139: Chapter 114 Brewing (Thanks to the Overlord ‘Baili Tongyun’) 139: Chapter 114 Brewing (Thanks to the Overlord ‘Baili Tongyun’) In the live broadcast room, Le Jingchen is explaining to the audience the rules and procedures of the Sky Column challenge.
“The specific procedure for the Sky Column challenge is…
In the first round, contestants report their target weight individually, then take turns stepping onto the stage to lift the Sky Column.”
“This continues for a total of three rounds, and each contestant will be scored based on their best performance among the three rounds.”
“It’s important to note that…
During the reporting of target weights in each round, contestants cannot know what weights other contestants have reported.”
“In other words, before stepping onto the stage, apart from the weight they have to lift themselves, contestants can only discover how much heavier or lighter the others are lifting, only after everyone has taken their turn in that round.”
Gang Shan, beside him, asked: “Looking at it this way, a very important point in this challenge is the judgment of one’s own strength limits.”
Gang Shan said slowly: “Misjudging one’s own limits, judging it too low will score lower, but if it’s judged too high and can’t be lifted, then that means a round is wasted on a failed attempt to lift the Sky Column, possibly even leading to injury.”
Le Jingchen nodded and agreed, “That’s right, according to my estimates, in the first round all contestants will report a relatively easy weight to adapt and warm up, conserving strength while gauging how much they’ll be able to lift later.”
“The second round will aim for a weight close to their limits, as a baseline performance.”
“Only in the third round will they go all out to challenge their limits.”
In the rest area of Songyang High School.
Wang Hai, He Dayou, and others were watching Gang Shan’s live stream while observing the live competition.
As for why they were watching Gang Shan’s live stream, it was recommended by Wang Hai.
Wang Hai had said: If you must watch a Body Refinement streamer, you can watch Gang Shan.
He has extensive experience in body refinement, doesn’t sell medicine or cultivation techniques, and is one of the few conscientious streamers.
After watching, they found Gang Shan and Le Jingchen’s explanations of the competition were very on point, so they kept watching until now.
Qian Shen, listening on the side, nodded and said: “I see, although this challenge is a competition, it is essentially a challenge against oneself.”
Wang, how much do you think Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen can lift in terms of the Sky Column?”
Wang Hai said blandly: “At least 6 or 7 tons shouldn’t be a problem.
As for more than that…
it’s hard for me to say.”
Wang Hai looked at Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, who were queuing to report their target weights, and then turned his gaze to the Sky Column in the sky, thinking to himself: “In this final challenge, apart from displaying strength, the most crucial factor is the insight and judgment of one’s extreme strength.”
“Those with high body refinement levels possess not only great strength and speed but also a profound self-awareness and insight into their bodily conditions.”
“There are only three chances, do you aim for a performance close to your strength limits, or attempt to push beyond those limits?”
“What will you choose?”
The surrounding people collectively gasped at the figure of 6 or 7 tons, uttering sighs of amazement.
Zhao Tianxing remained silent, feeling that as the weakest contestant present, if he were to express awe or shock, he’d seem like a clown.
“Alas, as long as a person is weak and poor, every word, every action will seem laughable to the strong.”
“And weakness and poverty are only highlighted.”
He glanced at Qian Shen and He Dayou, thinking: “Even someone as wealthy as Qian Shen, or as strong as He Dayou seems weak and poor here compared to these contestants.”
“And no matter how proud they were in the past, no matter the prominence they’ve shown in school, in contrast with these powerful competitors, their actions would be reduced to folly, to clownery.”
This is the principle Zhao Tianxing deduced following extensive self-reflection, which he calls the ‘Weak, Poor, and Clown Theory.’
“A strong person or a rich person, when facing even stronger people or richer people, becomes poor or weak, then becomes laughable, and eventually the clown.”
Zhao Tianxing sighed inwardly: “It’s inevitable, in this era where scores reign supreme, Immortal Paths are revered, and wealth works wonders.”
With all contestants reporting their target weights for the first round, the competition officially began.
The contestants will each take turns stepping onto the stage in order of their reported weights from low to high.
The first to step onto the stage was a Ziyun person.
His entire body glowed purple as he slowly ascended the stage, while the Sky Column displayed a weight of 2000 kilograms.
Looking up at the slowly descending Sky Column, the Ziyun person let out a soft shout, extended his palms toward the sky, and clashed forcefully against the base of the Sky Column.
With a loud bang, the originally descending Sky Column was abruptly halted.
After five seconds passed, the 2000-kilogram display on the Sky Column disappeared, and the column slowly ascended, retracting itself.
The Ziyun person slightly relaxed and walked off the stage.
One by one, contestants took the stage, lifting the weights they reported.
The numbers displayed on the Sky Column kept increasing, from 2000 kilograms to 2500 kilograms, to 3000 kilograms…
By the time Chu Qiuhe took the stage, the weight lifted was already a 3500-kilogram Sky Column.
With a shout, he easily stopped the 3500-kilogram Sky Column, then subtly lifted it, feeling the pressure brought by the Sky Column.
He estimated to himself: “With my level of strength, lifting up to 6500 kilograms shouldn’t be a problem, right?
Should I push a bit further?
Challenge my limits…”