"Yeah, but the difficulty lies in running into Xu Jintang and her group of senior students."
"Experiencing a little setback early on isn't necessarily a bad thing, hahaha."
As the leaders chatted and laughed, the battle on the field intensified.
Led by Xu Jintang, all the pursuers focused their attention on Song Tianqi alone. No matter how strong he was, he was already struggling to keep up.
Others wanted to help, but were afraid of getting themselves involved, so they didn't dare to act too ruthlessly.
A moment later, Xu Jintang curled her lips into a smile, grabbed Song Tianqi by the collar, forcefully pulled him up from the ground, and then slammed him down.
With a loud "bang," Song Tianqi was slammed to the ground without any resistance, letting out a groan of pain. "Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!"
A notification sound rang out simultaneously on the field, "Beep--"
The first escapee is out.
The other pursuers attacked even more fiercely, scattering the fleeing individuals like headless flies in all directions.
Unbeknownst to them, the ice layer quietly spread to the entire venue.
Xu Jintang slightly raised his hands, and the ice layer that had covered the entire ground instantly pierced out, producing sharp icicles.
The fleeing people, preoccupied with their escape, tripped over their own feet, and several fell to the ground on the spot.
Yan Yuting, who had been hiding in the back waiting for an opportunity, also seized the chance to charge forward.
"Brother Xue!"
Xue Zhongqi was running towards the edge of the field when an ice spike suddenly appeared under his feet and tripped him.
Just as he was about to stand up, Yan Yuting suddenly flew over from behind.
"No, no, no!" Xue Zhongqi had just stood still when he ran off, waving his hands. "Let me go."
Yan Yuting drew the Wind Shadow Whip from his waist and lashed it at Xue Zhongqi's waist with a "snap".
Xue Zhongqi, who had originally wanted to run away, was forcibly pulled back.
Before he could even use his superpower, Yan Yuting touched his body.
The notification sounded again:
"Drop--"
"The second escapee is eliminated."
Immediately afterwards, Yu Wanyao and Mu Guang also began to make their move.
With their combined efforts, the three more escapees were quickly captured.
With only two minutes left in the game, only four escapees remained who hadn't been caught.
Jiang Shiyi crossed her arms in front of her, leaned against the guardrail, and surveyed the entire scene with a completely expressionless face.
Yan Zitao had the same expression, his hands on the guardrail, a grin on his face, seemingly eager to try.
The new students they were mentoring were shielded in the middle.
Unless you break through their defenses first, you won't be able to touch the new students at all.
The pursuers exchanged glances and quickly gave up. "Forget it, neither of them can take down these two."
Even Xu Jintang took the initiative to lean to the side to rest.
Others dared not even dream of it.
Jiang Yingxue hid behind Xu Jintang and whispered, "Senior, are those two over there really that powerful? I don't see anyone going to catch them."
Xu Jintang glanced at her out of the corner of his eye, "Their combined abilities would probably rank in the top 5% at our military academy."
Jiang Yingxue's eyes widened. "So strong."
The other younger students around them also looked on in astonishment upon hearing this.
At this point, the game time has entered its final countdown.
After the ten-second countdown ended, Zhuang Silin announced the end of the game.
"Eight groups of escapees were caught in this round. The game is over, and these eight groups will be disqualified from further competition."
Eight groups of people have once again disappeared from the score ranking list.
Currently, only twelve groups remain to be eliminated.
Song Tianqi, who was eliminated in this round, sighed, "Alas, I can only watch the show now."
Xue Zhongqi leaned close to him, "Together, together."
"The game is nearing its end. Let's relax a bit now. The final round of eliminations will be decided by drawing lots."
Zhuang Silin raised her hand and waved it, and a new light screen immediately appeared in front of her.
The names of the twelve teams still present were displayed on the light screen.
"Next, please welcome Xu Jintang and Jiang Yingxue, who are currently ranked first, to the stage. You two will participate in this round of the elimination draw."
The eyes of the crowd, who had been watching the spectacle, all turned to Xu Jintang and his companion.
Wow, that's incredibly lucky! I actually made it onto the stage to participate in the elimination round.
"What do you mean? Are you letting those two decide who gets eliminated? Isn't that a bit unfair?"
"That's unlikely; there are probably other restrictions or rules in place."
Under the watchful eyes of the entire audience, Xu Jintang led Jiang Yingxue slowly onto the stage.
Jiang Yingxue lowered her head slightly and followed behind on stage with a restrained air.
Seeing the two women stand still, Zhuang Silin began explaining the elimination rules for this round, "Although the two of them will decide who is eliminated this round, to be fair, we will conduct this round of the game by blind selection."
"Once the game begins, the names of all remaining players will randomly flash and pop up. Xu Jintang and his partner will face away from the screen and blindly choose their names. When they each shout 'Stop,' the randomly popped-up names on the screen will freeze, and that team will be eliminated."
Someone asked, "So, are those two also among those who will be eliminated in this round?"
"Of course." Zhuang Silin nodded, then turned to Xu Jintang and the other person, "You two be prepared, they might call your own names."
The audience was initially marveling at Xu Jintang and his companion's good fortune.
After hearing this, they immediately started watching the spectacle.
"Hilarious! I thought they both advanced directly, turns out they might be eliminated too."
"If they were to eliminate themselves later, that would be pretty terrible."
Jiang Yingxue was a little dumbfounded, "Could we ourselves be eliminated?"
"Well, let's leave it to fate." Xu Jintang rolled up his sleeves, pulled her around, and turned their backs to the light screen. "We're ready."
Zhuang Silin raised her hand and made a gesture.
The list of people on the light screen immediately began to flash randomly.
"It's already started, who wants to go first?" Zhuang Silin gestured to Xu Jintang that they could get ready.
Xu Jintang raised his hand, "I'll go."
The list on the screen behind her flashed rapidly, making it impossible for the audience to see clearly, thus preventing cheating.
Xu Jintang, with his back to the light screen, paused for about ten seconds before suddenly speaking, "Stop."
The flickering light screen froze instantly.
The first group of names has been revealed: [ Wang Yuze, Sun Yuyu ]
The two chosen individuals immediately deflated.
"I give up, I finally made it to this round."
"Just a little bit more."
The others who had been watching the spectacle also became nervous.
Jiang Yingxue also held her breath nervously.
The light screen displaying names started flashing again, and this time it was Jiang Yingxue's turn to call a halt.
She swallowed hard, took several deep breaths to calm herself down, and then raised her hand to call out, "Stop."
The flashing of the light curtain stopped.
The names are displayed above: [ Yan Zitao, Wang Li ]
Yan Zitao, who was watching the commotion, was speechless.
The junior student beside him sighed softly, "What a pity, we finally made it to this round."
After Jiang Yingxue shouted "Stop!", she quickly turned around to look at the screen. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that the names on the screen were not hers or her senior's.
Immediately afterward, she realized what had happened, jumped up excitedly, and hugged Xu Jintang, "Senior! We made it into the top ten! And we're number one!"
Xu Jintang gently patted her shoulder, "Calm down, calm down."
With this, the welcome games at the freshman ceremony officially came to an end.
Zhuang Silin began announcing the scores and rankings of each group in turn. "First place, Xu Jintang and Jiang Yingxue's duo. Second place Yu Wanyao..."
One group of names after another was announced.
The team members whose names were called all stood up straight, feeling a sense of pride and triumph.
"This concludes the welcome games for this year's freshmen ceremony. We wish all freshmen a pleasant and fulfilling military academy experience in the days to come." After saying this, Zhuang Silin went to the judges' table and asked, "Do any of you have anything else to say to the freshmen?"
Miao Mingzhi smiled and waved his hand, then stood up and said, "Let them play by themselves, we won't waste everyone's time."
The other leaders also stood up and followed Miao Mingzhi off the stage.
Only after watching Miao Mingzhi and the other leaders leave did the freshmen and upperclassmen below the stage begin to celebrate excitedly.
"Aaaaaah! We're in the top ten!"
"So the rewards for the top ten are particularly generous?"
"I don't know yet, but Leikedasi's reward can't be bad, right? Looking forward to it, hahaha."
Jiang Yingxue calmed down a little.
She looked at Xu Jintang with adoration, her eyes sparkling, "Senior, thank you for helping me get first place!"
To be honest, when she first chose Xu Jintang, she really just thought that this senior might be easy to get along with.
The result was such a big surprise for her.
"It's nothing," Xu Jintang waved his hand. "Your potential for this ability is quite good. Keep practicing, and you'll be fine in the future."
Jiang Yingxue nodded immediately, "Yes, yes, I will definitely try my best!"
"This year's awards are for both freshmen and upperclassmen. After the freshman ceremony, you can register and collect them at the academic affairs office. The rest of the time is yours to do as you please." After giving her last instructions, Zhuang Silin silently stepped off the stage and turned to leave.
The freshman orientation ceremony has concluded.
The new students officially began their military academy studies at Leikedasi.
Inside the villa dormitory.
With some free time, Xu Jintang began to take stock of the items in the storage space.
Including the payment Alice had given them before, as well as the rewards from this freshman orientation ceremony, one-third of her storage space was already occupied.
Chapter 193
Adding to the pile of ice-type spiritual herbs she had previously dug up in the Extreme Cold Forest, her inventory was so large that she had to organize it.