16: Chapter 16 Aftermath and the Conclusion of the School Selection Competition

In the evening,

Sun Po was happily scrolling through his phone on the sofa at Yang Xinyue's house.

Lu Renjia: "Brother Po is mighty!! How many times has that old bastard targeted our class? We've finally vented our anger!"

Shen Jinbin: "Hello everyone, I am the attending physician at Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital. May I ask if anyone has seen this patient from our hospital?"

Below was a captured meme of the Director of Studies with black eyes, saliva and nosebleeds flying everywhere.

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Liu Jianren: "Hahahaha hahahaha hahaha..."

Shen Jinbin: "As everyone knows, anyone who laughs with this many ha's is either padding word count or crazy."

Liu Jianren: "Get lost~"

Liu Jianren: "@Sun Po, thanks to my Brother Po, it's in the bag!

My [Red Snake] was countered by that bastard Qian Hu's [Tiger Vanguard],

originally I thought I had no hope, but I didn't expect

that Qian Hu is still in a coma and has automatically forfeited,

hahahaha hahahaha"

The chat group was filled with a joyful atmosphere.

Below, there was a chorus of denouncements shouting "pure dumb luck".

Sun Po silently clicked +1 and put down his phone.

To be fair, that kid Liu Jianren really had good luck.

Not being from an aristocratic family, being able to have such a powerful card as [Red Snake]

although he was plotted against by the Director of Studies,

he also consequently fell into the loser's bracket with much less competition.

Having only dueled a green card, just as he was about to face the formidable enemy Qian Hu,

Qian Hu was directly beaten into serious injuries and lost his eligibility to participate.

It basically guaranteed him a spot in the top three, and looking back carefully at the day he dueled him,

[Changyou] kept slipping up for no reason, constantly crashing into [Red Snake]'s flames, being terribly unlucky.

Sun Po couldn't help muttering:

"Could this kid really be the Child of Destiny?"

...

Meanwhile, inside the principal's office,

the Mediterranean-haired Director of Studies was shouting with a bruised and swollen face:

"This Sun Po, even if he has some talent, is still a scourge!!"

The principal, however, handed over a cup of tea and said with a smile:

"Don't be so hot-headed, Teacher Luo. Why bother arguing with a child?"

Teacher Luo, the Director of Studies, took the tea, drank it in one gulp, and shouted:

"How can a person like this represent our school? He has no respect for superiors, has a black heart and ruthless hands, and is hypocritical and cunning!!"

The principal asked calmly:

"Any shortcomings?"

Teacher Luo was visibly stunned, and the principal's smiling, chubby face instantly turned serious:

"Teacher Luo, you've never entered a mystic realm, so you might not understand the true rules of this world.

In a mystic realm, these are all qualities that can help warriors survive.

Why can't aristocratic families represent the authorities? Is it because they don't want to?

Your brother's last words as he died in my arms were to take good care of you,

but I feel like you might have been taken too good care of these past few years."

Teacher Luo, who was originally furious, was now sweating profusely, trembling and not daring to respond.

The principal took a sip of tea and gently spoke:

"Change your environment. I'll help you secure a spot to guard a mystic realm in September.

Go see a real battlefield.

Oh, close the door on your way out."

"Yes..."

Teacher Luo walked out of the office in a daze, not even glancing at Yang Xinyue to the side.

Yang Xinyue, however, sat sprawl-eagled on the sofa, chewing gum with a look of utter detachment.

The principal's serious expression vanished, and he asked with a chuckle again:

"How is it? Teacher Yang, are you quite satisfied with this handling result?"

Yang Xinyue shrugged:

"Don't ask me. I didn't say anything.

You want to get promoted and get rich yourself, yet you still insist on making me owe you a favor, heh."

The principal smiled wryly:

"You, you're just too blunt. Hold the concurrent position of Director of Studies for now.

This way, it'll be more justifiable when we knock down those minor families of the Qian Family."

"Pfft!"

Yang Xinyue gently spat out her gum and asked:

"Can I choose not to do it?"

The principal's tone was gentle, but his words were firm:

"No."

...

Meanwhile, the Qian Family

In the center of the main hall hung a painting of a fierce tiger roaring at the moon. Below it sat a middle-aged man with tiger-like eyes and a full beard.

"Master, look at what our Hu'er has been beaten into."

A well-proportioned woman wailed as she lay by Qian Hu's bed.

"Crying, crying, crying, you only know how to cry.

This kid has been spoiled rotten by you all, losing the Tigers Courage of the men of the Qian Family."

The woman just kept crying incessantly.

The middle-aged man stood up, looked at his unconscious son, and then gazed at the fierce tiger roaring at the moon painting in the center hall.

Pacing back and forth a few times, he finally let out a long sigh and shouted:

"Uncle Chang."

A plain-clothed, white-haired old servant walked in with a hunched back, lowering his brows and hands as he replied:

"Master."

The middle-aged man instructed coldly:

"Spread all of this Sun Po's combat videos. The more they are spread, the better. Hire some people to substantiate his reputation for being domineering."

"Yes."

...

The next day, Sun Po arrived at the playground early in the morning.

Along the way, many unfamiliar students were either greeting Sun Po

or directly giving him a thumbs-up.

Sun Po was truly a bit overwhelmed.

The post previously claiming that Sun Po's [Changyou] was a fake purple card was also being live-streamed as it was deleted, and a Sun Po fan club was even created.

The group leader was Liu Jianren, and his avatar was directly changed to the meme of the Director of Studies with a bruised and swollen face from yesterday.

Sun Po could be considered to have gained a little bit of fame in No. 2 Municipal High School.

When he reached the spectator area of No. 2 Municipal High School, he happened to hear the loudspeaker shouting:

"Next is the semi-final of the No. 2 Municipal High School intramural selection tournament in Gaoping City. Please have Liu Jianren from Class 6 and Liu Qing from Class 2 enter the arena."

Liu Jianren, the short redhead, jumped in front of Sun Po, shook Sun Po's hands excitedly, and said:

"Brother Po! You are my benefactor. If I am lucky enough to enter the finals, I'll forfeit immediately and definitely treat Brother Po to a good meal!"

Sun Po was amused by this comical character.

"Alright, do your best and strive for our Class 6 to sweep the top two."

At this moment, the surrounding girls hooted:

"Ah, as expected, being together makes people more and more alike. Sun Po's tone of speech now is just like Teacher Yang's~"

This made Sun Po blush a little, and he could only feign calmness as he looked toward the arena.

...

After a match was over, Sun Po had completely confirmed that

this fellow Liu Jianren definitely had some sheer luck on him.

His opponent's card was also a green card, a frog-shaped card.

It could compress air into its mouth and spit out an air cannon of immense power.

Although logically snakes should counter frogs,

the quality of the opponent's card was clearly stronger than Liu Jianren's [Red Snake].

That frog-shaped card had extremely strong leg power; with a single kick, it kicked [Red Snake] until its mouth was full of fresh blood and its teeth were even knocked out.

Following up with another air cannon, it instantly shattered [Red Snake]'s scales and mangled its flesh.

And [Red Snake]'s strongest flame breath was directly shattered by the frog's single air cannon.

It could be said that the whole process was basically a one-sided beating.

But in the end, Liu Jianren still won.

Because when the opponent's frog-shaped card was charging up its air cannon, it seemed to have suddenly suffered a stitch in its side,

causing the frog's eyes to roll back and its legs to kick out straight, instantly losing combat effectiveness on the spot.

And in the subsequent championship battle, as Liu Jianren announced his forfeiture,

this intramural selection tournament that lasted over a week officially came to an end.

Sun Po ranked first and would represent the school and class to participate in the municipal-level competition in a week!!

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