"The first pair to compete is Lu Ran and Kou Yingquan."
The male teacher turned his head to the other two, "Ma Tianchuan and Gao Zhonglin will automatically be matched against each other; both of you go down and prepare."
"Yes."
"Yes!" Ma and Gao responded and then glanced at each other before heading down the stage.
Speaking of grievances, among the five people promoted to River Realm, there were quite a few.
Before worshipping God, Ma Tianchuan was undeniably the top student, leading the second and third students by a sheer margin.
But everything changed after the first day of June in the lunar year last year!
The little sheep and little wolves started riding roughshod over Ma Tianchuan.
Among them, Lu Ran, with his incredibly brilliant combat achievements, silenced all criticism and made it somewhat more acceptable for Ma Tianchuan.
But as for Gao Zhonglin...
Aside from the initial surprise rise, in the subsequent assessments, Ma and Gao alternated in taking the lead.