Chapter 153

The competition officially began soon. Unexpectedly, the moment the teacher announced the start of the exam, the scene on the stage suddenly changed from an ordinary stage to a space that looked like a quarry.

Seeing their confusion, Ian explained, "This is a special feature of our school's arena. There are several battle maps to choose from. Just discuss it in advance. Even if you want a special map that the school doesn't have, you can use credits to reserve it a week in advance and the teacher can make it for you."

The arena was designed in such a fancy way that it lived up to the school spirit of this school. However, this also reminded Su Bei that since this technology existed, the arena used in the competition between the three schools might not be the same.

Compared to the empty ordinary arena, the arena with various maps can undoubtedly give the superpowers more room to display their abilities. However, the same map may be an advantage map for some people, but naturally it may be a disadvantage map for others.

The map of the quarry seemed to be requested by Jiang Tianming. If it was an ordinary arena, his [Control Objects] ability would be difficult to use, but a map like this with objects that can be controlled is very suitable for him to use.

The next match was as they expected. A dark yellow light circle appeared under Kaila's feet and quickly moved towards Jiang Tianming. Although Jiang Tianming didn't know what her ability was, he still avoided the light circle by instinct.

Unfortunately, the space of the ring was limited, and there was no high ground on the quarry map. Therefore, although Jiang Tianming tried his best to dodge, he could not delay for too long and was soon trapped. After being trapped, he immediately understood the effect of this ability. In addition to being trapped in this circle, he also felt an uncomfortable burning sensation.

It seemed that they had to fight quickly, so Jiang Tianming directly began to use his [Object Control] ability to control the small stones around him to attack. Kaila, who had already fixed him in place, saw that Jiang Tianming could actually control the stones, so she chose to engage in close combat.

When Jiang Tianming was trapped in the circle and it was difficult for him to even turn around, the success rate of close combat was very high. Even if his fighting skills were good, it would be difficult for him to turn defeat into victory in this situation.

Besides, Kayla's own fighting skills are actually very strong. She knows very well that if she wants to win in a battle with her control ability which is not very offensive, she must work hard in fighting, so she never slacks off.

If Jiang Tianming didn't have other abilities, he might have been defeated by her. Unfortunately, there was no if. Jiang Tianming directly used one of the skills of his supernatural power [Frost Mage] to cause hail to fall over a large area of ​​the arena.

The hail created by this special power is not ordinary hail. In addition to the basic pain, it will also continuously deplete the mental strength of the person hit.

This is the power of [Death Summoning], it can completely replicate the abilities of the deceased and the moves they have already mastered. Although it is impossible to improve, as long as the deceased is strong enough, it doesn't really matter whether it improves or not.

"I give up, I give up!" Feeling that her mental strength was slowly declining and she had no way to deal with Jiang Tianming, Kaila admitted defeat decisively.

But even though she admitted defeat, she was still a little unwilling to accept it. Now her head was full of questions: "Where did this hail come from? It's your supernatural power, but your supernatural power is not..."

When she said this, she suddenly paused, and then continued with what she had just said: "Isn't it a control-type ability? But that was clearly an attack-type ability."

"I just didn't trap you with ice." Jiang Tianming said calmly, looking at the other party meaningfully. He originally thought that they were the only ones trying to find out about each other, but he didn't expect that the people from "Alpha Superpower High School" were also trying to find out about their superpowers.

Judging from what Kaila just said, the other party probably knew that his ability was [Control Objects], which was why he took the initiative to challenge him. If he didn't have other abilities, he might have really been defeated.

Kaila was still confused about their intelligence error. She nodded to Jiang Tianming and hurried off the stage. Lan Subing and Ai Baozhu on the other side of the crowd were the first to rush over to celebrate for him, followed by Jiang Tianming and the others who slowly arrived.

Ian was very tactful and said goodbye in advance when they were about to leave. After all, Su Bei was obviously going to have dinner with his classmates, and there was no need for him to interfere.

During the meal, Jiang Tianming talked about why he had a fight with others. Like the teachers of several other classes, their teacher had also instructed a girl to take care of him. This girl was Kaila.

But the people in their class like to play tricks, and with a bunch of control-type superpowers together, it's really easy to do things secretly. They pulled Jiang Tianming's chair when he stood up, and messed up his tidied desk. In short, it was a bunch of toads crawling under their feet, pranks that didn't bite but were disgusting.

Naturally, this little action annoyed Jiang Tianming. He was originally planning to find a way to retaliate, but he suddenly thought of Su Bei's behavior when facing the provocation of those two classmates yesterday, and felt that perhaps telling the teacher was the best solution.

After hearing his idea, Kayla stopped him and arranged a match with him. If he won, Kayla would guarantee that the people in their class would not make trouble again. And if he lost, Kayla would protect him because she had proved her strength by defeating him.

Anyway, he had to fight with others, and Jiang Tianming had no intention of giving up. It would be best to get rid of the problem once and for all, so he agreed directly.

This is what happened just now.

"Then you should be able to live in peace from now on." Lan Subing said enviously, "I feel like everyone in my class is eyeing me covetously. It would be great if there was someone I could fight with once and for all."

Because I was always in class, I hadn't discussed this with her in detail before. Now, after hearing her say this, Ai Baozhu asked curiously: "Have you asked the auxiliary department how to compete? I don't think it will be a competition."

Lan Subing had actually inquired about this: "It's a competition of auxiliary abilities, which is a bit similar to our monthly exams. If it's a competition between nurses, go directly to the infirmary. If it's a boost type, you can show your abilities for everyone to judge. If you think there's a problem with your judgment, you can find a strong attack type with similar strength for a 2v2 match."

After that, she smiled and asked Ai Baozhu: "What about the defense department? You don't have anyone with strong offensive power. Do you also need to find someone from the strong offensive department to assist you in completing the game?"

Lan Subing guessed half right. Ai Baozhu nodded and shook her head: "We need to find someone to help us complete the competition, but it will not be the students of the Strong Attack Department, but the referee teacher. This is the fairest way."

However, the people in the defense department were quite peaceful. In addition, when A Baozhu came in, she used her very sassy eldest daughter aura to intimidate everyone. So even though some people disliked her, they didn't dare to challenge her today. At least they had to see what the other exchange students were like before making any plans.

I have to say that Lan Subing suffered the penalty of being too polite. She was also a young lady, but because she behaved more peacefully, she was more likely to attract others to challenge her.

"Zhaohua, how is your class going?" After answering Lan Subing's question, Ai Baozhu looked at Si Zhaohua.

Si Zhaohua directly told them about the arrangement made by their class teacher. With this arrangement, at least he didn't have to worry today. But even if there was no such arrangement, Si Zhaohua wouldn't worry. He had confidence in his own ability.

Finally, everyone looked at Su Bei. They had guessed that he would not fight with anyone, no matter if someone was looking for trouble or not. After all, that was Su Bei's personality. But they were still curious about whether there was anything interesting happening in their class.

After thinking for a while, Su Bei replied, "I have met Elvis, the owner of the [Hourglass] ability. He is a student who came from another class and is the principal's personal disciple. I think you will be able to meet him later."

"Is he handsome? What's his personality like?" Ai Baozhu asked two questions in a row. Lan Subing looked at Su Bei with sparkling eyes, obviously very curious about the questions she asked.

The first question is easy to answer: "It looks OK."

As for the latter question, Su Bei thought for a moment: "We only exchanged two sentences in total. He seemed quite cold and arrogant. But I feel...he may not be the person he appears to be."

It's not that he discovered any secrets from the other party through his eyes, but it's mainly because he doesn't seem to have a cold and arrogant personality for someone who is so bad at playing games but still insists on playing.

This conjecture was confirmed when he went to class the next day. As soon as Su Bei walked into the classroom, Elvis came over. He stood in front of Su Bei's desk and was silent for a long time before he spoke: "Come out with me."

Seeing his aggressive and hostile attitude, Su Bei certainly couldn't agree directly, but she was not afraid either. Instead, she asked with interest, "What do you want to do?"

"Very quickly. It won't delay your class." Elvis said sullenly, but this answer seemed to be irrelevant.

Anyone who saw this expression would probably think that he was here to cause trouble, but Su Bei understood from his words that he had no intention of provoking him, otherwise he would not have said that he would not delay his class.

Of course the most important thing is that his mental power did not feel the fluctuations of Elvis' mental power. If he really intended to fight with him now, then the mental power around him must be agitated. This is the experience Su Bei gained after fighting with others so many times.

Since he wasn't here to cause trouble, he was curious about what Elvis wanted to say to him, considering that he had seemed to be at odds with him yesterday.

Thinking of this, Su Bei sat on the chair and looked at the boy in front of him for a while, then stood up and walked out: "Let's go."

It was not until the two men left the classroom that everyone in the classroom breathed a sigh of relief. They had noticed this scene when Elvis walked towards Su Bei's seat. After all, neither of these two people was the type to be easily ignored.

A girl sighed: "The two of them have such a strong aura, it really felt like a fight just now! Who of you should go and take a look, before they really start fighting?"

Ian hesitated for a moment, then stood up as well: "I'll go take a look, you guys don't need to come out."

Su Bei, who had come out a step ahead, had already arrived at the school rooftop under the leadership of Elvis. This place really seemed like the place where they would return from some final battle. If Su Bei had not believed in his own judgment, he would really have turned around and ran away.

It is worth mentioning that the "Infinite Power Academy" does not have a rooftop. Their rooftop is pointed, which is said to be to prevent students from jumping off the roof and committing suicide.

When they got to the rooftop, Elvis got straight to the point: "Didn't you say yesterday that you wanted to fight the best? I should be worthy of this title, so I will fight you, and you tell me the name of the game you played yesterday."

Su Bei: "..."

There were so many complaints that he didn't even know where to start.

First of all, Su Bei didn't expect the other party to call him out so seriously, because he wanted to know what game he played yesterday. I thought the other party had stopped paying attention to him after he said that yesterday, but now it seems that he has been secretly watching him.

Secondly... it's the opposite of Tian Gang. Who said he wanted to fight the strongest? The meaning of that sentence is clearly that if you have to fight him, then find the strongest. Where did he say he wanted to take the initiative to fight?

Seeing the expression on Su Bei's face change from surprise to ridicule, Elvis's face flashed with confusion: "Isn't this what you want?"

"I'm not short of an opponent. Bring me something I need in exchange." Su Bei looked at him leisurely, but didn't say anything excessive.

Elvis hesitated for a moment. He could see that even if he asked the other party "what do you lack", the other party would not answer, otherwise he would have said it just now. So he had to think about it himself.

So what is missing in northern Jiangsu?

After thinking for a moment, Elvis suddenly looked Su Bei in the eye again: "Tell me the game, and I will ensure that you will not be challenged by others during your exchange period."

As soon as these words came out, Su Bei's eyes suddenly lit up, and a smile flashed across his eyes: "Deal."

He was not afraid that the other party would go back on his word, so he directly told him the name of the game. Thinking of the other party's horrible skills, although he was not sure whether he would be so bad at playing shooting games, he still generously added: "If you are not good at playing, you can come to me to teach you."

Of course, this "generous" is just his opinion. To Elvis, it is nakedly mocking him for not playing well. Elvis's face immediately turned cold: "Huh, I won't play badly!"

Su Bei was immediately delighted when this was said. Didn't this guy think that this answer was a bit of a cover-up?

But he didn't say much, just waved his hand perfunctorily: "Okay, okay, you're the best."

Elvis: “…”

"No, you don't believe I can have fun?" He couldn't stand it anymore and questioned with a cold face.

Su Bei continued to perfunctorily as he walked downstairs: "Ah, no, why shouldn't I believe it?"

Elvis insisted: "Why do you have this attitude? Do you think I didn't play the game well yesterday? It was just because I was not good at that character. I can play other characters very well!"

What's the difference between what he said and self-destruction? Su Bei stopped, turned around and looked at him quietly for two seconds, and finally couldn't help but said: "You are anxious."

Elvis was really upset now: "You...you are the one who is anxious! I'm not! I'm playing games..."

"What are you doing?" Suddenly, Ian's voice came from the stairs. His hair was messy and he was breathing heavily. It seemed that he had just run up.

As soon as someone else came, Elvis immediately put away his broken look and returned to his usual aloofness. He glanced at Su Bei nervously before saying calmly, "It's okay. I'm going back to class."

Su Bei nodded: "Let's go, the next class is about to start."

Seeing that he had no intention of telling others what had just happened, Elvis breathed a sigh of relief and walked downstairs first. When he reached the door, he suddenly thought of something and turned to look at Su Bei: "I'm going to challenge you after school today."

Hearing this, Su Bei raised his eyebrows unexpectedly. The deal had just been completed, so even if he wanted to go back on his word, he wouldn't do it so quickly. "You want to go back on your word?"

"How is that possible?" Elvis said with disdain, "I'm saying don't let others compete with you. I'm not someone else. Only after I compete with you can I be justified and stop others from competing with you."

So, he had the same idea as Kaila. But the difference was that Kaila was able to prevent others from fighting Jiang Tianming after she had fought with him because of her status as the squad leader, while Elvis relied on his status as the "strongest".

This means that Jiang Tianming may be challenged by people from other classes in the future, but he is the one who has truly solved his problem once and for all.

After thinking it through, Su Bei agreed decisively. [Hourglass] This ability is strong enough, but he is not confident that he can win. There is a chance to win, but there is also a chance to lose.

However, Su Bei didn't care about winning or losing. Losing to the strongest player from the other school was not a shameful thing, as long as he could cause enough trouble to the other side.

"Okay, let's go home today." Su Bei nodded and agreed to the other party's request. Because they had this conversation at the door of the classroom, everyone in the class heard it.

The classroom suddenly became lively, and everyone came to discuss this matter with their acquaintances. Although they spoke in low voices, there were enough people discussing it, so it was as lively as a vegetable market.

The situation did not ease until the teacher came in, but they were still very excited. The teacher noticed the students' abnormality and asked in confusion: "What's wrong? What happened just now? It seems that you can't calm down."

A curious student immediately replied: "Teacher, today Elvis is going to play against a transfer student!"

Hearing this, the teacher's eyes immediately turned to Elvis in the corner. Compared with Su Bei, who had just arrived two days ago, he certainly knew Elvis better and knew that this direct disciple of the principal was not a person who liked fighting.

"Elvis, what's going on?"

Elvis stood up with his hands in his pockets, pretending to say, "I just want to compete."

Hearing this, the teacher frowned and looked at Su Bei: "What about you? Are you also willing to compete with him?"

Su Bei nodded calmly: "I want to see the strength of classmate Elvis."

Seeing that they were both willing to fight and there was no threat, the teacher did not care. After all, there was a referee watching, so there was no danger to life. If the students wanted to compete, let them compete.

If Elvis wins, we can show our strength in front of friendly schools. And if Su Bei wins... although the teacher thinks it is unlikely, it is not necessarily a bad thing. Elvis is too invincible among his peers because of his supernatural power, it would be good if there is someone to temper his temper.

After class, the students in class were eager to gossip about him. However, Elvis was a very cold person, so they did not dare to approach him. Su Bei was an exchange student, and no one was familiar with him, so it was not appropriate to gossip about him.

So everyone had to secretly wink at Ian, signaling him to go and find out what was going on.

Ian was also very curious, so he did not refuse, and asked Su Bei quietly: "Su Bei, why did you two suddenly make an appointment to fight? Why did Elvis ask you to go out?"

"Guess" When it comes to questions he doesn't want to answer, Su Bei always gives the same answer to everyone.

Seeing that he didn't want to answer, Ian changed the subject very intelligently: "Then do you have the confidence to win? His ability is [Time Hourglass]. Do you need me to reveal his specific ability to you?"

"No need." Su Bei shook his head. For that kind of time-related ability, even if he knew it in advance, it wouldn't increase his chances of winning much. On the contrary, if he still lost even though he knew it in advance, he would only be ridiculed more fiercely.

Instead, it is better to maintain an absolutely fair competitive environment.

The end of school came quickly. Su Bei stood at the door waiting for Elvis. The two walked side by side towards the playground. There were many people following behind them. It can be said that everyone in the class came, and the number of people in this team was increasing. Almost as soon as the class was over, they sent the explosive news that Elvis had made an appointment to fight with the transfer student to the classmates from other classes they knew.

Naturally, Jiang Tianming and the other three also got the news. They hurried to the playground, wondering how Su Bei could have gotten involved with Elvis.

Because he had mentioned this person before at noon, several people got to know Elvis in the afternoon and now they all have a clearer understanding of his status in the first grade.

"What the hell is going on?" Lan Subing followed the main force anxiously, "Didn't Su Bei say they didn't have much contact at noon? How come they started fighting in the afternoon?"

Ai Baozhu was not that worried: "Walk slowly, don't worry about that Elvis. You don't know him, but don't you know Su Bei? When will he really put himself in danger?"

This is true. Si Zhaohua nodded in agreement: "They must have a reason for fighting, and Su Bei may not lose. The [Hourglass] is indeed very powerful, but the [Gear of Destiny] is also hard to figure out."

"We'll know when we get there." Jiang Tianming walked forward quickly, and reminded everyone very calmly, "We can also take this opportunity to take a good look at the power of this [Hourglass]. If Su Bei wins, that's great, but if he loses, with this experience, we may be able to think of a way to deal with it."

It's not a big deal if one of the strongest freshmen loses when facing the other side, but it would be fatal if all five lose.

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