With regards to Li Yao's request to use the Demon Beast Detector in the match, as well as to obtain the information of the 2,000 students, the university had finally agreed to it after much deliberation.
The Thunderbolt Cup was held under the banner of actual combat. In the real world, if there was indeed such a dangerous spy, it was impossible for him to not know anything about his opponent.
What's more, the university also hoped that Li Yao could persist for a longer period of time and create more trouble for the Iron Fist Club and the Chaos Edge Hall, so as to create some small variables in the matches that had been repeated for decades.
With these conveniences given to Li Yao, perhaps he could persist for... 30 minutes?
As for the fourth point, it was impossible to completely achieve it.
After all, the Thunderbolt Cup was just one of the series of matches of the Combat Department. It was just a contest between freshmen.
After the Thunderbolt Cup, the senior students of the Iron Fist Club and the Chaos Edge Hall would engage in an even more intense competition, which would determine the distribution of resources.
However, after careful consideration, the university still made a public promise:
If Li Yao could break out of the encirclement and win the Thunderbolt Cup, not only would he be rewarded with 10,000 credits, next year, the university would increase the resources invested in the Refining Department by ten times!
One must know that this year, the university's investment in the Refining Department was calculated according to the scale of nearly a thousand students. Next year, even if the Refining Department was retained, it would be impossible to recruit several hundred students. They would certainly take the route of small and elite students. Perhaps, they would recruit one or two classes with a maximum of 100 students.
In other words, as long as Li Yao could win the Thunderbolt Cup, next year, the Refining Department's students would enjoy ten to twenty times more cultivation resources on average compared to the Combat Department's students!
This was definitely the highest treatment in all the universities in the Federation.
And the foundation of all this was based on one point.
That was, Li Yao had to traverse dozens of miles under the encirclement and pursuit of two thousand burly men and kill his way into the sky!
"Beep beep!"
The crystal processor issued a prompt. Seven o'clock in the morning.
In the faint morning light, Li Yao suddenly stood up and slowly walked out from the depths of the steel jungle.
Although his face was somewhat tired, his eyes were as sharp as two flaming sabers, which could melt and cut everything in front of him!
Last night. He had prepared all the magical equipment.
For the next twelve hours, he sat cross-legged in the depths of the steel jungle, trying to figure out the state of mind of an evil expert in the darkness.
He tried his best to think and comprehend …
If the Starfire Union, the Iron Fist Club, and the Chaos Edge Hall really existed, and if he was really a spy who had been undercover for ten years, what would he do when his life was hanging by a thread while he was a fugitive?
The plan that had been lingering in his mind for the past few days gradually became clear.
As for whether it would work … The result would be revealed in four hours!
Eight in the morning.
There were still three hours before the start of the competition.
The Wasteland Battle Network's Freshmen Battle Competition zone had become lively since a few days ago. At this moment, it had already become extremely popular.
In the past, the Thunderbolt Cup was just a civil war between the freshmen of the Combat Department. The students of the other departments did not pay too much attention to it.
However, things were different this year. Li Yao was a variable. What used to be the same battle of a thousand versus a thousand had now become a battle of one versus two thousand. The glittering words "1 vs 2000" appeared directly at the top of the designated area!
Whether it was the Combat Department or the other departments, all the students' curiosity had been aroused to the peak.
Everyone wanted to know how Li Yao would deal with two thousand burly, fully armed, and murderous opponents in the competition.
The competition had yet to begin. Tactical prediction posts had already been flying all over the forum. The students were speculating about Li Yao's tactics:
"Li Yao will certainly seize the time to escape into the jungle and deal with the two thousand opponents by relying on the complex terrain!"
"The Yellow Wind Ridge is very large and is filled with a faint mist. It is the best place for guerrilla warfare. Even if all two thousand people enter the jungle, it is not enough to carry out a carpet search. If Li Yao is lucky enough, he can escape from the middle of the search! "
"Moreover, his strength is clearly above everyone else. As long as he does not encounter experts at the level of Zhao Tianchong and Lu Tieshan, he can definitely instakill others!"
This post was posted for less than two minutes before it was immediately flooded with rebuttals:
"If even you can think of it, how can Zhao Tianchong and Lu Tieshan not think of it?"
"The main battlefield of this competition is set in the jungle. However, if Li Yao wants to win, he must pass through the two-kilometer-long canyon area. There are towering cliffs on both sides of the canyon area, and there is a winding path in the middle. The Chaos Edge Hall's base camp is right in the middle of the winding path. As long as a few dozen people block the path, even if Li Yao is strong, so what? Can he instakill a few dozen people at once? "
"And as long as he reveals a trace, the remaining 1,900 people will desperately pursue and intercept him. The encirclement will become smaller and smaller, and in the end, it will be like catching a turtle in a jar. There won't be even the slightest chance!"
In just half a day, hundreds of such tactical analysis posts had been posted. Tens of thousands of students had discussed the matter with great gusto. The only conclusion was that as long as the 2,000 people of the Chaos Edge Hall and the Iron Fist Club could keep a clear head, kill Li Yao first, obtain the jade chip, and then launch an all-out confrontation, then Li Yao would lose without a doubt. There was not even the slightest possibility of him winning the Thunderbolt Cup.
Regardless of whether it was the rules of the competition, the identity of both sides, or the pre-match speeches of the leaders of both sides, how could they be so muddle-headed as to give Li Yao the opportunity to sit on top of the mountain and watch the tigers fight?
Therefore, two and a half hours before the start of the competition, the topic of discussion changed from Li Yao's tactics to how long he could persist.
Because in everyone's opinion, continuing to discuss Li Yao's tactics was meaningless. No matter what tactics he used, he would lose without a doubt!
In a survey post with the largest number of participants, 57% of the participants believed that Li Yao would surrender within half an hour; 22% believed that Li Yao would persist for an hour before being captured alive; 15% believed that Li Yao could persist for 90 minutes.
As for the number of people who believed that Li Yao could win, it was zero, not even one.
Nine o'clock in the morning.
There were still two hours before the start of the competition.
In the headquarters of the Chaos Edge Hall, cold lights flickered and swords formed a forest as the 1,000 freshmen gathered. The murderous aura soared to the sky, pressuring everyone to the point of suffocation.
A series of battle videos were repeatedly played on the revolving hologram in front of them, and the protagonist was Li Yao!
Not only were there his battle scenes in Verdant Tarn City, there was also his shocking performance in the Limit Challenge Competition a year ago on the Devil Flood Dragon Island!
Zhao Tianchong stood in front of the revolving hologram. His lips were tightly pursed, his expression was grim, and his eyes were red. He gave the 999 outstanding freshmen of the Chaos Edge Hall a final mobilization:
"Fellow students, everyone knows that the Thunderbolt Cup is the highest honor that freshmen can obtain. At the same time, it is also related to the amount of resources that everyone can obtain next year. Therefore, I don't need to say anything. Everyone will certainly go all out in the competition. For the glory of the Chaos Edge Hall, and for your own future, you will fight to the end! "
"However, this year's Thunderbolt Cup is different from previous years. Not only will there be an old rival, the Iron Fist Club, there will also be a new enemy, the Starfire Union. Although the Starfire Union only has one student participating, I absolutely do not want anyone to underestimate this student. Because he is Li Yao, Vulture Li Yao! "
"In the past few days, everyone has repeatedly studied Li Yao's battle videos. Everyone is clear that his strength is absolutely not below mine. Moreover, he is a guerrilla expert who is proficient in jungle warfare. In the intricate and complex terrain of the jungle, he may be able to display even fiercer fighting strength than me. It is even more likely that he will be able to use all kinds of strange magical equipment! "
"Therefore, I will repeat for the last time. The Iron Fist Club is admittedly our great enemy, but Li Yao is also our most dangerous opponent. In the competition, we must prioritize Li Yao. First, we must eliminate this variable, grab the jade chip, and then confront the Iron Fist Club! "
"I believe that with Lu Tieshan's wisdom, he must have told the Iron Fist Club the same thing. This is an unspoken tacit understanding between both sides. We must not break it. Do you all understand?"
"Understood!"
The nine hundred and ninety-nine young sword cultivators roared with all their might, their blood boiling.
"Very good. Kill Li Yao, grab the jade chip, and then confront the Iron Fist Club head-on. We will seize the final victory!"
Zhao Tianchong carried the Chaos Edge Hall's flag on his shoulder and waved it vigorously. The flag fluttered in the wind:
"Members of the Chaos Edge Hall, depart!"
Almost at the same time, from the headquarters of the Iron Fist Club, Lu Tieshan also carried the Iron Fist Club's flag and strode out with his head held high.
Behind him were 999 burly men with bulging muscles. Each of them had lifelike spirit tattoos drawn on their bodies, giving off a powerful aura that gave off an awe-inspiring aura.
"First, kill Li Yao and grab the jade chip. Then, we will crush the Chaos Edge Hall. The final victory will belong to us!"
"Brothers of the Iron Fist Club, follow me!"
Ten o'clock in the morning.
There was only one hour left before the start of the competition.
More than a dozen luxurious flying shuttles with smooth lines silently glided into the Grand Desolate War Institution.
Sitting in the shuttles were the high-level members of various combat sects in the Wasteland. They were the VIPs specially invited for the Thunderbolt Cup.
A large part of the Grand Desolate War Institution's education budget came from the sponsorship of these sects. For these sects, the Grand Desolate War Institution was equivalent to a youth training center.
The year was almost over. Of course, they would come to see what good seedlings the youth training center had cultivated this year.
If it was a newcomer with great potential, they would invest heavily in him. Maybe they would even sign a contract with him on the spot and recruit him in advance.
It seemed that the news of three student unions participating in the competition for the first time in twenty-seven years had aroused their interest. This year's VIP list could be said to be luxurious. Many sects had sent their high-level elders to participate in the competition.
The Hundred Saber Alliance had sent its vice president, Long Wenhui.
The Devil Fist Sect had also sent its elder, Bai Mushen.
These two were super fierce people who had roamed unhindered in the Wasteland for dozens of years. They had slaughtered their way through mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and both of them were at the Core Formation Stage or above!
In this way, in addition to the Grand Desolate War Institution's headmaster, Xiong Baili, and the dean of the Combat Department, Xia Yanyan, there were a total of four Core Formation Stage powerhouses and dozens of high-level Building Foundation Stage experts in the VIP hall, watching the competition in real time.
10: 55 in the morning.
There were only five minutes left before the start of the Thunderbolt Cup's freshmen inter-department competition!
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