60: A dramatic scene appeared, the champion met the champion candidate

At the same time,

Fengtian City, City Hall building.

A group of high-level government officials, led by the Bureau of Martial Education, along with the admissions directors from all top universities across the country, were all gathered here.

Through the massive viewing screen,

They were observing the students' scores in real-time.

However, unlike ordinary citizens, they weren't fixated on the points panel. In fact, at the very beginning, they didn't even pay much attention to the live broadcast.

For them,

The true start of the Martial Exam competition was the moment all seed contestants entered the Mystic Realm.

......................

Of course,

Some people definitely noticed that the main perspective on the big screen often showed the same person, but they weren't curious enough to ask who this person was.

They merely glanced at the points panel.

Thinking to themselves:

This Han Lie has nearly 10,000 points?

Very impressive, very powerful!

But—

The points for creatures in the Mystic Realm range from 1,000 to 10,000. To put it bluntly, killing one top-tier fierce beast is equivalent to all of Han Lie's effort up to this point.

Naturally, some of the admissions directors connected this Han Lie with the information they had dismissed earlier.

After all, they were all masters with extremely strong martial arts realms, capable of remembering everything they saw.

However,

For this group of people,

Compared to this dark horse, everyone had more faith in the potential of the established seed contestants.

Furthermore,

Most crucially—

No one had invested in him.

For a dark horse that hadn't been bet on, everyone actually didn't hope, nor were they willing, for him to perform better.

So, to summarize,

He was still ignored,

The large conference room was quite quiet.

When the time was approximately right, the secretary operated the system at the front, and the huge projection screen immediately split into thirty frames. Each frame contained a seed contestant who had just entered the Mystic Realm!

Han Lie was also among them!

However, he was in the bottom right corner, the most inconspicuous and least noticeable corner.

But,

The real-time score ranking displayed in the top right corner showed—

1st Place Fengtian No. 3 Middle School Han Lie 9999 points

And then further down,

68373rd Place Fengtian No. 3 Middle School Xin Yao 57 points

Note,

This is the ranking of seed contestants among all candidates in the city. Therefore, Xin Yao is second among seed contestants, but 68373rd city-wide.

There was no need to look at the people after that.

The thirtieth ranked seed contestant had 0 points, placing them directly outside the top 100,000.

"This..."

"Ah, this...."

Everyone knew that the seed contestants disdained dealing with fierce beasts in the low and Middle Zones, focusing solely on rushing forward. It was perfectly normal for their scores to be touchingly low in the early stages.

Take the contestant with 0 points, Li Ye, for example. Everyone knew he was a strong contender for the championship.

In the past few decades, the scores of seed contestants at the very beginning of the competition were always like this, pitifully low.

But,

But.

It seemed like something strange had infiltrated this year's seed contestant team.

"Ranked first?"

The Director of the Martial Education Bureau looked up and was immediately shocked. This expression of surprise wasn't exaggerated, but it was very layered.

He asked:

"Which one is Han Lie?"

Coincidentally, Liang Xuemin was sitting next to him and was the most knowledgeable about these seed contestants. He quickly replied:

"The one in the bottom right corner!"

"Bottom right corner?"

Director Wu Kunshan's brow furrowed. He naturally understood what being in the bottom right corner meant – it indicated that this child had received no attention at all before, essentially being considered leftover material among the seed contestants.

But in the picture,

This child had not only obtained a considerable score but had also reached the Mystic Realm first. And you guys didn't pay attention to such a contestant?

He began to doubt the judgment of the various directors.

No one spoke,

The conference room remained quite quiet.

However,

All the admissions directors felt that Han Lie's score was a bit of an eyesore!

Someone quickly surpass him!

.............

"What the hell is this place?"

The moment Han Lie entered the Mystic Realm, it instantly turned into a vast expanse of white. Everywhere he looked was covered in snow. As he entered, his eyes hadn't even had time to adjust, and they were nearly blinded by the glare.

He admitted, he miscalculated.

He had expected to be teleported to a directional place like a forest, as he was last time he entered a Mystic Realm. He never expected to be directly dumped into a world of ice and snow. How could he tell north from south here?

Just as he was worrying,

Someone suddenly appeared next to him.

"Great!"

Han Lie thought his luck was good. The guy who appeared next to him must have entered right after him, which was why they were teleported to the same place.

Anyone who could reach the Mystic Realm this quickly was definitely a top expert, so getting him out of this snowy world would be incredibly easy.

Thinking this, he immediately smiled and spoke:

"Hello, classmate!"

Who knew, the moment the candidate in front of him landed and heard the sound, he merely glanced at Han Lie, his voice colder than the snow:

"No teaming up!"

"???"

Han Lie was completely dumbfounded. "What did I say that made you not want to team up? Buddy, I don't want to team up with you. I'm lost. Can you see if you can take me out with you since you're going that way? Don't worry, I'll just follow you, I definitely won't steal your kills..."

"Heh heh..."

This person didn't listen to anything Han Lie said, wearing a smile that seemed to say 'I've seen through you,' and then only left one sentence:

"Don't follow me!"

"Hey!"

When had Han Lie ever been treated like this? He thought, 'Buddy, you probably don't know who I am,' and without a second thought, he followed.

The scene was broadcast in real-time,

Viewers outside the camera instantly became excited when they saw this scene!

As attention increased, more and more people gathered in the live stream, and in an instant, someone recognized who these two people were!

"Holy crap!"

"Chicken-killing master Han Lie!"

"Holy crap again!"

"City champion candidate Li Ye! This is truly a Mars-meets-Earth collision! These two actually met so early!"

"Interesting, interesting. Li Ye actually said no teaming up, hahahaha. He probably doesn't know that Han Lie is currently first, and he's last!"

"What's wrong with not teaming up? Li Ye is a champion candidate. What was Han Lie before? Just some trash who got a few points in the low-level area by luck! When Li Ye encounters fierce beasts later, he'll probably catch up in minutes! And you, Han Lie, said you don't know the way? What kind of joke is that! You don't know the way? What Experimental Class student doesn't know the way? Haven't you entered a Mystic Realm before, or didn't your Teacher teach you? In my opinion, you're just using it as an excuse to team up with Li Ye, afraid of falling out of the first tier, you attention-seeking clown?"

"Oh, Li Ye fan?"

"She's panicking, she's panicking, haha!"

..............

The Principals of various schools also noticed this dramatic scene and couldn't help but glance at the Principals of the two children. Things seemed to be getting interesting.

On the other side,

The Director of the Martial Education Bureau and others immediately saw Han Lie's figure appear in the very center of the screen. Of course, this wasn't because the latter had attracted everyone's attention and had his position changed.

It was simply,

That he was in the same frame as the champion candidate.

"Damn it!"

Many people cursed under their breath, "This Han Lie is really good at hogging the camera!"

However,

Everyone present was shrewd and could realize that this was actually a good thing. Han Lie wants to chase Li Ye, right?

Then he will probably be like others chasing him, only able to smell his exhaust fumes and get nothing else. This means Han Lie's score is about to stagnate, while the scores of other seed contestants will continue to surge.

When the tide recedes,

You'll know who's swimming naked.

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