In Jiangzhou Province, the championship reward was five thousand points, and Su Bai alone took four thousand, leaving the remaining nine people with only one thousand military merits to share.

How excessive!

This time, the Old Principal decided to step in personally. He couldn't let this kid Su Bai cause any more trouble!

Otherwise, the other team members might just quit one by one!

Even for a great family, it's impossible to treat resources worth tens of millions as a game!

This was only ten percent of the total resources for the provincial league, and it was already divided among more than a hundred martial academies.

In the battle zone league, only about thirty academies compete for forty percent of the resources, which amounts to billions. Even great families would go crazy for such resources!

Su Bai could naturally see through the Old Principal's intentions. However, he also knew that it was enough to mess around in the provincial league; the Old Principal definitely wouldn't let him do as he pleased in the battle zone league.

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So Su Bai had no objections to the Old Principal's words, while Bai Ningbing and the others were all excited.

Finally, there's a chance to make a move!

Su Bai, your good days are over!

The Old Principal paused, seeing that Su Bai had no objections, he breathed a sigh of relief and continued:

"In the upcoming battle zone league, a total of nine martial academies will participate. Among them, eight are the champions and runners-up from four provincial leagues, and Luohe Martial Academy, being a prestigious school, was directly sent to the battle zone league."

"After several days of research with the school consultants, we found that there are three relatively strong teams. Besides us, there are Luohe Martial Academy and Songbai Martial Academy. Hopefully, we won't encounter them in the early stages."

"Of course, with nine teams competing, there will inevitably be a bye. If we can get a bye, that would be even better."

Su Bai didn't care about getting a bye; he cared about whether he could get more resources. So he asked:

"Principal, if we get a bye, can we still get resources during the match?"

The Principal glanced at Su Bai, who was obsessed with money, shook his head, and said:

"How could that be? The military provides resources based on performance. The more opponents you defeat, the stronger they are, the more resources you get!"

"Do you think the military's resources are so easy to get by opportunistic means?"

"However, if we do get a bye, it's still a good thing. Even if it's just the first round, our academy will at least rank fifth in the area, which is advantageous in the top eight academies ranking."

Upon hearing the Principal's explanation, Su Bai's eyes widened!

He thought to himself:

Please, don't let us get a bye. If we do, I'll lose tens of millions in resources!

That would be so painful!

...

At eight o'clock the next morning, Su Bai and the others arrived early at the martial tournament arena of Luohe Martial Academy.

The structure of Luohe Martial Academy's arena was similar to Jiangzhou Martial Academy's, divided into the host podium, martial stage, audience seats, judges' seats, rest area, and contestants' preparation area.

However, Luohe Martial Academy's venue was twice as large as Jiangzhou Martial Academy's!

In the audience seats, a hundred thousand spectators shouted in unison:

"Luohe, Luohe, strive for first place!"

The sound was thunderous and unending!

The Old Principal squinted his eyes and said to his students:

"Luohe Martial Academy is trying to intimidate us!"

Wang Qingqing snorted coldly and said:

"The real test is on the martial stage. All these superficial things are meaningless!"

Bai Ningbing, on the other hand, was full of pride. Even in the home ground of a nationally ranked tenth prestigious school, he showed no fear and volunteered to the Principal:

"Principal, no matter what, let me take the lead in the first match!"

The Old Principal glanced at Bai Ningbing and said:

"Let's see what opponent Su Bai draws. If the opponent isn't strong, it's not impossible for you to go first. If they're strong, Gu Yueqingshu will lead, and Su Bai will finish."

Su Bai was speechless at the Old Principal's arrangement. Why am I last?

The Old Principal was getting back at him for winning three consecutive matches in the provincial league, leaving no chance for his teammates!

Having been with the Old Principal for so long, Su Bai understood his personality. Although he was decisive in major matters, in small things, this old man was very petty and vengeful!

At this moment, Su Bai was thinking, he must draw a strong opponent!

Ideally, the opponent could take out four, and then he would take out five!

A perfect entrance, a perfect exit!

Ah! What a perfect setup!

While Su Bai and the others were discussing, the opening ceremony of the battle zone league began.

"First, let's give a warm welcome to the martial academy students from various provinces who have traveled a long way to our Luocheng."

A burst of applause erupted from the audience, and the principals of each martial academy stood up to briefly introduce and promote their academies.

Then, the host picked up the microphone and said:

"The rules for this top eight academies battle zone league are the same as the provincial league. Nine martial academies are participating. Now, let's invite the captains of the nine academies to the judges' seats for the draw, where they will face off in pairs, with one team getting a bye."

Hearing this, Su Bai went on stage and joined the other eight captains at the judges' seats.

At this moment, Su Bai truly realized that the martial artists from Jiangzhou Province were somewhat weak. Among the nine people, four were at Bronze Mid Tier, with Jiangzhou Province having two!

The captain of Luohe Martial Academy, being the host, had an aura that was extremely subtle. Other students might not see his strength, but Su Bai could check his attributes through the system.

He was actually a Silver Initial Tier martial artist!

At this moment, Su Bai truly grasped the concept of a nationally ranked top ten prestigious school.

A prestigious school indeed lives up to its name. Even ranked tenth, they had a Silver Tier martial artist!

To have a Silver Tier strength among students who hadn't even graduated yet, the gap was truly overwhelming compared to other martial academies!

Jiangzhou Martial Academy, being a provincial martial academy, had most of its instructors at only Bronze Tier, with only a few prodigies among the students reaching Bronze Tier strength.

Having won the provincial league championship, Bai Ningbing and the others were eager to try, but seeing the overall strength of the other martial academies advancing to the battle zone league, they were momentarily stunned.

Damn! Bronze High Tier everywhere? The weakest are Bronze Mid Tier?

This...

The Old Principal naturally noticed their expressions. Besides a helpless smile, he didn't explain much. Jiangzhou Martial Academy was inherently a mid-to-lower-level school among the top eight academies. It could dominate in Jiangzhou's small area.

But looking nationwide, or even within the battle zone, it wasn't outstanding at all.