From the counselor, I learned that there are entry requirements for signing up for the Golden Tournament at Shendu University; only those in the top 100 of the school can represent the school in the competition.

Thus, every year in the month leading up to the Golden Tournament registration, the virtual arena becomes exceptionally lively.

"This is a good opportunity to let the Blood Lotus Carp and others adapt to fighting against the Golden Beastmaster in the virtual arena."

The Blood Lotus Carp and the others are not lacking in combat experience, as the expansion of Bengma Island often attracts sea beast attacks, providing them with battle experience against enemies.

However, fighting sea beasts and battling against the pets of a Beastmaster are different. Sea beasts in the ocean haven't received formal training, nor do they have a rich variety of skills to compensate for their shortcomings. If the Beastmaster's pets are considered a regular army, then the sea beasts are more like a ragtag militia.

Fighting a ragtag army and battling a regular army are two different concepts.

Upon entering the virtual arena battles, Li Cunxu's ranking soared until he began encountering opponents who were all Golden Beastmasters, causing his momentum to halt.

After battling for three consecutive days, once the Blood Lotus Carp and the others adapted to fighting against the Golden Beastmasters, Li Cunxu decided to end this prolonged battle.

The reasons? There are two.

First, the ranking was improving too slowly. If this continued, by the end of the registration period at the end of June, Li Cunxu's ranking wouldn't be in the top 100.

Second, these battles were too time-consuming, and Li Cunxu needed time to master the external control of objects with golden spiritual power.

Li Cunxu replaced the first Blood Lotus Carp that appeared with Xiaoruan.

In the virtual arena, as soon as the battle started, a water ball was launched, directly killing both the opponent's pet and the Beastmaster.

The battle ended in one second.

Li Cunxu's ranking rapidly rose.

The opponents fighting against Li Cunxu were in pain.

After all, those who got into Shendu University are all prodigies, each with pride. If their opponent uses a Slime to defeat them, their mindset could crumble. If they're instantly killed by a Slime, it'll lead to a major mental breakdown.

The campus forum suddenly became lively.

"A heavy reward for information on a grade A show-off who likes to mimic his pet as a Slime and then uses the Slime to kill people instantly."

"I encountered him too. I suspect this person is a high-level master, deliberately lowering his ranking to show off in the low-level arenas."

"Agree with the above."

"A poor attempt at showing off, he thinks he's done something big, but in reality, no one respects him."

"Everyone, let's work hard to dig out his information. I'm going to pay him a visit and scold him for having no shame."

"Wait, don't start scolding just yet. This guy isn't what we thought; he's not a show-off. He's truly awesome."

"Information on the other party, Li Cunxu, eighteen years old, a person from Tongdu, currently in his sophomore year, entering his junior year in September. The most terrifying part is that his ace pet is indeed a Slime. Please refer to the VCR (video)."

This comment remained silent for a long time, then the discussion exploded.

"No way, eighteen and already at the Gold level, and not just any Gold level. Are kids nowadays this fierce?"

"This doesn't make sense."

"Unbelievable, it's absolutely unbelievable."

"I feel like my life was lived in vain."

Li Cunxu's ranking soared again, and within five days, amid everyone's astonished gazes, he reached 88th place.

The outside world was in an uproar.

"This is simply insane."

"Kids nowadays are defying the heavens."

"I watched one of his battles; he's terrifying. In the top 100 battles, his Slime still wins with one shot of water ball, meaning that 88th place isn't his limit."

...

The commotion outside had nothing to do with Li Cunxu, who entered the White Jade Secret Realm to practice controlling objects with his spiritual power.

Using his spiritual power to lift a bluestone, Li Cunxu flew clumsily, occasionally falling due to not controlling his spiritual power's strength well. Fortunately, Xiaoruan, by his side, expanded from its shrunken size, catching him like an inflated trampoline.

The end of the month approached.

Exiting the White Jade Secret Realm, Li Cunxu checked the rankings again, and since he hadn't battled for over ten days, his ranking dropped to 158th place.

Li Cunxu logged into the virtual arena again, and the godlike Xiaoruan entered the scene once more.

By the end of the month, the rankings were locked.

Li Cunxu's ranking was secured at 78th place.

With this ranking, Li Cunxu went to the counselor to sign up.

Seeing the ranking displayed on Li Cunxu's phone, the counselor laughed, then said with a serious expression.

"I have to say, your fake ranking is quite convincing, but Li, the sign-up requires a real ranking, not a fabricated one. Take back your fake information; I'll pretend I didn't see it."

Li Cunxu calmly replied, "Teacher, if you don't believe this is real, you can check the ranking yourself to see if the 78th person is me."

Hearing Li Cunxu's confident words, the counselor, half-believing, opened his phone to check the ranking.

Upon seeing it, he was stunned.

The name in 78th place was indeed Li Cunxu.

The counselor rubbed his eyes for more than half a minute, still unable to believe that Li Cunxu had actually reached 78th place.

"Is it really you?"

"Yes, it's really me. If you don't believe me, you can use someone else's phone to check."

"No need."

The counselor, astounded, asked, "How did you do it?"

"I just wanted to do it, so I did."

"No, I mean, how did you become so strong?"

Li Cunxu smiled slightly, "It's a secret."

Explaining would be too troublesome, better not to explain.

The Golden Tournament registration was successful.

Five days later, the counselor delivered a Golden Key.

This Golden Key is the entry ticket to the Golden Tournament. With it, you can freely enter and exit the tournament venue, the Golden Secret Realm, from anywhere.

Li Cunxu held the Golden Key and silently chanted 'Enter.' The next moment, Li Cunxu in the villa disappeared and appeared in the Golden Secret Realm.

The Golden Secret Realm is truly a 'golden' secret realm. It's filled with gold everywhere, even the soil and trees are made of gold.

At a glance, it's a sea of golden brilliance.

Next to him, another contestant who entered looked around sneakily, pocketing a chunk of golden stone. Seeing Li Cunxu watching him, he nonchalantly whistled.

Li Cunxu smiled and said, "It's your first time participating, right? No need to act like that. You can take what you want; it's akin to a souvenir from the tournament. The organizers won't say anything."

With that, Li Cunxu also picked up a chunk of golden stone and put it in his bag.

Although he's now incredibly wealthy, he isn't going to pass up free things where he can't.

In the distance, there's a futuristic high-tech city, where floating trains occasionally snake between skyscrapers like a python.

That's where the Golden Tournament is being held.

Li Cunxu mounted the Flame White Horse, heading toward Golden City.

Along the way, when encountering obstructing Golden Trees, Li Cunxu did good deeds without leaving his name, quietly putting them into his space ring.

The Golden Trees are far more precious than the gold stones and golden soil along the way.

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