Individual combat does not mean getting zero points if you lose.
If losing truly meant zero points, then according to the examination rules, individual combat is a 1v1 match after drawing lots. It's estimated that only half of the students in the entire school would pass, with the other half getting zero points.
That's too ridiculous.
Anyone with a bit of sense knows such a situation is impossible.
In fact, individual combat scores are based on the student's performance in battle. Even if you lose, you might only score one or two points lower than a student who won.
If it's a victory achieved through wisdom, where the weak overcome the strong, you often receive a higher score.
The reason Nora could get 20 points was that she surrendered very quickly.
Sometimes, knowing you can't win, surrendering is also a strategy. Surrendering quickly, kneeling quickly, also gives you a chance to survive. That's why Nora has always held onto these 20 points very steadily.
"Zhou Qingmei, He Xing, you two come over. Have an individual combat match with student Nora and this student Yu Xian."
Wang Xingnuo scanned the surroundings, then his eyes lit up, and he waved at two students.
A spirited girl with a bun hairstyle and a sword on her back, and a squinty-eyed boy, heard Wang Xingnuo's words and walked over.
Yu Xian looked at the two of them, immediately used Appraisal Skill, and after seeing their attributes, he had a clear idea.
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Name: Zhou Qingmei
Codename: Heroine
Race: Human
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Lifespan: 148
Level: Below Bee
Faction: China Dragon Dynasty - Divine Sword Sect
Abilities:
【Nine Revolutions Sword Scripture: For every revolution cultivated, one can comprehend a unique sword technique belonging to oneself. The higher the aptitude, the stronger the comprehended sword technique.】
【Sword Control Technique: Use one's spiritual power to control a life-bound flying sword to attack targets. The stronger the flying sword and spiritual power, the greater the power, with no upper limit.】
【Summary: To hit the person, hit the sword First. Hitting the sword is hitting the person.】
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Zhou Qingmei is clearly one of the top students at Superpower Academy.
Unfortunately, Yu Xian is someone who has seen big scenes. To be honest, Zhou Qingmei might already be a big shot in the eyes of ordinary students, but in his eyes, she can only be considered a rookie.
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Name: He Xing
Codename: Brother Peach
Race: Kuafu Bloodline
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Lifespan: 580
Level: Above Bee
Faction: China Dragon Dynasty
Abilities:
【Peach Wood Body: The body can transform into peach wood material, thriving when encountering water.】
【Sun Chasing Feet: Run at unimaginable speed, capable of chasing stars and grabbing the moon, chasing the sun and pursuing light.】
【Left Yellow Right Green: The left hand can transform into a yellow snake, possessing the abilities of detoxification, healing, and removing abnormal states. The right hand can transform into a green snake, capable of devouring various toxins and forming five kinds of highly potent poisons with different effects.】
【Summary: A small peach tree that runs very fast.】
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Yu Xian felt that this He Xing had good potential.
If he was promoted to Captain in the future, he might consider inviting the other party to join his team.
Under Teacher Wang's arrangement, Nora competed against Zhou Qingmei, while Yu Xian competed against He Xing. Everyone moved to the array platform. The First match was Nora against Zhou Qingmei.
The most expensive equipment in the Superpower Academy is the array platform used by students for sparring.
The full name of the array platform is 'Candle Dragon Reversing Sun and Moon Time Reversing Great Array Ring'. After the teacher activates the array formation on the platform, students fight within the platform. No matter how severe their injuries, they will fully recover the moment they leave the platform. Furthermore, the platform has the effect of predicting the future, and it will teleport students out of the ring before they die.
This array formation was designed by Zhang Daoqin, and he required all Superpower Academies across the country to build it. The cost of all materials could be purchased at half price from the official source.
However, even so, the array platforms in most Superpower Academies were actually built with the combined efforts of the entire city and countless extraordinary individuals pooling their money.
One can imagine how expensive this price was.
Nora and Zhou Qingmei stepped onto the array platform, and Wang Xingnuo immediately activated the great array.
The array patterns around the platform immediately emitted a faint halo, and the Candle Dragon heads in the four corners slowly opened their eyes.
"Match starts!"
Wang Xingnuo looked at the two people in the arena and then spoke.
The next second, Nora raised her hand and shot out a Blood Flame, but it was easily split open by Zhou Qingmei's sword.
But after the flame was split open, she saw Nora holding a gun in her hand and continuously firing.
Not good!
Zhou Qingmei immediately dodged to the side, while controlling her flying sword to slash at the bullets.
One by one, the bullets were blocked by the flying sword, but then they exploded with a bang, and bullet fragments scattered irregularly in all directions.
Zhou Qingmei's cheek was instantly cut by a piece of shrapnel, and blood flowed down her cheek. She wiped the blood from her face, and her left hand quietly formed a seal, creating a sword finger.
Her flying sword was actually a mother-son sword. There was a smaller flying sword hidden inside the flying sword.
At this moment, feeling the money offensive of the 'pay-to-win' boss, she had no choice but to use the hidden flying sword to attack.
Actually, Nora had considered surrendering, but when she thought about going to university with Yu Xian, she subconsciously wanted to save money. And besides not spending money recklessly, saving money also meant getting a higher score.
The higher her score, the fewer points she needed to buy, and she could also save a large sum of money.
In case Yu Xian's score wasn't enough, she could even take out money to help Yu Xian buy points.
This was her reason for choosing to fight.
In fact, ever since experiencing the Itaitachuu crisis at school, she had been thinking about how to fight.
Although she had been diligently cultivating the Sunflower Towards the Sun Divine Skill, because the time was too short, it would probably be several years before it could form combat power. So, in the end, she chose to pay to win.
Since firearms could pose a threat to Itaitachuu, they could naturally also pose a threat to other extraordinary individuals.
Moreover, the equipment she could buy was far more than just firearms. Before, she had just never experienced such things and had always stayed in a safe environment, which was why she was successfully ambushed by a group of ordinary people.
Now, she had grown.
If she encountered that situation again, the ones who would die would definitely be the enemies.
At this moment, a small flying sword suddenly shot out from the smoke of the explosion, blasting towards Nora with lightning speed.
At Nora's speed, she had no time to react at all.
But she didn't need to react either.
Ding!
The flying sword was blocked by an energy shield.
The bracelet on Nora's wrist emitted a blue light, forming an oval shield that protected her completely.
Seeing this scene, Zhou Qingmei frowned slightly.
She said, "Student Nora, if you rely entirely on equipment, your score will still be very low in the exam. Is there any meaning in doing this?"
"But overcoming the weak with the strong can get high scores, and the winner itself gets twenty points, which is not a small amount."
Nora said seriously. Compared to these points, what is this bit of money for equipment?
Seeing that she couldn't shake Nora's fighting spirit, Zhou Qingmei had no choice but to continue fighting.
She recalled the son sword and stepped on it, using the Sword Control Technique to dodge bullets in the air, while controlling the mother sword to continuously attack Nora's shield.
Nora, on the other hand, focused on shooting at Zhou Qingmei, who was flying around in the air, completely ignoring the fact that the mother sword was consuming the shield's energy.
Now, they were seeing who would exhaust the other First.
Finally, Zhou Qingmei's spiritual power was about to be exhausted, so she had no choice but to land on the array platform and say, "I surrender!"
Fighting any longer was meaningless; she was bound to lose.
Nora's bullets were too powerful, and the shrapnel from the explosions had already cut her cheeks, arms, and calves. Continuing to fight would only result in more injuries.
Once her spiritual power was exhausted, Nora could even instantly kill her with one shot.
This time, she had experienced the feeling of being crushed by the equipment of a 'pay-to-win' boss.
Wang Xingnuo closed the great array, and the Candle Dragons in the four corners slowly closed their eyes. All of Zhou Qingmei's injuries instantly disappeared.
Then Wang Xingnuo announced, "First match, Nora wins, Zhou Qingmei loses. Nora gets 68 points, Zhou Qingmei gets 55 points."
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Nora was a bit happy, while Zhou Qingmei was speechless after hearing this.
The main reason was that Nora usually got 20 points, so getting 68 points was already a very big improvement. But Zhou Qingmei had always been a 90-point big shot in the past, and suddenly getting 55 points felt too uncomfortable.
At this moment, Zhou Qingmei secretly vowed in her heart that she would also earn money to buy equipment.
"Nora, you rely too much on equipment. It's difficult to get high scores this way. It's best to find a way to integrate your abilities with your equipment. That way, the judges will give you a higher score."
Wang Xingnuo said seriously to Nora after the two came down from the array platform.
Zhou Qingmei also used equipment; her flying sword was equipment, but she could still get high scores mainly because her Sword Control Technique complemented her equipment.
If Nora combined her abilities with firearms, she could still get high scores.
Nora nodded to indicate understanding.
Next, it was Yu Xian's turn to compete with He Xing. At Teacher Wang's signal, the two walked onto the array platform together.