Another bright, sunny day.
At Divine Martial University, the Artistry Pavilion and True Meaning Pavilion, places where students usually streamed in without end, were nearly deserted today.
The vast majority of students stayed in their own villas, watching the battles in Martial Glory.
Today's battles would decide who entered the top hundred, far more thrilling and intense than yesterday's.
Especially the many third- and fourth-year freshmen, who wanted to see just how far Xu Zhiming, the Fame and Fortune Figure of their school, could go!
The second day of the Hundred Nations Genius Tournament.
Only a little over a thousand people remained.
These thousand-odd contestants were all top-tier Heavenly Prides who had ranked near the top in their respective countries that year.
Every one of them enjoyed enormous popularity in their own country.
Of course, many small countries and regions had already been eliminated entirely.
Saitō Rankara had booked Xu Zhiming's match.
She wanted to see just how far this top-hundred Dark Horse Ranking contender could go.
All the spectators held their breath.
Xu Zhiming's opponent was a genius from the White Elephant Country.
"Most geniuses from the White Elephant Country are famous for suicidal fighting styles. I wonder whether this person ranked one hundredth on the Dark Horse Ranking can withstand even one round of attacks!"
"After a full day of analysis, I finally understand why the White Elephant Country does this!"
"The people who use these suicidal fighting methods are all low-caste people from the White Elephant Country. They send them out to test the enemy's strength for the talented people of the higher castes!"
"Holy crap, I went and checked—it really does seem to be true! This country is seriously something else!"
"It's already the Martial Dao era, and they still have a caste system? Don't those