Undead Mage: I Have a Skeleton Clone-Chapter 452 - 332: We Are the Champions, Overnight Riches!

After a day of tense and fierce competition, Fang Zhou single-handedly led the Sea City Military Academy team to an astonishing comeback.

In the end, not only did he personally take first place in individual points by an undisputed margin, but Sea City Military Academy also topped the overall academy leaderboard with its team’s outstanding performance, becoming the biggest winner of the tournament. Fang Zhou’s name, like the brightest star in the night sky, occupied the top spot on both the individual and team leaderboards.

During the one-day newcomer grand tournament, almost all contestants from the other military academies had directly confronted Fang Zhou. In these confrontations, many participants lost at least one precious revival chance. Therefore, no one dared to question Fang Zhou’s combat prowess.

It wasn’t just the participants who had personally fought Fang Zhou who held him in awe; even the hundreds of thousands of spectators watching from outside the arena genuinely admired his abilities. Unconsciously, the impression of Fang Zhou among these military academy students, who had never met him, was elevated to an exaggerated level.

As the countdown in the Simulation Battlefield reached zero, time throughout the virtual space seemed to stand still. One hundred Teleportation Gates reopened, transporting the 100 scattered contestants back to the competition’s original starting point—the magnificent arena.

On the high platform, the projections of the ten military academy principals and ten lead instructors were still waiting, watching every returning student. However, unlike at the start of the competition, the ten golden lists that had once hung independently in the sky had now merged into a single, gigantic leaderboard. This large golden board, displaying the names from ten military academies and one hundred contestants, shone brilliantly.

On the left side of the golden board, the latest rankings of the ten major military academies were clearly displayed. The name of Sea City Military Academy was prominently at the top, a testament to its strength and glory.

On the right side were the individual point rankings for the contestants. With an absolute advantage, Fang Zhou’s name occupied the top position. He boasted a high score of 960 points, which was several times higher than that of the second-place Jiang Yaoyue, the Holy Judgment Knight from Dragon City Military Academy.

Furthermore, other team members from Sea City Military Academy, such as Meng Hongzhuang and Ye Fan, also had impressive scores. They were firmly ranked within the top twenty, further solidifying Sea City Military Academy’s overall lead.

Led by Fang Zhou, the contestants from Sea City Military Academy performed exceptionally well in this newcomer grand tournament, making the long-held dream of the entire academy a reality. They achieved the best results in the history of the newcomer grand tournament, winning the title of First Military Academy for the first time.

The immense gap in strength between Fang Zhou and the contestants from other military academies made the once-dominant Dragon City Military Academy and Celestial City Military Academy seem lackluster in comparison. They could only silently accept the reality of being thoroughly trampled by Sea City Military Academy.

This was especially true for the principal of Dragon City Military Academy, a Legendary Crown-level Senhan Warlock. During his five years as principal, Dragon City Military Academy had consistently held the champion’s seat in the newcomer grand tournament, receiving the largest share of resources from the Longxia Federation military.

This had propelled Dragon City Military Academy into a virtuous cycle. The academy recruited students with excellent Talent and powerful combat abilities, enabling them to achieve remarkable results in the annual newcomer grand tournament. After securing the top spot among the ten military academies, Dragon City Military Academy would receive even more resources to further cultivate these gifted students. Although their initial Talent might have been comparable to students from other military academies, the abundance of resources at Dragon City Military Academy meant its students always progressed and achieved breakthroughs faster than their peers elsewhere.

Consequently, the reputation of Dragon City Military Academy spread far and wide, attracting talented students from all over the Longxia Federation to apply. In the following year’s newcomer grand tournament, Dragon City Military Academy would often easily defend its championship title thanks to its advantages in talent and resources.

However, Fang Zhou’s appearance completely shattered this cycle. If his strength and Talent hadn’t been so extraordinary—if he were merely on par with Dragon City Military Academy’s No.1 Seed, Jiang Yaoyue—the instructors of Dragon City Military Academy would have been confident in defeating Sea City Military Academy based on the overall quality of their contestants.

But alas, Fang Zhou’s combat power was simply too astonishing, reaching a nearly invincible level.

Now that the competitive portion of the newcomer grand tournament had come to a perfect conclusion, the most anticipated event was next: the award ceremony.

The rankings and resource allocation among the ten military academies have always been decided through joint negotiations between each academy’s senior management and the Longxia Federation military. Thus, such details would not be announced on a grand occasion like today. After all, the degree of resource allocation from the Longxia Federation military directly affects the efficiency with which all academy students, and even instructors, can acquire resources.

For common, high-production consumables like the Spirit Recovery Potion and the Soul Nourishing Potion, the difference between the academies might not be significant. However, the disparity became particularly stark when it came to precious resources essential for various Professions. These included items like Heavenly and Earthly Treasures and Attribute Secret Medicines, which were scarce and in high demand.

How this enormous cake would be divided required in-depth negotiations between the leaders of each military academy and the military.