Chapter 516

Hahaha.

Seeing the reactions of the few, Xie Jianfeng laughed loudly, "Typos? I didn't make any typos; this is something that really happened."

Hiss...

Upon hearing Xie Jianfeng say that, Yu Yang and the other two had their doubts dispelled by two parts.

After all, the former doesn't seem like someone who would joke, and even if he did, he wouldn't joke about this kind of thing.

"Jianfeng, did Jiang Cheng really defeat Sun Tong?" Di Yun asked again.

"That's right; actually, even now I still find it hard to believe this." Xie Jianfeng took a deep breath. "But Teacher Jiang Cheng really defeated his opponent and advanced to the finals; tomorrow will be the first round of the competition. Captain, if you have time tomorrow, you can come watch and see for yourselves whether I'm telling the truth."

"Jianfeng, if someone else said that, we'd surely doubt it, but coming from you, it's different." Yu Yang immediately said, "Even without going to see, we can know you're telling the truth."

"Yeah, yeah, Jianfeng, saying that makes you sound too distant; after all, we've worked together for years—how could we lack this bit of trust?" Di Yun also said.

"What the captain and they said is correct; we definitely believe you, but Jianfeng, you still haven't told us exactly how Jiang Cheng defeated Sun Tong." Jiang Ping pursued.

"Hahaha, then I'll tell you all about it properly."

Xie Jianfeng laughed, but instead of directly talking about the third match, he started from the first, interspersing his thoughts at the time.

After a while, he finally finished recounting the match process.

"How about it, Captain, is anything still unclear? If not, I'll say it again."

"No need, no need; what you said is already clear enough." Yu Yang took a deep breath and typed his reply.

"Yeah, I never would have guessed, even if beaten to death, that Jiang Cheng's mastery of psychic weapons would be so profound." Di Yun exclaimed, "If I were to face him, with everyone being a ten‑level Spirit Thought Master, I definitely wouldn't be his match—ah, I get it now!"

"What do you know now?"

The few hurriedly asked.

"I know why Jiang Cheng doesn't want to spar with me."

Di Yun had a sudden realization, shaking his head with a wry smile: "Back then I thought he lacked confidence, knowing he wasn't my match, so he didn't want to spar. Now I see that idea was completely wrong."

His refusal was precisely because he had confidence in himself, knowing I wasn't his opponent, so he simply didn't want to waste time on me.

"This..."

Upon seeing those words, Yu Yang and the others froze.

But upon further thought, it actually makes sense.

After all, Jiang Cheng could defeat Sun Tong, but if the enemy were Sun Tong, could we few win?

I'm afraid, it's doubtful.

"Not just the use of psychic weapons," Jiang Ping continued typing: "Didn't Jianfeng say that Jiang Cheng's body technique is also excellent? In the second match, relying on his body technique, he dodged the opponent's attacks, draining a large amount of the opponent's spiritual power,"

In the third match, he also won against Sun Tong relying on sword technique and body technique; therefore, if we were to face Jiang Cheng, even if he didn't use psychic weapons, we few would most likely not be his match.

In the chat group, it suddenly fell silent.

Even the strongest among us, Captain Yu Yang, deeply agreed.

"If we were to enter the competition, the result would likely be the same as Jianfeng's—even if we got lucky and passed the first round, we'd probably be eliminated in the second or third round."

"Yeah."

Di Yun and the other nodded.

Actually, for us few to participate in the Grand Competition, it's quite simple—just need to enter the academy.

This is difficult for others, but for us who passed the base assessment, it's as simple as can be.

After entering the academy, one can obtain the qualification to participate in the academy's annual Grand Competition.

But the question is, is it worth entering the academy just to obtain a competition slot?

As the saying goes, there's no free lunch; entering the academy will certainly come with teaching duties that consume a lot of time and energy, and since they are also Rebel Soldiers who have weekly missions, their personal time becomes even scarcer.

We few aren't that strong; even if we participated, it would be hard to get into the top ten, and without a top‑ten finish there are basically no rewards—of course, placing in the top twenty or thirty might bring some fame.

But this depends on the person; some think making it into the top twenty or thirty is fine, it looks good to talk about, and even without Contribution Point rewards it's no big deal.

But others only want tangible benefits, or for now it's like that; once their strength improves, seeking some fame later is also fine.

Thus, aside from Xie Jianfeng, the three of them considered it and all chose not to enter the academy; facts have indeed proven this to be the case.

Just like Xie Jianfeng in our team, who has signed up for every academy Grand Competition over the years, yet has never even made it to the finals round.

After learning that Jiang Cheng had also signed up this time, the few instinctively felt pessimistic, thinking he might be eliminated in the first round; if they went to watch and saw that, his expression would probably not look good.

As it turned out, who would have thought Jiang Cheng would be this strong—on his first entry he made it to the finals round?

Moreover, each of his fights relied on skill, not luck, to win.

This left the few feeling ashamed of their own inadequacy while also breeding envy.

"Looking at it now, Jiang Cheng isn't relying on treasures on his person; his own ability is strong, especially in combat."

"Yeah, that is, his realm is a bit low now; if he later advances his realm, he could become a pillar of Hope City."

"That's certain, but becoming a mid‑high level Grandmaster is no easy feat."

"That's true."

The few nodded repeatedly.

Who can say what the future holds?

Hope City has indeed seen extraordinary youths before, whose cultivation speed far surpassed ordinary people's, but as they aged their cultivation speed plummeted, eventually becoming worse than their peers—this has happened before.

Furthermore, Jiang Cheng's outstanding combat performance is only under the premise that everyone is a ten‑level Force Warrior or ten‑level Spirit Thought Master.

If they reached Grandmaster level, even if everyone were a first‑level Grandmaster, the outcome might be different.

"Eh?"

Just then Di Yun thought of something: "Do you still remember what happened at headquarters not long ago?"

(End of chapter)