Universe Infinite Canteen-Chapter 625: Formidable Enemy Attacks

"Junjun Department Store and Jinfeng Textile Factory offered sponsorship fees of 1500 and 1400 respectively, demanding that Ma Lu must personally appear in their commercials.

This was mainly because, unlike other schools, the principal was the key point of promotion for Hou De.

As such, business cooperations naturally revolved around Ma Lu.

Fortunately, in this era without television, advertisements were still mainly focused on print media. It only required striking a few poses for photos, not wasting much time.

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Thus, Ma Lu casually signed all four partnership agreements, injecting another 8500 dollars into Hou De's account.

It significantly eased the school's operational pressure and allowed for the acceleration of various projects once again.

However, these were matters for later. The immediate priority was to deal with the challenge from Heroic Concealment.

Losing this fight would not change the school's ranking, but they would not be able to challenge other schools for the next two months, causing Ma Lu to lose a significant channel for earning education points.

Furthermore, the hard-earned upward momentum of Hou De would also be thwarted.

"Heroic Concealment...what level would you say they are at?" Ma Lu asked again.

"Strong, very strong, extremely strong," Cao Youyi rarely used 'strong' three times in succession.

"Their ranking is even above Guoguang Academy, which is known as the 'gatekeeper' of the top hundred, although only 11 places higher than Guoguang. However, once you enter the top hundred, every single ranking is fought for more fiercely.

"The advantage of Heroic Concealment is that it has the backing of Hero Group. Even being the last ranked school within the group, the available resources are limited.

"But being part of an education group, if a student from a lower-ranked school performs well, they have the opportunity to move to a school with a higher rank. Conversely, if you're not diligent enough, you might be demoted to a school with a lower rank.

"Thus, competition among students is more fierce and brutal than at other schools, which makes their students exceptionally diligent and hardworking. In addition to students, teachers also circulate among the schools within the group.

"They, too, face promotions and eliminations. Moreover, Hero Group regularly organizes top teachers from leading schools to teach at lower-ranked schools when their teaching load is lighter.

"That means, even students from the last ranked Heroic Concealment have the chance to receive guidance from top-notch teachers and learn very powerful talismanic magic."

"That's what is called 'it's good to have the support of a big tree," Ma Lu commented, then asked Li Zhengwei, "Mr. Li, do you think we can defeat Heroic Concealment?"

Li Zhengwei thought for a moment, "I don't know how you did it, but our students have grown at an alarming rate over these past two weeks, especially last week when someone understood over twenty talismans in one go.

"This can no longer be explained by aptitude alone. Moreover, after a week of intense training, their combat skills have also greatly improved. I believe we still have a chance to defeat Heroic Concealment."

"A chance is not enough."

Ma Lu replied, still unsatisfied with his answer, "If Heroic Concealment dares to challenge us, let's take this opportunity to snatch their ranking. That way, we won't need to bother looking for Guoguang anymore."

Upon hearing his words, the other teachers were taken aback. They had not expected the principal to be so ambitious.

To jump from rank 157 to 89, isn't that too big of a leap?

Even the typically ambitious Li Zhengwei thought this rate of progression was a bit too exaggerated, and their opponent was the renowned Hero Group.

"Now that you're a part of Hou De, I won't hide it from you; the ranks of Hero Group have already taken notice of us."

Ma Lu looked around at everyone, taking in their expressions before continuing.

"This week they sent Heroic Concealment; next week it might be Light Hero, Ranger, Chivalry Hero, Hero, or even the top-ranking Hero Group.

"In short, they'll do everything they can to suppress us, to slow down our development, so don't expect there to be any way out.

"Cast away any illusions and prepare for battle, because the time left for us to develop is getting shorter and shorter. Our next target is Heroic Concealment. Let's teach them a lesson before they realize what's happening."

Ma Lu concluded without waiting for a response, then looked at Cao Youyi again, "When does Heroic Concealment arrive?"

"Tomorrow morning," Cao Youyi said, "As per your instructions before leaving, I've managed to schedule these kinds of challenges for when you've returned."

"Good," Ma Lu said, "Tomorrow's weather will be a thunderstorm, you can plan your battle strategy accordingly. Also, whatever talismans are needed, take the time now to impart them to the contestants."

"Now?" Zhou Zuolin had already decided not to speak up at the mobilization meeting, since he had no say in the school's development strategy. But hearing Ma Lu's arrangement, he couldn't help but speak out.

"Yes, now,"

Ma Lu glanced at his Traveler's Bracelet, "To be precise, it's in these 6 hours from now until 1 a.m.; after that, the contestants also need to get enough rest and sleep.

"During this time, it's up to you how many useful talismans they can learn."

Ma Lu decided to gamble the remaining three thousand plus education points he had intended for upgrading the teacher training building, exchanging them for the enhanced version of Enlightenment Cola.

This would mean each contestant could get around 5 bottles of Enlightenment Cola. With a 50% chance, as long as they weren't too unlucky, they could master a couple more talismans.

This would further enhance their combat capabilities.

Upon hearing Ma Lu's final decision, the teachers immediately sprang into action.

This was one of the benefits of being a dictator with absolute authority; even if the people below did not agree with Ma Lu's methods, they would still resolutely carry it out.

But Ma Lu was not idle either; he gathered the teachers and students not participating in the competition and went out to hunt.

Securing the food for this excursion.

A Level 4 Disaster Zone had rarely appeared near Ping City, and Ma Lu certainly did not want to miss it.

Even though they were eleven students short from the previous outing, even normal students had experienced a qualitative leap in strength after the Enlightenment Cola and two weeks of intense training.

Even after entering the catastrophe belt, their performance under the effects of Weight Training and being surrounded was still lackluster.

But this effort was not in vain; it all became nourishment for Ma Lu, the principal, to absorb.

It allowed Ma Lu to navigate through the Disaster Zone with even more ease.

Even facing the Level 4 Disaster Zone, which made many renowned Talisman Masters pale in fear, he was still able to suppress it easily, and after a fierce battle lasting an hour and a half, Ma Lu successfully overcame the Lord of the Disaster Zone."