No strange things are allowed to evolve!

So, the Sugar Knight shifted his focus back to Boya.

"You didn't come yesterday, you must have gone to great lengths to invite her, right?" he asked Jiang Shu.

Jiang Shu thought for a moment and said, "I guess so."

"It's either yes or no, what do you mean by 'also count'?"

"I suppose so." Jiang Shu didn't bother to explain.

He could already picture the scene in Sugar Knight's mind right now. It was nothing more than him kneeling before Boya like the story of Zhuge Liang's three visits to the thatched cottage to persuade him to come out of seclusion, in order to invite such a heavyweight special guest.

Who knew that Bo Ya was such a dazzling fellow?

There was no other way, and explaining it would be too troublesome, so let's just make Boya a little happier.

As Jiang Shu had predicted, Bo Ya's gloom from the past two days vanished the moment Jiang Shu acknowledged his status.

If she had a tail, it would be spinning like a propeller by now.

Quietly observing the two's reactions, the Sugar Knight had already sensed something, but did not point it out. He simply smiled and asked Jiang Shu, "Since you also value objective factors, then I think you have taken my words to heart. So you have not only made preparations in this regard, but you should also have made preparations for yourself, right?"

Jiang Shu understood that he was asking about the level.

“Level 7,” he replied. “According to the rules of the main competition, you can field anyone who is level 9 or below.”

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then their anger was ignited by this simple sentence.

Although he didn't actually take advantage of any respectable women, this guy is still a bastard, no doubt about it!

What do you mean by saying that people at level 7, 9, and below can just drop anything?

Even if there are indeed some geniuses in this world who can fight across ranks, what do you mean by fighting across two ranks?

And this is in a place teeming with experts.

Do you think we're just small fry?

"You bastard, what do you think this place is?!"

"Do you think your advantages will still be able to be fully utilized in a real fight?!"

Faced with the indignant crowd, filled with anger at being slighted, Jiang Shu felt a pang of injustice.

In fact, he did not underestimate them; on the contrary, he valued them quite a bit.

The range he provided was actually the result of his careful consideration and calculation.

First of all, judging from his paper strength, Jiang Shu has maxed out all his ability points and reached the limit of level seven, which is probably comparable to the best level eight.

It may be insufficient when facing level eight evolvers who are also close to or have already reached their limits.

However, this deficiency probably doesn't amount to a decisive advantage.

Moreover, not everyone is a well-rounded individual like Jiang Shu.

Although Jiang Shu has its strengths, if it has weaknesses, Jiang Shu has the opportunity to make up for them in other areas.

In addition, Jiang Shu's starting move is a calamity-level skill that others would find extremely difficult to use, but he has an endless supply of such skills. Combined with his spiritual root characteristics, he is a master of both offense and defense.

Therefore, he felt that even if he couldn't completely overwhelm an eighth-level evolver, it wouldn't be a big problem to easily defeat them at a relatively low cost.

Only at level nine will the difference in their abilities become decisive, and only then will it be something that Jiang Shu cannot make up for in other ways.

However, by using skills flexibly, they can still put up a fight.

At this level, Jiang Shu has a higher probability of losing. Even if he wins, he may have to pay a heavy price and might even reveal his hand.

Jiang Shu has already made preparations for this.

Even if he loses, he can accept it calmly, because sometimes winning all the time is not a good thing; failure may bring more gains.

Rather than losing a crucial match at a critical moment, or worse, losing a crucial moment in a life-or-death situation after a major tournament, Jiang Shu felt that losing now would be better.

The premise is that we can learn important lessons from it.

That's why he brought Boya along.

As for level ten, Jiang Shu felt that he was not yet ready.

It's one thing to encounter ordinary, lazy evolved beings, but there's absolutely no chance of winning here.

In short, his judgment was based entirely on a clear understanding of his own strength and position, and on the conclusion that all the evolved beings in the final arena were among the top 10% of evolved beings of the same level.

If it were an average or even slightly above-average evolved being, Jiang Shu would definitely dare to call himself level ten.

What about the abbot of Yunfu Temple who was favored by the rebels?

Although he was essentially just used as cannon fodder, it already proves that he is above average, or even excellent.

But wasn't he still humiliated by someone three levels above him?

Even though it's only a one-move difference, you could say it's harmless.

Although some other methods were used, you might say there are even more methods now.

Moreover, neither side had successfully achieved sublimation at that time. It should be noted that spiritual root characteristics have the ability to compensate for differences in theoretical strength with differences in quality.

Therefore, if Jiang Shu were to face the abbot of Yunfu Temple, who is also at level ten, he would win even more easily.

Therefore, his prior announcement of the nine-level restriction was not so much a matter of underestimating as it was a matter of taking it very seriously, almost as if facing a formidable enemy.

However, the audience in the final round didn't know any of this.

All they saw was Jiang Shu's arrogance.

Even the Sugar Heart Knight, who had never underestimated Jiang Shu, couldn't help but feel that he was being too complacent.

Facing an evolver of the same level, let alone someone two levels higher, even someone of the same level would probably not be guaranteed a win, yet Jiang Shu dares to say so.

This means that he does not consider the evolved beings present to be on the same level as him.

Is Jiang Shu using the same old trick? Did he never intend to win the first time?

Sugar Knight thinks this is impossible.

If you don't want to win, you can always throw the game and admit defeat. There's no need to impose this restriction. Even if it's just bluffing, why not just be a level 10 or 11 player and shout it out?

Only two levels is a bit stingy.

With a tentative mindset, Sugar Knight jokingly said, "Even I'm starting to feel like teaching you a lesson."

"that is!"

"Teach him a lesson!"

"This bastard needs to learn that fighting and conquering the hatchery are two different things! Even if he's a genius at conquering, he has to face reality!"

"Are you praising him or criticizing him?"

Jiang Shu shrugged indifferently, "I'm looking for some torture."

Sugar Knight couldn't figure out Jiang Shu's true nature from his reaction.

It seems the only way is to observe in actual combat.

But who should go?

Should we send someone with a CET-6 certificate? No question, they're guaranteed to lose.

A level seven opponent? His intuition told him that he would most likely lose.

But directly sending someone at level nine...

I felt like I'd been intimidated by him, which was a bit embarrassing.

After much thought, it seems that only level eight is the most suitable.

“Come on, Hiroshima Heatwave.” Sugar Knight looked at someone: “As someone who is also competing for the top ten, I think you are the most suitable to be his opponent.”

Chapter 300 No-Rules Fighting

"whispering sound."

Before the person was seen, the voice was heard. After the Sugar Heart Knight designated the person to fight, a clear cold snort came from the crowd.

Then, a red-haired man with dyed red hair squeezed out from the crowd.

He wasn't tall, less than 1.6 meters, and was on the chubby side. He looked quite youthful, but his expression gave off the vile feeling of a street thug.

“When did it become your place to give orders? I’ve never heard of you being the boss here.”

"Oh, don't be so cold." Sugar Knight replied with a smile, "I was just making a suggestion. After all, your goal is also a top ten spot, just like his, so I think you would be the most suitable candidate."

Hiroshima Rei glanced at Jiang Shu before turning back to her: "You know my goal is the top ten, so even if I take it step by step, I should start from tenth. So why should I fight someone like this? Does that mean I should fight anyone who says their goal is the top ten?"

"You seem to be looked down upon," Bo Ya whispered to Jiang Shu.

"I felt it..."

Even Bo Ya was able to keenly sense the disdain contained in this excuse, which shows how undisguised the other party's attitude was.

“However…” Jiang Shu stroked his chin, “I feel like what he said makes a lot of sense.”

When asked about the Hiroshima heatwave, Jiang Shu unusually didn't unleash her classic argumentative personality, but instead showed some empathy.

This reminded him of when he first started doing business and gained some fame, some bloggers would send him private messages hoping to collaborate with him.

This is actually a very normal thing.

Different bloggers have different selling points and therefore different audiences. So there is a high probability that their fans will not have much overlap. In other words, very few people will follow both sides at the same time, and some may not even have heard of the other side.

If a video could be produced in collaboration at this time, it would drive traffic to each other and attract more paying users.

At the time, Jiang Shu had just entered the industry and didn't understand some of the industry's unspoken rules, so he had no idea that the number of fans could actually be faked.

So he would give gifts to every blogger who claimed to have a million followers, and he would give gifts to every one of them. In the end, he not only wasted his efforts, but he also didn't gain much traffic.

To make matters worse, he also encountered many people who were completely different from those in the videos and photos, resulting in him losing both his wife and his army.

He only realized at the very end that he had been tricked, and that most of them were just trying to take advantage of him for free.

In Jiang Shu's view, Hiroshima's current situation is similar to his own back then.

The only difference is that the Hiroshima heatwave has become intelligent; it's Homo sapiens.

"What a clever guy, it's such a waste not to sell him," Jiang Shu exclaimed.

It's like a renowned master looking on with regret at a disciple of a sect who is exceptionally talented but unable to cultivate the sect's techniques.

"What is this guy talking about..."

at the same time.

"I'm more curious about where Sachima is than that guy. I came here today specifically for him, and I'm determined not to lose to him again this time!" Hiroshima Heatwave was full of fighting spirit.

"Him..." Sugar Knight chuckled awkwardly, "After the seats were finalized, I haven't seen him much. I did advise him that this doesn't represent the final ranking, and it's better not to relax too much. But he seemed very confident, saying something like..."

"What did he say?" Hiroshima Heatwave frowned.

He said something like, "Hiroshima Heatwave is the strongest below the top ten, right? If they're all like that, then honestly there's nothing to worry about..."

The Sugar Knight paused, then offered words of comfort:

"But he was probably just joking. It's just a joke, so don't take it too seriously. He acknowledges your abilities and probably just wanted to show off in front of me."

He didn't hear the second half of Hiroshima Heatwave's sentence at all; he just kept bulging the veins on his forehead.

"What do you mean by...that kind of role?"

"Haha, I already said it was a joke."

“So…” Hiroshima Heatwave realized something: “He hasn’t shown up lately because he looks down on me, right? That bastard!”

"Ah~ I guess you've challenged him too many times."

Sugar Knight continues to fan the flames:

"Just like you said, if he has to fight you every time you say you can definitely beat him this time, it would be too hard for him, so he deliberately avoids it."

However, I don't think that's a big problem. If you can show him something new, I think he'll be interested.

The Hiroshima heatwave took a hit.

They actually used my own tactics against me...

It was incredibly embarrassing, like being slapped in the face.

He could only grit his teeth and say, "Hmph, to be honest, I did prepare something new specifically for him."