Chapter 215: The Final Suspense: How Many Points Did Chu Sheng Obtain?

In the Shadowland, within the final circle.

The triumphant smile on Gu Yuexi’s face froze instantly.

In the elimination waiting area, the faces of all the eliminated contestants went blank.

Outside the Secret Realm, every student on the Central Playground was stunned silent, including the teachers, upper management, deans, and even Chancellor Chen Shouzheng from the seven academies!

A second ago, everyone watching the match thought the battle between Gu Yuexi and Chu Sheng was over.

Victory had been decided. The Future Empress had, without a doubt, crushed the giant cockroach!

But... what was that sound?

"Could it be...?"

As the live feed’s camera slowly panned around, the view finally settled on what was behind Gu Yuexi.

At the same time, Gu Yuexi whipped her head around.

And there it was!

Another giant cockroach, its body flickering with faint arcs of lightning, was quietly perched on her back. Before Gu Yuexi’s utterly shocked eyes, the cockroach’s sharp forelimb slowly pierced her Combat Suit.

Instantly!

The Combat Suit’s protective light flared... Gu Yuexi, eliminated!

Only one contestant remained on the field: from the Beast Taming Academy, the Divine Locust.

"This is impossible!!"

’I... lost again?’

Gu Yuexi’s heart trembled. She immediately looked back at the Void Cage resting in her palm.

Inside the Divine Thought Cage, the creature that had been showing her its rear end was, at some point, gone without a trace!

’What!’

Gu Yuexi’s heart pounded even harder, and she stumbled back two steps!

She was extremely confident in her "Divine Prison Without End"! This was a technique she had often used in her past life. Even Emperor Level beings had once been trapped by her Divine Thought Cage!

The Divine Thought Cage, formed from Divine Prison Without End, didn’t just contain the powerful restrictive runes of a Celestial Tier Secret Technique; Gu Yuexi had also infused it with the Realm Power she commanded!

After advancing to the Fourth-Grade, she had prepared this move specifically to deal with her disobedient Contracted Beast, Chu Sheng!

’But now... he escaped? And he made it look so easy, without even a speck of dust on him?!’

’Could that damned mosquito’s Spatial Ability have reached the Great Perfection Realm? Impossible! I didn’t sense any spatial fluctuations just now.’

At that moment, Gu Yuexi even began to seriously doubt her own abilities!

...

"What the hell? That cockroach actually won again? Wasn’t it getting its ass kicked the whole time?"

"What happened? I couldn’t even see it clearly. A second ago, it was pinned under Empress Lin’s finger!"

No one understood how Chu Sheng had done it. They couldn’t believe that the Future Empress, who just moments before had been displaying peerless grace while crushing her opposition, had been eliminated just like that.

Whether in the waiting area or among the audience on the Central Playground outside the Secret Realm, everyone was completely stunned.

DONG!

Just then, the final bell of the academy grand competition rang.

The academy grand competition was now officially over.

At that moment, someone suddenly shouted:

"Hey, look! Even though Lin Zhixia was eliminated, the time was up at the same moment. The Inner Cores in her Storage Ring weren’t looted!"

"That’s right, time’s up. That means the eight hundred Points still belong to Lin Zhixia. The Elixir Academy is still the champion!"

...

Inside the Secret Realm, Gu Yuexi had also noticed this.

She glanced at the safe and sound Storage Ring in her hand and breathed a small sigh of relief.

’You damned cockroach, another sneak attack. I’ll give you that one!’

’But the Storage Ring is still in my hand. The victory in this competition is still mine.’

Gu Yuexi’s heart finally found a sliver of comfort.

Hearing this, Chu Sheng’s large cockroach mouth split into a grin as he chuckled to himself.

’Oh well, I’ll let the woman catch her breath for now. In a little while... she’ll find out.’

Soon, the head referee for the competition appeared before Gu Yuexi and Chu Sheng. "The competition is over! Please follow me to the waiting area. We will officially tally the final Points shortly."

...

「In the waiting area.」

To prevent cheating, the final Points tally had to be completed inside the Secret Realm.

The teams from the seven academies were divided into seven lines, with each team’s captain at the front.

The seven teams had varying moods. The most ecstatic, naturally, was the Elixir Academy. As for the Beast Taming Academy, they felt as though they had just survived a disaster.

The head referee, along with the teachers responsible for maintaining order during the competition, stood facing the seven teams.

"We will now begin tallying the final Points."

"Captains, please hand over all of your teams’ rings to the teachers at the front."

The Points on the data board were just an estimate based on what was filmed. The final, official score still depended on the tally of Inner Cores in the Storage Rings.

Soon, all seven rings were handed over.

The head referee stepped forward and announced:

"Next, I will announce the final Points for each academy one by one."

"The Array Academy has zero Inner Cores in their Storage Ring, for a final score of zero Points. The Mind Master Academy..."

The first five academies were announced without any surprises, their scores unchanged from before.

Next, the head referee moved to the Beast Taming Academy’s collected rings. The team had twenty rings. Eighteen of them were, unsurprisingly, empty. Su Li’s ring, however, contained two Inner Cores—one Fourth-Grade Early Stage and one Fifth-Grade Early Stage—for a total of 5 Points.

Finally, only the captain’s ring was left—Chu Sheng’s ring.

All eyes turned to look!

Because Chu Sheng, the giant cockroach, had been missing for a long time in the early stages, and his ring had never been looted, no one knew how many Inner Cores it contained.

Of all the rings, this was the one that held the most suspense.

"Tch, I already said it. So what if it secretly killed a bunch of Demon Beasts off-camera? Lin Zhixia not only killed a ton herself, but she also looted the Inner Cores from all the other teams. Those 800 Points are the real deal."

Someone in the crowd muttered under their breath.

But this did nothing to dampen everyone’s curiosity. What if? After all, nothing was certain. At this very moment, the most nervous person was, surprisingly, Gu Yuexi. Although she didn’t believe Chu Sheng could surpass her, what if he... pulled another hack?

As Chu Sheng’s Master, Gu Yuexi had personally witnessed his Heaven-Defying Level cheats time and time again.

Soon, as everyone held their breath in anticipation, the head referee inspected Chu Sheng’s Storage Ring and slowly announced:

"The Beast Taming Academy captain’s ring contains... zero Inner Cores. Zero Points."

"The Beast Taming Academy’s final score is 5 Points."

Zero?

’Not even one?’

’So that cockroach really just slept through the whole thing?’

’He clearly has the strength but didn’t even try? That’s just absurd. And he’s supposed to be the captain?’

Everyone there, including Gu Yuexi, stared at Chu Sheng in astonishment. The final glimmer of hope in the eyes of the Beast Taming Academy members was completely extinguished.

Now, there was truly no suspense left.

...

"We won! Empress Lin really won! We’re the champions!!"

"Yeah! Even though she was eliminated by a sneak attack, we still won in the end! Empress Lin is mighty!"

On the Central Playground, the students of the Elixir Academy erupted into thunderous cheers. They rose to their feet en masse, too excited for words!

At the same time, numerous voices of mockery also rang out:

"That cockroach only knows how to use sneak attacks. Last time it won out of nowhere, and it’s the same this time."

"Exactly. And to think I was worried it would pull off some heaven-defying comeback!"

"Comeback my ass. The Beast Taming Academy should just be happy they scraped by with second place. Did they really think they could turn the tables?"

"Hahaha, honestly, with a captain like that, I almost feel sorry for the Beast Taming Academy."

On the Beast Taming Academy’s side, although they had secured second place and many students breathed a sigh of relief, hearing the surrounding mockery left a bitter taste in their mouths.

Perhaps this was the best possible outcome.

’But the Divine Locust is clearly so powerful. Why? Why didn’t it make a move sooner?’

’Why?!’

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