The flowers and grasses on the back hill sprouted tender buds one after another, and with the slanting wind and drizzle, April quietly arrived.
In the blink of an eye, another month has passed since Wang Zheng returned from Guizhou.
During this month, the Jinyang fruit tree "Xiao Jin," which has gained a spiritual connection with the tree, has settled down steadily at Nanjing University.
During this Qingming Festival, all the teachers and students of Nanjing University were surprised to find that the concentration of spiritual energy in the school seemed to have become even stronger, causing many students to give up their rare holiday and stay on campus to cultivate diligently.
Not only the students and teachers within the school, but even the elemental scarabs and bloodthirsty ants on the back hill have become more active than before, showing a vibrant atmosphere of everything waiting to be renewed.
While everyone was racing against time to train and strive for further development, the campus preliminary rounds of the National College Student Martial Arts Exchange Conference also kicked off in full swing.
As the top-ranked player on the Nanjing University campus list, Wang Zheng doesn't need to participate in the individual competition; he only needs to wait for others to challenge him in the final battle for a spot.
As for whether there would be so many fools courting death back then, Wang Zheng had no idea.
Nanjing University's rule is that the top ten students on the strength ranking do not need to participate in the preliminary round, while all participating students recommended by the practical training course teachers are grouped together for a single-elimination round.
After deciding on ten reserve players, they will actively challenge the top ten on the leaderboard. The winners will qualify to represent Nanjing University in the finals in Beijing, while the losers will be eliminated.
Although the contestants on this list have a significant advantage, the Nanjing University Strength Ranking is ultimately composed of contestants selected by the university's official teachers. Over the years, very few have been challenged, and none of the top three have ever been dethroned.
With Wang Zheng, a freshman who made a strong entry into the list this year and even topped it, it's hard to say whether anyone would want to be the first to try this new approach.
Compared to individual competitions, team competitions are much simpler; it's a two-on-two battle where the winner advances.
After all, there weren't many teams that signed up for the team competition. Everyone was a student, and the senior students would start preparing for practical training in the second semester of their junior year. Very few students from the same school could be assigned to the same practical training unit, and there was no tacit understanding between them, so it was naturally difficult to achieve any results.
Moreover, in individual competitions, at least you won't be affected by your teammates' mistakes, which is one of the reasons why team competitions have been declining in recent years.
In addition, although participating in team competitions will not affect the schedule of individual competitions, if you participate in both competitions, there will be basically no rest time in between. Compared to the individual competitions, which allow you to showcase yourself more perfectly, even fewer people will participate in team competitions.
Nowadays, apart from a few military academies that can still compete with those in Shanghai and Beijing in the team competition of martial arts tournaments, other schools are basically just there to play second fiddle, so they pay even less attention to it.
Chu Tianxing knew that Wang Zheng wanted to win first place in both competitions for the school, and he also knew that this temporary team could only win on his own. So he helped find a few senior students with support abilities.
Although Wang Zheng said he would choose anyone, Lao Chu still chose these few to be on the safe side.
During this time, Chu Tianxing also brought several senior students to meet with Wang Zheng.
They all had pretty good personalities; some were optimistic and cheerful, while others were quiet and reserved. No one held a grudge against the freshman bully or spoke to him sarcastically just because the captain was the school bully.
However, while Wang Zheng was relaxed, the other party might not be so happy.
There were four teammates in total, three men and one woman, three regulars and one substitute, all of them were C-level Awakened, and there were also acquaintances of Wang Zheng.
The leader was a pair of twin brothers, both seniors in college, known as the "Wenwu Brothers" Zhang Kaiwen and Zhang Fuwu.
Not only do the two look alike and have similar abilities, but they are also equally robust in build, and even have the same buzz cut hairstyle. At least until now, Wang Zheng can only tell who is the older brother and who is the younger brother by the clothes they are wearing.
These two brothers are quite strong, with skillful fighting techniques. The twins also have a natural tacit understanding, but unfortunately, their special abilities mean they can't compete together.
Throughout their four years of university, they tried to find teammates every year, but they could never find anyone.
If it weren't for encountering Wang Zheng, this oddball who was placed there by Chu Tianxing, they probably would have ended their college careers with regrets.
The "Wenwu Brothers" have very interesting special abilities. The older brother, Kaiwen, can use his mental power to mark his teammates, establish a connection, and help himself and his teammates slowly recover their strength and heal their wounds.
The same thing happened to his younger brother, Fuwu, except that the effect changed from healing to restoring spiritual energy.
This ability is great for training together or going on training trips, but when it comes to participating in competitions... it's far inferior to elemental abilities or superpowers that can directly increase combat power.
The other man was Qiu Xuan, a cold-faced master swordsman.
He was also the taciturn gourd in Wang Zheng's words.
He also had a desire to be a warrior, so he practiced swordsmanship diligently, but was rejected by many teams because of his weak superpowers.
The ability is simple and straightforward: it temporarily boosts the attributes of oneself and teammates. Logically, such a ranged support ability should be quite strong, but the boost is weak and doesn't differentiate between friend and foe.
This is somewhat awkward, and the greater the gap in strength between the two sides, the smaller the improvement effect. At least Wang Zheng tried it and felt nothing at all.
The "Wenwu Brothers'" superpowers at least provided Wang Zheng with a slight recovery effect, but Qiu Xuan's buff-type superpowers...
There was no indication of this on the data panel.
Of course, this is also due to Wang Zheng's high five-dimensional attributes. In general, it has little effect.
Although Wang Zheng doesn't need any buffs, he can completely crush the baby cup, so he's not too concerned.
Whatever, that's it. Young Master Wang's criteria for choosing teammates is that he has no criteria, and he doesn't care how strong they are, because none of them are as strong as him anyway…
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Diary of a Fallen Hero:
The upcoming martial arts tournament content will not be too long, and the competition details will not be described in too much detail, so please rest assured.
The purpose of writing this section is mainly to allow Wang Zheng to step onto the national stage, come into contact with higher circles, and further explore the secrets hidden by the state.
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