Lan Xuanyu said: "What we can be sure of now is that our third-year opponent should be Senior Sister Tang Yuge whom we faced before. I have also inquired about it. Mechas are not allowed in this competition, but Teacher Xiao said that battle armors are allowed. This means that the opponents we face, starting from the second-year seniors, are at least one-word battle armor masters, and in the fifth and sixth years, they may even be two-word battle armor masters."
"Which student in our class is familiar with the seniors and would like to lead this investigation?" Lan Xuanyu asked his classmates.
"I'll do it!"
"Let me do it!"
Two people raised their hands at the same time, one was Yuan Enhuihui and the other was Ding Zhuohan.
Lan Xuanyu and the other two did not ask too many questions. "You two can go together. The time for the competition has not been finalized yet. I will keep an eye on it, and you must bring back the information as quickly as possible. Investigate at least two or three people from each grade as our imaginary enemies. Next, I will formulate a strategy for sending different students to fight against different opponents. No soul master is omnipotent and has his or her own flaws. We will target their flaws and use the advantage of numbers to show our strengths as much as possible, and we will surely defeat the enemy."
Lan Xuanyu and his classmates spent the entire afternoon planning for this competition, and no one left. Even those students who knew they had no chance of playing were still excited. Because this competition was no longer about one person or a small team, but about the entire first grade.
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"These little guys are really bold!" Ying Luohong said with a smile, holding the joint book in her hand.
Xiao Qi smiled and said, "This is a good thing. I like Xuanyu more and more now. He dares to think and act, is smart and hardworking. He is definitely a rare good seedling. If it weren't for his low soul power, I think he would definitely leave a strong mark on the future of Shrek Academy."
Ying Luohong said, "I will report this matter to the Sea God Pavilion. I personally support it. Apart from anything else, these children have such courage and are able to unite like this, which is worthy of encouragement."
Xiao Qi smiled and said, "I think so too. I feel happy to be able to lead such a class."
Ying Luohong said, "Don't be too happy too soon. This is just the beginning. The graduation of the second grade of the outer courtyard is a watershed. The quality of the one-word battle armor will begin to widen the gap between the students. When the fourth grade graduates, there will be another watershed. At that time, we can basically determine which ones can be admitted to the inner courtyard, or have the opportunity to be admitted to the inner courtyard. You still have a lot of work to do."
Xiao Qi said: "Don't worry, I will try my best to guide them. The students are so hardworking, so naturally I, as a teacher, will never slack off."
Ying Luohong said: "In fact, what you should think about most now is how to comfort them after they fail, so that they can still maintain the urge to move forward."
"Why should we consider failure?" Xiao Qi looked at Ying Luohong, "Even though I don't think they can make it to the end, as their class teacher, I will only consider victory. I believe in my students. No matter how far they can go, they will give all their passion and hard work. What's more, the meaning of miracle is to make the impossible possible. Isn't it?"
"Very good." Ying Luohong smiled, "Then I will wait for them to create a miracle."
"Thank you for your support, Dean."
Watching Xiao Qi leave, Ying Luohong couldn't help but shook her head helplessly. Looking at the joint book in her hand, a figure suddenly appeared in her mind.
"Sixth grade... a historically recorded sixth grade. Haha. I didn't expect there would be another first grade."
The time of the competition was announced the next day. First, there was the internal selection competition. The internal selection was arranged by each class. It could be a real battle, but it could be a simulated battle in the Douluo World. In order to prepare for the subsequent cross-level challenges, most classes chose a simulated battle.
The time limit stipulated by the academy is one week. Within one week, the selection of each class must be completed. Then the cross-level challenge competition will start from the first grade. Because it is a real battle, after each battle, there will be a day of rest. The winner can choose to continue. And each grade must challenge the cross-level at least once. The premise is that you have not been defeated by the challenge.
While internal challenges for other grades have already begun, everything is calm for the first grade, at least on the surface.
In the blink of an eye, a week has passed. Each grade has already had its own competition. And the cross-grade challenge will officially begin.
The exchange center of Shrek Academy has been quite busy recently, especially with regard to the exchanges related to this competition.
The exchange mainly involves candidates from various external colleges and grades who may be able to participate in the cross-level challenge competition.
There are also some natural treasures that can temporarily increase combat power. Because soul guides are not inferior to those used in challenge competitions, they are not very popular at this time.
The Shrek City Gambling Center even opened a special betting site for this competition. Because it was an internal competition within the academy and was not open to the public, the scale was not very large. And it was only open within the academy, targeting the teachers and students of the academy.
There are several advantages to doing this. One is that you can earn the students' Shrek badges. Wonderful only accepts badges. Another is that the odds can make everyone make a more intuitive judgment.
Each level-up challenge has its own odds. There are also odds for consecutive wins.
The outer courtyard was once again bustling with activity. The students who usually practiced on their own recently focused their attention on this cross-level challenge. There were actually only five challenges in total. But they were undoubtedly the top showdowns among the outer courtyard students. It was still quite interesting. Especially the difference in the number of students in different grades was relatively fair.
At this moment, no one knew that Lan Xuanyu was sweating profusely in the Blacksmith Association. And there were several people standing in his forging room.
Among them was Yang Yingming, the senior who led Lan Xuanyu into the forging world. In addition to him, there were three others.
All three of them were wearing red school uniforms. They were obviously students from the inner courtyard. And within Shrek Academy, these three had even more important identities, namely, the president and vice president of the Shrek Forging Room Association.
The presidents of all associations within the college are all students.
The three in front of him were naturally the same, and all of them were inner court disciples. The leader looked to be about 26 or 27 years old, with a simple appearance and a short stature. Everything about him looked ordinary. But his arms were longer than those of ordinary people, and his palms were larger and very broad.
The other three, including Yang Yingming, stood behind him.
At this moment, Lan Xuanyu was concentrating on forging the metal in front of him. This was a piece of mithril. Among the rare metals, it was one of the most valuable. It was also brought back by Lan Xuanyu and his friends from the final exam last semester.
The body rotates, the hammer falls. Everything seems simple and neat. Every roar is steady and continuous. What is more important is the mental concentration.
At this moment, Lan Xuanyu seemed to have already merged with his forging hammer. The roars echoed in the forging room. If it were an ordinary person, they would have been annoyed by the deafening sound. But for the few forgers, it was commonplace.
Yang Yingming counted silently in his mind, "Thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-six. Thirty-seven is hammered. Thirty-eight, thirty-nine, forty, forty-one..."
Just as he counted to this point, suddenly, accompanied by a low roar, a silver light suddenly shot up into the sky. Lan Xuanyu also turned around on the spot and took back the forging hammer in his hand.