“Wen Xiangjie is truly a well-rounded warrior; she has both ability and luck,” Qiu Meixin concluded. “It’s really great to have a classmate like her, a pervert who can constantly push you, so you won’t get carried away after achieving a small success.”
As she spoke, Qiu Meixin even glanced at Wei Zicheng.
Wei Zicheng: ???
Why don’t you just give them my ID number?
After watching Wang Zhizhen’s match, a soft electronic notification sounded in Wen Xiangjie’s lounge.
“Contestant Wen Xiangjie, please proceed to Battleground 111. Your match will begin in ten minutes.”
The service in the VIP contestant area was truly excellent. Wen Xiangjie only needed to take the elevator at the lounge entrance, input the battleground number, and the elevator would automatically take Wen Xiangjie to the battleground, without Wen Xiangjie needing to take an extra step.
Wen Xiangjie’s opponent was holding a portable mini-fan, blowing it on his sweaty face. When he saw Wen Xiangjie appear directly opposite him via the lift platform, holding a cup of iced beverage, with not a single bead of sweat on her forehead, he almost dropped his mini-fan.
No, what kind of operation is this, appearing directly via a lift platform?
Why did he have to painstakingly walk from the east stand to the west stand more than twenty minutes early, then descend the high steps from the west stand, and search for Battleground 111 under the scorching sun, sweating profusely, and then walk into the battleground!
Damn it, he felt his whole body burning up!
Five minutes later, watching Wen Xiangjie disappear again from the battleground via the lift platform, he slumped onto the battleground in defeat, then immediately jumped up again, scalded by the extremely hot ground scorched by the sun.
Wuwuwu, he was burnt out.
The Card Master competition’s preliminary rounds would select 64 advancing contestants.
Wen Xiangjie, without a doubt, became one of the 64 advancing contestants with overwhelming strength.
The time she spent in each battle was shorter than the time it took her to travel from the VIP contestant area to the battleground.
After all 64 advancing contestants were determined, the Card Master competition immediately entered the next stage.
The 64 advancing contestants would be randomly matched in pairs via electronic screen. The winner would advance to the Top 32, and the loser would be directly eliminated.
Because the match would begin immediately after the results were announced, Wen Xiangjie did not return to the VIP contestant area to wait. Instead, she came with the other contestants to the screen below the matching area, waiting for the results.
Now there were only 64 contestants left. Wen Xiangjie looked around and found that all the new students from First Military Academy had successfully entered the Top 64.
It should be known that the NPCs participating in the Card Master competition were not just there to make up the numbers; there were quite a few powerful NPCs.
As expected of the top students from First Military Academy, each of them indeed possessed remarkable strength.
Including Ji Chenyu.
Because he had completely fallen out with Wen Xiangjie, when Ji Chenyu’s gaze met Wen Xiangjie’s, his eyes were filled with immense hatred and disgust.
He hadn't expected that Wen Xiangjie would possess such great power just a few days after entering the game instance.
When he was driven out of the Gladiator Tower area by Wen Xiangjie, Ji Chenyu actually still held onto the idea of starting over and finding a way to cause trouble for Wen Xiangjie.
Although he couldn't stay in the Gladiator Tower area because Wen Xiangjie had become the new Tower Master of Gladiator Tower, he could still go to other areas on the map.
However, he never expected that no matter where he went, there would be people watching him.
The security guards in the Residential Area simply did not allow him to enter the Residential Area.
When he went to the Gambling Card District, no gambling card store would sell him gambling stones, and even the vendors setting up stalls outside were unwilling to sell their gambling stones to him.
Even the owner of the Card Pack Sales Store actually said with a smile that he had been blacklisted by the store, and from now on, he would not be able to buy card packs from the Card Pack Sales Store.
Once the Daoguan District and school storyline branches were abandoned, one could no longer join them.
Ji Chenyu opened the map and found that there was not a single area that could accommodate him.
After his diligent inquiries, he learned that Bernadette, the builder of the Residential Area, was Wen Xiangjie’s friend; Allison, the manager of the Gambling Card District, was Wen Xiangjie’s friend; and even Dorothea, the manager of the Card Pack Sales Store, was Wen Xiangjie’s friend!
The game instance time hadn't even passed halfway, yet Wen Xiangjie already possessed such great power!
He couldn't access any of the important storyline branches, so he could only join some small organizations and try every possible way to obtain a few rare-grade cards that he had previously looked down upon.
Despite this, he still gritted his teeth and came to this Card Master competition.
He knew that after leaving the game instance, Wen Xiangjie would definitely report his identity to the school.
Although his identity forgery was very well done, the school would definitely re-investigate his identity out of respect for Wen Xiangjie.
He had to achieve better results in this ranking match and demonstrate more value to try and preserve himself.
To be able to break into the Top 64 after being suppressed by Wen Xiangjie like this, Wen Xiangjie even wanted to applaud Ji Chenyu.
Wang Zhizhen was the first to notice Ji Chenyu’s hatred towards Wen Xiangjie.
She immediately stood beside Wen Xiangjie and glared back fiercely at Ji Chenyu.
“Wen Jie, what’s wrong with him? Has his rabies flared up?” Wang Zhizhen asked indignantly.
Wen Xiangjie then briefly explained Ji Chenyu’s situation.
“I knew it! I felt a bit uncomfortable the first time I saw him. So that’s why!” Wang Zhizhen became even angrier.
Qiu Meixin, Wei Zicheng, and Cheng Yushu also stood by Wen Xiangjie, looking at Ji Chenyu opposite them with ill expressions.
“You, like this, still dare to participate in the Card Master competition? You’d better pray you don’t run into me, or I’ll beat you so hard you’ll have trouble drawing cards!” Wei Zicheng threatened Ji Chenyu, clenching his fists.
Seeing Wei Zicheng like this, Wen Xiangjie said with a chuckle, “You should indeed beat him until he has trouble drawing cards, after all, he was the one who first used his talent skill on you, to instigate you to join Peak Card Domain Arena and oppose me.”
“What?!” Wei Zicheng’s eyes widened. “I knew it! I wondered why, after talking to him that day, I suddenly joined Peak Card Domain Arena. I originally planned to go to Dragon Tiger Fight Dojo because the name Dragon Tiger Fight Dojo sounded very powerful. So it was because of him!”
“I… I didn’t…” Ji Chenyu reverted to his previous cowering demeanor, stammering, “Wen Xiangjie, do you have some misunderstanding about me? I’m just an orphan, raised in an orphanage since childhood…”
“After we leave the game instance, we will report this matter to the school. Whether it’s a misunderstanding or not, the school will know once they investigate,” Cheng Yushu said gently. “Even if you are not from the Lin family, harboring such great hostility towards a classmate and maliciously using your talent to instigate infighting among classmates, I cannot accept becoming comrades-in-arms with someone like you in the future.”