Chapter 299: Death Group? (Second update, requesting everything)

The next morning, Yecheng, the arena!

Today is the day the various academies gather; a total of 16 academies have successfully qualified for the Exchange Tournament.

Aside from the Four Great Academies, the remaining academies needed to pass the regional academy qualifiers to obtain the precious spots for the Exchange Tournament.

The three provinces and one capital each had three advancement spots, and adding the Four Great Academies from last year, this is the origin of the 16 academies.

Starting last month, the regional academy qualifiers have been held in full swing, but this has absolutely nothing to do with Yuanling Academy.

In the previous Academy Exchange Tournament, Yuanling Academy obtained fourth place, and because of this, they and the other three Great Academies automatically became seeded academies for this session, advancing to the Exchange Tournament without needing to pass the regional qualifiers; this can be considered a benefit of the Four Great Academies.

Although it was just a gathering, the arena was already packed with people, showing the love the people of Yecheng have for the Academy Exchange Tournament.

If one observes carefully, one can find that many among them are students from local Yecheng academies, as well as personnel who came specifically to cheer for their own academies.

Among them, naturally, includes Yuanling Academy!

During the formation process, the participating students of each academy lined up in long rows; Royal Academy, Tiandu Academy, Huating Academy, and Yuanling Academy occupied the center, which is also an honor that only the top four can possess.

At the very front of the queues, the captains selected by each participating academy held signs with the academy names, such as Dou Yuanhua of Royal Academy, Shen Haofei of Tiandu Academy, He Changpu of Huating Academy, and Miao Yinfeng of Yuanling Academy, and so on.

These captains are basically the strongest of each academy.

As a first-grade student, Li Zhangsheng could only stand in a position toward the back, but he still watched the other teams with great interest, especially Royal Academy.

"One Fifth Rank, four Fourth Rank; there is one more Fourth Rank than the previous Academy Top 100 Ranking. Hmm, this extra one must be him! Huh, Second Grade!" Li Zhangsheng suddenly looked at a Second Grade student with a fleshy face in the Royal Academy queue; he was the extra Fourth Rank student of Royal Academy.

As for why he was certain he was a Second Grade student, one only needed to look at his student uniform.

To reach the Fourth Rank in the second grade, without a doubt, this is another Heavenly Pride, making one have to sigh at the strength of Royal Academy.

Li Zhangsheng rubbed his chin, and the basic information the Instructors had sent him last night flashed through his mind; the information contained the data and images of the participating students from each academy.

"He should be Dou Yuansheng. Judging by the name, could this guy be Dou Yuanhua's brother?"

Li Zhangsheng thought this to himself, then immediately looked at Dou Yuanhua again; unlike the fleshy-faced Dou Yuansheng, Dou Yuanhua had a lean figure and was full of heroic spirit, completely two different types.

Dong, dong, dong~

At this moment, a vigorous bell chime rang out. Surprisingly, after hearing the bell, the state of mind of everyone present was smoothed out by an inexplicable force, becoming calm and unruffled, and the previously noisy arena suddenly became quiet.

Li Zhangsheng was very certain in his heart that this was a Strange Treasure!

Almost at the same time, on the viewing platform in the front, a Middle-aged man wearing a golden robe with five-clawed dragons stood there.

He is the Emperor of Langya Kingdom, Dou Zhangsheng, and at the same time, he is a Pseudo-King. Unfortunately, judging from the situation in all aspects of Langya Kingdom, his governing ability seems to be quite poor.

"The Emperor is also surnamed Dou; it seems that Dou Yuanhua and Dou Yuansheng might both be members of the royal family, or even Princes! It's a pity that the information distributed by the academy did not mention the family background of the participating students!" Li Zhangsheng thought to himself, deciding to ask the Instructor after returning.

At this time, Dou Zhangsheng was giving a passionate speech. His voice was vigorous and carried majesty, and with the assistance of exceptionally powerful Mental Power, everyone present felt as if Dou Zhangsheng was speaking right in their ears.

Dou Zhangsheng first reviewed the history of the Academy Exchange Tournament and highlighted the rankings from last year, as well as some empty words and clichés such as friendship first, competition second!

"I announce that the Academy Exchange Tournament has officially begun!"

Dou Zhangsheng's speech was not long, totaling five or six minutes at most. The next part of the process was for the captains of each academy to act as representatives and begin the drawing process.

The Four Great Academies from the previous session automatically became seeded candidates; they did not need to participate in the drawing. For example, Royal Academy belongs to the first group, Tiandu Academy belongs to the second group, and so on.

To put it simply, it is the kings not facing the kings!

There are a total of four groups, with four academies in each group. Each academy needs to take turns playing one match against the three academies in the same group. Finally, the academy with the highest points enters the finals, which is the so-called top four.

Vice Principal Xu had a serious face; the group drawing was very important, and he naturally hoped to draw only weak academies in the fourth group, so that the reputation of the Four Great Academies could be more easily protected.

If it were a Group of Death, that would be troublesome.

Not long after, the group drawing segment ended!

Just as Murphy's Law says, what you fear is what you get!

"Yingluo Academy, Rongting Academy, and Yecheng Academy!" Seeing the other three members of the fourth group, Vice Principal Xu had a dark face and gritted his teeth. He had a curse in his heart that he didn't know whether to say or not, and he was just one step away from shouting "rigged" in front of the Emperor.

Among these three opponents, Rongting Academy is ranked low and poses no threat to Yuanling Academy, belonging to the category of free points; Yingluo Academy was in the top eight last year, and although it was ranked low among the top eight, it still posed a threat; Yecheng Academy has the title of the Fifth Academy and is also recognized as the strongest academy outside the Four Great Academies, so its strength can be imagined.

Vice Principal Xu couldn't help but feel a bit uneasy. Although the possibility of Yuanling Academy qualifying was still not small, it was ultimately not very stable.

However, as someone who supervised the whole process, he knew very well that there was no such thing as a rigged draw this time. If it were really rigged, how could it escape the eyes of a Pseudo-King like him, who sees through everything, and so many Stronger individuals present.

Moreover, for the royal family, only Royal Academy is their own child; Yecheng Academy is not even a godson. In their eyes, Yecheng Academy is not even as good as Yuanling Academy—at least the latter has made huge contributions to resisting the demon invasion.

After the grouping was completed, the many academies did not leave the arena but went to their respective rest areas to start preparing for the upcoming first group match.

That's right, the first group match would be held shortly, which is also the reason why the arena was packed; if there were no matches, how could it attract so many spectators.

"Our opponent for the first match is Yingluo Academy, which was in the top eight last year. Everyone must not be careless. Now I will announce the starting students for this match!"

In the Yuanling Academy rest area, Vice Principal Xu had a very serious face, holding a list of students in his hand.

(End of this chapter)