The Competition Begins

The rules for enrollment friendship tournaments were the same in every city.

The enrollment friendship tournament lasted five days.

The first day of the tournament was the class-versus-class competition.

Each class advisor selected a first representative, who would compete against the first representatives from other classes.

They faced off in pairs, and the winners advanced.

Wu City had a total of three hundred awakened classes this year.

On the first day, the representative chosen by each class would fight three matches. After those three matches, the remaining thirty-two class representatives would become the top thirty-two.

On the second day, each of the thirty-two would fight two matches. The winners advanced to the top eight.

The champion would be decided on the third day.

On the fourth day, if other students in a class believed they could defeat their class's first representative, they could issue a challenge. If successful, they would take that person's place in the tournament.

The fifth day was the awards ceremony, when all awakened students chose their preferred universities. Based on the friendship tournament results, the admissions teachers from the four universities could offer generous terms to students they favored, inviting them to join their universities.

Xin Yang arrived at the competition registration desk.

He said to the staff at the desk,

"Hello, I'm the representative from Class 76!"

"Please show me your ID card."

Xin Yang took out his ID card and handed it to the staff member.

The staff worked efficiently.

Very soon, they said to Xin Yang,

"Excuse me, are you Xin Yang from Class 76 of Wucheng No. 2 High School?"

"Yes!"

"Please look at the device."

"Okay."

"Hello, this is your match badge. Please proceed to Arena No. 12. Your match will begin in ten minutes."

"After your match, please return to the registration desk to rest and wait for notice of your next match."

"Okay."

Xin Yang picked up his badge and headed toward Arena No. 12.

All the students from Class 76 began discussing things as they watched the enormous display screen above the stadium.

"Brother Yang, why hasn't he appeared yet?"

"Who knows? What arena is he at?"

"Guys, look! Screen No. 12."

"Brother Yang's information is up."

Arena No. 12

was a desert terrain arena.

Sand and dust filled the air.

Amid cheers from both sides, Xin Yang and the other student stopped twenty meters apart.

The instant their footsteps came to a halt,

the cheering and encouragement around Arena No. 12 fell silent.

All these unawakened students knew it.

The match was about to begin.

The other student looked at Xin Yang and spoke first.

"Hello, classmate. I'm An Jiasen from Class 12 of Wucheng No. 3 High School. Don't worry, I'll go easy on you!"

Even as he said this, the disdain in his tone remained unchanged.

Xin Yang was naturally immune to this kind of trash talk.

He had once been a keyboard warrior in online games. Taunts like this meant nothing to him.

Xin Yang chuckled. "Xin Yang, Class 76 of Wucheng No. 2 High School."

Neither of them spoke loudly, and only the two of them could hear each other.

Thus, the students watching nearby could only see their lips moving.

"What are those two upperclassmen talking about?"

"No idea."

"I really hope they start fighting soon."

Noticing the surrounding students' discussion, An Jiasen no longer intended to waste time with Xin Yang.

He said sharply, "Classmate, then let's settle this with our hands."

"Referee, I'm ready!"

At that moment, the referee of Arena No. 12 asked Xin Yang,

"Student, are you ready?"

Xin Yang nodded, his body tensing slightly.

"Referee, I'm ready too."

"Very well, students."

"I will now announce the rules of the match!"

1. Students must not use lethal spectral skills.

2. Spectral items must not be used.

3. When an opponent surrenders, you must stop immediately. Otherwise, your eligibility for admission this year will be revoked.

4. Do not attack vital areas such as the head or heart.

5. Victory conditions: knock the opponent out of the arena, or have the opponent surrender voluntarily.

"Do either of you have any questions?"

Xin Yang and An Jiasen answered at the same time,

"No questions."

"If there are no questions, the match may now begin."

The match began.

An Jiasen activated his spectral skill.

An Jiasen's hair instantly grew longer,

then swept toward Xin Yang.

An Jiasen's companion specter was the 21120 Long-Haired Specter.

Just as An Jiasen's spectral hair was about to touch Xin Yang,

Xin Yang moved.

Dream Origin activated!

An Jiasen instantly stopped all movement.

His eyes turned vacant.

Xin Yang lunged toward him.

"See you later!"

He kicked An Jiasen squarely in the chest.

The immense force sent An Jiasen flying backward out of the arena.

A fierce burst of cheers erupted from the section where Class 76 was seated.

Some of the boys were even so excited that they "instinctively" hugged the girls beside them.

"Brother Yang is awesome!"

"Fuck, Brother Yang is way too badass."

"The fight ended in less than a minute?"

"That's all the other side had? That's it?"

"Hahahahaha..."

An Jiasen stared blankly at Xin Yang inside Arena No. 12.

He had no idea how he had been thrown out of the arena.

He only felt as though he had seen the principal requesting that the match be paused.

The principal had something important to announce.

But when he came to, not only had the match not been paused,

he had been thrown out of the arena instead.

Xin Yang, standing in Arena No. 12,

cupped his hands in salute.

"Thanks for going easy on me!"

With that, Xin Yang turned and left in a dashing manner.

In Class 76's section,

"Brother Yang's showing off just now was so fresh and refined."

"Liu Tao, I don't think Brother Yang pulled off that show-off very well."

"If it were me, I'd shout in Arena No. 12: 'Had Xin Yang not been born, the human race would have endured eternal night for all ages.'"

The students beside him looked disgusted.

"Psycho."

"Who is this guy? I don't know him. He's not in our class."

After Xin Yang left the arena,

the screen for Arena No. 12 displayed Xin Yang's advancement information.

Advancement time: 42 seconds.

He was the fastest person to advance among all the arenas.

The big shots on the viewing platform

also noticed this.

"This kid is interesting."

Meanwhile, Xin Yang

was stuffing himself at the buffet area by the registration desk.

"Good thing I didn't eat breakfast this morning."

Xin Yang blinked as he asked the staff member beside him,

"Hello, may I ask where the sea cucumbers are?"

"I need to eat one every morning and evening."

"Hello, sir. We don't have sea cucumbers here."

"Alright, what a shame."

"If I ate sea cucumbers, I'd definitely become even stronger."

An hour later,

the latest round of opponent pairings appeared on the big screen.

Only seventy-five people remained this time.

Xin Yang saw that his arena for the latest round was No. 8.

He stood up, wiped his mouth with a napkin,

patted his slightly overstuffed belly,

and headed toward Arena No. 8.

The livestream camera caught Xin Yang leaving the resting area.

The people from Class 76 immediately erupted.

When he arrived at Arena No. 8,

he saw that his opponent was a girl.

The girl wore a fitted black combat outfit.

She politely said to Xin Yang,

"Chen Yanli, Class 15 of Wucheng No. 1 High School. Please instruct me."

"Xin Yang, Class 76 of Wucheng No. 2 High School. Please instruct me."

The match began.

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