Chapter 267: The First Battle of Ma Da! The Bingshan Representative Team!

"Ma Da!"

"Victory!"

"Ma Da!"

"Victory!"

"......"

Inside the stadium, cheers and shouts surged like a tidal wave.

One wave followed another, each higher than the last!

These voices came not only from the Ma Da student spectators, but even more from other spectators!

Xu Jingming himself had watched the National University League more than once on TV.

He had heard the cheers coming through the speakers.

But watching on TV and listening live were completely different experiences!

It was a roar capable of stirring the soul!

Xu Jingming could even see, in the spectator seats.

Some screamed hysterically, veins bulging in their necks; others had faces flushed red, just to let out a single cheer.

At this moment, the cheers of nearly sixty thousand people in the stadium merged together.

Even the usually calm Xu Jingming felt his blood boil with excitement.

"Is this the National University League? It truly makes you want to fight with all your might..."

Xu Jingming took a deep breath, and a burning battle intent slowly rose in his resolute eyes.

Humans are highly emotional beings; different emotions affect an adept's power output.

Under sadness or fear, an adept might not unleash half their strength.

Conversely, in a state of extreme excitement, an adept can perform beyond their normal limits!

With these tens of thousands of cheers, Xu Jingming felt even an ordinary person would dare charge forward and slash a beast twice!

"No wonder everyone says the league matches are different from regular sparring."

"This scene truly is awe-inspiring."

Kong Shi, Yao Fang, Shen Dongling, and others around him were also stunned by the cheers.

Their faces all glowed with excitement and fervor.

"This is truly a grand spectacle one would remember for life."

"The only pity is, we're not the first team to enter."

Bingshan Yao Fang felt a pang of regret.

"It's fine. Next year, we'll be the first team to enter. I'll make up for your regret then."

Xu Jingming smiled in reply.

If nothing unexpected happens, he will participate in the next three University Leagues.

By then, Ma Da will at least have a four-peat championship!

"Jingming..."

In the inner section of the spectator stands.

As the eldest daughter of the Song family, Song Qiuyun had clearly been to this venue before.

But this time was different—on that stage stood the person she loved most!

Thinking of this, Song Qiuyun's gaze toward the towering figure at the center of the stadium grew dreamy.

"This is the National University League. Truly awe-inspiring."

Unlike Song Qiuyun, Tang Qi and Zhou Mingyang, experiencing the live event for the first time, were utterly stunned.

The experience of watching live versus online was worlds apart!

Especially these cheers—they even made the spectators' blood surge!

"Next to enter is the Jincheng Institute of Esoteric Abilities! Let's welcome them!"

"Before we knew it, Xiao Ming has grown to this level?"

Beside Tang Qi, her aunt Xu Qingwan and uncle Tang Daolin also felt profound emotion.

They knew Xu Jingming, once admitted to Ma Da, would rise.

But who could have imagined this day would come so swiftly!

Even a year ago at this time, they had been urging Xu Jingming not to take the Wu Ke Gaokao.

"Look, look! That's my buddy Xu Jingming—he's now the captain of the Ma Da team!"

Jiang'an Polytechnic University, male dormitory.

Zhang Hao held his laptop, pointing at the live stream, proudly showing off to his roommates.

The University League was broadcast nationwide.

At this moment, everyone who knew Xu Jingming was expressing their own varied emotions...

"Next to enter is Jincheng Institute of Esoteric Abilities! Let's welcome them!"

"......"

"Pan Zhou Institute of Esoteric Abilities!!"

"......"

Under the host's announcements, teams in different uniforms emerged from the backstage corridors.

Since it was the opening ceremony, no matches had begun yet.

So the audience did not divide into factions—they cheered and shouted for every university.

However,

compared to the voice when welcoming Mo Da and Jing Da, it was just a bit quieter.

Soon, all ten university representative teams participating in the National University League emerged from backstage.

They stood respectively at the very center of the stadium's spacious arena.

Xu Jingming swept his gaze across the crowd and indeed spotted the Bai Shan representative team from yesterday.

"These guys really are competing—this is going to be fun."

Xu Jingming's lips curled slightly upward.

At this moment, the host Feng Le continued introducing:

"The National University League has three events: Team Event, Individual Event, and Survival Event!

The Team Event and Individual Event will be held first; the Survival Event will begin only after these two are completed.

Now, let me introduce the related prize rewards.

First, the Team Event: the champion university team will each receive a customized S-Class battle suit!

The Individual Event champion will receive a space ring with a capacity of thirty cubic meters!

The Survival Event champion will receive a Level Six Guardian Talisman, forged from an ancient civilization's ruins, boasting immense defensive power!"

The host mentioned only the champion rewards.

Yet even so, as soon as he finished speaking, a wave of exclamations erupted from the audience seats.

"What the hell? S-Class battle suits—one for each person! This reward is insane!"

"A thirty-cubic-meter space ring? This thing can hold so much! I don't even own a one-cubic-meter one!"

"A Level Six Guardian Talisman! This raises safety to maximum!"

"......"

Past National University Leagues had rewards too, but merely S-Class cultivation resources or similar items.

This year, however, was different—it was unmistakably clear that this year's league rewards were far more generous than in previous years!

"Aside from the Level Six Guardian Talisman, the rest of these prizes are all very useful to me."

Xu Jingming's gaze flickered slightly within the team.

Of course, if he could get an extra Guardian Talisman, he wouldn't mind.

"The league event rewards are extremely generous. I hope all university teams strive hard and aim for the championship!

Of course, runners-up and third-place teams also receive rewards.

If you wish to learn more details, please visit the league's official website.

No more idle talk—let's begin the first event of this league: the Team Event!

The Team Event consists of forty-five matches; each university will compete against the other nine universities.

Five Team Event matches will be held daily, completing the entire event over nine days.

The university with the fewest losses will be crowned champion of this event!

Now, let's randomly generate the match lineup!!"

The National University League had no lengthy opening ceremony, nor did any officials give speeches.

They knew such things would inevitably provoke nationwide outrage.

Thus, host Feng Le simply outlined the rules and immediately moved to the main event.

He waved his hand, and on the central holographic projection above the stadium, all ten university names appeared!

Immediately, the ten names were shuffled and quickly randomly paired into forty-five match arrangements.

"Hmm, looks like we're lucky—our first Team Event match features a top-tier university!"

The host glanced at the holographic match list, smiled, then announced in an extremely energetic voice:

"Mo Du Institute of Esoteric Abilities versus Bai Shan Institute of Esoteric Abilities! Please welcome both representative teams to the arena!"