Chapter 65

"One hundred thousand Blue Star coins?"

Gu Qianghan, sitting in the lower row, had eyes shining, turning his head to say: "Jie, if you get it, split half with me; if I get it, I'll split half with you, how about that?"

"This is enough for my pocket money for half a year," Gu Qianghan looked at Lin Lan Yue with great expectation.

Lin Lan Yue glanced at Gu Qianghan: "Do you think you can get it?"

Gu Qianghan choked.

"Li Yuan, according to your spear technique, you should have a chance to reach the top ten, but remember not to be reckless," Lin Lan Yue looked at Li Yuan: "Living longer is more important than killing more enemies; the score will be higher."

"Hmm," Li Yuan nodded lightly.

Top ten?

"Five hundred thousand Blue Star coins, ah," Wu Dongdong, sitting in the back two rows, was also extremely excited, waving her hand and shouting: "Sister Yueyue, plus the hundreds of thousands of pocket money I've saved, it's enough for me to buy that flying motorcycle I showed you last time."

"Last time I pestered my dad, he wouldn't buy it for me."

"I've decided, I'm going to take that five hundred thousand and buy it secretly!!!"

Not just Li Yuan and the others, but upon hearing the prize amount, the vast majority of students were moved.

Five hundred thousand Blue Star coins?

Even one hundred thousand Blue Star coins was considered a huge sum in the eyes of most high school seniors.

Especially those students whose family background was similar to Li Yuan's, or even worse than Li Yuan's.

"One hundred thousand Blue Star coins?"

"Five hundred thousand Blue Star coins?" A student named 'Tian Dazhuang' with an ordinary appearance had slightly red eyes.

He murmured to himself: "No wonder when the director sent me off before I got on the aircraft, he specifically told me that this is a good opportunity for me to make money."

"The first test already has five hundred thousand Blue Star coins."

"According to the itinerary, will there be more rewards later? Perhaps," Tian Dazhuang muttered in his heart: "In these few years, the state has already rewarded millions of Blue Star coins."

"In this half-year of body and mind integration, my physical cultivation has become faster, but after all, my starting point was too low, and I only awakened martial arts spirituality in my second year of high school. Now, my physical fitness is only level 8.5."

"With poor physical fitness, when it comes to actual combat, I likely won't get first place; technique is my biggest advantage."

"Cage melee, I'm determined to take first place," Tian Dazhuang stared silently at the arena.

He came from a remote mountain area.

In this era, transportation, water conservancy, and many other facilities in mountain areas have become extremely convenient, and there are many subsidies for poor families... but the gap between rich and poor is unavoidable.

Tian Dazhuang came from the most bottom-level mountain family; his grandparents were elderly, his father was seriously ill, his mother had passed away from illness, and he had a younger brother... Since junior high, he had gradually revealed a terrifying talent for martial arts technique.

After entering high school and awakening martial arts spirituality, Tian Dazhuang's progress speed became even faster.

The various bonuses and rewards from the school and the state became more and more frequent. After awakening martial arts spirituality in his second year of high school, he was directly specially recruited by the Martial Arts Hall, truly changing his family's destiny.

He was a martial arts genius rarely seen in the entire school, or even the entire county, in decades.

He also carried the expectations of many people.

"Destiny!"

"My destiny must be held in my own hands," Tian Dazhuang's eyes held longing: "The principal and the director care about me so much; I must achieve some results."

The county-level high school he attended was very ordinary, so he was the only one invited this time.

Many knew his name.

But few recognized his face? Few!

"Five hundred thousand Blue Star coins?" A girl named Wang Yu had burning eyes.

She didn't care at all about the glances of some boys around her.

Wang Yu was used to such glances.

"I must get it, so I can change to a new house for my family sooner."

"Mom and Dad won't have to squeeze into a small room to rest anymore."

The thousand students had all had their emotions stirred, looking quite excitedly at the burly man in black martial arts clothes.

Those who came here were all proud sons of heaven.

Even if they knew that their peers were not weak, subconsciously, they would be full of confidence in themselves.

"Besides the cash reward."

The burly man in black host above the arena was still shouting excitedly: "Besides that, dozens of observers from the top five prestigious schools are already observing you in another virtual space."

"They are looking forward to your performance."

"For ordinary students, their college entrance exam is in June," the burly man's voice was surging: "However, for you elite students."

"The college entrance exam has already begun from today, from this moment," the burly man suddenly punched, trying his best to bring the atmosphere to a climax.

People are easily stirred.

Especially young people.

The high-level organization of this invitation activity naturally hoped to see the best performance of the participating students.

"Want to get a special training contract from the top five prestigious schools in advance?"

"Want to get a large amount of Blue Star coin rewards?"

"Want to get the school's recognition as quickly as possible after entering the Martial Arts University and get more cultivation resources?" The burly man waved his arms, constantly turning to look at different students, shouting excitedly: "Then, today, fight with all your might."

"Burn your passion and blood, and reveal your strength to your heart's content."

Even.

Throughout the combat space, accompanied by the host's roar, cheers and shouts erupted directly.

These cheers and shouts did not come from the thousand students.

Rather, they were the music effects that came with this combat space, making many students feel their blood boiling.

"I announce, cage melee, the winner survives alone."

"First match," the burly man in black armor waved his hand suddenly, his voice sounding like thunder: "Start now!"

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

In the first match, two hundred students were randomly selected.

They disappeared from their seats instantly.

"Gu Qiang was selected," Li Yuan immediately noticed that Gu Qianghan, who was sitting in the front row, had disappeared.

"Tian Dazhuang is also not there; was he also selected for the first match?"

"And Tan Bing," Li Yuan remembered among the dozen or so experts Lin Lan Yue had mentioned to him.

In the first match, three great experts were selected.

"It's pseudo-random, and it's based on the January mock exam scores," Lin Lan Yue, sitting on the side, said in a low voice: "Above, they should have grouped them based on the technique sub-scores of the January mock exam before randomly selecting them."

"To ensure that the strength distribution of the participants in each match is close."

Everyone waited patiently.

... Thirty seconds later, the selection of weapons ended.

"Boom!"

Accompanied by a huge roaring sound echoing.

A full two hundred people, holding weapons and wearing armor, appeared simultaneously at the edge of the arena, forming a huge circle.

Everyone had two people beside them, very fair.

"Hmm?"

Li Yuan's eyes moved slightly, and he couldn't help but say: "The one next to Tian Dazhuang is Gu Qiang; it seems his luck is bad."

On the arena.

Gu Qiang was holding two short axes and looking around; he was extending one short axe and waving it, provoking Tian Dazhuang, who was holding a mountain-opening saber and expressionless on his left.

"Gu Qiang, why are you still deliberately provoking Tian Dazhuang?" Li Yuan was surprised: "Has Gu Qiang's technique also reached the full-mark level?"

"No, his martial arts technique is only at the level of 350-plus points," Lin Lan Yue shook her head calmly.

"Let's see if he can break through to 360 points before the college entrance exam."

"Then why is he?" Li Yuan hesitated slightly: "Does he not know Tian Dazhuang?"

"I didn't tell him the intelligence," Lin Lan Yue shook her head.

Seeing Li Yuan show a puzzled expression.

Lin Lan Yue shook her head lightly and said: "He is different from you. You didn't know the inside story of the itinerary, and it wasn't convenient to check other people's information, which is understandable."

"But him? He has enough resources in his hands and could have completely understood the activity itinerary in advance to understand his opponents, but it looks like he didn't do anything," Lin Lan Yue sighed lightly: "He doesn't even care about this kind of thing himself."

"Why should I tell him? It's better to let him taste a lesson," Lin Lan Yue shook her head.

Li Yuan was speechless, looking quite pitifully at Gu Qianghan, who was excited and twisting his body.

Is this love from an older sister?

Lin Lan Yue's gaze landed on the arena, and she didn't say anything more; there were some things she didn't want to say directly to Li Yuan.

This invitation activity.

For martial arts geniuses with ordinary families like Li Yuan, Tian Dazhuang, and Wang Yu, it is a rare opportunity.

But for Lin Lan Yue, Wu Dongdong, including Gu Qianghan?

If they have potential themselves and are willing to work hard, the last thing they lack is so-called opportunities.

"Hmm?"

"Dong Haifeng, also entered the first match?" Li Yuan's gaze swept over, and he found another classmate from the same school on the arena.

While Li Yuan and Lin Lan Yue were communicating quickly.

The huge countdown numbers above the arena had quickly gone from 15 to 3, 2...

"1."

"Start," the burly man in black above the arena let out a low roar; he flew thirty meters high in an instant, ensuring he wouldn't interfere with any contestants.

The next instant, the cheers of the combat space erupted.

And on the arena, the 200 people who were originally restricted in their physical activities and unable to leave their positions immediately felt they could move freely.

It's just that no one moved for the time being.

No one wanted to become a target.

At the same time, all participants could clearly see their own scores and match rankings from their respective horizons.

This silence lasted only one second.

"Whoosh!"

"Boom!" Someone moved.

This movement was like a huge rock thrown into a calm lake, stirring up a thousand waves.

The other participants all moved.

During the 15-second countdown just now, everyone had already selected their first target.

"Boom!"

"Boom!" "Clang!" Instantly, an incredibly crazy battle erupted on the arena.

The 10.0-level physical fitness made each participant's explosive speed reach 22 meters/second, with a punch force reaching 1300 kilograms, plus holding cold weapons; one can imagine how strong everyone's destructive power was.

Now, they were all concentrated on such a small arena.

"Little guy..." Gu Qianghan had just excitedly roared out two words.

"Pfft~"

A dazzling saber light slashed fiercely, and Gu Qianghan had already turned into nothingness.

"First one," Tian Dazhuang held a mountain-opening saber more than a meter long, murmuring to himself: "Continue."

He didn't care about Gu Qianghan's provocation at all.

With his family conditions, growing up, what kind of people hadn't he encountered?

In his eyes, Gu Qianghan was just a fool, not worth wasting energy to care about.

"Boom!" Tian Dazhuang's figure moved and rushed out several meters, directly killing a spear technique expert.

"Clang~" A fierce weapon collision.

Following that, a saber slashed like lightning.

This spear technique expert was directly split in half by this swift and terrifying mountain-opening saber.

Blood splattered and turned into nothingness.

Killed in one strike!

"I was taken out in one move; holy crap, I'm the last place!" Gu Qianghan appeared in his seat first.

"How is it?" Lin Lan Yue was looking at Li Yuan beside her.

Li Yuan had been staring fixedly at Tian Dazhuang, who was slaughtering crazily on the arena, saying softly: "His saber! So fast! Faster than my spear."

"It's definitely a fourth-stage saber technique! And he must have entered the fourth stage a long time ago," Li Yuan said seriously.

In the depths of Li Yuan's eyes, a trace of respect flashed.

Experts always admire experts.

"Yes."

Lin Lan Yue nodded: "My sword technique teacher commented on Tian Dazhuang's battle video for me."

"He said that in terms of martial arts technique alone, this Tian Dazhuang should be considered at the level of the top thirty on the Blue Star Youth List, or even ranked higher."

(End of chapter)