pappabearbooks Chapter 149 Know The Snow And The Rain? I Want Them All! Solo Ranked? Instant Kill!
Chapter 149 Know The Snow And The Rain? I Want Them All! Solo Ranked? Instant Kill!
Chapter 149: Do you know about snow in the morning and rain in the evening? I want it all! Solo ranked? Easy win!
Another day passed, Chen Xiao and Caiji arrived at Zheng Cheng's house again.
As soon as they entered, Caiji shouted, "Brother Cheng, are you ready?"
"What do I need to prepare?" Zheng Cheng casually replied, throwing a bottle of Budweiser to each of them.
"Yeah, Brother Cheng's Acute Gastroenteritis Instant Burst is unstoppable. No one can handle it, hahaha~"
"By the way, have you two signed up for the solo ranked match?" Zheng Cheng suddenly asked, "This is an opportunity for training, don't waste it."
Caiji quickly shook his head and said, "I'd rather not. I have over 500 points in the Radiation Island ranking, enough for me to enroll in a top professional university."
"It's better not to embarrass ourselves in the solo ranked match."
Chen Xiao also shook his head and said, "Brother Cheng, I'm not participating either. I have been admitted to the Northwest Military Academy. I will go to register and join military training in a month."
"So soon?"
Both of them were surprised.
They didn't expect Chen Xiao to make a decision so quickly. He said he would sign up for the military academy and he went.
The Northwest Military Academy is the only professional military academy within the boundaries of Qinzhou Province, and it is also one of the three major military academies in Xia Country!
Every year, a fixed number of new professional students are recruited, and only four-star or higher main combat professionals are accepted.
Chen Xiao being admitted to the Northwest Military Academy can be considered lucky!
Chen Xiao smiled and said, "I was mentally prepared a long time ago. Didn't I tell you guys before?"
"Thanks to Brother Cheng this time, although my score in the Radiation Island assessment was only a little over 480, I passed the interview and physical test of the Northwest Military Academy with the six-star Earth Heart Gemstone that Brother Cheng gave me."
"I even saw Zhu Chengyu that day. That kid seems to have already become a lieutenant, damn it!"
Zheng Cheng didn't know what to say, he just picked up the Budweiser and clinked it with Chen Xiao.
"Take care, bro!"
After taking a big sip of beer, Chen Xiao laughed and said, "Brother Cheng, why so sentimental? I'm going to college, not bidding farewell to life and death."
Zheng Cheng smiled lightly and said, "You're right, cheers!"
The Northwest Military Academy, one of the three major military academies in Xia Country, is located in the northwest part of Qinzhou Province.
The number of teachers and students in the school is fixed at over 80,000 all year round, the vast majority of whom are professionals of different star levels.
Unlike ordinary professional universities, the military professionals of the three major military academies have to enter the corresponding alien battlefield for training after their freshman year!
Fighting against aliens!
Even the Northwest Military Academy has a branch in one of the alien battlefields, the underground cave.
Every year, all students have to go to the underground branch for training, where life and death are at stake.
Therefore, the combat strength of the military professionals from the three major military academies is extremely strong.
As for ordinary professional universities, except for some special cases, they can only go to the alien battlefield after their junior year at the earliest.
After finishing a bottle of Budweiser in one breath, Zheng Cheng suddenly said, "Chen Xiao, why don't we go together? At least there will be someone to take care of you."
"Yes, yes, I'll go too!" Caiji quickly shouted, "We'll stick together through thick and thin! We are..."
"No!" Chen Xiao immediately shook his head and refused, saying, "Brother Cheng, Caiji, I know you mean well. But entering the military academy is my dream, I don't want to hold you back."
"Especially you, Brother Cheng."
"With the points you have on Radiant Island, you can easily enter the top ten national universities, especially the Imperial Capital Vocational University. Don't waste it."
"Staying at the military academy with me is such a waste."
"Besides," Chen Xiao smirked, "the Northwest Military Academy only accepts four-star or higher main combat professions. Brother Cheng, you are a three-star Priest, and you, a noob, are a three-star Druid. They might not even accept you."
"To enter the military academy as a support profession, you need to be at least six-star or higher."
"You two should just give up, hahaha..."
"Damn it! Brother Cheng! This guy actually looks down on us, let's beat him up!"
"Watch me make you kneel down and call me daddy today, you're my daddy!"
"Ah~"
"Spare me!"
"Who the hell stole my Pidgey!"
After more than ten minutes, the three finally stopped and lay down on the sofa.
"Chen Xiao," Zheng Cheng suddenly said.
"Yeah?"
"Take care."
"I know, don't worry, Brother Cheng. I'm the MT, even if the aliens want to kill me, they have to break through my defense, right?"
"Hahaha, that's true, you're tough..."
"Brother Cheng."
"Yeah?"
"You should also be careful."
"What should I be careful of?"
"Of course, the Fallen One and your opponents in the solo ranked matches," Chen Xiao said. "I heard that Terry specifically targeted you in this assessment."
"Terry..."
Zheng Cheng's eyes flickered, "I understand."
"Noob also said, Brother Cheng, I specifically checked the application list for the solo ranked matches. Besides the ten of you, there are more than thirty people who chose to challenge you."
"So few?"
Zheng Cheng was surprised. In previous years, there would be at least two to three hundred people signing up for the solo ranked assessment, just to compete for the top ten in the provincial college entrance examination.
I didn't expect there to be so few this year?
Noob smirked, "This year is different from previous years. There are only three nine-star professions, and the rest are all eight-star!"
"Especially you, Brother Cheng. Not many can withstand your Acute Gastroenteritis Instant Burst. Your notorious reputation scares off anyone who dares to challenge you."
"It's only you guys that caused the sharp decline in the number of challengers this year!"
Zheng Cheng asked, "Besides the ten of us, who do you think has a chance?"
At this point, Noob suddenly sat up, his eyes flickering, "There is!"
"The freshmen who choose to challenge you among this group of freaks are all talented individuals, all seven-star professionals!"
"Among them, three are the strongest, and their points on Radiant Island are only below the top ten."
Chen Xiao also stood up: "Who else is there?"
"The first one, Zhao Wujun! A freshman from the Eternal Peace City Garrison Affiliated Middle School, a seven-star professional dragon knight, with a violent dragon as his mount, strong in close combat."
"Zhao Wujun?"
Chen Xiao suddenly said, "I know him, he is classmates with Zhu Chengyu. I didn't expect him to participate in the challenge as well."
"That's right." The newbie said, "After all, there are generous rewards for the top ten. He has already confirmed his enrollment in the Northwest Military Academy, but who wouldn't want more treasures?"
"And I heard that as long as they break into the top ten in the individual ranking assessment, the military will grant different ranks and rewards based on their ranking and strength!"
Zheng Cheng nodded and said, "What else?"
"Yang Chenguang, also from the Military Academy Affiliated Middle School, is a seven-star hidden profession, a natural scout."
"I heard that he can become invisible in any form of map and launch a fatal blow to the target."
"A natural scout?"
"I haven't heard of it..."
"He is also Zhu Chengyu's classmate?"
Zheng Cheng and Chen Xiao were surprised. They didn't expect there to be so many talented people in the Military Academy Affiliated Middle School.
The newbie shrugged and said, "I don't know the specific details, but as far as I know, all the teammates who went to the Radiation Island with Zhu Chengyu that day participated in this individual ranking assessment!"
"And the last person is called Li Siyu. He is a seven-star frost mage."
"Is he also from the Military Academy?"
"No." The newbie shook his head, "But he is very skilled in ice magic, especially control-type ice magic. I heard that he once soloed the Fire Rat Nest on normal difficulty."
"Fire Rat Nest?"
The two looked at each other in surprise. They were familiar with this dungeon!
"Oh, I almost forgot."
"Who?"
"Jiang Muyun!" The newbie said, "She was also teleported out of the Radiation Island early, and her score is not as high as yours."
"But she is also very strong, her goal this time is to be in the top ten."
"Jiang Muyun..."
In Zheng Cheng's mind, an image of a girl wearing a white dress, with a veil on her head, a lotus flower hairpin on her forehead, and a princess-like haircut appeared.
And...
The things Song Chaoyu said.
An Oedipus complex?
Is it true or not?
The newbie suddenly said, "By the way, Brother Cheng, which university do you want to apply for?"
"The one in the capital." Zheng Cheng casually said, "I don't mind, under normal circumstances, I would be admitted to the Capital Advanced Vocational University, but as you all know, my professional star level is only three stars. Who knows if there will be any unexpected situations."
"The Capital Advanced Vocational University has a minimum admission requirement of six stars or above for professional star level!"
"Brother Cheng, I believe in you, you will definitely be admitted!"
"I believe in you too."
The newbie hesitated and said, "Xiao Ge can stay in Eternal Peace City, Brother Cheng can go to the capital, or maybe I should just stay in Eternal Peace City."
"No."
Chen Xiao immediately shook his head and said, "You should go to the Imperial Capital with Brother Cheng. Your points are not low, and you are the only professional poultry druid. With this, you can still get into a good university in the Imperial Capital..."
The newbie forced a smile and said, "I don't know if you're insulting me or praising me with that statement..."
"Enough!" Zheng Cheng slapped him and said, "Stop overthinking. No matter which university you go to, we are brothers, aren't we?"
"That's right!"
"Brother Cheng is right!"
"Let's do it!"
"Let's do it!"
...
Soon, the day of the solo ranked assessment arrived. Zheng Cheng, Yao Zhixue, and Song Chaoyu, led by Teacher Gao Yang, arrived early at the Professional Players Union Square.
"Don't be nervous later, all three of you!"
"This opportunity is hard to come by, so cherish it..."
"You must take it seriously, play at your normal level, and strive to maintain a top ten position!"
"The teachers, principals, and classmates are all waiting for good news from you..."
Along the way, Gao Yang kept talking non-stop, and the three of them were getting tired of listening.
Zheng Cheng helplessly said, "I say, Teacher Gao, can you take a break? You've been talking for half a day. Aren't you tired?"
"What? I'm not tired."
Gao Yang shook his head and said, "There are fewer challengers this year, so it might end in a day. You must not be nervous then..."
Song Chaoyu sweetly smiled and said, "Teacher Gao, I'm thirsty. Can you go buy some mineral water for us?"
"Buy water?"
Gao Yang quickly said, "I'll go now, wait for me!"
Saying that, Gao Yang squeezed out of the crowd to buy water for the three of them.
Song Chaoyu sighed and said, "Ah, finally managed to trick Old Gao away. He's just too talkative!"
Yao Zhixue coldly said, "Teacher Gao is also doing it for our own good. Aren't you afraid of hurting his feelings by doing this?"
"Hurt his feelings?"
Song Chaoyu chuckled and said, "He's more than happy, why would he be hurt?"
"By the way, Big Ice Cube, I'll challenge you today, so be careful!"
"Big Ice Cube..."
What the hell is this nickname?
Yao Zhixue's forehead twitched, and she really wanted to slap her with a face full of ice shards.
"By the way, Zheng Cheng, have you decided which university to apply to?" Song Chaoyu suddenly approached Zheng Cheng and asked nervously.
"The Imperial Capital."
"The Imperial Capital..."
Song Chaoyu sounded a bit sad, "What a pity."
Her identity is special, and the Night Watch has already determined that she cannot leave Eternal Peace City, let alone go to the Imperial Capital for university!
She glared fiercely at Yao Zhixue again and said, "Hmph! You got lucky, you big block of ice!"
Yao Zhixue, hiding her small hand in her sleeve, resisted the urge to strike.
Zheng Cheng quickly said, "Alright, the competition is about to start, let's go."
He held one of them by the hand and they walked towards the arena.
Yao Zhixue's body trembled, and she obediently followed.
Song Chaoyu even leaned closer, completely ignoring the gazes of the people around her.
"Damn! Two goddesses! Who is that guy? Damn, he's so lucky!"
"Zheng Cheng! Zheng Cheng from No. 12 Middle School! Damn, I really want to challenge him!"
"If you can withstand his Acute Gastroenteritis Instant Burst, then go challenge him."
"Fuck..."
The square was still bustling with people.
In the middle, there were ten huge arenas.
Each arena was two hundred meters long and wide, occupying a large area.
This was a rule made to give long-range professionals a suitable casting distance during competitions. Otherwise, it would be unfair for melee professionals to charge at long-range professionals in an instant.
So, for each competition assessment, the arena area had to be over four thousand square meters to provide enough casting distance for long-range professionals.
In the center of the square, the host was announcing loudly.
"Students, audience friends, the annual New Student Professional Union Entrance Exam Solo Ranking Tournament is about to begin!"
"Please let the top ten professionals in the ranking enter their respective arenas!"
Amidst the host's announcement and the noisy cheers and discussions, Zheng Cheng nodded at the two girls and said, "Be careful!"
"Okay."
"Don't worry."
The three of them separated, Zheng Cheng and Yao Zhixue went to the first and second arenas, while Song Chaoyu went towards the seventh arena.
Zheng Cheng rubbed his right hand, which had been pinched red by Song Chaoyu, and looked helpless.
"Zheng Cheng."
Yao Zhixue suddenly called out to Zheng Cheng.
"Hmm? What's wrong?"
"How do you see me and Chaoyu?"
"What do you mean?"
"Between me and Chaoyu, who would you choose?"
"Uh... is this a multiple-choice question?"
"Is there a problem?"
"Can I choose both?"
"You..."
Yao Zhixue was furious and gritted her teeth, "No!"
Zheng Cheng helplessly said, "Then I won't choose either..."
"No!"
"What do you want then..."
"Wait until I come back from the foreign battlefield..."
As soon as she finished speaking, Yao Zhixue arrived at her own arena and turned to step onto it.
On the third arena next to her, Zhu Chengyu waved at him and said, "Zheng Cheng, hurry up and get on stage! Wait for me, I'll personally challenge you later!"
Zheng Cheng's mouth twitched, and he turned and stepped onto his own first arena.
"A guy who can catch up to me in twelve seconds...!"
"Zheng Cheng, big brother Zheng Cheng! Good luck!"
"Go for it!"
Outside the arena, Li Jiao was waving frantically at him, her pretty face filled with excitement.
Zheng Cheng subconsciously looked in Yao Zhixue's direction, only to be met with a pair of icy deathly eyes, which scared him into quickly turning away.
"Damn..."
"Damn, women are so troublesome, why bother with love!"
"Dear audience, the New Student Professional Union Entrance Exam Solo Ranking Tournament is about to begin!"
The voice of the host sounded again from the high platform.
"First, let me explain the rules of the New Student Professional Union Entrance Exam Solo Ranking Tournament!"
"The top ten professionals with the highest scores will become the defenders."
"And the other new student professionals who signed up for the challenge will have real combat matches based on their registration time and the defenders they want to challenge."
"The winner stays, the loser steps down!"
"Each challenger can only choose one defender to challenge, and once a defender fails, they have the opportunity to challenge other defenders, but they only have two chances to challenge!"
"The victorious challenger will automatically become a defender and will no longer accept challenges from new challengers!"
"After each match, there will be a ten-minute break!"
"Now, please all challengers enter the arena...!"
With the host's announcement, more than thirty challengers entered one by one and stood under the arenas of the defenders they had chosen.
"They're coming, they're coming!"
"Solo Ranking Tournament! New Student Professionals PK, hahaha..."
"Damn! Why are there so few people participating in the Solo Ranking Tournament this year? Only about thirty people."
"We have quite a few high-level professionals in our Qinzhou Province this year, all the top ten in the ranking are eight-star professionals, and there's one freak that everyone knows they can't beat, so there are fewer challengers..."
"Freak? Which freak?"
"The one who can give people diarrhea!"
"I know, I heard that at the Radiant Island, Zhu Chengyu, a nine-star professional, and Terry, an eight-star professional, couldn't last for more than ten seconds. Even the strongest nine-star professional, Qin Zheng, only lasted twelve seconds!"
"Damn... that's really a freak!"
"Damn... look at the arenas... out of more than thirty challengers, not a single one chose Zheng Cheng!"
"Damn... it's really true!"
On the stage, Zheng Cheng's expression was also somewhat strange.
Just as the people around were discussing, out of the more than thirty challengers, there wasn't even a single person under his stage!
A cool breeze blew, stirring up a pile of dust.
Zheng Cheng subconsciously turned his head to look, and goodness, there were challengers lined up on all the other nine stages.
The second stage, Yao Zhixue, had three people.
The third stage, Zhu Chengyu, had three people.
The fourth stage, Qin Zheng, had two people.
The fifth stage, Terry, had a whopping seven people, the most among all the defenders.
He was so angry that he started cursing on the stage.
The remaining stages six to ten, Bai Jingqi, Song Chaoyu, Hao Zhao, Li Mei, and Yang Haoran, each had three to five people in front of their stages.
"Referees, please come up to the stage!"
A voice announced, and a professional dressed in a robe slowly walked up Zheng Cheng's stage.
He also looked at Zheng Cheng alone on the stage with a bewildered expression.
What's going on, where are the challengers?
"Senior, this..."
The coach composed himself and said, "My name is Bai Shi, you can call me Old Bai."
"Teacher Bai."
Zheng Cheng nodded, he wouldn't foolishly call someone Old Bai.
Bai Shi said, "I've never encountered a situation like yours before, so let's not activate the defensive formation for now, we'll wait until someone comes to challenge you..."
"Okay, Teacher Bai..."
The two stood on the stage, watching the matches on the adjacent stages with interest.
Especially Yao Zhixue, who was closest to them.
Among them, the first challenger was none other than the ice and snow mage Li Siyu mentioned before!
On the second stage, Li Siyu nodded politely and said, "Hello, classmate Yao Zhixue, please enlighten me."
"Mhm."
Yao Zhixue nodded indifferently, Li Siyu's mouth twitched, but he still held back.
With a flick of his hand, a frost-white staff, as tall as a person, appeared in his hand.
"Be careful, classmate Yao Zhixue!"
Around the stage, the crowd outside the isolation zone was packed with onlookers.
Especially in front of Yao Zhixue, Song Chaoyu, and Li Mei, the three beautiful girls.
After all, when it comes to Perfected Being competitions, who wants to watch ugly guys instead of pretty girls?
"It's about to start!"
"Yao Zhixue vs. Li Siyu, I wonder who will win?"
"Definitely Yao Zhixue, no need to think about it."
"Everyone knows that the Nine Stars will win against the Seven Stars!"
"Not necessarily... Li Siyu is a hidden profession Ice and Snow Berserker at the Seven Star level. He is very strong and has a certain chance of winning!"
"That's true. The odds for Li Siyu to win are 1:65.5! Damn..."
"Take a risk, and a bicycle becomes a motorcycle..."
In the center of the two, the referee noticed and said, "Are both of you ready?"
"We're ready!"
"Yes!"
"Then let's begin!"
As soon as the words fell, Li Siyu fiercely slammed the giant staff in his hand onto the ground.
With a loud bang, the earth shook violently, and a large mass of frosty aura suddenly swept up, spreading within a radius of ten meters around him.
At the same time, three frost-white teleportation arrays lit up, and three tall figures slowly rose from them.
Ice and Snow Giants!
The figures that appeared before everyone's eyes were three ice and snow giants with frost-white skin, towering a head taller than normal humans!
Seeing the three ice and snow giants summoned by him, Li Siyu breathed a sigh of relief.
"With the protection of the ice and snow giants, I can cast my spells with peace of mind, as long as..."
"Boom!"
Before he could finish speaking, a sudden gust of blizzard suddenly attacked from a distance, instantly enveloping him, the three ice and snow giants, and everything else.
The raging blizzard blew his slender figure backward, causing his clothes to rustle.
He quickly held onto the staff tightly to stabilize himself.
"Damn... such fast casting speed, how did this blizzard come so quickly..."
You should know that the distance between the two of them is over a hundred meters.
How could it be so fast!
"Attack! Hold her back!"
Li Siyu shouted, and the three ice and snow giants also grabbed their wolf-tooth clubs and charged towards Yao Zhixue in the face of the wind and snow.
After running for only a few meters, the originally galloping three ice and snow giants slowed down.
Their figures were blown backward by the blizzard, struggling to crawl on the ground.
Behind them, Li Siyu also tightly held onto the staff with both hands.
Not to mention chanting spells, even stabilizing his own body was difficult.
"Boom!"
Another gust of wind came, fiercely hitting Li Siyu.
"Ah...!"
He screamed in pain, and together with the three ice and snow giants, they were blown off the arena.
The referee on the second arena twitched the corner of his mouth and raised his right hand high, saying, "The winner of the second arena is Yao Zhixue!"
"Wow..."
(End of this chapter)