236: The crystal space is thinning

"What's going on?"

"Didn't the competition end early?"

Chen Du muttered to himself. According to the regulations of the High Martial Civilization, this Three-School Joint Martial Arts Competition should either be nullified, or Karabo's time of death should be considered the end time of the competition.

But how did he end up as the champion?

In terms of strength, he was not as good as Gao Zhongwang. In terms of points, he wasn't first either.

In terms of background, he didn't seem to have any!

In terms of looks, even without Gao Zhongwang, he could only barely Rank in the top three... Chen Du only understood at the very end that this ranking was determined by the Vice-Principals jointly selecting the strongest student on the field from among the uneliminated participants at the end of the competition to be the champion, with the others ranked from 2nd to 9th.

Although it was somewhat justifiable, it didn't align with the initial competition rules.

The final note stated that the Qilin Martial Arts University's First Martial Arts Room held the right of final interpretation.

"Isn't that Vice-Principal Pang's office?"

"But... can this kind of competition be a one-man show?"

Chen Du murmured to himself, somewhat puzzled.

Looking at the congratulatory messages sent to him in the group chat, Chen Du feigned illness and didn't reply.

His first thought was to find Pang Tian Ce to understand the reason.

However, to maintain his persona of weakness, he decided to wait until the period of weakness ended.

A message on his wristband interrupted his thoughts. After a moment of consideration, Chen Du subconsciously glanced at the panel in his mind.

Name: Chen Du

Life Strength: Rank 12.1

Mental Energy: Rank 19.6

Base Strength: 41,400 jin

Speed: 140 meters/second

Martial Skill: Crescent Moon Swordplay (Second-Order) Entrance to the Microscopic 1%, Void Immortal Contemplation Method, War Stomp, Life Goddesss Favor, Spirit Bell Shield, Psychic Field

Mystic Treasure Count: Five Secret Treasures, Hand of God, Hand of Atim, Promotion

Defense Waves: 5/5 (Completed), 10/10 (Completed), 13/15 (Uncompleted), 13/20 (Uncompleted), 13/25 (Uncompleted), 13/30 (Uncompleted), 13/35 (Uncompleted)

A Rank 12.1 Life Strength corresponds to a base strength of 23,000 jin, which, with the 80% amplification from the Five Secret Treasures, becomes 41,400 jin.

However, Gao Zhongwang, at Rank 15, had a base strength of 50,000 jin, even without considering his Mystic Treasures!

Although after Promotion, Chen Du's Life Strength Rank was slightly higher by 0.1, and his Mystic Treasures were also ahead, providing an additional 30% amplification, the gap in Martial Skills was too large, making defeat only a matter of time.

This was also why Chen Du didn't understand why he was the champion.

Speaking of champions, Chen Du couldn't help but recall the three major competitions he had participated in.

The Hundred Cities Championship in Hai City, the Seven Regions Genius Battle in Wanxiang City, and the recently concluded Three-School Joint Martial Arts Competition.

He had to admit, he was the champion in all of them!

The Hundred Cities Championship had a Life Strength Rank limit and only competed in Martial Skills. He had awakened War Stomp at the end, luckily defeating Zhou Xiaogu.

The Seven Regions Genius Battle was divided into three groups, and a monster from the Yun Que Civilization coincidentally intruded into his group.

As a result, by some stroke of bad luck, 90% of the competitors were eliminated. Otherwise, in terms of raw strength, he was not Long Shan's opponent at the time.

As if by a twist of fate, he won another championship!

The final Three-School Joint Martial Arts Competition was originally a pure clash of raw strength with no restrictions.

Unexpectedly, because of his extraordinary talent, a mole was drawn to self-destruct!

The competition ended because of this, and he also coincidentally won a somewhat undeserved championship!

Chen Du summarized that in every competition, he was not the strongest, but for various reasons, he always won in the end.

He used to have a bit of a complex about it, but after defeating Wu Zang this time, that complex disappeared.

Chen Du firmly and certainly knew that he was not a Genius in the traditional sense.

His greatest advantage was his unyielding tenacity and continuous improvement!

Perhaps you are stronger than me now, but I will eventually surpass you. This was Chen Du's confidence and self-assurance.

Although he didn't face Zhou Xiaogu and Long Shan this time, Chen Du watched their match replays after the competition.

It wasn't self-praise, but the current Chen Du had indeed surpassed Zhou Xiaogu and Long Shan!

Especially Wang Dadi, who had defeated Long Shan, was himself defeated by Chen Du.

The only slight surprise was Zhang Youren.

He actually had a Martial Skill level of Entrance to the Microscopic 15% and defeated Zhou Xiaogu.

In terms of Martial Skill talent alone, he was probably not inferior to Gao Zhongwang!

He then stopped thinking about it and looked at other data.

This time, his Martial Skill advanced to Second-Order, and his strength saw a considerable increase.

Coupled with the power from Promotion, he finally managed to deal with the Bone-Gilded Toad of the 13th wave.

His Mental Energy also successfully increased by one Rank, reaching Rank 19.6.

The Promotion ability could be used once every time in the Crystal Space, and its side effects automatically disappeared upon exiting.

The only pity was that it could only be used for a maximum of 10 minutes.

Otherwise, Chen Du could have cleared the 14th stage as well.

The Steel-Armored Rhinos of the 14th wave had a Life Strength Rank of 15.

Their number was still 30, as always. They were tough-skinned, incredibly high in defense, and also possessed Martial Skill levels at the limit of First-Order.

Although Chen Du had a Second-Order Martial Skill, it was only Entrance to the Microscopic 1%.

Furthermore, the Martial Skill ability he possessed, Crescent Sky Rush, was not a armor-piercing ability.

Facing such defense-oriented creatures, Chen Du couldn't handle them within 10 minutes.

So he could only be stuck at the 14th wave, but Chen Du currently didn't have anything urgent to do.

The only thing he was curious about was, what was the reward for passing the 15th wave?

Clearing the 5th wave gave him the Void Immortal Contemplation Method.

Clearing the 10th wave gave him Life Goddesss Favor.

The former increased Mental Energy, and the latter increased Life Strength talent.

Would clearing the 15th wave give him an increase in Martial Skill talent?

Would it follow the pattern of Heart, Body, Skill?

Chen Du wondered in his heart.

He already had the Zhan Zhan Fruit, which could infinitely increase the upper limit of Martial Skills.

If he were to get another item that could increase Martial Skill talent, he would truly be able to step on those geniuses!

Additionally, there was one more thing that was very, very, very important to Chen Du.

That was, the two-meter-tall blue crystal in the Crystal Space indeed became thinner after he cleared new waves of monsters!

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