CHAPTER 12: CHAPTER 12: EXAM HALL LIVESTREAM

Tianyi Academy is very large, so large that Shen Sui was somewhat surprised that such a vast area would appear in the high-priced land of Modu.

As Shen Sui walked into the school, at a glance, the end of the campus was nowhere to be seen.

This isn’t just a matter of financial resources. It looks like the Tianyi Club is highly valued by the top brass in Modu.

Facing the main gate is the academy’s tallest building, which, according to the traditional university construction, must be the library. Beside the library is a bowl-shaped building that looks like a gymnasium; this is the duel arena of Tianyi Academy.

"The Tianyi Club is really rich, huh." One examinee marveled when they saw the duel arena, "No wonder they’re aiming to compete for the national club championship this year; just the duel arena at the academy is more luxurious than the main venues in some first-tier cities."

"You don’t say, I’ve seen the information. This duel arena was built to the scale of a main venue in a first-tier city, and I heard it will open to host events."

The academy has a count on the number of examinees, distributing the examination halls throughout the campus to disperse the crowd. Soon, the crowd was separated, making the academy seem much more spacious, even giving off a sense of abundance.

Considering that there might be restraints between different Soul Card Worlds, the examiners are chosen randomly, emphasizing not accepting bad-luck students.

Examination Hall Three, Xu Tianzhi.

Shen Sui looked at the examination hall and examiner he drew and curiously asked a volunteer beside him, "Excuse me, is this examiner’s temperament good?"

"Wow, classmate, your luck is a bit off." The volunteer looked at the number in Shen Sui’s hand and said with pity, "This is the highest-ranked among all examiners, Xu Tianzhi Fifth Rank, a very strong contestant in the club."

"A Fifth Rank Life Card Master, huh." Shen Sui nodded and then asked again, "So is his temperament good or not?"

"Classmate, don’t have such naïve thoughts." The volunteer grinned and said, "Even if the temperament is good, if you perform poorly, you will be ruthlessly eliminated. No examiner would show favoritism."

"I understand the logic, so is his temperament good or not?" Shen Sui asked again.

"Why are you so concerned about the examiner’s temperament?" The volunteer was somewhat baffled, but after thinking about it, still answered Shen Sui’s question, "Elder Xu is very popular in the club; of course, his temperament is not bad. He has the nickname ’The Benevolent Gentleman of the Duel Arena’."

"Oh, in that case, if he loses the duel, he shouldn’t find the opponent for a real duel, right?" Shen Sui muttered, stroking his chin.

Hearing Shen Sui’s words, the volunteer couldn’t help but roll his eyes. Listening to what this boy meant, he seemed to think he could beat Xu Tianzhi in the duel examination.

Is that possible? That’s impossible!

A Fifth Rank Life Card Master, even if his deck was cut to twenty cards, his dueling experience and the depth of his deck are enough to crush novices just starting out.

Upon hearing that the examiner’s temperament is very good, Shen Sui’s last concerns were gone. He nodded in satisfaction, found out the location of Examination Hall Three, and left with a relaxed stride.

Meanwhile, on the other side, the dean of Tianyi Academy, Liang Hui, was receiving reporters from Modu TV Station.

Modu Tianyi Academy is a project highly valued by the upper echelons of Modu. As one of the most economically developed cities in Huaxia, Modu hasn’t produced a national champion for several years.

So with a large stroke, several projects related to Life Card Duel were launched, aiming to make Modu the center of national Life Card Duel.

Tianyi Academy is one of the most important projects among them, key to developing Life Card Duel talent in Modu.

Although the good source of students was taken away by those established Duel Academies, by thoroughly screening the remaining dregs, they can still sieve out gold, which is why Tianyi Academy does not restrict theoretical exam scores.

Some people duel relying on innate intuition. Their theoretical scores may not be ideal, but their dueling talent is absolutely not bad, and these are the people Tianyi Academy targets for admission.

[TM, hasn’t this old guy finished talking yet? Hurry up and look at the examination hall! I want to see dueling! I want to see bloodshed!]

On the live streaming website, the audience was already impatient, frantically sending bullet comments.

[Yeah, yeah! I want to see bloodshed!]

"Alright, Dean Liang." The reporter didn’t see the bullet comments but knew what the audience wanted to see, smiling while saying, "This is a rare opportunity. Shall we go take a look at the examination site? I’m sure the viewers in front of the screen are also eager to see the duel examination site."

"Sure, sure." Liang Hui nodded repeatedly, having already prepared for this, especially including Xu Tianzhi in the list of examiners, a Fifth Rank Life Card Master, who certainly wouldn’t embarrass on national live broadcast, "Let’s go to Examination Hall Three."

"Examination Hall Three?" The reporter had obviously done their homework in advance, "Is it the examination hall presided over by Fifth Rank Xu Tianzhi? Contestant Xu was indeed in great form a few days ago, pulling off a miraculous turnaround against He Zhong, a Seventh Rank from Hang City Nongquan Club, to win the Heaven-Choosing Cup championship. I believe he could advance to a Seventh Rank contestant through the promotion tournament next year?"

"Hahaha, he’s preparing to advance to the sixth rank. To advance to the seventh rank, the strength of his deck is still not enough, so he’s been working hard to guide his Soul Card Followers recently." Liang Hui, not only the dean of Tianyi Academy but also the manager of the Tianyi Club, was very familiar with the state of the contestants under him.

The group chatted and laughed as they arrived at the third examination hall.

The third examination hall is in the teaching building of the Duel Academy. The air conditioning inside the building was strong, and stepping into the corridor, there was a faint chill.

The corridor was lined with examinees ready for the exam, all of whom wore a look of despair on their faces at that moment.

[Wow! Wow! They look so desperate!]

[Hahaha, of course it’s despairing. The duel exam’s examiner is a Fifth Rank Life Card Master, anyone would feel hopeless, right?]

[Serves them right! A bunch of slackers, scoring poorly on the theoretical exam and then applying to Tianyi Academy, do they really think Duel Academy is a shelter? Do they accept all kinds of garbage?]

[The duel’s starting? Show the duel already! I want to see the big guy crushing noobs!]

The barrage comments buzzed as the camera steadily moved forward.

The closer it got to the exam hall, the thicker the scent of despair grew. At the entrance, faint sobbing could be heard from the camera.

It was the sound of a candidate just out of the exam hall, evidently failing to win the duel exam.

Through the transparent floor-to-ceiling windows, the group could clearly see the duel taking place inside.

Xu Tianzhi looked like a refined gentleman, very fair-skinned, wearing frameless glasses, with a gentle smile always on his lips, giving off a warm spring breeze feeling.

However, his card style was completely unlike his demeanor. This Intelligent Mechanism Card Set from an Interstellar Sci-Fi World always brought an oppressive suffocation during duels. Once Xu Tianzhi got the chance to lay out his strategy, even a Seventh Rank Life Card Master couldn’t escape the suppression.

In the exam hall, Xu Tianzhi’s field was filled with Life Cards, five Followers, five face-down cards, showing no mercy whatsoever. Meanwhile, his opponent, a pathetic candidate, had an empty field.

[Wow! That’s just pitiful, practically toyed with.]

The viewers in the barrage comments gloated.

[Can we stop with the cold sarcasm? At least they are duelists with dreams.]

[Duelists with dreams shouldn’t have such poor theoretical exam scores. Garbage is garbage, don’t make excuses for them.]

[Yes, yes, yes! I heard that lots of people with single-digit scores shamelessly came to take the duel exam, wonder who gave them the courage.]

[Look at his expression, he’s on the verge of a mental breakdown.]

[Guess why this exam hall is bare? It’s to prevent candidates from doing anything rash when they mentally break down.]

"Dean Liang, if every examiner is at this level, can your school really recruit three hundred students in the duel exam?" a reporter curiously asked, "Not everyone is like that genius lady from the Xinyuan Clan who just out of high school already has the ability to defeat a Fifth Rank Life Card Master."

[The Xingyuan Clan? From Japan?]

[Hey you! Xinyuan is also a Huaxia surname, okay! Have you ever watched Life Card Duels? The Xinyuan Clan is a legacy family from the Nineteenth Sci-Fi World, they’ve had several national champions.]

[I know that genius, completely supported by elders feeding cards, defeating the Fifth Rank through the card set’s strength, it’s hardly convincing.]

[Yeah, I agree, Life Card Duel matches are getting less entertaining, same few big families over and over, I suspect they’re playing favorites to decide the champion, no wonder they’ve hardly won any world championships. The domestic environment, there’s no pressure at all.]

[Right on! Watching domestic duel matches isn’t as fun as watching foreign leagues, those are much better, with blond-haired, blue-eyed Followers, so busty!]

[Tell me more, tell me more!]

The barrage discussions seemed to stray inadvertently, yet it didn’t affect the ongoing interview.

"Only through stringent selection can true talent be picked. If the first round is lacking, isn’t there a second round?" Liang Hui said with a chuckle, "Modu has already given special permission, we can conduct a second round of duel exams specifically for candidates who failed other academy’s duel exams."

Also known as, picking up trash.

Of course, what Liang Hui didn’t mention was that, at the same time, Tianyi Academy was waving the financial carrot, recruiting those who passed other schools’ exams but came from poor backgrounds, their main target for recruitment.

Tianyi Club might not have the scores, but it definitely has money.

"Candidate Number Thirty-Seven, Shen Sui, please enter the exam hall!"

At this moment, the sound of the next round being called resonated down the hallway.

[Look, look! Another piece of trash going to their doom!]

[Take a guess, how many rounds before he loses?]

[I’m betting on the third round! I’m wagering my spicy stick!]

[I bet he’ll win! If wrong, I’ll turn into a cat maid!]

[Hey up there, just admit you want to be a cat maid.]

The barrage instantly filled with a cheerful vibe.