Post-match review of Jiangnan University.

"It's all my fault."

Dark Blade sighed, "I shouldn't have ignored commands and gone to assassinate their Summoner."

The teacher leading the team was a middle-aged woman with a serious expression and diamond-shaped glasses. She said solemnly, "Dark Blade is right. It was your mistake that caused the team to rush into the battlefield early for your support, initiating a decisive battle! Engaging the enemy Summoner at the peak of his power, our defeat was unavoidable."

Longxiang smiled wryly and said, "Actually, even if we followed my initial battle plan, it would have been hard to win. That newcomer named Gangxin is just too strong! Facing his Blood River Territory this time, I truly felt hopeless."

There was one more thing Longxiang didn't say. When they met in the World of the Flesh and Blood Plague, Gangxin wasn't this strong. But in just a few days? Gangxin had learned at least one Combat Skill, continually addressing his weaknesses!

Longxiang's speculation was well-founded.

If Gangxin had known the Rare Support Skill "Lasso Strike" back then, he would have used it on "Lan Feng" without needing the help of the three of them, and could handle Lan Feng alone.

This shows that his pre-match assumption—that "Gangxin is a flawed aberrant profession"—was completely unfounded!

Other team members chimed in with their opinions.

"The most annoying part is that his Blood River Territory also restricts dash-type Acceleration Skills! It's so unfair, we could only take the hits obediently without any chance to run!"

"How does Xili Institute of Technology have such good fortune?"

"Why didn't our school recruit him back then?"

Longxiang looked at his frightened teammates and sighed. He couldn't help but recall last year's national competition, facing those terrifyingly strong opponents.

"The pressure is exactly the same... Maybe only super strong teams in the national competition can subdue this newcomer!"

...

Compared to the heavy atmosphere in Jiangnan University's post-match review, the review at Xili Institute of Technology was light-hearted and filled with joy.

"Do you guys think our names will go down in the school's history?" An ordinary-looking guy said excitedly, "We're the first team from Xili Institute of Technology to enter the national competition!"

"Interesting fact: Xili Institute of Technology already made it to the national competition in Spiritual Element 795 and even reached the top eight."

Xuan Pin reminded them, "So just qualifying for the national competition isn't enough to make it into school history, you'd need to at least rank among the top four."

"Getting into the top four would already be a success."

The ordinary-looking guy said gleefully.

"Thanks to the addition of Gangxin and Blood Spider. From today on, these two are the main starting players of our school team, anyone opposed?"

Teacher Cai Cai said with a smile, "The coming month might be a bit busy. You'll be facing each university in the same region, about two matches per week on average! Keep up the hard work!"

Bai Pu frowned slightly. To him, these low-level matches were a complete waste of time.

Two matches a week meant Bai Pu had to travel around with the team, which would certainly impact his time for Cultivation.

"Teacher, I don't want to leave Xicheng frequently. So, for future away matches, please allow me to take leave." Bai Pu said.

The atmosphere froze.

Teacher Cai Cai said with some difficulty, "But there are at least five away matches. If you miss them, we might not qualify."

"Other universities should be significantly weaker than Jiangnan University, with at most one or two Hero Professions." Once Bai Pu had made up his mind, he didn't care about others' opinions and said calmly, "Our team still has Senior Xuan Pin and Blood Spider, we won't necessarily lose just because I'm absent. My spot can be filled by a substitute."

Several ordinary-looking guys muttered quietly that Bai Pu lacked team spirit and a sense of honor, almost writing selfishness on his forehead.

But due to Bai Pu's recently demonstrated strong ability, they didn't dare to say it out loud.

Even if they did, Bai Pu wouldn't care. He indeed lacked team consciousness and hadn't cultivated that sense of honor since childhood.

Having just won the match, seeing teammates' cheers and opponents' disappointment did touch Bai Pu's heart a bit, but not much. The competition's difficulty was too low for him, providing no challenge, thus failing to move him deeply.

Blood Spider suddenly spoke coldly, "Even if he's not here, we won't lose."

After deliberating, Teacher Cai Cai agreed to Bai Pu's request. After all, Xili Institute of Technology's current paper strength was already very strong, especially within the Fish Belly Division Jiangnan Region.

Excluding Bai Pu and letting the substitute play, apart from facing pressure from Jiangnan University, they still had the advantage over other universities.

However, Teacher Cai Cai also agreed with Bai Pu that if the team's chance of qualifying became slim, he would have to participate in the matches, even as a guest player.

Bai Pu agreed, but in return, he would not participate in the school's training sessions.

Teacher Cai Cai held her head, inwardly labeling Bai Pu as a troublemaker. However, not participating in training was something Bai Pu had agreed upon at the time of enrolment, and now she was just reiterating it.

Originally, Teacher Cai Cai wanted to get the team accustomed to fighting within the "Blood River Territory," building strategies centered around Bai Pu, but now that plan had to be scrapped.

...

Western Capital University Affiliated Boundary Area, Pengliu Island.

"Did you hear? A new Enhanced Heroic Profession has emerged in the Jiangnan Region." A tall, slender, graceful-looking young man opened the virtual screen on his personal wristband and said with a smile, "His name is Gangxin, a newcomer. Tianyou, he's from the same batch as you."

"I know him." Sitting across from the tall, slender guy was "Overlord" Zhou Tianyou, "Senior Wan Zhen, both you and he were top scorers of the college entrance exam, but he broke records and overshadowed you."

This tall, slender, graceful guy was none other than last year's national college entrance exam top scorer—Wan Zhen!

Currently, Wan Zhen was already a Level 6 Hero and had just been promoted to a starting player on the Western Capital University team.

Though Overlord was a substitute on the team, he did not restrain his edge in front of Wan Zhen.

"If Crazy Zen hadn't ambushed me back then, I might have ruined Gangxin's job transition. Now that he's succeeded, I'm temporarily not his match."

Overlord stared at Wan Zhen, somewhat aggressively, and said, "Senior Wan Zhen, are you confident you can beat him?"

Wan Zhen chuckled, "I just got promoted, there are plenty in the team stronger than me. Whether or not I can win, I believe senior members Chen Ge and Wan Ren would certainly surpass him, not to mention our captain, leader Fenghuo."

"These three seniors are all Level 6 Heroes, right? From what I gather, Gangxin, after his successful job transition, apparently took down a Level 6 Hero, presumably called Hidden Snake." Overlord said.

Wan Zhen shook his head, "Even someone with deep family roots like you should understand, Level 6 is where the power disparity among Hero Awakened is the greatest? Leaders like Fenghuo reached Level 6 one or two years ago, ready for Level 7, but are honing skills for the Professional Plane. You shouldn't think they've wasted those years."

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