Chapter 92 - You’ve Already Got Me (2)

“Elder Qiu, Cong Min wants to withdraw from the competition?” Leng Ruoxue walked directly to Elder Qiu after hearing what Feng Da said.

“Yes.”

“Let her withdraw then!” Leng Ruoxue said indifferently.

“Ruoxue, if she doesn’t participate, we have no one else for the artificer competition,” Elder Qiu said gloomily. If Cong Min didn’t participate in the artificer competition, it would affect their final total score. But he could never agree to her condition.

“There’s no one else? I’ll go then!” Leng Ruoxue said. She didn’t want to be in the limelight, but there were always people who forced her into it. Can’t they let me keep a low profile?

“You…” Elder Qiu’s eyes widened as he looked at Leng Ruoxue in disbelief. Does this girl know how to refine artifacts?

“Can’t I?” Leng Ruoxue stared at Elder Qiu unblinkingly.

“Yes, yes. Ruoxue, do you really know how to refine artifacts?” Elder Qiu asked worriedly.

“A little,” Leng Ruoxue said. She had only learned a little of her master’s art of artificing, but it was enough to deal with such a competition.

Leng Ruoxue’s words made Leng Qingtian and the others speechless. If you only know a little, then those noble Supreme Artificers would have no jobs.

“It’s good that you know a little. It’s better than having no one participate!” Elder Qiu said with relief, the worry from before vanishing.

“By the way, Ruoxue, I have to go to the Lunar Shadow Academy to draw lots and get our number later.”

“Okay.

“Elder Qiu, what’s the schedule for the competition the day after tomorrow?” Leng Ruoxue asked.

“The first three days of the competition is called the battle royale, but it has nothing to do with our academy,” Elder Qiu explained.

“What kind of battle royale?” Leng Ruoxue asked.

“Xue’er, let me explain it to you!” Leng Ruohan said.

“There are more than a hundred and fifty major and minor academies on the Ling Feng Continent. Each academy will send thirty spiritualists, which means there are thousands of competitors. Since there are too many people, it’s impossible to engage in one-on-one battles, so the first three days will use the battle royale method to carry out the group stage. In the first battle royale, only the top fifty academies can advance to the next round of the competition. And after the three-day battle royale, only twenty academies can remain to participate in the official competition. Therefore, the competition is very intense,” Leng Ruohan explained.

“As the first runner-up last time, our academy doesn’t need to participate in the group stage,” Leng Ruohan added.

“Does that mean we have nothing to do for the first three days?” Leng Ruoxue asked.

“How can we have nothing to do? We have to go and watch the battles! What if a dark horse appears?” Elder Qiu said. You had to know thyself and thy enemy.

“Xue’er, the battle royale is very intense and interesting,” Leng Ruohan said.

“Then let’s check it out tomorrow!” Leng Ruoxue said, seeing the interest from the others.

…

Early the next day, they arrived at the competition venue of the Lunar Shadow Academy. Leng Ruoxue was too embarrassed to stay behind to nap after seeing the excited crowd, but she felt a little sleepy sitting in the seats that the Lunar Shadow Academy had arranged for them.

“Call me when the match begins.” Leng Ruoxue closed her eyes after speaking.

“Okay,” Leng Ruohan said lovingly.

“Xue’er, the group stage has begun,” Ye Chen said softly.

“Um, where’s Big Brother?” Leng Ruoxue slowly opened her beautiful eyes and looked around, but she didn’t see Leng Ruohan.

“Huo Qing sent someone to invite him away,” Ye Chen explained.

“What?” Leng Ruoxue immediately became awake when she heard this. She was really worried about her big brother being alone with those people.

“Don’t worry. I got Feng Da to follow him. No one will dare to let your precious big brother be wronged.” Ye Chen felt a little sour in his heart. When will Xue’er care so much about me!

“Xue’er is awake?” Leng Ruohan returned just as he spoke.

“Big Brother, are you okay?” Leng Ruoxue asked worriedly.

“I’m fine,” Leng Ruohan said with some amusement. Xue’er is just too worried about me.

The first round of the battle royale was divided into five groups. Each group had 30 academies, and only the top 10 would advance. That was to say, on the first day, 60 academies would not have the chance to enter the next round of the battle royale and would stop here in the Academy Competition. The time limit for each group round was three hours. After three hours, the academies would be scored and ranked according to the number of people on the field.

“There are many nobles from the Southern Dusk Empire here today, and the imperial family has sent their representatives,” Leng Qingtian said as he casually glanced at the people sitting in the VIP seats.

“It might only be the group stage, but the competition is actually very intense. Moreover, many of the families here hope to choose some talents from among them for their own use,” Elder Qiu explained. The group stage of the Academy Competition was not open to ordinary people. Even big families required an invitation if they wanted to watch them. Otherwise, they would not be able to enter at all.

“What if there’s no one on the stage at the end of the three hours?” Leng Ruoxue asked curiously.

“That’s impossible. Basically, during the first two and a half hours of the battle royale, everyone will be observing and not attacking. The real competition will only begin in the last half hour,” Leng Ruohan explained.

“Then why are we all sitting here? Why don’t we just come for the last half hour?” Leng Ruoxue said impatiently while looking at the team standing still on the stage. Are they just going to stare at each other like this?

“Lass, do you think those people are here to watch the battle?” Leng Qingtian shook his head helplessly.

Of course, she wouldn’t think that they had nothing to do other than watch the battle. But sitting here was really boring. Moreover, Leng Ruoxue found that she seemed to be becoming more and more carefree now. It could be said that this was her nature!

“Xue’er, do you see the man in the crimson outfit?” Leng Ruohan pointed at the conspicuous man in crimson on the stage.

“Yes, is there a problem with him?”

“Xue’er, his name is Di Fei. He’s the top expert of the Flying Bird Academy. He is very strong, and he came in fourth in the last individual competition,” Leng Ruohan explained.

“Peak Spiritual Monarch,” Leng Ruoxue said while looking at Di Fei carefully.

“Three years ago, he was only an elementary Spiritual Monarch. He is fifth on the Genius Rankings,” Leng Ruohan said.