SSS Grade Saint Knight - Chapter 172

Chapter 172: The Exchange Competition Began! The List Was Announced!

TL: Rui88

Principal Wang Hui’s first lecture not only allowed Zhou Yi to obtain a new A+Rank skill Twin Qin Shield.

Moreover, it also allowed him to level up twice in a row, with his level increasing from 19 to 21.

After the lecture ended, Zhou Yi also returned to ordinary school life.

Thus, day by day passed.

The time grew increasingly closer to September 1, when the National University Freshman Exchange Competition officially began.

Online, the preheat for the Exchange Competition had also been initiated.

“Nationwide, 3,218 universities had participated together! Which university would the championship of the National University Freshman Exchange Competition eventually fall to?”

“Ten thousand freshmen! Who was the strongest!”

“Talented prodigies have emerged! Has a new Golden Age arrived once again?! The strongest Exchange Competition?”

“…”

The National University Freshman Exchange Competition was an annual grand event in Zhongxia Country.

Whether ordinary people or professionals, the entire nation had paid close attention.

Moreover, these headlines, filled with clickbait, had indeed attracted many people to click in and leave their comments.

“3,218 universities, from municipal level to provincial level, and then to national level, would eventually leave only 1028 universities for the final competition. It was too brutal!”

“Who said it wasn’t so? In our city alone, we had three professional universities! It was too hard to stand out!”

“That being said, without such brutal competition, the final championship would not have culminated in that supreme glory!”

“That was true, but I still envied the three major universities; they were directly seeded and did not have to participate in the preliminary battles!”

“The students of the three major universities were too strong; participating in the preliminary selections was basically bullying others…”

“Indeed… I remembered that last year, the freshman lineups of the three major universities were almost all at level 16.”

“Freshmen all at level 16? That was indeed outrageous.”

“Hehe, I heard that in this batch, many geniuses had emerged, with a momentum comparable to the Golden Age; I feared that the strength of this batch of freshmen would be even stronger than last year’s!”

“Is that so? Then it was truly something to look forward to.”

“…”

Online, discussions about the National University Freshman Exchange Competition had been everywhere.

Besides lamenting the brutal competition of the Exchange Competition, the most popular topic had been about the three major universities.

After all…

Almost every year, the champions of the University Freshman Exchange Competition had been born from the three major universities.

That was also one of the reasons why the three major universities had held such an unparalleled status.

Amid the heated discussions, the time officially arrived at September 1.

It was exactly eight o’clock in the morning.

Online, the list of university participants for this National University Freshman Exchange Competition had been simultaneously released.

[Suhang University: Captain: Zhou Yi (Saint Knight), Vice-Captain: Jiang Churan (Spirit Swordmaster), Members: Song Xialan (Spirit Master), Liu Yang (Mage)…]

[Qingjing University: Captain: Li Yuan (Warrior), Vice-Captain: Ma Xiangan (Priest), Members: Xia Lan (Divine Archer), Lu Zhou (Mage)…]

[Modu University: Captain: Wei He (Knight), Vice-Captain: Yue Tianheng (Priest), Members: Mu You (Mage), Li Nanqiu (Summoner)…]

[…]

The participant list had been formulated based on the rankings of the previous Exchange Competition.

The top three were the three major universities with the strongest strength.

Following that were the other universities within Zhongxia Country.

Each university had ten participants, with different professions.

However, the common factor was that almost every team included the three professions: Warrior, Priest, and Mage.

Therefore, the fact that the member list of Suhang University, which ranked first, did not include the Priest profession was extremely striking.

“Huh? Did I see that correctly? Suhang University actually had no Priest??”

“Could it be that they intended to use the Saint Knight as a Priest? That wasn’t right either! Although the Saint Knight was considered a support, his healing ability was not as strong as that of a Priest!”

“Tsk, they didn’t even bring a Priest; Suhang University had been too presumptuous!”

“…”

The Priest was almost considered the soul of a team!

A team could be without output roles such as a Mage or a Swordsman, but it absolutely could not be without a Priest!!

Of course, as it was a flourishing National University Freshman Exchange Competition, there were also schools that had chosen lineups composed entirely of Warriors, Swordsmen, or Mages.

Such team lineups had undoubtedly formidable output firepower, but their shortcomings were equally obvious.

Once the initial wave did not rush in recklessly, it was almost a guaranteed defeat…

In previous years, although such extreme team lineups did exist, they were almost exclusively used by subpar universities.

And as for Suhang University, a top-tier university, using such a lineup was undoubtedly a sensational matter.

…

…

Suhang University, at its wide entrance.

The members of the Blue Kite Squad walked into the school gate, laughing and chatting.

The group, consisting of five people, were all young and beautiful girls.

Especially the leader, Su Qinglian, had an exquisitely delicate and lovely face, and a figure that was graceful and captivating.

As they walked along, they attracted the gazes of many people.

Since Zhou Yi had left, they had spent more than a month in the Tempest Mountain Range.

They did not return to school until today.

During that month, their gains had been rather abundant, and they collectively leveled up twice.

Furthermore, by hunting magical beasts, they had obtained tens of millions of Zhongxia Currency!

In high spirits, the smiles that radiated from their conversation were exceedingly youthful.

“Captain, captain, our school’s Exchange Competition list had been confirmed!” Within the team, the purple-haired girl Zhang Yi pointed at a list on her phone screen and exclaimed in surprise.

“Zhou Yi was the captain, and Jiang Churan was the vice-captain…”

“Tsk, indeed, the two of them were the strongest among the freshmen.” Wen Tianrun and the sisters Zhu Rao and Zhu Dan came over, and they were not too surprised by this outcome.

After all, they had collectively experienced life and death in the Tempest Mountain Range.

They were well aware of the insanely powerful strength possessed by these two freshmen, Zhou Yi and Jiang Churan.

Especially Zhou Yi, who was simply demonic to the extreme…

“Haha, someone in the comments actually said that our school’s lineup was mismatched, lacking a Priest!” Upon seeing one of the comments, Wen Tianrun almost laughed out loud.

“Joking aside, with Zhou Yi present, was a Priest even necessary?”

“Hehe, with Zhou Yi present, this year’s Exchange Competition championship would undoubtedly still be ours!” Zhang Yi was extremely confident.

At the side, Su Qinglian also nodded imperceptibly upon hearing the words.

Indeed.

With Zhou Yi present, even if the school’s expedition team lacked a Priest, it had no impact…

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Elsewhere, in the distant Lijiang City.

After the summer vacation ended, Zhou Yun also officially began her third year of junior high school.

“Little Yun, Little Yun, is this your brother?” Inside the classroom, a little girl pointed at the name on the phone and asked excitedly.

Zhou Yun’s brother, Zhou Yi, had obtained the status of provincial top scorer from Suhang Province and had been specially admitted into the top-tier Suhang University, an event that had once rocked the entire Lijiang City!

Now that she had just seen the name on this list, the little girl had her doubts.

“My brother?” Zhou Yun blinked her eyes, and upon a closer look, she realized that the list for the National University Freshman Exchange Competition had been published.

Recalling the team tournament training her brother Zhou Yi had mentioned in a phone call a few days ago, she smiled and nodded:

“Yeah, that was my brother.”

“Wow! So that really was your brother! Amazing!” the little girl exclaimed.

“I’m so envious; I also wished to have such a formidable older brother…”