211: parallel imports

"Dragon Team!" "Dragon Team!!" "Dragon Team!!!"...

The Fengyang No. 1 High School representatives screamed wildly, their voices shaking ten li...

"Oh my god!!!"

"Is there any justice?! The foreign aid Qianlong Middle School specially invited was defeated in one move?!"

"I didn't even see how Long Yuan attacked just now..."

"It seemed like the two of them exchanged a punch at the end..."

"The Xuanwu Bloodline was actually defeated..."

"In my opinion, Zhou Yuan is just a fraud..."

Amidst everyone's discussions, the long spear that had flown into the sky just now finally fell, plunging into the ground not far from Zhou Yuan's legs with a 'thud', still trembling violently, as if commenting on his tragic defeat...

"Fengyang No. 1 High School, Long Yuan wins!!!" Referee Guo Feng's judgment was late, as it seemed he too had been stunned by the scene just now and was only now recovering.

Wan Heshan looked at the two figures on the stage, one upright and one fallen, and was completely dumbfounded, speechless for a long time...

Hearing someone below the stage call Zhou Yuan a fraud, Wan Heshan himself would never believe it; how could someone capable of striking with spear light be a fraud?

Such a person was definitely a Genius among Geniuses, as he had personally sparred with Zhou Yuan and was no match for him. Therefore, Zhou Yuan's tragic defeat could only mean one thing: Long Yuan's strength was too great!

So strong that he had to look up to him...

But this was truly unbelievable; how could a newcomer, who had only recently undergone Awakening, reach such a height?

Moreover, if Long Yuan was a Prodigy of this caliber, then he should have been famous and praised by all long ago. Yet, the current situation was that this person seemed to have suddenly burst out of a rock crevice, appearing with dazzling brilliance that made people afraid to look directly at him!

In fact, under the long-term threat of exotic beasts, human society had already formed certain rules for cultivating its Geniuses: discover them as early as possible, and train them as early as possible, so that they could stand out sooner and contribute to the protection of human safety. Therefore, the appearance of Geniuses was always traceable; a Genius like Long Yuan, who suddenly emerged, could be said to be extremely rare!

Of course, it was understandable that Wan Heshan hadn't expected Fengyang No. 1 High School to have a Genius like Long Yuan suddenly appear. After all, before the competition, each school tried its best to keep its secrets, just as his own Qianlong Middle School hid Zhou Yuan, and Fengming Middle School hid the information about Valley Fei Yu's Breakthrough to Martial Master. So, other principals had no objection to this result. Tian Jing even gloated, saying, "Congratulations, Principal Lu! Someone swore before the competition that he would win the championship, but unfortunately, our little Long Yuan didn't agree!!!"

"Haha, hahahahaha... Thank you, Principal Tian! The strong generally don't speak, only the weak babble everywhere..." Lu Shijie laughed heartily, deep wrinkles appearing on his face. His words drove the final nail into Wan Heshan's heart.

"This is called overthinking and ending up with nothing. It's better to be honest..." Tian Jing seized the opportunity to add fuel to the fire.

"Enough! Have some decency! My Qianlong Sect isn't a sore loser. The Great Ming Genius Ranking is the real battlefield for young people to compete. We'll see who can go higher and further then!" Wan Heshan left a harsh remark and then hurried onto the stage to retrieve his student. Zhou Yuan was a treasure of the Qianlong Sect; if anything happened to him here, it would be no small matter...

"Hmph, hmph, the Great Ming Genius Ranking? My Phoenix Sect will certainly not fall behind!" Tian Jing retorted fiercely. She had already decided that after the competition, she would contact her superiors to have Fengming Middle School recruit more Geniuses from their sect and have the students in the school adapt to cloud-based simulated combat as quickly as possible, laying the foundation for better results in the future. Of course, surpassing Qianlong Middle School and Fengyang No. 1 High School was the primary goal...

At this moment, Long Yuan was lifted up by the Fengyang No. 1 High School teachers and teammates who rushed onto the stage, tossed into the air again and again. Screams and cheers expressed everyone's excitement...

Duan Hu, below the stage, trembled with excitement at the sight, because he suddenly remembered that he had bet on Fengyang No. 1 High School winning, as Long Yuan had told him. Now he suddenly realized that Long Yuan had kept his word and easily defeated Zhou Yuan, so he must be about to get rich, right?

"I bet a thousand superior xuan stones. What was the odds again?" Duan Hu immediately checked and saw it was 3.5 times!

"I'm rich! I'm rich! I'm super rich!!!" Duan Hu felt a little dizzy, his body uncontrollably trembling violently, almost collapsing to the ground. He never expected wealth to come so suddenly. This was what it felt like to be a nouveau riche, and he absolutely loved it...

The Martial Arts Home forum was in chaos, countless bullet comments flashed by, and countless people almost wore out their keyboards!

"Brother Long Yuan is so handsome!" @Single Flower of the Ye Family.

"One punch to knock down a country bumpkin!" @Beast Milk Tastes Good.

"Long Yuan is better at fighting than singing!" @you at the same table.

"It turns out Long Yuan didn't go up there to be abused, but to show off..." @I Am a Little Bird.

"It's over, it's all over. All that hard work, back to square one..." @Only Hand Supporting Galaxy.

"Just consider it a bounty for the emergence of a Prodigy like Long Yuan in Great Ming!" @Tomorrow Slaying Only Beasts.

"Big brother, you're giving a bounty, but I've lost my entire fortune..." Only Hand Supporting Galaxy said miserably.

"Uh, well... Money is an external thing. If you spend it, you can earn it back. Don't you still want to support a galaxy with one hand? How can someone with such a grand ambition be defeated by this small setback?" Tomorrow Slaying Only Beasts comforted him.

"Damn it, if I could support a galaxy with one hand, would I be watching this kind of competition? Would I put my entire fortune on a bet? It's all Zhou Yuan's fault, that fraud. If it weren't for him, I definitely wouldn't have bet on Qianlong Middle School!" Only Hand Supporting Galaxy said fiercely.

"Not betting on Qianlong Middle School? Then you would have bet on Fengming Middle School, wouldn't you? Before the competition, who would have thought Long Yuan could defeat Valley Fei Yu?" Tomorrow Slaying Only Beasts snorted.

"This..." Only Hand Supporting Galaxy was stunned, then speechless. Tomorrow Slaying Only Beasts was right; if Zhou Yuan hadn't appeared, he would have favored Fengming Middle School at the time. In any case, he would never have chosen Fengyang No. 1 High School. So, participating in this bet today was completely a huge trap for him. It was just a pity that all his calculations ultimately came to naught, and he fell into this huge trap...

In fact, countless people on the forum, like him, had also bet on Qianlong Middle School, even those with keen insight like Tomorrow Slaying Only Beasts. So now, many negative comments appeared in the forum's bullet comments, with everyone cursing Zhou Yuan. Of course, some were also cursing Long Yuan. In their view, if Long Yuan hadn't pulled off an upset and defeated Zhou Yuan today, they would definitely have been the winners of this bet. In short, everything has two sides, and many people's attitudes towards problems are more often based on their own interests: they praise what benefits them and oppose what doesn't. Objective and fair things have always been scarce...