328: Chapter 328 He was the first one to be arrested?

President Xia Yun set down his thermos, looked up at Principal Pang Ban, and spoke in a calm but resonant tone:

"Old Pang, calm down first. You know the rules of the melee better than I do. Does the rulebook state that forming alliances is forbidden?"

"It doesn't, right? The core of the melee is to use every possible means to survive until the end. Forming alliances and banding together are inherently a type of survival tactic."

"But this is malicious targeting!" Principal Pang Ban glared, unwilling to accept this.

"Malicious targeting?"

President Xia Yun suddenly retorted: "In the previous round, that Jiang You from your Magic City Martial Arts University spent the whole game sleeping in a cave without even showing his face, yet he used others' hands to turn the entire dungeon upside down, even forcing me to personally step in and sound the retreat alarm."

"He used such tactics—avoiding battle, playing dirty, and manipulating the entire field—to win the first round, and didn't our Organizing Committee withstand the pressure and readily award the championship to you?"

President Xia Yun's words were clear, logical, and struck right at the heart.

"Are you only allowed to let Magic City Martial Arts University use schemes to manipulate everyone, but not allowed to let others join forces to counter you?"

"Cause and effect run in cycles. Since Jiang You planted that seed in the first round, now that others are using an absolute alliance to demand the fruit from him, it is very fair."

"..."

Principal Pang Ban opened his mouth, but the bellyful of protest he had prepared was completely blocked by President Xia Yun's words.

That's right.

They really did win the last round a bit unsportingly.

Now, others have simply twisted loose sand into a rope; this is within the scope of the rules, and one can hardly find any fault with it.

Principal Pang Ban was choked until his old face turned red, and after holding it in for a long time, he couldn't say a single word of rebuttal.

In the end, the old man could only flick his sleeves in indignation, grit his teeth, and turn back to his VIP spectator seat.

"Jiang You, oh Jiang You... The debt you've stirred up, this time you really have to pay for it with your life." Principal Pang Ban looked at the big screen, worrying so much he kept pulling at his beard.

Just as things were getting heated outside the arena due to the alliance incident, the big hunt on the big screen finally saw a substantial breakthrough!

In Forbidden Zone No. 009, in a cliff valley with extremely abundant spiritual energy.

"Hehe, this is a huge profit!" The substitute and number one lucky person of Magic City Martial Arts University Class F, the little fatty, Hao Yun, was humming an off-key tune, squatting in front of a rock crevice with a face full of joy.

He carefully used a shovel to dig out a spiritual herb that emitted a faint white light throughout its body, with cloud patterns even faintly flowing on its leaves.

A Peak Fourth-Order spiritual herb, the Cloud-Patterned Purple Heart Grass!

This was a top-tier treasure that could directly help martial artists widen their meridians and cleanse their marrow, easily selling for an astronomical price of over ten million in outside auction houses!

"As expected of me, just wandering around for a bit and I can pick up such a good thing. This trip was totally worth it."

Hao Yun happily stuffed this top-tier spiritual herb into his spatial storage ring, patted the dirt off his hands, and prepared to change locations to try his luck elsewhere.

However, the moment he just stood up and turned his head.

"Swish, swish, swish—!"

From all directions, dozens of powerful blood energy fluctuations erupted without warning!

Accompanied by a dense sound of breaking through the air, murderous figures flashed out one after another from the surrounding tree crowns, behind rocks, and on top of ruins, directly surrounding this small valley completely.

The smile that had originally been overflowing on Hao Yun's face froze instantly.

He blinked his mung bean-sized eyes and scanned his surroundings.

Deep blue East Sea team uniforms, earthy yellow Mad Sand team uniforms, white Shushan Taoist robes... A full fifty or sixty people, like a pack of vicious wolves guarding a sheepfold, stared at him intently.

And standing right in front of this group of people were four top-tier existences that would make any contestant's Legs shake at the sight of them!

Chu Tiankuo of the South Sea, Helan Que of the Mad Sand, and Yan Qinghuan of Shushan.

And the captain of Imperial Capital Team 2, Captain Shen Xiuan, who was holding a blood-colored long saber and had eyes so gloomy they seemed capable of dripping water!

"Gulp..."

Hao Yun swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, and his Legs began to go weak uncontrollably.

Captain Shen Xiuan pushed up the black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose and strode forward.

He didn't rush to take action, but coldly sized up Hao Yun twice. After confirming the black-and-gold Magic City Martial Arts University team uniform he was wearing, he reached into his pocket and took out a small booklet.

This was the intelligence booklet that their Anti-Magic City Alliance had compiled overnight, recording the portraits and basic information of all participants from Magic City Martial Arts University.

Captain Shen Xiuan opened the booklet, compared the photo on it, and then looked up at the sweating Hao Yun.

"Hao Yun."

Captain Shen Xiuan closed the booklet and read out his information in an icy voice: "Magic City Martial Arts University Team 1 contestant, realm... early Fourth-Order."

After reading the information, Captain Shen Xiuan turned his head and sneered at Chu Tiankuo and the others beside him:

"Brothers, we've been casting this net for nearly half an hour, and we've finally caught the first fish from Magic City Martial Arts University."

Chu Tiankuo closed his paper fan, a sharp cold glint flashing in his eyes.

Helan Que, even more so, clenched his fists, and fine yellow sand was already starting to emerge from his entire body.

Captain Shen Xiuan cast his gaze back to Hao Yun, his blood-colored long saber drawing a harsh spark on the ground, the tip of the blade pointing from afar at the tip of Hao Yun's nose.

His tone was filled with unquestionable threats:

"I'll give you people from Magic City Martial Arts University two choices."

"First, you honestly crush your death-immunity jade tablet yourself and get out of the secret realm."

"Second, the fifty or sixty of us will all take action together, beat you until even your mother wouldn't recognize you, and then forcibly smash your jade tablet."

"Choose. Our time is precious; we still have to go catch that coward named Jiang You."

Hao Yun's face turned green and then white instantly, embarrassed to the extreme.

He looked at the fifty-plus burly men in front of him, and then at the four big shots at the head, each exuding the terrifying pressure of a Peak Fourth-Order.

With this lineup, let alone him, a Conceptual-type at the early Fourth-Order, even if Zhao Zhenlei at the Fifth-Order were standing here, he would probably be skinned alive!

"There's no escaping this..." Hao Yun wailed in his heart. It seemed the other side had truly united to exterminate Magic City Martial Arts University.

But...

Hao Yun suddenly froze, his little Brain racing at high speed.

"That's not right! My Supernatural Ability clearly has strong luck enhancement, I'm known as the ultimate koi physique that turns bad luck into good!"

"Since I have strong luck protecting me, how could I be so unlucky as to be caught red-handed by the villain army just half an hour into the game? This doesn't make sense!"

Hao Yun lowered his head, falling into deep self-doubt.

Could it be that his Supernatural Ability had failed?

Or was the other side's luck too strong, suppressing his own good fortune?

Just when he couldn't figure it out, his gaze inadvertently swept over the storage ring he was wearing on his hand.

Inside it, quietly lay the Peak Fourth-Order top-tier spiritual herb worth ten million that he had just dug up.

A flash of inspiration, like lightning, instantly struck Hao Yun's Brain!

"Wait!"

Hao Yun's eyes suddenly lit up, the gloom on his face instantly swept away, and he even revealed a smile of sudden realization!