The group stage is held at the Boundary Land for a very simple reason.

On Pengliu Island's Boundary Land, the intensity of Spiritual Particles is 2.5, which means the terrain's durability is much higher than the outside world. In a 2.5 intensity venue, Mid-level Awakened individuals don't cause as much damage to the terrain.

Previously, when the preliminary rounds were hosted at Jiangnan University Stadium, after the team battle between Xili Institute of Technology and Jiangnan University, the ground looked like it had been hit by a barrage of artillery, with craters of varying depths everywhere.

The deepest crater was where Bai Pu unleashed Three Kingdoms, smashing Dark Blade down.

It reached more than a meter in depth, with a diameter close to five meters, and three conical furrows plowed by Qi Force...

God knows how long Jiangnan University's administrative department took to flatten this devastated competition field again.

Pengliu Island is the collective name for many small islands situated in a sea area, with its name taken from an ancient poem by Li Bai:

"Climb high to see Pengliu, imagining the Gold and Silver Platform."

These islands of varying sizes are natural arenas.

All sorts of recording equipment have already been installed on the islands. Spectators don't need to enter Pengliu Island. They just have to sit in the arena stands and watch the battle on the suspended 360-degree big screen.

The events will also be broadcast on other live platforms, and they are quite popular.

Because the prestige of the University Competition has completely surpassed the standard of the B-League, approaching the A-League professional level!

This is akin to the relationship between the NBA and NCAA in America's basketball world during the Common Era.

Top performers in the University Competition, upon graduation, will be sought after by various A-League teams during the draft.

Bai Pu and his team entered the Boundary Land using access cards.

The first sight was a spacious steel platform, floating above the sea, surrounded by small ferries that can be controlled with intelligent assistants to directly reach the destination islands.

Looking far away, one could vaguely see patches of black islands and peaks on the sea horizon, resembling the backbone of a whale.

Islands already in use are displayed on the ferry's central control screen, and it's generally impolite to disturb according to the rules.

The ferry's control console also doesn't support routes to islands that are already occupied. To visit friends on an occupied island, one must manually steer and self-drive.

Bai Pu chose an unoccupied medium-sized island to practice skills.

Influenced by Bai Pu, his teammates also grouped into small clusters nearby, freely combining to start practicing.

Time passed, and just as Bai Pu's Blood Fighting Qi was nearly depleted, the sound of an engine "puttering" drew near as a ferry approached.

Standing on the ferry were four people. Leading the way was a tall, slender man with a handsome yet mischievous face, his lips always slightly curled to one side as if bearing a perpetual, carefree smile.

Beside him stood a man like an iron tower, a beautiful woman in hunter's clothing with an ice-blue Great Bow on her back. A little further away was a slender girl in a white dress.

A team of five, with four standing on the boat and the last sitting at the console, steering the ferry.

"Isn't the rule not to disturb others?" someone muttered.

"Maybe they're just passing by," another average-faced man responded.

Teacher Cai Cai said, "These people are not to be underestimated; they are the core of last year's top four and a favorite to win the championship! That seemingly aggravating guy is codenamed 'Border Town Wanderer,' a Level 6 Agility Hero, Exile Blade! Next to him, the guy like a black iron tower is a Level 6 Tank Type Hero, codenamed 'Heroic Pass Like Iron'..."

"Why do they all have four-character codenames," an average-faced man chuckled.

"Not all of them," Bai Pu replied.

Bai Pu recognized a "familiar face." The girl with the ice-blue Great Bow was the same archer Lan Feng who had conflicted with him in the Flesh and Blood Plague: World of Aberration!

In Bai Pu's view, since they belonged to different factions in the Spirit Realm, any conflict naturally depended on individual skills. He held no grudge against Lan Feng for attacking and obstructing him back then.

Yet, Lan Feng seemed to think differently. She was expelled from the Flesh and Blood Plague world by Bai Pu, losing the opportunity to benefit from a world event and had to use a precious Mid-level Spirit Realm forceful exit item!

"You think you're Gangxin?"

As everyone speculated whether they were just passing by, Border Town Wanderer's words indicated his intentions.

"Got a problem?" Bai Pu responded coolly.

"Haha, not really," Border Town Wanderer wrapped an arm around Lan Feng and scratched his chin, "Just wanted to see what an Enhanced Heroic Profession that's undergone a second job transfer looks like, if it has three heads and six arms."

"Wanna spar?" Bai Pu asked.

He really wanted to test the difference between this Border Town Wanderer and Hidden Snake. According to the data, Border Town Wanderer had reached Level 6 last year, and the strength he displayed in last year's competition was already comparable to Hidden Snake.

This year, he wouldn't have stagnated, right? Bai Pu thought that through sparring, he could find out why these Level 6 Hero professions haven't advanced to Level 7.

Surprisingly, despite Bai Pu's slightly provocative question, Border Town Wanderer didn't take the bait.

He cheerfully replied, "No rush to spar now… If you make it to the top eight and keep advancing, you'll naturally have a chance to consult me. I hope you don't finish like last year's Jiangnan Region's top seed, getting knocked out in the first round. That would be no fun. Hahahaha!"

Bai Pu slightly shook his head, ignoring Border Town Wanderer, and chose to use a Detection Skill [Nine Chapters] from Kan Ze's headband to examine their attributes one by one.

Heroic Pass Like Iron, a Level 6 Hero "Rock Heavy Cavalry," has the standard Level 6 attributes similar to Longxiang.

As for Lan Feng, there's no need to mention it again. A Level 5 Hero archer whose details Bai Pu had already scanned in the Spirit Realm.

On the other side, the somewhat antisocial girl in a white dress is also a Level 5 Hero, Agility-type assassin, codenamed "Waterfowl."

However, when Bai Pu's detection scanned the "Border Town Wanderer," it felt as if there was a layer of hazy wind, and his data wasn't revealed.

This feeling was strange, like scanning a reflection in a mirror with the skill falling into nothingness.

Border Town Wanderer seemed to sense something, his smirk revealing a bothersome, mocking smile, "At least three of you just used detection skills on me… I'm telling you, it's futile. Unless the detection skill has priority 8 or above, you won't uncover my abilities… Oh, by the way, aren't you an Enhanced Hero? Isn't your base priority 1 level higher than mine? So, have you detected anything?"

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