Chapter 393: Zhou Yi Is Too Strong! The Universities Unite! (Subscribe!)

November 12th.

Today was the final day of the team competition.

At 3 p. m., as the battle between the last two universities concluded, the team competition drew to a close.

"Ten universities, spanning eight days, forty-five matches in total!!"

"As of now, all forty-five matches have been completed!"

"During this time, we have witnessed extraordinarily brilliant team battles, and we have also seen the dazzling brilliance unique to each university!"

Inside the grand stadium, the host stood at the front of the stage, announcing in a high, resonant voice.

"Next, I announce the final rankings of every university in this team competition!"

"First place, Suhang University! Nine wins, zero losses!"

"Second place, Magic Capital University! Eight wins, one loss!"

"Third place, Qingjing University! Seven wins, two losses!"

"Fourth place, Hancheng University! Six wins, three losses!"

"......"

One university ranking after another was announced, and endless cheers immediately erupted inside the stadium, everyone cheering for the university they admired.

Among them, Suhang University, as the first-place finisher, naturally drew the most cheers.

Beyond these cheers, the audience seats were also filled with some commentary on this team competition.

"This year's team competition was far more exciting than last year's. What a pity for those who couldn't come watch in person."

"Right—giant robots over ten meters tall, university freshmen going head-to-head with Legend Rank magical beasts. This year's team competition was just too thrilling!"

"Besides those classic iconic moments, the battles between the ordinary universities were also extremely exciting!"

"That is indeed true."

"......"

Tickets to the National University Freshman Exchange Competition were extremely expensive, yet the spectators in the stadium now unanimously felt they were well worth the price.

Among the team competition matches, the battles between the three top universities were undoubtedly the most thrilling.

However, the battles between the ordinary universities also had their highlights.

Especially this year—the average level of the hundred-plus contestants from the ten participating universities was about three to four levels higher than last year!

The rise in levels also made the battles more intense and more thrilling......

Of course, the most dazzling performer in this competition, Zhou Yi, was the focal point of everyone's discussion.

"The overall standard of this year's freshmen is already impressive, and this Zhou Yi is downright freakish!"

"Exactly. Now that Suhang University has taken first in both the team competition and the individual competition, even if their results in the upcoming survival competition are terrible, Suhang University is still locked in for first overall. It's almost entirely the achievement of Zhou Yi alone."

"Right, it's simply hard to imagine. Zhou Yi is only eighteen years old, yet his combat power is already so terrifying. Among the peak professionals of Zhongxia Country in the future, Zhou Yi's name will surely be there."

"......"

People's evaluations of Zhou Yi were extremely high.

Of course......

This was also based on fact. After all, Zhou Yi had not only crushed and defeated the captains of Magic Capital University and Qingjing University, but had also slain a level-24 Legend Rank magical beast!

This first place could truly be said to be packed with substance!

"With the team competition concluded, the ranking rewards corresponding to each university will be distributed in a unified manner after all three events of the exchange competition are finished."

Listening to the host's words on stage, Zhou Yi and the others were not surprised.

Distributing all event rewards in a unified manner after the exchange competition concluded had always been the traditional rule of the exchange competition.

"At this point, the team competition event of this National University Freshman Exchange Competition has come to an end."

"Tomorrow is a rest day. The day after tomorrow, we will begin the final event of the exchange competition—the survival competition!"

"The survival competition event will officially begin at 9 a. m. the day after tomorrow, lasting a total of six days. Please make the appropriate preparations."

"We also welcome all spectators to return at that time!"

With the host's final words, the end of the team competition event of the National University Freshman Exchange Competition was also declared.

The spectators in the stadium also began to leave one after another.

"The team competition is over. Tomorrow is a rest day. The day after tomorrow, the survival competition event will officially begin."

"The survival competition event has always taken the form of entering a Dungeon Secret Realm."

"However, unlike ordinary dungeons, the survival competition uses an open-type dungeon. You can understand it as a freely explorable area inside."

In the rest area, Dean Wu Mang was explaining things to Zhou Yi and the others.

"A freely explorable open-type Dungeon Secret Realm?"

Zhou Yi, in the group, lit up.

Dungeon Secret Realms—he had been through quite a few himself.

Yet no matter which dungeon he entered, he could only proceed along the route the dungeon prescribed.

Passing through one checkpoint after another, no matter what, he would ultimately face a battle against the dungeon BOSS.

This was the first time he had heard of a Dungeon Secret Realm that could be freely explored.

"That's right, a freely explorable open-type Dungeon Secret Realm."

Wu Mang nodded with a smile. "Unlike ordinary Dungeon Secret Realms, open-type Secret Realms have no difficulty tiers and no participant limits."

"You can think of an open-type dungeon as an independent leveling spot, very similar to the Gale Wind Mountain Range."

"Of course, the area size of an exploration-type Secret Realm is also limited."

"Once you reach the edge of the Secret Realm, you will see the void zone at the Secret Realm's boundary."

"The void zone is extremely dangerous. The moment you realize you've reached the edge of the Secret Realm, turn around and head back immediately!"

Wu Mang's expression turned solemn as he gave his admonitions.

Although the Dungeon Secret Realm originates from the Creator God,

after hundreds of years of research, professionals have already discovered that a dungeon is essentially an independent space carved out from the Blue Star World.

And in the void zones at the edges of the Dungeon Secret Realm, countless spatial rifts are scattered everywhere—one careless slip could mean even a Third-Turn professional dying on the spot!

This is no exaggeration.

In previous exchange tournaments, there had been cases where student contestants, out of curiosity, entered the void zone and were instantly annihilated by spatial rifts.

"Understood."

The crowd paused briefly, then immediately nodded solemnly.

Given the severe cost of resurrection, naturally no one would joke around with their own life safety......

By all rights, having taken first in the individual event and first in the team event, first place in the exchange tournament for Suhang University was already secured, yet Wu Mang did not celebrate early.

After offering some encouragement, he immediately announced the team's disbandment.

Regarding this, no one had any objections—after all, Dean Wu Mang had promised that once the exchange tournament ended, everyone would receive additional credit rewards.

Compared to the lure of credits, whether to celebrate early or not simply didn't matter!

"Phew, getting a day off tomorrow is awesome!"

After Wu Mang left with Teacher Su Mei and the others, Liu Yang could no longer hold back and excitedly pumped his fist.

From November 1st, when the exchange tournament officially began, until now when the individual and team events had concluded, a full twelve days had passed.

During this period, aside from fighting it was still fighting, without the slightest break.

Especially Liu Yang—after being publicly criticized by Dean Wu Mang, he never dared to act recklessly again.

Now that he had finally gotten a day of rest, naturally he was excited.

"Brothers, I'm outta here, see you tomorrow night~~"

Liu Yang, who had been cooped up too long, dashed out of the rest area in a flash.

The others, including Song Xialan, also gathered to chat, planning to head into the city tomorrow to have a good look around and relax.

"Brother Zhou Yi, should we go with Xia Lan and the others?"

Jiang Churan looked at Zhou Yi, a pair of faintly purple, alluring eyes filled with gentleness.

Usually at school it was fine, because the two lived in different villas; although she knew Zhou Yi trained extremely hard, she had no clear sense of just how hard.

But during this period, the two lived across from each other and shared a training room.

Only then did she truly witness Zhou Yi's self-discipline.

Once Suhang University's matches ended, he would burrow into the training room and train until around eleven at night......

Even on match days, he would wake up early, go running on the track first, then return to the training room for another half hour to an hour of training.

She believed she was already diligent enough, yet after spending this time together,

she discovered that the Brother Zhou Yi she admired was actually far more hardworking than her!

As a result, her own training recently had become much more diligent as well.

So, even though tomorrow was a rest day, she still had to first confirm whether Zhou Yi planned to train all day.

"Let's go together."

Zhou Yi smiled and nodded.

He wasn't a robot—he still understood the principle of balancing work and rest.

After training for so long, it was time to relax a little.

Of course, his daily system-mandated training he absolutely would not skip......

The team event came to a close.

The three top universities took first, second, and third place respectively.

For Modu University, with Wei He securing runner-up in the individual event and the team event defeating Qingjing University for second place,

the overall second place in the exchange tournament was already secured.

Although there was some gap from the original goal of first place, considering Zhou Yi's existence, the second-place result was already very satisfying.

Among them, the worst off was undoubtedly Qingjing University—not only did they fail to place in the top three in the individual event, but in the team event they only managed third place.

In this exchange tournament, Qingjing University was unquestionably at the bottom among the three top universities!

As the team leader, Cheng Yongchun was naturally quite frustrated about this.

"First in the individual event, first in the team event—if we let Suhang University take first in the survival event too, then our Qingjing University will truly have lost all face!"

Qingjing University, as the host of this National University Freshman Exchange Tournament, held the home-field advantage.