Upon hearing this, Wang Zheng understood and rolled his eyes in exasperation.
He was initially a little embarrassed by the praise, wondering if Li Yi was trying to flatter him and make him the target of public criticism.
Why not just introduce yourself earlier and say you're from Yunnan?
No wonder she took the initiative to be friendly to me when we first met.
So, Wang Zheng now understood that the student council member who got beaten up earlier had nothing to do with this senior, since the senior seemed like a sensible person...
At this moment, Wang Zheng and Li Yi had already started chatting thoroughly. Sensing the commotion behind him, Chu Tianxing felt a surge of anger rising within him.
He thought to himself that Wang Zheng was such a troublemaker. He had already said that today's opening ceremony was very important, but as the top student on the Nanjing University strength list, he was still so careless.
First he was late, and now he's even chatting with people on the podium.
Old Chu was so angry that he paused for a long time and almost forgot his lines.
If Old Chu hadn't known that Wang Zheng was an exceptionally high-achieving student, and that none of the top dozen or so students in his school could possibly stand a chance against him, he would have loved to have everyone rush at him right now and teach the kid a lesson.
The more Chu Tianxing thought about it, the angrier he became. After quickly reciting his opening ceremony speech with a dark face, he turned around and stormed off the stage, disappearing backstage in a flash.
When Wang Zheng saw that the old man had left, he stopped clapping mechanically and turned around and left the stage, leaving the others looking at each other in a daze.
In the end, it was Li Yi, as the student council president, who spoke up.
"Since the top scorers have all left, let's not waste any more time talking this year. I hope everyone can achieve the results they desire..."
He then turned and walked off the stage with a flourish.
That demeanor, that sense of responsibility, wow, no doubt about it.
The fake number one on the power rankings, dressed impeccably and radiating confidence.
The real number one was slovenly and listless.
Yes! That's very realistic.
At this moment, a burly man with a fiery temper was walking along, muttering to himself.
"That's how it should be. Although I don't like this kid surnamed Wang, in an Awakened competition, stepping onto the stage is like stepping onto a battlefield, where life and death are at stake. There's no need for so much nonsense."
A woman behind him, with a cold expression, glared at the simpleton and then cursed:
"Get out of here. You talk too much, you're not capable but you have a lot of complaints. You ruined the principal's opening ceremony. I think you'll get what's coming to you later."
The burly man retorted with insults.
"What do I care? If anything's going to go wrong, it's Wang Zheng's fault. I think you're just asking for a beating. Didn't I beat you enough last time?"
"Have you no shame? Who beat whom up? Go ahead and say that again if you dare!"
...
The remaining nine are all outstanding students from the same graduating class. Having competed with each other for so many years, they are naturally very familiar with each other.
At this moment, they all came down from the stage amidst their noisy chatter. In the blink of an eye, apart from Teacher Wu, who was hosting the selection competition, there was no one else to be seen on the stage.
This sudden and bizarre move left Chu Tianxing's personal advisor completely bewildered. He stood there dumbfounded for a long time before finally managing to utter a single sentence.
"Nanjing University's Awakened Ones value strength above all else and let their superpowers speak for themselves. The 16th Martial Arts Tournament's campus selection trials have officially begun!"
The preliminary rounds of the individual competition were announced so hastily.
Originally, Wang Zheng and others, as the representatives of Nanjing University, were supposed to stay on stage to speak on behalf of the students after Chu Tianxing finished speaking, but Chu Tianxing left immediately after his speech.
Wang Zheng overslept and hadn't checked the procedures beforehand, so he naturally just followed along.
Actually, Chu Tianxing had told Wang Zheng about it, but unfortunately, the guy had only just regained some energy last night and his head was still buzzing. He didn't remember it and went downstairs in a daze.
This caused the remaining few, especially Li Yi who knew Wang Zheng's strength, to lose interest in speaking.
Although the opening ceremony lacked the student speeches of previous years, this did not dampen the enthusiasm of many contestants who wanted to showcase their talents.
After Teacher Wu announced the official start of the competition, accompanied by countless screams and shouts, all the participants eagerly stood up and focused their attention on the stage.
On the large screen next to them, the names of these contestants scrolled rapidly.
A campus preliminary competition isn't that fancy. It lasts for a week, starting with individual competitions, then team competitions. After the official representatives are selected, they receive targeted training from their respective instructors, and finally, they gather in Beijing in June.
The individual competition started first. Excluding the top 10 on the leaderboard, there were a total of 264 participants.
As for the team competition, there are only 12 teams in total, and because of the small number of participants, it was placed last.
Just then, Wang Zheng was about to leave and go back to sleep, but Li Yi, who was chasing after him, called him back.
Wang Zheng had a good impression of this senior student. After politely declining the senior's suggestion to watch the selection competition together, he left alone.
Well... how should I put it? There wasn't any special reason. Wang Zheng just didn't want to waste his time.
Let alone him, even if it were just Li Yi, who had just broken through to the B-level Awakener, Wang Zheng didn't believe that any student at Nanjing University could cause him to suffer an unexpected defeat.
So it doesn't matter whether you watch this so-called selection competition or not.
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