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It was night.
In a small alley in a corner of the city, Fang Li leaned against a wall, a holographic window flickering in front of him.
"Should I congratulate you?"
In the holographic window, Sylvia appeared, having just finished her duties, still clad in her Queen Veil Academy uniform, a smile gracing her lips as she spoke to Fang Li.
"The School Festival just wrapped up, and you've already made such a splash. You're truly a celebrity who never runs out of topics."
Hearing this, Fang Li couldn't help but feel a twinge of annoyance.
"Are you mocking me?" he complained. "If I had known it would turn out like this, I wouldn't have fought that Ranking Battle with First Senior Brother."
In the Ranking Battle, Fang Li had defeated Wu Xiaofei, naturally taking over Wu Xiaofei's rank and successfully entering the Named Charts, even climbing to the Page One rankings, becoming Jie Long's second-ranked student.
And this had all happened just one day ago.
Although only a short day had passed, the news had already caused an uproar. Even if not everyone in the streets and alleys knew about it, at least everyone in the Six Great Academies was certainly aware.
In fact, Fang Li had even received contact from the media, requesting an exclusive interview. Many companies in the Academy City had also reached out, eager to sponsor him as part of their advertising strategies.
The fans who had rallied behind Fang Li during the "Phoenix Festa" even organized a parade, gathering outside Jie Long's school gates, loudly chanting his name, which was beyond embarrassing.
To escape all this attention, Fang Li had fled Jie Long and was now wandering the streets at night.
"This is the burden of being famous."
Sylvia spoke with the tone of someone who had been through it all.
"Originally, because of the School Festival, you were already in the headlines. This time, it's really going to cause a stir, and your fame is going to skyrocket, isn't it?"
Sylvia's words hit the mark.
Because of this incident, Fang Li's popularity in the "Hexa Pantheon" poll had surged significantly, and his ranking had risen from eighteenth to tenth place, breaking into the top ten.
Of course, it wasn't just the "Hexa Pantheon." Even "Óðrerir" had updated its rankings after viewing the footage of Fang Li's battle, causing his rank to leap from seventh to third place, just behind "Lone Poison Strega" and "War Rhythm Strega."
This far surpassed the rankings of many academy's top students.
Thus, as the second-ranked student, Fang Li was personally bestowed a title by his master.
Since Fang Li had displayed an incredibly fearsome aura during his battle with Wu Xiaofei, Fan Xinglou had directly given him this title.
"Such a murderous aura deserves the name Rakshasa."
"From today onward, you are the Rakshasa of Jie Long's territory."
And so, Fang Li gained his title.
"'One-Sided Rakshasa,' huh?" Sylvia said with some amusement. "People who don't know you might think you're terrifying."
"If possible, I'd like to be seen that way," Fang Li replied bluntly. "At least then I'd be feared rather than popular."
Originally, a title was an alias given by an academy to a student who had performed exceptionally well.
Thus, students who were listed in the Named Charts and held Inner Rankings almost all had titles.
But for someone like Fang Li, who had no rank or title, yet won the "Phoenix Festa" and then gained both a rank and a title, was an extremely rare case.
However, no matter what, Fang Li had thoroughly become a world-class celebrity.
This was also related to Fang Li jumping from outside the rankings to second place in the sequence rankings, wasn't it?
After all, under the official Ranking Battle nomination system, this phenomenon was originally impossible.
Every academy held a collective Ranking Battle once a month, which was the official Ranking Battle.
Under this official Ranking Battle system, there was a clear rule.
If a lower-ranked student nominated a challenge, the higher-ranked student could not refuse.
However, the students participating in the Ranking Battle could generally be divided into three tiers.
The first was the top-ranked students on Page One.
The second was the Inner Ranking students in the Named Charts.
The third was the students outside the Named Charts.
In the official Ranking Battle, students were limited to challenging opponents only one tier above them.
In other words, to challenge someone on Page One, it was a basic requirement to be in the Named Charts.
Therefore, a student outside the rankings had to defeat an opponent through regular duels to suddenly rise to Page One.
But the higher-ranked students were also more cautious about dueling.
After all, if they lost, their rank would be taken away, and given their reputation as top-ranked students, there were always some ambitious individuals dreaming of instant success. If they were constantly harassed by such challengers, it would be endless.
Due to this, it was extremely difficult for students outside the rankings to suddenly rise to Page One.
Fang Li's success also added a halo to him, significantly boosting his popularity.
By the way, although Wu Xiaofei lost his rank, he certainly didn't only possess the strength of someone outside the rankings.
In response to this situation, most academies would grant a grace period to these defeated students, allowing capable students to challenge those below their old rank without regard to tier.
In this context, Wu Xiaofei challenged Jie Long's third-ranked student today and successfully regained that rank.
Thus, the top five students of Jie Long's seventh academy were now well-known.
First place: "Banyuu Tenra" Fan Xinglou.
Second place: "One-Sided Rakshasa" Fang Li.
Third place: "Hagun Seikun" Wu Xiaofei.
Fourth place: "Raigeki Senka" Cecily.
Fifth place: "Tenka Musou" Zhao Hufeng.
Additionally, the sixth to twelfth places were all disciples of Fan Xinglou, completely occupying the Page One rankings of Jie Long.
"No matter what, you've already become Jie Long's second-ranked student. From the footage that has been revealed, I believe many people have a renewed understanding of your strength. Your leap to third place in 'Óðrerir' is enough to prove that."
Sylvia seemed to kindly remind him.
"And the 'Gryph Festa' is about to start again. You better not get into any trouble out there!"
Hearing Sylvia's words, Fang Li was about to respond but suddenly fell silent.
Then, his expression became somewhat calm as he spoke.
"But if someone else is looking for trouble with you, that would be different, right?"
(End Of This Chapter)