When system cheat becomes rampant!

Hou Chengwu gritted his teeth and said, "Today, I want you to pay the price!"

That day, as an SSR, he had been stuffed into a trash bin, losing all face. Today, he must kill Xiang Beifei!

"Three against two, not too bad, not too terrible," Xiang Beifei said.

"Three against two?"

Zhu Xinjue sneered, "Have we scared you silly? Can't you even count the numbers? There are four of us against you alone!"

"President Ren is so respected; he even said that names are not important; strength is what matters. A senior who can make such a statement must have a broad mind. How could he care about trivial things like names with me? As President Ren's proud student, why isn't your philosophy consistent with his?"

Xiang Beifei looked at Hou Chengwu puzzledly and then said, "Haven't you learned even a bit of his essence?"

His words were watertight. He first sarcastically mentioned Ren Jianghai and then immediately elevated Ren Jianghai's status so high that Ren Jianghai couldn't be offended by Xiang Beifei's taunt about names. He then subtly insulted Hou Chengwu.

"You..."

Hou Chengwu was so infuriated by Xiang Beifei that his face turned red and his ears burned.

In mid-air, Li Zimu stood there, surprised at the people below, saying, "They really can't tell."

The flood here emerged from Li Zimu's Poetry Realm metamorphosis. Li Zimu's Poetry Realm had reached a level where truth and deception were hard to distinguish. However, Hou Chengwu and Chen Baiwen were SSRs, ranked higher than him, and their cultivation level was also higher. Logically, they shouldn't be in such a wretched state.

"Of course they can't tell; none of these people are spiritual System Awakeners," Xiang Beifei said.

Xiang Beifei's spiritual power was attached to the Poetry Realm created by Li Zimu so even if Li Zimu only had late Qi-Controlling cultivation, the flood he created had the power of the Meridian Opening phase!

As for the oppression at the system level, with Xiang Beifei around, the so-called superiority of the SSR system was just for show.

He specifically sought Li Zimu's help to trap this group.

But after walking a certain distance, a diverging path suddenly appeared ahead!

Xiang Beifei's shadow emerged at the fork, but again disappeared on this new path.

"Which path should we take?" Hou Chengwu asked Chen Baiwen urgently.

"Don't know, no trace," Chen Baiwen shook his head.

"Forget it, let's split up into two groups, that will be faster," Zhu Xinjue said.

"Splitting up means dispersing our strength. If we encounter Xiang Beifei, do you really think you stand a chance against him?" Chen Baiwen asked.

"Xiang Beifei is clearly being chased by that desolate beast. How could we not have a chance if we encounter him?" Zhu Xinjue said.

After a short discussion, they finally decided to go separate ways but all agreed to signal the others upon encountering Xiang Beifei, and if they couldn't find each other in half an hour, they would regroup here.

For mutual trust, they decided to mix members from both sides. Zhu Xinjue went with Yu Hongbo and He Qiutong, while Chen Baiwen went with Hou Chengwu.

Hou Chengwu and Chen Baiwen took three SRs and went left. Chen Baiwen appeared deeply troubled, yet Hou Chengwu still warned, "Don't forget our agreement."

Xiang Beifei realized vaguely and said, "Digesting memories?"

A desolate beast, after consuming another desolate beast's brain, sometimes could retain the eaten creature's memories; that means whatever the devoured creature had seen and heard could be digested by another.

If this green caterpillar was stepped on by Long Guocheng, that means it must have seen Xiang Beifei and the others!

Even if the green caterpillar didn't understand human language, images and scenes would still remain in its mind!

So what exactly did they say when they encountered the green caterpillar, and did it remember them?

Eating other desolate beasts' brains to overcome their own deficiencies and expand their own knowledge meant that the more they consumed, the higher the intelligence those creatures would possess!

Desolate beasts that are strong but simple-minded are not scary, but those with high intelligence are the most terrifying!

It is not yet known what impression of them this green caterpillar, stepped on by Long Guocheng, has left.

Li Zimu's stone cottage was arranged into many rooms, separated by one another, without beds or blankets. Although simple, such considerations were less important in the external wilderness.

When Xiang Beifei returned from his shift, Long Guocheng was standing with his arms crossed in front of him, leaning against the door, and said, "Can I ask you a question?"

"What?" Xiang Beifei asked.

"You're not an N-level Awakener, are you? You must be at least an SR, right?"

"Is that very important to you?"

"It would make me feel better," Long Guocheng said reluctantly.

If he had lost to an SR like Li Zimu, he wouldn't have felt too embarrassed, since the opponent's talent was no less than his. Both being SR, he could win back the loss next time.

But losing to an N-level Awakener left him with a persistent discomfort.

"That's your own problem, it has nothing to do with me," Xiang Beifei did not like to explain his system to others.

Because he did not have a system at all.

"We're a team! I've told you all about my abilities! But we know nothing about yours! Since we are a team, there should be some mutual understanding," Long Guocheng emphasized.

"You now admit that you're part of a team? I thought you always liked to show off," Xiang Beifei said.

Long Guocheng huffed but did not argue against this point.

He indeed liked to show off; without it, there was no way to gather system points.

"If you tell me you're SR or SSR, I'd accept my defeat wholeheartedly," Long Guocheng stated.

"Do you really look down on people whose system rank is lower than yours? What's wrong with N-level? R-level or S-level? Besides their cultivation improvement, what about their character, morals, personality... are any of these aspects inferior to you? Do you need to despise them? Do you enjoy finding a sense of superiority over those with lower system ranks?" Xiang Beifei said sternly.

"I..." Long Guocheng was rendered speechless.

He looked down on those who were less talented than himself because, in his view, these people simply had no prospects, especially the lowest N-level Awakeners.

He only respected the strong.

But his pride was always shattered by Xiang Beifei.

He sincerely hoped Xiang Beifei's system was SR-level, even SSR would be acceptable. Then, being defeated by Xiang Beifei wouldn't be too devastating, and it would allow him to maintain his cherished principle of pride.

But the one thing he couldn't accept was the fact that Xiang Beifei was an N-level!

"I just can't believe an N-level Awakener can have such potential, their systems are so futile, their achievements are limited throughout their lives, they couldn't possibly be this powerful," Long Guocheng said through gritted teeth.

"Why can't an N-level Awakener defeat an SR? Shang Tianxiong is also an N-level, how many can surpass him? A capable person can even kill an SSR if they are SR! We all live in this world, we are all human, you are not nobler than anyone. You just started higher, but that doesn't mean you will always be above others, better to stay humble," Xiang Beifei said.

After finishing his words, Xiang Beifei went back to his own partition.

"Humble, huh?"

Long Guocheng's face alternated between cloudiness and clarity as he pondered Xiang Beifei's words.

——

Late at night, around nine o'clock, Ye Changfeng gathered everyone together, holding a schedule and rules for tomorrow's competition.

Elder Luo said, "We need to discuss tomorrow's situation first, everyone should stay alert."

The rules were already clear to everyone, the freshman competition was divided into individual contests and team pioneering.

In individual contests, nine schools would compete in a round-robin, facing each other only once, meaning each school would fight eight bouts, making a total of thirty-six matches over two days.

When the time came to decide whether the contestants would be in the Meridian Opening phase or the Qi-Controlling phase, it would be determined by the roll of a dice.