"Shameless! They've actually gotten the Academic Affairs Office involved, using its rules to pressure us?!"
"If they claim they have no connections or that nothing shady is going on, no one will believe them."
"It takes five thousand points just to investigate the evidence. Do they really think we're idiots?"
"They're obviously just looking for an excuse to shut us up. What a vicious trick."
"If this isn't throwing their weight around to bully people, then what is?"
The Cloud Sky Realm students were all furious and frustrated, but they dared not voice their anger. The school had already issued an administrative order, and anyone who dared to stir up trouble would certainly face punishment.
For the freshmen, this was a powerful deterrent. No one dared disobey, though none of them was truly convinced.
"I get it now."
A student suddenly had a flash of insight. "No wonder the school's being so firm this time. They aren't even worried about us investigating. Think about it: this Freshman Ranking Tournament was decided entirely by points. Two hundred thousand students fought one another, with each person battling fifty times. Whoever had the most points won."
"The problem is, they could still rig things behind the scenes."
"If that bastard Xia Ping bribed the school administrators and got the Optical Brain to deliberately match him against weaker students, then of course he'd win every single match."
Some students who had fought Xia Ping heard that they'd been matched against him because they were weak, and their faces darkened. But with so many people around, they didn't dare say a word.
Other students heard this and immediately caught on, shouting, "That's right! You're absolutely right. I never thought of that. No wonder the strongest freshmen in our year, Xiao Yixuan and Su Ji, ended