20th of June.
MCMAU hall.
97 students. All fully armed.
Tang Feng, a Rank-5 and three Rank-4 instructors. Altogether there were 5 instructors, all armed to the teeth. They had made all the necessary preparations to enter the Catacombs.
The team was over a hundred-man strong, with the majority being Rank-2 martial artists. It had been many years since MCMAU last sent such a lineup into the Catacombs.
The three Grandmasters, the old vice-chancellor, Wu Kuishan, and Huang Jing, had all arrived.
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"All of you are the backbone of MCMAU. The backbone of Sino Nation
The old vice-chancellor's voice was strong and sonorous as he declared loudly, "I hope that all of you can return safely. I hope that someday, all of you can achieve high ranks!"
"I also hope that your greatest achievements lie in the future and not the present!"