During the five months that Kang Shin-mu was cultivating in seclusion, Ran Ran was not idle either.
It could be said that her current strength was on par with the original Kang Shin-mu. The students had gained a lot from this demonic training.
In the palace, Kang Shin-mu and Ran Ran had a good chat, mainly about the Chaotic Dragon Body.
Unfortunately, the two advanced Source Dragon Martial Techniques that Kang Shin-mu had just cultivated were only at the Human level. He could not teach them to Ran Ran.
Fortunately, Ran Ran had exchanged for an advanced Source Dragon Martial Technique. She had yet to cultivate it. Once she succeeded, her techniques would definitely not be weak.
She was not like the Laughing Flower, who had obsessive-compulsive disorder.
The Laughing Flower was a dragon martial technique. If one did not cultivate it to the peak of the Heaven level, it would not be used in public. It was fine for Ran Ran.
Even though she had just cultivated the advanced Source Dragon Martial Technique, its power was far beyond the peak of the Void Dragon Sky Raising Break.
In the palace, Kang Shin-mu and Ran Ran sparred a few times.
After sparring a few times, Kang Shin-mu had a better understanding of Ran Ran's current strength. It was obvious that after she came to Emperor Xi's Dragon Martial Academy, her improvement did not decrease. Instead, it was greater than when she was at Donghuang Yongwu College.
This made Kang Shin-mu feel gratified. After all, he was the reason that Ran Ran could only come to Emperor Xi's Dragon Martial Academy. If it affected her cultivation development, Kang Shin-mu would feel bad.
After sparring, Ran Ran's strength had skyrocketed. This made Kang Shin-mu feel at ease.
"The competition is in a few days. I should rest well and absorb the energy of the dragon mark."
Kang Shin-mu was in a relatively relaxed state.
The competition was about to begin. It would be difficult for him to make any major improvements in a short time. He should rest well and ensure that he was in good condition.
This process was the time for Kang Shin-mu to absorb the energy of the dragon mark.
He continued to fuse with the Dragon Mark Blood Pendant and absorbed the energy of the dragon mark at ten times the speed.
"After the competition, the speed of absorbing the dragon mark energy will skyrocket!"
"At least, it will reach the level of the Phecda District. The concentration of the dragon mark energy will be much higher than here."
Kang Shin-mu was looking forward to that day.
Because it meant that he could reach the Dragon Monarch level of divine dragon blood essence as soon as possible!
It was a great transformation from Dragon King to Dragon Emperor. Unfortunately, he needed to absorb too much dragon mark energy during this period. Judging from the current concentration of dragon mark energy around Jiang Shenwu, even if he absorbed it ten times faster, it would still take him several years to reach Dragon Emperor.
However, if he were to reach the Phecda Region, it would only take him a few years. Of course, this was on the premise that he did not encounter a bottleneck in the advancement of the Divine Dragon blood essence.
At the Dragon King stage, this kind of bottleneck was already very dangerous. Once a bottleneck appeared, and one could not break through to the Dragon King level, then the distance between the Dragon Emperor and the Dragon King would be further and further … Generally speaking, a bottleneck would gradually appear from the sixth to the seventh level of the Dragon King.
This made Kang Shin-mu rather concerned. He did not know how talented he was in raising the grade of the Mystical Dragon Blood. He was currently at the sixth level of the Dragon King. If there was a bottleneck, it would be difficult for him.
Of course, he could only take it one step at a time. There was no point in talking about this now.
"Maybe there is no bottleneck at all."
Kang Shin-mu comforted himself. Anyway, this thing depended on the individual. With the talent he had always shown, it was normal for him to have a bottleneck only after reaching the level of the Dragon Emperor.
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Five days later.
The Academy Tournament of the new Emperor Xi Dragon Martial Academy was finally about to officially begin.
The reason why it was called a "new" Emperor Xi Dragon Martial Academy was that at the current stage, Emperor Xi Dragon Martial Academy suddenly had an additional 100 genius students. It could really be considered a new Dragon Martial Academy.
Of course, the four major Dragon Martial Academies were like this now. This was to deal with the crisis of the invasion of the Void Beasts.
The hidden Dragon Martial Artist clans basically all knew about this matter. As for the genius Dragon Martial Artists selected from the Dragon Emperor's Kingdom, they naturally knew about this after arriving at the Emperor Xi Dragon Martial Academy.
When they communicated with their respective Dragon Emperor's Kingdom, they would also inform them of the situation. From this, it could be seen that the news spread like wildfire. Very soon, this matter would be known to the rest of the Dragon Martial Continent.
For ordinary people, it didn't matter if they knew or not. It didn't affect them much.
Anyway, at the current stage, there were many powerful Dragon Martial Artists guarding the Void Chasm, including the deans of the four major Dragon Martial Academies. They were Super Mystical Dragons.
If even they could not guard the Void Chasm and allowed the Void Beasts to escape, then there was no existence in the Dragon Martial Continent that could stop them. To put it bluntly, they could only wait for death.
In the central square of the Emperor Xi Dragon Martial Academy, there was a hubbub of voices!
Compared to the previous Academy Tournaments, this could be said to be the most lively one. In the future, it would get more and more lively every year. After all, if they were to recruit 100 people every year, the overall scale of the Emperor Xi Dragon Martial Academy would get bigger and bigger.
At this moment, on the seats around the central square, the students were sitting in twos and threes.
This was different from the Genius Trial that Ranran had participated in previously. The spectators for this Academy Tournament were all students from Emperor Xi's Dragon Martial Arts Academy. Even though there were more than 100 people now, overall, the number of spectators was not that many.
It was very different from the scene of the tens of thousands of spectators when the Genius Trial was held in the city below.
This was not the first time that Kang Shin-mu participated in the Academy Tournament. Thinking back to when he was in Donghuang Yongwu College, he wanted to break through to the Yuheng District, but he was targeted by Zuo Xiaofeng. Every time, his opponent would secretly become stronger, which made Kang Shin-mu feel very uncomfortable.
However, this time, he believed that such a situation would not happen.
This was the first time that Kang Shin-mu participated in the Academy Tournament after coming to the Emperor Xi Dragon Martial Academy. He participated as a student of the Yuheng District. As usual, the Academy Tournament would start from the core area!
First, the core members of the Tianshu District would be decided.
Originally, the Tianshu District only had three spots, but now, according to the official rules, the Tianshu District would have nine spots.
The rules of the Academy Tournament this time were slightly different from the previous ones.
The core students of the Tianshu District would first decide on the basic spots, then challenge these nine spots … Originally, there were seven people in the Tianxuan District, and three people in the Tianshu District. Therefore, only one student from the Tianxuan District could not join the Tianshu District!
This had to be decided through a tournament.
After the decision was made, only then would other people be allowed to challenge the students from the Tianshu District and change their spots. This process was different from the previous ones. This time, anyone could challenge any student from the Tianshu District.
As long as they won, they could join the Tianshu District!