Faced with Qinchuan's question, Han Ting bitterly smiled and helplessly said to Qinchuan, "You're right. Once the chairman and the other third-year seniors enter the fourth year, our Student Council's strength will drop by a large amount. We might need to wait until next year to recover."
"If we wait until next year, the Six Great Academies' Ranking Tournament will have already ended." Long Xiao frowned and asked in confusion, "Why is our Student Council's overall strength so weak?"
Qinchuan did not have a deep understanding of the other academies, but Long Xiao had a certain level of understanding of the other five academies. According to what she knew, the other five academies' Student Council had many late-stage Foundation Establishment students and even more mid-stage Foundation Establishment students, not to mention early-stage Foundation Establishment students. Compared to the other five academies, the Black Moon Combat Academy's Student Council was not only lacking in numbers, but its quality was also inferior. This gap was just too great.
"The main reason is that the difference in numbers between our academy and the other five academies is too great."
Han Ting helplessly spread out his hands and said, "You should all understand that our academy only recruits a little more than a hundred new students every year, including auditing students. There are only a few official students and even fewer official students who have the qualifications to join the Student Council.
On the other hand, the other five academies recruit more than a thousand students every year, which is ten times more than ours. Even if only a tenth of these thousand people can advance to the Foundation Establishment stage, that's still more than a hundred people. It's more than enough to match up to all of our new students. "
Hearing Han Ting's explanation, Qinchuan and the other three could not help but be stunned. They had not considered the problem of numbers, but now that they thought about it, they felt that it was normal for the Student Council to be weak because of the small number of people.
"Moreover, our academy's enrollment requirement is that one must possess outstanding natural talent in the Dao of Talisman Formations. So no matter if it's auditing students or official students, the worst of the students in our academy is a grade one Talisman Formation Master. When we study the Dao of Talisman Formations, it naturally delays our cultivation, causing the advancement of our cultivations to become slow.
On the other hand, most of the students of the other five academies aren't Talisman Formation Masters. In this way, they're able to place all their energy on cultivation, and their cultivations will naturally improve slightly faster than us. As this goes on, the gap between us will naturally appear. "
Speaking of this situation, Han Ting was also somewhat helpless. Who asked their academy's system to be like this?
"If that's the case, it's reasonable."
Lü Zi nodded her head and said, "The number of Symbol Array Masters in the other five academies combined might not even be as many as ours. This can be considered our academy's advantage. At that time, when we use battle arrays, we can definitely make up for the gap between our realms."
Hearing Lv Zi's words, Qin Chuan and Long Xiao both nodded in agreement. The powerful attack power of a battle formation master was enough to make up for the small difference in cultivation realm.
"I'm afraid that's not possible.
Han Ting didn't know how many times he had laughed bitterly today. He looked at Qin Chuan's group of four and sighed. "According to the rules of the Six Great Academies' ranking competition, we aren't allowed to bring array discs with talisman arrays onto the stage. We can only bring talisman brushes and blank array discs onto the stage. If we want to inscribe a battle array, then we have to inscribe it on the stage. But do you think our opponents will stupidly stand there and give us the chance to inscribe a battle array?"
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. Lü Zi was somewhat astonished. The Six Great Academies' ranking tournament's rules were clearly to restrict the Blackmoon Combat Academy's performance.
"There's nothing we can do about it. According to the rules of the Six Great Academies ranking competition, only weapons are allowed to be brought onto the stage. Nothing else is allowed to be brought onto the stage. Talisman brushes and array discs are equivalent to our weapons, but finished array discs are not allowed. Otherwise, if everyone were to bring array discs inscribed with Class 3 or Class 4 battle arrays onto the stage, there would be a big problem."
"According to what you've said, it's basically impossible for our Blackmoon Combat Academy to achieve good results in the Six Great Academies' ranking tournament."
"In the past, we were able to defeat the Starry Sky Academy. If we were lucky, we might even be able to defeat the Divine Sword Academy, which specializes in refining tools, and obtain fourth place. But this year, it's not certain."
"Why do you say that?"
"There's already news that a sword genius has appeared in the Divine Sword Academy. He's the last disciple of the Divine Sword Villa's Sword Immortal. Although his cultivation is only at the initial Foundation Establishment stage, he can already easily defeat a mid Foundation Establishment stage opponent. Before the Six Great Academies' ranking tournament, it's not impossible for him to step into the mid Foundation Establishment stage. At that time, with his strength, it's not impossible for him to defeat a late Foundation Establishment stage expert!"
"Senior, the person you're talking about is the Su Family's Su Kuang, who's also known as the Little Sword Immortal, right?"
Long Xiao suddenly asked. She still had some understanding of Su Kuang.
"That's right, it's the Su Family's Su Kuang."
Han Ting nodded and said, "To be honest, there's no one in our Student Union who has any hope of defeating Su Kuang."
"If the Divine Sword Academy has Su Kuang, then what about the Starry Sky Academy?" Long Xiao frowned and said, "Could it be the Queen of Blades?"
Hearing Long Xiao mention the Queen of Blades, Qinchuan's eyes couldn't help but slightly move.
"That's right, it's the Queen of Blades."
Han Ting nodded and said with emotion, "This Zhou Lin, who's known as the Queen of Blades, is definitely one of the geniuses with the fastest cultivation speed. Last year, she was only at the initial Foundation Establishment stage. Now, she's already at the mid Foundation Establishment stage. Before the Six Great Academies' ranking tournament, she may even break through to the late Foundation Establishment stage!
Not only is this person's cultivation level high, but her strength is also extremely strong. She's known as the number one person in the Starry Sky Academy. From this, it can be seen that this Zhou Lin will definitely be our great enemy. "
Hearing this, Lü Zi looked at Qinchuan and asked, "Qinchuan, do you have anything to say?"
"What should I say?" Qinchuan grinned. "Senior Zhou Lin is mighty and domineering?"
Seeing the smile on Qinchuan's face, Han Ting was stunned for a moment. As if he thought of something, he suddenly said, "I remember that Zhou Lin and Qinchuan both came from the State Capital of Qing. Do you know each other?"
"We do know each other. Senior Zhou Lin and I have a pretty good relationship."
Qinchuan frankly admitted that he and Zhou Lin knew each other. He shrugged and said, "But I don't think that Senior Zhou Lin will be merciful to me in the arena because of this."
The Six Great Academies' ranking tournament was a matter of resource allocation for each academy. Zhou Lin would definitely not be merciful to anyone.
"So, in this year's Six Great Academies' ranking tournament, our Blackmoon Combat Academy is likely to be ranked last?" Long Xiao frowned. She wasn't someone who liked to lose.
"Generally, after the Six Great Academies' ranking tournament, the last ranked academy will be challenged by the top ten academies. We might not even be able to win against them."
The more Han Ting spoke, the more bitter he felt. This feeling was too sullen.