Chapter 96: Generous Rewards for the Grand Competition! Li Chengzhi's Death Wish!

"Fair? Where in this world does so much fairness come from?

When you get to the battlefield later, are you going to tell those high-tier fierce beasts to only attack ability-users of the same rank and leave you alone? Isn't that ridiculous?"

On the rostrum, Elemental Academy's dean Kong Qingxue couldn't help but shake her head slightly.

This way of thinking was simply too naive.

"Freshmen are all like this, aren't they? Give it a year—no, just half a year—and they'll understand."

A teacher said with a smile.

"In short, at our school, you'd best not harbor any thoughts of hiding your strength.

The stronger you are, the more resources you can obtain from the school.

That concludes the introduction to the school's system. Next, I'll focus on introducing the upcoming Freshmen Grand Competition."

Freshmen Grand Competition!

Hearing Ling Shuang bring up the key point, the freshmen on the field all focused their attention as well.

"This Freshmen Grand Competition is divided into two stages. The first stage is a hundred-person free-for-all.

The venue is the arena behind you. During the battle, the artificial intelligence Eva will be responsible for tallying the number of enemies each person defeats.

In the end, the five people who defeat the most enemies will advance to the second stage of the competition.

The first stage has a total of 10 rounds. The 50 people who advance to the second stage will be ranked overall according to the number of enemies defeated.

After the overall ranking is arranged, each person has 3 chances to initiate a challenge. If the challenge succeeds, they can take the opponent's rank."

Ling Shuang said slowly: "Regarding the rewards for this Freshmen Grand Competition, the arrangement is as follows.

First place will receive a spatial ring with a capacity of 10 cubic meters, a Grade A cultivation resource, and 1,000 credits.

Second place will receive a set of Grade A battle armor, a Grade B cultivation resource, and 900 credits.

Third place will receive a set of Grade B battle armor, a Grade B cultivation resource, and 800 credits.

These are the rewards for the top three. I won't elaborate on the rewards for the other ranks."

Hearing these rewards, the freshmen on the field immediately grew excited:

"A large-capacity spatial ring of 10 cubic meters! How much would that sell for?"

"Shallow! You simply can't buy this with money!"

"Speaking of which, this spatial ring should have been made by the vice-principal using her spatial-system abilities, right? Could it carry her body fragrance inside?"

"Holy crap! There's a pervert here!"

"......"

Anyone with eyes could see that the first-place reward was far more lavish than second or third place!

After all, a 10-cubic-meter spatial ring couldn't be bought with money!

Of course,

For these freshmen, the rewards for second and third place were plenty good as well.

If converted to Great Xia currency, these rewards were worth at least tens of millions!

Thus, quite a few freshmen were eager to try, especially some of the provincial top-scholars among them, whose eyes were shining.

"Additionally, this Freshmen Grand Competition offers a chance to change your rating clearance.

The top 50 of the Freshmen Grand Competition will receive Grade A clearance.

Those ranked 50th to 200th will receive Grade B clearance, and those ranked 200th to 500th will receive Grade C clearance.

As for the rest, they will receive Grade D clearance."

Ling Shuang's voice rang out again, but it prompted some freshmen to ask in confusion:

"The highest is only Grade A clearance? What about Grade S?"

Quite a few freshmen knew that Xu Jingming, a Grade S ability awakener, possessed Grade S clearance.

"Grade S clearance is evaluated individually by the school and will not appear in the Freshmen Grand Competition rewards, nor in the year-end assessment."

Ling Shuang said lightly, "Alright, that's all I have to say.

The opening ceremony ends here. I wish all students good results in the Freshmen Grand Competition.

Dean Sun, I'll leave the rest to you."

"Alright."

Elemental Academy Dean Sun Qingxue on the rostrum nodded slightly, rose, and walked to the front.

And the figure in red belonging to Vice-Principal Ling Shuang also stepped into the void and vanished.

This left some of the male students below feeling a sudden sense of loss.

"Rest in place for five minutes. The Freshmen Grand Competition officially begins in five minutes."

"But before that, I want to remind you of one thing—all of our deans and instructors will observe each of your performances on the arena."

"Students who perform outstandingly will be taken as exclusive disciples by the teachers, so please give it your all, everyone."

Elemental Academy Dean Sun Qingxue was a middle-aged woman in her forties.

Compared with Vice-Principal Ling Shuang's cold detachment, her voice was much gentler.

"Right! There are also exclusive instructors selecting disciples at the Freshmen Grand Competition."

"Looks like I'll have to go all out this time."

"I hope some teacher notices me, or it'll be troublesome later."

"......"

Students with exclusive instructors and those without were on entirely different levels in terms of how fast their strength improved.

Thus, quite a few freshmen secretly steeled themselves, preparing to perform at full strength in the upcoming Freshmen Grand Competition.

Xu Jingming, Song Qiuyun, Liu Wentao, and Qi Dongxia had already found their own exclusive instructors during summer break.

Regarding this, naturally there was no need to worry.

Comparatively speaking, they were more concerned about the competition's rewards.

"The first place actually gets a 10-cubic-meter spatial ring — the school is really generous."

This was something Xu Jingming hadn't expected.

He had been worrying that the two 1-cubic-meter rings on his hands couldn't fit his spear, and now the school just happened to send over a super-large-capacity spatial ring.

"Vice Principal Ling possesses a spatial-system ability; a 10-cubic-meter spatial ring is nothing much to her."

Song Qiuyun, who had already taken her Fang Tian painted halberd out of her spatial ring, said with a smile.

In fact, her family had a long-term cooperative relationship with a spatial-system ability user.

And the spatial ring on her hand, with a capacity as high as 30 cubic meters, had been crafted by that person.

"True enough." Xu Jingming nodded slightly.

Five minutes passed quickly, and Element Academy's Dean Sun Qingxue once again stepped onto the podium:

"The first stage of the Freshman Grand Competition is about to begin. All freshmen, please prepare yourselves."

On the field, the freshmen who had been chatting among themselves instantly fell solemn.

"The first stage has a total of 10 rounds of combat. Now drawing the students for the first round!"

Accompanying Dean Sun's voice, the holographic projection of the top-tier artificial intelligence Eva appeared on the podium.

Still a cute little round ball.

(*? ▽? *): "Eva Eva~~"

The little round ball swayed slightly, then a beam of light like a spotlight projected downward.

Among the freshmen on the field below, over a hundred were selected.

"Those selected by Eva are the students participating in the first round of combat — go up onto the arena."

Over a hundred fully armed freshmen thus stepped onto the enormous arena.

"Eh, Li Chengzhi — this guy is in the first round too."

Liu Wentao said in surprise.

Xu Jingming followed the line of sight and saw a young man standing on the arena.

He had a mane of wild, long black hair, and a strong, burly build.

Xu Jingming's height of one meter eighty-nine was already considered tall, yet the other looked even taller than him!

In addition, he carried a blood-red greatsword at his side.

He seemed to have sensed the gaze.

Li Chengzhi turned his head, saw it was Xu Jingming, and actually flashed a wild grin as he made a throat-slitting taunting gesture.

"This guy..." Xu Jingming's brow lifted.

Earlier, when he heard Liu Wentao say Li Chengzhi was arrogant and overbearing, he hadn't really felt it.

But seeing it like this, the guy really was arrogant beyond bounds.

"Hm?"

Song Qiuyun also saw that gesture, and her beautiful eyes flickered slightly as her jade hand tightened around her Fang Tian painted halberd.

Liu Wentao, standing beside them, nearly burst out laughing.

Good grief — of all people to provoke, he had to provoke the one you absolutely shouldn't mess with!

Now look — he's dragged the second untouchable into holding a grudge too.

'Hope you don't get wrecked too badly by Ming and the others later.'

Liu Wentao couldn't help but silently mourn for this self-destructive Qinghai Province's top scholar.