Chapter 362

"Exactly right! Especially Zhou Yi—he really suits my taste!"

"......"

With all the qualifying slots decided, the day's competition also drew to a close.

Many spectators began commenting on today's battles.

And Zhou Yi, whose fighting style was sharp and whose movements were crisp and clean, received unanimous praise.

"Very good—our Suhang University has a total of three people advancing to the fifth round of the singles tournament!"

In the rest area, Wu Mang looked at Zhou Yi and the others and laughed.

After a pause, he turned his gaze to Song Xialan:

"Your advancement is a pleasant surprise. Although your hopes of advancing to the sixth round aren't great, you still have to give it your all."

"Understood."

The cute girl Song Xialan, whose twin ponytails hung down to her chest, nodded slightly.

Indeed.

If Xia Lan hadn't suffered heavy injuries in yesterday's match and still hadn't recovered by today, Song Xialan couldn't have won that match either.

"Jiang Churan, with your strength, you should be able to advance to the sixth round—but the prerequisite is that you don't run into those few troublesome opponents."

Wu Mang said to Jiang Churan.

Although she had advanced through the loser's bracket, Jiang Churan's strength was unquestionably enough to qualify for the fifth round.

It was just that her luck was too bad—she had run into Wei He.

"Let's just hope my luck in the fifth round is a little better."

Jiang Churan said helplessly.

Although she came from the massive Jiang family of Sichuan Province, an "000" S-rank resource wasn't something that could simply be handed out.

And now, as long as she could defeat her fifth-round opponent and advance to the sixth round, she would obtain an S-rank resource—so naturally she would give it her all.

"Zhou Yi, I'm very confident in you. The task of taking the singles tournament championship is being handed to you."

Wu Mang finally looked at Zhou Yi, a very satisfied expression on his face.

Back when the semester had just started, his placing Zhou Yi in the first sequence had caused quite a bit of controversy among the teachers.

They thought Zhou Yi was merely a heavy-support auxiliary class, that his future strength would grow slowly, and that he shouldn't be listed in the first sequence.

But Wu Mang firmly believed that Zhou Yi's performance in the college entrance exam instance was the best, and naturally he could be listed in the first sequence.

As for future development, that could be discussed later.

Moreover, in his view, Zhou Yi possessed tremendous potential, and the situation of his strength failing to keep up simply wouldn't occur.

The facts matched his expectations.

In the Freshman Grand Tournament, Zhou Yi burst forth with his strength and claimed first place among the freshmen.

Afterwards, he was taken in as a student by Principal Wang Hui, fused with the Frost Titan bloodline, and soared to even greater heights!

Even now, Wu Mang didn't believe that among students from other universities, there was anyone who could defeat Zhou Yi.

Including that Wei He, who was likewise considered a Duoguanre Sect favorite.

"Understood."

Zhou Yi grinned.

Whether it was for the Legend Rank weapon or the system reward, the singles tournament championship—he had it locked in!

"Today's fourth round of the singles tournament is over. Tomorrow will be the team tournament again."

"In tomorrow's team tournament, we have two matches, but our opponents are only ordinary universities."

"So, you few substitutes can take the field......"

"......"

Wu Mang immediately began arranging the tactics for the next day's team tournament.

Zhou Yi's strength had been revealed, so there was no need to keep hiding his strength in the upcoming team tournament.

And with Zhou Yi's strength, he alone could sweep through ordinary university teams.

Therefore, Wu Mang decided to swap out the four regular members—Song Xialan, Liu Yang, and the others—and replace them with those four substitute players.

Letting them take the field and get a feel for the team tournament atmosphere would be greatly beneficial to their future growth.

Of course......

Zhou Yi and Jiang Churan, as insurance measures, naturally wouldn't be substituted out.

The next day, the team tournament proceeded as usual.

Under Zhou Yi's lead, although the substitute players' strength was slightly inferior, they still won the matches with great ease.

"Phew—so this is what it feels like to fight a team match on the arena!"

"Hearing the cheers by my ears is just amazing!"

"Haha, exactly—ordinary universities facing us will only get crushed!"

"......"

After the match, the four substitute players were all thrilled.

You have to know.

Although they had also taken part in the singles tournament, almost all of them had been eliminated in the first or second round.

Not many spectators had been able to pay attention to them.

But today's two matches let them enjoy the feeling of being cheered and shouted for by the crowd.

"The team tournament is over. Tomorrow will be the singles tournament again."

"Tomorrow's singles tournament will play two rounds in total—the fifth round and the sixth round."

"The fifth round of matches this morning will consist of four bouts in total, to determine 4 advancing contestants."

"The sixth round of matches this afternoon will consist of two bouts in total, to determine 2 advancing contestants."

"The final champion and runner-up will be born from these two people, though the singles competition's ultimate final will be held the day after tomorrow."

"By that time, it will also be when the audience is at its largest."

In the rest area, Wu Mang said in a deep voice.

According to the usual pattern, the day after tomorrow should be the team competition's event.

But because the singles competition only has one round left, the ultimate final will strike while the iron is hot and be held the day after tomorrow.

"Tomorrow's matches — give it your all."

Wu Mang said one last sentence, then immediately announced the team's dismissal.

And Zhou Yi also followed along, leaving the floating mechanical island and returning to the villa on the ground.

"Tomorrow there are two rounds of matches in total, and I still don't know who the opponents are."

"But it doesn't matter — whoever it is, just crush them straight through."

In the training room, Zhou Yi, gripping his battle axe, began training once again.

Every swing of his would bring up a heavy sound of cutting through the air.

Such swinging, he had to perform over a thousand times every day!

It was precisely because of this that he could use the battle axe so skillfully.

The next day, the singles competition continued!

"Zhou Yi!"

"Zhou Yi!"

"Wei He!"

"Wei He!"

"......"

Before the match even began, wave after wave of cheers and shouts rang out throughout the entire stadium, cheering on their respective favorite contestants...

Compared to some time ago, the entire stadium had quite a few more spectators, almost reaching a scale of 200,000 people!

Fortunately, this stadium was likewise a mechanical creation, and could very easily expand its seats to accommodate more spectators!

In the morning, the fifth round of the singles competition officially began!

Zhou Yi's opponent was Mu You of Magic Capital University, a level-18 mage.