266: Chapter 266 Who can compare to you!

The commentator's voice suddenly rose by an octave, his tone carrying a hint of undisguised gossip and anticipation: "Let us welcome the Magic City Martial Arts University representative team!!!"

"Whoa!"

The entire stadium erupted into a roar of noise, even more terrifying than all the previous teams combined, the moment the Magic City Martial Arts University team was announced.

The sound was enough to lift the dome; a small fraction was cheering in anticipation, while the vast majority was filled with wild gossip and pointing fingers flying everywhere!

"Look, look! They're coming out!"

"Is this the Magic City Martial Arts University team that dared to claim 'everyone here is trash' the moment they got off the bus?"

"Their captain is really arrogant!"

"Arrogant? You didn't see the trending topic that blew up on the Daxia Martial Arts Forum this morning, did you?"

The audience in the stands was flushed with excitement, frantically sharing the latest, freshest, top-secret scoop from last night:

"According to an exclusive late-night leak from a Northern Territory captain surnamed Zhao who wishes to remain anonymous! The twin stars of Magic City Martial Arts University, known as the 'Magic City Twin Maniacs,' had a total falling out just one day after arriving in the Imperial Capital over a woman!"

"Yes, yes, yes! I saw the leaked post! It said Jiang You is a hypocrite who looks decent on the surface but is actually insane. Not only did he steal his brother's crush, but he also brainwashed the senior sister with evil demonic arts!"

"I heard they had a showdown at the banquet at Zhaixing Tower last night!"

"That second team captain, Lu Xingye, was devastated. He even got two black eyes from Jiang You! This plastic friendship is even more dramatic than an eight o'clock soap opera!"

"Pah! So he's a scumbag who steals his brother's woman! Today, I want to see what this scumbag looks like!"

Countless high-definition camera lenses instantly locked onto the exit of the contestant tunnel.

Under the intense gaze of one hundred thousand pairs of eyes in the stadium and the entire Daxia live broadcast audience.

A strange, inexplicable gust of wind suddenly blew at the entrance of the Magic City Martial Arts University tunnel.

"Heh..."

A low, cold laugh, filled with piercing power, carrying thirty percent mockery, seventy percent desolation, and ninety percent chuunibyou, echoed throughout the stadium via some special amplification technique.

Immediately after.

A slender figure wearing a tattered black windbreaker did not walk out like the other teams. Instead, with a "whoosh," he performed a cool backflip from the tunnel and leaped directly into mid-air!

"Who is that? Is it Jiang You?!" the audience exclaimed.

No!

In mid-air, Lu Xingye was covering his bandaged right eye with one hand in an incredibly flashy manner, letting the hem of his windbreaker flutter in the wind while in a state of weightlessness.

He had specifically stayed up until dawn to conceive this unique entrance pose!

His bloodshot, bruised panda eye scanned the one-hundred-thousand-strong crowd.

One second before landing.

Lu Xingye swung his unsheathed long saber, pointing the tip toward the firmament, and used all his might to roar an incredibly shameful entrance line toward the sky:

"My path to godhood begins at this moment..."

"Tremble! Wail!"

"I, bearing the scars of betrayal by my best friend and the Black Flame of world destruction, descend upon this Shura field of blood and destiny at this very moment!!!"

"Boom!"

Lu Xingye hit the ground perfectly, striking a "knee-shatterer" level superhero landing pose, and remained frozen in place, as if waiting for the deafening screams and worship of the hundred thousand people in the stadium.

However...

A light breeze blew across the arena.

The one-hundred-thousand-strong stands were deathly silent.

Even the two famous commentators at the broadcast table had their mouths agape, not even noticing when their scripts dropped onto the table.

"..."

The close-up shot on the giant screen cruelly zoomed in on Lu Xingye's extremely serious face, complete with a panda eye.

The Daxia audience in front of their TVs had a row of black question marks appear over their heads in unison.

"Who is this guy?"

"What happened to the peerless Demon Lord? Where did this mental patient come from?"

"Look at those dark circles... I guess this is the poor victim whose woman was stolen by his brother, right?"

"So pathetic. This kid must have been driven insane by the trauma. Why does his speech sound like he just escaped from a mental hospital?"

Meanwhile, inside the tunnel entrance.

Principal Pang, who was walking at the front of the team, was clutching his chest, his old face turning the color of pig liver, breathing as rapidly as a broken bellows: "Quick-acting heart pills... Where are my quick-acting heart pills..."

Gou Fugui and Xiang Batian, standing behind Principal Pang Ban in the first team, covered their faces with their hands in perfect unison and shuffled sideways, trying to put at least twenty meters of distance between themselves and the idiot acting crazy outside.

"I don't know him, I absolutely don't know him. This karma is too heavy, mortals will die if they touch it..."

"Thank heavens, luckily old Lu specially applied to transfer to the second team and didn't stay in the first team to plague us, otherwise I would have changed my name and left this planet!"

Gou Fugui muttered, terrified that the idiot's karma would rub off on him.

The first team was relieved.

But at this moment, the members of the Magic City Martial Arts University [Second Team], who were following behind Lu Xingye and preparing to step out of the tunnel, had completely fallen apart!

Especially the mainstays of the second team, Cong Nanshan and Gu Changfeng!

These two former "Senior Year Chiefs" and "Sword Cultivation Geniuses," after suffering the humiliation of being demoted during the school selection trials, had originally been harboring an incredibly massive amount of pent-up energy.

They had originally wanted to use an incredibly cold, incredibly domineering, and incredibly cruel entrance method at today's national opening battle to announce the return of their "Second Team Shura" kings to all of Daxia!

They had even posed in the tunnel just a moment ago!

Cong Nanshan was squeezing his iron walnuts, muscles tensed, preparing to walk with an arrogant, unyielding gait.

Gu Changfeng had one hand on his sword, eyes lowered, preparing to display that peerless sword intent that kept strangers at bay.

As a result!

They never expected that their newly appointed second team captain, Lu Xingye, would not play by the rules!

This grandson didn't even say hello, but just "whooshed" out like a giant moth, and then, in front of the public and one hundred thousand people, roared out an "ultimate social death line" that made people cringe hard enough to dig out a three-bedroom apartment with their toes!

Who the hell can beat you at this?!!

The two top senior experts let out a bloody, desperate roar in their hearts.

They wanted to show off, they wanted to act cool, but they didn't want to be famous for this kind of "mental hospital mass escape" act!

Lu Xingye was a severe chuunibyou; not only was he not afraid of losing face, but he was actually enjoying it!

But they were afraid!!!

They were all serious talents, respectable people who cared about their reputation!

Now, it was a mess. Their captain was outside acting crazy with a "superhero landing" pose, and they, as his teammates, were supposed to walk out and stand there with him like fools? Or pretend they didn't know him and turn back to the bus?

"Nanshan... I don't want to go out anymore, I want to withdraw from the competition..." Gu Changfeng said, his face pale, his voice trembling as he transmitted his voice.

"Don't say it. My feet are welded to the tunnel floor. Whoever wants to go out can go out. I can't afford to lose this face..." Cong Nanshan's eyes filled with tears, wishing he could dig a hole and hide in it right there.

The group of experts from the second team were stuck at the tunnel entrance, extremely awkward and stiff, caught in a dilemma, suffering total social death.

And Jiang You, as the legitimate "First Team Captain."

He was wearing that black and gold team uniform, cowering extremely sneakily behind the substitute members Su Nuonuo and Mo Wu.

He pulled the zipper of his uniform up to the bridge of his nose, wishing he could shrink his entire face into the collar.

Watching Lu Xingye outside, who was enjoying the "spotlight," Jiang You let out a desperate wail in his heart:

"Old Lu, oh Old Lu... I thought you were just acting crazy in the dorm..."

"You actually dared to pull this kind of extreme social death stunt in front of one hundred thousand people on a national broadcast!"

Jiang You crouched low, moving extremely carefully along the wall, praying frantically in his heart as he moved:

"Don't see me... don't see me... Cameraman, I beg you, please don't cut the camera to me. I'm just a passing janitor..."

Just then, the commentator finally recovered from the extreme shock. He swallowed his saliva, trying to use his professional skills to salvage the situation:

"Uh... it seems that our Magic City Martial Arts University second team captain, Lu Xingye, has a fighting spirit that is extremely... extremely unique! This uninhibited mental state certainly opens our eyes!"

"So! After seeing such an 'uninhibited' appearance from the Magic City Martial Arts University second team, next!"

The commentator's voice suddenly rose by an octave, his tone filled with undisguised gossip fervor:

"Let us welcome the highly anticipated Magic City Martial Arts University first team captain, Jiang You!!!"

"Has he also prepared some kind of earth-shattering entrance to respond to the second team captain's declaration of war!"