A buzzing sound echoed across the competition star. It was dusk, and the stars that were originally moving towards the other hemisphere rushed back, giving the newly crowned champion a glorious highlight.
The ranking competition for first-year students at the Red Earth Academy ended early, lasting 22 hours and 32 minutes, thanks to Wen Jing's single-handed efforts.
Chapter 60
Wen Jing was the last to remove the virtual reality headset, drawing all the attention of the audience.
The competition was originally scheduled for three days of 'intense and exciting' events, but it ended in less than a day, and in such a crushing victory by the first-place winner.
This is extremely rare even in the other two colleges that have been using virtual reality.
"Alright, I hereby announce that the champion of this freshman ranking competition is --"
" Wen Jing!"
On the grand stage, Dean Bai delivered a spirited address to the audience, and the school leaders and mentors around him, regardless of their mood, all applauded in response.
At the same time, celebratory special effects sounded throughout the venue, and the audience in the stands erupted in cheers and applause.
Whether from a subjective or objective perspective, this match was made exceptionally exciting by Wen Jing's presence.
After she became a human poison circle in the middle of the game, many people chose to watch her live streams and experience the thrill of an overpowered drama.
The students in the winter semester were so excited they were practically dancing with joy, feeling incredibly proud.
It's important to know that the Winter Class has always been at the bottom of the rankings in the grade competition. This time, they were among the first to be eliminated in the competition. Most of them were eliminated before Wen Jing even started lapping.
Just like the background NPC status of the Red Earth Academy in the league, the winter class is basically at the bottom of the class rankings. Only a few can show their talents in the second year, and the difference in time can be eliminated in the third year.
And now, the winter semester has produced a First in the Grade!
The students from the other classes who had been eliminated by her not long ago all had complicated expressions, and many of them still had incredulous looks on their faces.
How can someone have such strength and yet be so composed?!
Now that it's time for the recap, everyone can see that Wen Jing towards the game is far from arrogant; he has been carefully guiding the entire situation.
She deliberately concealed her inability to fly at the beginning, and then intentionally let them discover it at the last moment, all to concentrate everyone's points together, and then use ranged attacks to finish them off, in order to maximize her Integral.
Recalling Wen Jing's various actions during the match, although emotionally unwilling to admit it, many people clearly understand in their hearts that their loss was not unjust.
Not only them, but also the older students who watched the entire game felt the same way.
If I had Wen Jing's strength, I would definitely get carried away, to say the least.
Even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit.
That's what makes her so amazing.
In a grade-level ranking competition, Wen Jing taught everyone in his grade a lesson, especially those children of wealthy families.
"Here you go, this is your prize."
Amidst envious glances from the crowd, following Dean Bai's command, the technologically advanced safe placed in the center of the lectern was moved in front of Wen Jing.
Then the outer shell unfurled like a flower, revealing the primordial Wilderness Weapon coveted by every Awakened.
A thin, bluish-green metal sheet, about half the size of a palm, lay quietly on the tray, emitting no energy fluctuations.
This scene was simultaneously projected onto the screen in the venue, and many students from ordinary backgrounds were seeing the true face of the Wilderness Weapon for the first time.
"Is that Wilderness Weapon?"
"How special! It's definitely extraordinary!"
Surprisingly, if it weren't for this occasion, the Wilderness Weapon in front of us would look like a piece of metal with low technical level, even somewhat dilapidated.
However, once people know that it is Wilderness Weapon, they automatically attach a layer of mystery and sophistication to it.
Upon seeing the item, Wen Jing's expression subtly changed.
The material, the color—bronze?
Dean Bai instructed, "Pick it up, release your energy to connect with it, and how you use it afterwards is up to you. Oh... if you want, you can even give it a name."
Can I eat it?
Wen Jing shook off the first thought that popped into his mind, did as instructed, reached out and took out the thin bronze piece, and poured energy into it.
The next moment, her expression changed.
The bronze piece simply vanished from her hand.
At the same time, outside the 'passage' leading to the Ancient Wilderness in Wen Jing's consciousness, a shrunken bronze slab stood silently.
With a sudden thought, it reappeared in her hand.
The expressions of the school leaders and professors standing nearby remained unchanged, clearly indicating that they were aware of the situation.
"It looks just like a magical artifact from a cultivation novel," Wen Jing thought to himself.
The reason why the Wilderness Weapon are called the weapons of the Awakened is because once they are linked to the energy of the Awakened, they have a layer of 'binding' effect.
Unless the Awakened actively reclaims the energy, dies, or falls into the hands of a stronger Awakened during battle and is eliminated by the stronger energy, the energy will not be lost.
As for whether deliberately displaying such a precious reward as the Wilderness Weapon would attract covetousness from outsiders, that's not a problem.
On every habitable planet, the Academy itself is the largest Awakened force.
This kind of display is actually a form of protection; if any other person or force dares to try to seize it, they'd better think twice about the backing of the Red Earth Academy.
Of course, while a low-level Wilderness Weapon is precious, it's not worth the risk for a high-level Awakened.
However, if a low-level Awakened wants to take the risk, they should carefully consider Wen Jing's own strength.
After awarding the most important champion prize, the school leaders left the podium.
With this, the Freshman League has come to a successful conclusion.
The top ten students in the grade are also rewarded according to their ranking, but there is no need for a special award ceremony; they will be given Integral and credits directly.
In addition to obtaining the Wilderness Weapon, Wen Jing also received a reward of 200 academic credits and 100 Integral.
Naturally--
[User: Wen Jing ]
[Credits: 596]
[Class Rank: 1]
[Grade Rank: 1 (11741)]
Her ranking dropped by 31, placing her at the top of the Ocher Soil leaderboard, more than 70 credits ahead of the second-place student.
The grade rankings will be settled at 12 noon on the day the grade ranking competition ends. There are only a few hours left, so it is impossible for anyone to catch up. Therefore, Wen Jing's First in the Grade is a sure thing.
After leaving the podium, the winter class students who had been waiting below gathered around and warmly invited Wen Jing to go out for a celebratory meal.
She checked the time; it was already afternoon. It was clearly too late to explore the Ancient Wilderness at this hour, and besides, she planned to familiarize herself with the Wilderness Weapon beforehand. So she readily agreed and left with her classmates, surrounded by them.
While the freshmen at the Red Earth Academy were either celebrating or feeling dejected, news that the year-end ranking competition had ended prematurely in an unexpected way quickly spread to the other two colleges.
Each college's year-end ranking competition is held at the end of the season; the start date depends on the length of the competition.
This year's Ocher Soil competition was held ahead of schedule due to a leak of information about the new competition format. The first-year ranking matches for Azure Jade and Mystic Radiance were scheduled to begin in a day or two, and even later for the upperclassmen. As a result, the records of this competition quickly appeared on the student forums of both colleges.
"A freshman ranking competition in Ocher Soil? What's so interesting about that?"
"There's Wen Jing inside! They've started using virtual reality this year too."
"Oh right, we still need to take a look!"
The students from the other two colleges, who had initially scoffed at the idea, immediately became interested after realizing that Wen Jing was a freshman from the Red Earth Academy.
From the first month Wen Jing enrolled, students from the other two colleges heard his name every month, and it had become a household name.
For many people, the impression of ' Wen Jing ' is more profound than that of ' Red Earth Academy '.
After all, the impression of the Red Earth Academy as a background character is deeply ingrained in the eyes of students from the other two academies. Every time there is a league, the other two academies treat Ocher Soil students as easy targets, and that's no joke.
In previous years, the best student league result for the Red Earth Academy was only breaking into the top 1,000. In terms of growth rate, intensity, and educational resources, how can it compare to the other two academies?
This competition, which previously received little attention outside of Red Earth Star, has now garnered unprecedented attention and become a hot topic on the forum.
Curious about the true strength of the 'legendary Wen Jing,' students from both colleges watched the match video, only to find it unexpectedly exciting.
Is she really an F-rank?
[An artificial poison circle? Hahaha, that's insane, so much fun!]
[The rest of the people in Ocher Soil are such useless. If this were in our grade's competition... ha.]
[So Wen Jing's special ability is this kind of long-range airflow attack?]
Although in essence, there is no difference between those financial groups and the Ocher Soil officials in their grade, except that they have more resources to mobilize and can play more subtly and sophisticatedly, and if some ordinary geniuses perform outstandingly, various variables will arise.
However, even though the other two academies had geniuses who surpassed their peers in the past, none of them had ever achieved such an absolute crushing victory as Wen Jing.
This immediately sparked a variety of reactions.
The most direct example is that some people actually imitated Wen Jing's drawing of circles during their own competitions.
result...
"Do you think you're Wen Jing? Or do you think we're that bunch of trash from Ocher Soil?"
Those who tried to imitate him were immediately attacked by the crowd, and the ranking competition ended much faster than in previous years.
At the same time, there were also some people who took the game seriously.
"Young Master, the match video has been handed over to the Analysis team below."