)

Overall, compared to a few days ago, there was no change.

Only two newly learned blade styles were added.

In these few days, Night also focused on mastering Blade Qi Strike.

Its improvement speed was very fast, reaching Accomplished today.

It could be considered a small improvement.

And there were still 293 proficiency points left, which was a good amount.

However, Lin Shu had no intention of improving Night.

Currently, Night's level was much higher than that of Beast Companions of the same age.

This didn't even account for so many high-level skills.

It could be said that it had no opponent among its peers; adding more points would only make things easier.

It was good to save them for later.

“Beep beep!”

A phone message sound.

Lin Shu opened it to see a message from Huang Yian.

“The car is already at the school gate, you can come now.”

He casually replied with “On my way.”

Lin Shu put Night and Earthly Splendor into his Beast Companion space.

Then he walked out of the room, preparing to call Min Hu, who was also a reserve member of the school team.

Min Hu had also entered the main competition; the three of them would go to White Cloud Arena together, which had been decided last night.

He found that the latter was already waiting in the hallway.

“Brother Lin!”

Min Hu waved his hand, greeting Lin Shu.

“Let's go.”

“Alright.”

With that, the two left the building and arrived at the school gate.

It was the same black commercial vehicle as last time.

The driver was also the same person.

Upon getting in, Huang Yian greeted Lin Shu and Min Hu.

At their signal, the driver steadily started the car.

The three of them began chatting intermittently in the back... The car was fast and steady, reaching White Cloud Arena in just half an hour.

However, today, this area was bustling with people; let alone cars, it was hard for people to squeeze through.

Clearly, all these people were either participating in the competition or coming to watch.

They had no choice but to stop about five hundred meters from the arena.

Lin Shu took out his phone, snapped a photo, found Bai Sheng, and sent it to him.

Then he added text.

“It's already like this outside, what's it like inside?”

The message was replied to instantly.

“Damn, there are still so many people outside.”

“There are a lot of people inside too.”

“I don't even know how to get in.”

Accompanied by an awkward emoji.

Huang Yian and Min Hu stood there, somewhat at a loss.

Their gazes all turned to Lin Shu, seemingly waiting for his command.

“You go squeeze to the arena entrance first, I've already called someone to pick you up.”

“It's the same person as last time.”

“Alright then, I'll head over first.”

Lin Shu put away his phone and led Huang Yian and Min Hu into the crowd.

After much effort, they finally reached the entrance.

Fortunately, there was a competitor'saisle (passage), so they no longer had to squeeze.

But at a glance, the line was already seventy or eighty deep; how long would they have to wait?

Not to mention the other passages, which were even more packed.

Just then, a voice appeared.

“Hello, Mr. Lin.”

“Please follow me this way.”

A young woman wearing a White Cloud Arena staff uniform appeared.

Lin Shu knew her; she had guided Lin Shu these past few times.

“Then let's go.”

He said, signaling Huang Yian and Min Hu to follow.

The two looked at each other, both a little surprised. What was going on? Did Lin Shu have connections at White Cloud Arena?

They hadn't heard of it.

But this thought was quickly dismissed; this was truly too good, they hated waiting in lines the most.

The staff member walked quickly, leading them to a small door.

This was likely a small path within the arena; after passing through several corridors, they arrived at VIP Room “001.”

Pushing open the door, they saw Bai Sheng, whom they hadn't seen in a while, again.

“Lin Shu, hello to both students, I'm Bai Sheng.”

As soon as they entered the room, Bai Sheng greeted them.

Before coming, he had naturally gotten Bai Sheng's permission to bring the two of them.

“Hello, I'm Lin Shu's classmate, Huang Yian.”

At this moment, Huang Yian only felt that the name Bai Sheng sounded familiar, but he couldn't recall it for now.

However, how could someone who owned VIP Room “001” at White Cloud Arena be an ordinary person?

He began to marvel at Lin Shu's hidden depths, that he actually knew such a friend.

“Hello, I'm Min Hu.”

Min Hu was naturally not a fool; he guessed that the person in front of him was either rich or noble and extraordinary.

He thought to himself, Lin Shu is really low-key.

The two glanced at Lin Shu, both a little unnatural.

Lin Shu gave a reassuring expression, signaling everyone to sit down and talk.

The two sat in the corner, while Lin Shu sat next to Bai Sheng.

“I didn't expect this competition to be so popular, it's completely blocked here.”

“Haha, this is all normal. You just haven't participated in enough competitions.”

Bai Sheng raised an eyebrow, looking as if Lin Shu was easily surprised.

Lin Shu shrugged; he had to admit, this was indeed his first time participating in such a large-scale competition.

Next, they chatted about other things, and Bai Sheng listed the top ten championship contenders as rated by the outside world.

This made Huang Yian and Min Hu agree, and their previously somewhat nervous mood eased quite a bit.

Lin Shu, however, was unclear, as he was devoted to training and rarely paid attention to such news.

These were all fabricated by the outside world based on some rumors, and were just for fun.

Their reference value was not very great.

After ten names were mentioned, Lin Shu actually found his own name.

He didn't expect his excellence to be unhideable already?

Although his ranking was last.

He didn't expect to have a small reputation in Fengdu City.

Huang Yian and Min Hu looked at Lin Shu with somewhat admiring gazes, as if being on this list was a very glorious thing.

Only Lin Shu from Canglan No. 2 High School made the list, while Central No. 1 High School, where Bai Sheng was, had four people on the list.

They almost accounted for half of the list, and naturally, Bai Sheng's name was among them.

Another person was from Canglan No. 1 Middle School, and the rest were from schools in other districts.

Lin Shu hadn't looked into them much, so he wasn't very clear.

Huang Yian listened as Lin Shu and Bai Sheng discussed their rankings.

Suddenly, he thought of something.

Bai Sheng? Wasn't this the young master of the Bai family, the son of the owner of this White Cloud Arena?

For a moment, he felt even more shocked.

His gaze towards Lin Shu became even stranger...