"The fight for the top twenty was way too fierce! Even Situ Yan nearly lost!"
"Well, once you reach the top twenty, there are rewards to be had."
"Exactly, those are tangible benefits! And it's the last push. Nobody wants to give up!"
Clearly, even though an hour had passed and lunch was over, plenty of people were still discussing the morning's struggle for the top twenty.
The morning's beast battles had clearly been ferocious.
"What a shame about Liu Pei. First in Huaiyang Province's Provincial Assessment, and still couldn't make the top twenty! These rewards really are hard to get!"
"That's nothing. Forget the top twenty, forget first place in Huaiyang Province. Look how many people couldn't even qualify to advance beyond the top twenty-four in the first knockout round!"
"Dong Muxuan really is strong. If he hadn't run into Pan Xiaoyu, I think he could've competed for a spot in the top twelve!"
"Nothing to be done. That's fate, too. But look at Qin Xiaoxue, Demon City Academy's third-place finisher. Didn't she face two provincial champions in a row? She still cut them both down!"
"The knockout matches are also decided based on the earlier round-robin battles. Qin Xiaoxue didn't draw any more first-place opponents after that. Clearly, she's already been recognized as a potential champion."
"That's different, isn't it? Dong Muxuan's two opponents were Mu Hanchan and Pan Xiaoyu. One was first at Icefield Academy, the other first at South Sea Academy!"
"All right, if we're really comparing luck, who had it worse than Zhou Yuan?"
Clearly, at the mention of the fellow who had run into Su Ping twice in a row, everyone couldn't help laughing.
Over the past few days, the chubby young man had become an internet celebrity.
He also had something of a