Gao Wu: If this BOSS isn't nerfed, is it even playable?

Chapter 41 Bloodbath of Position Swap

"Li Mu! You go!"

Sun Qian's voice was hoarse as he pointed to a boy in the crowd who was of medium build but had an exceptionally calm gaze.

Li Mu, ranked 23rd in his grade.

When Li Mu's name was called, his body visibly stiffened.

He raised his head, glanced at Lin Ye on the stage, then at Sun Qian's almost murderous gaze, his lips moved, and his face was full of reluctance.

He is certainly not weak, but aren't Shen Junhao and Wang Hao also quite strong?

He didn't want to take risks.

I'm currently pursuing a girl in my class. It would be great if he could win decisively if he went up against her.

If we draw or lose to someone from Class 7, it's all because of that.

For the next six months, he will lose the right to choose a partner.

"Teacher, I..."

Li Mu's hesitation fueled Sun Qian's anger even more.

He pointed at Li Mu and roared angrily, "I'll let you go! Did you hear me! You've made our class lose all face today!"

The roar echoed through the huge training hall, sounding particularly jarring.

Everyone was stunned by Sun Qian's sudden loss of composure.

The usually calm and collected homeroom teacher seemed to have really been provoked today.

Chen Meng suddenly spoke up at this moment.

"Teacher Sun, please don't make things difficult for the students."

"I think everyone's already gotten heated, so there's no point in just fighting like this."

"Since the atmosphere is already this heated, and all the geniuses in your class are here, how about we play something big?"

"How about we go straight for a positional battle?"

A bloody battle with shifting positions!
The moment those four words were uttered, the entire training hall erupted in chaos!

All the students looked astonished, and even Xu Zhisheng, the homeroom teacher of Class Two who had been watching the show, changed his expression.

See you in the picture!

He brought Lin Ye here today not for any friendly exchange of skills, but because that was his goal from the very beginning!
Chen Meng ignored the others and continued speaking to himself.

“I know that, according to the rules of the positional battle, challengers can only challenge students ranked within 30 places above them.”

“My student has been focusing on cultivation for the past two months and hasn’t been thinking about ranking. Now he’s fallen to outside the top eighty.”

"But the two students you selected before were both ranked in the thirties of their grade, which already broke the rules."

"How about this, let's use his highest ranking of 42nd after the preliminary test as the starting point?"

"Call out the students in your class who are ranked 12th, 11th, and 10th in the grade."

"My students will stay on this stage, without resting or leaving."

"Three consecutive battles!"

"A war of attrition!"

"How about it?"

These words stunned the entire audience.

Even Lin Ye felt that Teacher Chen was being a bit too arrogant this time.

Of course, he had no objection.

I came here today to complete a task.

The task is still far from meeting the target.

After a brief moment of shock, Sun Qian calmed down and looked at Chen Meng with a cold smile on his face.

"So that's what you were planning."

"You think so."

Why should I agree to your request?

Yes, why should he agree?

This is completely against the rules, and he has every reason to refuse.

Just then, a strong, slightly playful voice drifted from the entrance of the training hall.

"That's interesting. I think it's quite good."

Everyone followed the sound.

A man with slightly graying hair, but full of energy, walked in from outside the door.

Upon seeing the person who arrived, Sun Qian's face showed utter astonishment. "Principal... Principal! What brings you here?"

Wang Zhengguo strolled in slowly, his hands behind his back, his gaze sweeping around the room before finally settling on Sun Qian.

“I was just passing by when I heard you roaring here, Teacher Sun, your voice was as loud as a bell.”

“I also said, ‘Which lazy student made you so angry? Come in and see.’”

His tone was calm, yet it instantly made Sun Qian break out in a cold sweat.

Wang Zhengguo's gaze passed over Sun Qian and met Chen Meng's.

Then, his gaze fell on Lin Ye on the arena, and he looked him over with great interest.

"Mengzi, is this the kid you came all the way to me after the last placement test to help him apply for a scholarship?"

"Battalion Commander, it's him!"

"This kid is the most talented and has the best temperament I've discovered in the past few years!"

The word "battalion commander" exploded in Sun Qian's mind like a thunderclap!
He was completely stunned.

Chen Meng... calls the principal "battalion commander"?!

In that instant, Sun Qian understood everything.

He understood why Chen Meng, a teacher who only taught the worst-performing classes, was favored by the principal.

This made it clearer why the principal would give a B-level incentive to a student that Chen Meng had taken a liking to.

So... the two of them used to be superior and subordinate!

It was a bond forged on the battlefield, a friendship forged through life and death!

Wang Zhengguo looked at Sun Qian, his smile fading slightly.

“Teacher Sun, our Dongjiang No.1 Middle School is founded on martial arts, and we advocate cultivating people through martial arts.”

"The system of switching roles and fighting for survival was originally designed to stimulate these future pillars of society, to keep them competitive and maintain their fighting spirit."

"What, do you have any objections to the core system of this school?"

A huge hat was slapped on his head.

Sun Qian shuddered in fright and shook his head repeatedly: "No, no! I absolutely support the school's rules!"

"It's fine if you don't."

Wang Zhengguo nodded and continued, "Moreover, Teacher Chen proposed a series of challenges, with no rest during the process. The students who will be the most physically exhausted are his own students."

“Your students, having rested and prepared, will fight three at a time, taking turns to defeat one.”

"You're afraid of this?"

Every word Wang Zhengguo uttered was like a hammer blow to Sun Qian's heart, leaving him with no way to refute it.

He knew that he had no way out.

Even if you don't want to agree today, you have to.

"Yes, Principal!"

Sun Qian gritted his teeth and practically squeezed out those three words.

A triumphant smile appeared on Chen Meng's lips. He called Lin Ye down from the arena and quickly explained in a low voice.

"The 'Switching Positions and Fighting Bloodbath' is a system that our school imitated from Dongjiang Experimental Middle School."

"Simply put, the higher your ranking within the school, the more cultivation resources you can receive each week, and the better their quality."

"But students ranked lower can challenge those ranked higher, and those ranked higher cannot refuse."

"If you win, your rankings and resource treatment will be swapped on the spot."

Chen Meng patted Lin Ye on the shoulder, his tone becoming serious.

"However, if you lose, all your cultivation resources for the following week will be spoils of war and belong to the victor."

"I took the liberty of helping you get three of the highest rankings you can currently challenge. Are you scared?"

Lin Ye shook his head.

After listening to Chen Meng's explanation, he felt that his doubts had been resolved.

Before, when I heard this word, I always felt a strong sense of chuunibyou (a Japanese term for someone with delusions of grandeur).

I didn't expect the rules to be like this.

The biggest limitation of the gauntlet format lies in the loss of stamina and the accumulation of injuries.

With his [out-of-combat health regeneration] mechanism, his status can be quickly restored as long as the interval between battles exceeds ten seconds.

Therefore, the more people you hit, the more negative emotion points you collect.

Lin Ye couldn't get what he wanted.

(End of this chapter)