Chapter 58

It can be said that most of the strongest remaining players in the competition have gathered here.

However, they have gathered here not to determine a winner.

"You all know that the reward this time is Wilderness Weapon, I can't possibly back out!"

"Come on, isn't the point of all this discussion to reach a conclusion?"

"If you want me to cancel, I want..."

Several familiar scions of wealthy families spoke in coded language that they could understand each other.

This exchange of favors naturally couldn't escape the live broadcast monitoring and was seen by the school leaders in the stands.

After learning that the reward was Wilderness Weapon, many scions of wealthy families were determined to win it and were willing to invest even more money in the competition.

The conservatives at Gao Shi Academy were still chuckling at the scene, finding it amusing.

They genuinely found it interesting, believing that this kind of resource competition between conglomerates could be considered a battle of wits.

Dean Bai found it all laughable.

She has always looked down on the conservative faction in the academy, led by Gao Shi, because their limited capacity for understanding and contentment with the status quo was simply to cling to their old ways.

Yes, they can play mind games and scheme in internal college competitions, but when they encounter stronger financial giants in the league, who will play those games with them? When it comes to capital, they are simply not qualified to sit at the negotiating table.

In the end, these people will only become someone else's appetizer in the shortest amount of time.

Red Earth Academy is caught in a vicious cycle in the league, with its ranking getting lower and lower year by year.

This kind of atmosphere isn't unique to Ocher Soil; it also exists in Azure Jade and Mystic Radiance. However, the other two academies have high-potential geniuses born from commoners, whose spirits aren't so easily extinguished.

And Ocher Soil...

Dean Bai subconsciously turned his gaze to Wen Jing's ranking.

Contestant: Wen Jing

Integral: 12

Rank: 899

Many people have noticed that Wen Jing's ranking has started to change.

After a series of inexplicable and baffling actions, just as the situation on the field began to stabilize, her ranking shifted.

Moreover, it's not a slow, rhythmic movement; it's jumping upwards every single second.

Faced with such changes, a large number of viewers flocked to her live stream from her individual perspective.

"Boom..."

Dusk had fallen, and the last rays of the setting sun shone upon the city ruins.

A figure swept past, the glow of the Energy-Shaping Weapon in his hand illuminating the way. Wherever he passed, reinforced concrete was cleaved open as if by tofu, leaving a deep trench in the ground.

[Can anyone tell me if this is a combat Energy-Shaping Weapon? Is this combat skill capable of unleashing this kind of ranged sword energy?]

[I don't know, what do you think, Professor Joel?]

[Instructor Joel immediately added the new session of the Energy-Shaping Weapon course to the shared bike.]

[Does anyone understand why I don't have to fight Wen Jing in the Energy-Shaping Weapon class because my skill level isn't high enough?]

Redemption

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The audience watched as Wen Jing carved a deep trench that traversed half the city without stopping, continuing forward, passing a hill, two canyons, and half a desert landscape, finally merging with the starting point.

Ultimately, a circle with a diameter of approximately fifteen kilometers was formed.

After all this was done, viewers following Wen Jing stream perspective experienced a unique, unparalleled viewpoint.

Within the circle drawn by the sword energy, the hunt officially began.

"Wen Jing is here!"

"Why is she starting to attack? Oh no, run!"

"I just don't want to start fighting right now, you..."

When watching other freshmen compete, even if they don't know them, upperclassmen can easily tell the other students' classes and approximate rankings.

But now, wherever Wen Jing goes, it's impossible to tell what class his opponents are from; any resistance simply vanishes into light.

Only those who fled survived.

Tan Wenshan is one of them.

After surviving, he immediately went to find his cousin from the spring semester—almost every scion of a wealthy family could be traced back to a family relationship if you wanted to.

Tan Wenshan had already confirmed the dependency relationship before the competition, and he was just following his cousin to get points in this competition.

My cousin said, "Wen Jing hadn't started anything before, so why is she suddenly making a move? How strong is she? What exactly happened? Tell me slowly."

Mentioning this name, Tan Wenshan showed a lingering fear.

Because of his previous experience, he didn't harbor any illusions when he saw Wen Jing and ran away with all his might, which is how he survived.

"Wen Jing has acquired a large tract of land, she said..."

Encouragingly, Tan Wenshan couldn't help but swallow.

"Those who cross the line will be killed."

*

One hour later.

Wen Jing sat atop the highest point of the ruined city; at this moment, there were no more players within the circle she had drawn.

Three days of grade-level ranking matches is too long for her.

For the participants and spectators who Awakened, it's not tiring. However, to avoid any accidents that might happen in the Ancient Wilderness lands and delay the competition, she didn't travel through time during the three days from her last return to the start of the competition.

If the competition continues for another three days, will the farms and ranches on Giant Tree still need to harvest?

A battle royale game without a shrinking circle mechanism will inevitably drag on until the latest time limit.

She naturally didn't want to; they still needed to shrink the circle.

As for the rule that the college didn't purchase?

It's okay, then she can be the one to set the rule.

Contestant: Wen Jing

Integral: 34

Rank: 211

Chapter 58

Wen Jing's swift and decisive attack caused nearly a hundred people in the center of the venue to remove their virtual reality headsets in a short period of time.

Only a few of these people were blank slates with 1 Integral; most of the others had eliminated others to some extent.

In battle royale mode, only the elite students can truly demonstrate their individual strength.

However, under Wen Jing's command, there was no difference between them.

But after completing the first circle, she did not move again, but instead sat quietly in the very center of the circle.

Even if she did nothing, the large number of viewers who flooded into her live stream didn't leave; in fact, the number of viewers continued to increase.

Among them were many freshmen and winter semester students who had just been eliminated by her.

There are only a few people from the winter training class left in the stadium now. Yu Yang came out as early as the second or third hour and are now watching the game. They can be described as Wen Jing's die-hard fans.

[That was easy! No wonder he's the ruthless one who broke the Trial Tower record.]

[The top students don't fight in the early stages; they wait until they have enough points to reap the rewards. Wen Jing has the ability, but isn't it a bit too early for him to make a move now?]

[By establishing her authority, no one will dare to enter her circle in the short term, which will actually give her some peace and quiet for a while.]

I don't think it's just our group that's unlucky.

The live stream was filled with speculation, and the participants shared their experiences of fighting Wen Jing, making it quite lively.

However, after nearly thirty minutes of calm, someone stood up on the rooftop of the Wen Jing Ruins.

"Whoosh!"

The figure leaped directly from the rooftop of the ten-story building, landing and bouncing rapidly towards the outside of the drawn circle.

She moved again. What is she going to do this time?

Soon, everyone knew what Wen Jing was going to do.

The sword light flashed again, and she expanded the circle by another 10 kilometers from the original 15-kilometer circle.

Many players who came to the edge of the circle to observe suffered as a result. Not to mention those who came back to fight, even those who were slow to leave the circle were all killed by Wen Jing.

"What is she doing...?"

On the grandstand, a group of school leaders and mentors couldn't help but show surprise.

[Artificially creating the final circle!]

The live stream chat was filled with exclamation marks.

Arrogant!

To single-handedly crush the remaining four thousand-plus students in the entire grade, creating an artificial poison circle—what arrogance!

Even though Wen Jing has a record of breaking the Trial Tower records one after another, and everyone acknowledges that she is a genius, most people's first reaction upon seeing her actions is that she is fanciful.

[Impossible, she can't do it.]

[That's right, with such a large area, how can she alone guarantee that no one will enter the circle?]

Wen Jing has indeed demonstrated exceptional combat prowess so far, but he hasn't shown any ability to launch long-range, wide-area attacks.

Not only the students, but also the conservatives in the college couldn't help but frown after the initial shock—they instinctively felt aversion to such an unstable element.

The logistics director couldn't help but say, "If she keeps expanding the circle, how will she be able to control it?"

The sword light of the Energy-Shaping Weapon can barely be considered a ranged attack, but it's not a wide-area attack, and Wen Jing can't be in Clone.

Xie Ming glanced at him with a smile, "You're wrong, she doesn't need to have complete control at all."

Sure enough, after Wen Jing drew a second, even larger circle, everyone inside immediately scattered like birds and beasts.

It wasn't easy for the Qing people, but driving them out wasn't difficult at all.

As long as you're within her circle, whether you're from the spring or summer semester, you can't escape her pursuit. But if you're outside her circle, even if you're face to face with her, she won't make a move.

Wen Jing has demonstrated her rules to everyone through her actions—expanding the lap every thirty minutes, ten kilometers each time.

No one can control where others flee to, but people are naturally inclined to seek advantage and avoid harm.

Outside the circle, one may not necessarily encounter other enemies, but within the circle, one will inevitably become Wen Jing's enemy.

Did the remaining competitors not understand what Wen Jing was planning? Of course they did, but in this environment where everyone was against them, who dared to gamble?

Visibility is limited here, and unless people get close to each other, it's impossible to transmit messages remotely. Nobody knows if entering the area will lead to encountering Wen Jing on patrol.

Therefore, faced with that chasm, many of the remaining players spontaneously adopted the same strategy as when facing the poison circle.