Chapter 443: Top Ten: Vajra University

The competition venue of Jinhe University was a simulated mountain range area.

Looking at the undulating terrain and the lush vegetation and forests within, Zhang Yu commented, "I don't know about other aspects of Jinhe University, but the area is really huge."

Mo Shangjin said from the side, "If you compare only the area after multiplying the floor area of each level by the number of floors in Wanfa University City, it is actually larger than Jinhe University."

"It's just that Jinhe University doesn't have many spiritual veins here, and the land prices are far less valuable than those in our place. After spreading out the construction and lacking height restrictions, the overall space ends up being larger."

"There's no helping it. The more expensive the land, the denser the buildings; the cheaper the land, the more spacious the urban construction tends to be."

As they spoke, Zhang Yu and his group had already arrived at the competition entrance.

There were no spectators on site, let alone cheerleaders, and not even a referee had appeared—except for the opponents.

After all, it was the day of the job fair, and the students of Jinhe University didn't have much extra time to come to the scene in person to watch the match.

Even if they wanted to watch the match, with the existence of the Spirit World Network, viewers could descend from a distant location.

Zhang Yu looked at this time's opponents, the members of Jinhe University's Civil Engineering Competition Team, and then noticed that they were also observing them, but as soon as they detected Zhang Yu's gaze, they hastily turned their heads away.

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "You can see their nervousness with the naked eye."

Just then, Mo Shangjin said from the side, "Everyone, get ready. We'll follow the battle plan we arranged earlier..."

Just as the members of both sides were warming up and preparing to enter the competition,

A spiritual world projection quietly landed in the spectator stands above the field.

A young man whose whole body seemed painted with gold lacquer stood with his arms crossed, gazing coldly at the two competing teams below.

His name was Chan Rong, a top student from Vajra University, one of the Ten Great Universities.

Chan Rong's spiritual world projection was almost indistinguishable from his physical form, and on his flesh where no Dharma skeleton had been installed, dashed lines outlined the flesh structures of different parts, with prices marked.

Many students at Vajra University liked to do this: after determining the price for each part of their physical body, they would mark the high prices on themselves, thereby flaunting their strength and assets while also serving as a kind of advertisement.

And once a certain part of the physical body was sold at a high price, they could consider replacing it with a more powerful Dharma skeleton.

After a moment, another spiritual world projection landed beside the golden figure, saying with a smile, "Chan Rong, you've certainly come to watch Wanfa University's match. After all, your Vajra University's next opponent is Wanfa, right?"

After speaking, the person scanned Chan Rong's spiritual world projection, looked at the marked prices on several body parts of Chan Rong, and said, "Yo, the price of your flesh has increased quite a bit. Looks like you've made great progress this year."

Chan Rong turned his head, fixed his gaze on the fellow whose spiritual world image was a barrel, and said, "Wan Gouxuan?"

Chan Rong knew that the Wan Gouxuan before him was the top student in the Civil Engineering Department of Xianbing University, and Xianbing University's Civil Engineering Competition Team had ranked third in last year's intercollegiate competition, only behind Tianyao University and Wanfa University.

Chan Rong stared at the other party and said, "Don't you also want to know how much your flesh is worth?"

Wan Gouxuan: "Huh?"

Chan Rong: "If you want to know what price your flesh can sell for, you can go to the second-hand flesh platform Shedding Body Hall. Thanks to me selling my right hand at Shedding Body Hall, I earned an extra thirty spirit coins..."

Wan Gouxuan: "Wait, I didn't ask about that."

Chan Rong: "Unused old Dharma skeletons and old flesh can all be recycled at Shedding Body Hall. Shedding Body Hall recycles in person, inspects in person, and pays in person..."

Wan Gouxuan: "Are you done?"

Chan Rong: "It's a new daily assignment from the school this semester—I have to promote it to one off-campus person each day. Thanks for understanding."

Wan Gouxuan: "You Vajra University really like forcing students to advertise."

Chan Rong asked, "You came to watch Wanfa's match?"

The barrel form of Wan Gouxuan said, "Last year I lost to Mo Shangjin. How could I miss their first match this year? Especially the matter of Mo Shangjin's injury, you must have heard about it too, right?"

The gold-painted Chan Rong turned his head, looked down at Zhang Yu and the others, and said, "Too bad... Mo Shangjin didn't come. Maybe his injury hasn't healed, or maybe he just couldn't be bothered to play in this match. But except for that Li Zhen, the other five are all new members I've never seen."

Chan Rong analyzed, "It seems that under the influence of the Qiongjiang Coins and Mo Shangjin's situation, the strength of Wanfa University's team may have severely declined."

Hearing this, Wan Gouxuan nodded, "I originally wanted to see how Mo Shangjin was doing, but now I can't."

"I hope he can recover quickly."

"All my hard training this year was to personally defeat him."

"If he can't represent Wanfa, then the value of this year's ranking will be diminished."

While the two were conversing, the competition below had officially begun.

Shi Huaiyu and Su Yanyang joined forces to stir up a sky full of sand and mud, surging toward the Golden River University team like a tsunami.

Amid a thunderous roar, a massive amount of sand and mud had completely submerged the opponent's construction site. ...

Wan Gouxuan commented, "The civil engineering Seven Extremes of Wanfa University—these two have very solid skills. Besides the Minor Three Harmonies, they also coordinate with other Seven Extremes techniques, integrating them into their offense and constantly changing the form of their attacks."

"The Dharma Skeletons on their bodies are also from good brands and models."

"Overall strength is decent, but they are still far inferior to Mo Shangjin."

Chan Rong from Vajra University watched the match seriously and recorded it, while replying, "The Golden River University people retreated right from the start. It looks like they know they can't win head-on and plan to play guerrilla warfare."

"They probably want to secretly complete construction elsewhere and move it back before the match ends."

"The Wanfa University people are searching around aimlessly like headless flies. It seems their team this year lacks people skilled in insight techniques."

At that moment, Golden River University people suddenly burst out from underground, ambushing toward Shi Huaiyu and Su Yanyang.

Seeing the two sides clash and then separate instantly, with the Golden River University people retreating far away after being injured, Chan Rong said, "Very fast."

Wan Gouxuan said, "The Golden River University people like to enhance their speed. After all, if you're fast enough, your efficiency in doing things is high, and you can better dodge damage and pursuit, reducing expenses. This is the most suitable tactic for the poor."

In the time that followed, Golden River University repeatedly launched ambushes from underground, immediately retreating after each clash.

Although each attack would get them injured by Wanfa University's counterattacks, when they struck again after a period, their injuries would often be mostly healed.

Wan Gouxuan said, "There should be someone in the Golden River University team who understands Yin-Yang First Aid."

"After all, it's a university known for civil engineering and dual cultivation. They probably used Yin-Yang First Aid methods during the match to temporarily treat injuries."

"Constructing while fighting while applying first aid... that's their tactic."

Watching Xiao Yunji casually repel the attacking upperclassman, Wan Gouxuan said, "This Xiao Yunji's strength is not weak, but there is some problem with the coordination between his Dharma Skeletons. Probably the synchronization rate is not high. The weakness is obvious and easy to exploit."

Then his gaze swept over Xiao Qingxuan, and he said, "A set of Extreme Tiger brand Dharma Skeletons... How did someone like this get into the participating team? Huh? Tens of thousands of spirit coins in debt?"

Wan Gouxuan frowned, temporarily marking Xiao Qingxuan, somewhat unable to figure out the other's background.

Then he looked toward the construction site at Zhang Yu, who was currently building.

"This Zhang Yu seems to be the one specifically responsible for construction in their team this year."

"His construction efficiency is quite high, but it's all pure physical strength? No Dharma Skeleton at all? Then his adaptability is probably limited; he can't handle high-intensity competition."

"This person is probably a substitute player. If Mo Shangjin plays, he'll likely be swapped out."

After analyzing each player on the field one by one, Wan Gouxuan of Immortal Soldier University finally looked at Li Zhen and said, "As expected, compared to these newcomers, the one with the most strength in the Wanfa University team is currently this veteran."

Li Zhen opened his mouth and spat out streams of Earth Fiend Qi.

The opponents contaminated by the Earth Fiend Qi were tracked by him, and soon he found the location where the Golden River University contestants were hiding to perform dual cultivation first aid.

As Li Zhen spat out streams of fluorescent green Earth Fiend Qi from his mouth, the Golden River University contestants saw various warnings flashing in their eye skeletons.

"This Earth Fiend Qi's contamination level is so high!"

"No can do. If we keep fighting, I'll get cancer."

"The school only gives this little bonus. Getting cancer would completely wipe out the profit."

"Let's surrender."

As the Earth Fiend Qi swept across, the Golden River University team members quickly chose to surrender one after another.

Watching this, Wan Gouxuan said, "From the looks of it, besides Mo Shangjin, the one most worth paying attention to is Li Zhen, followed by that mysterious guy Xiao Qingxuan."

After saying that, he turned to look at Chan Rong beside him and asked, "What do you think, Chan Rong? Next match is your turn to fight Wanfa. Are you confident?"

Chan Rong said calmly, "These new faces from Wanfa are not weak in strength, and the veteran Li Zhen has even mastered the power to control Earth Fiend Qi."

"If I had faced them a year ago, I probably wouldn't have absolute confidence in winning."

"But now... if Mo Shangjin doesn't play, Wanfa can just wait to lose."

On the other side, Zhang Yu looked at the notification that the match had ended, somewhat bored as he gazed at the results of his construction work, thinking to himself: "The gap between the Top Ten and the Colonel is still too big. Even if I didn't participate this time, I could still win easily."

As they left the arena, Shi Huaiyu asked Mo Shangjin: "Why did you keep Zhang Yu here for construction work? Against opponents with such a huge gap in strength, if Zhang Yu had come along, we could have ended this match faster."