Translator: ryuxenji Editor: H2dH2mr However, no matter how angry or depressed the tutor was, there was nothing he could do about Ling Lan. If the Class-A children were geniuses whom they valued and wanted to nurture, then Ling Lan was the apple of their eye, the apple of their eye. The tutor could only rush up to Ling Lan and yell at Ling Lan, reminding her not to be too ruthless so as to avoid making things difficult for them.
No matter how much they loved Ling Lan, they still had to treat her equally to outsiders. No matter what, those children were the future pillars of the Federation — they could not really give up on them.
The tutor's behaviour was very much like how a parent would scold a child who had hit someone else's child to appease them. As for whether he was feeling smug or not... hehe, everyone knew.
Just like that, under the tutor's repeated nagging, Ling Lan could only nod obediently in acknowledgment. There was no helping it — Ling Lan still had to be tormented in the academy for the next 10 years, so she had no choice but to tuck her tail between her legs and behave herself. Of course, Ling Lan herself was a child who could not be any more obedient, so obedient that she had never gone through the rebellious phase in her past life...
Thinking of this, Ling Lan considered whether she should try being rebellious for once in this life. However, when Ling Lan's mind conjured up the image of her mother in this life, Lan Luofeng's teary-eyed, heart-clutching, hurt and sorrowful face, this idea of hers completely vanished. Yep, she definitely would not be able to deal with that Oscar -worthy mother of hers. If she was a little fox who had yet to fully cultivate, then her mother was definitely a great fox demon who had cultivated for a thousand years. They were not even on the same level.
Several times, she had been defeated by this move of her mother's. Even if she knew that her mother was faking it, she would still fall for it obediently. Who told her to not be able to bear the sight of others crying? The weakness from her past life was completely under the control of this thousand-year fox demon mother of hers in this life. She was like Sun Wukong in the hands of Buddha, forever unable to escape her grasp.
Thinking of this, Ling Lan was depressed. She began to hate her father who had died early. Why did he leave her with such a big problem? If her father was still alive, this thousand-year-old vixen would be her father's responsibility.
However, Ling Lan only thought about it. Lan Luofeng was Ling Lan's sweet burden in this life. She was in pain and happy at the same time …
After the official advancement battles in the morning, the children who had advanced had nothing to do and were free to move around. Meanwhile, the students who had been eliminated continued to stay in the combat hall, waiting for the system to once again announce the match-ups for the 26th to 50th ranked students. Of course, these matters had nothing to do with Ling Lan and the others. They directly returned to Zilong's villa and sat on the sofa in the large living room, sipping on hot drinks as they watched the matches comfortably.
Among the 26th to 50th ranked students in Special Class-A, the only one who could catch their attention was Lin Zhong-qing. Who asked Lin Zhong-qing to have such bad intentions towards them from the start? Now, Ling Lan and the others couldn't help but pay attention to him.
In the top 25 from 50th, Lin Zhong-qing was matched up against the second place of Class-A, Wu Jiong. As everyone expected, Lin Zhong-qing lost. However, he wasn't defeated so quickly by Wu Jiong. Instead, he fought with Wu Jiong for over a hundred moves, and was finally defeated by Wu Jiong, who had been waiting for a chance all this while, when his stamina ran out.
This result caused an uproar among the Class-A students. However, the uproar wasn't because of Lin Zhong-qing's rapid improvement, but because of Ling Lan's strength. They all remembered how at the beginning of school, Ling Lan had easily knocked Lin Zhong-qing down with one punch. Didn't this prove that Ling Lan's strength had already far surpassed the top three of Class-A?
At this time, the students were looking at Ling Lan with deep apprehension. The Class-A children had forgotten that it had been almost half a year since their battle with Lin Zhong-qing. Lin Zhong-qing's current strength was definitely incomparable to his strength back then. Perhaps if they fought again, Ling Lan might not be able to defeat Lin Zhong-qing in one move, but it was still possible for her to finish him off in two moves.
After that, Lin Zhong-qing's performance caused the students to gradually let go of their fear. It turned out that during the ranking competition to determine the true rankings, Lin Zhong-qing had proven his strength. He had consecutively defeated many people, and in the end, he had placed himself at 28th place in Class-A.
Although this result didn't seem all that dazzling, compared to the start of school, his improvement was undoubtedly astonishing. It should be known that it wasn't that easy to raise one's ranking in Class-A, because Class-A was filled with geniuses from all over the world, all of them outstanding. To raise one's ranking among this group of monsters was truly difficult. This also proved that Lin Zhong-qing's talent was truly heaven-defying. Of course, he was also more hardworking than the other students, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to improve so much.
Ling Lan's performance this time made Ling Lan and the other three take him seriously. This kid with a belly full of schemes and schemes might not be a threat to Ling Lan, but he could very well become an opponent for Zilong and the others. Han Jijun, in particular, was under the greatest pressure, because Lin Zhong-qing's future development was very likely to be the same as his — a military strategist.
During this time, Ling Lan and the others also watched the fights between some of the more prominent figures in the upper grades. As expected, they were all formidable opponents, with no end in sight. Ling Lan was very happy, and had Little Four copy all of them down. If they could decipher one or two moves, then Ling Lan would reap a great reward.
The combat arts of the learning space were definitely top-notch, but their destructive power was too great. Every move and style was aimed at the opponent's Achilles' heel, so it wasn't suitable for the sparring matches of the academy. The combat arts of the Ling family also faced the same problem. The combat arts of the loyalists naturally only sought to kill the opponent efficiently. Of course, it wasn't that the Ling family didn't have those so-called authentic combat arts, but with Ling Xiao's death and Lan Luofeng's falling out with the entire Ling family, Ling Lan had no place or opportunity to learn these combat arts.
Thus, Ling Lan was unable to exchange a few blows with her classmates before defeating them. The moment she made a move, it would be a matter of life and death — how could you give her the chance to fight? That was why Ling Lan was so interested in these miscellaneous secret techniques that the instructors in the learning space despised by the academy's instructors.
Cough, no matter what, she had to at least give the instructors some face, right? At the very least, she had to show that she had listened to their teachings.
When all the matches were over, Ling Lan and the others prepared for lunch. However, this time, they didn't go to the canteen to eat, but instead placed an order online for takeout, and had the canteen deliver several sets of high-class set meals directly to the villa.
After lunch, Ling Lan and the others rested for a bit, and then returned to the combat hall. The combat hall was no longer as noisy as it had been at the beginning, and had become extremely quiet. Other than the ten grades of Class-A students waiting in the combat hall for the system's final ranking announcement, the rest of the students were all in their own dorms, watching the top 25 ranking matches.
Very soon, the news came. Ling Lan opened it to take a look, and then was stunned. It turned out that she had been given a bye this time. It was very likely that the academy was afraid that Ling Lan would make another one-hit kill and make things difficult for them, so they had arranged for her to be given a bye this round.
As soon as this news came out, the other children in the top 25 actually cheered in unison. It looked like no one wanted to go up against Ling Lan so quickly. Although they would have to fight for their lives, it was still better than having no hope at all against Ling Lan, wasn't it?
And this time, the ranking matches were really random. There was no longer any distinction between strong and weak in the top 25, and they were all randomly grouped by the system to fight. However, tragedy still came, especially on Ling Lan's side. Han Jijun had actually met Zilong early, and for the first time, Ling Lan's group had turned against each other. This made the other students exceptionally happy. There was no helping it — who asked Ling Lan's group to be so strong? It was already a great fortune to have one less.
Han Jijun's performance was very straightforward, raising his hands in surrender the moment he stepped onto the stage. In terms of combat, he was not as good as Zilong. The two of them often sparred and practiced together, so Han Jijun knew very well what the final result would be, so he did not want to waste this energy.
Luo Lang's opponents were relatively weaker, but the students who had entered the top 25 were all outstanding in their own right. Luo Lang did not have an overwhelming advantage over them, and at most he only had a 60/40 chance of winning.
Luo Lang, who was slightly stronger, was very careful when fighting. He still remembered Ling Lan's warning before the start of the match — he definitely did not want something like losing in a gutter to happen to him. Still, Boss was Boss. How could his words be so interesting... yep, yep, another ignorant brat was subdued by the charm of this ancient phrase, and unknowingly his admiration for Ling Lan rose a little.
Luo Lang fought very carefully and seriously, giving his opponents no chance from start to finish. Meanwhile, just as his opponent was about to run out of stamina, Luo Lang decisively caught a small opening in his opponent's carelessness and sent him flying out of the stage, successfully advancing to the top 13.
The original top 9 of Class-A successfully advanced without incident, but the 10th place unexpectedly lost to a student who had originally been in 14th place, and was eliminated. Including Ling Lan, Zilong, and Luo Lang, the top 13 were officially decided.
Following that was the ranking matches for the 14th to 25th rankers. Han Jijyun's performance was very impressive — after knocking down two opponents, he was given a bye for the first round. In the end, when he faced off against the original 10th ranker, he won and took the 14th ranker of Class-A, which was a considerable improvement from his original 21st ranker.
However, in view of the fact that his results had been intentionally suppressed by the Bladed Special Forces hackers, he could now be considered to have returned to his original position. Of course, if he had not accidentally met Zilong in the top 13, perhaps he might have been able to move up a few more places.
Just like that, the day's ranking competition was over. Ling Lan was still the type of person who had advanced with absolute ease. Zilong was also considered to have done so. After all, he had not done anything in the second match — it was Han Jijun who had admitted defeat, allowing him to advance easily. Meanwhile, Luo Lang was the most tired of them all. After returning to the villa, he said nothing, going straight to his room and lying down in the maintenance pod to recuperate.
There was no time to waste now. He had to make full use of every minute and second to recover his stamina. Meanwhile, there were two crucial matches tomorrow morning — the top 13 to top 7 and the top 7 to top 4. Luo Lang did not want to stop here. If possible, he still wanted to participate in the afternoon's semi-finals and finals. If he wanted to achieve this goal, he could not afford to be careless.
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