With the end of the Throne Challenge and the easter egg gone, the audience was obviously disappointed. Although they complained, they still left the Martial Arts Stage.
All in all, this year's Throne Challenge was very exciting. With Linfeng's return and the precious Doppelganger Soul Technique, this trip was not in vain.
With the return of the troublemaker Linfeng, Hongyun University will definitely be lively. Guanglin will also be lively.
"Linfeng, the five of you will leave later. Dean Bu and Vice Dean Deng have something to discuss with you."
Under the crowd's gaze, Linfeng and his group were preparing to leave. However, they were stopped by a male teacher.
"Feng, we'll wait for you here."
Gao Hai said. Linfeng nodded. He wasn't surprised that the big shot was looking for him.
The National University Battle of Glory is extremely important to the three Hero Academy and the Nine Elite Academies.
This is not only a competition for fame and ranking, but also the allocation of resources by the Ministry of Education.
The three Hero Academy are getting stronger and stronger. Other than their fame and ability to attract geniuses, the main reason is that the allocation of resources far exceeds the other academies.
Now, Linfeng is competing for a spot in the National University Battle of Glory. Furthermore, it's one of the five main spots. It would be strange if the school didn't ask.
Following the teacher's footsteps, Linfeng's group of five quickly arrived in front of Bu Zheng and Deng Lun.
The College of Martial Arts' Dean, Bu Zheng, isn't a stranger to Linfeng. However, it's the first time Deng Lun has met him.
Deng Lun wore a grey robe. His figure was slightly thin and he looked to be in his fifties. He's slightly older than Bu Zheng.
As the Vice Dean of the Demon Spiritualist Academy and one of the three giants of Hongyun, he's a Soul King expert.
A Soul King's strength is much stronger than a Martial King.
"What's wrong with you? You just came back and you're already causing trouble!"
Bu Zheng's expression was serious.
Linfeng shook his head and explained, "I'm not causing trouble. Isn't it normal for students to challenge each other?
Moreover, it's an important matter for the Hongyun Team. If we lose, we'll just be sparring partners. If we win, it proves that our challenge was right. "
"Your target is next year, not this year.
Do I want to remind you how much Yang Ning Bing and the others sacrificed in order to get a spot in the main team?
How much did the forces behind them pay for this?
Even if you win, offending these forces won't do you any good. "
"Martial artists seize every moment!" Lin Feng said calmly.
Half a month ago, when Lin Feng had informed Yunkai and the others of his decision, they had asked the same question and were worried about it.
Currently, the five main members of the Hongyun Team were not only strong, but they also had extraordinary backgrounds. Just the Yang Clan that Yang Ning Bing belonged to, the Glory Clan, was enough to make people wary.
Linfeng knew that among the five main members, there was a force that wasn't any weaker than the Yang Clan, and that force's headquarters was in Guanglin.
If he won, he would offend the five major powers in an instant. Furthermore, it would be a great enmity that would cut off his future. Who could guarantee that these powers wouldn't seek revenge in the future?
The National University of Glory Battle was not as simple as an ordinary competition. People would die!
Not to mention, the World University of Glory Battle involved the allocation of resources between countries and the division of territories. The battles were even more tragic, and there was no possibility of mercy. Many people died every year.
In many people's opinion, wouldn't it be safer and more assured to participate in the next year?
Besides, they wouldn't offend the five major powers.
No one knew the reason why Linfeng was so eager.
Only Linfeng himself knew.
Three months later, on December 9th, the new Dimensional Space Gate in Guanglin would open.
This Dimensional Space Gate, named the Black Domain, had a suppression effect on martial artists above Rank-7.
Today, Linfeng's martial arts strength had reached the peak of Rank-5, and he was only one step away from Rank-6.
Although the Dimensional Space Gates were appearing more and more frequently, not every Dimensional Space Gate was suitable for him.
Nowadays, low-level Dimensional Space Gates rarely appeared, and the new ones that appeared were of higher levels. Linfeng was not qualified to participate in the competition for high-level Dimensional Space Gates.
Therefore, this was his chance.
If he missed it, he would regret it for life.
There were still three months left, and Linfeng couldn't cultivate step by step.
He had to break through Rank-6 Divine Fist Realm and reach the peak of Rank-6 before the Dimensional Space Gate opened. At the same time, he had to grow his natal demon spirit to Rank-6 and absorb two soul skills.
At this time, Linfeng's savings were less than one billion.
Back in the Monster Spirit Realm, he relied on a large number of demon spirits to grow the Arowana to Rank-2. However, after that, the Arowana's growth speed was extremely slow.
The growth speed of low-level demon spirits was indeed pitifully slow.
For two years, Linfeng lived in the Dimensional Space. Every day when he woke up, he would hunt a large number of demon beasts and absorb their soul power.
Even so, he still spent more than two billion in resources to buy all kinds of natural treasures that could promote the growth and evolution of demon spirits before the Arowana could advance to Rank-4.
He relied on money to forcefully raise the Arowana's level.
His third and fourth soul skills were also Purple Gold rank. Even with the help of the King of Nightmares, absorbing such high-level soul skills couldn't guarantee a 100% success rate. Linfeng failed three times and spent 3.7 billion before he succeeded.
Although the Jianghu Budo Society could bring in one to two hundred million every month, to Linfeng, this amount of money was like a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood. He couldn't rely on his own wealth to evolve the Arowana anymore, and he also didn't have the money to buy Purple Gold rank soul skills.
Now, only by participating in the National University Tournament of Glory could he quickly increase his strength and let the Arowana evolve again to absorb the soul skills he wanted.
Linfeng had participated in the Fight for the Key before.
Therefore, he knew that it wasn't just a fight for the Key, but a war between different races.
Because of the suppression of space, those who could enter the Dimensional Space Gate were mostly Demon Spiritualists with similar cultivation realms.
The Key would appear in the center of the Dimensional Space.
In the early stages of the fight, a large number of corpses would be piled up to form a red passage leading to the Key.
Faced with all kinds of soul skills and large-scale attacks, no matter how strong an individual was, it was easy to die if they weren't careful.
Sometimes, the stronger a person was, the easier it was to attract the enemy's firepower.
After the slaughter, eighty to ninety percent of the people on both sides had died. That was when the real showdown between geniuses would begin.
The Dimensional Space Gate was originally the territory of the foreign races and the Demon Race. There were even some strange races that would participate in the fight for the Key. Although these races were competitors, if the human race was stronger, they would first unite.
This was also the main reason why it was so difficult to obtain the Key. Most of them were taken by the foreign races.
In his memory, this Key would be taken by Hai Wei.
He was the foreign race youth that Linfeng met two years ago in the Demon Spirit Realm.
He was the grandson of the Dragon King, a foreign race genius who refined the Earth Ranking's demon spirit and possessed the Titan Bloodline.
Within three months, Linfeng had to absorb two soul skills in order to have absolute confidence in obtaining this new Key.
As long as he obtained this Key, he would have the foundation and foundation to establish himself. With this Key, he would be able to quickly increase his strength.
He would no longer be someone that could be easily manipulated.
The Key could allow him to extract the essence of the Dimensional Space. That way, part of the side effects of the Nightmare Incubus could be resolved. His cultivation speed would increase once again.
This was the reason why he had to participate.
"You're that confident?" Deng Lun asked curiously.
He didn't have any opinions about Linfeng competing for the National University Battle of Glory. It had nothing to do with him, and he didn't care about it.
"Regardless of whether we win or lose, this challenge is the best experience for us. It's good if we win, but it doesn't matter if we lose. It can let our team understand our own shortcomings and recognize our own strength. We won't be arrogant and will double our efforts for the next Battle of Glory."
Linfeng said seriously. This textbook answer left Deng Lun speechless.
This kid is really crafty.
Yu Qiao, who had just joined the team, was also subdued.
Everyone said that he was an old schemer, but he felt that he wasn't worthy.
This title should be given to Linfeng.
He deserves it!
He obviously wanted to pick the peach, but he still came up with a bunch of theories.
"Which Soul Skill is this?" Deng Lun asked. What he was really curious about was this.
A Grade 1 demon spirit could actually absorb a Purple Gold rank Soul Skill. This was too unbelievable.
"Fourth Soul Skill." Linfeng replied. Hearing this, Deng Lun and Bu Zheng were slightly stunned.
Fourth Soul Skill.
This also means that Linfeng's Natal Demon Spirit has already grown to a Grade 4 Demon Spirit.
Although a demon spirit's growth speed is relatively fast in its initial stage, to reach Grade 4 in two years, isn't this speed too fast?
This isn't impossible. It's just that Demon Spiritualists who can reach this step are all super geniuses.
For example, Ye Qiu.
Ye Qiu's strength isn't a secret.
Ye Qiu's demon spirit had also reached the fourth grade. However, he had only absorbed three soul skills, and all three of them were Gold rank soul skills.
One has to know that Linfeng refined a Grade 1 demon spirit.
A Grade 1 demon spirit, growing to a Grade 4 demon spirit, is equivalent to having to advance three times. This isn't growth, but advancement.
Compared to others, the difficulty for Linfeng's demon spirit to reach Grade 4 is at least several times more difficult.
Yunkai and the rest already knew about this, so they weren't surprised. However, Yu Qiao's face changed.
He refined a Grade 9 demon spirit. As a Soul Cultivation genius, his demon spirit has the advantage of grade, allowing it to grow quickly. However, his demon spirit still took three years to grow from Grade 1 to Grade 4.
Now that he's a Grade 5 Demon Spiritualist, he only absorbed four Soul Skills. There's still one Soul Skill that he didn't absorb because he didn't have the money and couldn't find a suitable demon spirit.
Every Soul Skill is extremely important to a Demon Spiritualist. Yu Qiao didn't want to make do with it.
"Looks like Linfeng's Soul Cultivation talent is even more monstrous than Ye Qiu's."
A thought flashed through Yu Qiao's mind.
If that's the case, then Linfeng's talent is too frightening.
Soul Cultivation is also monstrous. Furthermore, he's a combat genius with abnormal willpower. How can there be such a genius in this world?
"Since you have such talent, why did you absorb such a low grade demon spirit?" Bu Zheng asked.
"Low grade has its benefits. As long as the attribute is suitable, I can absorb any Soul Skill I want."
"A Grade 1 demon spirit is extremely difficult to advance. Even a Grade 4 demon spirit's success rate of absorbing a Purple Gold rank Soul Skill is pitifully low. How did you succeed?" Deng Lun continued to ask.
He didn't ask about Linfeng's first three Soul Skills and their ranks. This is considered a Demon Spiritualist's secret. If the Demon Spiritualist doesn't say it, others won't ask, even if it's an instructor.
"Spending six to seven billion to reach Grade 4, absorbing a Purple Gold rank Soul Skill should be normal, right?"
Towards Linfeng's answer, Deng Lun frowned. He still had some doubts in his heart. However, other than this answer, he couldn't think of any other.
Towards Linfeng's tone, even he was secretly shocked.
Spending six to seven billion, this is the tone of a nouveau riche.
Even he wouldn't dare to be so extravagant.
That's right. If Linfeng can really refine an Earth Ranking demon spirit and have a Soul Cultivation talent that surpasses Ye Qiu's, it's not impossible for him to spend so much money.
He only reached Grade 4 and didn't directly become a high grade demon spirit. Therefore, it's not too unbelievable.
Following that, Deng Lun didn't continue to ask. After warning Linfeng to not have too big of a conflict with the student union, he let Linfeng's group of five leave.
After Linfeng left, Deng Lun asked, "What do you think?"
Bu Zheng lightly said, "It makes sense. However, it's still a Grade 1 demon spirit. No matter how monstrous his talent is, there's a limit to his growth. He should have some other motive."
"What motive?"
"I don't know. Everyone has their own secrets. There's no need to investigate."
As for the motive, Bu Zheng already had a guess in his heart.
....
On the other side, Linfeng began to make arrangements for the Jianghu Budo Society.
Linfeng said to Gao Hai and Yang Fan, "In this week, the student union definitely won't have the energy to suppress us. All the operations and plans will continue as usual."
"There's only a week's time. Shouldn't we seize the time to train and understand each other's strength, soul skills, and fighting styles?"
Seeing that Linfeng was still in the mood to make arrangements for the Jianghu Budo Society, Yu Qiao was a little impatient.
In his opinion, the development of the Jianghu Budo Society wasn't as important as the competition for a spot.
Even if he was confident in Linfeng and Yunkai's fighting strength, individual strength and a team were two different things.
No matter how strong the five of them were, if they didn't know how to cooperate, they were far from a team that wasn't strong but had good teamwork.
Just like the Assembly of Stars team and the Zhanfeng team.
The individual strength of the Assembly of Stars team members was stronger than the Zhanfeng team. However, in the team competition, they were often crushed and lost more than they won.
"Oh right, where did this kid come from?
Is he qualified to join our team? "
Yu Qiao sized up Yue Mingming.
He seemed to have some opinions about Yue Mingming being his teammate.
As the vice-head of the student council, he knew almost all the strong people in the school. Yue Mingming was naturally not included. Although he couldn't sense Yue Mingming's strength, Yue Mingming seemed to be very weak.
He was someone that could be dealt with with with a dagger.
Yue Mingming was a little unwilling and angry at Yu Qiao's doubts. However, in front of the chief assassin of Hongyun University, he could only roll his eyes and ignore him.
"It's my team."
Linfeng looked at Yu Qiao and corrected him. "Also, the selection of the team members, when to train, and how to train are all my arrangements. You can only obey and not talk nonsense. Otherwise, I'll kick you out."
Linfeng didn't give any face to this old schemer. This guy was a thorn and had to be suppressed from the start.
"Can you win if you kick me out?"
"Don't think too highly of yourself. You're just an insignificant character. Don't think of yourself as the core. As long as I spread the word, I can choose a group of people. So, if you want to stay in the team, talk less and do more."
Linfeng said with a smile.
Talk less and do more.
Yu Qiao was familiar with this sentence.
Seeing that Linfeng didn't give him any face and didn't seem to be joking, the old schemer snorted and shut his mouth rationally.
Linfeng was a ruthless character. This was a well-known fact.
Since he dared to offend the five major forces, it was meaningless to talk tough to him.
Moreover, in the eyes of the old schemer, Linfeng was very cunning. He was even more sinister and ruthless than himself.
This opportunity didn't come easily. Although he didn't know if he could succeed, if he was kicked out of the team because of talking too much nonsense, he would really want to cry but have no tears.
Although the old schemer was arrogant, he wasn't stupid.
Today, there were still many graduates in Hongyun University. Many people still had a glimmer of hope for the quota.
As Linfeng said, if this position was spread out, it was enough to attract hundreds of super geniuses for Linfeng to choose.