Generous Rewards

Jiang Mu stroked his chin and said in a low voice.

No one knew his daughter better than he did.

She looked cool and detached, as though nothing truly mattered to her, but in truth, she was exceptionally proud.

If she were defeated by a student from the same school... her mindset would probably explode!

Meanwhile, unlike Jiang Mu's concern, Zhang Haoran was faintly excited.

As the principal of Muyang Third Middle School, he naturally hoped his school would produce as many geniuses as possible.

"Qin Chen..."

Zhang Haoran was no stranger to that name.

The first time he had heard it was on Awakening Day, when his school had produced a student with a Star Energy Aptitude of only one point—something not seen in a hundred years.

There was no way he could have missed news like that.

The second time he heard the name was not long ago, when word came that Qin Chen had defeated Li Meng.

He knew of Li Meng; rather, he knew all the students with relatively good talent.

Back then, he had already been quite surprised that Qin Chen could defeat Li Meng.

After that, he had begun paying attention to Qin Chen, and Qin Chen had truly entered his field of vision.

Originally, he had thought Qin Chen was only a little stronger than Li Meng, but now it seemed...

That was not the case!

He did not understand how someone with a Star Energy Aptitude of only one point had reached this stage.

But he did not care about that.

All he knew was that Qin Chen had given him a huge surprise.

"Let's see how this kid performs going forward. If he can..."

"Then giving him a bit of support wouldn't be out of the question!"

Very soon, an hour passed.

That familiar voice rang out across the Training Ground once more.

"The rest period is over! Next comes the second round of elimination matches!"

"The elimination matches will follow a two-into-one format. Contestants will fight in pairs; the winner advances, while the loser is eliminated!"

"With every round you advance, the level of benefits you receive will rise another tier!"

"The Elite Class Top 32 will receive 50,000 Star Coins and ten bottles of Body Tempering Fluid each month!"

"The Top 16 will receive 80,000 Star Coins and fifteen bottles of Body Tempering Fluid each month!"

"The Top 8 will receive 100,000 Star Coins and twenty bottles of Body Tempering Fluid each month!"

"The Top 4 will receive 150,000 Star Coins and thirty bottles of Body Tempering Fluid each month!"

"The Runner-up will receive 300,000 Star Coins and fifty bottles of Body Tempering Fluid each month!"

"The Champion will receive 500,000 Star Coins and one hundred bottles of Body Tempering Fluid each month!"

"Hiss!!!"

The instant those words fell, sharp gasps rang out across the Training Ground.

Disbelief filled everyone's faces as they wondered whether they had just misheard.

"Th-this... aren't these benefits a little too generous?"

A student could not help swallowing, his voice trembling.

The next moment, an enormous uproar erupted throughout the Training Ground and even the spectator stands.

Every discussion was about the outrageous benefits offered by the Elite Class.

Even for the lowest tier, the Top 32, if one bottle of Body Tempering Fluid was valued at 3,000 Star Coins, then converting everything into Star Coins came to a full 80,000 Star Coins.

Eighty thousand Star Coins might seem like very little, and for the families of powerful Martial Artists, it truly was.

But for an ordinary family, it was a figure they would not even dare dream of.

Most importantly, this was only the monthly benefit.

Not a year's worth!

If they received 80,000 Star Coins every month, that would be 960,000 in a year—nearly a million Star Coins. What an astonishing sum!

Everyone knew that Muyang Third Middle School must have made a huge commitment in establishing the Elite Class, so the benefits certainly would not be poor.

But they truly had not expected them to be this good.

Spending more than four million, nearly five million Star Coins a month on these students—one could only say they had real nerve!

On the Training Ground, countless students who had failed to advance beat their chests and stomped their feet when they heard of these benefits, their faces full of regret.

If only they had held on a little longer just now—what a bitter regret!!

Yet there were also some students whose expressions did not change at all, most of them having advanced into the top thirty-two.

These students all had one thing in common: their family circumstances were quite good.

What was a huge amount of Star Coins to ordinary people was nothing much in their eyes.

Take Jiang Ruohan, for instance. Even the Champion's reward was nothing special to her.

In the roughly ten days since her awakening, she had already used more than a hundred bottles of Body Tempering Fluid.

Backed by a consortium worth tens or even hundreds of billions, she truly did not think much of this amount of Star Coins.

But just because she did not care did not mean no one else did.

For example, Qin Chen's eyes were currently wide open, clear light flashing repeatedly within them.

"500,000 Star Coins! And a hundred bottles of Body Tempering Fluid!"

"Body Tempering Fluid is useless to me. I can exchange it for Star Coins when the time comes!"

"At market price, that's a full 800,000 Star Coins!"

Even if he might not get that much by selling them, it was still enough to make his heart pound.

A fierce gleam burst from Qin Chen's eyes.

The Champion title was his for the taking!

Even Jesus himself could not snatch it away!

"Next, we will randomly match the battle opponents!"

The Host's voice rang out. Immediately afterward, the enormous pale-blue screen above the Battle Platform in the center of the venue began to shift.

The names of the thirty-two students scrolled across it like a turbulent current.

A breath later, the churning screen abruptly froze. At the same time, the names were paired off and arranged vertically.

"The vertical arrangement represents the order of battle. Now, the first pair—Wang Qiang and Li Ming—please come onto the stage!"

As soon as he finished speaking, two students stepped out from the crowd.

They looked at each other, and fierce sparks seemed to erupt in the air between them.

As long as they defeated the other, the resources they could obtain would rise by an entire tier.

Before long, the two arrived on the platform. At a command, they instantly shot forward and charged at each other.

Qin Chen sat by the side of the field, his gaze lowered, not even looking at the two onstage.

The two onstage were only at Body Tempering Layer Two. Their strength simply was not enough to interest him.

He might as well carefully plan how to spend the Champion's reward once he got it.

As for whether he could win the Champion title?

Sorry!

That was a declarative sentence, not a question!

Among the sixteen pairs, his was the fifteenth. It would not be his turn anytime soon.

Who knew how much time passed before waves of cheers suddenly rang out around him.

Qin Chen raised his eyes and looked over, only to see an incomparably beautiful girl standing on the Battle Platform. Her long black hair fluttered in the air, and a faint, cool aura radiated from her entire body.

"Goddess Ruohan, go!"

"You're the best!!"

The corner of Qin Chen's mouth twitched slightly. It seemed that no matter where one went, there would always be a certain kind of animal.

Qin Chen looked toward the platform and glanced at Jiang Ruohan a few times.

She really was quite pretty.

But he had no interest whatsoever!

Women would only be stumbling blocks on his path to becoming the strongest in martial arts!

Standing on the platform, Jiang Ruohan felt the boisterous atmosphere around her, yet her eyes showed not the slightest ripple.

She was already used to such scenes.

Even before awakening, her popularity at school had been no less than anyone else's, let alone now.

Suddenly, Jiang Ruohan seemed to think of something, and her gaze could not help drifting Below the Stage...

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