Chapter 268 Arrogance or Confidence
Those who are selected into the list of geniuses are the best in terms of both qualifications and combat effectiveness.
As for the “old folks” who were selected for the Tianjiao list in previous years, they were able to stay firmly on the Tianjiao list without being eliminated, which is enough to show their excellence and strength.
A simple data can illustrate how terrifying the strength of the "old people" is.
Except for Wang Tianyu and other newcomers who were recently selected, there is not a single unqualified martial arts master on the entire Tianjiao list.
Not only are there no martial masters who have not yet reached the first rank, there is only one martial master of the first rank left.
Apart from this one person, the rest are all martial masters of the second rank or above.
If this data doesn't show anything, then another data is more intuitive.
There are a total of 108 positions on the Tianjiao List, and the one currently occupying the 50th position is a fifth-grade martial arts master.
Moving forward from the 50th place, there are many sixth-grade and seventh-grade martial masters in the front ranks, and there are even several ninth-grade martial masters.
The real elites on the Tianjiao list are ranked 50 and above, while Wang Tianyu and his group can only be considered “small characters” now.
Wang Tianyu, the newcomer who is number one, is about to challenge the veterans.
Such a battle seems to be much more exciting than the previous ones.
When it was Wang Tianyu's turn to choose his opponent, almost everyone looked at Liu Qilong, who was ranked 83rd.
The 83rd Liu Qilong is the weakest among the old men. Currently, he is the only one who is still a first-rank martial master.
The rest of the old men have already broken through to a higher level.
According to the current situation, it is most likely that Wang Tianyu will choose Liu Qilong as his opponent.
Every time a Wu Zong realm is broken through, his strength will increase exponentially.
Therefore, as long as Wang Tianyu is not sincerely looking for trouble, he will definitely not choose to challenge a higher level.
Looking at Wang Tianyu on the ring, Liu Qilong silently touched his weapon.
With a secret sneer, he was ready for the battle.
Everyone thought that he failed to break through to the second-grade martial arts master because he was not talented enough.
But only Liu Qilong himself knew that if his unique "sword-drawing technique" had not consumed too much energy and resources, he would have already broken through to the second-grade martial arts master.
Perhaps he is more than a second-rank martial master. According to Liu Qilong's own estimation, if he had not practiced the "sword-drawing technique", he should have been a third-rank martial master now.
After more than half a year, he finally mastered the essence of "sword drawing".
Sword-drawing is a very advanced fighting technique, and ordinary people can never master it.
Liu Qilong has such talent that he is now confident that he can easily defeat the second-rank martial arts master.
It is precisely because of the amazing power of the "Sword Drawing Technique" that allows people to fight against opponents of higher levels that Liu Qilong spent so many resources and energy to practice it.
And today is the perfect day for him to make a splash .
Once the sword is out, the whole world will know!
The rumors of the past will completely disappear with his actions today.
Liu Qilong's fighting spirit grew stronger and stronger, like a sword thirsting for blood.
"I choose to challenge Xiong Zhaoyun who is ranked 79th."
A sudden sentence made Liu Qilong's momentum collapse.
"It's not me?"
Liu Qilong stared at Wang Tianyu strangely.
"Does he have the same confidence as me to challenge someone of a higher level, or did he learn about my mastery of swordsmanship from somewhere else?"
Since he couldn't go on stage for the time being, Liu Qilong relaxed.
He looked at Wang Tianyu carefully and had some guesses in his mind.
"The president actually chose to challenge No. 79. Is Xiong Zhaoyun a second-rank martial arts master?"
"That's right. According to the records, Xiong Zhaoyun broke through to the second-grade martial arts master more than two months ago."
The person who spoke was Zhu Sirun. Seeing that Wang Tianyu chose a senior second-rank martial master, he was a little unsure of his talented friend's intentions.
According to his understanding, Wang Tianyu is a very cautious person and he generally won't take risks if he is not sure.
Although I believe in Wang Tianyu's ability, the opponent he chose this time is too strong.
Zhu Sirun comes from a family of warriors, and he knows better than most people how difficult it is to challenge opponents of higher levels.
Challenging opponents of higher levels is difficult in itself, and Xiong Zhaoyun is not the kind of player who has just made a breakthrough. He has been in the second-grade martial arts realm for almost two months.
It is not a rational thing for Wang Tianyu to choose such an opponent to challenge.
"Since the president is doing this, he must be sure of it."
Compared to Zhu Sirun's worries, the people around him had absolute confidence in Wang Tianyu.
The second row of the audience.
"Old Zhao, your students are quite interesting. The three battles just happened to involve all three of our martial arts schools."
The person who spoke was the president of Kyoto Wuda University. His focus was not on the outcome of the battle, but on the opponent chosen by Wang Tianyu.
Wang Long in the first match is an elite student trained by the National Defense University.
Zhao Wei, who was in the second match, is a senior student at Wuhan University in Shanghai.
And the Xiong Zhaoyun in the third game is from Kyoto Wuda.
The three battles happened to pit people from the three famous schools against each other, and it seemed intentional no matter how you looked at it.
"It's quite interesting, haha."
Zhao Zongyang seemed to be in a good mood. He had a good relationship with the president of Kyoto Wuhan University, so he naturally understood that there was no other meaning in the words he just said.
"Brother Zhao, you have really been in the spotlight this time, you have to treat us tonight."
"That's right, Lao Zhao, you are so proud today, you must treat us."
"Okay, okay, I'll treat you all tonight, let's go together."
Wang Tianyu faced off against people from three prestigious universities, and he had already defeated two of them. This third match was a challenge across levels, so winning or losing didn’t really have much of an impact.
Not to mention Zhao Zongyang's pride, Wang Tianyu was now concentrating on looking at his opponent.
Xiong Zhaoyun was trained at Kyoto Wuhan University. This information is not a secret, and Wang Tianyu also knows it.
However, the reason why he chose Xiong Zhaoyun as his opponent was not to deliberately gather people from the three major martial arts universities together to show off.
The three major Wuhan Universities have trained many elites, and many people on the list of geniuses are from the three famous universities.
The reason why Wang Tianyu chose Xiong Zhaoyun was simple, it was because of his ranking.
Xiong Zhaoyun is ranked 79th on the Tianjiao list, but according to the welfare treatment rules of the Tianjiao list, there is a huge gap between 79th and 80th.
Every 10 places on the Tianjiao list constitute a level.
For example, for people ranked 80th to 89th, there will not be much difference in their welfare benefits.
But the treatment of the 79th and 80th place is quite different.
Similarly, the treatment of the 69th person will be much better than that of the 70th person.
It was precisely because of the importance of the welfare benefits of No. 79 that Xiong Zhaoyun became the opponent chosen by Wang Tianyu.
The reason why he chose such a second-rank martial arts master as his opponent was not because he was arrogant, but because he was confident that he could win.
