Zhang Yu followed Shi Huaiyu and several others into the competition grounds. What appeared before their eyes was a vast square.

The competition was divided into architecture and civil engineering sections, held in two different fields. At this moment, Zhang Yu was, of course, in the civil engineering competition field.

Students from various grades of the civil engineering department had gathered here, standing in groups of two or three, waiting for the competition to officially begin.

Almost everyone who came to this competition field to participate was an academic elite or prodigy from various grades.

Various top 50, top 30, and top 10 departmental rankings floated in the air!

Various colorful badge Dharma Bodies flickered under the lights!

If you didn’t ignore the densely packed Foundation Establishment domains, they would probably constantly pop up, filling your entire field of vision!

There were also various projections from the Spirit World. Some had summoned teams gathered, some were fighting, some were just messing around, and some were giving themselves special effects!

It made Zhang Yu feel a bit overwhelmed!

It was also Zhang Yu’s first time seeing so many civil engineering department elites gathered in one place!

He couldn’t help but sigh, “There are so many people participating!”

Shi Huaiyu said, “Of course. After all, it increases your overall points!”

“Whoever ranks higher in the competition gets more overall points, and that has a huge impact on their ranking!”

“Ordinary students might not consider these things, but the academic elites of each grade all participate.”

Speaking of which, Shi Huaiyu sighed, “The academic elites and outstanding students from grades 8, 9, and 10 combined can form six or seven teams, almost monopolizing the top rankings!”

Zhang Yu nodded slightly. Not all students in higher grades had overwhelming strength; after all, someone like Che Yufei was also in the eighth grade!

Shi Huaiyu continued, “With the academic elites leading from grades 4, 5, 6, and 7, after picking people from each place, they can also organize five or six teams to compete for the top 10 spots!”

“We can’t possibly defeat the teams from the higher grades!”

“Our opponents are those teams from the middle grades. We have to snatch a spot in the top 10 from them!”

When Shi Huaiyu spoke up to this point, her tone also became heavier: “Moreover, this competition will probably be more intense this year!”

Others also nodded slightly. As students of the civil engineering department, they had also gradually felt the increasingly heavy sense of opposition in the past few months. The conflict between the war faction and the peace faction was gradually becoming public!

And this competition obviously became the most suitable place for people from the two factions to compete again!

Shi Huaiyu had already seen staff starting to live broadcast around the competition field. She thought to herself, “Perhaps the performance of the civil engineering competition this year will directly affect the momentum of the two factions, affect the stock prices of the companies behind them, and even more so influence the future choices of the neutral faction!”

“After all, if our war faction can occupy more top three and top 10 spots, it will definitely have a greater influence and then win over more neutral factions in the civil engineering department, gaining the upper hand in the future!”

“And for the peace faction, it’s the same!”

Looking at these elite students on the square, looking at their departmental rankings one by one above their heads, whether it was Che Yufei, Shi Yunxiang, or Tian Yang, Xiao Qingxuan, and others, they all felt a heavy pressure!

Just at this moment, Shi Huaiyu’s footsteps gradually stopped. She looked at the person in front and said, “Su Yanyang!”

The youth called Su Yanyang by Shi Huaiyu smiled slightly. In his pupils, it was as if flames were constantly burning, and a cluster of light flames appeared on his chest, beating like a heart!

Su Yanyang looked at Shi Huaiyu and said, “I didn’t expect you, Huaiyu, to still participate in the competition!”

“But with such a group of old, weak, young, and poor people!”

Su Yanyang’s gaze swept over Che Yufei, Shi Yunxiang, Zhang Yu, and others. He paused slightly on Xiao Qingxuan, then continued unmoved, “Your success rate of getting a ranking like this isn’t high!”

“If you miss out on this part of the overall points, and you can’t get first in your class next, won’t that really be a problem?”

“For old friends’ sake, I can give you one more chance. Spend Spirit Coins to return to the team as a substitute, get some overall points, and maybe you’ll still have a chance to grab first in your class!”

Shi Huaiyu curled her lip and said coldly, “You don’t need to worry about me. You should worry about yourself more. Don’t forget to pay compensation when you lose the lawsuit!”

Su Yanyang shook his head and sighed, “On the path of cultivation, acting on impulse is the biggest taboo. You failed at first because of this when you were speculating on stocks!”

“Now even forming a team for the competition is so irrational!”

“I see you’ll still go bankrupt later!”

Looking at Su Yanyang’s departing back, Che Yufei curiously asked, “Was he in your last competition team?”

Shi Huaiyu said resentfully, “This guy just crashed my kidney badly and is still unwilling to pay compensation!”

“However…”

Shi Huaiyu exhaled, “Before entering the top 10, it’s best not to encounter him. This guy is still very strong!”

Zhang Yu’s gaze swept over Su Yanyang’s head. Above it was the departmental ranking of 29th! It was obviously much more formidable than Shi Huaiyu’s 38th!

As all the players arrived, the civil engineering competition also officially began!

Only to see a handsome and elegant, youthful-looking man standing on the stage, looking at the numerous students below and saying, “It’s time for the annual civil engineering competition again!”

Looking at this youthful-looking man, Zhang Yu stared at the title floating above his head and thought to himself, “The head of the civil engineering department, Ling Yue Zhenjun.”

Zhang Yu had heard Tu Lishan mention this old department head and knew that he was the primary official head of the civil engineering department. However, he had also heard Tu Lishan mention before that his lifespan was nearing its end and he was about to die of old age! But the Ling Yue Zhenjun on the stage now was completely a vibrant young image. Where was the old age?

At the same time, they heard Ling Yue Zhenjun on the stage say, “In order to cope with the changes of the new era, the school has decided to add something to this civil engineering competition and increase the prizes!”

“The top seven teams in this competition will receive two spots each, and each spot will grant one Civil Engineering Seven Absolutes cultivation method! The spots will be allocated internally by the team!”

Hearing these words, the students below were slightly stunned, and the next moment they began to discuss fervently!

Zhang Yu said in surprise, “Civil Engineering Seven Absolutes? The first 7 teams each select 2 people, that’s 14 people granted the Civil Engineering Seven Absolutes.” He secretly thought, “Compared to the original practice of granting one Civil Engineering Seven Absolutes to the class first every year, this is suddenly releasing many more!”

And soon, Zhang Yu and many people at the scene thought of one thing!

“If this is done every year from now on, won’t many people master the Civil Engineering Seven Absolutes, even forming small combinations of three?”

“Even Tian Kunlun’s Mountain Moving Divine Power, perhaps more people will master it!”

Fu Ji commented, “Cultivation methods were previously tightly controlled, but now they are suddenly being released. Perhaps this is preparation for a possible university war, hehe. This is an opportunity given by the era, allowing you to cultivate the Civil Engineering Seven Absolutes more easily than previous students!”

“War is indeed a ladder of progress. This hasn’t even truly started, it’s just giving you more opportunities!”

Zhang Yu said, “So, does that mean the war faction has the upper hand in the civil engineering department?”

Fu Ji said, “Not necessarily. The peace faction just doesn’t want the Ten Great Clans to go to war personally. It doesn’t mean they don’t want to master stronger power!”

“Actually, if we talk about the civil engineering department’s own will, I think no matter whether they advocate for war or peace, they should all hope to open up the Civil Engineering Seven Absolutes to more students, right? Only like this can they earn more!”

“Every department in the university is like this. They definitely want to constantly expand and control more resources, more students, and more powerhouses!”

“So the tightening of the Civil Engineering Seven Absolutes in the past and its release now, this policy change, should come from a higher level will, rather than being entirely decided by the civil engineering department itself!”

“Perhaps it’s the leadership of the Architecture and Civil Engineering College above the civil engineering department, or Wan Fa University? Or even the influence of the Wan Fa Sect?”

“Anyway, there’s a reason for suddenly doing this! Our current position is too low, lacking news channels, so there’s no need to investigate deeply!”

“But the result is that the civil engineering competition will be more intense. I see many people on the scene already wanting to borrow money, wanting to rush to buy Dharma Treasures, Dharma Bodies!”

Zhang Yu understood this as well. Regardless of whether they advocated for war or peace, they definitely hoped that more students below would master the Civil Engineering Seven Absolutes, and even Tian Kunlun’s Mountain Moving Divine Power!

And moments later, the first round of the elimination match began!

They saw a formation change in the square in front, and various distorted and changing gravity fields appeared before everyone!

Gravity fields of various directions and sizes formed one obstacle after another!

And the content of the elimination match was very simple: all students had to cross the one thousand meters wide complex gravity field in front of them and record the time used!

The time used by each member of a competition team would be added up to get the total time used by each team!

Based on each team’s total time, the top 20 teams with the best results would advance to the next round, the 20 into 10 competition. All other teams would be eliminated!

They heard Ling Yue Zhenjun say faintly, “The Finance Department’s cultivation is better the more money they have. Our civil engineering department, huh, cultivation is better the stronger the physical body!”

“This first round elimination match is to screen out all the students with weak physical bodies!”

And as the first round of the elimination match began, students rushed into the gravity field one by one, running towards the finish line a thousand meters away!

However, students who were moving very fast and stirring up wind and thunder sounds the previous moment suddenly had their speed drop dramatically once they rushed into the gravity field, and their figures all swayed!

And just as a group of students were struggling to advance in the gravity field, Zhang Yu felt a slight change in the surrounding gravity!

The next moment, several figures were already like several black lightning bolts, instantly crossing the gravity field! Zhang Yu’s gaze shifted: “It’s Mo Chan Jin!”

He still vividly remembered this student who had mastered Tian Kunlun’s Mountain Moving Divine Power!

They saw Mo Chan Jin activate Tian Kunlun’s Mountain Moving Divine Power and almost instantly bring his five team members across the one thousand meters gravity field!

“So strong!” Just as Zhang Yu was sighing in his heart, that feeling of a slight change in gravity came again, and several figures snapped and then broke through the gravity field with an air explosion!

“Is it another one of the Big Ten students who has mastered Tian Kunlun’s Mountain Moving Divine Power?”

Seeing this scene, Zhang Yu was slightly stunned: “So he and Mo Chan Jin aren’t in the same team.”

Fu Ji chuckled and said, “Eight or nine times out of ten, one belongs to the war faction and the other belongs to the peace faction. This is an internal struggle. They’d rather lower their own team’s strength than join hands with the opposing side!”

Zhang Yu shook his head. The teams of Mo Chan Jin and that Big Ten student were too far away from him. What he needed to do now was to find a way to quickly get through the gravity field!