One Minute

"After you're done, wait for me here. I'll come find you."

After greeting Chen Mobai, Shi Jingjing spoke to Cao Yaling, who nodded gently and stood quietly in place.

"She doesn't talk much. If you're eliminated early, can you wait until she finishes?"

After Shi Jingjing left, she suddenly came to Chen Mobai's side, pointed at Cao Yaling, and asked her to do something.

"OK."

Chen Mobai readily agreed.

After all, as the top scorer in this College Entrance Exam at Immortal Sect Fifth High School, he naturally considered himself their team leader.

It is their duty to take care of their teammates.

Before long, groups of two or three students reached the summit.

Chen Mobai saw his opponent.

The Betting Odds Network provided by Shi Jingjing had photos and information about everyone, which he looked up and memorized.

"Very strong Qi and Blood."

Cao Yaling had somehow walked up to Chen Mobai's side and also saw Qiao Xingwen. She raised her hand to adjust her glasses, and her eyes behind the lenses sparkled as if she had seen something. She gave a gentle hint.

"Aren't you usually quiet?"

"If she were here, I wouldn't say anything."

Upon hearing this, Chen Mobai looked the girl, who wore round-framed glasses and appeared quite delicate and quiet, up and down, feeling utterly bewildered.

"The meridians in three of his right fingers are 30% wider than the other two, which may indicate that he has practiced a spell similar to ' Spirit Bullet '."

Cao Yaling continued speaking to herself, raising her right hand and extending her three slender, fair fingers to Chen Mobai.

"Thanks."

After a long silence, Chen Mobai managed to utter two words to this inexplicable female classmate.

Although he felt he could easily defeat Qiao Xingwen even without this intelligence, Cao Yaling had meant well, so he could only express his gratitude.

"My Spiritual Eye are not yet fully developed, so I can only see this much."

"That's enough. It seems Shi Jingjing has also cultivated your Spiritual Eye."

"Yes, my master is also her father. We have similar Spirit Root Attribute and cultivate the same techniques."

"So, between the two of you, whose Spiritual Eye is more powerful?"

Cao Yaling hesitated for a moment, then shook her head, without giving a direct answer.

However, Chen Mobai already knew the answer: she was the more capable one. It turned out that she was the most capable female student in this year's Immortal Sect Fifth High School.

"The two students whose names I am about to call out, please come up to the stage."

Just then, a cultivator dressed in the uniform of a teacher from the Vermillion Cinnabar Academy flew to the newly cleared stone arena at the center of the peak. Holding a match schedule for the day, he spoke softly, yet his voice clearly reached the ears of all the students and onlookers on the peak.

"I'm going up now, I'll be right down, you just stay here."

Chen Mobai stood up from the long stone bench. The first match on this stage was between him and Qiao Xingwen.

He originally planned to finish quickly because he had made an appointment with Chan Si and Shen Juanxiu yesterday to explore Vermillion Cinnabar Academy and then treat them to lunch to thank them properly.

However, since he had promised Shi Jingjing to take care of Cao Yaling, he, as the leader of the Immortal Sect Fifth High School, would not go back on his word.

The main problem is that neither Chan Si nor Shen Juanxiu have arrived yet.

It's a pity we didn't get to see his heroic figure quickly defeating his opponent.

"Chen Mobai from the Fifth High School."

"Qiao Xingwen from the Third High School."

Just then, the teacher from the Vermillion Cinnabar Academy on the arena called out the names of the two opponents in the first match.

The two immediately used Levitation Technique to land on the platform and exchanged a glance.

"The rules are all clear, right? Only spells and a specified number of Talisman of a certain rank are allowed."

After the referee finished speaking, Chen Mobai and Qiao Xingwen both nodded slightly. The latter had a square face, a buzz cut, and a tall, upright posture with a sharp and capable demeanor, making him appear very powerful.

"Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer against Qi Cultivation Level 6, a crushing defeat."

"It's more like a welfare bureau; this first event is just to warm things up."

"In today's arena, Qiao Xingwen's strength is estimated to be among the top five."

"Luckily, I wasn't the one who got selected; Qiao Xingwen got in through a special admission process."

Despite the distracting noises around him, Qiao Xingwen couldn't help but smile, even though he had been tempered in the army.

Today, he is the protagonist.

He extended his right thumb and little finger, following the pre-designed tactics. He first used his two weakest Spirit Bullet to test the effectiveness of his opponent's Talisman. Once his opponent's trump cards were fully exposed, he would then use his three strongest Spirit Bullet to finish them off in one strike.

My opponent in the first round is only at the Qi Cultivation Level 6. I'm afraid he can't even make me use Talisman.

Full of confidence, Qiao Xingwen made his move.

One minute later.

Everyone in the audience gaped, their faces filled with disbelief.

That's it?

Or was he trained in the military? Chen Mobai looked at his unconscious opponent and couldn't help but shake his head. He then turned to look at the referee, who had just stepped off the stage and hadn't even had a chance to sit down and have a drink of water.

"Yes, Chen Mobai won the first round."

The teacher flew onto the stage, checked that Qiao Xingwen had indeed lost his fighting ability and was unconscious, and announced the result very decisively.

After bowing to the teacher, Chen Mobai landed below the arena, ignoring the shocked gazes of hundreds of people around him, and leisurely walked to the long stone bench where he had been sitting.

Cao Yaling was indeed very obedient; she listened to him and stood still without moving an inch.

Of course, the main reason is that he was too fast.

"You..."

Cao Yaling parted her cherry lips slightly, wanting to say something, but she didn't know how to say it.

"If I remember correctly, you are in the third match, and it will be your turn soon. Have you observed your opponent? What tricks did your Spiritual Eye see? I am quite good at Spell Duel, so tell me and I can help you devise a strategy."

Chen Mobai felt that as the team leader, he not only had to take care of his classmates off the field, but also needed to leverage his experience gained from his advanced studies in the Sky River Realm in terms of Spell Duel techniques and actual fighting.

"No need. He's just an ordinary person at the Qi Cultivation Level 6. My chances of winning are 98%."

Cao Yaling adjusted her glasses, glanced at a boy with a bowl cut not far away, and spoke calmly but with great confidence.

"Alright then, I hope that all of our students can advance in the first round, so as not to let down our alma mater."

Chen Mobai's words made Cao Yaling roll her eyes.

This guy is so young, where did he learn his bureaucratic manners from?

Half an hour later, Shi Jingjing arrived.

"Why are you so slow? I had things to do this morning."

Chen Mobai was somewhat dissatisfied with Shi Jingjing's speed.

"You were eliminated quickly, of course. My opponent somehow got hold of a set of tortoise shield Talisman and defended against me for a full ten minutes, almost forcing me to use a first-grade high-quality Talisman."

Chen Mobai was too lazy to refute, because Chan Si and Senior Sister Fu had just sent him a message saying they would be arriving soon.

"I'm returning the person to you as is. I have to go now."