Several days passed in the blink of an eye.
In the Battle Institute, Su Xian and Li Chen sat side by side in the audience, watching Jianping fight against one of the challengers.
Li Chen's eyes were very calm. He had indeed faced many challenges these past few days, but almost every student was no match for him. He simply used a light blade to shatter them.
It's fair to say there's absolutely no combat experience.
Having fought so many Eerie Monsters, he was afraid that suddenly fighting humans might make him lose control of his energy and kill the challenger.
At this moment Su Xian leisurely spoke up, "Jianping won; these students were too weak."
"A fearless challenge. They believed their strength, gained in a month, was enough to challenge us, but clearly it wasn't."
"It's not just them who are getting stronger; we are all getting stronger."
Li Chen remained silent. They had come to watch the battle not just to see how it was fought, but also to select students who could fight alongside them.
If we include Su Zhe in the Academy Tournament, they are still short two people, and these two are really hard to find.
They had hoped to find a few people from the Special Class, but they all said they didn't want to participate, since their current lineup was too formidable.
Nobody wants to come in and embarrass themselves, especially in front of a national audience.
That's why the two of them are in this helpless situation now.
Li Chen asked, "Isn't Hui Jin participating?"
Hui Jin is actually A Jin; that's just his real name.
Su Xian shook her head, rubbed her forehead helplessly, and said, "That guy said he doesn't want to embarrass himself, so he's not participating."
"The contestants from the Imperial Capital this time are absolutely terrifying."
Li Chen was somewhat puzzled.
"Oh? You've already lost your fighting spirit before the fight even starts?"
Su Xian took out her Student Badge and handed a report to Li Chen.
The trending topic above is: The Imperial Capital Academy has already won the championship. Please look forward to seeing if the Holy Sons and Daughters of the Path of the Kings can defeat the peerless geniuses of other eras and make history by breaking the legend created by those ten people.
Before the fighting even began, both in the Imperial Capital and elsewhere, the victory of the Imperial Capital had already been declared.
Every year is the same; each year they grow stronger, but unfortunately, no academy can bring down this Imperial Capital that hangs high in the sky.
After glancing at it, Li Chen Student Badge, "Speaking of which, what are the Holy Son and Holy Daughter?"
"How come I've never heard of it?"
Su Xian twitched her lips and sighed, "The Holy Sons (and Daughters) are all prodigies nurtured by each of the great families; they are the very individuals on whom the entire clan has staked their power."
"This Academy Tournament is not just about the struggle between colleges, but also about the bets made behind the scenes by every major family."
"When one person takes flight, the entire clan naturally gains the respect of everyone, just like how everyone on the Path of the Kings now possesses extraordinary abilities."
"Undercurrents have already begun to stir; our chances of winning in Canglan are truly slim."
"That's why A Jin is unwilling to go. If his family business sees him going against those people on the field, his backers might lose their support overnight."
At this moment, Li Chen spoke calmly, "Then why do you dare?"
Su Xian smiled wryly, "One of the Holy Sons is from the same family as me... Ji Shao is the same."
"Only you and Jianping are completely unaware of what this all means, otherwise I wouldn't have competed for this Academy Tournament qualification before."
Li Chen's expression didn't change much; he wasn't afraid.
Although he has no family behind him, if we're talking about powerful backers, wouldn't Instructor Yu the Wasteland Realm count? Or the Lone Pass Master at the border crossing?
Su Xian might not know exactly how strong Instructor Yu, but he did.
Moreover, Jianping's background is definitely not weak, otherwise he wouldn't be targeting the Path of the Kings. Ordinary people don't have that kind of courage.
Since everyone dared to participate in this Academy Tournament, they were absolutely not afraid of the forces behind them. Li Chen did not believe in this era.
Can young people truly not overcome capital?
He suddenly realized that, just as he had told Gu Cheng, the Xia Kingdom was now like a human body that had been mostly devoured by maggots.
As the protective layer of the human body, the Lone Pass Master and the others could not leave in person and could only watch helplessly as the body collapsed internally.
Looking at the battle nearing its end, Li Chen said, "Alright... if we really can't find suitable people, then we'll have these few participate."
Just like Instructor Yu said, treat team matches like individual matches.
"We need cooperation, but we also don't need it."
"Just treat them Eerie Monsters from the Withered Sea Realm. We'll just give it our all and leave the rest to fate."
Su Xian pursed his lips. He knew that Li Chen's personality was like that; sometimes things couldn't be forced.
The students at the Canglan Academy are only this strong. Unlike the students in the Imperial Capital, who are selected before entering Imperial Capital Academy Canglan Academy's students are much stronger.
This is why the Imperial Capital has such a powerful presence.
Then a "beep beep beep" sound rang out.
It was Li Chen's Student Badge that lit up. At that moment, his name appeared on the big screen in the Battle Institute, along with another name.
Someone had challenged him, but what surprised Li Chen was...
Someone actually used a betting system.
This is something rarely used in the Battle Institute; it has long been forgotten by others.
But now this challenger has actually used it.
The loser will give the opponent 2000 Study Points.
The names on the Ranking Board will also change as challengers win.
Li Chen's lips curled up slightly; it was rare for someone to bring him to the Study Points.
Actually, he wasn't lacking in Study Points; he was just curious. This challenger was too confident and dared to use this system, which meant he was provoking him.
Li Chen looked at the challenger information on the Student Badge.
[Challenger]
[Qi Hong]
[Looking River Realm]
[Ability: Unknown]
[Current ranking: 21, previously ranked 31]
Su Xian also somewhat surprised; ranked 22nd?
This means that someone in their Special Class has already been defeated by him, but they didn't fight in the Battle Institute, otherwise their abilities wouldn't be unknown. They must have fought privately, and in the end, this challenger won, and the Special Class student transferred the ranking himself.
This was quite normal, but what surprised him was the challenger's courage.
Li Chen simply smiled and teased, "That's interesting."
"However, the battle seems to be tomorrow, and Su Zhe should be coming out of seclusion by now."
"As for the Withered Sea Realm, I didn't expect that guy to be the first to reach that level."