123: Xia Qi: Destroy it, I'm tired.

October 15, 2049, 8:20 AM!

The Hundred Cities Hegemony begins!

The Imperial Capital's preliminary rounds kick off!

The slumbering Imperial Capital became boisterous with the start of this grand event. Various universities within the Imperial Capital sent students to participate in this year's preliminary rounds!

Only one person from each city could qualify for the Top 100 Competition!

Due to its status as the capital, the Imperial Capital was the first location to host the competition. In the following days, preliminary rounds would sequentially begin in numerous other cities... The streets were bustling with traffic, and all sorts of banners had already been unfurled.

At the same time,

In the center of the Imperial Capital, a vast floating island appeared above the previously solemn and majestic plaza! The outer perimeter of the island was encircled by three divine rings!

Hundreds of miniaturized worlds, like stars, densely surrounded it.

At this moment,

The central floating island was already crowded with contestants, each of whom was an undisputed Child of Heaven, drawing immense attention!

However,

Su Bai, who was considered the strongest contender for this year's championship even before the competition, was nowhere to be seen.

The host stood on the stage, waited for a few minutes, and then spoke with some awkwardness:

"It seems our contestant Su Bai is late for some reason."

As his words fell,

The crowd below burst into laughter. Rival schools seized every opportunity to suppress their opponents.

And the contestants this year,

Not only included this year's examinees but also senior students from previous years. They had long been displeased with Su Bai, this suddenly rising genius.

At this moment,

They were even more unreserved in their mockery, without the slightest attempt to hide it:

"What 'something came up'? I think he clearly ran away!"

"Exactly! I didn't expect this year's top scholar of great xia to be such a good-for-nothing. I even considered him a formidable opponent before!"

"Students nowadays are getting worse every year. If I were taking the College Entrance Examination this year, how could such a person have taken the top scholar of great xia?

"Hahaha! If only I had been born a few years later, maybe I could have taken the top scholar of great xia for fun!"

"Su Bai? Just a clown!"

These examinees were all highly regarded geniuses in their respective schools.

But Su Bai's appearance a few days ago,

Overshadowed the glory of almost all geniuses within Great Xia. Compared to a top scholar of great xia, let alone them, even the provincial top scholars were but fireflies!

Unable to compete with the bright moon!

Now,

Having finally found an opportunity, they naturally spared no effort to tarnish Su Bai's reputation. For a time, from the mouths of these people, Su Bai truly seemed to have become a lucky clown.

Below the stage,

Jiang Ruyue could initially sit still, but as she heard more and more vulgar remarks from the stage,

She finally lost her patience.

Bang—

A sharp crack echoed in the air!

Immediately after,

Falling snow descended everywhere! Her ice-blue eyes, every gesture, exuded a strong power of ice and snow elements!

As Jiang Ruyue ascended the arena,

A vast ice elemental force covered the entire venue. Hard glaciers began to spread inch by inch from her delicate feet, quickly covering most of the arena!

"Please wait a moment, everyone. Su Bai will definitely come. He is not a coward!"

Her eyes held determination as she stood alone at the end of the arena, behind her was a swirling portal.

That was the passage to the competition world!

She was single-handedly delaying the start time of the competition!

...Glaciers, frozen earth!

At the same time,

Beside Jiang Ruyue, the Ice and Snow Queen appeared, and after the Ice and Snow Queen, the Frozen Knight Order, the Ice and Snow Spirit Legion, and the Snow Monster Legion successively emerged... A total of three extraordinary legions!

Among them,

The Frozen Knight Order had the fewest members, only thirty in scale, but every Frozen Knight exuded a Silver Rank aura!

A Silver Rank extraordinary legion!

Everyone was astonished, looking at the young girl in front of them in disbelief.

She was only a Second-Tier Creator!

A Silver-Rank Legion... according to the normal strength of a Creator, one would need to be at least Tier 3 to acquire it!

She had acquired it an entire major tier in advance!

It was evident,

That she herself was also an unparalleled prodigy!

Jiang Ruyue was not interested in everyone's shock. She simply stood in front of the swirling portal, her eyes filled with determination.

She knew,

That doing this might be unfair to most people, or to put it more simply, selfish!

She was delaying everyone's time to allow Su Bai to arrive before the competition started!

But... "So what?"

Jiang Ruyue said softly. Back when she was at school and hadn't awakened her world, she had been harassed by hooligans from outside the school more than once.

Each time, it was Su Bai who secretly resolved it.

Later,

After awakening her world, she faced harassment from Li Hao. At that time, Su Bai, who had not yet displayed his talent, still stepped forward without considering any consequences.

He acted like a fool in everyone's eyes.

Like a hothead, he disregarded the consequences and directly gave Li Hao a good beating!

Since then,

Li Hao avoided her, not daring to harass her in the slightest.

All of this... should only Su Bai pay, while she comfortably enjoyed it?

There was no such logic in the world!

It was just that Su Bai cultivated too quickly, so fast that his peers despaired, unable even to catch a glimpse of his back!

Even though she had worked very hard,

Cultivating day and night, she still found it difficult to keep up with Su Bai's pace... But finally, today she found an opportunity.

"Hmph, when you come back, this young lady will definitely make you thank me profusely!"

Jiang Ruyue thought proudly in her heart.

Outwardly,

She still maintained the appearance of an ice beauty, blocking the way. Her powerful strength made many Creators hesitant to act for a time!

Below the stage,

"My dear grandmother! When did she run up there???"

The fatty had a long face,

It had only been a short while, how did she just jump up there? Grandmother, this isn't school, this is the preliminary round of the Hundred Cities Hegemony!!!

It was only because the important figures hadn't arrived yet.

Otherwise,

The second Jiang Ruyue made a move, she would have been directly restrained off the stage by a big shot, completely unable to affect the preliminary round!

"What to do? What to do? Grandmother, if you were going up, you should have said something first!"

"Now I'm in big trouble!"

The fatty was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. Finally, he stomped his foot hard, gritting his teeth, damn it, I don't care anymore!

Bang—

Behind him,

Seven Red-Robed Fierce Ghosts appeared, each at the peak of Silver Rank!

He twisted his flabby flesh, showing no sign of a fatty's sluggishness, but rather moved with extreme agility, directly leaping onto the stage and standing beside Jiang Ruyue.

His lips trembled, his face on the verge of tears,

But he still shouted:

"Everyone, don't move! Wait until our boss comes back!"

...At the same time,

As the preliminary rounds began, a group of big shots finally arrived late.

Xia Qi, who was responsible for accompanying the big shots,

Saw this scene from afar, his mouth twitched, and a sense of dizziness came over him... Why were the junior students this year so difficult to manage?

"Hmm? What's going on? Is someone causing trouble?"

At this moment,

Several big shots behind Xia Qi also saw this scene. An old man with white hair and beard frowned, his voice showing some displeasure.

Xia Qi's mouth twitched,

Isn't it? And they're two troublemakers from the Imperial Capital Academy!

He grumbled inwardly,

But after all, he was their senior, and moreover, he was responsible for recruiting the three of them, so he naturally had no reason to stand by and do nothing.

He quickly tried to smooth things over,

"Hahaha, the kids are just playing around, it's nothing, nothing. Elder He, let's walk slowly..."

A voice suddenly interrupted:

"Um, is this also playing around?"

A beautiful woman pointed strangely at the preliminary competition venue below,

It was a chaotic mess up there,

The contestants, having reached their limit, had already started fighting with the two. Frozen Knights, Red-Robed Fierce Ghosts... and numerous extraordinary creatures, had trashed the neat competition venue!

A drop of cold sweat appeared on Xia Qi's forehead, but he still forced a smile and waved his hand:

"It's nothing, nothing, just kids playing around, it'll be fine in a moment..."

Bang—

A building on a floating island collapsed. Several big shots silently looked at Xia Qi, who had a face full of black lines.

"It's nothing, this..."

Before he could finish speaking,

There was another loud bang.

This time,

A charge from the Frozen Knight Order knocked several participating Creators off the arena... "Is this also playing around?" the beautiful woman said faintly.

Xia Qi fell silent.

Forget it,

Let it be destroyed! How the hell am I supposed to cover for you guys????