After defeating this opponent, Yang Sheng heard the system notification sound in his mind.
[Congratulations, Great Wild Boar, on defeating an opponent above your tier. You will receive double progress rewards, as well as a bonus reward for the Quick Victory Medal.]
The moment the announcement ended, Yang Sheng saw his tier information flash.
It changed from Silver Ninth Stage to Silver Eighth Stage.
That surprised Yang Sheng a little.
From his previous battles in the Stellar Martial Arts Match System, he knew how difficult ranking up was.
He had never expected that defeating someone an entire tier above him would grant so much progress at once.
For Yang Sheng, this was an unexpected bonus.
He could use today's competition to raise his rank quickly.
After all, hardly anyone at China Martial Arts University was in the silver tier. Even among the freshmen, the vast majority were in the gold tier, and some had already reached the diamond tier.
And this China Martial Arts University Cup used a local network.
That meant he could only fight opponents whose tiers were clearly higher than his.
If he queued on his own through the global network, things would be different.
The highest-ranked opponent he could match with would be no higher than Silver Third Stage.
That would not help him advance very quickly.
With that thought, Yang Sheng clicked Ready.
Below the stage, very few people were paying attention to Yang Sheng's battles.
Everyone's attention had been drawn to Yang Bing, Wang Rui, and the others.
Yang Bing's first opponent was Wang Rui.
As the strongest students from Shanghai City and Qingzhou, respectively, they were formidable.
Their duel was clearly on a much higher level than the other matches.
During the few days since arriving at the university, Wang Rui