The Situation!

The second-year students hurried away as soon as lunchtime was over.

The first-year students, however, remained in the cafeteria, as it was now their turn to watch the battle.

Everyone looked at the central screen with great interest.

"I wonder who will win first place, Lin Fan or Fu Wu?"

"Heh, haven't you heard the news?"

Someone asked smugly, feigning mystery as everyone looked at him.

"Don't ask, just know that in a free-for-all with nearly 500 people, surviving to the end won't be easy."

"Hehe, I don't care who wins first place, I just want to see Li Qingshan get trashed!"

This statement immediately resonated with all the first-year students.

"That's right, anyone can win, but Li Qingshan must die!"

"No, killing him with one strike is too easy on him. He needs to suffer the way we did."

"Exactly, he dared to challenge above his level. I'm waiting to see him torn to pieces!"

For a moment, everyone was filled with anticipation.

The door opened, and Zhao Hongzhou accompanied Li Qingshan back to the dorm.

Li Qingshan tilted his head to look at Zhao Hongzhou, raising an eyebrow.

"Aren't you curious?"

The news of him challenging above his level had shocked outsiders, to say the least.

Even Zhong Xian couldn't help but ask about it during lunch, and even Yu Lei and Hong Qian were skeptical.

But Zhao Hongzhou, who was usually so talkative, had remained silent.

"Brother Shan, I was going to ask, but..." Zhao Hongzhou grinned, "I suddenly remembered the scene when we were filling out application forms in class, so I won't ask."

Back in Class 7, everyone had been skeptical of Li Qingshan as well.

But as it turned out, they were all wrong!

"Smart!"

Li Qingshan lightly patted Zhao Hongzhou's shoulder, opened the Virtual Pod, and lay down inside.

In the meeting room, the teachers gradually arrived.

Wan Keshan picked up his teacup again and sat in the front row.

Lu Jing got up to operate the screen projector, but Yuan Hongyan suddenly stood in front of him.

"Old Lu, if you try any tricks this afternoon, don't blame me for being impolite."

In the second-year New Talent Competition, the strongest were undoubtedly Fu Wu and Lin Fan.

If Lin Fan were surrounded by Wuyi's team, it would be truly over.

"What are you talking about? How could I pull any tricks?"

Lu Jing frowned, his face full of righteousness.

"This morning was really just the result of random assignment. Even Old Wan doesn't have any objections!"

As soon as he said that, the other teachers couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Old Lu, come on! Still pretending?"

"If it weren't for Li Qingshan, this trump card, I think Wan Keshan would have skinned you alive this morning."

"Hehe, I really don't have any objections!"

Wan Keshan took a sip of tea, casually spitting out two tea leaves.

"Hey Lu, why don't you try putting Li Qingshan in the middle again? Don't worry, I promise I won't do anything."

Wan Keshan might not care, but Yuan Hongyan couldn't let it go.

Her phoenix eyes glared at Lu Jing menacingly.

Even Lu Jing's thick skin couldn't withstand it, and he could only force a smile.

"Don't worry, it's definitely random, truly random. How about we take a look first?"

As he spoke, his fingers tapped on his communicator.

A hundred projection screens appeared simultaneously, each covering a hundred-meter square area.

The entire platform, ten kilometers on each side, was the second-year's main battlefield.

Figures quickly appeared on the screens, and in the blink of an eye, 495 participating students appeared on the platform together.

All the teachers swiftly scanned the hundred-plus screens, confirming the students' position distribution.

The deployment was still based on schools as teams, because the battlefield was large enough, with each team separated by at least a hundred meters.

It's worth noting that, All ten high schools from Wuyi, a team of over sixty people, were assigned to the upper left corner.

Clearly, Lu Jing was afraid that the morning's events would incite public anger, causing the Wuyi team to be surrounded and attacked.

Besides that, The other three corners were occupied by Luoying, Wuyuan, and Pingshan City, whose strength was second only to Wuyuan.

All four corners were the furthest away from the other teams.

In the free-for-all mode, A remote location meant preserving strength and entering the chaotic battle later.

Yuan Hongyan glanced at it and said nothing more.

Teacher Li sat next to Wan Keshan and whispered:

"Old Lu put Luoying in the lower left corner, probably because of this morning's incident, wanting to apologize to you."

"Who wants his apology?" Wan Keshan raised an eyebrow and said in a muffled voice:

"That Lu guy just likes to mess around. I'd rather he put Li Qingshan in the very center."

"The very center?" Teacher Li frowned, "Being in the lower left corner allows him to drag it out until the end, giving him a chance. Putting him in the very center, even with Li Qingshan's perfected Mystic Steps, he wouldn't be able to last long."

"Hehe, who says he's only perfected it?" Wan Keshan chuckled twice.

Teacher Li's pupils shook, and his eyes gradually widened.

"Are you saying..."

"I don't know, just watch!"

Wan Keshan took a sip of tea and looked up at the screen.

He really didn't know, but he believed Li Qingshan could deliver on his words.

"Old Lu's 'randomness' this time is really interesting!"

In the back row, a teacher sighed with a playful tone, and the other teachers around him simultaneously revealed knowing smiles.

Lu Jing placing the strong teams in the corners seemed justifiable, but undoubtedly treated the students they brought as "practice partners."

However, this was exactly what they wanted.

Wuyi could stick together, and their 60-plus cities could do the same!

Who was the "practice partner" was not yet certain!

Let's see if Fu Wu and Lin Fan could survive to the end under the siege of more than 400 people!

In the battle space, As soon as the ten Wuyi teams landed, they quickly converged towards Fu Wu's location.

In less than half a minute, more than 60 people huddled together, firmly occupying the upper left corner.

They drew their weapons and waited in full battle readiness.

"Something's not right!"

Fu Wu pushed aside the students blocking his way and walked to the front of the team.

The reason they gathered so quickly was because they were afraid of being targeted by other teams due to the morning's events.

But not only were there no pursuers, but all the teams ignored them and instead moved towards the center of the platform.

Even more strangely, some teams were less than 10 meters away from each other, yet they still didn't attack.

This scene made the Wuyi students' hearts hang in the air.

"Senior, they haven't even drawn their swords, what are they trying to do?"

Fu Wu looked at the "harmonious" center of the platform, his brow gradually furrowing.

"They must have discussed it beforehand, preparing to team up!"

"Team up?!"

Their hanging hearts finally died.

Indeed, there was no other explanation besides "teaming up."

But teaming up with more than 400 people?

The crowd looked at the gathering center of the platform and swallowed their saliva.

Once those people gathered, Wuyi would definitely be the first target.

In the upper right corner of the platform, The group of seven from Wuyuan City also noticed something was amiss.

Someone couldn't help but chuckle, "Serves them right, doing so many rotten things in Wuyi. Now Fu Wu's about to get swarmed!"

Lin Fan, however, wasn't happy in the slightest. He said in a low voice, "If Fu Wu dies under a hail of attacks, who do you think will be next?"

The laughter stopped abruptly, and everyone fell silent.

In the lower left corner of the platform, "Fu Wu and Lin Fan are both in trouble!"

Li Qingshan looked relaxed as he gazed into the distance.

With over 400 people banding together, their targets were naturally the strongest, Fu Wu and Lin Fan.

This would undoubtedly alleviate a lot of pressure on him.

"Ahem... Junior, have you forgotten your 'achievements' from this morning?"

Zhong Xian coughed twice, reminding him, "Over 60 cities are teaming up, yet they've excluded Luoying. Have you ever wondered why?"