"Holy crap, that fat guy!"
"Isn’t that Luo Xing? An Archer with an A Level Talent!"
"Is he Fang Xiu and Chu Qingxue’s teammate? I really want to punch him!"
"Damn it, I’m an S Level Archer, why not pick me instead?"
Many people were angry because of Luo Xing’s sudden appearance.
This fat guy had no strength and no looks, so how could he stand with Fang Xiu and Chu Qingxue?
How could he be on their team?
Pulled some strings? Used his connections?
But as they watched Luo Xing run over, Fang Xiu and Chu Qingxue just kept chatting, ignoring him.
The fat guy had originally wanted to give Fang Xiu a hug.
To show how close he and Fang Xiu were.
But Fang Xiu dodged him.
"Hey, Brother Fang..."
Luo Xing never imagined Fang Xiu would actually dodge him.
This was... awkward. Everyone was watching.
"Is no one paying attention to that fat guy?"
"Holy crap, so he was just a poser?"
"I knew it! Why would they team up with an ugly fat guy?"
"Yeah, yeah, so embarrassing!"
"..."
Right now, the fat guy just wanted to find a hole to crawl into.
’This isn’t how it was supposed to go in the script!’
"Fang Xiu, are you just going to ignore him?" Chu Qingxue asked directly.
"Ignore him. It’s so embarrassing in front of everyone. If he hadn’t started making a scene just now, people wouldn’t be paying so much attention to us!" Fang Xiu said in a low voice.
He’d already noticed that the fat guy was the first one to shout.
That guy had focused everyone’s attention on the two of them.
Fang Xiu had seen right through him.
"Pfft, then let’s ignore him!"
Chu Qingxue didn’t know Luo Xing well to begin with.
Since Fang Xiu said to ignore him, she would ignore him.
At that moment, Fang Xiu spotted Teacher Xia up ahead.
So he walked over to greet her.
"Fang Xiu, you’re here!"
Teacher Xia was very happy to see Fang Xiu.
Ever since the Gate World trial at school on the first day, she had rarely seen Fang Xiu.
Xia Yunmeng remembered this handsome, talented, and powerful young man quite clearly.
"Teacher Xia, where’s the principal?"
Fang Xiu hadn’t seen Zhao Yao anywhere.
’Wasn’t he supposed to be representing Qingzhou City First High School?’
"He was tied up with something and couldn’t get away, so he had me come as the representative. He said that once you all enter the Gate World, his job is done anyway, so it would be a waste of his time to come."
Xia Yunmeng relayed Zhao Yao’s words.
In reality, although Zhao Yao’s injuries had been treated, he still needed some time to recover.
He was still in the hospital.
"That does sound like Uncle Zhao!"
Chu Qingxue had known Zhao Yao longer than Fang Xiu.
She recognized his tone immediately.
"Yeah, it doesn’t matter whether he comes or not anyway."
Fang Xiu nodded slightly.
Just as Zhao Yao had said, once they entered the Gate World, there would be basically nothing left for the chaperones to do.
"Brother Fang, that wasn’t cool, making me lose face in front of so many people!"
Luo Xing had run over by now.
He looked at Fang Xiu, a little resentful.
"Who asked you to make such a scene?" Fang Xiu retorted.
Luo Xing scratched his head awkwardly, then looked over at Chu Qingxue.
He glanced at Fang Xiu and whispered, "You landed the school beauty? Brother Fang, you’re the man!"
Fang Xiu just smiled and didn’t answer.
That was more telling than any answer.
"True Bull!"
Luo Xing gave him a thumbs-up.
Chu Qingxue was the number one school beauty in the whole country.
Although every high school has its own school beauty rankings, Chu Qingxue was ranked first in the entire nation.
The runner-up had only half as many votes.
Many people thought she had faked the votes.
But after seeing her photo, they all fell silent.
Then they silently backed down.
So, in Luo Xing’s eyes, Fang Xiu winning over Chu Qingxue was the stuff of legends—impossibly awesome.
"Ahem, hello students!"
Just then, a voice rang out, "Let me introduce myself. I am the principal of Zongheng University, Xiang Babang."
"Geoduck?"
Luo Xing was taken aback.
He looked toward the stage.
Fang Xiu and the others also looked over.
"Some of you may know me, and some may not. But I know all of you. You are the elite students selected from various high schools."
"Among you, there are ninety-one students with A Level Talent, seven with S Level Talent, and one with SSS Level Talent. And today, you are all here to participate in a competition!"
"As for the rules and whatnot, you should have all seen them, so I won’t elaborate."
"Do you all see that Gate World? That was forcibly created for this very competition by gathering a whole series of Awakened, including those from the Space System, Time System, Beast Tamers, and many others!"
"It’s a Gate World where a Level 20 BOSS exists—a Level 20 Gate World. Inside, you might encounter all sorts of Level 20 Demon Beasts. Furthermore, the entire area is rigged with Equipment that will transmit your data back to us."
"Of course, you don’t need to worry about privacy. There are toilets and places to sleep built inside. However, you’ll need to be careful when you’re sleeping or using the toilet, because there might be Demon Beasts there too!"
After Principal Xiang finished this speech, many people were stunned.
’They built it?’
’This Level 20 Gate World... was actually man-made?’
’Have the top powers really reached such a level?’
Many people looked on in confusion.
’I never thought... This Level 20 Gate World was actually man-made?’
Fang Xiu now understood why he hadn’t been able to contact Li Mu for the past two days.
’So he was busy creating a Gate World?’
Although it would be difficult, if Awakened from the Space System, Time System, and even various others specializing in Demon Beasts and plants were to join in, it really would be possible to create a suitable Gate World.
And the Gate World before them was clearly a perfect fit.
"Students, there’s no need to be shocked. When you grow stronger in the future, you will certainly be able to do this as well."
Facing the crowd’s shock, Principal Xiang said casually.
After all, something like creating a Gate World was likely very shocking to these students.
But for someone of Principal Xiang’s stature, it wasn’t so hard to comprehend.
As long as one had enough power, forcibly carving out a space wasn’t difficult.
If one Space System user wasn’t enough, they could just use two, or three.
Although the Space System is relatively rare, a country this large still has quite a few.
It’s just that A Level ones were rarer.
"Alright, everyone get into your groups now and enter the Gate World!"
Because the groups were already assigned, the total number of students came to exactly ninety-nine.
This was the result of the final selection.
They had removed those who were emotionally unstable or had relatively low composite scores.
Otherwise, there would have been even more A Level Awakened.
After all, there are so many cities in the country, and every city has numerous high schools.
Even if only one A Level Awakener appeared in each of a hundred high schools, that would still be a hundred people.
Not to mention there were far more.
As for S Level Awakened, they were considerably rarer.
There were no SS Level Awakened. Fang Xiu’s SSS Level was the highest, making him one of a kind.
"Brother Fang, let’s go too!"
Since the groups had been decided long ago, many people rushed in the moment the principal finished speaking.
"No rush!" Fang Xiu said with a smile.
Although this Gate World was man-made and might not have fatal dangers, rushing headfirst into it like that was still quite risky.
"Ah? Oh, okay!"
Luo Xing saw that neither Fang Xiu nor Chu Qingxue were in a hurry, so he also waited by the side.
At that moment, several teachers took out notebooks and started writing in them.
Fang Xiu scanned the area and smiled faintly.
’Looks like you lose points for not observing carefully when you first enter the Gate World.’
’Even if you know it’s a man-made Gate World, you still have to be cautious.’
’If you just believe everything people tell you, you’re bound to pay the price.’
’That kind of attitude won’t get you far on the Demon Beast Battlefield.’
"Let’s go!"
Fang Xiu finally spoke after observing for a good while.
Without another word, Chu Qingxue and Luo Xing followed Fang Xiu into the competition’s Gate World.
’Kid, let’s see how you perform!’
Principal Xiang smiled as he watched Fang Xiu enter the Gate World. He was eagerly anticipating Fang Xiu’s performance!

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