Plenty of people online were also hotly debating the matter.
"I can't believe Xia Ping actually won. That kid's a complete monster," someone remarked. He hadn't thought Xia Ping had any chance of making it into the top four, so the outcome had left him eating his words.
"Please."
Someone sneered. "So what if he made it into the top four? He'll definitely lose in the next match. A trick like that only works once. It won't work again, so don't assume everyone else is an idiot."
He had no sympathy for Xia Ping.
"True. Anyone who makes it into the top four is a freak. They're not easy to deal with."
"Even at full strength, winning a match in the semifinals would be incredibly difficult. And that kid is seriously injured, so he has even less of a chance."
"Whoever runs into Xia Ping in the semifinals will hit the jackpot. They'll practically stroll into the finals."
"Ah, luck is a kind of strength too."
Plenty of people agreed with that view. Xia Ping had practically no chance of winning. Just making it into the top four was already the limit of what he could do.
"But that kid still thinks he can win the championship this time. He's seriously overestimating himself. Does he really think the other Elite Students are all weaklings he can beat whenever he feels like it?"
One Core Student posted online, mocking Xia Ping.
"Exactly. It's about time that kid lost for once."
"Hopefully this loss will make him face reality. He can't keep stirring up trouble all the time."
"Pride comes before a fall. Sometimes even a genius can be so arrogant that he falls before his time."
"I remember another genius who was so arrogant that a king crippled him with a