Everyone ascended, but I didn't get on board

Chapter 76 The competition begins
College competition.

Zhen Yi and the other two arrived at the college square on time, only to find out how many students were participating in this competition. At first glance, it was a huge crowd of people, almost half of the students in the entire college were there.

After a quick glance at everyone's cultivation level, they found that their previous guess was correct. Most of them were senior brothers in the Nascent Soul stage, and students in the Golden Core stage were rare. This made the three of them even more nervous.

It didn't take long before an elder arrived and announced the start of the competition. He then pulled out an object and threw it into the air. The air twisted, and after a moment, space suddenly split open, revealing the entrance to a secret realm. Faint greenery could still be seen within.

Zhen Yi had also inquired about previous competitions these days, and naturally understood that the competitions were all held in secret realms. He originally thought that the elder would then introduce the rules of the competition, but he didn't expect the elder to just speak loudly to everyone.

"This competition is: Capture the Flag!"

As he spoke, he smiled at everyone and made a hand gesture. The next moment, the entry cards beside everyone lit up. The crowd that was originally standing densely turned into streaks of light and disappeared on the spot in a few breaths.

In just a blink of an eye, the scene before everyone's eyes changed. The original academy pavilion disappeared, replaced by a dense forest. It was obvious that they were transported into a secret realm.

Zhen Yi took a quick look and found that there were fewer people around. They must have been teleported to other places in the secret realm in batches.

Without exception, everyone was still a little confused. Is this the beginning?
"What happened? He was teleported in suddenly."

"The elder hasn't explained the rules yet. Did you forget?"

"This wasn't the case in previous competitions. So what are we going to do now?"

"I don't know. Should I keep waiting?"

The students looked at each other in bewilderment, and those who knew each other talked about it enthusiastically. No one knew what the competition was about. Only a few teams noticed something and began to quietly leave the crowd and head towards the depths of the jungle.

"Junior Brother Zhen..." Socially anxious Jing was the first to notice the leaving team and turned to look at Zhen Yi and Feng Ting.

The long-standing tacit understanding made the two of them understand his meaning instantly, so they nodded in unison, and the three of them left the main group without saying a word and headed in another direction.

After a while, they realized that it was the right decision to leave early, because soon they heard movement from behind and bursts of excited exclamations.

Because two people suddenly walked out of the dense forest, both dressed in blue robes of a master, and were looking at the confused crowd with a smile.

"It's Master Yue and Master Chen from Fu Pavilion!" Someone recognized them and exclaimed.

The crowd was immediately delighted and came forward to greet him.

"Hello, Master. Are you here to explain the rules of the competition to us?"

"Master, what exactly is the competition this time?"

"Yes, Master, why did you come in so hastily this time?"

"Hello, Master..."

The two teachers just looked at each other, then smiled even more deeply, their eyes narrowed into a line, and after a while they spoke a few words with a kind face.

"Hello, students!"

"Goodbye, students!" After saying that, the two of them each took out a magic talisman and threw it towards the students in front of them. The next moment, hundreds of dazzling rays of light came out of the talisman and hit the competition cards on everyone's waists directly.

Click…click, click, click…

A series of shattering sounds were heard, and in an instant, the waist badges of most of the students were shattered. Their figures also disappeared from the spot and were teleported away.

There was a moment of silence at the scene, and then everyone realized what was going on.

"They're here to eliminate us!"

"Run!"

Someone shouted, and the crowd instantly panicked. Those who had gathered joyfully turned and ran. But there were too many people to run far. The two masters threw the talisman again, and there was another crackling sound. The originally dense crowd suddenly shrunk by half. Only a few quick-moving people escaped, but the majority of the team also separated and no longer maintained their original formation.

The eyes of Zhen Yi and the other two narrowed slightly, and they all quickened their pace, running away madly into the distance, until they ran dozens of miles in one breath and stopped only when they could no longer hear any sound from behind.

"It's safe here." Feng Ting sensed it, a look of fear flashing across her face. "What happened just now? Why did the Master suddenly attack us?"

"Maybe this is the rule." Zhen Yi thought for a moment and said seriously, "The masters should also participate in this competition, and they are hostile to us."

"This...how are we going to compete? It's impossible to win." Feng Ting said in shock. You know, the teachers in the academy are at least at the Spirit Transformation Stage, while the students are at most at the Nascent Soul Stage. This is definitely a crushing defeat.

"It's really impossible for us to defeat the Master. The academy has arranged this way, so there must be some restrictions." Zhen Yi analyzed in a deep voice, "It's just that we don't know what these restrictions are yet."

"So what do we do next? Are we going to keep hiding?" After all, there was no way they could win in a head-on fight. Feng Ting said worriedly, "No one explained the rules before we started. We don't even know how to compete."

"Not necessarily." The social anxiety Jing next to him suddenly spoke up. Seeing that the two didn't understand, he added, "I did."

"Huh?" Zhen Yi was stunned for a moment, then he remembered something and immediately reacted, "Capture the flag! Yes! When I came in earlier, the elders said that our rule this time is capture the flag."

"Capture the flag?" Feng Ting still didn't quite understand.

"That's right." Zhen Yi explained seriously, "If that's the case, then there should be magic flags in this secret realm, and there should be more than one. As long as we get them, we will win."

"But how many French flags are there and how can we get them?" Feng Ting asked.

"Master?" Socially anxious Jing guessed.

"Unlikely." Zhen Yi shook his head. "If the flag was placed directly on the Master, the academy wouldn't have to set up such a large secret realm. Wouldn't it be faster to just have the Master conduct the assessment one-on-one? So the flags should be scattered throughout this secret realm, and the more dangerous the place, the higher the chance of them being there."

"Then we have to avoid the teacher and look for the magic flag at the same time." Feng Ting suddenly felt more pressured.

"Yes, as for how many flags there are in total..." Zhen Yi thought for a moment, then turned to look at the socially anxious Jing and said, "Brother Jing, when you signed up, do you remember how many people were awarded the last prize?"

Socially anxious Jing thought for a moment before replying, "One hundred."

"That's one hundred. There are at least one hundred magic flags in this secret realm." He said affirmatively.

The rewards set by the academy must be related to the number of people who pass the competition. Since there are one hundred people in the last class, it proves that at least one hundred students can get the magic flag.