Chapter 610: Come Here, Zhang Yu

Because in the last team match, the Four Devil Heavenly Academies fell far behind, leaving them with fewer advancement slots, and the advancing students made up just over 30% of the 55 people present. In contrast, the Four Myriad Dharma Academies, thanks to their lead in the previous team match, secured just over 60% of the slots.

Zhang Yu’s gaze swept over Kuang Tianqing and the students standing beside her, and he thought to himself, “Aside from Kuang Tianqing, Yan Xiang, the top student from Netherworld University, Mu Qiansi, the top from Joyful Union University, and Di Lianzhong, the top from Bone White University—all of them have advanced, as expected.”

However, Zhang Yu was not surprised by this. After each school team received its advancement slots based on the prisoner rankings from the previous match, each school selected its own advancing candidates. These top students from the Four Devil Heavenly Academies were inevitable choices.

The next moment, a spirit realm projection shimmered in the air, and as the names of contestants jumped out one by one, they gradually formed a top 11 individual ranking.

“First place: Dao Qiankun, prisoners taken: 7.”

“Second place: Tian Shengong, prisoners taken: 6.”

“Third place: Kuang Tianqing, prisoners taken: 5.”

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Zhang Yu’s heart stirred as he looked at this ranking. He thought to himself, “Is this the individual ranking of the number of prisoners suppressed in the last team match? And when the numbers are the same, those who captured prisoners earlier are ranked higher.”

Because it was related to the number of prisoners and the Four Devil Heavenly Academies had suffered a great disadvantage in the last match, the majority of the top 11 players were from the Four Myriad Dharma Academies, while only a few were from the Four Devil Heavenly Academies.

Looking at the names on the ranking, Zhang Yu thought to himself, “These people… are almost all famous powerhouses from each school.”

The top three from each of the ten major universities possessed exceptionally formidable strength, representing the aces at the pinnacle of the chain of contempt.

But as the Ten Great League progressed and the elites from each school gathered, even after one round of elimination, there were still as many as 27 ace figures from the various schools present at the scene.

Originally lofty and rarely seen at their respective schools, these prodigies who stood above thousands of students—27 of them—had gathered together, creating the illusion that prodigies were as common as dogs.

But an illusion is just an illusion. Compared to the vast student population (including junior college students), these 27, gathered here like dogs, were the extreme few standing at the top of the pyramid.

Although this ranking was based solely on the number of prisoners each individual captured, not representing the true comprehensive strength of the players, these top 11 were undoubtedly the ones each school had high hopes for.

Zhang Yu thought to himself, “So, what’s the purpose of revealing this ranking? Is it related to the next match?”

In a flash, after the names of the top 11 players were all listed, the rules for the second match also appeared.

Zhang Yu glanced at them briefly and a look of understanding arose in his mind: “The second match is a competition somewhere between a team match and an individual match.”

Reading the content of the rules, Zhang Yu summarized in his mind: “The top 11 players become captains. They must select teammates from the remaining 44 people present to form 11 teams of 5 players each.”

“These 11 teams will compete in a relay race. Finally, the top six teams will have all their members advance to the final competition.”

Looking at the content of the relay, Zhang Yu fell into thought again: “To advance in this match, for the captains, how they choose players and how they assign them… are all very important.”

Within Zhang Yu’s visual field, the specific content of the five relay events appeared.

“Event one: break through the encirclement of 18 Mighty Divine Demons in succession, sprint to the target location as fast as possible, and tag in the next competitor.”

“Then event two: Moving Mountains, event three: Stealth, event four: Aquatic Speed Race, and the final event… Changing the Weather.”

“In the end, the total time spent on all five events is added together. The six teams with the least total time advance.”

Looking at the content of these five relay events, Zhang Yu was also pondering which event he was best at and most suited for.

After giving the 11 captains half an hour to think, the selection process began.

Starting with Dao Qiankun, who ranked first, the 11 captains each selected one player to join their team. Then, starting again with Dao Qiankun, they chose a second team member, and so on until all members were selected.

Under the gaze of everyone present and the anticipation of countless livestream viewers, Dao Qiankun smiled and beckoned to Zhang Yu: “Come over here, Zhang Yu.”

Zhang Yu did not seem surprised at all. With a calm expression, he walked over to Dao Qiankun and stood behind him.

But Dao Qiankun’s choice at this first pick surprised quite a few people, and many players’ eyes revealed astonishment.

Watching the match, True Lord Anzhen also frowned slightly and thought to himself, “Why choose Zhang Yu with the first pick?”

“Zang Shenyu focused on defense in the last match and didn’t capture many prisoners personally, so he didn’t make it into the top 11 and become a captain…”

He looked at Zang Shenyu among the 44 people present, feeling that this top student from Diamond University was the most worthy student to pick first, regardless of strength or financial resources.

On the other side of the arena, another of the 11 captains, Jiu Tianliu, thought to himself, “Although Zhang Yu’s ad quotation ranking previously rose to third, that’s just his popularity; it doesn’t represent his strength.”

Jiu Tianliu looked at the other contestants present and thought, “At the very least, among the contestants here, there are quite a few whose strength is firmly above Zhang Yu’s, and several have absolute advantages in these five relay events.”

“Wasting the first pick on Zhang Yu—is Dao Qiankun too confident? Or too hasty?”

At the same time, the second-ranked captain, Tian Shengong, the top student from Immortal Soldier University, smiled and said to Dao Qiankun, “In that case, I won’t stand on ceremony.”

Tian Shengong looked at Zang Shenyu and said, “Old friend, come to my team.”

Next, as each team leader selected their members, Dao Qiankun's team quickly gathered five people.

Zhang Yu glanced at his teammates—aside from himself and Dao Qiankun, the remaining three were Yan Qianji, Wen Rongjue, and Li Shiwei.

Yan Qianji, as the third overall in the school and first in the Refining Department, naturally had unquestionable strength.

Li Shiwei was second in the Dao Arts Department, while Wen Rongjue was third in the Finance Department—both also had considerable skill.

With the selections complete, it was time to assign the events; each team would arrange which members would participate in which events.

Dao Qiankun said calmly, "The last of the five relay items requires altering the weather. I'll take that one. Tell me which ones each of you wants to handle."