Ten Days

The Academy's senior officials exchanged looks when they received Tan Wu's message. No one had expected the affair to grow even bigger. And Tan Wu had come up with quite the devilish idea.

Opening a betting pool in the Academy's name was unprecedented. But on closer thought, it made a certain kind of sense. Academy Points were not created out of thin air. Otherwise, wouldn't that cause inflation? The number of points issued was strictly tied to the Academy's supply of Spirit Stones.

Academy Points were directly linked to Spirit Stones. The Academy increased the number of points only when Spirit Stones came in. For the Academy's senior officials, those points were a substantial source of income. Who could resist that temptation?

In the end, they reached a consensus: the Academy Betting Pool could open. But only points could be wagered, nothing else. Academy Contribution could not be gambled away. That was a matter of principle.

The Academy also promised Huo Hai a reward if he held out for the full ten days. That reward was a promise from the Academy itself: as long as the request lay within its power, Huo Hai could ask it to do anything.

The same promise applied to everyone else. Anyone who defeated Huo Hai and then held the square for ten days could claim the reward too. Of course, only fighters below the Spirit Practitioner Realm could take part. Those who had reached that realm were barred from the event. Otherwise, there was no telling how far things might escalate.

The Academy planned to arrange contests for Spirit Practitioner Realm fighters later. Once the students heard the news, they grew even more frenzied. The struggle for a place became fiercer by the moment. They had to win a slot while saving enough strength