Chapter 100: The Super Announcement! Intimidating the Contemporary Genius

Chapter 100: The Super Announcement! Intimidating the Contemporary Genius

With no one stepping up to challenge the current champion, the combat competition came to an abrupt end.

The Defend the Arena mode was activated.

This meant the competition concluded earlier than expected.

The competition didn't switch to the standard mode because Zhao Zheng had already served as a champion once and had accumulated a substantial number of points by defeating numerous participants.

Continuing the competition would make it impossible for others to surpass him.

After the competition ended, a prompt appeared simultaneously in the left eyes of all participants:

[Notice: This Spirit Realm has concluded. Teleportation back will commence in 60 seconds. 59, 58, 57...]



Witnessing the countdown, the crowd couldn't help but sigh.

Compared to the ten hours in the second layer of the Spirit Realm, the time spent in the third layer seemed a bit lengthy.

Including the rest periods, the total time exceeded 80 hours!

And this was with Zhao Zheng's choice of the Defend the Arena mode, which expedited the process.

If no one had chosen this mode from the start, leading to the standard combat mode, the competition would likely have continued, and the total time would have easily surpassed 100 hours...

As the countdown neared its end, Zhao Zheng tucked the enigmatic glasses into his pants pocket.

After all, these glasses were indestructible.

He had just tested them, and even with his current strength, he couldn't deform them in the slightest.

In the Amnesia Spirit Realm, no items could be carried out except for the clothes on one's body.

However, legendary items obtained within the Spirit Realm were exempt from this restriction.

At this moment, Jiang Hebin stood up and said, "Big Zhao, Sister Haitang, I want to express my gratitude to both of you. Thank you!"

Zhao Zheng waved his hand dismissively, "There's no need to be so formal now. You'll still be grateful to us once we're out."

"That's not the same," Jiang Hebin said.

"Once we're out, we'll all lose our memories. Given my personality, I'll still be grateful to both of you, but... how sincere I'll be is uncertain."

This guy was honest and self-aware.

Aware of the limited time, Jiang Hebin quickened his pace, "Moreover, I've always misunderstood you, Big Zhao. After we're out, I might only be grateful to Sister Haitang."

"We initially thought this was a standard combat between newcomers, and we could just follow you to victory. But it turned out that the ranking was based on the total points of the entire team... We ended up dragging you down."

"Despite eventually winning the Top Three Tribes Championship, we all know it was because you, Big Zhao, risked your life and fought tirelessly."

"While I still have my memories, I must express my gratitude to both of you!"

"Thank you!!!"

After Jiang Hebin finished speaking, he bowed deeply to the pair.

Seeing this, the others also stood up and followed suit, expressing their gratitude.

Zhao Zheng and Song Haitang felt a bit awkward about continuing to sit.

Fortunately, the 60-second countdown quickly elapsed.

When the countdown ended, everyone vanished simultaneously.

The once bustling Multiverse Arena instantly became empty, like a deserted wasteland.

...

Blue Planet.

Zhenwu University.

On the school field, several teachers gathered, chatting and laughing without a hint of worry on their faces.

This was because the third layer of the Spirit Realm for newcomers was widely acknowledged as a relatively safe one.

Even the worst extraordinary colleges experienced low casualty rates in this layer, never exceeding 15%.

Moreover, Zhenwu University was a prestigious institution with a solid student foundation, ensuring an even lower casualty rate.

"Time's almost up. Let's get ready to welcome our students back!" a leader announced.

Upon hearing this, the teachers concluded their conversation and took their positions.

Moments later, on the empty field, numerous students appeared out of thin air.

The teachers quickly glanced at the number of students and smiled in satisfaction.

As expected, Zhenwu University maintained its low casualty rate in the third layer of the Spirit Realm.

Soon, the student count was tallied.

There were 180 students in total, with only two unfortunate souls missing...

The teachers were delighted, and the school leadership smiled.

"Welcome back, students!" the school leader addressed the students.

Hearing the school leader, the students on the field gradually snapped out of their daze.

This was a normal reaction, as they had just had their memories of the Spirit Realm erased, leaving them disoriented.

Subsequently, everyone turned their attention towards Song Haitang.

Since the first layer of the Spirit Realm, where Song Haitang had secured an SSS Rank Task Evaluation, she had been unofficially dubbed the "Top Freshman."

After achieving another SSS Rank Task Evaluation in the second layer, she solidified this title! Now, the crowd was curious if this "Top Freshman," leading a ten-person team" could once again attain the SSS Rank.

Within Song Haitang's team, Jiang Hebin, Wang Fei, and others were filled with anticipation and excitement.

They would soon find out if they had been carried to success by Song Haitang.

"Next, we'll tally your individual performances," a teacher announced. "Students who received task rewards, please report to your teachers immediately!"

As soon as the teacher finished speaking, numerous students raised their hands.

The teachers began assisting students in tallying their performances in the third layer of the Spirit Realm.

Since this layer required teams of ten, distributing rewards and tallying performances was more straightforward.

Consequently, the teachers worked swiftly.

However, as the teachers tallied the results, their expressions grew increasingly grim.

Most of the teams, consisting of over a dozen students, were barely scraping by with C-Rank Task Evaluations.

Forget about A-Rank Task Evaluations; even B-Rank Task Evaluations only appeared three times.

The sole school leader present frowned deeply, his eyebrows forming a deep crease.

This was Zhenwu University, after all! If not a single team could achieve an A-Rank Task Evaluation, how could they maintain their reputation as an elite school?

Now, only Song Haitang's team was left without any results.

All the teachers and students turned their attention to Song Haitang's team.

The school leader walked directly to their side.

With the leader present, Teacher Li couldn't just stand by, so he asked, "Haitang, haven't your team's results come out yet?"

Song Haitang shook her head, "Not yet."

Since the results weren't out yet...

They could only continue waiting!!

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Meanwhile, at Jingda Superhero University, students gathered on the sports field, surrounded by numerous teachers and leaders.

It wasn't that Jingda's leaders valued freshmen more than Zhenwu University; the situation was different this time.

For this third-layer Spirit Realm competition, Jingda University, in an effort to surpass Zhenwu University and maintain its reputation as the top superhero university in the country, had specifically joined forces with Wuda University from Wuda City.

In Ma Jun's team, half of the members were top students from Wuda University.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have achieved such high scores in the Spirit Realm.

As for Victor's team, it was even more impressive, consisting of the best freshmen from the entire Grizzly Nation, forming an incredibly strong team...

After all, the Spirit Realm competition wasn't about killing monsters; the requirement for teamwork among members shouldn't be too high.

So, at this moment on Jingda's sports field, besides Jingda's teachers and leaders, there were also teachers and leaders from Wuda University.

"Our results are out!"

Suddenly, a student from Ma Jun's team raised their hand and spoke up.

Upon hearing this, the teachers and leaders all perked up.

A male teacher quickly approached and asked, "Ma Jun, how did you do?"

Ma Jun shook his head, his expression slightly disappointed, "Still S-Rank, no new breakthroughs."

Hearing this, the leaders also felt a bit let down.

They had formed this high-quality team with Wuda University, aiming for the championship in the Spirit Realm competition, or even an SSS-Rank.

In recent months, Zhenwu University had been in the spotlight, almost making everyone forget that Jingda was the top superhero university in the country.

Therefore, Jingda desperately needed a comeback.

They had initially thought that this third-layer Spirit Realm competition would be a great opportunity.

But they hadn't expected...

"An S-Rank Task Evaluation is still pretty good."

The male teacher offered some consolation and then asked, "What's your ranking?"

"Third in the world," Ma Jun replied with a hint of frustration.

He was very dissatisfied with this result.

The two top universities had joined forces, but the results weren't much better than the previous second-layer Spirit Realm competition.

"Teacher, you can check our rewards yourself," Ma Jun said.

He didn't want to go into detail.

Upon hearing this, the teacher placed his hand on Ma Jun's shoulder.

Then, he loudly announced Ma Jun's team's results.

"Ma Jun, Wei Zhihong, He Chaoqiang..."

"Spirit Energy Points obtained in this Spirit Realm: 84 points."

"Overall Evaluation: S-Rank!"

"Overall Ranking: 3rd."

"Basic Reward: 204 Spirit Energy Points."

As these results were announced, the surrounding students looked at Ma Jun's team with envious eyes.

The teachers and leaders didn't show any particular reaction.

The two schools' top students had formed a super team, and this was their final result...

It couldn't be called bad.

But it still fell short of the leaders' expectations.

A leader stepped forward and asked, "Ma Jun, what about Zhenwu University's Song Haitang? What results did she achieve?"

"Without a Super Announcement, how would I know her results?" Ma Jun replied, his tone slightly irritated.

Hearing Song Haitang's name, Ma Jun felt a bit annoyed, and his tone reflected this.

Because people always compared the two of them.

And in these comparisons, he, Ma Jun, was always the one falling short...

The leader's expression turned slightly displeased at being spoken to in such a manner.

However, he knew that Ma Jun was Jingda's pride, valued by the principal, and even he wouldn't dare to reprimand him.

So, he could only suppress his dissatisfaction.

"Teacher, and leaders, I have a report to make," Ma Jun's teacher suddenly spoke up. "During the hour we waited, I heard from some friends that for this year's third-layer Spirit Realm competition, many countries have gathered the top students from various universities to form super teams to compete."

"So, Ma Jun's team achieving these results is already very impressive."

"Perhaps their results are already the best in the country."

Hearing this, the leaders' hearts stirred.

If that was the case, it wasn't bad.

As long as they couldn't beat outsiders, but still ranked first among themselves, they would still be the best in the country.

Even Ma Jun's expression relaxed a little, hoping that his teacher's words would come true.

However...

At that moment, all the students on the sports field had a sudden change in expression!

That annoying Super Announcement had arrived again...

Damn it!

(End of Chapter)

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