As everyone chatted, another change occurred on the field.
The previously rigidly disciplined Jianzhong formation suddenly split into several squads and strode toward City Key High School and District Key High School.
Like steel blades drawn from their sheaths, they made no effort to hide their edge, as though they meant to cleave the City Key High School and District Key High School formations in two.
Several City Key High Schools, including Ninth High School, a District Key High School, sent people forward. They stood face-to-face at bayonet distance, seemingly chatting and laughing, but their gazes were all razor-sharp.
"What's this supposed to be?" Meng Chao asked, puzzled.
"This is an old custom too. After the Mind Test, the district distributes final-sprint cultivation resources to every school according to their rankings. So the competition between high schools is fierce as well. These are the top powerhouses from each school showing off their might, trying to strike at everyone else's minds!"
A Rocket Class student explained, "Most of these fierce guys come from wealthy families. They've cultivated Mind Secret Techniques since childhood and bathed every day in the blood of monsters, even super beasts. They reek of ferocious beasts. When their aura erupts, they really can duel with bayonets through their eyes!"
Sure enough, after the top experts from each high school "chatted and laughed" for a while, someone would always let out a muffled groan, turn pale, and admit defeat.
However, the losers were usually the top students from other schools. As for Jianzhong's students, the overlords, they strutted back to their formation with their heads held high.
Meng Chao was a little dumbfounded. "They can do that? The schools and the Education Bureau don't care?"
"Dragon City is a lone army in another world, with resources in extreme scarcity.