High Martial Arts: Grinding for the Supreme Talent

Chapter 226: Chapter 226: The Cruel Competition Rules

"Dean, we’re all counting on you for the National Freshman Competition."

A student from the Azure Sky Sixth Institute shouted, sparking a round of cheers.

At the Azure Sky Sixth Institute, only a few close friends called him "Brother Qi!"

Ordinary students could only call him Dean or Senior Brother.

After nodding to the crowd, Lin Qi logged off on the spot.

...

[Having fought 200 Calamity Beasts, your mastery of Spear Technique has increased. Spear Technique +1%]

[Through battle with 200 Calamity Beasts, your mastery of Body Technique has increased. Body Technique +2%]

[Spear Technique: Tier Three 10% → Tier Three 11%]

[Body Technique: Tier Two 98% → Tier Two 99%]

...

Lin Qi stepped out of the Virtual Cabin. Seeing the messages on his panel showing his Spear Technique and Body Technique had improved, he instead shook his head, unsatisfied.

’It’s still a little short of what I was hoping for.’

’My Body Technique is just about to break through to Tier Three. Once it does, it’ll improve dramatically.’

’That’s when I’ll be in my strongest state!’

Then, Lin Qi looked at another piece of data.

[Little Divine Power "Vajra Transformation" Comprehension: 98%]

...

He clenched his fists, a powerful sense of urgency welling up inside him.

’The National Freshman Competition will last for several days. My progress is stuck at 98%. I have to comprehend it before the finals.’

’It’s my trump card for the geniuses of the Tenth Institute.’

’I won’t be able to rest easy until I’ve grasped it.’

Lin Qi stared at the Little Divine Power [Vajra Transformation]. He was confident he could defeat other geniuses like Li Hanjiang.

But he knew nothing about the geniuses from the Tenth Institute, so all he could do was imagine them to be as strong as possible.

That way, he would have more ways to deal with them.

...

On November 24th, Azure Sky Martial Arts Academy suspended all freshman classes.

All freshmen began to prepare for the National Freshman Competition preliminaries.

In the Azure Sky Sixth Institute’s group chat, Lu Wei posted a message.

[Lu Wei: Everyone, there will be a video conference at 18:00. Conference ID: XXX-XXX]

...

「Ten minutes later」

In a spacious Martial Arts Room, Lin Qi, dressed in a black Martial Arts Uniform, looked at the massive 100-inch green screen before him.

Upon entering the conference room, he could see Lu Wei, the counselor for the Azure Sky Sixth Institute. Her slightly chubby face was quite stern at the moment.

After some time on the job, Lu Wei was beginning to carry the stern air of a true teacher.

Over a thousand people flooded into the conference room. The meeting officially began once everyone had arrived.

Lu Wei projected a chart displaying various data, images, and text. She began to speak slowly.

"As you all should know, the preliminaries for the National Freshman Competition will officially begin tomorrow morning at 8:30."

"I assume you all know this already!"

"But I still need to give you a full breakdown of the competition’s format."

"The National Freshman Competition is a grand tournament for all new Martial Artists. It’s led by our Xia Country’s three top academies and co-hosted by the other 33 Martial Arts Universities!"

"According to the data we’ve collected, this year’s National Freshman Competition has a record number of participants, with a total of over 1.5 million freshmen competing."

The moment Lu Wei finished speaking, many people in the conference room gasped.

That was too many people!

It was hard to imagine what terrifying strength it would take to fight one’s way out of 1.5 million people.

Lin Qi also marveled at the number. Only a country with the Xia Country’s current strength could afford to support so many students.

Other countries simply didn’t have that many people.

This year, over three million Martial Arts Students took the college entrance exams, but less than half of them were admitted to a university.

The other half either switched to liberal arts or sciences to retake the exam, joined the army, or took jobs as independent Martial Artists or security guards.

The Martial Artists who could attend a university were all outstanding among their peers.

The difficulty of fighting one’s way to the top would be unimaginable.

In the video conference, Lu Wei continued her explanation:

"Due to the sheer number of participants, the National Freshman Competition uses a format with preliminaries and a main tournament."

"In the first round of preliminaries, 99% of the contestants will be eliminated. Only the final 1%, or 15,000 people, will advance to the main tournament."

At that moment, everyone in the various dorms of the Azure Sky Sixth Institute gasped again.

The preliminaries eliminated 99% of the people. That was nearly 1.48 million contestants.

This elimination format was simply too cruel.

Lin Qi was also secretly shocked. ’This elimination rate is insane. They’re cutting over a million talented elites in the very first round.’

"Since it’s a competition, there are naturally rewards."

"In the first preliminary round, you will receive a reward of 10,000 Xia Country Coins for every person you eliminate, with a cap of 500,000!"

"In other words, if you successfully eliminate 50 people, you can advance early."

Lu Wei’s words stirred the hearts of many; this could be a great opportunity to make money.

Many were eager to try!

"Our Azure Sky Martial Arts Academy is the number one Martial Arts University in the Xia Country. The school’s expectation for all of you is to pass the preliminaries and enter the main tournament."

"If you don’t want to be laughed at by your fellow students, take the preliminaries seriously. Don’t let your guard down and fail unexpectedly."

"It’s happened in previous years. There are always some unlucky fools who don’t take it seriously," Lu Wei added with a stern reminder.

Whether anyone actually listened was another matter.

Finally, after briefly going over a few more rules, she ended the video conference.

At the same time, Lin Qi saw that Lu Wei had sent him a message on WeChat.

[Lu Wei: Student Lin Qi, there’s another short meeting coming up. You’ll need to enter your Virtual Cabin for it. Just click this link to join.]

Lin Qi, quite curious, copied the link. He then entered his Virtual Cabin and logged into the Red Realm.

In his personal space, he quickly found the conference mode and pasted the link.

VMM!!

In the next instant, the space around him began to shift. His figure was snatched by an invisible hand and pulled into a new space.

When Lin Qi came to his senses, the surrounding scenery had changed. He was now in a massive, tiered lecture hall.

He was already seated.

"Brother Qi!" A moment later, a familiar voice came from his side. It was Jiangtao; he was also in this meeting.

Besides him, there were also Guan Mountain, Guo Heng, Wang Qiufeng, Zhou Xiyin, and Li Zhou, as well as Yu Realm.

They were the top ten students from the Azure Sky Sixth Institute in the individual freshman competition.

Looking at the other areas, students were logging in one after another throughout the lecture hall.

They were basically the top one hundred freshmen from the entire Azure Sky Martial Arts Academy.

"Lin Qi!"

Not far away, Ruan Qian, one of the twins from the Third Institute, waved a greeting. Her older sister, Ruan Language, also nodded at him.

Lin Qi also saw Li Lei, Duan Chuchu, Ao Feng, Huo Wanyang, and other contestants from the various institutes.

When their eyes met, they nodded in greeting.

"Hello, everyone!"

A slender figure was projected onto the stage before everyone’s eyes.

It was a beautiful woman with an intelligent air, wearing a red and white uniform.

She spoke slowly, her words clear and distinct:

"Hello, everyone. I am the counselor for the Tenth Institute. You can call me Teacher Wang."

"The goal of the video conferences held by your respective institutes was to pass the preliminaries."

"However, every student present here today is among the most outstanding geniuses in our Xia Country this year."

"Your goals are naturally different from everyone else’s."

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