During dinner, Gu Yue didn't appear. She locked herself in her room, and even when Jing Shaoyu called out to her multiple times, she didn't respond. Perhaps, in her eyes, what happened in the afternoon was a kind of test from Jing Shaoyu, and also a test of herself.
That night, Xu Xiaoyan stayed in Jing Shaoyu's room. Since there was a more efficient way for the two of them to cultivate, there was no need to hide it; they could just use it directly.
The night passed peacefully.
The fourth day of the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition.
In the early morning, Jing Shaoyu finished washing up and, after saying something to Xu Xiaoyan, who was still lazing in his bed, he opened the door and left the room to go to the Third Branch Venue to participate in the fourth round of the Designer Competition, which was the competition to determine the top eight.
The fourth round of the Designer Competition had the same format as the third round, still requiring the correction of design drawings within a specified time. However, the difficulty of today's drawings was clearly higher than yesterday's. Yesterday, about ninety of the hundred drawings were Level 3 design drawings, with only ten Level 4 design drawings. Today, the number of Level 4 design drawings had increased to thirty out of the hundred, directly increasing the proportion from ten percent to thirty percent.
This was undoubtedly a very big challenge for the junior group contestants. According to Jing Shaoyu's estimation, as long as someone could complete about ten to fifteen Level 4 drawings, the probability of entering the fifth round of the competition would reach ninety percent.
This wasn't just Jing Shaoyu talking nonsense, but data he obtained after careful calculation. After all, he had already completed the test questions for this competition, seventy Level 3 design drawings plus thirty Level 4 design drawings, and he still only used forty-five minutes.
The probability of advancement he mentioned was calculated by the way while he was doing the questions. It could be seen that today's Designer Competition was still quite easy for Jing Shaoyu.
After leaving the Third Branch Venue, he slowly walked towards the Skysea Grand Stadium. He had plenty of time today because, with the top thirty-two contestants in the three individual competition groups already determined, the competition format had also changed. The original format of grouping contestants to compete simultaneously was canceled, and it was restored to the normal Soul Duel format, that is, only one match was held in the same group at the same time. In other words, there were only three matches in the stadium at any given time.
The junior group, the youth group, and the adult group.
This not only improved the viewing experience but also increased the enthusiasm of the audience. After all, compared to the rows of densely packed duel stages of the previous three days, the matches on the single large duel stage were indeed more attractive.
When Jing Shaoyu arrived at the Skysea Grand Stadium, the seventh match was being held on the junior group duel stage on the left side of the stadium, and his match was the thirteenth, which meant he could rest for a while longer.
He found a position with a view covering all three duel stages and began to enjoy the competition.
On the junior group duel stage were two Great Soul Master-level contestants, both around fourteen or fifteen years old. Their battle was quite uninteresting, with no skills to speak of, so Jing Shaoyu just glanced at it and shifted his gaze to the right.
To the right of the junior group duel stage, in the center of the entire stadium, was the adult group duel stage. The two contestants on the stage were both around twenty-eight or twenty-nine years old. One was a Soul Ancestor, and the other was a Soul King. The result of the match seemed self-evident, but the Soul Ancestor was very tenacious, using his agility to move around in the blind spots of the Soul King contestant's vision, and then adopting a tactic of hitting once and changing positions, which made the defensive Soul King very annoyed but unable to use his strength.
As for the duel stage on the right side of the stadium, it was the youth group duel stage. The two contestants dueling on it also looked only seventeen or eighteen years old, but they were both Soul Ancestors with four Soul Rings. No wonder Dean Long Hengxu said that this year's Skysea Alliance Grand Competition was the highest quality in recent years.
It could be seen from the two contestants in the youth group that this was only the top sixteen competition of the individual competition, and there were already battles between Soul Ancestor-level contestants. Apart from a very small probability of coincidence, the most likely reason was that there were quite a few Soul Ancestor-level contestants in this year's youth group.
Jing Shaoyu's gaze mostly stayed on the adult group's match, and he would occasionally glance at the youth group's match. He rarely paid attention to the junior group's match, basically just scanning it with his peripheral vision, knowing the realm and Martial Soul of both sides, and then skipping it directly.
However, with the start of the eleventh match of the junior group, Jing Shaoyu's gaze never left.
Because the eleventh match was Gu Yue VS Xie Xie.
Yes, this was an internal battle of Class Zero. The three Class Zero students who broke into the top thirty-two of the individual competition had finally unfortunately collided with each other.
Jing Shaoyu noticed Xu Xiaoyan and Tang Wulin in the contestant area, so he left the audience seats and walked towards the contestant seats.
"Xiao Yan, Wulin," he called out.
"Little Yu Brother, you're here." Xu Xiaoyan heard Jing Shaoyu's voice, immediately looked over, and then happily ran to his side, grabbing his hand.
"Captain," Tang Wulin called out, "Which match are you in? Or is it over already?"
"Not yet, I'm in the thirteenth match." Jing Shaoyu said with a smile, then looked at the stage, "Sigh, I really didn't expect that an internal battle of Class Zero would happen so soon. I thought it would be at least in the top eight."
"Who says it isn't?" Tang Wulin helplessly waved his hand and said with a wry smile, "Fortunately, I was eliminated early, otherwise, if I met Captain you or Gu Yue, I'm afraid I would lose miserably."
"Hehe, look at Xie Xie, isn't he miserable now?" Xu Xiaoyan heard Tang Wulin's words and immediately said with a smile, pointing to the duel stage.
Just as Xu Xiaoyan said, Xie Xie's situation on the battle stage at this time can be described as quite difficult. Although he is an agility-attack type Soul Master, he really doesn't have any room to parry against Gu Yue. Gu Yue relies on her exquisite elemental control, alternating between fire, ice, wind, and earth elements to attack, forcing him to constantly move and dodge, trying to get closer to Gu Yue bit by bit.
However, whenever he is less than five meters away from Gu Yue, Gu Yue will use the space element to directly flash to the other corner of the battle stage, making all his previous attempts in vain.
This is the first time Xie Xie has resented the size of the battle stage. If this thing wasn't so big, he wouldn't have to work so hard. He now only begs Gu Yue to be more straightforward and stop torturing him!
"Hey, is Gu Yue in a bad mood today?" Jing Shaoyu and the other two had also noticed the abnormal situation on the stage. Tang Wulin scratched the back of his head and asked, "Probably." Jing Shaoyu's eyes flickered, and he replied in an uncertain tone.
Hearing Jing Shaoyu's answer, Tang Wulin immediately confirmed that it wasn't just "probably." Gu Yue must be in a bad mood, otherwise, with the difference in strength between her and Xie Xie, Xie Xie wouldn't have been able to last this long! Watching Xie Xie being led around in circles by Gu Yue on the battle stage, Tang Wulin mourned for him in his heart. Poor Xie Xie, once the competition is over, he must ruthlessly fleece the captain for a meal as compensation. As your good brother, I will definitely rush in without hesitation.
If Xie Xie knew that his good brother Tang Wulin was thinking of him so much, he would be very moved and very happy. However, he doesn't know. At this moment, he is being frantically tortured by Gu Yue. If Wu Zhangkong didn't forbid the Class Zero members from surrendering, he probably would have surrendered long ago and would never have persisted for so long.
On the other side, Gu Yue expressionlessly mobilized various elements. She seemed to have had enough fun. She raised her hands, and an Ice and Snow Storm instantly formed, whistling towards Xie Xie with sharp ice blades and wind.
Seeing this scene, Xie Xie actually showed a ecstatic smile on his face. Great, he's finally free.
The referee on the battle stage sighed with some regret when he saw Xie Xie's reaction. Alas, what an excellent child, but it seems there's something wrong with his head.
The match ended, and Gu Yue won.
Xie Xie immediately rushed out of the battle stage and into the player area, hugging Jing Shaoyu and starting to sell his misery, saying, "Captain, you have to stand up for me!"
"Hehe, hehe!" Jing Shaoyu showed an awkward but polite smile and said to Xie Xie, "Alright, I'll treat you to a big meal tonight at most."
"Okay, you said that yourself, Captain, I didn't ask for it!" Xie Xie immediately recovered his energy, and you couldn't see the miserable look he had just had at all. This face-changing speed is comparable to that of an old artist.
"Hmph!" At this moment, Gu Yue also walked over. She couldn't help but snort when she saw Xie Xie hugging Jing Shaoyu.
Hearing this snort, Xie Xie's body immediately released Jing Shaoyu as if by conditioned reflex, and very tactfully gave Gu Yue a seat, saying, "Vice-Captain, please!"
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