Translator: Mr Voltaire Editor: Millman97
This crazy comparison between friend and foe was enough to make most people shrink back.
However, Li Yao was not one of them.
His eyes narrowed like a deadly viper staring at a prey that was hundreds of times larger than itself.
"If I were to register for the competition in the name of the student union of the Refining Department, how would the competition be conducted?"
"It can't be that two thousand people will stand on one side of the arena, and I will stand on the other side of the arena, and then fight, right?"
"Moreover, I think that when it comes to the allocation of next year's resources, the Iron Fist Club and the Chaos Edge Hall are the real opponents in the tournament. They are not a monolithic block, so it is impossible for them to join forces to beat me, right?"
Li Yao asked calmly.
Ding Ling Dong brought up the specific information about this year's match from the crystal processor and said, "Okay.
"The Grand Desolate War Institution pays attention to actual combat. Of course, the match is not a simple hand-to-hand fight. Every match is equivalent to a small-scale drill. There are backgrounds and conditions for victory. It is not necessary to defeat all the opponents. However..."
"Right now, you are an influential figure in the Grand Desolate War Institution. The infamous name of 'Vulture Li Yao' has spread throughout the entire Wild Waves City. Together with Zhao Tianchong and Lu Tieshan, you are known as the top three experts among the freshmen. Furthermore, you are faintly ranked above them."
"Let's not talk about strength for now. Just the fact that you dared to walk around while carrying ten Hellfire-Lightnings as if nothing had happened is enough to let everyone know how fierce you are."
"If you really sign up for the competition, do you think they will fight to the death and let you hide at the side to enjoy the shade? Do you really think I'm stupid? "
"Besides, the rules of the competition will not allow you to take advantage of the situation. They will definitely arrange extremely difficult victory conditions for you."
"After all, if you win, you'll get a thousand times more credits than others."
"Then the difficulty of winning will increase by a thousand times. It's normal! "
The words "one thousand times" made Li Yao's pupils contract abruptly.
He didn't say a word. He pursed his lips and carefully checked the light screen.
This year's competition would be held ten days later in a fragment world with a variety of terrains and a very complicated environment.
Just like in previous years, only the Iron Fist Club and the Chaos Edge Hall had signed up.
Both sides sent out a thousand freshmen each. Many of them had reached the third level of the Refinement Stage.
In order to be close to actual combat, every year, a theme would be set for the competition, and the winning rules would be set around the theme.
This year's theme was "Crazy Jade Slips". Around the theme, there was the following background:
"The Iron Fist Club and the Chaos Edge Hall are two cultivation sects with deep contradictions. They have had many conflicts due to disputes over commercial interests and large military orders."
"Legend has it that the two sides have already fought many times in the dark. Many of their experts have even fallen, and a blood feud has been formed between them until one side dies. "
"In order to completely disintegrate the Iron Fist Club, the Chaos Edge Hall sent out spies. After twenty years of careful planning, they finally stole the Iron Fist Club's top secrets, including all kinds of secret array glyphs, cultivation techniques, and even trade secrets that could not be divulged. Store everything in a jade chip and prepare to escape back to the Chaos Edge Hall. "
"But unexpectedly, they were discovered during the escape. A thousand disciples of the Iron Fist Club chased after them. "
"And the remaining 999 disciples of the Chaos Edge Hall were in the front to provide support."
"In order to compete for this jade chip, a battle between two thousand people is about to break out!"
Li Yao frowned:
"What kind of nonsense is this?"
Ding Ling Dong curled her lips:
"The background setting is also to increase the students' sense of immersion and interest in the competition!"
"In short, this year's theme is the Jade Chip Contest. This type of theme does not require the elimination of the opponent. As long as the opponent can snatch the jade chip and insert it into a large crystal processor for a certain amount of time, they will win if the opponent can't snatch it back. "
"In fact, this is to cultivate the students' martial spirit. The school encourages other departments to participate in the competition, and there is a certain degree of flexibility in the setting of the victory conditions. "
"Twenty-seven years ago, the Medical Department Student Union 'Lancet' signed up to participate in a competition. At that time, the theme was' Great Escape '. As long as the Lancet members could escape the pursuit of the Iron Fist Club and the Chaos Edge Hall, they would win."
"However, no matter how flexible the rules are, in the end, the outcome will be decided by fists and swords."
"The five hundred Lancet members only lasted for three hours before they were all caught and became a joke."
"Since then, no other department has signed up to participate in the competition."
"If you really sign up, I think the school will probably arrange a victory condition for you to escape. In other words, as long as you can escape the pursuit of two thousand members of the Iron Fist Club and the Chaos Edge Hall, you would win."
"However, as I said before, you are known to be a dangerous person. As long as you participate in the competition, others will certainly be the first to nail you to death. They will never give you the opportunity to sit on top of the mountain and watch the tigers fight. Therefore, you should save your strength!"
Li Yao's eyes rolled around and emitted a sharp radiance:
"As long as I can escape from the encirclement of two thousand people, I will have the opportunity to obtain 10,000 credits?"
"Two thousand people, the vast majority of them are cultivators. Among them, there are also experts like Zhao Tianchong and Lu Tieshan. After crazily cultivating for so long, they should have reached the 5th level of the Refinement Stage, right?"
"Coupled with several hundred experts at the 4th and 3rd level of the Refinement Stage, they are truly terrifying."
"However, they are not a monolithic block. As long as I can find the gap between them, I will have the opportunity..."
Thinking of this, his eyelashes trembled as he gritted his teeth and said:
"I want to represent the Refining Department's Student Union 'Starfire Union' to sign up for the Freshmen Inter-Department Thunderbolt Cup!"
Ding Ling Dong curled her lips:
"I knew you would never give up. Go and fill in the information on the battle network. Here, take this braised egg."
Ding Ling Dong picked up a braised egg from her bowl and stuffed it into Li Yao's mouth.
"Why?" Li Yao was in a daze.
Ding Ling Dong rolled her eyes:
"If you don't eat your fill, how can you have the strength to be beaten by two thousand burly men!"
The news that Li Yao was going to participate in the Inter-Department Thunderbolt Cup spread like wildfire, setting off a huge uproar within the campus.
This was the first time in twenty-seven years that a student union outside of the Combat Department had signed up for the Thunderbolt Cup.
And the one who signed up turned out to be a small student union with only one student.
Li Yao was going to participate in the Inter-Department Thunderbolt Cup. Alone, he was going to challenge two thousand burly and murderous Combat Department students!
For a moment, the entire campus was in an uproar.
Half of the posts in the forum were discussing Li Yao's crazy behavior that was close to suicide:
"No way, Li Yao is actually going to represent the Starfire Union and challenge the Iron Fist Club and the Chaos Edge Hall? Each of them will send a thousand people. And he is only one person! "
"Isn't this a bit too reckless? Everyone knows that he is one of the three experts among the freshmen, but so what? There are still two people who are on par with him. Although Zhao Tianchong and Lu Tieshan's realms are a bit lower than his, they are pure battle-type cultivators. Their fighting strength is not much weaker than his! "
"How can he fight against two thousand people led by Zhao Tianchong and Lu Tieshan by himself?"
Although Li Yao would receive 10,000 credits after winning, no matter how hard they racked their brains, they could not think of any possibility of Li Yao winning.
Even if it was an escape-type mission. The probability of him escaping from the encirclement of two thousand Combat Department students was close to zero!
After this matter spread out, some busybodies immediately went to interview Zhao Tianchong and Lu Tieshan, the two leaders among the freshmen. They asked them how they would deal with Li Yao if he were to participate in the Inter-Department Thunderbolt Cup.
The two of them did not hesitate to say that Li Yao was definitely the most dangerous and the most fearsome figure among the freshmen. If he were to participate in the Inter-Department Thunderbolt Cup, the Iron Fist Club and the Chaos Edge Hall would first eliminate him, and then they would confront each other.
"We are friends with Li Yao. We also know that he must get 10,000 credits within a month. "
"But the Inter-Department Tournament is related to the honor of the two Student Unions. It is also related to next year's resource allocation. It is a matter for thousands of people."
"If necessary, we can team up with Li Yao to hunt in the north and help him sweep the credits."
"But in the Inter-Department Tournament, we will never throw the game."
"If Li Yao were to participate in the Inter-Department Tournament. Then we will definitely beat him to a pulp without mercy! "
Zhao Tianchong and Lu Tieshan resolutely and decisively said.
The school was also somewhat caught unprepared by Li Yao's application.
Although the Inter-Department Tournament was a civil war between the two Student Unions every year, it was somewhat boring after more than twenty years. The school also hoped that more Student Unions could participate in the Inter-Department Tournament and add some variables to the Inter-Department Tournament. At the very least, it would create a little trouble for the Iron Fist Club and the Chaos Edge Hall. This was to test their ability to adapt in a chaotic situation.
However, the Starfire Union was the smallest Student Union in the history of the Grand Desolate War Institution. It only had one student. What was the use of joining?
It was as if a small mouse was sandwiched between two colliding crystal tanks. Perhaps, it would be crushed to death with a "squeak" sound.
Li Yao, however, turned a deaf ear to these discussions.
After setting off such an uproar, he still acted as if nothing had happened. He traveled, wandered, and hunted alone in the Wasteland.
However, no one knew that he had consciously increased the training of hibernation and escape.
The most commonly used method was to swagger under the eyes of a large group of middle-level Demon Soldiers. Occasionally, he would cut his finger and let out a little blood to increase the demon beasts' appetite. Then, he would flee while being chased by a large group of furious Demon Soldiers!
Five days later, Li Yao received a reply from the school.
His application had been approved. This year's Inter-Department Tournament would be held by the Starfire Union, the Iron Fist Club, and the Chaos Edge Hall. They would compete for the Thunderbolt Cup!
And the theme of the Inter-Department Tournament was still "Crazy Jade Chip". The settings were changed as follows:
"The Starfire Union is the most mysterious evil sect in the world of cultivators."
"Li Yao, an evil expert of the Starfire Union, lurked in the Iron Fist Club for several years before he finally stole the core secrets of the Iron Fist Club and stored them in a jade chip."
"When he was about to leave, his identity was exposed and he was chased by a thousand disciples of the Iron Fist Club."
"On the other hand, the Chaos Edge Hall, which was hostile to the Iron Fist Club, also learned of this matter. They also sent a thousand elite soldiers to set up an ambush on the path Li Yao must take to escape back to the Starfire Union. They wanted to kill Li Yao and seize the jade chip."
"Although the Iron Fist Club and the Chaos Edge Hall have a deep hatred, they are both determined to get the jade chip. They also know that Li Yao is an 'evil expert'. Therefore, they are very wary of him and are very hostile to him."
"Once they encounter each other, Li Yao will be their priority target. Only after seizing the jade chip will they start a large-scale battle."
"There are a thousand pursuers behind him, and there are a thousand interceptors in front of him. If Li Yao can still pass through the entire battlefield and successfully deliver the jade chip to the designated 'Starfire Union's rendezvous point', then he will be the final victor, seize the Thunderbolt Cup, and enjoy 10,000 credits alone!"
Translator: Paperback
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