There is no guarantee for the lottery? So what?

Happy weekends are always too short.

Before you know it, it's that time of year again for daily morning exercises.

"Go! Go!"

Qi Jing, with nothing better to do, accompanies Tan Zuoyin for a couple of laps.

"You should go check out your opponent for the New Student Competition. You're up this weekend.

Even though you're strong, there are some strange abilities out there that could hurt you."

She saw this morning that Yijie Jieli announced the list and schedule for the New Student Competition, as well as the names of each contestant.

"Then I'll go take a look."

Qi Jing returned to his usual spot, conjuring his familiar small stool to sit on.

Actually, he wanted to bring out the recliner he got yesterday, but they were all running, and there were instructors around. Using a recliner seemed a bit much.

After sitting down, he opened his phone.

He wanted to check the rules of the New Student Competition.

On Friday, each branch would hold its own competition, one-on-one battles, with the winners advancing to select the top sixty-four.

Since each branch had over a hundred people sign up, one day wasn't enough time to select the top eight from each branch.

So the academy arranged eight arenas in the training grounds, with eight matches happening at once. Each arena had two upperclassmen for rescue, a teacher as a referee, and people with healing abilities standing in the center of the eight arenas to heal the injured students.

On Saturday, everyone would go to Campus A to determine the top eight.

This time, there would only be one arena, and it would be live-streamed.

On Sunday, the top eight would battle each other, with 3 points for a win, 0 for a loss, and 1 for a draw. The person with the most points would win.

The champion would receive a pair of single-person teleporters and ten source stones, the runner-up would get a rewind ring and five source stones, the third-place winner would get a Return Talisman and three source stones, and the remaining five would each get two source stones.

What are single-person teleporters?

Qi Jing searched it up.

They were teleporters the size of two normal dorm room doors, and you could carry them around and set them up anywhere.

If you were to buy them, one would cost 50,000 points, and they weren't sold individually. You could only buy them in pairs.

So expensive.

There were also things to note.

1. Teleporters cannot pass through teleporters.

2. The two teleporters cannot connect the Otherworld and Earth.

3. Each source stone supports the teleporter for 150 uses.

4. One of the doors must be placed in a specific location, and access must be strictly monitored. Once set, it cannot be changed. (Optional locations: Otherworld, Academy)

5. Do not place the teleporter in dangerous, unguarded wilderness, or it will allow alien beasts to break through the defense line and directly attack the interior.

Good grief, so many requirements.

But more restrictions are normal, since this thing can bypass all access control and surveillance.

Carelessness could lead to enemies stealing your home base or criminal events.

Strict, strict is good.

It's all for our safety.

But...

It says two doors, but you only get one. The other one must be placed in a controlled area, and you can only choose to teleport within the Otherworld or within Earth.

I thought as long as you had a pair of doors, you could go anywhere unhindered.

Safety above all else.

No wonder it's not on the must-buy list for points.

Although it has restrictions, it's very useful for Qi Jing, who has space. At a critical moment, he can just have his teammates teleport back, and then he can put the teleporter back into his space and slip away alone.

If it were someone else, they could only put it in a fixed location. They couldn't possibly carry a door with them to explore, right?

He was determined to get this teleporter, not only for his teleporter but also for his bet.

He just found the list of all the contestants and bet all the 3,000+ points he earned from killing armored crabs these past two days and the 500 points he got from the weeding trial, leaving him with nothing.

He also took a look at the Otherworld forum's list of contestants likely to win, made by who knows who.

The first place was Fan Tang from the Enhancement Branch of Campus E. Her ability is public, called "Reflection." She can lock onto a target and reflect all of the target's attacks back at them.

Her record was twenty consecutive wins in the Campus E arena, earning her a lot of points.

Qi Jing searched it up and found that the academy had a format called "Challenge," where both sides bet their points, and whoever was stronger won.

She consecutively challenged twenty people, winning every time, and then no one challenged her anymore.

He wondered, if it were him, how would he deal with her?

Possibility one, her reflection has a limit. He'd bet that the limit wouldn't be able to kill him, and then defeat her.

Possibility two, her reflection only targets one thing. He could have Little Pi attack with him, and maybe they could defeat her.

Possibility three, her reflection requires her to see the target. Qi Jing could use his super speed to overwhelm her before she could react.

Possibility four, he couldn't think of one.

When the time comes, he'd definitely have to see how she fights and find her weaknesses.

He wanted to see who the next one was.

Second place, Wang Xi, Combat Branch, Campus G. His ability is public, called "Injury Transfer." He can transfer his injuries to his opponent. He once slit his own throat in the arena and transferred it to his opponent to win.

Damn!

A ruthless person.

When he gets ruthless, he doesn't even spare his own neck.

This one should be easy to deal with. He just needs to subdue him before he slits his own throat.

In the world of martial arts, speed is the only true skill!

Speed is freedom.

The rules of the competition are that one side cannot move or admits defeat. As long as he can't move, it's over.

This second place isn't a concern, next one.

Third place, Tao Xin, Support Branch, Campus D. Her ability is unknown. All that's known is that she can control the opponent's body, making them take out their own heart.

Ah, this, ah, this.

Why are there still people hiding things?

What is this, mental manipulation?

It feels like she's even harder to deal with than the first two.

So strong, and she's in the Support Branch?

Qi Jing thought he was strong enough, but he didn't expect that even in a New Student Competition, he couldn't just steamroll everyone. He still had to carefully study his opponents' abilities.

Ah~~

The road to becoming the King of Abilities is not easy.

He'd see who's next.

The name of the fourth place was Wuxia, and his ability was also "Wuxia." He could use all kinds of moves from novels.

Good grief, he met a fellow practitioner of qinggong.

He should know Dragon Subduing Palms, right?

Fifth place, ability "Deceleration Aura." His own combat power isn't strong, but he drew an A-class pet, "Eggshell Superman," which is very strong and can also let him sit inside to prevent the opponent from bypassing the pet and directly attacking the "Summoner."

There are already people relying on pets.

Sixth place, ability "Sand." He can manipulate sand and elementalize.

Is that you? Crocodile?

Being able to master elementalization so early, he must be a big shot.

Huo Lintian, who he saw using "Skyfire" in the training ground that day, didn't appear on the list, so he probably hasn't mastered that power yet.

After that, Qi Jing watched for a long time and found that, apart from those strange abilities, he wasn't afraid of anyone in a head-on fight.

The key to winning was to pay attention to those mental abilities and abilities that directly affect the opponent. Fighting them, you could stumble if you weren't careful.