Chapter 38: Initial Compet.i.tion
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Three days later.
The eastern outskirts of West Cloud City became unprecedentedly bustling.
Ever since last year, they had been promoting and planning. Today, the martial artist compet.i.tion on West Cloud Planet had finally officially begun. Not only did it attract all the martial artists on West Cloud Planet, but it also attracted the other martial artists from the surrounding administrative galaxies and many martial artists from the surrounding kingdoms.
Just the total number of martial artists partic.i.p.ating in the compet.i.tion had already surpa.s.sed 30,000. As for the audience who had come to watch the compet.i.tion, they had roughly estimated that it had already surpa.s.sed 200,000. This was truly an extremely rare large-scale event on West Cloud Planet in the past decade.
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The West Cloud Star’s government placed an abnormal importance on this Martial Artist Compet.i.tion. This time, they mobilized an incomparably large amount of resources and even applied for administrative support from the federation government. This was to ensure that this compet.i.tion would smoothly proceed and end successfully.
One had to know that the West Cloud Planet had actually invited two Star-Grade Martial Artists in one go this time. Among them, Norman was even invited from the Phezzan Autonomous Region. The price paid could be imagined.
It was also because of the appearance of these two Star-Grade Martial Artists that so many martial artists signed up to partic.i.p.ate in the martial artist compet.i.tion.
Apart from the high rewards provided by the West Cloud Planet’s government, attracting the attention of two Star-Grade Martial Artists was something that many partic.i.p.ating martial artists dreamed of.
“Even if Supremacy Mu Yutong doesn’t take me as his disciple, it’s good that he took a fancy to me and casually guided me.”
As soon as he got out of the car, another partic.i.p.ant named Afashenko from West Cloud Academy who was walking beside Chu Nan glanced at the bustling crowd and could not help but sigh.
Chu Nan glanced at him and thought to himself that his future had already been sentenced to death by Mu Yutong. He did not need to have unrealistic fantasies like Afashenko.
However, he still had a clear goal in partic.i.p.ating in the martial arts compet.i.tion this time.
In front of Zheng Yuanlin, he had solemnly expressed that he wanted to win the championship of his team so that Mu Yutong could recommend him the qualifications to enter Star Cloud Academy.
In addition, according to the rules of this compet.i.tion, if he was able to obtain the champion of the martial artist group under the age of 20, he would obtain the reward of 300,000 federation coins given by the West Cloud Planet’s government!
Just this point was enough for him to work hard to win the championship.
One had to know that his parents were only a pair of ordinary farmers on the West Cloud Planet. The income from hard farming for a year combined could not even reach 100,000 federation coins.
If he could win this reward, it would undoubtedly make his parents feel much more relaxed.
Of course, it was not so easy to win the championship.
According to the reports, there were more than 30,000 martial artists partic.i.p.ating in the martial artist compet.i.tion this time. Because of the information that Supremacy Mu Yutong had revealed, there were even more young martial artists partic.i.p.ating in the group compet.i.tion below the age of 20. In fact, nearly half of them were partic.i.p.ating, which meant that there were more than 10,000 people.
This point was fully verified after Chu Nan signed up to partic.i.p.ate in a compet.i.tion below the age of 20 and discovered that the number he obtained was 12333.
“12333? What a pity, we’re not in the same region. I can’t let you taste my fist as soon as possible.” A voice filled with hatred sounded beside Chu Nan.
Chu Nan turned around and looked at the person in front of him who had the same vicious gaze. He deliberately glanced at the other party’s lower body and smiled.
“What? Luo Li, you’ve only recovered for less than two days, and you want to be crippled again?”
Luo Li could not help but clench his legs tightly before letting out a m.u.f.fled groan. He hurriedly released his grip and stared at Chu Nan.
“Kid, don’t be complacent too early. I admit that I underestimated you last time, but I’m already serious now. Just wait and escape for your life!”
After saying that, Luo Li’s gaze swept past Chu Nan’s lower body. He sneered and turned around to leave.
Seeing that he had walked far away, Afashenko, who had been watching the show by the side, sneered and said with a dissatisfied expression, “What qualifications does this kid have to be arrogant? If not for the backing of the Luo family, he wouldn’t even have the qualifications to partic.i.p.ate in a different compet.i.tion.”
Luo Li had been insta-killed by Chu Nan in the first round of the qualifiers and thus lost his qualifications.
If it was an ordinary student, he clearly could not represent West Cloud Academy in this martial arts compet.i.tion.
However, Luo Li completely healed his injuries in a short few days and obtained the special recommendation spot given by the West Cloud Academy to partic.i.p.ate.
All of this was naturally because he had the huge figure of the Luo family behind him.
Compared to Luo Li, who came from a martial arts family, Chu Nan and the two ordinary students were undoubtedly far inferior in this aspect.
In order to prepare for this martial arts compet.i.tion, the West Cloud Planet’s government had opened up more than a thousand temporary combat arenas in the eastern outskirts of West Cloud City.
Most of the combat arenas were actually very simple and crude. It was only an ordinary venue. There were no other facilities. Even the audience seats were not specially set.
Among them, only a total of 15 combat arenas were complete. However, they were all arranged for relatively popular compet.i.tions. Among the compet.i.tors, there were already some famous martial artists from the West Cloud Star or the surrounding galaxies.
Chu Nan was clearly not one of them.
After registering, he was quickly arranged to fight in the first round.
Because he was partic.i.p.ating in other compet.i.tions below the age of 20, the opponent Chu Nan was a.s.signed to was only a teenager.
When he had just gone on stage, this young martial artist carrying the number 10389 was still a little nervous.
However, after seriously sizing Chu Nan up, he suddenly smiled proudly.
“Ha, West Cloud Academy is really getting worse year by year. Even a guy like you who looks like a rookie can be sent out to be a student representative. Looking at you, you must have gotten the recommendation spot through the back door, right? Didn’t the adults in your family tell you that martial artists can get injured in fights?”
After saying this, he laughed wildly with a look of disdain.
Chu Nan could not help but shake his head.
Among the second-grade representatives, only Luo Li could partic.i.p.ate through connections.
However, Luo Li was a true fifth-stage Overlord Body Martial Artist, so how could he be so easy to deal with?
He could not be bothered to waste his breath on the other party and turned to look at the referee.
The referee lowered his head to look at the time. After confirming that it was already time for the first round of the martial arts compet.i.tion to begin for those below the age of 20, he gestured to the two of them at the same time.
“Kid, go back and drink milk!”
The opponent grinned and stepped on the ground, rushing towards Chu Nan.
Seeing his actions, Chu Nan frowned slightly.
This guy’s movements were loose and his posture was full of mistakes. Not to mention that he was almost flawless like Chu Nan and could even unleash nearly 100% of his physical strength, he was basically not much stronger than ordinary people who did not practice martial arts.
At this level, he dared to register to partic.i.p.ate in the martial arts compet.i.tion?
Seeing that his opponent was about to pounce in front of him, Chu Nan slightly turned around and kicked.
“Ah—”
His opponent let out an earth-shattering scream and fell to the ground like a wooden log. He covered his lower body with both hands and curled up in pain.
Chu Nan squatted down expressionlessly. He picked up his opponent’s collar, dragged him to the edge of the field, and threw him out.
The referee and the few audience members looked at Chu Nan in shock and did not react for a long time.
It was not until Chu Nan reminded the referee that he swallowed his saliva with difficulty and raised his hands to announce.
“The compet.i.tion… has ended. The winner…” At this point, the referee lowered his head to confirm the match schedule in his hand, “Contestant 12333, Chu Nan.”