Chapter 240: When the Sandpiper and the Clam Fights, the Fisherman Benefits
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The broadcast was turned off, but the field, which had thousands of people, was still silent.
Strength was king.
This was the “school motto” circulated among the students of the Yuheng Academy. On the first day of school, Huang Tingwei had said that as long as one was strong enough, they could surpass all the rules of the academy.
Therefore, even though Huang Tingwei publicly admitted to being biased towards Wang Xiao and even did not hide his admiration for Wang Xiao, everyone was still speechless. After all, Wang Xiao’s strength was obvious.
In this silent and subtle atmosphere, Wang Xiao’s expression gradually became strange.
Although he did not know what Huang Tingwei wanted to do, Wang Xiao could vaguely guess that he had probably been treated as a “whip” by the Academy Head.
However, since he had already obtained the qualifications to participate in the academy’s ranking assessment, Wang Xiao could not be bothered to think about those nonsense. Since Huang Tingwei had given him a death exemption gold medal, he had to act a little “lawless” !
Thinking of this, Wang Xiao sat at the table of the registration office. Seeing this, the staff frowned. “Where are you sitting? Get down!”
“Teacher, are you talking to me?”
Wang Xiao sat on the table and smiled. At the same time, he raised his hand and pointed in the direction of Huang Tingwei’s office.
The staff immediately stopped talking. Seeing this, Wang Xiao became even worse. He lay on his side on the table and supported his head with his hand before closing his eyes to rest.
Looking at Wang Xiao’s leisurely appearance, someone in the crowd cursed softly, “He’s too arrogant!”
As soon as he finished speaking, the surrounding people agreed.
“There are many experts in our academy, but this is the first time I’ve seen someone as arrogant as him!”
“The Academy Head is really too biased! He doesn’t even do anything when Wang Xiao is acting like this!”
“What do you care? Didn’t you hear what the Academy Head said? As long as you’re strong enough, you can have special privileges!” “… Let’s not talk about this anymore. I’m going back to train!”
“I’ll go too!”
“I’ll go too! Tell me the results later!”
As the few of them chatted, their conversations changed. Those who reacted quickly had already left the venue to train. Then, more and more people began to react.
Although they had long heard of the phrase “strength is king”, how could it be the same after being stimulated by a living example?
In just a few minutes, more than half of the onlookers had dispersed. Most of the remaining people had ordinary talent. Even if they trained hard, they would not be able to achieve anything,
Wang Xiao closed his eyes and lay on his side on the table, listening to the movements of the surrounding crowd. Although his expression did not change, he was a little surprised. He did not expect the motivational effect this time to be so good.
However, the drive of most of the people who left was short-lived. Otherwise, they would not have ended up like this.
In order to truly motivate them, this would probably need to happen many more times in the future.
“If I have time, I should discuss my appearance fee with the Academy Head…”
Wang Xiao thought to himself and casually picked up the registration form on the table to take a look. He realized that there should be about 400 people left on the field.
Although half of the participants would be eliminated after every competition, not everyone would end their battles as quickly as Wang Xiao.
After more than an hour, only 18 of these 400 people were left. After another round, nine people would be left and Wang Xiao could enter the secret realm and start fighting for the position of captain.
What surprised Wang Xiao was that Zhou Xiruo had actually persisted until now.
It had to be known that there were far more than 18 experts in the Yuheng Academy. Moreover, although Zhou Xiruo’s [Construction lord] talent was powerful in the later stages, all her previous efforts would be wasted as long as she changed her venue once. It was definitely a miracle that she could last until now.
As Wang Xiao was thinking, eight more students were eliminated, and Zhou Xiruo was still in the secret realm.
There were only the last ten people left in the arena. Logically speaking, the selection had already ended, but Wang Xiao had long obtained a spot, so one more person had to be eliminated from these ten people.
“Teacher!”
Wang Xiao turned around and looked at the staff. “Who else is on the field
“Let me see… There’s Gao Lixuan, Liu Jinyang, Han Lijing, Yi… Huh?”
The staff member suddenly paused mid-sentence and looked at his colleague beside him. “What’s going on? Yi Han didn’t eliminate anyone? Did he not register?”
“Impossible! Every single one who was eliminated…”
That person shook his head firmly without thinking. However, before he could finish speaking, he saw that Yi Han’s elimination list was empty. His expression also became strange. “1t’s true! It’s not only him. This Zhou Xiruo also has zero eliminations!”
Hearing Zhou Xiruo’s name, Wang Xiao hurriedly went over.
The registration form was divided into two parts, horizontal and vertical. The names of the participants on the field were in the horizontal row. Below everyone’s name were the people who had been eliminated by them.
Wang Xiao defeated the most people. There was a long string of names below his name. There were also seven or eight names below the others. Only Yi Han and Zhou Xiruo did not have names below theirs.
The two staff members looked at each other, not understanding what was going on. If Yi Han and Zhou Xiruo were not eliminated, how did they make it all the way to the finals?
“I think I know what’s going on…”
Wang Xiao slowly said with a hesitant expression, “They should have taken advantage of the loophole in the rules.”
“Taken advantage of a loophole?”
The two staff members were stunned. One of them frowned and said, “This is a rule that the Academy Head has carefully studied. How can there be a
loophole?”
“Didn’t I take advantage of a loophole to obtain the qualifications to advance?”
Wang Xiao waved the secret realm key in his hand and paused for a moment before continuing, “The loophole they used is the criteria for this selection.”
“As long as they become the last ten people, they can obtain the qualifications to participate in the academy’s ranking assessment. Therefore, they don’t have to fight at all. They just have to wait for the others to be eliminated.”
“That’s impossible, right?”
The staff member revealed a suspicious expression. “Even if they can use this loophole to delay their fight to the later stages, there are only ten spots for the captain battle. If they don’t eliminate the other party, they won’t be able to continue.”
“Says who?”
Wang Xiao chuckled and pointed at the long list of people he had eliminated. “As long as someone wins, they will automatically be matched. However, the opponents they are matched with might not be the same.”
As he spoke, Wang Xiao turned around and looked at the teleportation door. “Among the last ten people, the other eight should have already met. Any one of them will be eliminated. Yi Han and Zhou Xiruo are both among the last ten.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the teleportation door emitted a faint buzzing sound. Then, an eliminated student left the secret realm. It was still not Yi Han or Zhou Xiruo.
At the same time, the secret realm key in Wang Xiao’s hand lit up. This meant that the internal selection had officially entered the stage of the captain battle!
Looking at the flickering secret realm key, Wang Xiao suddenly did not know whether to laugh or cry.
Yi Han and Zhou Xiruo had advanced to the finals without even fighting. This was a true example of the fisherman benefiting from the battle between the sandpiper and the clam. He wondered how those eliminated people would react when they found out..
Chapter 240: When the Sandpiper and the Clam Fights, the Fisherman Benefits
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The broadcast was turned off, but the field, which had thousands of people, was still silent.
Strength was king.
This was the “school motto” circulated among the students of the Yuheng Academy. On the first day of school, Huang Tingwei had said that as long as one was strong enough, they could surpass all the rules of the academy.
Therefore, even though Huang Tingwei publicly admitted to being biased towards Wang Xiao and even did not hide his admiration for Wang Xiao, everyone was still speechless. After all, Wang Xiao’s strength was obvious.
In this silent and subtle atmosphere, Wang Xiao’s expression gradually became strange.
Although he did not know what Huang Tingwei wanted to do, Wang Xiao could vaguely guess that he had probably been treated as a “whip” by the Academy Head.
However, since he had already obtained the qualifications to participate in the academy’s ranking assessment, Wang Xiao could not be bothered to think about those nonsense. Since Huang Tingwei had given him a death exemption gold medal, he had to act a little “lawless” !
Thinking of this, Wang Xiao sat at the table of the registration office. Seeing this, the staff frowned. “Where are you sitting? Get down!”
“Teacher, are you talking to me?”
Wang Xiao sat on the table and smiled. At the same time, he raised his hand and pointed in the direction of Huang Tingwei’s office.
The staff immediately stopped talking. Seeing this, Wang Xiao became even worse. He lay on his side on the table and supported his head with his hand before closing his eyes to rest.
Looking at Wang Xiao’s leisurely appearance, someone in the crowd cursed softly, “He’s too arrogant!”
As soon as he finished speaking, the surrounding people agreed.
“There are many experts in our academy, but this is the first time I’ve seen someone as arrogant as him!”
“The Academy Head is really too biased! He doesn’t even do anything when Wang Xiao is acting like this!”
“What do you care? Didn’t you hear what the Academy Head said? As long as you’re strong enough, you can have special privileges!” “… Let’s not talk about this anymore. I’m going back to train!”
“I’ll go too!”
“I’ll go too! Tell me the results later!”
As the few of them chatted, their conversations changed. Those who reacted quickly had already left the venue to train. Then, more and more people began to react.
Although they had long heard of the phrase “strength is king”, how could it be the same after being stimulated by a living example?
In just a few minutes, more than half of the onlookers had dispersed. Most of the remaining people had ordinary talent. Even if they trained hard, they would not be able to achieve anything,
Wang Xiao closed his eyes and lay on his side on the table, listening to the movements of the surrounding crowd. Although his expression did not change, he was a little surprised. He did not expect the motivational effect this time to be so good.
However, the drive of most of the people who left was short-lived. Otherwise, they would not have ended up like this.
In order to truly motivate them, this would probably need to happen many more times in the future.
“If I have time, I should discuss my appearance fee with the Academy Head…”
Wang Xiao thought to himself and casually picked up the registration form on the table to take a look. He realized that there should be about 400 people left on the field.
Although half of the participants would be eliminated after every competition, not everyone would end their battles as quickly as Wang Xiao.
After more than an hour, only 18 of these 400 people were left. After another round, nine people would be left and Wang Xiao could enter the secret realm and start fighting for the position of captain.
What surprised Wang Xiao was that Zhou Xiruo had actually persisted until now.
It had to be known that there were far more than 18 experts in the Yuheng Academy. Moreover, although Zhou Xiruo’s [Construction lord] talent was powerful in the later stages, all her previous efforts would be wasted as long as she changed her venue once. It was definitely a miracle that she could last until now.
As Wang Xiao was thinking, eight more students were eliminated, and Zhou Xiruo was still in the secret realm.
There were only the last ten people left in the arena. Logically speaking, the selection had already ended, but Wang Xiao had long obtained a spot, so one more person had to be eliminated from these ten people.
“Teacher!”
Wang Xiao turned around and looked at the staff. “Who else is on the field
“Let me see… There’s Gao Lixuan, Liu Jinyang, Han Lijing, Yi… Huh?”
The staff member suddenly paused mid-sentence and looked at his colleague beside him. “What’s going on? Yi Han didn’t eliminate anyone? Did he not register?”
“Impossible! Every single one who was eliminated…”
That person shook his head firmly without thinking. However, before he could finish speaking, he saw that Yi Han’s elimination list was empty. His expression also became strange. “1t’s true! It’s not only him. This Zhou Xiruo also has zero eliminations!”
Hearing Zhou Xiruo’s name, Wang Xiao hurriedly went over.
The registration form was divided into two parts, horizontal and vertical. The names of the participants on the field were in the horizontal row. Below everyone’s name were the people who had been eliminated by them.
Wang Xiao defeated the most people. There was a long string of names below his name. There were also seven or eight names below the others. Only Yi Han and Zhou Xiruo did not have names below theirs.
The two staff members looked at each other, not understanding what was going on. If Yi Han and Zhou Xiruo were not eliminated, how did they make it all the way to the finals?
“I think I know what’s going on…”
Wang Xiao slowly said with a hesitant expression, “They should have taken advantage of the loophole in the rules.”
“Taken advantage of a loophole?”
The two staff members were stunned. One of them frowned and said, “This is a rule that the Academy Head has carefully studied. How can there be a
loophole?”
“Didn’t I take advantage of a loophole to obtain the qualifications to advance?”
Wang Xiao waved the secret realm key in his hand and paused for a moment before continuing, “The loophole they used is the criteria for this selection.”
“As long as they become the last ten people, they can obtain the qualifications to participate in the academy’s ranking assessment. Therefore, they don’t have to fight at all. They just have to wait for the others to be eliminated.”
“That’s impossible, right?”
The staff member revealed a suspicious expression. “Even if they can use this loophole to delay their fight to the later stages, there are only ten spots for the captain battle. If they don’t eliminate the other party, they won’t be able to continue.”
“Says who?”
Wang Xiao chuckled and pointed at the long list of people he had eliminated. “As long as someone wins, they will automatically be matched. However, the opponents they are matched with might not be the same.”
As he spoke, Wang Xiao turned around and looked at the teleportation door. “Among the last ten people, the other eight should have already met. Any one of them will be eliminated. Yi Han and Zhou Xiruo are both among the last ten.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the teleportation door emitted a faint buzzing sound. Then, an eliminated student left the secret realm. It was still not Yi Han or Zhou Xiruo.
At the same time, the secret realm key in Wang Xiao’s hand lit up. This meant that the internal selection had officially entered the stage of the captain battle!
Looking at the flickering secret realm key, Wang Xiao suddenly did not know whether to laugh or cry.
Yi Han and Zhou Xiruo had advanced to the finals without even fighting. This was a true example of the fisherman benefiting from the battle between the sandpiper and the clam. He wondered how those eliminated people would react when they found out..
