60: Chapter 59 The Strongest College Entrance Examination in History!! Provincial Competition Begins!!

Many people had never seen Li Tiance, only hearing his name.

Legend has it that when he was born, there was an auspicious omen of phoenixes singing in harmony.

He even awakened his spiritual space right at birth, making people wonder if he had been cultivating in his mother's womb.

Rumor has it that his archery was peerless, and he had personally shot and killed an orange-quality monster.

This was extremely terrifying for a Card Maker whose primary combat method was cards.

In short, Li Tiance could be said to be a peerless genius who grew up accompanied by all kinds of legends.

After he created the [ Xuanwu Gate ] card, he even defeated his elder brother who was ten years older than him,

and thereby completely solidified his position as the heir of the Li Family.

For a peerless genius from such a top-tier noble family who had already been confirmed as the heir,

most common Card Makers would never get to see his true appearance in their lifetime.

Sun Po was also lucky,

happening to be in the same province as Li Tiance, happening to enter the provincial tournament, and happening to have Li Tiance also in his third year of high school this year,

which gave Sun Po the opportunity to see Li Tiance and even compete on the same stage with him.

But whether this luck was good or bad was hard to say.

The orange [ Golden-feathered Pheasant ] and the orange field card [ Xuanwu Gate ]

Two orange cards!

Li Tiance's currently known surface-level strength already far surpassed the national champion of the previous generation's Gaokao,

yet even so, in the netizens' votes, Li Tiance was still only one of the seeded players to reach the top of the country, not the only one.

Simply because there were too many monstrous talents this year.

The internet also called this year "the strongest Gaokao year in history".

The quality of this year's examinees was ridiculously high;

purple cards that only started appearing in the provincial tournament in previous years could basically be seen everywhere in the municipal tournament this year,

and some municipal tournaments even saw orange-quality cards appearing.

Moreover, according to current news, the quality of Gaokao examinees nationwide was generally on the higher side,

somewhat giving off the vibe of a golden generation.

Geniuses emerged in droves among common Card Makers,

while the noble families were blooming with a hundred flowers.

Like Li Tiance of the Li Family, Qin Wudao of the Qin Family, Jiang Cha of the Jiang Family, and so on,

these were all top-tier players from major clans who had already displayed orange cards during the municipal tournament stage.

Such a grand occasion of so many peerless geniuses gathering together was truly a once-in-a-century event.

By comparison, Sun Po, who had swept the entire field during the municipal tournament, suddenly seemed rather ordinary.

...

Soon, all the players for the provincial tournament were in place, and the registration process officially began.

Registration for the provincial tournament did not require registering in public and stating card information aloud.

One only needed to log into an internal system using the account and password provided by the official authorities, and fill in personal and card information.

This was also considered a way to protect the participating contestants.

Sun Po thought about it and still filled in the [ Double-Pupil Warrior ].

Although the [ Double-Pupil Warrior ] hadn't returned yet, what if it did?

After all, its grave was still standing in the secret realm.

The registration process went very quickly, and next came the tense and exciting drawing lots segment.

Although everyone who could make it to this step was a genius,

geniuses also had levels of strength, and any genius would have to weigh things in their heart when facing Li Tiance, who had at least two orange cards.

...

"Tomorrow's First Match — — Liu Jianren vs. Bai Yu!"

That smiling, squinting-eyed youth also glanced toward Liu Jianren and nodded in greeting once again.

Liu Jianren made a gesture of seeing someone later and let out a long breath:

"Fortunately, I am not fighting Li Tiance."

"Tomorrow's Second Match — — Sun Po vs. Yagyu Ichiro!"

"Yagyu Ichiro??"

Sun Po remembered that during the duel, he seemed to have heard the onlookers say that the Sakura Island person seemed to be named Yagyu Ichiro, and he was also a participant in the provincial tournament.

Hey, isn't this a coincidence?

This duel had already been completed in advance, and it even helped Sun Po and Liu Jianren earn over 400,000.

The opponent's departure wasn't particularly peaceful, and the match result was somewhat explosive; at this time, he should already be on his way to cremation.

Thus, classmate Sun Po was effectively given a perfect bye.

But truly, one family's joy was another's sorrow. Soon, the first unlucky bastard to duel Li Tiance appeared.

"Tomorrow's Third Match — — Liu Shengsheng vs. Li Tiance!"

With this, the three matches to be held tomorrow were all finalized.

The energetic young girl who had just been sitting on the coffin now had a little face that was about to cry:

"Rigged! It's definitely rigged!"

Afterwards, the little girl seemed to have lost all her strength, lying sprawled directly on the coffin lid and transforming into a dreamless salted fish.

Sun Po couldn't help but find it amusing; this little girl looked like a middle school student, and her mindset was no different from one either.

The others reacted differently, and after the drawing of lots and schedule arrangements were completed, they scattered one after another.

At this point, the first day of this trip to Jinyang City finally came to an end.

...

The next day, the sky was slightly gloomy, and the air was so damp that water could almost be squeezed out of it.

Sun Po had slept very poorly yesterday.

He kept dreaming all night, and always felt whispering sounds echoing in his ears,

which only eased up after [ Changyou ] gave him a shot of [ Golden-Eye Illusion-Breaking ].

[ Changyou ] had been very busy lately; although there were no book materials left for it to read,

it still kept burrowing into the Water Mansion's documentation office, not knowing what it was busy with.

Liu Jianren also walked over at this time with a pair of dark circles under his eyes, biting on a toothbrush and listless:

"Morning, Brother Po."

"Morning. Your complexion is so bad? You didn't sleep well either?"

Liu Jianren brushed his teeth, speaking incoherently:

"Don't even mention it. All night long I kept feeling like someone was whispering secrets to me, but I couldn't hear clearly what they were saying. It's so annoying..."

Sun Po frowned slightly:

"Fish, whispering... No way, right?"

Associating this with the school of fish incident and the situation when going through inspections at the dock yesterday,

Sun Po had an ominous premonition deep in his heart.

But with insufficient information, just thinking was meaningless. Sun Po could only keep his guard up and deal with whatever came his way.

...

Soon, everyone had gathered at the location agreed upon yesterday.

The gathering place was a secret realm entrance. Strangely, there were dense rows of seats surrounding the secret realm entrance.

After asking Liu Jianren, Sun Po found out.

At the provincial tournament stage, the match location arranged by the official authorities and the Li Family was not any stadium,

but a secret realm.

The broadcast also no longer used the usual electronic signal broadcasting technology,

but instead used an eyeball-shaped card that could connect with each other and project the images seen by the connected party.

The raw materials for making this kind of card were extremely rare, and only the official authorities and such top major clans had the ability to get them.

Therefore, this was also equivalent to an alternative live broadcast, except that the viewing range was relatively small.

The surrounding seats were prepared for the students of Li Tang Wanbang University.

The students here came to watch the provincial tournament every year, which counted as one of their few relaxing moments.

As more and more people arrived, Sun Po even saw Du Zimei, who was hugging a wine gourd and drinking with a dejected expression.

Sun Po found it truly hilarious seeing these two walking together:

"How come the Poetry Immortal and Poetry Saint of this world are a pair of Brainless and Unhappy?"

At this moment, a huge electronic voice suddenly rang out:

"The match is about to begin. Classmate Liu Jianren, Classmate Bai Yu, please enter the Duel Secret Realm within three minutes!"

A moment later,

"Both contestants are in place,

Duel! Officially begin!"