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Chapter 3737: 4.1337 A Complete Pit

Several days later, in front of the grand plaza of the Garden Auditorium, in the eastern living area of Royal Academy, stood over thirteen thousand students, each with a look of utter despair on their faces.

All the students were lined up in neat rows, each wearing the same style and type of academy uniform. However, some clothes were new, while those on many senior students looked years old.

Dean Yun, his face beaming with smiles, stood in front of the pond before the Garden Auditorium, delivering an impassioned and enthusiastic speech.

"Dear students, the Tian Yuan Ranking competition, for which you have long awaited, has finally begun today, June eighteenth."

"A war without smoke has commenced!"

"For our honor, for the glory of our nation and our families, you must strive with all your might and move forward diligently!"

Everyone let out an "awooo," causing Qiao Mu to turn her head and look.

"To ensure the fairness, impartiality, and transparency of the Tian Yuan Ranking competition, this year's competition will adopt the usual format, activating portable recording talismans to constantly record your performance during the competition."

Qiao Mu quietly lowered her gaze.

"Additionally, to add some excitement to the competition, our academy's instructors will, at any time, temporarily add obstacles, increase difficulty, or rob you of your only food and water! They might even pretend to be masked figures attacking you! It's even possible that when you're utterly exhausted, they'll steal your last bit of rations, forcing you to lose heart and choose to withdraw from the competition!"

Everyone: ...

Instructors, you truly don't need to show us so much "love"! This is just for your own twisted amusement, isn't it?

"Now, I will first announce the battlefield for this preliminary round: Fengmu Forest of Shenzhou!"

"The target items are Phoenix Flowers and Phoenix Wood."

"Obtain one hundred-year-old Phoenix Wood to gain one thousand points. Obtain one thousand-year-old Phoenix Wood to gain five thousand points. Obtain one Phoenix Flower, and congratulations! You will become the first winner of this preliminary competition."

Everyone: ...

"Before the competition, I will issue each of you an identity token and a pure, flawless ruby!"

"Losing your identity token will immediately force you to withdraw from the competition. If you lose your ruby, although you can continue to move within Fengmu Forest, if you cannot recover your ruby before the competition time ends, you will be eliminated, become a loser, and lose the qualification to participate in the final competition!"

"Furthermore, during the preliminary round, you cannot seriously injure your fellow students, much less kill them. If anyone is found to have committed serious offenses, their qualification will be revoked."

"You can forcibly take rubies from others; each ruby is worth ten points."

"Before the end of the preliminary round, all students who fail to reach a total score of two thousand will be mercilessly eliminated from this competition. Understood?"

Everyone slowly nodded, their expressions numb.

This means that not only do they have to guard against those instructors who might appear at any time to steal things, but they also have to guard against their own classmates? If their ruby is stolen, hehe, if they can't get it back before the competition, they're finished. But the worst is if their identity token is taken; hehe, they're immediately out and no longer qualified to play!

The Royal Academy's Tian Yuan Ranking preliminary round is truly a complete pit!

"Now, the elders will distribute your identity tokens and rubies. These two items are extremely important."