Chapter 448: Divine Tree Gold Badge

After forcibly suppressing the grudges and friction among the young students with the sternest warning, Vice President Suxin's gaze gradually softened, once again returning to the gentle image of her that many students held dear.

"There is one more point to mention, and that is the final championship mechanism of the Holy Grail War."

"First is the first part, the 'House-Level Battle.' In this match, four victors will emerge, that is, the strongest student from each of the four houses."

"These four strongest students will each receive a 'Divine Tree Gold Badge.'"

As she spoke, phase force light wove together in Vice President Suxin's palm, forming an illusion. The crowd looked on curiously and saw a golden badge roughly half the size of a palm. The badge was crafted from some unknown material, with wondrous radiance flowing across its surface. Carved upon it was a towering great tree that seemed to connect heaven and earth, emanating an indescribable sense of ancientness and vicissitude.

"And the number of 'Divine Tree Gold Badges' held will be used to determine which academy ultimately becomes the champion."

A faint smile on her cheeks, Vice President Suxin looked toward Jiang Jiang Qinge: "Although it may sound a bit presumptuous to say this now, I believe that among these four 'Divine Tree Gold Badges,' at the very least we already have one that we can claim with extremely high probability."

No one felt Vice President Suxin was celebrating too early, because Jiang Jiang Qinge was indeed the person with the greatest strength to claim the strongest title in this Three-Star House among all academies. Other academies regarded her as their greatest competitor. If even she did not have the qualification to make such a bold claim, then the others were even less worthy.

"However, the result of the first part, the 'House-Level Battle,' can only be said to establish some advantage. The truly decisive victory still depends on the second part, the 'Mixed-Level Battle.'"

"The so-called 'Mixed-Level Battle' requires each academy's four houses to each form a three-person squad, and the squad requirement is that each member must belong to a different house—for example, a combination of Four-Star, Three-Star, and Two-Star, or Four-Star, Three-Star, and One-Star, and the like."

Hearing this, the crowd immediately stirred with some commotion.

Li Luo was also taken aback. So this was the mechanism for the second part... He immediately looked toward Jiang Jiang Qinge, and then he saw her seemingly casual gaze also cast his way. Their eyes met briefly, and both caught a trace of a smile in the other's eyes.

Alright, it's a done deal.

No matter who the third person ends up being, he and Jiang Jiang Qinge were bound together—anyone who wanted to pull one away would have to take both.

Actually, that's not quite right either. The current Li Luo was no longer the same as before in the Dark Cave. Now, if one truly compared strength and usefulness, he might not necessarily be weaker than that lackluster duo from the Two-Star House.

"In this second part, the 'Mixed-Level Battle,' one team will ultimately emerge victorious, and that team will receive three 'Divine Tree Gold Badges.'"

Vice President Suxin smiled slightly and said: "So, the most important match is the second one. Generally speaking, as long as no academy directly claims three strongest student titles in the first House-Level Battle and obtains three 'Divine Tree Gold Badges,' then whoever wins the second 'Mixed-Level Battle' will become the overall champion and claim the 'Dragon Bone Holy Grail.'"

Li Luo clicked his tongue. Claiming three strongest student titles—that difficulty was far too high. Moreover, if any academy truly possessed such overwhelming strength, would the second Mixed-Level Battle even need to be played? With those three strongest students grouped together, which Mixed-Level squad from any other academy could possibly defeat them?

So generally speaking, an academy capable of fulfilling this prerequisite should not have ever appeared on the Outer Shenzhou of the Eastern Domain until now.

Their Holy Profound Star Academy dared to treat the strongest student title of the Three-Star House as a sure thing because they possessed a monster like Jiang Jiang Qinge, who carried a Nine-Grade Light Phase. Historically, which Holy Academy on the Outer Shenzhou of the Eastern Domain could simultaneously possess three monsters of this caliber?

Unrealistic.

"Additionally, this 'Divine Tree Gold Badge' is also an extremely special treasure. It was specially crafted by the Academy Alliance to reward outstanding students. It has many miraculous effects, among which the most special one is that when worn, it can release the 'Power of the Divine Tree.' This power can continuously temper and enhance one's own affinity. In a certain sense, it is equivalent to ceaselessly consuming Spiritual Water and Strange Light day and night. Moreover, although this enhancement effect may not be as obvious and intense as that of Spiritual Water and Strange Light, it works silently and imperceptibly. From a long-term perspective, it can save you an enormously large expense," Vice President Suxin added with a smile.

Hearing these words, not to mention ordinary students, even Gong Gong Shenjun and the Eldest Princess had a flash of light pass through their eyes, because they understood that this effect was the truly precious one.

Of course, the most excited one had to be Li Luo. His breathing grew coarse and heavy at this moment, because if anyone in the venue consumed the most Spiritual Water and Strange Light, he could proudly stand up with pride—after all, his bottomless pit had even made Cai Wei cry trying to fill it.

Moreover, he was a multi-phase user, and this kind of treasure that could nourish affinity could maximize its effect on him.

This special treasure, for him, was probably even more attractive than some Purple-Eyed Treasures.

Li Luo licked the corner of his mouth. Not bad, he had a goal now. The second Mixed-Level Battle could be set aside for now, but if possible, in this first House-Level Battle, he still needed to fight for it as much as he could.

After all, there were too many variables in the Mixed-Level Battle. When the time came and he joined a squad, the probability was that he would lean toward an assisting role. After all, with Jiang Jiang Qinge and the people from the Four-Star House present, he felt that with his mere little Phase Master Realm, he probably did not have the strength to influence the overall situation. He still had some self-awareness about this point.

So if he wanted to obtain a 'Divine Tree Gold Badge,' then the first House-Level Battle was his greatest opportunity.

"Oh right, if anyone can obtain two 'Divine Tree Gold Badges,' they can apply to fuse these two badges together. When the time comes, a new badge will be formed. This badge is called the 'Divine Tree Purple Badge,' corresponding to the ranks of Gold Radiance and Purple Radiance students in each Holy Academy..."

"The various miraculous effects of the 'Divine Tree Purple Badge' are all stronger than those of the Gold Badge. So if any of you have the conditions to fulfill this stringent requirement, you must seize the opportunity well. This is an extremely rare honor. Across so many editions of the Holy Grail War, students who have obtained the Divine Tree Gold Badge are already extremely rare; as for the even more stringent Divine Tree Purple Badge, that is even fewer still."

Vice President Suxin's smiling gaze swept over Jiang Jiang Qinge. To obtain two 'Divine Tree Gold Badges' of one's own, one would not only have to become the strongest student in the House-Level Battle, but also become the final victor in the subsequent Mixed-Level Battle. Only then would this stringent condition be met.

And among the crowd, Jiang Jiang Qinge was clearly the most likely to achieve this.

After all, the outcome of the second Mixed-Level Battle was uncertain for now, but at least for the first House-Level Battle, Jiang Jiang Qinge already had considerable confidence.

However, regarding this point, Jiang Jiang Qinge herself remained fairly calm, because the enhancement of affinity rank might be extremely precious to others, but for someone like her who already possessed a Nine-Grade Light Phase... the effect was actually not that significant.

And although Jiang Jiang Qinge was very calm, Li Luo on the other side could not help but raise his head, because he was afraid he could not stop his saliva from dripping from the corner of his mouth.

He gazed at the dome of the pavilion and gently shook his head.

Vice President Suxin, you really are a devil.

You have successfully ignited the wildfire in the heart of a kind-hearted youth.

This fire can only be saved by the Divine Tree Purple Badge.