61: Chapter 61 Crazy Provocation, 1 vs 27

The competitive relationship between students at Modu Ability University is very clear; everyone is a rival to one another.

Perhaps two people were teaming up to hunt Vicious Beasts in the wilderness yesterday, only to come to blows on the arena today over a ranking.

However, this kind of competition is a healthy one.

Teammates who can go to the wilderness to hunt Vicious Beasts together must acknowledge each other's strength. No one is willing to bring a dead weight into the dangerous wilderness.

But freshmen are an exception.

For freshmen who have only been in school for a week, eighty percent of their social circle consists of their own roommates.

They haven't gone out to the wilderness to hunt Vicious Beasts in teams, so naturally, they haven't experienced entrusting their lives to one another.

When competing for rankings, they tend to strike much harder, which is why teachers with healing abilities need to be on standby at all times.

Su Mu watched the two people on the arena who could be said to be fighting for their lives.

One of the boys carried a broadsword on his shoulder, with raging flames burning on the blade. The other was a girl enveloped in a blue water curtain, holding a sword in one hand, pointing the tip directly at her opponent.

Blade against sword, water against fire.

Both of them were Rank 1 Advanced, and their abilities were both A-grade.

In common knowledge, the Water System counters the fire system, so the students below the stage were more optimistic about the girl with the sword.

But unfortunately, the boy with the flaming broadsword suddenly erupted with energy far exceeding Rank 1 Advanced, instantly evaporating the blue water curtain around the girl.

He slashed down!

The girl blocked with her sword horizontally.

"Bang!"

Both she and her sword were sent flying off the arena by this heavy, powerful strike.

"Arena 4, Yan Hong wins! The two's rankings are swapped."

According to the rules of Modu Ability University, the more challenge letters a student receives, the later they are scheduled to fight.

Of course, if a person who sent a challenge letter is injured by another challenger before the fight and cannot battle normally, they are considered to have automatically forfeited the challenge.

Su Mu was the person who received the most challenge letters in the entire school this month.

Naturally, he was scheduled for the very end.

However, while watching the duels, Su Mu saw an acquaintance.

He couldn't exactly be called an acquaintance, because Su Mu had only seen him twice in total and spoken to him once.

Senior Duan Tao!!

This first-place sophomore was actually being challenged as well.

However, Senior Duan Tao's strength was incredibly formidable, and his use of his Ice-type Ability was superb.

The five people who challenged him were all quickly defeated.

As he walked gracefully off the arena, the two of them looked at each other from a distance; Su Mu smiled and nodded to Senior Duan Tao, and Senior Duan Tao responded with a smile as well.

Su Mu had a good impression of this senior, and his strength was indeed very high.

Soon Guan Yue, song own, and Luo Zhenyue took the stage in turn to accept challenges.

The strength of these three was considered to be in a league of its own among the freshmen.

However, it was worth mentioning that Luo Zhenyue, who was ranked seventh, consecutively challenged Guan Yue, ranked third, and song own, ranked second.

But to everyone's surprise, Luo Zhenyue narrowly lost to the third-place Guan Yue but successfully defeated the second-place song own.

Su Mu watched with great interest; the battles between the three were very exciting.

Furthermore, Su Mu keenly noticed that all three of them should have already reached Rank 2 Elementary.

Su Mu usually spent most of his time hunting Vicious Beasts, so compared to the three of them, it was hard to say who was able to Cultivate faster.

Finally, Su Mu took the stage. The freshman rankings were as follows:

First Place: Su Mu

Second Place: Luo Zhenyue

Third Place: Guan Yue

Fourth Place: song own

A dramatic ranking; Guan Yue had beaten Luo Zhenyue but was ranked behind him.

Su Mu stood on the arena, his silver-white spear held upright before him.

He waited for the first challenger to come up and get beaten.

The students, who had been quiet for the day, suddenly started becoming noisy.

"So this is Principal Yang's disciple! He looks pretty ordinary! Can someone like this really take first place in the Freshman Competition?"

"If you ask me, he just used the back door to become Principal Yang's disciple, so he bribed the other contestants to go easy on him."

"And I heard on the forums that this Su Mu even used sneak attacks during the Freshman Competition."

"I'm telling you, I heard from a senior in the Spear Technique Club that Su Mu was always going to Principal Yang's villa before the Freshman Competition."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk! You see, isn't it clear now? He obviously used the back door."

There were all sorts of unpleasant voices below the stage.

Su Mu stood on the arena as if he hadn't heard any of these voices.

"Freshman Su Mu, 34 challengers in total. The first challenger is Zhou Tong, ranked 223rd."

The order of challenges followed the order in which the challenge letters were sent; Zhou Tong was the first to send one.

A short boy with a face like a monkey walked onto the arena.

As soon as he stepped onto the arena, he looked at Su Mu with a face full of hatred, those small eyes of his looking as if they wanted to shoot venomous needles to pin Su Mu down completely.

"Su Mu! It's all because you sneak-attacked me that I'm only ranked in the 200s."

His first words upon coming up left Su Mu dumbfounded and made the crowd below boil over.

Su Mu: Wait, bro, who even are you?

"Holy crap! So Su Mu really did rely on sneak attacks to take first place!"

"It seems Su Mu indeed relied on opportunistic tricks to become the freshman number one."

Someone suddenly shouted,

"Zhou Tong, give him a good lesson!"

Shouts erupted from below the stage.

'Zhou Tong! Zhou Tong! Zhou Tong!'

Standing on the stage, Zhou Tong thoroughly enjoyed this feeling, as if he had already defeated Su Mu and claimed first place for the freshman year.

An arrogant expression appeared on his face as he looked at Su Mu with eyes that treated him like dust.

"Just surrender yourself!"

Su Mu: (¬_¬)

'How did this kind of idiot get into Modu Ability University? Does the Ability University not look at IQ when recruiting people?'

'Wait a minute, it seems they really don't look at IQ; the Ability College Entrance Examination tests combat ability.'

'I should still mention this situation to the old man; how can they recruit students like this?'

Su Mu glanced at Zhou Tong as if looking at a pathetic creature.

"Just because others praised you a bit, you've lost your sense of direction. I still have many challengers behind you, so hurry up!"

He spun his spear with one hand and pointed it at Zhou Tong.

Zhou Tong couldn't take it and immediately raised his blade and charged at Su Mu.

Puff! Puff! Puff!

In an instant, three bloody holes appeared on Zhou Tong's body.

Su Mu appeared behind Zhou Tong and slammed him hard with the shaft of the spear.

"Bang—"

Zhou Tong fell flat on the ground, blood continuously flowing out from beneath him.

The entire venue was silent for three seconds.

"Arena 1, Su Mu wins. Next challenger, please come onto the arena."

A mechanical voice rang out, announcing Su Mu's victory.

Just as everyone was still stunned, Su Mu suddenly spoke.

"How many more people want to challenge me? All of you come up together. Fighting one by one is too slow."

Su Mu looked around.

Instantly, many people below the arena were itching to move; clearly, these were all people who wanted to challenge Su Mu.

But in the end, not a single person came up.

"What's the difference between a gauntlet and a group fight? All who want to challenge me, come up."

Su Mu shouted to everyone.

Finally, the first person jumped onto the arena.

"Su Mu, I admit you're strong, but you underestimate us too much. Today, I'll make you understand that arrogance comes with a price."

A tall boy nearly two meters tall stared fixedly at Su Mu.

Where there was one, there were two; one after another, many people jumped onto the arena.

Su Mu counted briefly; there were about 20 odd people.

"Is anyone else coming up?"

Su Mu's words made the faces of the twenty-odd people standing on the arena turn incredibly dark.

That blatant act of counting heads and the final question of whether anyone else was coming up were like sharp knives stabbing into their self-esteem.

Contempt, absolute contempt!