52: Their respective opponents

“6:05?”

Chen Du opened his eyes, looked at the time on his wristband, and muttered in confusion.

Since the first day he entered the Crystal Space, he had never woken up this late.

“This is simply too lax! Waking up at 6 o’clock!”

Chen Du grumbled indignantly.

However, last night he wasn’t training Martial Skills; he was just trying to survive by cutting off the tails of those bears!

Therefore, he spent a lot of time in the Crystal Space.

It was understandable.

And the result was even better than he had imagined!

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Hai City No. 1 High School Auditorium.

The venue remained the same as yesterday.

After all, it was just a Quasi-Warrior Level competition held in one district, so its influence was not great.

Most of the audience consisted of local students and teachers in the education sector.

In this high-martial world where both physical prowess and technology had reached their Peak.

The headlines were always about Sky Soaring Warriors!

Quasi-Warrior stage practitioners could do very little; their main task was to develop, or rather, grow.

News media generally focused on interviewing Martial Artists and rarely paid attention to the Quasi-Warrior stage.

“Hmm?”

Chen Du sat in seat number 2, just like yesterday.

At this moment, he suddenly felt a gaze on him.

Following the sensation of being watched, he found that it was none other than Principal Li Mu?

The other party was sitting in the VIP section, smiling and nodding at him.

The two people beside Li Mu did the same; although Chen Du didn’t know them, he guessed they were the Principal’s friends.

He quickly nodded back in response.

Why was the Principal also here to watch the competition?

Ling Yun explained when he saw this:

“Principal Li is very concerned about you. He specifically flew over from Liang City to watch your competition.”

“He used to only care about the results of the Hundred Cities Championship, not the process.”

Then, pointing to those sitting in Li Mu’s VIP section, he told Chen Du that all those people were principals.

Chen Du understood; he hadn’t paid much attention to the audience before, thinking they were all either Senior Zhou or event organizers.

“Indeed, a Mental Energy level 9; you noticed him quickly.”

Cao Yan chuckled.

“He is indeed excellent, but…”

Li Mu stopped there, leaving the sentence unfinished.

At 8:30, Zhou Cheng arrived just in time.

“Students…”

The familiar rhythm struck again, and Chen Du bravely endured the 25-minute hard control.

“Next, let’s talk about today’s competition rules.”

Zhou Cheng’s words re-energized Chen Du.

“Today’s competition is the same as yesterday, adopting a 1v1 combat mode.”

“But there are also differences.”

“Later…”

Zhou Cheng said this, pointing to the large screen above his head:

“The System will randomly draw five groups of combatants’ names at once.”

“This is today’s first round.”

“In the second round, the five winners will each face the other four!”

“The System will then randomly select one person from the five to be the ‘first challenger’.”

“He will continuously challenge the remaining four people.”

“Winning a match earns 2 points, losing a match deducts 1 point!”

“The second challenger will be the person with the highest score among the remaining four, who will challenge the remaining three.”

“And so on.”

“If there is a tie in scores, the System will randomly select.”

So that’s how it works.

In other words, one person can get a maximum of 8 points, and there won’t be a tie for first place.

Chen Du thought to himself.

Here, for the first challenger, it would be more strenuous because he would need to continuously fight four people, expending the most stamina.

This competition only has three challengers; the fourth challenger will fight the only remaining fifth person.

This means the fourth and fifth are the two who have maintained their stamina the best.

Because they don’t have to fight people continuously.

As for the situation where the System randomly selects the second challenger due to a tie in scores, there is only one possibility!

That is, the first challenger clears the round!

Winning against four people and directly getting 8 points!

As Chen Du thought of this, Zhou Xiaogu’s youthful appearance, holding two daggers and with a high ponytail, appeared in his mind.

It wasn’t lust, but caution.

Soon, the “King of Punctuality” stepped down after delivering his final blessings.

The competition had no host, only the System responsible for the progress and a commentary teacher to help students better understand the competition content.

At this moment, the big screen rapidly scrolled, and in a short while, the names of the five groups of combatants appeared.

Second match: Liangcheng Team (Chen Du) VS Hai City Team (Qu Zhongtian)

Chen Du looked at his opponent on the big screen, his eyes narrowing slightly.

He had watched yesterday’s matches, and among the ten who advanced this time, only he, Zhou Xiaogu, and Qu Zhongtian were at Perfection.

Directly facing Zhou Xiaogu would undoubtedly be the worst situation, and Qu Zhongtian would be the second worst!

Chen Du didn’t think he would lose, but he would definitely expend some stamina.

If the opponent had a tactical plan just to deplete his stamina, that would undoubtedly be even worse!

General seating.

“Hey, hey, look, Senior Qu is up against Chen Du!”

“I didn’t expect such a big battle in the first round.”

“Three at Perfection, seven at High Stage, and two at Perfection actually met early in the first round!”

“Although I’m from Hai City No. 1 High School, Chen Du’s chances of winning seem higher!”

“Hmph, Chen Du’s chances are higher?”

“Didn’t you come to watch the competition yesterday?”

“He was so afraid of Senior Zhou that he didn’t even dare to fight, only using the rules to barely get into the top ten!”

“Do you think someone of that level would make Senior Qu lose?”

A female student with a somewhat attractive appearance after makeup raised an eyebrow.

At this moment, another voice suddenly came, and a bespectacled, refined man pointed at the screen:

“Look at Senior Zhou and Senior Waluo!”

“Is there anything special?”

The refined man pushed up his glasses and explained:

“Senior Waluo is in the first match, and his opponent is named Zhang Tao, from the Zhou Cheng Team. Both of them are at 89% of their first-tier Martial Skill.”

“But during yesterday’s competition, Teacher Gu said that Senior Waluo’s Martial Skill level was already close to 90% of the first tier!”

“So, his chances of winning should be greater.”

“Senior Zhou is in the fifth match; a guaranteed win, no explanation needed!”

He then swallowed and added:

“The crucial part is the second match! If Senior Qu defeats Chen Du, then all three members of the Hai City Team will advance to the top five!”

“And according to the rules of the second round, the three members of the Hai City Team are very likely to sweep the top three!”

“At this point in time, sweeping the top three with the most dominant posture!”

“Giving the best answer for the ten consecutive championships!”

The refined man spoke with a kind of fanaticism, infecting the surrounding Hai City students, who all cheered for Qu Zhongtian.

“Zhongtian, Zhongtian! Soaring to the sky!”

Sitting in the very back of the general seating, two men wearing sunglasses watched the front expressionlessly.

“Is there even a need to watch this final?”

Teacher You asked, puzzled. The strength of the contestants had already been fully understood in yesterday’s 1v1 matches.

Even if there were discrepancies, they were minor, insignificant differences.

Teacher Peng extended his right hand, a red card with a Qilin drawn on it clamped between his middle and index fingers.

“This card has 1 million. After Chen Du loses later, I’ll give him this card.”

“Consider it an investment.”

“He does have some talent; he just lacks money.”

“Investing, after all, is buying low and selling high. As long as Chen Du can bring me a return of more than 1 million in the future, it won’t be a loss!”

“Even if it fails, it’s nothing. For people at our level, 1 million is just a number.”

“If I weren’t afraid of him getting arrogant if I gave him too much, adding a zero wouldn’t matter.”

“But if he really can become a Sky Soaring Warrior in the future, maybe we can even go to the ‘Exotic Realm’ together.”

Teacher You nodded upon hearing this, saying nothing more.

Soon, with the System’s prompt sound.

Waluo and Zhang Tao, along with their respective team leaders, for the first match.

The four entered the arena one after another.

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