Chapter 83: Chapter 81: Teams! Unexpected Faces
After Tang Huochan finished speaking, she turned around and walked away with a seductive stride, leaving this layer.
In the Refining Pool, the 90 candidates who successfully advanced were all invigorated in spirit.
They quickly began adjusting their states.
Lin Yushu sat up and couldn’t help but look at Jiang Ye beside him, saying, "Brother Jiang, aren’t you afraid of the pain?"
This Primordial Refinement was a hundred times more unbearable than the pain of Star Sky Refinement.
Yet Jiang Ye remained expressionless throughout the process.
"What’s the big deal? It’s only half an hour." Jiang Ye shook his head, seemingly with a trace of regret.
"...Only?"
Lin Yushu looked incredulous; could it be that Jiang Ye felt the time was too short?
"This guy, could he have awakened some strange attribute?" He suddenly pondered.
Thinking about being disliked by beauties, he would also feel a moment of pleasure.
Lin Yushu’s expression suddenly became somewhat meaningful, and he chuckled, "Brother Jiang, I didn’t expect you to be a fellow enthusiast."
"??"
Jiang Ye looked at him, utterly confused.
...
Five minutes later.
The 90 candidates gathered on the Third Layer.
This was an incredibly spacious hall.
In the center of the hall were hundreds of Virtual Cabins.
Tang Huochan stood at the front, loudly saying, "Everyone can choose a seat freely."
"You will be divided into three groups, randomly assigned by the system to your respective arenas, with thirty people in each group."
She reiterated the rules: "No matter the method or means, as long as you defeat the other 29 in your group and survive to the end, you win!!"
As she finished speaking.
A brief uproar erupted among the 90 candidates present.
"No matter the method or means? As long as we survive to the end?"
"Doesn’t that mean we can team up to besiege the strongest?"
Many people’s eyes started to flicker with thought.
Such rules evidently gave a lot of people opportunities to exploit loopholes.
Seeing this, Tang Huochan’s pretty face revealed a meaningful smile.
There was no doubt; this is what they wanted to see.
Want to become a Preparatory Star Professional?
Then become the strongest among this group, have the strength to go 1V29!
Of course, nothing is absolute.
A powerhouse can also team up with their partners, first eliminating others, then engaging in internal strife.
This rule brought many variables.
And Tang Huochan became increasingly expectant of the candidates’ upcoming performances.
"Everyone, take your positions!"
Tang Huochan shouted coldly, "Enter the Virtual Cabin!!"
With her command.
The 90 candidates present swarmed forward, quickly heading to the Virtual Cabins.
Freely choosing their seats.
Jiang Ye also found a seat among them and sat down.
The Virtual Cabins looked more advanced than those in school, with a droplet structure, integrating the Virtual Helmet and cabin for a better wearing experience.
However, just as Jiang Ye sat down.
A purple figure sat beside him.
"I heard the closer you sit, the more likely you’ll be grouped together." Su Tong’Er dangled her white silk-clad legs, smiling as she looked at Jiang Ye.
Jiang Ye immediately stood up.
He didn’t want to be grouped with her.
After all, his strategy was to hold on first, take care of the strongest, then consider the next step.
But if grouped with Su Tong’Er?
If she targeted him as soon as it started, that would be troublesome.
Jiang Ye moved to the back rows and sat down again.
Seeing this, Su Tong’Er’s cute little face immediately fell: "So afraid of me? I won’t eat you."
"Hmph!"
She snorted coldly but didn’t pursue further.
...
Meanwhile, Wanyao Yang, sitting on the other side, also eyed Jiang Ye and Lin Yushu’s direction gloomily.
"If I encounter these two, I must avenge the past!"
Wanyao Yang recalled the time in An City when Lin Yushu kicked him in the face, a cold gleam flashing in his eyes.
In reality, indeed he couldn’t make a move.
But in the Virtual Starry Sky? Even breaking limbs or beating someone to death was inconsequential.
...
A minute later, everyone was seated.
Connecting to the Virtual Starry Sky.
Buzz!
In an instant, the Virtual Cabins housing the 90 candidates all lit up with a pale blue glow.
Enter the Virtual Starry Sky.
"Whew!"
In an instant, Jiang Ye appeared in a dim space.
A colossal screen appeared in front of him.
Ninety names floated onto the screen.
These 90 names were randomly scrambled and then divided into three parts.
"Is it really completely random?" Jiang Ye silently observed.
If it’s truly random, that’s not necessarily a good thing.
If several strongest were grouped together, wouldn’t that benefit the other two groups?
Soon, Jiang Ye realized it wasn’t that simple.
On the giant screen, the grouping was completed.
His figure instantly disappeared from where it stood.
"Boom!"
Under a starry dome, three colossal arenas appeared with a roar.
Along with the appearance of the three arenas, there were the 90 candidates.
On each arena, 30 people.
"Su Tong’Er and Wanyao Yang aren’t in my group?" Jiang Ye glanced around and felt relieved.
If he faced those two, his chances were slim.
Jiang Ye also looked toward the other two arenas.
He saw that Su Tong’Er and Wanyao Yang were not in the same group either.
"Lin Yushu?" Jiang Ye’s eyes moved: "He’s actually in Su Tong’Er’s group."
While Jiang Ye was observing, others were also quickly assessing their opponents.
...
Arena 2.
Lin Yushu looked around and sighed: "Didn’t end up with Brother Jiang; otherwise, we could have teamed up."
Not far from him, Su Tong’Er was grinding her little tiger teeth: "What a shame, didn’t end up with that guy."
She looked toward Jiang Ye’s arena and had a thought: "Ye Xiuluo is also there? Looks like that guy is going to get blasted by Ye Xiuluo."
...
Arena 3.
Wanyao Yang’s expression was gloomy: "Jiang Ye and Lin Yushu aren’t in my group?"
Too bad!
Here, everyone was suppressed to the same level; it was the best opportunity to teach Jiang Ye and Lin Yushu a lesson.
In reality, the disparity between Jiang Ye, Lin Yushu, and him was tremendously vast.
And in the future, this gap would only widen, with the two never having the chance to battle him on the same stage again.
Thinking of this, Wanyao Yang’s expression was filled with regret.
...
Not giving people much adaptation time.
Just ten seconds later.
A cold mechanical voice echoed throughout the venue: "Everyone’s realm is adjusted to ’Star Martial Cultivation Technique’ Perfection!"
With those words.
"Buzz!" An invisible ripple swept over the 90 candidates present.
The moment the ripple passed over their bodies.
Jiang Ye immediately felt his Guanyuan Acupoint being completely sealed.
He couldn’t use any Star Energy.
Simultaneously, his body’s strength was quickly reduced to the level of just breaking through the Cultivation Technique Perfection.
This was impossible in reality.
But in the Virtual Starry Sky? It only required a change of data.
"Everyone’s physical strength has been adjusted to the same level." Jiang Ye glanced at the others.
Taking advantage of the system balancing the realms.
He was also quickly assessing the situation on his arena.
"Ye Xiuluo." Jiang Ye stared at a burly, bald young man, thinking to himself: "A university student at Cyan Yang University, infinitely close to the Second Break, probably the strongest on this arena."
"And a few other university students, also near the Second Break, should be the strongest on this platform."
Suddenly, an unexpected look appeared on Jiang Ye’s face: "Song Wanbai? Also on my platform."
"Jiang Ye?" Song Wanbai also saw Jiang Ye, with a somewhat surprised expression.
Her three friends were on the other two platforms.
"No chance to meet that guy."
But reality didn’t give her a chance to speak.
Half a minute later.
The cold mechanical voice echoed again:
"Star Martial Cultivation Technique Realm adjusted to Perfection for everyone!"
The words fell.