My starting summon is a small skeleton-Chapter 134: Goodbye Hengheng Monster
May 5th.
Fucheng First Summoner Training Center.
The much-anticipated high school provincial competition officially began!
As contestants, Lu Wu and his team arrived at the venue early.
"It’s really something, this Fucheng and the provincial competition!"
Upon entering the venue, Lu Wu, coming from a smaller place, couldn’t help but express his admiration.
The only competition Lu Wu had experienced was the Quancheng Cup, and as an informal event of Quan City, it was definitely no match for the provincial competition of the high school league.
No sooner had Lu Wu and his team arrived at the venue than they were taken on a tour by the staff to get familiar with the environment.
It was then that Lu Wu learned that each team had their own exclusive rest room during the competition.
Not only that, the venue was equipped with Summoned Beast medical rooms, training rooms, and even cultivation rooms.
With all types of fully-equipped facilities, Lu Wu and his team were dumbfounded, realizing how little of the world they had seen.
Lu Wu and his teammates hadn’t even gotten over their excitement when the monitor in the rest room lit up, and a girl with a distinctive look announced a notice.
"All contestants, please take notice.
The opening ceremony of the provincial competition will start at 10:30 AM at the first venue, presided over by Mrs. Jiang, the Governor’s wife of Jiangnan Province. Please enter the venue ahead of time and get ready for the ceremony!"
Almost simultaneously, Lu Wu and his teammates received the same message on their phones.
Seeing this message, Lu Wu’s eyes lit up—it was an excellent opportunity to gather intelligence.
"Let’s go to the first venue!"
The trio, along with their Summoned Beasts, left the rest room and made their way to the first venue as instructed.
Lu Wu’s team arrived early, and when they reached the first venue, only their team was there.
Well, the staff was already waiting for them.
After Lu Wu and his teammates arrived, a staff member immediately approached, checked their contestant IDs, and, based on their information, pre-arranged their seating.
And they casually took Lu Wu’s team’s Summoned Beasts away.
The reason was that the primary venue couldn’t accommodate so many Summoned Beasts, so they all had to wait outside.
This made Lu Wu rather unhappy; what kind of intelligence could he gather without his Summoned Beast?
At this point, Lu Wu suddenly found the opening ceremony rather dull.
Sitting in his seat, he felt a bit bored, even to the point of wanting to study.
However, his attention was quickly drawn to something else. Lu Wu noticed that the seating at the first venue had been pre-arranged.
The front row had positions for four teams, with eight rows behind accommodating ten teams. Lu Wu’s team was placed in the second row, tenth position.
These arrangements seemed deliberate, which made Lu Wu very curious as to why they were in the second row.
"The positions in the first two rows are for the seed teams. If we are placed in the second row, this proves that we are one of the seed teams in the high school league."
Lin Jianying, who had painstakingly researched information on the high school league recently, finally found an opportunity to apply his knowledge, promptly coming forward to resolve the mystery.
Upon hearing that they were one of the seed teams, Lu Wu felt somewhat surprised and reflective.
In the past, his first competition had pegged his team as mere fodder for the seed teams to gain experience. Now, they had become a seed team themselves.
"Who knows, this time we might suddenly encounter a dark horse and get knocked out of our seed position, repeating history!"
While Lu Wu was indulging in some self-deprecating humor, he suddenly felt a particularly fierce gaze from behind.
Turning his head, he couldn’t help but laugh.
It was the Hengheng Monster!
When Ye Qingxue left Quan City, the Hengheng Monster had followed her.
This had led Lu Wu to believe that he’d miss the chance to make the girl cry, but now, surprisingly, he saw her again at the provincial competition.
Then again, considering the Hengheng Monster’s power, advancing to the provincial competition wasn’t too difficult.
This was good, as it would give Lu Wu a chance to make her cry once more.
Thinking this, Lu Wu couldn’t help but raise the corner of his mouth, flashing the Hengheng Monster a particularly brilliant smile.
This infuriated the Hengheng Monster, who bared her fangs at him right then and there.
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From the looks of it, if the staff hadn’t strictly forbidden contestants from moving about, she probably would have pounced on Lu Wu by now.
"Where’s Ru Huo?"
The short-haired girl next to the Hengheng Monster noticed her outburst and, following her gaze to Lu Wu, her eyes immediately brightened, asking with concern, "Do you know him?"
"He’s Lu Wu!"
The Hengheng Monster gritted her teeth, while her two new teammates quickly caught on.
The young lady from the wealthy family on the right, patting her private airport, declared confidently, "Don’t worry, Ru Huo, we will help you get your revenge!"
"Exactly, we’re going to make him cry just like he made you cry!"
The Hengheng Monster was in a hurry, "I’ve never cried because of him!"
...
With the arrival of the Hengheng Monster and her team as the second squad on the scene, other competitors began to trickle in.
In half an hour’s time, all 84 teams, comprising 252 people, had arrived, filling the first arena to the brim.
This was even without the Summoned Beasts; if they were included, the space would truly be overloaded.
Once everyone had arrived, Lin Jianying began introducing the information about the seeded players to Lu Wu beside him.
"The team on the far right of the first row in front of us is from Fucheng. The captain’s name is Zhuang Yan, and his Summoning Stone is an Elite Level Big Rock. His two teammates’ Summoned Beasts are the Rock Python and the Desert Tree Man, both of Elite strength as well.
The first team in our second row is from..."
It must be said that Lin Jianying put a lot of effort into gathering information; he recognized and understood data about the people in the front rows, which he could access from official websites.
However, Lu Wu found it rather dull to listen to.
After all, it was just dry information, which wasn’t very useful to Lu Wu—seeing the opponents’ Summoned Beasts in person was much more practical.
Still, some things did pique Lu Wu’s interest.
"What about those three in the very front row? They’re at the forefront, so they must be the seeds among the seeds, right?
Besides, the way people around here look at them seems a bit off. Why haven’t you mentioned any information about them?"
"Them?"
Lin Jianying was taken aback, then said, "I didn’t gather any information on them, but they’re probably not from Jiangnan Province?"
"Not from Jiangnan Province?" Lu Wu grew even more curious at this. "What’s the situation?"
"I looked through the records of past high school competitions, and I found that for several years in a row, the champions and runners-up in the Jiangnan Province area were not students from Jiangnan.
They were all from other provinces who transferred to Jiangnan Province through various methods and channels close to the competition.
The three teams at the front, I have no information on them, but given their prominent position, I assume they are this year’s transfers from other provinces."
Upon hearing this, Lu Wu immediately understood why the people around him were looking at those three teams so oddly.
It seemed the opponents had come to slap faces.
However, Lu Wu was still puzzled, "What are they after? Going through all this trouble just to come here and slap faces?"
"For the benefits of being the provincial champions and runners-up!"
Lin Jianying had done some investigation on this matter as well, "It’s said that the top three in the provincial competition receive unimaginable benefits.
These benefits are very important for a Summoner’s future development, and because Jiangnan Province has been weak in recent years without producing much talent, they resort to all sorts of methods to come here for the high school competition."
Lu Wu raised an eyebrow, "I get it now. They couldn’t get resources in their own homes, so they came to ours to feast!
It’s quite embarrassing for us; our resources have been snatched away by these people."
Lu Wu’s words were filled with a sense of regret and were loud enough that the nearby teams, already close in proximity, heard them.
This resulted in many of them sporting rather unpleasant expressions.
Even Lu Wu’s own teammates nearby were not particularly happy to hear what he said.
Among those three teams in front, someone even turned around and glared at Lu Wu then and there.
This made Lu Wu very displeased and he shot back, "What are you looking at? Haven’t you seen a good-looking guy before?"
"You!"
The guy was furious and about to burst, but his teammate touched him, cooling his temper. After giving Lu Wu another glare, he sat back down. The one who touched him turned his head and gave Lu Wu an apologetic smile.
As for the other two teams, they didn’t turn around or make any moves from the beginning to the end, as if this little ripple had nothing to do with them.
This made Lu Wu narrow his eyes slightly.
"These people have something about them!"
Shortly after this minor disturbance, the opening ceremony officially began.
The Governor of Jiangnan Province, Jiang Yuexing, arrived accompanied by a group of dignitaries to preside over the opening ceremony.
It was on this occasion that Lu Wu saw this person in the flesh for the first time.
It had to be said that she had even more charm and presence in person than in videos.
While her facial features might not quite reach the peak of Dudu’s beauty, she truly suppressed Dudu with her aura.
Watching her, Lu Wu couldn’t help but feel envious.
"I wonder when Dudu will possess such an aura, and who would be as lucky as I am to marry her and have her as a wife!"
