Chapter 1638 - 97: Top Contender for the Championship
Chapter 1638 - 97: Top Contender for the Championship
As even the dean is not optimistic, does that mean this senior brother truly has no hope?
So someone asked, "Dean, why do you sigh?"
"He calculated wrong, no chance for the championship!"
"What? Wrong? How is that possible?"
All the students couldn't believe the dean's words. If he truly calculated wrong, why was this senior brother still able to complete eighty-five percent?
"Some things aren't as simple as they appear on the surface. If he didn't calculate wrong, he would have rapidly completed the remaining fifteen percent; there's no need for changes." The dean of Tianze Country's highest academy answered.
"Are the Superior Immortal First Realm arrays we are seeing fake?"
"The base is not wrong, the mistake is in the route following the base. As the saying goes, one wrong step leads to every step being wrong; this situation illustrates just that!" The dean answered.
"Alas! Why is the senior brother so careless?"
"He is challenging something he has never been confident about. Even with caution, mistakes happen, especially with time constraints. Under this pressure, avoiding mistakes is not easy."
"True!"
The students of Tianze Country's highest academy lost hope for this senior brother; however, many senior brothers on their side arranged Superior Immortal Fifth Level arrays, so there was still hope for them to win the championship.
After the dean's analysis, Princess Qingyan's heart sank in disappointment.
She understood the character of the pervert on stage. He never attempted anything he wasn't confident in. Once he did, he was likely to succeed. Thus, she feared Lin Yifan's Superior Immortal Fifth Level array might be more perfect than the ones arranged by her senior brothers and sisters.
Several seconds later, on the arena, the spirit formation master of Tianze Country, who was challenging the High Immortal First Level array, hung his head in frustration, having given up on continuing construction.
He finally realized the mistake he made earlier. Although he could rearrange a High Immortal First Level array, it was clearly impossible within the allotted time.
The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit; he chose to remain silent and wait for the final results.
The defeat was inevitable, and now everyone's attention shifted to other spirit formation masters who constructed Superior Immortal Fifth Level arrays to see which of them would prevail.
"Phew!"
Princess Xinting let out a deep breath. As long as the spirit formation master challenging the High Immortal First Level array hasn't finished, it's fine. However, it's too early to celebrate, since there were still many threatening competitors.
Lin Yifan felt indifferent because everything was within his expectations.
Although he didn't notice anything wrong with the array constructed by the spirit formation master challenging the High Immortal First Level array, the expression of this spirit formation master betrayed him; confident people don't show such uneasy expressions, so this person certainly couldn't complete the High Immortal First Level array within the prescribed time.
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The competition time ended, and the judges appeared again to assess the arrays set up by the contestants.
After inspecting array after array, it was soon Lin Yifan's turn.
The judge checking Lin Yifan's array looked at Lin Yifan with appreciation, which was no different from the previous judges, thinking Lin Yifan was a rare young genius.
Lin Yifan explained the construction algorithm of the array to the judge, allowing them to follow his logic for a simulation.
After taking a few minutes, this Jiufu Country elder finished inspecting Lin Yifan's array.
Tianshui Academy had never produced a total champion before, so there was no need to lie, plus Lin Yifan had the right to let other judges re-examine if their outcome did not match Lin Yifan's expectations.
Therefore, with an impartial attitude, he declared the result: "Tianshui Academy's Zhang Fei's Superior Immortal Fifth Level array with a perfect score of five stars!"
"What?"
The statement shocked the entire audience.
No one expected that Lin Yifan's array arranged in the finals would have a perfect score of five stars; this was absolutely impossible.
With Lin Yifan's realm, which was merely Superior Immortal First Realm, how could he arrange a perfect Superior Immortal Fifth Level array?
"Jiufu Country elder, did you check it clearly?"
"Although I'm advanced in age, my mind is still quite clear. If you don't trust this result, you can have your academy's judges and elders inspect it." The elder replied.
Without the academy elders' inspection results, the students from various academies wouldn't believe it, so they asked their academy judges and elders to inspect the array set by Tianshui Academy's Zhang Fei.
At the request of the crowd, judges and elders from all academies inspected Lin Yifan's array, and the conclusions were unanimous.
The audience still did not believe it; unless Lin Yifan activated the array, allowing them to verify it.
Not wanting to waste words, Lin Yifan immediately activated the array to win them over.
"Boom!"
Instantly, as if out of nowhere, the array ignited with blazing flames.
Feeling the scorching heat, it indeed posed a threat to cultivators of the Superior Immortal Fifth Realm.
From this moment, no one dared to question the perfection of Lin Yifan's array.
"Oh my God! It's truly a Superior Immortal Fifth Level array, and extremely perfect."
"Terrifying! What level has his array mastery reached? Never heard of a cultivator in the Superior Immortal First Realm able to arrange a perfect Superior Immortal Fifth Level array!"
"If this boy wins the championship, no one can question his victory."
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Princess Qingyan's jaw dropped. Without a High Immortal First Level array, the perfect Superior Immortal Fifth Level array was the best array on display. Lin Yifan's odds of winning the championship instantly surged to ninety-nine percent.
This was not the outcome she desired, but now, who can change this result? Anyway, so far, no Superior Immortal Fifth Level array's perfection reached five stars, although there were quite a few at two stars or three stars.
Several contestants' arrays hadn't been inspected yet, and she hoped one of them had an array with five-star perfection.
As the one deemed second only to the senior brother who challenged the High Immortal First Level array, a contestant from the highest academy of Tianze Country who hadn't been inspected yet had the confidence to stand equal with Lin Yifan.
Of course, that depended on the judge's standards; if not up to par, there was nothing he could do.
Lin Yifan became a hot favorite to win the championship; the Tianshui Academy had already begun celebrating for Lin Yifan in advance. They believed no one remaining could defeat Lin Yifan.
"Junior Brother Zhang is about to become Tianshui Academy's first to win the overall championship in the Six Academies Competition."
"He is the pride of Tianshui Academy, a prodigy that comes once in a thousand years."
"From now on, Tianshui Academy stands tall!"
...
Princess Xinting remained tense, though the pressure had eased substantially.
She felt that among the next few competitors, at most, they could end up tied with Lin Yifan.
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