Chapter 166

The "Challenge Cup" is a competition that spans almost an entire school year.

As a preview of the later Advanced Supernatural School League, the "Challenge Cup" will start in the middle of the first semester of that school year. There will first be a two-week registration period, and then the list of players in the preliminary rounds of each school will be compiled. After that, the school will officially arrange the time for the on-campus competitions of each school.

The "Challenge Cup" consists of two stages: school competition and district competition, which is also an important reason for its long time span.

Because the internal competition is held in-house by the major high schools in the upper three districts, the official competition committee allows for relatively flexible timing—as long as competition information is announced, participants are recruited, and at least the preliminary rounds for the internal competition are successfully held in the first semester of the school year. The entire internal competition process can be postponed to the second semester of the school year after winter break, ensuring completion before summer vacation. A list of students qualified for the district competition can then be submitted.

There was a new situation here with Jiang Yunu, so naturally Pei Ya was the first one to rush over to show concern.

"Did Miss Nagu's henchman send you a threatening letter?" The girl wearing thick glasses asked hurriedly before she even sat down.

"What threatening letter?" Jiang Yunu raised his head, looking confused.

Jiang Yunu was in the public lounge of the student dormitory when she accidentally discovered that the Internet signal in the public lounge was actually better than that in the dormitory room, and the Internet speed was suspected to be 30% faster. So she moved out of her single dormitory room and squatted in the lounge to use the Internet.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, most students were still taking a nap in their dormitory rooms.

There were only two or three student kittens in the common lounge.

Pei Ya hurried over and the sound of her entering the lounge attracted several eyes. She did not control her volume carefully, and her voice basically reached the ears of everyone present.

"They said Miss Nagu sent someone to deliver a threatening letter to you." Pei Ya's breathing was a little rapid, her chest still heaving violently. "It was at the intersection leading out of the teaching building. There were quite a few witnesses there."

Jiang Yunu's expression was even more confused, but she pulled Pei Ya to sit on the empty seat on the sofa next to her.

"It's only been two days, and the news has spread like this?" she said. "That wasn't a threatening letter; it was a challenge."

The white-haired girl's reaction didn't seem like she was threatened - of course, in Pei Ya's mind, even if Jiang Yunu was really under a serious threat, her reaction would probably be similar to what she is now.

"Is it really just a declaration of war?" Pei Ya sat down and her breathing became more even. She confirmed it with concern.

Jiang Yunu went to the drinking fountain in the public lounge and poured Pei Ya a glass of warm water using a disposable biodegradable cup.

While getting some water, she noticed someone was looking at her. She followed the direction of the gaze and found that it was on the single sofa next to the water dispenser. A boy who had been taking a nap with his face covered with a book moved the book away, revealing half of his face from under the book, and was looking at her curiously.

When Jiang Yunu returned to the sofa she temporarily occupied with the warm water, she passed by a boy and easily pushed the book off his face, covering his face that was staring at her.

The boy whose vision was manually blocked: "..."

Jiang Yunu returned to his sofa and handed the water cup to Pei Ya: "Drink some water, your lips are chapped."

Pei Ya didn't expect that Jiang Yunu could observe people so carefully in daily life while watching them "open and close" in actual combat training. She once again felt the contrast from the white-haired girl. Holding the water cup, she felt that the water had a unique flavor.

After taking a sip slowly, Pei Ya's breathing became smoother.

The well-informed, but slightly distorted, Miss PHS said, "Judging from your reaction, I'm sure the facts are definitely not consistent with the rumors."

"It doesn't match at all." Jiang Yunu said, "I never thought such outrageous rumors would spread outside."

However, although it is outrageous, it is actually understandable.

News spread quickly around school. Lynette Nagu was already a bit of a celebrity, a semi-public figure on campus. She had a feud with the "country boy" from District 7 and even lost a class competition. Considering Miss Nagu's well-known pride and domineering arrogance, it wasn't surprising that others would think the letter Jiang Yunu received was a threat.

Jiang Yunu shared the contents of the challenge letter directly with Pei Ya.

On her personal terminal screen, the details of the "Challenge Cup" competition that she had checked were lit.

Pei Ya finished reading the challenge and frowned at the final condition. She sounded worried, "She's willing to agree to one of your requests? But if the rules were reversed, and she not only achieved a school ranking but also a district ranking, wouldn't you also have to unconditionally meet her one request?"

Jiang Yunu said, "Well, that's right."

Pei Ya saw her attitude as "careless", which made her friend worried again.

"What is it?" Pei Ya's tone was calm, but a hint of annoyance could be heard in it. "Do you know what the consequences might be if she wins? She doesn't like being outdone. She might even ask you to voluntarily drop out of school."

What exactly happened in the grove beside the school road when Lynette Nagu first caused trouble for Jiang Yunu remains a mystery, and only the two parties involved know it.

But Jiang Yunu felt that her new friend was really a "magician".

The other party's casual guess was actually similar to what Miss Nagu had threatened her with at the time.

Jiang Yunu said: "Well, that's indeed possible."

Pei Yaole usually had a calm expression and a calm tone, and seemed to react calmly to everything. However, when she looked at Jiang Yunu at this moment, she strangely understood why some people usually found her reactions annoying.

"...You don't have any other reaction?" Pei Ya asked.

The white-haired girl gave him a thoughtful look, then said sincerely, "I will try my best to prevent her from getting this opportunity. I will work hard to get this 'unconditional request' right from her."

Miss Nagu's declaration of war is very challenging, and all challenging things are very interesting to Jiang Yunu.

Combining two things that interested her into one actually seemed pretty good to her.

"I will participate in the 'Challenge Cup'." She said firmly.

On the single sofa next to the water fountain, the boy whose face had been covered by Jiang Yunu's book suddenly sat up and walked straight towards Jiang Yunu and Pei Ya.

The boy made no attempt to hide the fact that he had been eavesdropping. He said openly, "Are you really going to participate in the 'Challenge Cup'? That's great. When the time comes for you to freely choose your opponent, would you consider competing against me?"

Jiang Yunu had seen teammates and rivals come to her house to recommend themselves. She realized that in high-level supernatural schools, it might be a very common thing to come to her house in various ways.

"You are..." Jiang Yunu's gaze fell on the boy's face. She actually had mild face blindness when it came to the faces of the opposite sex of the same age. She only remembered people like Qiao Yisen, Xie Shi, and Xue Zhanxing because she had had intensive contact with them in a short period of time.

Jiang Yunu felt that the boy who introduced himself looked familiar and was still trying to figure out his name. Pei Ya, who was standing next to him, had already recognized him and greeted him for her, "Song Yang."

As soon as the name came out, Jiang Yunu immediately had a more specific impression.

"Are you the one who used physical attack to force the opponent out of bounds during the classroom competition?" Jiang Yunu asked.

Song Yang smiled brightly: "Compared to my superpowers, my physical fitness is a little better."

The boy whose name contained two "木" (wood) characters was also tall like a tree. He stood in front of Jiang Yunu, like a century-old pine tree looking down at the grass that had just sprouted from the ground.

But he didn't think that his physique and physical fitness were any superior advantages. Jiang Yunu could see that this man wanted to compete with her purely for the sake of competition.

"You seem to be very good at using your supernatural powers," Song Yang confessed. "I've been using my physical strength to make up for my shortcomings in supernatural powers. A match with you should greatly improve my coping skills."

Jiang Yunu was also curious about what it would be like to face someone with more outstanding physical fitness than supernatural powers in actual combat. However, she still had questions about the rules of the "Challenge Cup" competition: "In the Challenge Cup's intramural competition, can I freely choose my opponent in the early stages?"

It was Pei Ya who answered her: "The first round of preliminary rounds is not good. The preliminary rounds rely entirely on random matching by the system. It's also a gamble on luck. The contestants will all pray that they don't get randomly matched with a top player."

"But starting from the second round, you can do it." Song Yang added at the right time, "After the preliminary round, you can freely divide into groups in the second round and try to challenge the opponents you want. After the elimination in the second round, the third round is the same, and you can still choose your own opponents."

Jiang Yunu asked curiously, "What if someone keeps picking the weaker ones to ensure they can advance?"

"The Challenge Cup's intramural competition only has four rounds," Pei Ya said. "This situation does exist, but it only guarantees that this person will advance to the fourth round. The fourth round is the final ranking round, and then they will enter the system group again, where they will be matched in pairs. Ultimately, the top ten teams that will participate in the regional competition will be selected."

Jiang Yunu's journey in the school's "Challenge Cup" hadn't even begun yet, but she suddenly discovered that her second and third rounds seemed to have been booked.

——Song Yang who came to recommend himself and Lynette Nagu who issued a challenge.

If nothing unexpected happens, these two people will take up one round each, which will make her independent choice "full".

Song Yang looked at the white-haired girl again and suddenly smiled.

"You haven't considered the possibility that you might not make it past the preliminary rounds," Song Yang said. "You're so confident. I like opponents like you."

Jiang Yunu replied as naturally as eating and drinking: "Wait until you are defeated by me, I believe you will like me more."

Pei Ya seemed to be hesitant to speak, and finally the girl with thick glasses just sighed silently.

...Alas, Jiang Yunu's speaking style, ah... forget it.

Anyway, Song Yang just smiled more brightly and said, "You are so kind!"

Pei Ya: “…”

Forget it, you people with weird trains of thought can communicate freely!

Jiang Yunu has decided to participate in the Challenge Cup and has already "made clear" the two opponents he will definitely meet.

School life at Golden Uriel Academy was so exciting that when she called her family and friends, she only selectively reported good news and not bad news - leaving aside the fact that she was chosen by the eldest lady to become her enemy, she could talk about the interesting class content and the upcoming Challenge Cup competition.

"Great!" Joyson rejoiced over the inter-district phone call, "You can go to a bigger stage to showcase your talents!"

The family always has unconditional trust in Jiang Yunu.

In Joyson's eyes, there didn't seem to be much difference between the second district and the seventh district. He felt that Jiang Yunu should shine wherever he went.

After Jiang Yunu came to the second district, his abilities were questioned more often, and he was called a "country bumpkin" even more often.

Even new friends like Pei Ya are often worried about her and cannot be fully trusted.

"Thank you, brother." Jiang Yunu smiled, feeling the unconditional trust again, "I will try my best."