Global Evolution: I Super Double Up on my evolution-Chapter 364 - 183 Great Terror! The Dorm Invasion of Strange Demonic Plants Everywhere!_1
After walking out of the gymnasium, Yao Yi and Chen Baoyi eagerly trotted alongside Su Yan. To an uninformed observer, they might have looked like his two little followers.
Yao Yi, walking on Su Yan’s left, his face beaming with exhilaration, said, "Su Yan, you’re truly incredible! You just started school and you’ve already taken down Jing University’s Iron Lady, feared by all the men. There’s no one like you!"
Every time Yao Yi recalled Su Yan’s overwhelming victory against Wang Yulin on the stage, he couldn’t help but get fired up. He was so thrilled internally he could hardly breathe. It was as if he, not Su Yan, were the one pummeling Wang Yulin on stage. He relished being the center of attention under the spotlight, becoming addicted to the feeling of showing off. Especially the part where Su Yan grabbed Wang Yulin’s shapely leg and repeatedly slammed her—and her skirt didn’t even defy gravity! That sight truly thrilled him, even sparking some impulsive thoughts. It made his blood boil and his fists clench, itching to jump in and land a powerful punch himself.
"Class leader, you’re truly amazing! Now, among the top fifty Evolution Strongmen on the rankings, you’re the only one from our Institute of Beast Taming," Chen Baoyi exclaimed. "Class leader, you’ve hit your peak right from your debut, directly becoming the number one figure in the Institute of Beast Taming at Jing University! With you here, Class Leader, no one will dare look down on our Institute of Beast Taming anymore!"
Chen Baoyi grew more excited as she spoke, her eyes gleaming with fervent passion. At that moment, she, like Yao Yi, was completely fired up. Her sense of collective honor surged! She looked even more puffed up with pride than Su Yan himself.
Seeing this, Su Yan couldn’t help but offer a wry smile. "You two, stop flattering me. You’re going to make me start believing it," he said. "Our Institute of Beast Taming’s strength isn’t individual power, but rather superior Beast Taming skills and the ability to build a Beast Corps. At this point, the Beast Taming skills I possess are barely a drop in the ocean. How can I be called the number one figure in the Institute of Beast Taming? If the wrong people hear this, won’t I be heavily criticized? As the saying goes, one mindless admirer can do more damage than ten detractors. So, you two better not blindly praise me anymore. As a newcomer, I can’t take it."
Su Yan’s words were sincere, not an attempt to feign modesty or show off indirectly. Although he was very certain, and confident, that he would make a name for himself at Jing University. The problem was, he had only started school a few days ago and hadn’t really begun to show what he could do, yet people were already praising him like this. This could easily lead to being built up only to be torn down—a very undesirable outcome. If there was to be genuine praise, it should wait until I’ve displayed corresponding strength and crushed every single genius at Jing University, one by one. As for now, it was a bit too soon. It would be better to first get familiar with the various aspects of Jing University.
"By the way, Su Yan," Yao Yi, still walking on his left, suddenly asked, "the freshman tournament is coming up at the beginning of next month. Do you think you can win?"
Su Yan hadn’t paid any attention to the freshman tournament until now, nor had he specifically tried to learn about it. Hearing Yao Yi suddenly mention it, he couldn’t help but turn his head and ask, "When is the freshman tournament?"
"It’s said to be on the 8th of next month. Each institute will send students to participate."
"Send students to participate?" Su Yan was a little puzzled. He had assumed this freshman tournament would be like the college entrance exams, where all first-year students participated in a large-scale preliminary round, from which seeds for the knockout stages would be determined. But from what Yao Yi said, it seemed the rules were different from the college entrance exams.
Seeing Su Yan’s confusion, Yao Yi took on the role of informant and explained, "Jing University’s annual freshman tournament has students sent by their respective institutes. Each institute is allocated a certain number of spots. The Institute of Qi and Blood and the Institute of Spirit each get ten spots. The Institute of Derivation gets five, and the Institute of Beast Taming gets three. As for the remaining Institute of Plant Cultivation and the Normal College, they only get two spots each. A total of 32 students from the six institutes will compete in five knockout rounds to ultimately decide the Newcomer King.
"In past freshman tournaments at Jing University, nearly all the Newcomer Kings came from either the Institute of Qi and Blood or the Institute of Spirit. Occasionally, maybe once a decade, a Newcomer King might emerge as an upset from the Institute of Derivation. As for the other three institutes, they’ve always just been going through the motions in the university’s freshman tournament; they’re mainly there for participation. Indeed, the number of spots allocated to each institute is based on their performance in previous years, which explains the disparity in distribution. After all, in a world where evolution is paramount, the vast majority of benefits must be earned through strength."
Yao Yi explained everything without Su Yan even asking much. He seemed very well-informed, Su Yan thought, much like the Dreamy Elf from Fantasy Westward Journey, ready to answer any question a newcomer might have.
"Yao Yi, how do you know so much?" Su Yan asked curiously, seeing how knowledgeable Yao Yi was about the freshman tournament.
Yao Yi replied somewhat awkwardly, "You might not believe it, but I was already a student at Jing University last year. It’s just that the institute wasn’t the right fit for me, and my attempt to transfer institutes failed, so I dropped out and retook the entrance exams."
"You can drop out and retake exams?" Su Yan was taken aback. If he remembered correctly, the educational rules in this world strictly forbade students from repeating a grade.
