Chapter 213: Battling Extraordinary Attributes
As if noticing Su Jiu was constantly looking towards the judges’ seats, Bai Ming beside her began to explain, “Those two arguing in red and blue robes are the two vice principals of our Green Campus. They are responsible for students with fire and lightning attributes, and students with water and ice attributes, respectively. Your Ice Chih Bloodline most likely will be assigned to Dean Yan in the blue robe… As for the other two, they are the vice principals of healing and light-dark attributes. That woman in ancient attire seems to be the principal’s secretary! They hold significant sway in the Green Campus and are themselves top-tier Battle King Level Experts!”
Hearing this, Su Jiu nodded. Suddenly thinking of something, she asked Bai Ming curiously, “Brother Bai, wasn’t it said that as long as one reaches the War General Level, they will enter the main campus? Why am I being assigned to a branch campus?”
Bai Ming smiled and explained with a serious tone, “This is to protect new students. Once you enter the main campus, although you’ll receive high benefits and credit points, the most important thing is that you need to fulfill certain tasks. After all, the school isn’t a charity organization. Large-scale benefits must come with a return.”
“I understand,” Su Jiu nodded, half-understanding, and committed these words to memory. She wasn’t afraid of tasks. Even if the school didn’t mandate it, she would wait for the holiday to go to Chuan Yu Province to find the Monster Feather to perfect her Ghost Car Avatar and undertake some extremely dangerous tasks.
“With your abilities, you should be able to easily take first place in this competition. If you become the top student, you’ll have many benefits. One of them is that you can use credit points in the Green Campus’s training rooms, just like in the main campus. Training there is much faster than in ordinary training grounds.”
Bai Ming continued patiently, as Su Jiu was now half an insider. “Most importantly, you can then organize a five-person team to represent our school in international competitions. If you bring glory to our Dragon Country, it will be an unparalleled honor!”
“It would be great to enter the training rooms early and raise my strength to the middle stage of War General.” Su Jiu wasn’t particularly interested in such honors. She preferred tangible rewards. However, seeing Bai Ming’s expression, she guessed he wasn’t aware of the specific rewards, as in the novel, he wasn’t the top student either.
She saw Bai Qianyu’s name on the campus app. Although it was towards the back, she still had some popularity. Turning her head, she asked playfully, “Little Bai, you have quite a few fans! Is your goal to be in the top ten?”
Bai Qianyu thought for a moment, then tilted her head playfully and said helplessly, “Without someone’s strength, I can only try to stay in the top ten. If I encounter the three newcomers who have already been taken in by veteran organizations like the Nine Dragon Alliance and the Martial Artist Alliance, I might have trouble even getting into the top ten.”
“What a domineering name…” Su Jiu knew these referred to student organizations, but in her opinion, they were all about the same. She prayed none of them would be assigned to her.
“The competition is about to start; we need to place our bets immediately!” After chatting for a while longer, Su Jiu saw the betting on her hand was about to close and quickly placed her bet. Looking up at Bai Ming, they exchanged a smile.
At this moment, over a hundred million assets suddenly flooded the campus app, all betting on Su Jiu to become the top student. This instantly caused the app to lag for a moment, pushing Su Jiu’s name into the top five of the trending list, surprising students still using the app.
“Has White Water Society gone mad?! They invested over eighty million? Did everyone there scrape together their savings?”
“This Su Jiu seems to be the girl who slapped the student union that day. Did she join White Water Society?”
“Bai Ming is going to go bankrupt now! Haha, is he stupid? Doesn’t he know that betting on Crazy Sword Hu Yang is like financial management this time?”
Everyone glanced at the White Water Society’s official account and the anonymous accounts of Su Jiu and her companions and were stunned. The crowd erupted in cheers.
Not only outsiders were confused, but even the grassroots members of White Water Society were dumbfounded. Their guild leader said there was an opportunity to make a fortune, and told them to make a fortune, yet he was betting on someone they had only met a few times.
A girl wearing a White Water Society medal looked at the strange glances around her, feeling completely exasperated. She quickly took off the medal. This was too foolish. Even betting on any popular contestant wouldn’t result in people looking at them with suspicion about their intelligence.
On the other side of the seating area were A Dun and the others. They understood Su Jiu’s strength, while others truly didn’t. They weren’t short of money and had placed bets of nearly ten million, which was equivalent to boosting Su Jiu’s popularity.
In a high-end office in the main campus, a woman in a high-slit qipao was startled by the sudden appearance of funds on her computer screen. Then, she raised an eyebrow and smiled, “Is White Water Society trying to contribute to the school’s finances before disbanding? What kind of angel investors are they?” Saying this, she hummed a tune, already planning to build herself a private villa.
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Amidst this uproar, the competition finally commenced. As a middle-aged referee in a sky-blue combat uniform slowly walked onto the plaza, thunderous cheers erupted from the stands. The cheers gradually subsided as the referee pressed his palms down. After surveying the crowd, the middle-aged referee adjusted his earpiece and announced loudly, “A total of 120 new students are eligible to compete for the top spot. This competition will use a 24-player bracket, followed by a 12-player bracket, finally determining the top three.”
“That’s it! The first match will now begin. Students whose names are called, please make your way to the stage to get into position. If you are not present after three calls, you will be considered to have forfeited.” The middle-aged referee wasted no time, tap-danced lightly, and floated into the air. He glanced at the judges’ seats, received a nod, and waved to the referee’s desk. Soon, a voice came from there.
“First round, Bai Qianyu vs. Meng Yun!”
Bai Qianyu, finding herself called first, was somewhat surprised but quickly descended to the stage. Her gaze swept across the opponent’s face, and she then lightly tapped the head of the little fox on her shoulder. Instantly, a flaming red long sword appeared in her hand. She could easily sense fear from her opponent’s expression, indicating that she wasn’t really participating in this fight and likely just wanted to go through the motions.
The two received much applause as soon as they entered the arena. Of course, the applause was for only one of them. Bai Qianyu’s popularity was far greater than Su Jiu had imagined, with nearly half the crowd shouting, “Black Dragon Princess!” Indeed, there were many fans based on appearance, huh, Little Bai.
Su Jiu watched the two in the arena, finding it somewhat boring. Little Bai had encountered an opponent who would be eliminated in the first round, so there was nothing interesting to watch. She leaned her head on Bairnis’s shoulder, resting like a little cat.
“Clang clang clang~”
As expected, Bai Qianyu on the stage only used basic techniques like slashing and chopping against her opponent, who was steadily retreating. The two were not on the same level. It’s important to remember that even among half-step War Generals, there are distinctions in strength, and Bai Qianyu was at the highest tier. Soon, the referee declared Bai Qianyu the victor. Bai Qianyu’s mouth twitched as she looked at the girl playing dead on the ground, then lightly tapped her foot and returned to her seat.
“Sister Jiu, you’re such a little pig…” Looking at Su Jiu resting on Bairnis’s shoulder, she chuckled softly, tapped Su Jiu’s head, and then picked up her phone to act as her brother’s secretary, to appease the grassroots members, constantly telling them how strong Su Jiu was, although it was to no avail…
Su Jiu occasionally half-opened her eyes, her gaze flickering through the matches like a passing glance. These childish, playful bouts were indeed quite boring. If they were outside, opponents of the same level or even weaker could give these students from ivory towers a tough time. They lacked the seasoned tactics from the outside world and the courage for instant counter-kills. However, perhaps for viewership, most of the early matches featured half-step War Generals, with the true powerhouses appearing later.
As Su Jiu half-dozed, the matches in the arena gradually entered their final stages. After the referee in the sky announced the victory and the two contestants bowed and retreated, it was time for her first match of the day.
“Thirty-first round, Su Jiu vs. Shi Mo!” A referee from the referee’s desk slowly stood up, looked around the arena, then exchanged a look with the referee on the stage and announced loudly.
As the referee’s voice fell, the bustling plaza suddenly fell silent. Many gazes turned towards them. The name Su Jiu was incredibly popular on the app and the forums! A newcomer with no information had been invested with a huge amount of capital. Although Su Jiu had defeated Lin Er, Lin Er himself only had the lowest-grade A-level bloodline and average strength, only able to contend with some stronger half-step War Generals. This was nothing significant.
“Tsk, I can’t believe so many people are watching our White Water Society for a laugh. Miss Su Jiu, please do your best in the upcoming matches. However, your opponent seems to have had some fortuitous encounters and possesses water-elemental Extraordinary Attributes. Be careful not to use ice to block his water attacks!” Bai Ming scanned his surroundings, smiled disdainfully, and then looked at the boy who had arrived below, wearing a tie and thick glasses, and said softly.
Hearing this, Su Jiu smiled calmly, frost forming on the back of her blue fingernails. Extraordinary Attributes, huh?
