At the Central Plaza, before the notice board.
After a brief silence, the crowd burst into an uproar.
"What the hell? Am I seeing things? A freshman?!"
"I know Gu Yuexi is strong—the new Future Empress and all—but... this is to represent the nation in a competition! Isn't that a little too risky?"
"A Fifth-Grade? Going to the White Eagle Empire? Is she going there to feed them kills or just to sightsee?"
"Sure, she defeated Su Yingxue after she artificially boosted her power to the Seventh-Grade, but that wasn't a true Seventh-Grade."
"I object! I won't accept this! I'm a senior, and I busted my ass to reach the Peak of Sixth-Grade. On what grounds does some little Fifth-Grade underclassman get to take the spot?"
A tide of dissenting voices surged forth.
This skepticism wasn't just mindless jealousy.
At Jing University, Great Xia's most prestigious academy, many elite juniors and seniors had already reached the Sixth-Grade, and some were even at the Half-Step Seventh-Grade.
