X-Dragon Era-Chapter 686 - 486-487: Fantasy Dream Team_2
However, his guess was completely wrong... not just wrong, but a huge, terrible mistake. From the start of the match to the completion of the task, Xin Yun had taken only a little over ten seconds. Even An Xi would not have taken more than 15 seconds!
In a way, the strength of Xin Yun and An Xi was quite comparable, but they were far, far behind the third person to complete the task.
Ten minutes is 600 seconds, meaning that Xin Yun and An Xi finished the task nearly 60 times faster than him! The difference was staggering, and even if it wasn't as vast as heaven and earth, it was still worlds apart.
To Xin Yun and An Xi, they didn't care much about the third person who completed the task. After all, what he did was his own business, and they were too lazy to meddle. In their hearts... what truly mattered to them was each other. A difference of three seconds might have determined who was superior, but it really didn't prove much. Although it would affect future rankings, claiming that Xin Yun was stronger than An Xi on this basis alone would be quite a stretch.
In fact, if An Xi could have been a little faster, the outcome might have been different. It was the slowness of the Dark Giant Dragon that allowed Xin Yun to finish first. Even if An Xi couldn't have beaten Xin Yun, it wouldn't have been by much, and they might have finished at the same time. One could say... An Xi's defeat was due to his speed, and this was also his biggest weakness. When experts crossed paths, any flaw could change the outcome.
As time slowly passed, finally... at the 15-minute, 18-minute, 22-minute, and 43-minute marks, respectively, people finished their tasks. The other three didn't finish until it was down to the last three, indicating... they were not capable of defeating ten opponents to end the match.
After the first round ended, the referee immediately announced the results. Xin Yun's time was actually less than ten seconds; he finished the battle in the ninth second, while An Xi finished in thirteen seconds.
Thirteen minus nine should equal four seconds, but in reality, there was only about a three-second difference between them. Xin Yun's time was just over nine seconds, while An Xi's was just under thirteen seconds. However, because Xin Yun's time was closer to nine seconds and An Xi's closer to thirteen, on paper, it looked like there was a full four seconds difference!
With that, the gap between them suddenly widened. Although four seconds might not seem like much, how many fours seconds did Xin Yun use? That's right... just a little more than two. Nine and thirteen seconds, in the eyes of experts, could be described as worlds apart.
Just like the 100-meter sprint on Earth, if it was thirteen seconds, there's no doubt... that's the level of a schoolchild. And nine seconds? Not even the fastest people in the world could achieve that time!
Although it seemed like just an insignificant knockout race, it was from this very match that the Demon Dragon Clan came to regard thirteen as a most inauspicious number!
After the first round, Xin Yun and others did not rush back to rest but went to the audience seats to watch the subsequent matches with all the spectators.
Finally, after a whole day of fighting, the matches for all eleven groups came to an end. A total of 110 teams successfully advanced to the next round. It is worth mentioning that the future Nine Great Experts were all among these 110 participants!
In terms of completion time, Xin Yun led the second and third place by one second, becoming the fastest finisher. Aside from Xin Yun, there were five others who completed the task within 20 seconds. These five were none other than the remaining members of the Nine Great Experts: Sand Dragon Cang Mang, Demon Dragon An Xi, Light Dragon Shenghui, Poison Dragon Mo Dun, and Diamond Dragon Ka Ka!
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Some might wonder why no one surpassed Xin Yun's time. This is not hard to understand because Xin Yun's experience was simply too vast. Three lifetimes of life experience and two of battle had allowed him to assess the situation immediately and, with a surprise attack, quickly dispose of six opponents, without wasting any time, overpowering the last four to finish the task in record time.
Most importantly, to ensure fairness, those not competing had to stay in the hall, and the rules of the match were announced just before it began. Thus... while other groups were competing, the rest didn't know what the rules of this match were, nor the scores of the previous groups.
Therefore, although there were eleven groups in total... in reality, it didn't make much difference, whether you were in the first or the tenth round. The information available was the same.
When the strength was similar, it all came down to experience, insight, and judgment. And in these three areas, who could compare with Xin Yun? Even if there were any... they would not be found in the Crystal Tier at this age.
Everyone was surprised by Xin Yun's performance. Though everyone expected him to pass smoothly, no one anticipated he would lead with the top score.
Everyone knew that the World Academy Challenge gathered almost all the young elites, with only about twenty percent absent. This first round was a contest of the strongest captains, and from this perspective, Xin Yun's achievement was indeed astonishing—he was ahead of everyone in his generation!
