Chapter 26: The Vicious-Tongued Arena
To ensure the smooth progress of this combat test and to show his importance, the Principal specifically invited two Golden Core Sword Cultivators to guard the main entrance.
One carried a long sword on his back, while the other had sword pellets circling around him.
Indeed, these two were the same Sword Cultivators Xu Xing had seen outside the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall previously.
They had quite a broad range of business; they were professional security guards.
However, compared to their casual demeanor last time, they were much more serious now, their sharp gazes sweeping over everyone entering the school.
Clearly, the price the Principal offered was not low.
Xu Xing, biting into his bun, followed behind a person in a suit and entered the school. The gazes of the two Sword Cultivators scanned the person in front but did not linger on Xu Xing for a moment, as if they hadn't noticed another person was there.
And that was indeed the case.
The main purpose of going to school this time was to see the method created by Saint Emperor Yuan, so he wanted to be low-key.
Otherwise, if it were just to watch the combat test, using the identity of Xu San Dao, would the Principal of this school dare to not show respect?
Arriving at the sports field, he looked up at the enormous arena suspended in mid-air.
"I thought there would be some improvements, but it's still the same as before."
This arena is called the 'Zhi Ge' Arena, and it belongs to the Dragon Elephant Soaring Sky Sect. When cultivators spar or fight on it, if one party receives a fatal injury, they will be teleported down.
However, the one seen now is only the lowest grade. If the grade were higher, the arena could even form its own Realm.
Besides the 'Zhi Ge' Arena, the Dragon Elephant Soaring Sky Sect also has the 'Blood Battle' Arena. Once stepped upon, the arena will isolate the outside world until only one person remains on the arena.
Furthermore, both the 'Zhi Ge' Arena and the 'Blood Battle' Arena will give evaluations based on the performance of the combatants.
Emm...
However, those evaluations are generally not kind words. There are many spectators today, and many of these students will likely have their spirits broken.
Xu Xing did not stay long. He casually threw the paper bag holding the buns into the trash can and then continued walking up. The crystal card storing the Basic Refining Method was kept in the Director of Education's office.
No one should be there now, but even if there was, it wouldn't matter.
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At precisely nine o'clock, the teachers of each class led their respective students to the sports field to wait.
The judging panel was suspended in mid-air, consisting of the Principal, two Vice Principals, the Director of Education, the Mayor's secretary, and Li Fengping, who was personally invited by the Principal.
"Begin!"
A voice, neither too light nor too heavy, resounded throughout the entire field.
There were no lengthy speeches or complex ceremonies.
This was a combat test between cultivators. Even though these students' Realms were still low, the Principal would give them enough respect.
Today's main stage belonged to them!
Rumble!
Amidst a loud noise, the 'Zhi Ge' Arena suspended in the air began to separate, like assembled building blocks being taken apart. Streaks of crimson spiritual light flashed, appearing incredibly solemn and deadly.
Under everyone's gaze, the originally wide and large 'Zhi Ge' Arena decomposed itself into twelve smaller arenas of varying sizes.
Thump! Thump! Thump...!
Arena after arena landed, stirring up dust, and the ground continuously vibrated.
The dust rushing towards the spectator seats and the judging panel was blocked by spiritual light, but the students and teachers were not so lucky. The dust waves rushed towards them, and everyone inhaled more or less some dirt.
Seeing that the effect was sufficient, the Principal waved his hand, and the dust flying up due to the arenas landing was instantly calmed down, as if it had been 'pressed' down.
Twelve arenas covered the sports field. The largest one was in the center, and the arenas further out were smaller.
"Arena defenders! Step onto the stage!"
The combat test only lasted for one morning, so this method was adopted.
Those who were confident could choose an arena to defend. As long as they defended it for nine rounds, they would be considered successful.
After the top twelve arena masters were determined, those twelve arena masters could challenge any other arena master except themselves to seize his arena. The final ranking would be determined based on the size of the arena defended.
In other words, this combat test was not mandatory. Those who felt they were not confident could choose not to participate at all.
Silence...
Among the more than five hundred students, not a single one stepped onto the stage. The entire sports field became even quieter.
After several minutes passed like this, a student finally walked out. He was a student who looked a bit old-fashioned, at the eighth level of the Qi Refining stage, considered part of the second tier among the students.
He stepped onto the smallest arena on the very edge.
"Du Qian of Class Four, please guide me, fellow students."
One could see that he was a bit nervous.
With someone taking the lead, another student soon walked out, also at the eighth level of the Qi Refining stage. She stepped onto the smallest arena, stood opposite Du Qian, and reported her name and class.
Wow!
A series of exclamations came from the lower-grade students in the spectator seats. Are they going to start fighting right away?
The two of them didn't waste much time and started fighting directly. Zhang Yunlu focused intently, afraid of missing any detail, but as she watched...
Hmm?
Can this even be called combat?
This thought surfaced in her mind.
The two of them hit each other back and forth, one used a Fireball Spell, the other a Water Shield Spell, just throwing Spells at each other, very rigid.
Are they playing a turn-based game here?
Heh.
Fang Lin, holding his black battle saber, couldn't help but let out a scoff when he saw this scene.
Soon, the challenger's spiritual energy was exhausted. The spiritual energy at the Qi Refining stage simply couldn't withstand them expending it like this, but the arena defender, Du Qian, wasn't much better off.
The challenger bowed his fists: "Senior Brother Du's cultivation is higher than mine. I admit defeat willingly."
"Junior Sister, you are too k..."
Du Qian was just about to be humble.
【It is called combat, but in reality, it is merely a Spell practice. Why not go to the bustling market and shout for rewards? Perhaps you can earn two or three silver coins.】
【Both the attacker and defender are mere trash.】
A vast and majestic voice spread throughout the entire sports field. The two people on the arena were stunned for a moment, and then their Faces instantly turned bright red.
Holy crap!
This arena's mouth is too venomous!
The lower-grade students in the spectator seats and the third-year students who had not yet stepped onto the stage were all shocked.
The challenger covered her Face and jumped off the arena. Thinking back to how she had just loudly announced her name, the shame in her heart was about to overflow.
Although Du Qian successfully defended the arena, he was also broken down by this evaluation. He simply gave up defending the arena and jumped down as well.
For a time, no one dared to step onto the stage again.
Especially those who were not very confident. Originally, they wanted to do their best to perform well, but given the current situation...
Go up and make a fool of themselves?
"Step onto the stage." Xu Xing's voice suddenly sounded in her ear.
Zhang Yunlu was startled and quickly looked around, but found nothing. However, she did see the older brother in the spectator seats waving at her.
'Did Senior also come?'
Composing herself, Zhang Yunlu left the team and walked towards the arena. In fact, even without Xu Xing's voice, she was already planning to step onto the stage.
To be safe, it would be best to choose a medium-sized arena to defend.
"Go to the arena in the very center." Xu Xing's voice sounded again.
"..."
Xu Xing stood by the window of the Director of Education's office, holding a crystal card in his hand, watching Zhang Yunlu, who was walking step by step towards the central arena, from afar.
"That group of reckless people from the Dragon Elephant Soaring Sky Sect still have tongues as venomous as ever."
Even within their own Sect, many people had their spirits broken because of the evaluations from the 'Zhi Ge' Arena.
However, thanks to this, conflicts within the Dragon Elephant Soaring Sky Sect were significantly reduced.
Most body cultivators are full of vigor and easily get heated, often fighting over small matters.
'Zhi Ge' means 'stop fighting'. No matter how big the conflict, as long as you fight on this 'Zhi Ge' Arena, you will feel that the conflict was nothing.
After so many years, he wondered if the guy who created the 'Zhi Ge' Arena had been beaten to death yet.
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