Urban's Fury: The War Dragon God
Chapter 801 Speculation

Chapter 801: Chapter 801 Speculation

"Damn it, you bastards from Overlord Martial Arts Hall, remember this, I won’t let you off!"

"Heh, does spitting cruel words now have any meaning?"

One person from Overlord Martial Arts Hall stepped on a young man, taking several tokens from him.

"Zhang Tong, if you want to blame someone, blame your Eastern Martial Arts Hall’s pathetic strength."

"Let’s go!"

No one from Overlord Martial Arts Hall sympathized with the robbed Zhang Tong; the pre-selection is a process of group elimination.

You say it’s unfair?

Heh, what is fairness?

If you have the strength, even one person can pass; if you’re a loser, even a group will remain losers.

"Brother Yu, what do we do next?"

Several people from Overlord Martial Arts Hall simultaneously looked at the man in front of them. He was in his early twenties, with long hair, and a tall and sturdy body that exuded an aura reminiscent of Xiang Yu.

And his name was the same as the overlord.

He is also called Xiang Yu.

"How many tokens do we have now?"

"Brother Yu, we have at least one token each of gold, wood, and fire, with extras. We also have two Earth Element Tokens, but only one Water Element Token, which is the least."

Xiang Yu frowned: "Water Element Tokens are the fewest!"

"Yes, Brother Yu, and it’s strange. We’ve defeated over twenty people, yet most of the tokens we have are gold, wood, and fire. Even the tokens we brought were these three."

"The Earth Element Tokens only fell after we got on the island, but there seem to be plenty of those. Yet, we’ve only seen this one Water Element Token."

One person beside Xiang Yu wasn’t much to look at and had no distinguishing features, but among these people, he was clearly second only to Xiang Yu.

"Brother Yu, I have an immature idea."

"Oh, let’s hear it."

Xiang Yu looked at Gongsun Yu beside him, a key figure in the Overlord Martial Arts Hall, second only to him. Though not striking in appearance, Gongsun Yu had a Ph.D. and exceptional analytical skills.

Gongsun Yu mused and then spoke.

"I think we may have overlooked something. According to the pre-selection rules, each person must collect all Five Elements Tokens to qualify for passage."

"Is there a problem with that?" someone beside him asked, puzzled.

Gongsun Yu responded, "The committee never mentioned how many of each type of Five Elements Token there are. Based on our previous understanding, except for the final Earth Element Token to be found on the island, what if the remaining four tokens aren’t evenly distributed?"

"I think you’ve all noticed that up to now, the tokens we’ve obtained are mostly gold, wood, and fire."

"I originally thought the committee would use the Earth Element Token to regulate things. Now it seems it was indeed used as a plot point, but not the most significant one."

"Even if they used spatial distribution, we’ve seen a lot of Earth Element Tokens. We managed to grab two, so why is the Water Element Token so rare!"

With Gongsun Yu’s words, the other people also started to ponder.

"Hmm, now that you mention it, our only Water Element Token was taken off someone else. If we’d realized earlier, we might have pressed the opponent for information."

"What good is saying this now; the Water Element Token was taken on the cruise." The person beside said.

Xiang Yu also furrowed his brow, "Gongsun, just tell us your conclusion."

Gongsun Yu exhaled.

"Female contestants."

"Hmm?" someone beside him looked curiously at Gongsun Yu.

Gongsun Yu continued, "If it were evenly distributed, we wouldn’t have so few Water Element Tokens. Even that one Water Element Token wasn’t seized but found."

"From beginning to end, we actually haven’t seen a single Water Element Token on our opponents. Why is that?"

"Do you suspect that all the Water Element Tokens are with the female contestants?" Xiang Yu asked.

Though Xiang Yu had a domineering personality, he deliberately avoided choosing female opponents unless they challenged him first, as winning against them seemed unfair to him.

It’s not out of fear.

But rather unsportsmanlike.

Indeed, most martial artists are quite chauvinistic and disdain fighting women, as a victory wouldn’t feel honorable.

"Yes, before we boarded the cruise, I observed that out of the over three thousand participants in this initial pre-selection, only about one-tenth were women."

"That means between three hundred to four hundred participants were female, and according to the numbers from the previous two National Martial Arts Tournaments, around three hundred is about right."

"The committee is definitely using the control of the Five Elements Tokens to filter the final numbers of qualifiers."

"Originally, I thought the Earth Element Token would control the total number of qualifiers. But now it seems not, because the method of distributing Earth Element Tokens from above makes number control difficult, so there might not be too few Earth Element Tokens."

"Instead, it’s the Water Element Tokens truly controlling the number passing."

"And if only females have the Water Element Tokens, that explains why we’ve seen so few."

"Damn, does it need to be said? Fighting women isn’t fair, and going against them would make us scorned. I can’t bring myself to do it."

"Right, taking tokens from women, many probably think like us, which is why Water Element Tokens are so scarce."

"Not only that, but there’s also fewer women, and many of them are good-looking with great figures. Instead of targeting them, most probably want to win their favor. Who would have thought this? The committee is sly, and if it weren’t for Brother Yu, how would we have figured this out?"

"At least I wouldn’t have thought about it and kept foolishly competing against others. But no matter how many of the other four types we snatch, it won’t matter if we don’t collect all Five Elements Tokens."

Xiang Yu found Gongsun Yu’s analysis quite reasonable; if this was indeed the committee’s plan, it was a headache.

"Regardless if it’s right or wrong, we’ll know by trying."

Xiang Yu took a deep breath. He really didn’t want to be a bully, but the pre-selection rules seemed to force him into it, making him bully the female contestants.

"Ah-choo."

An elder on the cruise sneezed.

"Who’s cursing me?"

"Old Chen, your cunning design is really infuriating, but by now, it’s probably been discovered."

After a wave of eliminations on the cruise, another wave got eliminated in the over two-kilometer swim. Finally, on the island, some stronger martial arts halls swept out another batch, leaving less than half the original contestants.

As token collection continued, the remaining contestants roughly grasped the scarcity of their numbers.

Though many were eliminated, not even one-third of the eliminated were women, an unusually low elimination rate.

"But this arrangement of yours is indeed annoying; what did these young women ever do to you?"

"Oh, they didn’t do anything to me; I just can’t stand it. The National Martial Arts Tournament should be based on strength."