89: Chapter 89 Martial Arts Competition, The Ingenious Use of the Reality Pod

"World Martial Arts Competition? Why would Instructor Guan Ping invite me to participate in the World Martial Arts Competition? I'm only a freshman, and besides, the competition has already started..."

Looking at the message sent by Guan Ping, Zhou Bai fell into deep thought.

The World Martial Arts Competition was a university-level martial arts tournament spanning the entire Blue Star, where top geniuses from elite universities in every country across the planet participated.

It was also the most prestigious martial arts competition among university tournaments.

Those capable of participating in the World Martial Arts Competition were basically the absolute top-tier students from the Top Ten.

Although Zhou Bai's strength was decent, there was still a gap between him and those students who had been cultivating in the Top Ten for several years.

The World Martial Arts Competition had a long schedule lasting two months, starting in early September. It was already October now, and the schedule was halfway through. He was joining now?

"Junior, could Instructor Guan Ping be talking about next year's World Martial Arts Competition?"

At this moment, Zhao Shiyu also crawled out from under the covers and spoke slowly.

"You're right, it could be next year's competition!"

Zhou Bai suddenly realized. Then, he asked Instructor Guan Ping if it was for next year's World Martial Arts Competition.

If it were next year's, Zhou Bai was confident he could sweep through everything.

Instructor Guan Ping: It is this year's World Martial Arts Competition. Due to certain reasons, some of our Xia Country students have withdrawn, so we need to replenish our ranks. If you are willing to participate, regardless of your performance, our University Alliance will reward you with an S-rank Martial Skill of your choice.

If you perform exceptionally well, you can be rewarded with an SS-rank Martial Skill of your choice and other top-tier cultivation resources.

Soon, Instructor Guan Ping's reply arrived.

"It really is this year's World Martial Arts Competition!"

Seeing Instructor Guan Ping's reply, Zhou Bai's eyes narrowed slightly.

At the same time, the rewards mentioned by Instructor Guan Ping tempted Zhou Bai; an SS-rank choice for an outstanding performance...

Even the guaranteed reward was an S-rank choice...

In that case, let's do it.

Zhou Bai immediately made a decision. It wasn't easy to obtain top-tier S-rank or even SS-rank Martial Skills elsewhere.

Now, he could get them just by participating in the World Martial Arts Competition.

Furthermore, with only half of the schedule remaining, he assumed there wouldn't be too many complications.

Then, Zhou Bai immediately sent a message to Instructor Guan Ping, confirming his participation.

Guan Ping: In three days, come to the Imperial Capital University Alliance. I'll take you there then. Besides you, there are several other teammates from the Battle of the Dawn.

This World Martial Arts Competition will take place on the Heavenly Beast Battlefield, where you will face Ferocious Beasts directly. You can go to the Falling Star Mountain Range to train first and experience the aura of true Ferocious Beasts.

Seeing Guan Ping's message, Zhou Bai let out a soft breath of turbid air.

Although Zhou Bai had fought many Ferocious Beasts before, those were all battles inside the virtual reality pod.

There was still a certain difference compared to real Ferocious Beasts.

"Perfect. Zhu Yueer from Qingcheng University invited me to the Falling Star Mountain Range before, and there's news about the heavenly soul fruit. I'll go train and pick up the heavenly soul fruit while I'm at it!"

Zhou Bai quickly formed a plan in his mind.

"By the way, Junior, the Martial Artist Alliance approved two virtual reality pods for you. However, since they haven't been fully released to the market yet, they sent over sample units used during the Battle of the Dawn!"

After a moment, Zhao Shiyu seemed to remember something and said to Zhou Bai.

"They actually gave me two!"

Hearing Zhao Shiyu's words, Zhou Bai's eyes lit up.

After the Battle of the Dawn ended, Zhou Bai had applied for two virtual reality pods from the Martial Artist Alliance.

With no response for so long, Zhou Bai thought there was no hope, but they ended up giving him two after all.

"Come on, let's go take a look!"

Zhou Bai said to Zhao Shiyu.

"Mhm!"

Zhao Shiyu nodded. After getting dressed, she and Zhou Bai headed to the storage room of Azure Bird Academy.

The two of them retrieved the two virtual reality pods from the storage room.

After installing the soul crystals, they both lay down inside the virtual reality pods.

"Are there only three scenarios? Dou Xing Forest, the Azure Sea, and Dragon City!"

After connecting to the virtual reality pod, Zhou Bai clicked on the scenario options.

First, add Shiyu as a friend. Then, Zhou Bai found the social options and entered the ID number of Zhao Shiyu's virtual reality pod.

After successfully adding her, Zhou Bai and Zhao Shiyu entered the same scenario: Dragon City.

"Junior, this is way too realistic!"

Inside the majestic palace of Dragon City, Zhao Shiyu looked at the realistic environment and every wisp of her own aura; it was completely indistinguishable from reality.

Originally, when watching the Selection Round, Zhao Shiyu didn't feel it as strongly, but now that she had entered personally, the realism truly shocked her.

"Alright, Senior, do you want to experience what it's like to be an Empress?"

Zhou Bai looked at the Phoenix Parasol Palace ahead and smiled.

Zhao Shiyu's face turned slightly red, and she nodded gently.

The two immediately entered the Phoenix Parasol Palace and found many ancient imperial costumes inside.

"Wait, let me set up the local area network first!"

As Zhao Shiyu was about to change her clothes, Zhou Bai spoke up.

The permissions for these two virtual reality pods had been fully handed over to Zhou Bai, and he could manage them as he pleased.

Soon, after the settings were finalized, Zhao Shiyu and Zhou Bai began a brand new experience...

...

After experiencing it three times inside, Zhou Bai emerged from the virtual reality pod.

"It really works. My learning points increased by 18!"

Seeing his learning points break the 500 mark, Zhou Bai's eyes lit up.

This way, even if Shiyu isn't by my side, I can still gain learning points through this virtual reality pod.

"Oh right, let me ask that little slut Shen Ninger if she has a virtual reality pod!"

After a moment, Zhou Bai thought of that flirtatious Shen Ninger.

...

"virtual reality pod? I want him to come fuck me, why is Zhou Bai asking about this?"

Inside an exquisite apartment at Magic Martial Arts, a scantily clad Shen Ninger fell into thought after seeing Zhou Bai's message.

"This big bad guy couldn't be thinking of fucking me inside the virtual reality pod, could he?"

A thought surfaced in Shen Ninger's mind.

She had also experienced the virtual reality pod and naturally knew about its 100% simulation fidelity.

At that thought, Shen Ninger's body trembled slightly.

"Hmph, I won't let him have his way!"

Shen Ninger snorted softly.

Then, Shen Ninger immediately posted a status on her social circle.

"It would be great to have a virtual reality pod so I could properly train my mental strength!"

After editing the text, Shen Ninger set the visibility to [Visible only to Ling Xiao].

Then she posted it directly...

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