A journey to the heavens starting from the Red Mansion

Chapter 68 Knockout

On the first day of the knockout round, the assessment area was far more lively than before.

Many senior students who had no classes in the morning came to join in the fun and formed a large circle outside the assessment area.

Outside the assessment area, there was a row of teachers from the academy, about thirty of them.

Nearly two hundred freshmen who entered the top 64 stood in an empty area, waiting for the teacher in charge to roll their names.

190 The two freshmen were silent and looked at the more than 30 teachers standing in front of them, not daring to breathe because the pressure was too strong.

A tall, stern, middle-aged male teacher came over. It was Du Weilun, the dean of students. He had great authority in the outer courtyard and was always strict. The freshmen were very afraid of him.

Du Weilun, the teaching director of the Martial Soul Department, is doing roll call.

"...the second class of freshmen, Lin Yao, Jiang Nannan, Ye Yutong..."

The students who were named answered one after another.

Not long after, the roll call was completed, and the lottery for the 64-to-32 competition began. Lin Yao drew the lottery on behalf of his team.

After yesterday's adjustment, the assessment area is now divided into sixteen areas. The area has been expanded several times, making it much wider. The limitations for agility attack type soul masters are suddenly reduced.

Soon, the lottery will be over.

The 64 teams are divided into 32 groups, and the 32 groups will be played in two batches.

There are sixteen groups in the morning and sixteen groups in the afternoon. In one day, 32 teams will be selected to enter the next round of competition tomorrow.

Soon, all 32 teams that had games in the morning were called away.

The remaining 32 teams were asked to go back to the classroom and were only allowed to appear in the assessment area when they had games in the afternoon.

Lin Yao's team's game was in the fifth examination room in the morning.

"Ha! It's actually the fifth examination room again."

The three of them were a little surprised, but what surprised them even more was that the examiner in the fifth examination room was still the very kind assessment teacher from before.

And their opponent was the team from the same examination room in the ranking competition, Peng Guowen's team from Class Three.

Peng Guowen and the others turned green when they saw Lin Yao and the others. If it weren't for the knockout round where they were not allowed to admit defeat, I'm afraid they would have fled the assessment area long ago. This was really painful!
"Why are we so unlucky? I didn't expect to have a round trip!"

Peng Guowen put on a mask of pain, and his two teammates also wore the same mask of pain.

"Three of you, can you show mercy?" Peng Guowen said with a bitter face.

"You can think about it."

Jiang Nannan said with a wicked smile on her face.

The game started, and because there had been previous encounters, the duration of the game this time was shorter.

Lin Yao and the other three struck three times, divided two by two, and eliminated the three of them neatly.

Peng Guowen and the others were very sad and angry. They also struggled for a while, but in the end they had no choice but to leave.

Originally, with their eight wins and one loss in the rankings, even if they couldn't reach the quarterfinals in the knockout rounds, they wouldn't be out of the first round.

As if fate was deliberately playing tricks on them, they met Lin Yao's team in the first game again.

This is really not because they are not strong enough, but because their opponents are too strong!
"Goodbye, I wish you the championship!"

Peng Guowen and the others left a word, then lowered their heads and trotted out of the assessment area.

When they left the gate of the assessment area, they noticed the class teachers who had not yet left. They looked up and saw the livid face of their class teacher, and suddenly felt their eyes turning gray!
The speed of the three people's departure became faster.

"Hey, Teacher Chen, aren't those three students from your class?"

"..."

Teacher Chen: Listen to me, thank you, because of you, the four seasons are warm.

Lin Yao and the other three who easily entered the next round did not leave the assessment area immediately, but wandered around in the assessment area.

Jiang Nannan and the two observed the strength of each team, while Lin Yao accompanied them behind them to watch various strange soul skills.

Then, they saw Ma Xiaotao's team in the second examination room.

The opponent of Ma Xiaotao's team was a team composed of three great soul masters. Facing such a team, it was enough for Xixi and Ling Luochen to take action.

Therefore, Jiang Nannan and Ye Yutong's plan to find out Ma Xiaotao's information was in vain, because Ma Xiaotao didn't even summon the martial spirit.

Xixi and Ling Luochen each had three soul rings, two yellow and one purple, behind them.

On the playing field, Xixi and Ling Luochen easily won with simple moves.

Ling Luochen took the lead in summoning the ice element martial spirit. The first yellow spirit ring flashed, and a two-meter-long staff made entirely of ice crystals appeared in her hand.

Then the purple soul ring flashed, the third soul skill, Ice Prison.

An icy blue light instantly condensed above the enemy's head, and then the blue light scattered, trapping the three great soul masters in the ice prison.

Xixi summoned the Martial Soul Lightning Leopard. After being possessed by the Martial Soul, the body looked more vigorous and powerful, and a few rays of yellow electric light were wrapped around it like small snakes.

Xixi rushed towards the three great soul masters. Her first soul ring was already shining, and her speed was greatly increased by the strong fluctuations in soul power.

The pair of sharp leopard claws swiftly struck one of the Mammoth Martial Arts students.

The Mammoth Martial Soul student's expression changed slightly, his first soul skill instantly lit up, and a white energy shield appeared, protecting his body within it.How could a great soul master resist the attacks of the two soul masters? Their attacks hit the white energy shield heavily, shattering it in an instant.

The Mammoth martial soul student took a few steps back in disbelief. Xixi was unreasonable and her second soul ring flew out instantly.

Countless crackling snake-shaped thunder and lightning emerged from the palm of the leopard claw, and the whole body shot towards the Mammoth Martial Soul student, and the rapid combo enveloped the Mammoth Martial Soul student.

The Mammoth martial soul student suddenly lost his resistance, and his teammate, another great soul master, was a control soul master!
The difference in cultivation level left him unable to resist Ling Luochen, let alone provide effective support. He could only watch his teammates being sent off the ring by Xixi.

And he himself was subsequently sent off the ring by Ling Luochen.

When they were dealing with the two great soul masters, the last agility-type soul master who was under the strong control of Ice Prison directly hit him with a touch of damage and knocked him away.

After doing all this, Xixi even raised her eyebrows at Ling Luochen proudly, looking quite provocative.

In this way, Xixi easily defeated the two great soul masters by relying only on her first and second soul skills, combined with Ling Luochen's thousand-year soul skill Ice Prison.

The whole process was uneventful, without any skills, it was all about crushing strength.

This made Jiang Nannan and Ye Yutong's attempt to find out Ma Xiaotao's strength come to nothing. They were both a little depressed, but Lin Yao looked indifferent.

He was confident enough in his own strength, let alone Ma Xiaotao and the others, who were only Soul Sects, they could easily crush even three Soul Sects.

"Are you the Lin Yao that the Immortal Dean brought back? I heard the teacher mention your name and said that you are my biggest opponent."

After Ma Xiaotao and the others walked down from the examination room, they immediately recognized Lin Yao and the others standing below, with surprised expressions on their faces.

"I hope you won't disappoint me. See you in the finals!"

Lin Yao looked at the hot girl in front of him and nodded.

"We'll know when we get to the finals."

Next to Ma Xiaotao, Xixi and Ling Luochen also looked at Lin Yao. Is this the person the dean of the Soul Guidance Department likes?
"You guys are pretty awesome too! But this freshman champion must be ours."

Ye Yutong walked over with a smile, looked at Ma Xiaotao and said.

"Lin Yao, I have wanted to play against you for a long time. I hope you won't disappoint me in the final!"

Xixi said with an eager expression on her face.

"Me too." Ling Luochen echoed expressionlessly.

During the conversation, they seemed to believe that both themselves and the opponent could enter the final.

"Then we'll see you in the final."

Lin Yao's smile is confident and sunny, which makes people feel good about him.

"You should pray that you don't meet us before the finals, otherwise we will definitely beat you away!"

Jiang Nannan made a small fist gesture towards Ma Xiaotao, with a hint of threat in her tone.

Lin Yao and the three returned to the classroom, and the morning class was not over yet.

"Why are you back? Isn't it still game time?"

The teacher who was teaching the history of the development of soul masters looked at Lin Yao and the three people at the door in great surprise, with strange expressions, and asked.

"Hehe! Of course we came back after the competition. Don't you still know our strength?"

Ye Yutong said with joy.

"I see, then come in."

The teacher showed a smile of realization, let the three people enter the classroom, and said.

"Classmate Ye, you are so happy, are you sure you will win the championship?"

"Hey, Teacher Li, even if you don't believe me, you still have to believe Lin Yao!"

Ye Yutong said happily.

The three of them walked towards their seats, and the students all looked at them with expressions of admiration and awe, and then whispered to each other.

"Lin Yao is so awesome! He is worthy of being favored by Nan Nan."

"Nonsense, Lin Yao is the only soul master in our class!"

"Indeed! I really don't know how Lin Yao practices?"

"Do you even need to think about it? Apart from talent, I can't think of any other reason!"

"Yeah! That's right, that's right!"

"..."

The freshman assessment knockout round, the 32-to-[-] competition officially started in the assessment area when the class bell rang in the afternoon.

Compared with the morning, the number of students participating in the knockout round has been reduced by half. After the lottery was drawn again, they immediately went to the respective drawn areas to compete.

Because it was the game on the same day, there was no change in the venue, it was still divided as in the morning, but only the first sixteen venues were used.

To the north of the assessment area, a high platform was erected. The high platform was 20 meters above the ground and supported by six metal pillars. Looking from the bottom up, it was impossible to see the number of people that could be accommodated on it.

There were shadows above, as if some people were watching the competition. The height of 20 meters was enough to overlook the entire assessment area and clearly see the competition in each venue.

(End of this chapter)