Summoning Players into My Game-Chapter 718 - 371: This World Has Gone Crazy (Part 2)

However, Chu Qingtian had fought in the Pilgrimage for many years, with countless battles, making combat instinctual for him. He immediately used Iron Lock Cross River.

Bam!

The long spear and the fist clashed; the long spear bent into a half-moon shape, and even the ground beneath Chu Qingtian sunk in by more than ten centimeters.

Seeing Chu Qingtian barely manage to block the attack, the young man was slightly surprised, but then quickly followed with another palm strike, swift as lightning, that landed on the long spear. The force bent the spear into a full moon shape, finally striking Chu Qingtian in the chest, driving half his body into the ground.

Chu Qingtian hadn’t even had a chance to step out when the young man unleashed a flurry of palm strikes.

Bam!

Bam!

Bam!

...

Each palm strike was swift and heavy, thundering like lightning; over ten strikes were unleashed in rapid succession. Despite Chu Qingtian’s full effort to defend, he was still hit several times, reducing his health to zero.

The entire battle lasted only a few seconds, but anyone could see it was utterly one-sided.

"Who exactly is this young man?" 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

"Are all the young people in the Eternal Immortal Path this formidable?"

"Such strength, even those ancient monsters who use special potions only amount to so much."

The elders in the conference room, having watched the battle video, had their mouths agape, their shock evident on their faces.

Bafflement!

Astonishment!

Trepidation!

Everyone present was a Saint and considered themselves among the top in any virtual game, yet their skills were clearly far behind the young man in the video.

"President! Haven’t the financial group’s people seen this combat video?" a forty-something Elder suddenly stood up, pointing at the young man in the video, full of amazement, saying, "This young man’s strength is terrifyingly great. It’s not just you, even the top five strongest in Pilgrimage might not stand a chance. This is not your problem at all, it’s simply bad luck in not making it to the main tournament. What were the board members thinking?"

The elders present all nodded, feeling that the financial groups were being unreasonable, and so were the board members. Anyone with eyes could see that the young man was terrifyingly strong, likely a favorite to win the championship in this national competition.

President Chu Qingtian suddenly encountering someone so unknown yet overwhelmingly strong was undoubtedly bad luck. It wasn’t that President Chu Qingtian lacked strength; after all, against that young man, no master from Pilgrimage would dare claim sure victory.

The financial groups and board played dirty tricks to withdraw investments and seize power, leaving the Elders deeply dissatisfied.

"Enough! Don’t embarrass me further!" Chu Qingtian suddenly slapped the table, silencing the room, speaking with an even darker expression, "If it was just like this, neither the financial groups nor the board would say anything, but this young man was eliminated in the fourth round. He didn’t even make it to the main tournament..."

As Chu Qingtian finished speaking, the entire room fell as silent as death, leaving the once-excited Elders dumbfounded.

"Eliminated in the fourth round, didn’t make it to the main tournament?"

"President, what is going on?"

The elders looked at Chu Qingtian’s grim face, feeling their minds unable to comprehend.

Because Celestial Might’s main business was Pilgrimage, and with Chu Qingtian personally participating, they hadn’t paid much attention to the Eternal Immortal Path national competition, knowing only that the elimination rounds were five, followed by the main tournament selecting three hundred people.

But for such an exceptionally strong young man to be eliminated in the fourth round, what was this?

"There’s no need to guess. In this national competition, everyone who made it to the main tournament is stronger than this young man." Chu Qingtian, looking at the bewildered Elders, helplessly explained, "This is also why this competition was so full of upsets. Nearly all renowned masters from various games didn’t make it to the main tournament, and those who did were almost all unknown faces. This was unexpected by all the financial groups, making all of them perceive us virtual game masters as not living up to our reputations."

He really didn’t want to talk about it, even now feeling like it was all a dream.

In the Pilgrimage, a masterpiece with hundreds of millions of online players, he was a notable expert, but to be utterly beaten by a nameless young man in the Eternal Immortal Path national competition, and not just by one, but by a group of nameless youths, made him question if he had been too arrogant; that the real masters disdained to enter their matches.

Now, with the Eternal Immortal Path connected to longevity, they all emerged, teaching a lesson to all professional gamers.

This exemplified how there is always someone better, beyond one’s current understanding!

The Elders present understood, each looking at the young man in the video with mixed emotions.

In their view, such a formidable young man was nothing but a joke among other competitors, so then what were they?

While the people in the conference room were lost in shock, a clear, pleasant voice echoed in their ears.

"I understand."

"I accept the position of President."

Everyone looked over, seeing that the speaker was none other than Luo Wushang, yet at this moment, Luo Wushang’s expression was calm, as if unaffected by the shock of the young man in the video, nor surprised that the young man didn’t make it to the main tournament.