126: Chapter 123 My Name is Wang
Crescent Martial Arts University is located in the outer areas of Guanghan City, and its area is astonishingly large.
Accompanied by several large flying vehicles from the Xia Kingdom slowly landing, over a thousand participating students and hundreds of team leader teachers walked down one after another, and under the guidance of numerous staff members, they separated and stood properly in the plaza.
Fang Yu, Yan Tianheng, Yu Guizhou, Yin Xu, and the other ten people also followed and stood in place.
"The environment of New Moon is truly different," Yu Guizhou said in a low voice. "I didn't feel it while on the flying vehicle, but coming to the ground, the concentration of Star Power here is truly rich, completely catching up to the Star Power Room in our annex courtyard."
"Indeed."
"Living in this kind of environment for a long time, even ordinary people will have their life levels improved quite a bit." Fang Yu, Yin Xu, and the others all expressed their agreement. The surface environment of New Moon was indeed very harsh.
The vast majority of people had to live in cities shrouded by protective shields.
However, the Star Power was indeed rich, even more miraculous than described in textbooks.
"There really are a lot of people," Yin Xu swept his gaze across the crowd and couldn't help saying, "Earlier at the Capital Airport, because we arrived successively and immediately transferred to the large flying vehicles, I didn't notice... Now gathering after getting off the flying vehicles, just the participating students from our Xia Kingdom alone must number over a thousand." Several thousand people gathering together was still quite spectacular.
"Our Xia Kingdom has 94 ordinary martial arts universities, and places like our Huguang Martial Arts University and Jingchu Martial Arts University are all of this category." Tang Jianxin at the very front of the team heard this and smiled, explaining, "Each ordinary martial arts university has 10 quotas, which makes 940 people."
"There are also 6 first-class martial arts universities, such as Modu Martial Arts University, with each school having 100 quotas, making 600 people."
"That totals 1,540 people."
"Of course, these are local students from our Xia Kingdom," Tang Jianxin said. "The ten key universities of New Moon have 750 quotas each, totaling 7,500 people; Xinyue Martial Arts University has 10,400 quotas."
"Among these nearly 20,000 quotas, a fairly large proportion are our Xia Kingdom people. Even if they are descendants of immigrants to New Moon, their nationality will not change."
"According to convention, our Xia Kingdom's participating contestants can generally exceed five thousand people."
Everyone couldn't help nodding.
Fang Yu was also secretly startled. From the number of quotas, one could see the astonishing gap between different levels of universities... Like the thousands of martial arts colleges on Blue Star, which didn't even have any participation quotas.
The 470 ordinary martial arts universities had a total of only 4,700 quotas.
The 30 key universities had a total of 3,000 quotas.
Meanwhile, the total number of contestants in the main tournament of the Blue Moon High School Martial Arts Competition was 25,600.
It seemed unfair.
However, according to the intelligence collected and provided by Meng Shi, since past tournaments, Xinyue Martial Arts University, which possessed 10,400 quotas, would instead gradually occupy more than half of the candidates after proceeding to the third and fourth rounds.
In a sense, the quotas allocated to ordinary martial arts universities were actually a form of consideration. If it were truly based on absolute strength, a place like Huguang Martial Arts University might not even have five quotas.
Time passed.
When all school teams had stood in order one by one, Professor Xu even started chatting and reminiscing with the team leader teacher of the adjacent Jingchu Martial Arts University, and their focus was basically centered around Fang Yu and Yan Tianheng.
Suddenly.
"Hum—" An invisible force enshrouded the entire plaza. The expressions of the hundreds of team leader Earth Martial Artist teachers changed slightly, and the over a thousand students choked up simultaneously.
It felt as if a heavy hammer had struck their chests.
Fang Yu was no exception. He only felt a faint dizziness in his head, and subconsciously, noticing the actions of Tang Jianxin, Professor Xu, and the others, he couldn't help raising his head to look up at the high altitude.
At some unknown time.
High up in the tens-of-meters-high sky, a figure completely covered in black battle uniform, wearing black combat boots, revealing only a pair of eyes, and looking exceptionally ruthless appeared silently.
Under the gaze of that pair of eyes, the hearts of almost all the students trembled.
Even though they were already Senior Martial Artists, at this moment, they still felt a kind of mental oppression, just like ants facing a giant Dragon, unable to even raise a thought of resistance.
"Is this a Sky-Patrol Martial Artist? What a terrifying sense of oppression; it's far stronger than our principal and the others." Fang Yu held his breath.
Top Earth Martial Artists—he had encountered quite a few. Although they were also very strong and their sense of oppression was astonishing, it was never like this.
This was the first time he had ever encountered a Sky-Patrol Martial Artist.
Sky-Patrol Martial Artist.
Soaring through the air was the symbol of a Sky-Patrol Martial Artist.
Every Sky-Patrol Martial Artist, looking across the entire Blue Moon Alliance, was an absolute "high-level figure".
"You—"
"—come from the martial arts universities of the Xia Kingdom mainland. Even students from Modu Martial Arts University belong to lagging students at the Blue Moon High School Martial Arts Competition." The black-clothed man's voice was indifferent, yet it contained an unquestionable majesty: "Most of you will stop at the first round."
"For the third round, there are 7,680 quotas, but I estimate that fewer than twenty percent of you will be able to charge into the third round."
Lagging students?
Fewer than twenty percent estimated to enter the third round?
The over a thousand students present, even though they still harbored fear, still held a trace of unconvinced defiance. Who among those able to obtain the main tournament quotas wasn't a top student from their respective school?
"What? Unconvinced?"
There was a trace of mockery in the black-clothed man's indifferent voice: "Then prove it to me, prove it to everyone in the entire civilization, let everyone know that even though you came from the old earth of Blue Star, you can still remain at the forefront in the Peak arena of martial arts students across the entire civilization."
Silence reigned.
Fang Yu, Yan Tianheng, and the others felt alright. Compared to schools like Xinyue Martial Arts University, Huguang Martial Arts University was indeed considered a trash school... However, students from the 6 first-class martial arts universities such as Modu Martial Arts University generally wore unconvinced expressions on their faces.
"Remember."
"Those who can charge into the third round will be rewarded with 2 million Star Coins each! And they will obtain the 'exempted graduate admission quota' of the ten key universities." The black-clothed man's voice was indifferent: "Those who charge into the fourth round will be rewarded with 5 million Star Coins each."
"Those who charge into the fifth round will be rewarded with 20 million Star Coins each."
"Those who charge into the Peak battle will be rewarded with 200 million Star Coins, and directly obtain the 'exempted graduate admission quota' of Xinyue Martial Arts University," the black-clothed man said. "However, among you, apart from Yan Tianheng of Huguang Martial Arts University, I'm afraid no one has any hope of charging into the Peak battle."
"Yan Tianheng, where are you?"
The black-clothed man's voice echoed in the plaza.
Under Professor Xu's indication, Yan Tianheng took two steps forward and said loudly and quite respectfully: "Senior, I am Yan Tianheng."
In an instant!
The gazes of students from various schools almost all fell upon Yan Tianheng, filled with jealousy, filled with envy... But undoubtedly, at this moment, the vast majority of students remembered the name "Yan Tianheng".
Fang Yu didn't find it strange either.
Tier 2 Starry Sky Seeds only emerged in dozens per year across the entire Xia Kingdom mainland, and most of them wouldn't stay at local martial arts universities... Most crucially, even for Tier 2 Starry Sky Seeds, at this time stage, it was difficult for most of them to become Earth Martial Artists.
According to Fang Yu's guess, among the more than 1,500 participating students now, I'm afraid only Yan Tianheng was an "Earth Martial Artist".
"Among you, there are also a small number of people who are Senior students. Being able to obtain the main tournament qualification is considered not bad."
"The requirements for you are all lowered by one tier," the black-clothed man's voice was indifferent: "Charge into the fifth round, and you can obtain a reward of 200 million Star Coins; charge into the fourth round, and you can obtain a reward of 20 million Star Coins."
"I hope someone among you can obtain this reward."
"Good."
"Now, everyone, follow the order and guidance to go to the accommodation area. No making noise, and no wandering around blindly," the black-clothed man said indifferently: "Right, I forgot to tell you, my name is Wang Heng."
Swish!
As his voice fell, the black-clothed man took a step forward, silently flying across hundreds of meters. At the same time, the light around his body faintly distorted, eventually causing his figure to completely disappear.
Meanwhile, the over a thousand students below were all incomparably shocked as they listened.
Wang Heng? Almost everyone present had heard this name; this was the legendary Genius with the greatest fame in the Xia Kingdom in recent years. It was just that earlier the other party's battle uniform completely covered his face, which was why no one recognized him.
"Wang Heng?"
"He is Wang Heng?" Fang Yu was also shocked in his heart.
"I really didn't expect that among the guardian Sky-Patrol Martial Artists of this tournament, there would actually be Wang Heng." Professor Xu also showed a trace of surprise.
Seeing Fang Yu, Yu Guizhou, and the others behind him reveal looks of confusion,
Professor Xu smiled and explained: "Such a competition gathers martial arts Geniuses from so many universities across the entire civilization. Naturally, the Alliance must attach importance to security, and there will be Sky-Patrol Martial Artists guarding all day long, coupled with Xinyue Martial Arts University itself having multiple Sky-Patrol Martial Artists guarding... It is said that Guanghan City also has multiple Starry Sky Martial Artists residing year-round." "In short, absolute safety during the tournament is guaranteed."
Fang Yu and the others suddenly understood.
"Senior Wang Heng coming out and saying those words was just to motivate you," Tang Jianxin smiled and said. "However, Yan Tianheng, you've really become completely famous this time."
Yan Tianheng smiled faintly and didn't care.
The numerous teams advanced in order.
"He is Yan Tianheng?"
"Right!"
"Being specifically mentioned by Senior Wang Heng, he must be very strong."
"Nonsense, I just checked with my phone. According to Huguang Martial Arts University's news reports, he has already become an Earth Martial Artist, and his selection battle exceeded the upper limit of 10,000 points."
"What? An Earth Martial Artist?" Many participating students couldn't help exclaiming.
Previously, not many people truly paid attention to Yan Tianheng. After all, everyone came from all over the country, and there were so many participating contestants.
But after Wang Heng's words, Yan Tianheng's fame instantly soared, and information about him was also rapidly searched by people.
"Huguang Martial Arts University has two formidable ones this time."
"Besides him, there's also one named Fang Yu whose fame isn't small either. He's a Senior, and his selection battle exceeded 5,000 points."
"So ruthless?"
"Even Seniors are so perverted?" While a large number of students were querying Yan Tianheng's information, they also incidentally found a lot of information and reports about Fang Yu. One must know that the score standards for the selection battles of martial arts universities everywhere were the same.
Therefore, they all knew the gold content of a Senior student reaching 5,000 points; it was extremely fierce.
The ten students from Huguang Martial Arts University were assigned to the same building, with each person having an individual room.
"A cabin?" Fang Yu, Yan Tianheng, and the others immediately discovered that something was amiss.
In each person's room, besides the martial arts room used to Cultivate, there was unexpectedly a set of electronic equipment necessary for logging into the Tianlan Realm.
"Don't be surprised."
"We also received the notice today." Tang Jianxin summoned all ten people over and smiled, saying, "This year is also the first time the High School Tournament is holding a 'virtual competition'."
"The direct competition will be held in the virtual world 'Tianlan Realm', and the corresponding rules will have some changes, especially the rules for the first round, but it won't have much impact on everyone," Tang Jianxin said. "Gathering in New Moon is mainly to facilitate post-competition rewards and selections."
"Tianlan Realm?"
"A virtual world? How can this be compared? I remember game cabins only have a 70% simulation degree!"
"What's the situation?" Many students revealed looks of confusion. Most of them were just ordinary Earth Contract Students who knew very little about the Tianlan Realm and had never logged into the Tianlan Realm before.
"Fang Yu, Yan Tianheng, Yu Guizhou... You are all very familiar with the Tianlan Realm, so you don't need to listen to the beginner tutorial. The three of you, follow me to take promotional group photos." Professor Xu on the side smiled and said, "Zhuang Yiliu and the others are already waiting for you."
"The rest of you—"
"Associate Professor Tang will teach you in detail how to use the Tianlan Realm."
"Yes." Fang Yu and the other ten people quickly split into two groups.
Fang Yu, Yan Tianheng, and the three of them followed Professor Xu, left the accommodation building, quickly arrived at the third floor of another building of Xinyue Martial Arts University, and came outside a large martial arts room.
Inside the martial arts room,
as many as dozens of students were waiting. Looking at their faces, they were all very young and chatting with each other. Minister Ji Lianyun was also waiting inside the martial arts room.
"It's really her?" At a glance, Fang Yu saw that unfamiliar yet somewhat familiar figure.
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