C173 Breakthrough Again
C173 Breakthrough Again
Angry berating voices continuously sounded out in the Great Assembly Hall of the Heavenly Star Martial Mansion. With College Martial Arts Competition approaching, Royal Martial College took five of the sixty-eight fixed spots. Di Feng, Haoyue, Lingxi, and Giant Elephant took three each, and two of the other twenty-five Martial Mansion s, with the exception of one Heavenly Star Martial Mansion.
This was an insult.
"What do you think we should do? Do you want it or not? "
"Of course we want it. Could it be that we don't even have a single spot on our Heavenly Star Martial Mansion? If word of this gets out, it will be even more embarrassing. " Song Chenglie was a bit angry.
"If you want this slot, isn't that equivalent to accepting their insult?"
"So what? The more negative our Heavenly Star Martial Mansion is, the more people there are who are waiting to see us make a fool of ourselves. How can we let them do as they wish? If we do not get a fixed rank on the Heavenly Rankings, then we shall attack the thirty-second place in Earth Rank. "
"Hmph, that sounds nice. I think only Shao Yan, your direct disciple from last year managed to get into the top 64." You want to make it into the top 32 this year? "
The white-haired elder was somewhat self-deprecating.
Song Chenglie frowned and continued, "Last year, Shao Yan had to face two powerful opponents in a row before he was able to reach the 64th place. But this year, Shao Yan was definitely much stronger than before. Furthermore, Mentor Xi Lan's Ji Xian and Wu Ying's Bai Yuyue both failed to participate last year. Both of them are not weak. "
Last year, Shao Yan first encountered the Royal Martial College's Tong Fei, then encountered the Consonance Martial Mansion's Shen Yunxi.
After two consecutive battles against formidable opponents, Shao Yan was defeated by Shen Yunxi.
As for Ji Xian, he did not participate last year and just happened to be at the critical point of his breakthrough. After weighing the pros and cons, Xi Lan did not approve of the other party participating, so Ji Xian had missed out on last year's College Martial Arts Competition.
As for Bai Yuyue, she had been admitted to the academy the previous year.
In other words, Bai Yuyue had only entered the Heavenly Star Martial Mansion less than a year ago this time last year. Because she wasn't very strong, she didn't participate in the Martial Competition.
But later on, Bai Yuyue was the one who improved the fastest, especially under Wu Ying's wholehearted guidance. Bai Yuyue was not much worse than Ji Xian and Shao Yan.
"Stop arguing!" President Jiang finally spoke. He let out a deep breath and his eyes narrowed as he said in a deep voice, "The Heaven Ranking rank is for Mentor Xi Lan's Ji Xian."
The only entry for the Heavenly Rankings was given to Ji Xian.
Everyone in the hall was slightly startled. Of course, this decision was not unexpected.
"Other than that, I hope that in the next month or so, all of you will spend a lot of effort to increase the strength of those little fellows. Since we only have one fixed spot on the Heavenly Rankings, we still have the Earth Rank's top thirty-six rankers, so it's time for us to retaliate."
Speaking of excitement, President Jiang directly stood up from his wide chair. His pair of old eyes, which were slightly cloudy, were now full of sharpness.
"We old fellows still haven't reached the point of being unable to walk. How can we admit defeat?"
President Jiang's words instantly influenced all the elders and instructors present. All of their faces showed some emotions.
Song Chenglie was the first to take a step forward. He formed a fist with his hands and said, "I, Song Chenglie, promise that this year, my disciple, Shao Yan, will definitely make it into the top 32."
Soon after, Instructor Wu Ying also stood up. His usual frivolous expression became even more serious. He continued, "I will go near and help Yu Yue raise her strength. I believe she will be able to enter the top 32."
"Very good!" President Jiang nodded his head, "As long as two of us from Heavenly Star Martial Mansion enter the top thirty-two, then three will enter the Heaven Rankings. Who dares to say that our Martial Mansion is lacking?"
All of the Elders and Mentors couldn't help but clench their fists, their eyes burning with hope.
At this moment, the quiet Xi Lan suddenly spoke up. Her gentle voice carried a hint of determination, "Among my students, besides Ji Xian, there is another one. I believe he will be able to enter the Heavenly Rankings."
What?
Everyone was shocked, and they all looked at Xi Lan in shock.
The sun and moon rotated, and time passed by day by day, getting closer and closer to the great battle at College Martial Arts Competition.
The genius students of the higher Martial Mansion had all entered into the final stage of their sprint. All of them had to work more than ten times harder than usual to carry out their training.
"Chu Hen isn't here again?"
At the training field, Xi Lan looked at the dozens of students who were directly under her tutelage with a helpless expression. Chu Hen hadn't appeared for several days and he was nowhere to be seen in the Maple Forest.
"Instructor, someone saw Senior Brother Chu Hen in the training hall's secret room." Li Huiye said.
"In the quiet training room?"
Xi Lan was slightly surprised. Although she had her doubts, she was not worried about Chu Hen.
She did not say much and began training the others for the last time.
The entire academy was in flames, the entire city was in flames!
Every year at this time, it would be Imperial Capital City, and even at the time when the entire Holy Star Dynasty was at its busiest.
As the day of the Earth Rank battle drew nearer and nearer, the doors to the secret room at the second floor of the Serenity Training Hall were never opened.
In the secret chamber!
There were dark red blood stains all over Chu Hen's body. After the dried blood stains solidified and covered Chu Hen's skin, it looked like a layer of wrinkled leather armor.
At this moment, Chu Hen was breathing evenly and his entire body was emitting an aura that was as calm as a mountain.
No one knew that Chu Hen had been here for almost a month, and there were only a few dozen Blood Elemental Fruit left.
"Buzz!"
Suddenly, a powerful and shocking aura burst out from Chu Hen's body. The next moment, the dried blood covering Chu Hen's body started to crack, forming criss-crossing cracks.
Soon after, the air was filled with a majestic wave of noise.
A halo of vigorous golden Strength of True Essence rippled out of Chu Hen's body like water and the dried beast blood stuck to the surface of his skin was instantly shattered into pieces that filled the sky.
"Phew!"
Chu Hen opened his eyes along with a strong and powerful aura. Two bright rays of light shot out from his eyes.
At this moment, Chu Hen felt that the Strength of True Essence in his Qi Sea of dantian was like a surging river, his entire body was filled with powerful energy.
With a thought from Chu Hen, Strength of True Essence surged into the sky like a flood, filling the secret room.
It had been five months since he returned from the Holy Bell City!
He had finally broken through again.
And this time, he directly crossed the eighth step and rushed into the ninth stage of the Essence Mastering realm …
However, what made Chu Hen even more pleasantly surprised was that with a thought, a circle of golden colored flame was suddenly released. It lingered around Chu Hen like a holy Battle Armor.