"Ding Dong~"

"Qin Boyuan sent a message, hurry up and check it out!"

The moment the screen flashed, Liu Shengshan got excited.

You know, Number 777 is his primary target!

Yet until now, he hasn't even found out the name.

Plus, that scoundrel Qin Boyuan had said he had information three days ago.

And yet it turned out he made us wait until now!

All contacts that could be made have been made, now only information on Number 777 is missing.

"Number 777's name is Nezha."

Right after Liu Shengshan hastily opened the message, this sentence was the first thing that caught his eye.

"What do you mean? Just a name?"

Liu Shengshan was dumbfounded, as if life had lost its meaning.

"Are you dumb, there's a second page!"

Ji Qingming's chest heaved uncontrollably, a sentence per page?

This is purely messing with them!

After all these years of friendship, you play us like this?

After Ji Qingming finished speaking, Li Wenchang hurriedly flipped to the next page.

"As for his story, you'll know during the Martial Arts Examination."

"Huh?"

Four heads huddled in front of the screen froze at the same moment, then slowly stood up.

"Playing us?" Liu Shengshan spoke in a flat tone.

"No, it wasn't like this before!" Shi Nanfei scratched his head.

Ji Qingming smiled brightly, "Since he did this, let's go have fun at his expense today."

"I think it's fine!"

After everyone nodded, their faces revealed bright and cheerful smiles.

...

...

"Did the card you wanted to make get finished? I didn't hear from you all day yesterday?"

In the large playground of the school, Mu Qianshan looked curiously at Jiang Yuan who just arrived.

"Of course it's finished, and I must say without any modesty, even without Nezha, I am a qualified combat-effective Skill Card Master!"

Jiang Yuan patted his chest: "Although it's only like a cannon type, but it's not a big problem."

His muscle power was too weak.

But the cards he created yesterday were enough to safely get him through the first few rounds of the battle.

Waiting to face tougher opponents before bringing out Nezha.

After all, most of the cards he crafted yesterday were of white quality.

Nezha is the guaranteed win!

After chatting on the playground for a while, Jiang Yuan and Mu Qianshan boarded the school-prepared bus and set off.

Interestingly, apart from Zhou Dongshan, no one else approached their conversation.

Everyone kept a certain distance from them.

This made Jiang Yuan a bit puzzled, but he didn't think too much of it.

"See you at the peak."

After getting off the bus, Jiang Yuan, Mu Qianshan, and Zhou Dongshan bumped fists.

According to tradition, the Martial Arts Examination was fought individually.

One-on-one battles, with the winner advancing until the final champion is determined.

While the Pocket World Simulation League was a team battle, Martial Arts Examination was a solo fight.

After bumping fists, they showed no intention of splitting up.

Once everyone found their seats and settled down, as more and more buses arrived, the vast area gradually filled with people.

"So many people."

"Yeah, there are more people this year, around twenty thousand I'd guess."

Mu Qianshan nodded, they were from Zhenhai City, which, being near the sea and near a Grotto Heaven that had been broken into, didn't have a large population.

Even so, twenty-three high schools in Zhenhai City managed to gather almost twenty thousand people.

Seeing so many people all at once was truly a dense crowd.

But the venue was also quite large, accommodating more than twenty thousand people without any problem.

"Tsk tsk, this is going to take several days."

Jiang Yuan helplessly shook his head; although the Martial Arts Examination had many venues, after all, it was only a matter of [Martial Arts Class].

But with so many people, even with many venues in use, it would still take a long time.

In the history of Zhenhai City, the longest Martial Arts Examination took a full ten days.

After all, in one phase, if a battle did not have a victor, the next phase couldn't start.

There was a guy in that year who was even better at stalling than Jiang Yuan.

Every time, he'd stubbornly use his strong Defense to deplete his opponent's Star Power, and then like a dull knife cutting meat, pummel his opponent to death.

This was another kind of brutality perhaps.

Soon, after most students had arrived, the mayor and the military commander appeared on stage.

Simultaneously, some staff members holding [Martial Arts Arena] cards appeared.

"Hello everyone."

The mayor took over the microphone and greeted everyone with a beaming smile.

Then he moved straight to the point: "Each Martial Arts Examination before has taken too long, and at my age, I really can't sit through it."

The mayor, in his forties with black hair, said this with a smile which indeed made people below chuckle.

"So, I've decided to change the promotion method for this year's Zhenhai City's Martial Arts Examination!"

As soon as the mayor's words fell, the square instantly quieted down.

You have to know, the Martial Arts Examination is a national event.

Although some places occasionally change the way the Martial Arts Examination is conducted, most are normal.

After all, there are many other factors involved.

But since the mayor said so, this year's Zhenhai City's Martial Arts Examination might indeed be changing.

"Don't worry, the three fair principles of the Martial Arts Examination will not change, it will still be fair, just, and open!"

The mayor said, not caring about the reaction from below, directly announced the new rules of the Martial Arts Examination.

"Two hundred people per match, free-for-all mode, the last ten standing advance to the next round."

After the mayor cheerfully announced the rules, the crowd below exploded.

This isn't just about strength anymore, it also needs a lot of luck, among many other things.

This mode increases the uncertainty too much!

Although this mode makes for exciting fights and can also attract the attention of various academies.

But it's somewhat unfriendly to those participants with strong combat capabilities.

However, compared to others, participants who aren't as strong in combat but have good overall capabilities started getting excited.

This gives them another path!

Even if their combat power is not strong and they can't deliver a stellar performance.

As long as they survive to the end, they can still gain attention!

That's enough, what more could you want!

"Okay, quiet down, now we'll start the random allocation, look at your wristbands, according to the numbers, reach the designated places."

After the mayor finished speaking, everyone started moving.

"I'm number three, what about you?" Jiang Yuan curiously asked.

"Me, forty-one."

"I'm ninety-nine..."

Zhou Dongshan spoke blankly.

"Ha ha, alright, go to the designated places."

Jiang Yuan laughed, looking up; a hundred numbers had already risen into the sky, and they just needed to go to the designated numbers below.

"Which field is Nezha in?"

At this time, Liu Shengshan and the others also arrived next to Qin Boyuan, fiercely whispering to him.