Chapter 337: Chapter 337 The Martial Arts Tournament Begins
A grand stage had been set up in the upper house’s central square.
The stage was huge, and the audience seats alone could accommodate thousands of people.
There weren’t many people in the upper house, but each was a powerhouse, and they were all big shots in society.
The upper house’s management leaders had arrived at the tournament’s venue early in the morning. The various university department staff also gathered here, waiting for the tournament to begin.
In the center of the stage, four array mages began setting up an array, preparing for the tournament.
Around nine o’clock in the morning, the new students began to arrive at the center of the square.
The audience stands were divided into sections for the partic.i.p.ating new students to sit down.
Lu Yu followed the group and arrived at the audience, noticing everyone was waiting for the compet.i.tion to start. Everyone was nervous and tried their best to hype themselves up, as the martial arts tournament was essential to their future.
If they could get an outstanding ranking in this tournament, it would greatly help them in their future in the upper house.
The martial arts tournament was considered a performance by the new students. In essence, it was to display their strength to everyone else.
The most important thing was that the university wanted to see the student’s growth rate.
They wanted to know how much each student’s strength could improve in the month, from admission to the upper house to this tournament.
Based on the rate of improvement, they would judge whether a student was outstanding and worthy of being nurtured.
Very quickly, the stage was set.
In the audience stands, Lu Yu and w.a.n.g Meng sat together as they looked at the center of the stage with concentration.
“Brother, I’m afraid that this time won’t be as simple as our last. The compet.i.tion in this tournament will be fierce.”
“Of course, the trial wasn’t really representative of the upper limit of one’s strength after all. It was just to see if you were qualified to enter the place.”
“This time they would be concentrating on testing the upper limit of our strength.”
w.a.n.g Meng nodded in agreement. “That’s right. The test robot was quite limited and didn’t even force you to show off much of your skills. Even the other three geniuses didn’t do much, yet they all destroyed the robot.”
“It seems that this time, each person’s strength will be on full display to the world.”
Lu Yu nodded slightly. “That’s why you have to perform well, w.a.n.g Meng.”
“Don’t worry, brother. I won’t embarra.s.s the club. Besides, you’re the protagonist of this event.”
“Let’s observe the other three geniuses first. I don’t think they’ll be weak.”
w.a.n.g Meng glanced at the three and noticed they were a.s.signed to the front row, where they could observe every student’s performance.
This preferential treatment made w.a.n.g Meng a little uncomfortable.
At that moment, a female instructor wearing a tight skirt and a white top walked onto the stage. She was the host of this tournament.
“h.e.l.lo, everyone and new students.”
“The annual newcomers’ martial arts tournament of Clanorth University’s upper house is about to begin.”
“In this compet.i.tion, everyone will be able to enjoy the valiance of this new batch of students. They will display their strength to their heart’s content on this stage!”
“…”
After a simple opening speech, the host began to introduce the rules.
“The tournament rules are that once the partic.i.p.ants step onto the stage, a ferocious beast will be summoned, starting from the lowest level and slowly going up. The more ferocious beasts you kill, the higher the rank of the new beast that appears.”
“The student with the highest kill level will be in first place!”
“Alright, the tournament begins now!”
The host announced that the tournament had officially begun. She took out a name list and called for the first student to come on stage.
“Let’s welcome our student, Chang Lin, to start the tournament!”
A young man with a young face walked onto the stage. He was nervous but took a deep breath to calm himself down. At the same time, he clenched his fists and was ready for battle.
“The first round of the tournament begins!”
With the host’s announcement, the array in the center of the stage glowed, and a ferocious beast appeared. It was a gray-furred wolf.
“The first beasts to appear are Shadow Blade Grey Wolves. They have sharp blade-like claws and teeth, an innately high attack and defense, but are just a little slow.”
The host explained.
Chang Lin looked at the beast before him and was ready to fight. He had reached his current strength after going through countless battles. So, when he faced the gray wolf, his expression didn’t change as if he were fighting a normal battle.
The strength of a first-level beast was more or less at the level of a silver-ranked cultivator.
This rank was at the peak of the lower house.
However, in the upper house, this was only the beginning.
Immediately after, the two sides clashed in a highly intense battle.
In order to prevent himself from getting injured too early, Chang Lin fought cautiously, so it was a difficult fight.
He was stronger than the gray wolf in front of him and would definitely be able to kill it.
However, he wouldn’t only fight for one round and couldn’t kill the gray wolf in a crushing manner when their difference in strength wasn’t huge.
This was making him anxious. If he uses his skills early, he won’t be able to deal with the ferocious beasts after this; but he would be stuck in a dragged-out battle if he fought without his skills.
This was a great test of the contestant’s combat capabilities. If their overall control in these battles didn’t go well, it would be easy to have a situation where the first two battles go smoothly but crash after that.
Lu Yu carefully a.n.a.lyzed the battle on the field and began to prepare himself.
The three geniuses in the front row were also silent as they looked at the center of the stage.
They didn’t expect the enemies in the first round to be this strong and started to estimate the highest level they could reach.
The first person to enter the arena fought for two rounds before being defeated.
The first round was a silver rank 8 ferocious beast. He had a hard time and used up much of his energy.
In the second round, a silver rank 9 beast took the stage.
He had the strength of a gold rank fighter and could fight well. However, he made a mistake and lost.
Lu Yu quickly a.n.a.lyzed the match. Chang Lin focused too much on future battles and preserved his skills but neglected the enemy in front of him. This ended up consuming a lot of his energy for no reason.
Lu Yu knew that he would instead think about eliminating the enemy before him, not the battle that would follow.
In a compet.i.tion like this, the later one enters the stage, the greater the benefits. Lu Yu looked at his number, which seemed to be after the three geniuses.
This was good for Lu Yu, as it gave him enough time to observe and think.
The host began announcing a few more contestants to take the stage.
“Everyone, the next person to come on stage is our student, Cai Hao. Please give him a round of applause!”