With Lin Chen's two points, the Cangling Ancient Country surpassed the Ancient Kingdom of Xijun to rank third and enter the elimination round.

...

After Lin Chen left, the entire venue remained lively.

Lin Chen's performance was beyond everyone's expectations.

If anyone had doubted Lin Chen's strength before, now seeing Xiaobai and Xiao Hong's performance, they certainly didn't dare to speak.

Gao Ben's two Spirit Beasts were of significant value.

Yet Lin Chen's Spirit Beasts could defeat them in an instant.

"Although we smoothly entered the elimination round, ranking third..." some spectators were worried.

From the performance of this year's Spirit Academy students, except for Lin Chen and Wu Chen, everyone else struggled quite a bit.

This made them very anxious about the upcoming matches.

After all, reaching the elimination stage is entirely different.

In the elimination stage, it's a confrontation between national teams.

Students from all three grades must participate, and the admission spots are determined by winning points.

That evening, people from the Youlan Empire and Beiming Country began to pay attention to Lin Chen.

Previously, they believed that the outstanding newcomer of Cangling Ancient Country should be Fang You.

Because there was very little data on Lin Chen.

Late at night, Ji Ru entered Gu An's room, knelt on one knee, and said, "Master, Tyler hopes we can provide detailed information about Lin Chen."

"Lin Chen..."

Gu An was not hearing this name for the first time; he had previously noticed the lack of information about Lin Chen in a certain intelligence report.

The second time he heard about it was concerning Bai Ling.

"How should we handle this?" Ji Ru asked.

"A bunch of fools, they've already given him so much student information, and he still lacks confidence?" Gu An cursed, furrowing his brow deeply.

This information absolutely cannot be handed over again.

Because he had already heard from informal sources that Zhu Tong had begun to investigate this matter.

This leaking affair could easily be charged as treason.

Treason is a capital crime.

...

White Emperor City Casino

When the points competition wound down, the casino boss Zhao Shi began gathering his analysts for analysis.

According to past experience, after the points competition, bets will increase explosively.

If the casino doesn't offer reasonable odds, there could be losses.

White Emperor City's casino is united; there's only one, and that's Zhao Shi's.

"What do you think?" Zhao Shi asked the top analyst, Zheng Cai.

Zheng Cai, being the top analyst with a monthly salary nearing a million, naturally had extraordinary skills and handed over a prepared document.

Zhao Shi nodded in satisfaction, and Zheng Cai had analyzed all the countries.

Youlan Empire:

Third-grade: Comprehensive rating of 9.2

Besides the ratings, Zheng Cai provided explanations.

Within the Youlan Empire, there's one with abilities nearly equal to Wu Chen, and the other two members are top talents as well.

Zhao Shi continued reading; Youlan Empire's second-grade rating was 9.0, and the newcomer grade's rating was 9.3.

"How is it even higher than the third-grade?" Zhao Shi was surprised.

"My ratings take into account not only strength but also matchups..." Zheng Cai explained, "Currently, the competition among newcomers is quite fierce; like Alex from the Youlan Empire, his previous rating was low, and it should be around 9.4 or even 9.5."

"And Balke from Beiming Country, his rating is at least above 9.3."

"Thomas from the Ancient Kingdom of Xijun, likely well-hidden, but his rating won't be low."

"Finally, there's our Cangling Ancient Country, Lin Chen and Fang You..."

Hearing the last part, Zhao Shi interrupted, "What do you think about these two?"

Zheng Cai glanced around, then pulled out a sealed dossier; Zhao Shi's face drastically changed after reading and asked, "Where did you get this?"

This intelligence was exactly the detailed information about Cangling Ancient Country's students that Gu An handed to Tyler.

"Not just me, rumors are spreading outside..." Zheng Cai also looked very displeased and said, "I obtained it unintentionally."

Zhao Shi, being a businessman, though angry, knew some affairs were beyond his control.

He looked again, finding Lin Chen's name absent, which relieved him somewhat, yet he asked, "How high do you think Lin Chen's rating could go?"

"I rated Fang You at 9.3, so Lin Chen..." Zheng Cai said earnestly, "will only be above 9.3."

Soon, the casino began urgently adjusting the odds:

Youlan Empire, odds ranked first.

Beiming Country, odds ranked second.

Cangling Ancient Country, odds ranked third.

Ancient Kingdom of Xijun, tied for third.

Zheng Cai believed this time the lineup sent by Cangling Ancient Country could even rank in the top two.

But with most information exposed, their cards could be easily targeted.

Thus, they ended up in third place.

The top four did not change much, but the latter two countries did.

Nanfen Ancient Country surpasses East Sakura Country for the first time, becoming fifth, partly due to Lin Chen.

This time, Lin Chen's two Spirit Beasts severely injured Gao Ben, causing East Sakura Country's newcomers to lack one member.

Missing one person is equivalent to losing one point.

Hence, it's extremely difficult for East Sakura Country to emerge from the losers' bracket.

...

Bam bam~~

While Lin Chen was performing the Little Fox in the restaurant, someone knocked on the door.

Lin Chen opened the door and saw Bai Ling along with her three Spirit Beasts, holding a lunchbox. She said as the door opened, "I hope I'm not disturbing you."

Lin Chen shook his head and let her in.

Bai Ling opened the lunchbox upon entering, revealing her specialty desserts. She happily said, "I heard from the teacher, Xiaobai and Xiao Hong had great victories today, they're amazing. It's a pity I couldn't be there."

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