The competition the next day started quickly and ended just as fast.
When facing Yanzhou University, Liangzhou University rolled the dice and won the choice, selecting the Meridian Opening stage.
Today, Xiang Beifei's task was much simpler. He just glanced at his opponent's system and easily knocked them off the stage without any fancy maneuvers.
Since he had no prior issues with his opponent, he too was gentle in his approach, stopping as soon as he knocked the opponent off the stage, who still managed to stand. It could be said he was the most dignified loser among the three SSRs.
Consecutively defeating three SSRs!
As an N-level fighter, Xiang Beifei had become an object of dread for all schools!
However, it seemed that Liangzhou University had used up all its luck as they lost the dice roll in the next three matches, meeting schools that unhesitatingly chose the Qi-Controlling stage for their bouts.
Fortunately, both Li Zimu and Long Guocheng were quite strong, securely winning their matches. With Xiang Beifei analyzing the opponents, losing was out of the question for Liangzhou University.
Xiang Beifei had thoroughly researched his opponents' systems, ensuring no disadvantage regardless of who went up.
Thus, in this round of individual competition, eight wins out of eight!
For the Meridian Opening stage, winning a match added twenty points, and for Qi-Controlling stage, winning added ten points.
Currently, Liangzhou University had won three Meridian Opening matches and five Qi-Controlling matches, totaling 110 points!
But Qingzhou University wasn't far behind; they secured victories in two Meridian Opening matches and five Qi-Controlling matches, only losing to Liangzhou University in one match, totaling 90 points!
Next was Yanzhou University, securing wins in three Meridian Opening matches and three Qi-Controlling matches. Even though they lost two matches, their total points also amounted to 90!
When Yanzhou University faced Qingzhou University, they sent out their Qi-Controlling group, since both schools were in a tough spot, their SSRs having both lost, making a mutual destruction scenario unwise.
However, Yanzhou University's SR in Qi-Controlling lost to Qingzhou University, so even though their points were the same, based on head-to-head results, they could only rank third.
This is a unique aspect of individual competitions; it encourages tests between Meridian Opening stage SSRs. Since Meridian Opening matches score more points, it sometimes leads to unusual outcomes.
For instance, even if a school wins all its matches, if they all choose the Qi-Controlling stage, they would only score 80 points, while some schools winning only five matches but all in Meridian Opening could reach 100 points.
Of course, that scenario didn't occur this year.
Currently, Xuzhou University ranked fourth with 70 points, followed by Yongzhou University with 60 points, Yangzhou University with 50 points, Jizhou University with 40 points, Yanzhou University with 40 points, and Jingzhou University also with 40 points.
The points from individual matches are crucial since the team matches involve going to remote wildlands to slay desolate beasts, gathering Beast Pills, and converting them into points, which are accumulated along with individual match points and used for the final rankings.
Once both individual and team matches have concluded, if two schools are tied in total points, the results from the individual matches determine the outcome.
Of course, ranking first in individual matches doesn't guarantee victory because many lower-ranking schools sometimes kill a large number of desolate beasts in the team wilderness expansion, earning high points and potentially turning the tables to claim first place!
And tomorrow, they would be entering the remote wildlands!
The night sky was tranquil.
Xiang Beifei sat on the balcony, gazing at Qingzhou's night sky, pondering over Zhu Xinjue's matter.
If he wasn't mistaken, Zhu Xinjue had definitely recognized him this time, so for the team wilderness expansion, he could guess what Zhu Xinjue would do.
He knew that this year's competition for new students was probably not going to be simple.
Truthfully, he wasn't afraid of trouble, even if it was Zhu Xinjue who brought it, he would handle it directly.
But this time, he was not alone, and he needed to take care of four teammates who were in the later stages of Qi-Controlling.
Xiang Beifei speculated that Zhu Xinjue would definitely collaborate with other schools to target Liangzhou University, which could complicate matters.
Especially since he was planning to do that particular thing, he needed to be cautious; what if others got involved?
Xiang Beifei was contemplating.
The door was knocked.
Xiang Beifei enveloped the doorknob with his spiritual power, and the door opened.
Elder Luo entered leisurely with hands behind his back, then dragged a chair onto the balcony and sat down as if it were his own home.
"I'm not blind, you usually don't act this way," Elder Luo said.
"What am I usually like?" Xiang Beifei asked, puzzled.
"A bit idiotic," Elder Luo replied.
Xiang Beifei nodded slightly.
"Is it about Zhu Pengfei? What happened to him?" Elder Luo asked.
Xiang Beifei was silent for a long while, then shook his head, "Nothing."
He felt that revealing his knowledge wouldn't necessarily lead Elder Luo to ask how he knew, but Elder Luo would surely approach Yanzhou University for clarification. Breaching the fairness of the competition was seen as unacceptable rule-breaking in his view.
But the problem was, without evidence and with UR-level disguise, it was highly probable that Elder Luo's visit would be fruitless and might even provoke criticism given his already precarious situation within the alliance; complicating matters further wasn't wise.
Xiang Beifei still intended to resolve the trouble himself.
As if sensing Xiang Beifei's concerns, Elder Luo slowly said, "Do you think I'm someone who avoids trouble?"