novelraw Chapter 52 – The Hundred Schools League officially begins
Chapter 52 – The Hundred Schools League officially begins
After the two principals exchanged pleasantries for a while, they were led into the martial tournament arena by members of the student council.
The second to arrive was Fuchuan Martial Academy. The principal of Fuchuan was also an elder, dressed in a military uniform with a colonel's insignia on his shoulder, making him on par with the Old Principal.
The students from Fuchuan Martial Academy were significantly stronger than those from Longying Martial Academy, with at least seven Bronze Tier participants, including two at the Bronze Mid Tier.
Su Bai and his companions followed the Old Principal, handling reception duties.
From time to time, some principals were amazed by the overall strength of Su Bai and his team, offering endless praise.
Before long, the leading principals and participating students from the seven prefecture-level cities' martial academies had all arrived.
Around nine o'clock, a military vehicle slowly approached. When it stopped, two colonels stepped out.
Su Bai learned from the Old Principal's information that these two were the judges for this Jiangzhou Province Martial Academy League.
One was named Zhao Qingfeng, standing over two meters tall, exuding a significant sense of oppression even from afar, with Gold Mid Tier strength!
The other was Sun Yun, with a resolute expression and muscles like forged iron, possessing Gold Initial Tier strength!
The Gold Tier is a pillar of strength on the Myriad Races Battlefield. The military dispatched these two for the Hundred Schools League, highlighting their emphasis on this event.
The Old Principal warmly greeted them, leading the military judges into the martial tournament arena.
The Jiangzhou Martial Academy's tournament arena consisted of six sections.
The largest area was the circular audience seats, currently filled with fifty thousand spectators, including eight thousand faculty and students from the academy, with the rest being citizens who bought tickets to watch the competition.
In front of the audience seats was the host podium, where two instructors organized the event's proceedings and explained the competition to the audience.
Liao Yuxin, known as the most beautiful instructor of Jiangzhou Martial Academy, naturally stood among them, alongside Chief Instructor Zhang Kai.
Next were the resting rooms for the participating schools, each over a hundred square meters. There were eighteen such rooms, though only eight were in use at the moment.
At the center was a square martial arts ring as large as a football field, made entirely of incredibly hard oak stone, which even Bronze Tier martial artists would find difficult to damage significantly.
Beside the martial arts ring were the judges' seats and VIP seats, with five positions for the judges.
The two military judges sat in the center, accompanied by three leaders from Jiangzhou Martial Academy, who were there to assist the military judges with any questions but did not participate in judging the competition.
Behind the judges' seats were hundreds of VIP seats, each marked with a VIP identity tag, including government officials, local families from Jiangzhou, and military personnel.
Governor Huang of Jiangzhou Province, General Zhang from the Ministry of Education, the Chief of Public Security, the Lei family of Jiangzhou, the Luo family of Jiangzhou, and others.
To Su Bai's surprise, Mr. Wenyuan and Lin Yanran were also seated in the VIP section, representing the military of Jiangzhou Province.
On the other side of the judges' seats was the preparation area for the participating student teams, where the teams from the eight martial academies were already seated.
Finally, there was the reporters' section, with a large group of journalists holding various cameras, ready and waiting for the competition to begin.
With over fifty thousand people in the martial tournament arena, Jiangzhou Martial Academy also dispatched security personnel to maintain order.
The noise was deafening, with security personnel constantly moving through the audience seats.
"Silence!"
"Find your seats and sit down!"
"Keep quiet! No loud noises are allowed!"
"Anyone disrupting the competition order will be expelled!"
Despite this, the murmurs of tens of thousands of people combined to fill every corner of the arena.
In the preparation area, Gu Yueqingshu approached Su Bai, gently patting his shoulder:
"Junior Su Bai, this Hundred Schools League is crucial. Although you're still a freshman, as the team captain, you bear a heavy responsibility. If you need my help, just let me know."
Su Bai had a good impression of Gu Yueqingshu, at least he wasn't like some people who only caused trouble for him.
"Alright, if I need your help, I won't hesitate to ask."
Gu Yueqingshu smiled and said, "We're all participants, and you're the captain, so just call me Yueqingshu."
As they chatted, the military judges took their seats.
Dressed in formal attire, Liao Yuxin held a microphone and said:
"Ladies and gentlemen, please remain quiet!"
The noise gradually subsided, and all eyes turned to Liao Yuxin.
"A month ago, the Myriad Races' fierce beasts attempted to sever our human race's fortune by deploying large-scale forces to pin down the military's frontline strength. Several provinces' fierce beasts even bypassed the frontlines to attack human rear military bases."
"The martial academy students from the attacked provinces were nearly wiped out by the Myriad Races' fierce beasts!"
"Fellow citizens! Should we not avenge this?"
Liao Yuxin spoke passionately, even roaring at the end, disregarding her image as a beauty.
She had personally participated in the battle against the fierce beasts' rear attack, and the brutality of that battle still haunted her.
Her roars came from the heart, wanting to avenge the fallen students and do something for them!
The audience raised their banners and signs, and those without anything in hand raised their fists high.
"Revenge!"
"We want revenge!"
"Slaughter those Myriad Races beasts!"
"The human race will win! Victory! Victory!"
The thunderous roar surged into the sky, the fury of tens of thousands of people converging at this moment.
Su Bai clenched his fists, memories flashing back to the scenes of slaughter on the Myriad Races Battlefield.
Seeing the united crowd, military judge Zhao Qingfeng nodded and said to Sun Yun beside him:
"With such spirit in our human race, how can the Myriad Races not be vanquished!"
"Indeed, that's the purpose of this Hundred Schools League!"
After a long while, Zhang Kai saw the crowd's emotions gradually calming down and continued:
"Good!"
"To cultivate more outstanding students, enhance their combat power and indomitable spirit, the military's General Staff, in consultation with major military district commands, has decided to grandly host this provincial-level Hundred Schools League!"
"The rewards are incredibly generous!"
"Now, I announce the official opening of the Jiangzhou Province League!"
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