20demayo Chapter 96 The Martial Arts Competition Begins
Chapter 96 The Martial Arts Competition Begins
Chapter 96 The Martial Arts Competition Begins
Chen Lie replied, "I understand."
Then I exited the chat page.
I opened the next friend's message.
Qingchan: May I ask which part of Dongchuan Province you are from? Are you here at the Provincial Key High School for a temporary transition?
Chen Lie replied: "I'm from Changdong City and have always attended the Provincial Key High School."
Just as Chen Lie exited the page, Green Bubble gave him a "ding-dong" notification.
The official WeChat account of Dongchuan No. 1 Key Wuke High School in Sichuan Province sent a notification.
"A martial arts competition will be held within each class tomorrow. Students from each elite class who have registered for the competition must arrive at the station before 10 a.m. tomorrow, otherwise they will be considered to have forfeited."
After reading the message, Chen Lie put away his communicator.
Soon, the flying bus arrived at the station, and Chen Lie got off and went home.
The next day, Chen Lie went to school early in the morning.
Upon entering the elite campus, he noticed that there were many more students than before.
It's likely because the school's martial arts competition attracted all its elite students to the school.
Arriving at Elite Class 5, Chen Lie entered the classroom and found it completely empty.
So Chen Lie went outside and looked around, only to find that the arena next to the classroom was surrounded by a crowd of people:
Looking around, Chen Lie recognized the people gathered around the battle arena; many of them were students from Elite Class 5. So he walked toward the battle arena.
A row of seats was set up in front of the arena, and Hong Chengshuo from Elite Class 5 and the students from the two schools would sit in the seats in front of the arena.
Upon seeing Chen Lie, a student immediately exclaimed, "Professor, Chen Lie has arrived!"
Hong Chengshuo nodded, looked up and saw Chen Lie. He waved to Chen Lie, signaling him to come over.
Chen Lie walked over and called out, "Mentor."
"Hmm." Hong Chengshuo said to Chen Lie, "Chen Lie, let me introduce you. These two are the deans of students in the regular classes, Director Gao and Director Zheng. They came here specifically to observe and supervise the class competition."
Come over and say hello to them.
Chen Lie nodded and greeted the two deans of students from the regular classes next to Hong Chengshuo: "Director Gao, Director Zheng, hello."
The deans of the two regular classes also nodded.
Hong Chengshuo explained, "Director Gao, Director Zheng, this student Chen Lie is among the top 100 elite students, with a blood energy value approaching three digits."
More than a dozen students in our class with a Qi and Blood value exceeding 30 all requested that Chen Lie be directly promoted to the school-wide martial arts competition.
That makes sense to me. After all, the student with the highest Qi and Blood value in our Elite Class 5 only has a little over 60 Qi and Blood. There's really no need for a student who made it into the top 100 of the Elite Students list to bully the weak here.
Some elite students in Elite Class 1 who were not as strong as Chen Lie did not all advance directly.
So how about we just let Chen Lie advance directly?
The ordinary homeroom teacher, surnamed Zheng, asked, "Your Qi and Blood Value has exceeded 100, why didn't you transfer to the Elite Class 1?"
Chen Lie said, "I think being in Elite Class 5 is pretty good."
"Show me your elite student ID," Director Zheng said.
Chen Lie immediately took out his elite student ID from his pocket and handed it to Director Zheng.
Director Zheng took a look and nodded leisurely, saying, "Not bad, they are students on the list of the top 100 elite students."
"Then let's take one spot and go straight to the general level."
As he spoke, Director Zheng showed Chen Lie's elite student ID to Director Gao next to him, and then returned the elite student ID to Chen Lie.
Hong Chengshuo took Chen Lie to the prize collection area for the martial arts competition and gave Chen Lie the prize for being among the top ten in the class.
He then instructed, "Chen Lie, your strength is formidable. Take these resources and use the time to further increase your Qi and Blood value."
"We aim to finish in the top 50 in tomorrow's martial arts competition."
"good!"
Chen Lie nodded, accepted the reward for being among the top ten in the class martial arts competition—ten kilograms of exotic beast meat and two energy potions—and then left the school directly.
Back home, Chen Lie went to the living room, sat on the sofa, and consumed all ten pounds of exotic beast meat and two energy potions.
This ten jin of exotic beast meat is the most ordinary first-tier exotic beast meat, with very little nutritional value.
After consuming two energy potions and ten pounds of exotic beast meat, Chen Lie didn't even need to circulate the "Dragon Nirvana Technique" before his body automatically absorbed the energy.
"I wonder if all of these things combined will be enough to boost my health by two units."
Chen Lie shook his head, threw the empty energy potion bottle and the packaging of the alien beast meat into the trash can, and then turned on the TV to watch.
The Blue Star Satellite TV on television was broadcasting a report on the situation of the strange beasts on the northwest border.
"The situation of strange beasts emerging from the ground of Kunlun Ruins is becoming increasingly serious."
At this time, over a dozen Grandmaster-level alien beasts could emerge from the beast cave every year. No wonder Blue Star perished in the alien beast tide twenty years later.
Chen Lie knew very well that the current Grandmaster-level alien beasts were just appetizers.
When the entrance to the underground beast cave in Kunlun Ruins expands again, and several grandmaster-level beasts emerge within a single day, that will truly be the beginning of a nightmare.
Chen Lie didn't know how many Grandmaster-level martial artists there were on Blue Star, but he was certain that there wouldn't be many.
As for whether Blue Star has any martial artists above the Grandmaster level, Chen Lie believes that it is highly unlikely.
Even if Blue Star has martial artists above the Grandmaster level, it cannot withstand the endless stream of strange beasts emerging from the beast cave every day.
Given the martial arts level on Earth, it would take two or more Grandmaster-level martial artists of the same rank to deal with a Grandmaster-level beast.
Just then, Chen Xingyao pushed open the door and returned home.
Upon seeing Chen Lie, Chen Xingyao asked, "Brother, what are you doing at home?"
My tutor told me that today we're having a martial arts competition among the elite students.
Your health and mana value has already exceeded 40, right? You should have no problem getting into the top ten in the class, right?
Why didn't you participate in the martial arts competition?
"I went straight to the general level."
"Direct advancement?"
Chen Xingyao couldn't help but wonder, "Can we directly advance to the basic level?"
Chen Lie said, "Sure, as long as your strength far surpasses that of others."
"Your strength far surpasses others? How big of a gap would that be?"
"How come the elite classes are so weak now? Forty calories of health and mana are enough to put them far ahead of everyone else in the elite class?"
"Who said my Qi and Blood value is only 40 calories?"
Chen Xingyao asked, "Not 40 calories? Then how many is it?"
"Three digits," Chen Lie said.
"How could it be three digits? Three months ago, when we tested your Qi and Blood values together at the martial arts gym, you only had 0.8 calories."
Even if your Qi and Blood levels increase very quickly, there's a limit.
Chen Lie said, "You can check the list of the top 100 elite students in the school."
After saying that, Chen Lie got up and went back to his room.
With a skeptical attitude, Chen Xingyao picked up the communicator and entered the information on the school's official website to search for the students on the list of the top 100 elite students.
She started by checking the first place, looking at each one one by one.
When she saw Chen Lie, ranked 98th on the list of the top 100 elite students, she couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
"How is that possible? My brother made it into the top 100 elite students list?"
She knew that the top 100 elite students on the list of elite students were the school's most outstanding students.
The elite students who made the list, even if their Qi and Blood values didn't break into three digits, were certainly close to three digits.
"Has my brother really undergone a complete transformation?"
Chen Xingyao stared at the names on the list of the top 100 elite students on the communicator screen, unable to come back to her senses for a long time.
On December 22, the martial arts competition of Dongchuan No. 12 Key Martial Arts High School in Shandong Province was held as scheduled.
On that day, the school leaders invited a reporter from Dongchuan TV to record the entire event, and the recording was broadcast on Dongchuan TV a week later.
On this day, Chen Lie arrived at the school early and, led by his mentor Hong Chengshuo, went to the venue where the martial arts competition was being held.
There were hundreds of elite students in the martial arts competition venue.
At this moment, the school's loudspeaker began to broadcast: "Hello everyone."
Today is the day of the school's annual year-end martial arts competition.
The students present are all top performers in the school; I hope they will achieve good results in the upcoming martial arts competition.
"As you all have seen, the school has invited the provincial TV station to film the entire event today. Students who win prizes in this competition will not only receive generous rewards from the school, but will also enjoy the highest honor."
"To facilitate filming by the TV station, we will hold the martial arts competition in two separate venues."
"Please proceed in an orderly manner to the Qi and Blood Detection Machine on the north side of the square under the guidance of your respective instructors to have your Qi and Blood tested."
After the broadcast started, the elite students from the fifteen classes, led by their respective instructors, headed to the Qi and Blood testing point in the north of the square to have their Qi and Blood tested.
"Class, follow me, and keep in the correct order."
Hong Chengshuo led a group of ten students from Elite Class 5 to the blood and qi testing point to queue up.
Five blood pressure and blood energy testing devices were set up in the school square.
Each blood and qi detector can measure a person's blood and qi in almost one minute.
Soon, it was the turn of Elite Class 5 to be tested.
"Elite students, hand in your ID cards. Those whose names I call, come up here for a blood and qi test."
School staff began collecting elite student IDs from the ten students in Elite Class 5. Chen Lie, along with the other students, handed in his elite student ID.
Soon after, the staff began taking attendance.
"Xie Bingyang, come up here to have your Qi and blood checked."
A student named Xie Bingyang immediately went up and stood in the scanning area of the blood and qi detector.
The blue light scanned the blood and qi levels, and the results were displayed.
"Beep, test complete, blood energy level 43.13 calories."
After Xie Bingyang finished the test, he immediately went downstairs.
"Next, Qiu Yongfei, come up and have your Qi and blood checked."
The staff kept calling out names, and after several people had passed by, they finally called on Chen Lie.
"Next, Chen Lie, come up and have your Qi and blood checked."
Chen Lie moved to the side, out of the crowd, and into the scanning area of the blood and qi detector, ready to have his blood and qi tested.
A beam of blue light swept across, and the blood and qi detector began to announce the test results.
"Beep, test complete, blood energy level 142.31 calories."
"How many?"
The staff responsible for testing blood and qi were also taken aback by the test results.
"Holy crap! This is the strength of someone in the top 20 of the elite student rankings, how come they've been lurking in our Elite Class 5 all this time?"
"Luckily, yesterday's class martial arts competition allowed him to advance directly. My health points are not even a fraction of his."
"Zhang Hun and Zhang Xun, those two brothers, are really asking for trouble with such beings. Don't they have a death wish? Crippled their arms and legs, that's too good for them."
The students in Elite Class 5 were all discussing it.
At this moment, even Hong Chengshuo, the tutor of Elite Class 5, was speechless.
Chen Lie's blood energy test result was only over 90 calories last time, how come it's suddenly so high?
In less than an hour, the blood and qi value tests for all 150 elite students in the fifteen elite classes were completed.
At that moment, the school's loudspeaker started playing again.
"Dear students, in order to save time during the competition, the school will divide the competition areas."
The dividing line is 80 calories of Qi and Blood.
Students with a Qi and Blood value of 80 or above will compete in the first competition area, while students with a Qi and Blood value of less than 80 will compete in the second competition area.
The martial arts competitions on both sides will proceed simultaneously until both sides finish their competitions.
The top twenty students in the second division can challenge students from the first division. If they win, the student from the second division will take their place in the first division.
"Students can take out their communicators and check which competition area they have been assigned to on the school's Green Bubble WeChat official account."
"Alright, without further ado, students, please proceed to your respective competition areas immediately. The year-end campus martial arts competition is about to begin!"
Within the plaza of the school's elite campus, there are two large training grounds. The training ground on the east side of the plaza is the first competition area, and the training ground on the west side is the second competition area.
Chen Lie picked up his communicator and checked it. He had been assigned to the first competition zone, so he went to the training ground on the east side.
At this moment, the training ground in the first competition area was already filled with students watching.
Today is the day of a big event, with the elite campus open to the public, which has attracted many students from regular classes, as well as parents of students who are also participating in the competition, to come and watch.
In contrast, there were far fewer people in the second division.
Because everyone knows that the students from the first campus are the school's true elites, and the top ten in the entire school can only be selected from the first campus.
Upon arriving at the first competition area, Chen Lie waited by the training ground.
About ten minutes later, the school's loudspeaker blared again.
"Please be quiet, students. The school hereby officially announces that the annual martial arts competition of Dongchuan Province's No. 1 Key Martial Arts High School is now beginning. Next, when your name is called, please come up to the stage immediately to compete. If you do not come up to the stage within three minutes, you will be considered to have forfeited, and your opponent will advance directly."
After going on stage, first state your name and health level. Only after hearing "The martial arts competition begins" may you start fighting.
"In the first round of the martial arts competition, Meng Xiangyang from Elite Class 1 will face Ning Shanshan from Elite Class 2."
After the school broadcast ended, a male and a female student went up onto the stage at the same time from both sides of the training ground.
"Class 1 Elite, Meng Xiangyang, Qi and Blood Value: 91.63 kcal."
"Elite Class 2, Ning Shanshan, Qi and Blood Value: 87.96 kcal."
The two students went onto the training ground and reported their health and mana values to each other according to the rules.
Just then, the loudspeaker announced: "The martial arts competition begins!"