Chapter 55: The Start of the Selection Round

Chapter 55: The Start of the Selection Round

As an important event of the Jia Nan Academy, the Inner Academy Qualifying Competition naturally attracted a lot of attention.

In addition, this competition featured all those who used to be the most popular figures in the academy.

This is undoubtedly a great attraction for men and women who see these people as their idols and objects of admiration.

Therefore, even though the largest square of Jia Nan Academy was used for the event, it was still crowded with people.

Countless Jia Nan Academy students rushed to occupy the seats in the arena, and a glimpse of the bleachers showed black heads and a clamor that shot up into the clouds.

This was the scene Xiao Shan and Xiao Ming saw as the two squeezed in.

"What's up with this?"

Xiao Shan was a bit dumbfounded as he looked at the noisy occasion.

The noise was like the waves of the sea, coming in waves, which made Xiao Ming, who had been alone most of the time and was already used to the quiet atmosphere, frown.

After scanning the arena, he said, "We are a little late, we can find out where our companions are, they should have taken their seats long ago."

Xiao Shan listened to what Xiao Ming said, sighed, and then looked around just like Xiao Ming, he soon made a discovery and pointed to one of the stalls and shouted in surprise.

"Look, everyone from our class is in the stands over there, and tutor Ge Hu is also there."

Xiao Ming turned his head and looked in the direction he pointed and found that this was indeed the case.

So, motioning to Xiao Shan, they walked forward together.

The two of them quickly made their way through the crowd and headed towards the location of the class they were in.

"Xiao Shan, Xiao Ming, you two are here, why are you so late, you two are the only ones missing from our class, hurry up and sit down, later, the selection round will begin."

Tutor Ge Hu, who was sitting on the bleacher, was very attentive and saw the arrival of his two students.

"Good morning tutor Ge Hu!"

Seeing Ge Hu greeting them, the two, Xiao Ming, greeted him and sat down beside him.

After greeting some students he knew with a smile on his face, Xiao Ming turned his attention to the arena.

The huge arena for this competition was in the shape of a circle, and around the arena, stone stairs stretched upward, whose shape was like that of a gladiatorial arena.

The position chosen by tutor Ge Hu was neither too high nor too low on the stairs, and the location was very good.

However, although this position was good, it was not the best. Xiao Ming swept his gaze around the arena and finally stopped at the center position of the grandstand.

That was the seat with the best view on one side.

There were only four seats, and only four old men with white hair and beards were sitting there.

But there was no comparison with Xiao Ming, at the same age, Hu Jia was not even a Dou Practitioner.

The gap between them was too big.

Leaving aside the conversation of the elders in the middle seat.

After Xiao Ming waited for a while, the Inner Academy Selection Competition finally began.

When a middle-aged referee slowly entered the square, deafening cheers erupted from the stands.

The cheers died down as the referee's hand pressed down, and after looking around the stage, the middle-aged referee said loudly.

"All students, today is the long-awaited annual Inner Academy Qualifying Competition, This time, the participants come from all the Xuan and Huang rank classes, as well as the Law Enforcement Unit and the Alchemy Department, and all of them are the best within their respective classes, a total of three hundred people."

"The rules for this selection are as follows.”

“Firstly, they are all classmates, no one is allowed to kill another classmate.”

“Secondly.”

“Those who violate the above rules will be disqualified from the competition if it is a minor offense, or expelled from the academy if it is a major offense."

"......"

"Alright, time is running out, I declare the Inner Academy Qualifying Competition officially begins!" After saying this, the tutor slowly returned to the referee's seat.

From the referee's seat, two names also appeared.

"Xuan Rank Class 1, Cao Wei!"

"Rank Huang Class 9, Zhao Yuzhen!"

Those who were able to participate in the Inner Academy Selection Tournament had a minimum realm of five-star Dou Master.

Hearing the roll call, two figures who had already prepared for the competition immediately came down from the stands.

Sparks flew from their eyes as they looked at each other. Dou Qi of different attributes emerged from their bodies, enveloping them in a perfect veil of Dou Qi.

Each class had a limited number of spots for the tournament, and the two were able to participate in the competition, so naturally, they were still popular in their class.

Behind the two, there was an endless stream of shouts of support from their respective classes.

With such an enthusiastic atmosphere, the competition proceeded in an orderly fashion.

Time flew by as the waves of matches ended.

At the end of the fortieth round, one of the judges slowly stood up and looked around the field before finally saying loudly.

"Round 41, Xuan Rank Class 8, Xiao Ming!"

"Huang Rank Class 2, Feng Bing!"