Chapter 1 The Official Guests

Guests from various official institutions who came to watch the matches all had certain ranks, at least middle management. It wasn't their first time visiting the Superpower Academy's freshman competition.

They had seen many freshmen who stood out with their powerful superpower performances. Although they were sometimes amazed by various novel superpowers and watched with great interest... even the strongest superpower couldn't hide a unique "freshness" on these freshmen.

This was a temperament that combined ability utilization, combat performance, on-the-spot response, and other factors, a characteristic unique to rookies and newcomers.

These invited guests worked in different departments on weekdays, had been in the superpower circle for many years, and were all veterans who had experienced many battles. They could easily identify this tender newcomer temperament.

However, in Zhou Jing, they discovered a sense of contradiction.

He had the freshness of a newcomer, but also a unique composure and experience. This was most evident in combat, more like the confidence of a veteran.

It was like painting. A novice racked their brains in front of the canvas, making changes, and their ideas were not clear enough. But a veteran determined their idea at a glance, was confident, and seemed to paint casually, but in fact, they had the overall situation under control. No matter how it changed, it was within their grasp.

Manipulating an S-class potential individual with ease, and a one-sided crushing battle. Although Zhou Jing showed strong physical qualities, his excellent skills and experience were more noticeable.

He was clearly a freshman who had just entered the academy a month ago, but he had this kind of experienced temperament, which aroused the interest of many guests.

"This person is quite powerful. Is he really a freshman in this batch, not an upperclassman?"

An officer from the Chidu military wore gloves and casually rubbed the buttons on his cuffs, his tone curious.

Shen Xinqin smiled and explained: "He is indeed a first-term freshman named Zhou Jing. He was initially C-class potential, later upgraded to B-class, and recently seems to be about to be approved as A-class."

"Interesting. I feel that his fighting style is different from most freshmen. Is it a gift or is there another reason?" A superpower bureau cadre pondered.

"There are always talented people who break the rules in the world." A scout from the Superpower League smiled and said, "This kid is good. If his performance can maintain this level, I think he has the potential to become popular. Maybe he will come to me to play in the competition after graduation."

The group talked and laughed.

The Star Realm Exploration Bureau cadre narrowed his eyes and patted Shen Xinqin on the shoulder.

Shen Xinqin understood and nodded.

She was the vice president of the academy and also a formal member of the Exploration Bureau. It was also her task to screen talents for the Exploration Bureau. The files of students with outstanding performance would be recommended to the Exploration Bureau.

Generally speaking, students would not enter the service list before graduation, but the files of some talents would be screened in advance for the Exploration Bureau for internal recommendation... especially to the captains of various explorers, to see what ability users in each batch of students were worth paying attention to and whether they needed them.

Because explorers who were selected for service needed to perform tasks, there was naturally a team structure. Generally, experienced explorers would be assigned as captains.

Before officially traversing, the team leader had the power to select the members they needed from the files based on the assigned task. This was also an important source of the service list for each Star Realm Convergence Period.

Formal explorers who had made multiple contributions and reached a certain rank could even form their own fixed teams and had priority to decide whether to participate in the current draft when each Convergence Period arrived.

Therefore, each batch of freshmen in the academy was a reserve force for the Exploration Bureau. If the talents among them were favored by certain captains, they would be tracked and paid attention to, and even pre-ordered by many people before graduation. There was a competition for talent between many teams.

Zhou Jing's performance caught the eye of the Exploration Bureau cadre, who decided to observe him further. If his performance was still outstanding, he would put him on the internal recommendation list.

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While the higher-ups had their own thoughts, the competition on the field continued.

Because of Lin Kun's defeat, only four S-class cores remained, and the Gemstone Department's situation became passive.

After the first round of twenty matches, the Crown advanced twelve people, and the Gemstone advanced eight people, meaning that only eight matches needed to be played in the second round, and the Crown had four more people to adjust.

At the beginning, the Gemstone Department still did not plan to send the seed players first in the second round. Instead, they wanted to send out the second-tier players first, exchange promotions, and avoid giving away more points in subsequent rounds. They planned to fight hard with the core after entering the third round.

However, the Crown made a tactical deployment, letting ordinary players face the Gemstone's first second-tier team, trying to lose more and win less, controlling the strength of the opponent's players entering the next round.

Then, the Crown let its core players take the stage in their own first round, making the Gemstone Department's plan to use seed players to counterattack fail, forcing the opponent to fight hard, and planned to take down the tough bones first.

The Gemstone Department could only abandon the original plan and adapt to the situation, but the effect was limited.

Zhou Jing never took the stage until the Gemstone Department had no choice but to send an S-class core first. Zhou Jing then went out to snipe.

Although the opponent's superpower was novel and caused Zhou Jing some trouble, he still chopped down the opponent and won another match.

After the second round, Gemstone had five people advance to the third round, only two of whom were S-class players.

Faced with this situation, Gemstone could only send the core first in the third round and fight hard. If they could defeat a strong enemy and advance, there would be opportunities to score points in the subsequent rounds.

As for the remaining three ordinary players, Gemstone decided to send them away depending on the situation, not giving the Crown the opportunity to continue to guarantee scores... As the side with fewer people, non-core ordinary players almost meant giving away more points in the later rounds.

During this period, Zhou Jing took the stage again and once again faced an S-class from Gemstone. After a fierce battle, he also won the game, once again showing his "noob stomping" ability.

Tang Liu, however, was defeated, losing to the opponent's last S-class. He lost more in combat intelligence, relying on super-speed movement and playing too recklessly.

After the game, Tang Liu was full of frustration, feeling that he had lost face in front of Zhou Jing, and was no longer embarrassed to speak in the tone of a boss, sitting aside sulking.

In the third round, the Crown won three and lost two, and Gemstone only had two people advance to the fourth round, leaving only one S-class core, and the situation was quite miserable.

With only two people, they couldn't play any tricks. Gemstone had no room for tactical adjustments. The remaining S-class was once again successfully sniped by Zhou Jing and eliminated.

Soon, the game was completely over, and the Crown completely eliminated their opponents in the fourth round.

The two sides played four rounds. Gemstone only scored 24 points, while the Crown won 35 points. In addition, there was an extra 4-point bonus for eliminating all opponents before the fifth round, so the Crown scored a total of 39 points in this arena match.

Chapter 2 The Aftermath

The difference between the two sides was a full 15 points!

Zhou Jing won all four rounds, winning 10 points for the Crown Department - but scoring points was not the most important thing. Eliminating the seed players of the opponent as "scoring points" was the key to widening the gap between the two sides.

Zhou Jing's greatest contribution was to continuously defeat the opponent's four S-class seed players, disintegrated most of the enemy's scoring points, and laid the foundation for the huge point difference in this game.

The big screen announced the score results of the two sides' arena matches. The students of the Crown Department on the stands suddenly boiled, like a sea of ​​joy.

"Zhou Jing! Zhou Jing!"

"Not bad, brother, you are quite capable of fighting!"

"Four consecutive S-classes, awesome!"

Different from the cheering Crown Department, the students of the Gemstone Department were all drooping their heads in frustration.

The students of the Zhanqi Department seemed much calmer, just clapping and smiling.

Only Li Xiaoyin ignored the others, and also happily waved the flag and shouted, like a fan girl, shouting "Jing Jing" to herself, attracting a burst of sideways glances.

Xu Lingyun was also very excited: "Brother Jing is really amazing, more fierce than I thought!"

Li Xiaoyin heard the words, smiled and said: "I said Jing Jing is very strong!"

Xu Lingyun became curious: "Speaking of which, the day after tomorrow is the battle between Zhanqi and Crown, Sister Yin, you will fight with Brother Jing, right?"

Li Xiaoyin's eyes lit up, eager to try:

"Yeah, we are familiar, but he is so good at fighting, I won't let him off the hook at that time."

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On the other side, the waiting area of ​​the Crown Department was also a festive scene.

Everyone happily surrounded Zhou Jing, praising him constantly.

The general tutor, Li Yun, smiled and gave a thumbs up:

"Zhou Jing, you did a great job. You are the biggest contributor in this game!"

"Everyone has contributed, your tactical deployment is also very crucial."

Zhou Jing modestly waved his hand.

The Crown Department's operation allowed him to face the enemy's S-class core in each round. Otherwise, if the seed players were staggered, even if he won, the point difference might not be very large.

After four consecutive games, Zhou Jing was also a little tired at the moment, with gauze wrapped around many parts of his body.

Although he won, he was not unscathed... The abilities that can be rated as S-class potential naturally have their own unique features, and each of them is a formidable enemy. Only when facing the familiar Kun Kun, he could fight so easily.

But relying on his rich experience and skills, the body strength that reached the second-level superpower level, and the high-level on-the-spot performance in actual combat, he finally defeated the opponents one by one. Zhou Jing's fighting enthusiasm was considered to be satisfied, and he also accumulated new experience in dealing with different superpowers.

At this time, Deng Yunjie clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention and said:

"In this arena match, everyone played well, and Zhou Jing's contribution is beyond doubt. But everyone should not relax. Although we won the arena match with a huge advantage, such a point difference makes it difficult for Gemstone to make a comeback, but we can't be completely relieved. Next, there is also a team match to play. The points of the arena and team matches are added together to compete for today's winner..."

He encouraged him, making the happy crowd restrained a lot.

Zhou Jing was noncommittal.

He was an arena match quota, and the team match had nothing to do with him. He had no chance to play today, and he only needed to watch the game from the audience next.

The form of the team match is similar to the arena match, which is also round promotion and points system, only some details have changed.

The S-class players all went to the arena match, so most of the team matches are A-class.

But because there are more people, the scene is more lively and chaotic - after all, there is too little time to run in, and the temporarily formed team naturally has no tacit understanding.

Compared with the tense and exciting and technical one-on-one duel of the arena match, the team match is more like a carnival, fighting in a hurry. Zhou Jing watched the novelty and recorded many bright students along the way.

After fighting for a long time, the two sides were basically evenly matched. At the end of the game, the Crown lost a little, scoring 27 points, and Gemstone was slightly better, scoring 31 points.

Finally, the total score of the arena and team matches was added together. Gemstone had 55 points, and the Crown had a total of 66 points, which was determined by the huge point difference in the arena match.

Gemstone lost miserably today. The disadvantage in points made their probability of winning the championship extremely low, but it was not completely without a chance to comeback.

The freshman competition will be held for three days, and each department will have to face the other two separately. Tomorrow's draw result is Gemstone vs. Zhanqi. If they can get enough points from Zhanqi, the final total score ranking may not have a chance to win.

Although the chance is slim, there is hope after all...

But the next day, Gemstone's hope was completely shattered.

This time it was the turn of the Crown Department to sit in the stands and watch the show. Zhou Jing watched the game from beginning to end and saw a tragic massacre of Zhanqi against Gemstone.