第234章 正赛开始，学府恐怖的压制力！

时间在洛芸的提心吊胆中一天天过去。
出乎她意料的是，这些天风平浪静，什么都没有发生。
The blame from the academic community did not come, and she did not encounter the difficulties she had imagined would occur.
Instead, the online discussion about Ink Jade Jiao gradually quieted down, and as the finals approached, the entire internet was once again swept up by topics related to collegiate leagues.
All people have started to discuss and debate about the contestants from various schools, comparing their strengths and weaknesses.
Some of those who broke into the main competition last year as freshmen are now the center of attention as key players for their respective universities.
A game that hasn't even started yet has already gained countless fans, eagerly awaiting their performance on the arena.
Whatever happened, Luo Yun, although unaware, knows that no news is good news.
She secretly took note of it and after observing for another two days, she finally let go of her worries.
On the other hand, various research teams came one after another, all wanting a collaboration opportunity. The threshold of Donghu Manor was about to be trodden through.
Although there isn't a world-renowned expert in research here, each team has significant reputation.
Some teams with relatively weaker strength or less fame feel embarrassed to come to Jiangcheng.
In this case, Luoyun carefully selected and finally chose three teams with the strongest overall strength and certain relationships. After signing extremely strict regulations with them, they all plunged into the race against time for research.
The remaining matters are no longer of concern to Xu Mu. After briefly mentioning some special requirements and key ingredients for the evolution of the Water Dragon, he started to focus on preparing for battle and paid no further attention to the research progress.
But judging from the smiles on the faces of researchers coming in and out of the Donghu Manor every day, and the appearance of new ink jade crocodiles one after another, the research progress is quite pleasing.
The final completion time is likely to be faster than they expected.
On September 25th, the high school league resumed after a brief break, and the competition intensified once again.
The city, which had been quiet for a week, became lively again and even more crowded than during the qualifying matches.
Major businesses are flourishing, although business is also good during the off-season, it simply cannot compare to the booming period of the matches.
In the main competition, there are fewer venues used compared to the preliminary rounds, and with an increasing number of tourists in Jiangcheng, the proportion of people buying tickets to watch the games live has significantly decreased.
And among these people, most of them want to experience the feeling of watching games with a group of people.
So they can only settle for second best and come to major shopping malls, cinemas, and other places to participate in viewing events organized by businesses.
After the preliminary competition, volunteers completely withdrew from their services, and were replaced by official personnel from various departments.
Among them, there are even some mysterious departments unknown to outsiders, and the figure of the Military Spirit Master, which only appears during the Beast Tide and at the border.
So, although there are more people in Jiangcheng now, with the deterrent power of the Military Soul Masters everywhere, both transportation and public security have improved by more than just a few notches compared to the qualifying period.
In the morning, Xu Mu and others arrived at one of the main competition venues, the 'Starry Sky Arena'.
Professor Luo was immersed in research and completely oblivious to the competition.
So only Teacher Yu came to the scene with three students including Xu Mu.
No wonder they say that Teacher Yu has great connections. Despite the difficulty of getting a ticket for the final, he can easily obtain the right to use a private box.
While everyone was queuing outside the arena under the scorching sun, the four of them had already entered the VIP box through the special entrance.
Basking in the cool air-conditioning, savoring the complimentary "Linggua Lingfruit," they leisurely waited for the game to begin.
Here, it should be noted that after the main competition, in addition to the ongoing individual competition, there is also a team competition that represents the honor of the school.
And the team competition and individual competition have different schedules.
Because some students are both members of the school team and have registered for individual competitions.
In order not to affect their performance, the team competition and individual competition will be alternated.
The main competition starts with team competitions, organized by each school.
When the top 100 schools of the current college league are determined, the team competition will enter the offseason and switch to individual competitions.
Only when the top ten individuals are selected, the team competition will resume.
After all the team matches are finished, the strongest school will be determined, and then the individual matches will continue.
The final process is for the top ten contestants to compete for the title of the strongest student in this year's Huaxia University.
The alternating situation of the two types of competitions is somewhat complicated, but this is the most suitable schedule that the leaders of various academic institutions can arrange.
Only in this way can the school team players who shuttle between team competitions and individual competitions have sufficient rest time and avoid being eliminated due to insufficient recovery.
At ten o'clock in the morning, amidst the cheers of the crowd, the referee wearing a special uniform slowly descended onto the stage.
At the same time, a passionate shout came through the broadcast.
"Welcome to the live event of the College League."
"I'm your commentator for this match, Lu Haifeng."
"Unlike the qualifiers, each main event match is equipped with dedicated commentators, in addition to powerful referees, to ensure a great viewing experience for the ordinary audience."
Because ordinary viewers cannot recognize every contestant's soul pets and the skills they unleash.
In this case, watching the competition can only be for entertainment purposes, and sometimes it is even difficult to determine which side has the advantage or disadvantage.
And the commentary can not only explain the advantages and disadvantages of each soul pet in detail, but also accurately predict some players' attacks, greatly enhancing the viewing experience for ordinary people.
Of course, not just anyone can be a commentator for the college league.
For example, a man named Lu Haifeng, who is only in his forties, has become the honorary vice president of the Jiangcheng Soul Pet Association and is also a Soul King!
From the cheers of the audience, it can be seen that everyone is very familiar with this Soul King.
"So, without further ado, let's welcome the teams for today's match."
"They are, the representatives from Yanzhou University!"
"And, the representatives from Jiangxia University!"
江夏大学，百校联盟中排名第八十六位。
除此之外，它和江城大学，以及刘宇所在的江汉大学一样，同为江城本地的大学。
It can be said that they are also one of the hosts of Jiangcheng.
And their opponent, Yanzhou University, is not unknown either.
Although Yanzhou University is not included in the Hundred School Alliance, it has developed rapidly in recent years and is definitely one of the strongest universities in the race for the Hundred School.
Perhaps in a few years, we will see its name appear in the Hundred Schools League.
With no top ten universities competing in the early rounds of the tournament, this opening match is already considered very intense.
It can be said that the league's officials have put a lot of thought into deciding the opening match spot.
Introduced by Lu Haifeng, the participating teams have taken their positions to prepare for the competition.
According to the rule of protecting the weaker, Jiangxia University, which ranks high, sends out its players first.
"Okay, we see that the first player sent out by Jiangxia University is their captain, Cao Sheng."
It seems that Jiangxia University is bound to win, wanting to achieve a great start.
"Oh? However, Yanzhou University chose to avoid its sharpness and sent a participant named Fang Xiaoyan."
"As far as I know, this female student is not the absolute main player of Yanzhou University."
"Is this an attempt to deplete Cao Sheng's stamina? But in team matches, only up to five players are allowed to participate. Isn't this a bit careless on Yanzhou University's part?"
"We'll have to wait and see if it's true!"
"Now, the competition begins!"
With Cao Sheng and Fang Xiaoyan stepping onto the arena, the referee waved his hand, and the random field began.
"The venue for this match is the home field of the Fire tribe."
"Once the venue was confirmed, Fang Xiaoyan quickly summoned her own spirit pets."
"The Three-Eyed Fire Fox, Golden Armored Rock Scorpion, and Crimson Blood Thunder Leopard, are all intermediate leaders."
As soon as these three soul pets appeared, Xu Mu frowned.
One middle-level commander among the three, is this lineup too pathetic...
He didn't believe that this was the real strength of Yanzhou University.
No matter what, as a school with hopes of qualifying for the top 100 schools, they should at least have a senior student in a leadership position.
Seeing this situation, Cao Sheng on the other side directly gave up on summoning the main pet.
With a sudden focus, a high-level commanding Swordtooth Flame Tiger appeared on the field, and no other soul pets were summoned.
"Player Fang Xiaoyan's three soul pets launched a fierce attack from the beginning of the match, rushing towards the Swordtooth Flame Tiger with great momentum."
"But among the three mid-tier leaders, their strength and rank are still inferior to the Flamefang Swordtooth Tiger, so it seems they can't pose any threat to Cao Sheng."
Lou Haifeng quickly started explaining the situation in the field, effortlessly discussing various skills, tactics, and the intentions of the players.
However, for him, this kind of competition was completely uninspiring, and he was just commentating with great professional demeanor.
The battle went on quickly, and in the end, the three middle-tier leaders were unable to take down the Swordtooth Fire Tiger.
The Sword-toothed Flame Tiger eliminated three soul pets with just minor injuries.
In the opening match of the team competition, Jiangxia University won a game directly.
However, as soon as Lu Haifeng saw the second player from Yanzhou University, he immediately made a judgment.
"It seems that Yanzhou University will face Jiangxia University in the Hundred Schools League. They have already made up their minds to give up this match and save their energy for the resurrection round after three rounds."
As expected, Caosheng directly fought against three opponents and consecutively defeated three players from Yanzhou University, before being replaced by the team's teacher.
However, even until he was replaced, he still did not summon a Lord-level soul pet.
The victory is already certain, so there is no need to reveal the true strength of the main team.
Jiangxia University's intention is also clear. Since it is a direct abandonment of the game, I am happy to preserve our strength.
As soon as the match between the two teams ended, Tang Jinxuan couldn't wait to vent:
"This Xianzhou University is really cowardly. Aren't they supposed to be one of the strongest universities outside of the hundred schools? Why would they give up against Jiangxia University."
"Let's fight them!"
Wen Yu shook his head and said, "Perhaps if all the main forces from Yanzhou University are out, they could indeed pose a threat to Jiangxia University."
"But instead of recklessly risking our main forces without knowing how many will be lost, it's better to conserve our strength and wait for the resurrection match."
"After all, for these universities, the ranking in the college league not only represents honor but also concerns the allocation of official resources for the next year."
"There is no room for carelessness."
Although that's what they said, Wenyu couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
After all, as an audience, we still hope to see exciting matches.
Fortunately, there were no scenes of schools giving up in the following matches.
Universities' main forces collided and a fierce battle erupted.
In order to avoid the resurrection match, several schools resorted to various means, thrilling the audience.
But that's just the ordinary audience, after a day of competition, Xu Mu and others were greatly disappointed.
They thought they would be able to see various lords battling it out in the main event, but is this all?
Tang Jinxuan said that she, as a freshman, could easily outperform the main players of these schools.
Watching the games for a few days without much interest, there were no players from the participating schools who stood out.
Finally, in the third round of the main competition, the long-awaited battle between the lords has finally emerged.
After much anticipation, the top ten academies have taken the field!
The 'Star Han Sports Arena' where Xu Mu and others are located happens to be the competition venue for Chang'an Academy.
Their opponents are also not weak, ranking around forty something in the Hundred Schools League, Yunzhong University.
However, this game caused severe psychological damage to all universities outside the Top Ten Universities.
Chang'an University only sent one student and managed to achieve a 1 vs. 5 feat against Yunchuan University!
Some people might think that Yunchuan University employed the same tactics as the previous Yanzhou University, preserving their strength for the resurrection match.
But on the contrary, Yunchu University sent out all the main players, including the captain and vice captain.
Their goal is not to defeat Chang'an University, but to do their best to defeat even one student, and it is not in vain for them to encounter the University.
Unfortunately, they had the same cultivation level, the same spiritual pet aptitude, and their spiritual pet strengths were not much different.
However, the result was just so despairing.
Even after the competition ended, the student from Chang'an Academy had no trace of exhaustion on their face, not even a single sign of being worn out.
In addition to this game, Xu Mu also watched the live broadcasts of the matches of the top nine universities on the compendium website.
The opponents of each university are middle-ranking universities among the hundred schools.
Those universities, like Yunzhong University, also fielded their main players and wanted to take a bite out of the universities.
But here in our university, even the top universities like "Imperial Capital", "Pearl", "River South", "River City", etc. only send an ordinary main player.
And the final result... all of them lost in a ratio of one to five!
Even the specialized support Soul Pets in the Xiangshui Academy, often mocked as the "Nanny Learning Institute," have shown suffocating dominance when facing other universities.
Even Xiangshui University's performance is more depressing than the other nine major universities.
From ancient times, there is no distinction between medicine and poison, Xiangshui University specializes in auxiliary sequence soul pets, and is extremely proficient in various enhancement and weakening skills, poison is also their specialty.
The representative from Xiangshui Academy is a seemingly gentle and weak girl, and her soul pet is also an adorable Twilight Spirit.
On the other side, there is a combination of a lower-level lord and three higher-level commanders.
Facing the fierce four-soul pets, the Twilight Spirit opened its mouth and instantly spread nerve toxins all over the arena.
Then, the opponents, both human and pet, fell heavily onto the arena and fell into a deep sleep, unable to be awakened no matter what.
Later, the students who came up on stage were no exception. It seemed that the toxin could be controlled by the Spirit of Twilight Haze, and the opponent wouldn't feel anything when they just stepped onto the stage.
As soon as he finished summoning his Soul Pet, the girl from Xiangshui Academy snapped her fingers gently, and the opponent on the arena instantly collapsed.
Until the end of the competition, there were five main players lying neatly on the opposing school's preparation bench, along with a bunch of miscellaneous spirit pets...
This girl didn't even use a single attack skill and managed to defeat all the opposing players.
On top of that, the record for the fastest completion time in team battles was also refreshed...
After the third round of the main competition ended, there was even a momentary silence on the internet.
The strength of the top ten universities is something that all Chinese people know.
However, such an outrageous result has never occurred in previous years.
The suppressive power of this academic institution is truly terrifying!