Villain: After I died, all the heroines cried themselves to sleep.

After Luo Chuan eliminated two candidates in succession, the system's target status was updated.

[50% of the target progress!]

Some teachers and students have already noticed your exceptional performance.

"It seems that everything is progressing steadily and according to plan."

Luo Chuan looked around at the stands.

He could sense some subtle glances coming from the audience.

Especially the area designated in the center of the stands.

Many admissions officers from advanced martial arts schools are observing the situation here.

There was even a familiar-looking teacher who waved to Luo Chuan when he looked over.

Luo Chuan pretended not to see it and went straight to the rest area.

Upon arriving at the rest area, Luo Chuan saw Wang Yuan sitting casually in the center, squinting at him.

"Luo Chuan? I didn't expect you to make it this far. Looks like you really don't give up."

On the other side, the A-level candidates who had competed against Luo Chuan in the preliminary rounds were amazed.

"How interesting, there are actually two candidates who have awakened C-level talents among the top 16 in this year's martial arts exam."

Are there two people in Category C?

Upon hearing this, Luo Chuan immediately scanned the rest area.

As expected, in the corner of the rest area, Xu Xiaojin sat upright, and after meeting Luo Chuan's gaze, she quickly lowered her head.

Is she truly a woman of destiny?

They fought their way up to this point.

Luo Chuan found a place to sit down and rest.

Shortly afterward, several more candidates who had advanced came to the rest area.

With this, after two rounds of elimination, the top sixteen candidates have all arrived.

One candidate with S-level talent.

There are 12 candidates with Grade A talent.

One candidate has a Grade B talent.

Two candidates have C-level talent.

This is the first time a B-level talent has been unfairly penalized.

"Is everyone here?"

The invigilator entered the rest room, confirmed the candidates' status, and explained the next steps to everyone.

"The round of 16 matches don't start until 2 PM. It's still early, so you can rest here for lunch and recharge for the final knockout rounds."

Meanwhile, the examination venues are also changing.

The earth trembled violently, the original sixteen arenas sank, and a very large new arena slowly rose from the center of the examination hall...

When the lunch break ended, Luo Chuan and the others walked out of the lounge.

The single, enormous arena completely filled their field of vision.

The central screen has displayed the new matching results, clearly showing them to everyone.

"I hereby declare—"

"The second half of the knockout stage—"

"Let's begin!"

……

In the first match, Wang Yuan faced off against Xu Xiaojin.

This is just too unlucky!

Even Luo Chuan felt sorry for Xu Xiaojin when he saw the match information.

So-called good fortune always comes with opportunities amidst danger.

"How boring, why did I have to draw you as my opponent?"

Wang Yuan listlessly picked at his ears.

"Me, the strongest S-rank, against you, the weakest C-rank—isn't that completely pointless?"

"..."

Xu Xiaojin pursed her lips and remained silent.

She glanced at the contestants' stands below the ring, then bit her lower lip and faced the invincible Wang Yuan.

"Even with only C-level talent, I want to become an extraordinary martial artist."

"Sizzle."

Wang Yuan scoffed.

"Then I'll be a good person, shatter your delusions, and make you face reality."

With a command from the proctor.

Game start.

"Entangle!"

Xu Xiaojin was the first to activate her ability.

She raised her hand, and countless steel wires emerged from her sleeves, wrapping around Wang Yuan's body.

Wang Yuan was firmly bound.

"It's the ability to manipulate threads?"

Luo Chuan, who was watching the game from the players' seats, was surprised.

As we all know, silk thread has extremely strong cutting and binding capabilities; if developed well, it can be a ruthless cutting machine.

However, this is contingent on being able to imbue the thread with strong kinetic energy and resilience.

However, Xu Xiaojin's abilities do not seem to be in this direction of development.

"Is this all the talent you have? It's too weak, too weak!"

Wang Yuan felt the steel wires binding his body.

The binding force was clearly insufficient; it was actually just wrapped around the body.

There's absolutely nothing to worry about.

"thunder!"

Wang Yuan let out a cold snort, and blue lightning exploded from his body, spreading outwards.

Crackling sounds!

The violent lightning instantly tore the surrounding steel wires apart.

"A C-level should act like a C-level."

With an air of domineering arrogance, Wang Yuan approached Xu Xiaojin step by step.

"You're a student who didn't get accepted through the guaranteed admission program, just like Luo Chuan, right?"

"From the moment you lost your guaranteed admission spots, you should have realized that the gap in talent is insurmountable! How come you smart people don't understand that?"

He threw a punch at Xu Xiaojin.

"You're a C-level, your abilities are the most useless!"

A torrent of violent lightning power poured out from his fist.

Thunder swept across the entire arena.

Xu Xiaojin was completely unable to resist this violent force. She was electrocuted and slammed heavily off the stage.

In the first match, Wang Yuan won decisively.

The gap is too big.

Everyone shook their heads and sighed.

Others looked at Luo Chuan with strange expressions.

Wang Yuan's words were not only directed at Xu Xiaojin.

Luo Chuan felt no emotion whatsoever; he even wanted to laugh.

[60% of the target progress!]

Wang Yuan's disdainful words have contributed to your stage where you conquer all the teachers and students.

Thank you so much!

The match is still ongoing.

Fortunately, the next few matches were basically internal battles between A-level talented candidates. The two sides were evenly matched, and the battles were quite exciting with back-and-forth exchanges.

Even the only B-level candidate, who was quite outstanding, persisted for a long time before finally giving up.

Soon, the final match of the Round of 16 arrived.

Luo Chuan will face off against an A-level talented candidate.

Luo Chuan and his opponent stepped onto the ring together.

"The opponent is A-rank, so they should be able to last a bit longer this time, right?"

The audience members on the stage were buzzing with discussion.

In the special audience section, teachers from major martial arts academies were all present.

"They're all promising talents."

Professor Liu from Beijing University sighed leisurely.

"Speaking of which, both of these students have a connection with our school. Luo Chuan, who is C-level, was originally a student who was recommended to our school, but unfortunately he awakened his C-level talent and was ultimately not selected."

"Li Xu, who is in Grade A, has recently signed a contract with our school and officially become a student of our school."

Upon hearing this, teachers from other institutions looked over with envy.

Beijing University is great; students are scrambling to get in.

Suddenly, a mocking voice came out out of nowhere.

"So, if Luo Chuan beats Li Xu, wouldn't that be awkward for you, Professor Liu?"

Professor Liu's smile froze upon hearing this.

He looked at the person who spoke, and after confirming their identity, he immediately realized what was going on.

"It turns out to be Professor Kobayashi from Dongcheng University."

Among the five top-tier martial arts universities in the country, Beijing University stands out as the leader, having always been a competitor of the other four.

Dongcheng University is one of them.

"Ms. Kobayashi is joking."

Professor Liu shook his head.

"Admittedly, Luo Chuan made up for his lack of C-level talent with his personal abilities, but the talent gap is there. He may be able to hold on for a while, but he will eventually be defeated."

"Really? But the situation on the field seems different from what you described."

Ms. Kobayashi adjusted her glasses.

"What?"

Professor Liu was slightly taken aback.

He quickly looked towards the ring and was immediately taken aback.

On the ring, Li Xu was being unilaterally dominated by Luo Chuan.