Chapter 585 Urban Martial Arts World - Classmate A (15)
Leading the team is fine, but this time doesn't seem to be the time for the competition. After looking into it, I found out that this competition is quite special. In the past, the competitions held were between freshmen of Wuhan University, or between countries with 4th or 5th grade martial artists. Speaking of which, it's been tens of thousands of years, and it's quite strange that Earth doesn't have a unified government yet.
What makes this competition special is that some sects and families will participate. You should know that over tens of thousands of years, it's not just Martial Arts University that has trained martial artists. Some large families and sects that were established before have their own methods for cultivating disciples, and they don't attend Martial Arts University.
As the situation becomes increasingly difficult, the country plans to concentrate resources to cultivate a group of experts. This time, the cultivation efforts are very large, and some people who had been keeping a low profile can no longer sit still. Some people whose names were previously unheard of have emerged, and all the major ranking lists have been turned upside down.
However, this competition also has a threshold; the participants are limited to the fifth rank, which is quite special.
Then the country launched a ranking list. First, you have to compete for the ranking. Only those who are on the list are qualified to compete for the qualification. Kyoto Martial Arts University is in a class of its own. Currently, three of the top sixteen are from Kyoto Martial Arts University. One of them is Gu Qingci, Jiang Yue's apprentice and also has SS-level talent.
Her other two apprentices were not weak either, only slightly weaker than her. They were both within the top 32. Jiang Yue was quite pleased that all three of her apprentices were on the list. There were still four months until the finals, during which time Jiang Yue could focus on training her students.
Jiang Yue took a day to call the five people over and, after suppressing her strength, fought them one by one. The other two were fine, but Gu Qingci's combat skills were relatively poor. As the saying goes, it's not that you're bad, it's that there are better ones. He was able to enter the top 16 because of his abundant resources and strong talent.
After figuring out their strengths and weaknesses, Jiang Yue devised a training plan. In addition, Jiang Yue planned to give them a dream acceleration boost. Currently, with their mental strength, completing a level 1 dream with a 1:10 time ratio shouldn't be a problem.
They cultivated for 14 hours during the day and practiced combat techniques in their dreams for 10 hours while sleeping at night. After a month, their ability to control their Qi and blood was greatly improved. In the second month, they practiced the killing moves that Jiang Yue had tailored for them. In the third month, the three of them fought against the puppets simulated by Bai Ze without interruption.
These puppets are all enemies that Jiang Yue has encountered over the years, and all real battles that she has experienced. In the last month, Jiang Yue will fight with them in the real world, fighting for twenty hours a day. The resources are from what Jiang Yue has captured over the years and from the school's subsidies. Five fifth-rank martial artists can't use them all. The main purpose is to put the training in the dream into practice and make consciousness and body correspond.
With only a few days left before the competition, the group had become familiar with their current strength. Jiang Yue gave them a break, allowing them to train in seclusion for several months, have meals with their boyfriends and girlfriends, and adjust their mindset to prepare for the competition.
Jiang Yue also went home to check on things. She hadn't left for a single day during this time, accompanying them in practice and adjusting the training schedule as needed. After staying home for a few days, the hot topics on StarNet were all about the competition. Jiang Yue looked at the news and refreshed the rankings. The rankings that the five of them had fallen off during training had all been restored, and all five of them had made it into the top 16.
On the day of the competition, all five of them changed into the uniforms of Kyoto University of Martial Arts. Jiang Yue was also wearing a mentor's uniform. Because they had the home advantage, they didn't need to stay in a hotel and could go directly to the venue. When they arrived at the venue, it was already full. People had even set up high platforms around the venue, not worried about making too much noise and shaking people off.
After entering the venue, the contestants adjusted their state and prepared to go on stage. After a short wait, the competition officially began. In order to see the strength of each contestant, only the central arena was used. The top 32 contestants fought in pairs, and the top 16 would be determined in one day. When it comes to the fifth-rank martial artists, the time to decide the winner is actually very short. There won't be any prolonged attacks or entanglements.
The competition used a draw system, and the five people from Kyoto Martial Arts University were unlucky. In the first round of 32 to 16, they were matched together. Among them was Jiang Yue's apprentice. The two looked at each other. Although they had considered this situation, it was still too unlucky. Jiang Yue had been using her mental power to sense that there was no cheating involved.
"There's no other way. You don't need to hold back and play to your level. If you play well, you'll get support."
The host was also disappointed, but rules are rules, and luck is also a kind of skill. Ten minutes after the draw, the contestants began to take the stage in the order drawn.
The first to compete was a disciple from Shanghai Martial Arts University and Ming Shen Sect. Ming Shen Sect is a sect that focuses on mental strength. They only accept people with outstanding mental strength. Jiang Yue, the contestant from Shanghai Martial Arts University, was very familiar with him because he was from the same era as Xiao Huohuo and Jiang Yue. He had even competed against Xiao Huohuo back then. Now, Jiang Yue's disciple has reached the fifth rank. There's no way around it, there are still not enough resources to go around.
The disciples of Ming Shen Sect possessed strong mental power, but the students from Shanghai Martial Arts University were no less formidable. Having experienced Xiao Huohuo's mental bombardment, they were experienced in dealing with this type of opponent. In the end, the students from Shanghai Martial Arts University emerged victorious because the disciples of Ming Shen Sect had relatively little bloodshed. When approached, they hesitated for a moment under the life-exchange fighting style. In that less than a second, the outcome was sealed.
The second match featured Gu Qingci and Lin Ruoxi, both of whom are Jiang Yue's apprentices. This brought them up again, and the organizers even gave Jiang Yue a shot. Jiang Yue greeted everyone. Jiang Yue's record over the years has been so impressive that people rarely see her due to her busy schedule, and they are quite curious about her.
After the competition started, as Jiang Yue had instructed, the two of them used all their moves except for their ultimate moves. Of course, they held back a few tricks, as there were still more matches to be played. In the end, due to Gu Qingci's talent and the fact that her senior brother and sister did not use their ultimate moves, Lin Ruoxi narrowly lost and stopped at the top 32. Although she lost, her strength was still evident to everyone.
In the following matches, the sect and family disciples and the martial arts university disciples were basically evenly matched. The martial arts university disciples had the advantage of rich combat experience, while the sects or families had the advantage of strong resources. Just take the blood and qi as an example, they were basically all martial artists who had broken through to the third bone tempering, and they were basically cultivating blood and qi, spiritual power and supernatural abilities at the same time.
The 32-to-16 elimination round doesn't mean much. Many people didn't even use their full potential. Fifth-rank martial artists can already unleash a fraction of their talent. If the talent is exceptionally strong, the outcome is truly uncertain.
After the first day of competition, three students from Kyoto Martial Arts University advanced to the top 16. Apart from Lin Ruoxi being a bit unlucky, another student lost due to his superior strength. He fought so hard that he was seriously injured and unconscious, and his opponent also suffered a great loss. He showed the spirit of Kyoto Martial Arts University students, and his opponent also had to pay a heavy price to repair his injuries, otherwise he would definitely not be able to participate in the subsequent competitions.
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