108: Chapter 108 Passive Victory

Li Jiaojiao's face turned even darker.

"You! Don't get cocky too soon!" Li Jiaojiao gritted her back teeth, her finger trembling as she pointed in Gu Han's direction, "Someone will eventually be able to deal with you. Don't think that just because you have one mutated poisonous flower, you can run wild!"

Gu Han shrugged, shoved his hands into his pockets, and walked away, completely ignoring those fearful and spiteful gazes.

The style of the following matches began to turn strange again.

Whenever it was Gu Han's turn, the moment the referee called out the names, the opponents wouldn't even step onto the competition stage. They would simply raise their hands in the preparation area and shout, "I forfeit!"

What a joke? Tang Jichao's two hundred and twenty Lizardmen couldn't withstand that toxic mist, let alone them.

Their believers were all raised with such hard work; who would dare to send them to their deaths? The students treasured their believers dearly.

With five consecutive opponents forfeiting, the boos from the audience grew quieter and quieter.

Of course, there were also some hotheaded fools who refused to believe it.

A male student from Xijiang University rushed onto the stage with red eyes, summoning over two thousand Iron-Armored Rhinos, attempting to use sheer numbers and a heavy charge to trample the Cyst Demon Flower.

As it turned out, the Cyst Demon Flower only sprayed a puff of light purple toxic mist, and before the Iron-Armored Rhinos had even charged halfway, they all collapsed on the path.

Now, absolutely no one dared to try.

Until two names popped up on the big screen: Gu Han VS Lin Chuxue.

The originally lifeless Combat Training Hall instantly erupted into a commotion.

"Lin Chuxue! That SS-Rank prodigy from Jiangcheng University!"

"She's a genius who stepped into the realm of a Third-Rank Divine Lord as a freshman!"

"Her Elven race's long-range attacks are the perfect counter to this kind of plant. Gu Han has finally hit a snag this time!"

Lin Chuxue walked onto the stage from the preparation area.

She wore a long white dress, moved with grace, and had a calm expression, lacking the resentment or fear seen in other contestants.

She had noticed Gu Han back when she lost to him during the financial aid assessment. She hadn't expected that he wasn't just lucky as the rumors suggested; he truly had the strength.

"Gu Han." Lin Chuxue said, her voice crisp, "Please, don't hold back."

Gu Han gestured for her to begin. He could feel that she held no malice; she simply wanted to fight with her full strength.

Gu Han had a decent impression of her. Naturally, he couldn't let her have her way, or she would never be able to hold her head high again. He still only summoned one Cyst Demon Flower.

A flash of light appeared on the opposite side.

Fifty slender Elves wielding longbows appeared.

These Elves were surrounded by light cyan wind elemental energy, all of them Third-Rank transcendent lifeforms.

She was smart; she didn't send out Second-Rank or First-Rank ones to be sacrificed.

"Maintain distance, wind-element magic arrows, volley fire!" Lin Chuxue issued the command at lightning speed.

The fifty Elves moved in perfect unison, instantly retreating. They attacked while moving backward, their figures floating in the air, looking extremely graceful.

The arrows, glowing with cyan light, were condensed like a torrential downpour, converging and shooting toward Gu Han's Cyst Demon Flower.

The entire audience held their breath, waiting for the moment the Cyst Demon Flower would be shredded.

The Cyst Demon Flower was a stationary plant and could not move. Facing such long-range magic arrow bombardment, it was practically a sitting duck!

However, when the arrows struck the petals of the Cyst Demon Flower, they emitted crisp clinking sounds.

After one volley, the wind elemental energy dissipated.

The Cyst Demon Flower hadn't lost a single petal. It even let out a strange, giggling cry, as if it had been tickled, and kept twisting its body while spraying a large amount of toxic mist.

This was the descendant of a Sixth-Rank transcendent creature, the Cyst Demon. Even though it only had Second-Rank transcendent energy fluctuations right now, its physical defense far exceeded that of its rank.

Furthermore, Gu Han fed it a substitute for Magic-Patterned Wood every day in his Divine Kingdom, along with various other substitute divine plants. Its buds had long since become outrageously tough.

Lin Chuxue was stunned.

The leader of those Third-Rank transcendent Elves also refused to believe it. It gathered all its magic power and fired a giant wind arrow as thick as an adult's arm.

The wind arrow struck the stem of the Cyst Demon Flower squarely.

The stem swayed, but not even the skin was broken.

The Cyst Demon Flower seemed annoyed by the attacks. Its calyx rippled, and a thick, black-colored toxic mist began to gather at the center of the flower disk.

"I forfeit!" Lin Chuxue raised her hand without hesitation.

Lin Chuxue withdrew her Elves, took a deep look at Gu Han, and turned to walk off the stage.

She was rational; she hadn't even activated her Divine Lord skills. The Third-Rank Elves' magic attacks couldn't even break the defense. Continuing the fight would be futile. Moreover, the toxic mist would gradually spread, and she didn't dare risk the lives of her Third-Rank believers.

The entire venue was silent.

What a joke. Even the SS-Rank Third-Rank Divine Lord Lin Chuxue couldn't break the defense and had to forfeit.

Who else in the freshman section could stop Gu Han?

Li Jiaojiao slumped in her chair, her lips pale.

Teacher Qin Lin, on the other hand, stood up excitedly from the leading teacher's seat and shouted, "Woohoo! Gu Han, you're amazing!"

In the VIP viewing area.

President Du Fanghai had been invited by the Tang Family and had come specifically from Jinghai to watch the event. His gaze was fixed intently on the Cyst Demon Flower.

"Have you found out the background of this kid?" President Du Fanghai asked without turning his head.

The assistant behind him hurriedly handed over a file, "President Du, his name is Gu Han, a freshman at Dongjiang University. He has a C-Rank Divine Kingdom, and his initial talent was F-Rank Forced Breeding."

"That's impossible!" President Du Fanghai snatched the file, "A Divine Lord with an F-Rank talent can have a monster that possesses both this kind of defense and toxicity? This is definitely a high-quality mutated plant believer. Check again, see what species this is!"

"After the match ends, go and try to contact him," President Du Fanghai instructed.

Inside the Combat Training Hall, the matches continued.

But for Gu Han, the matches for the freshman section had already ended prematurely.

Even Lin Chuxue had forfeited; the remaining contestants had even less courage to fight. Whether it was the singles or team matches, as long as they encountered Gu Han, the opponents would unanimously forfeit.

Chu Yue sat on the bench, feeling somewhat numb. She had originally prepared many strategies for the team matches, but now she could only passively win. Her feelings were complex; the professional league in her heart wasn't supposed to be like this.

Zhao Xu felt even more ashamed. He had originally thought that by breaking through to the transcendent realm, he would definitely be able to suppress Gu Han, but he hadn't expected Gu Han to already be at the Second-Rank.

The other schools poured their anger from the team matches completely onto the Second Team, and as the captain, he bore the brunt of it.

Gu Han sat in the rest area, watching his fellow students around him who avoided him as if he were a poisonous snake.

He suddenly felt a sense of melancholy.

Once upon a time, these SS-Rank and S-Rank prodigies from prestigious families were existences he could only look up to from afar. He had needed to scheme desperately and take out insane loans just to barely catch a glimpse of their backs at the starting line.

But now, these so-called geniuses didn't even have the qualifications to make him take them seriously.

"I'm going out for a walk!" Gu Han stood up and brushed off his clothes.

"Where are you going?" Teacher Qin Lin happened to walk over, holding the singles match medal for the freshman section, "You aren't even going to accept your award? The principal is over there exaggerating and bragging about you."

Gu Han smiled, "Let him be. I'm going to check out the upperclassman match area."