When Mu Chen closed his eyes once again, everyone was slightly startled. Even the eyes of Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong fiercely narrowed. From the looks of it, it seemed that Mu Chen had not exhausted all his tricks?
He still had some hidden cards up his sleeves?
At this moment, Mu Chen clearly would not continue to arrange Spiritual Arrays, because it was too slow. Gu Tianyan would not give him a second chance. Therefore, he needed to use other methods.
However, what methods would allow him to truly contend against Gu Tianyan, whose strength had reached Heavenly Completion Stage initial phase?
No one knew. Therefore, their gazes could only tightly lock onto Mu Chen in the sky.
Gu Tianyan faintly wrinkled his brows. However, he did not believe that Mu Chen was putting on an act. After experiencing the two Grade 5 Spiritual Arrays, he would no longer view the latter as an ordinary freshman.
However, he was slightly curious as to exactly what methods Mu Chen could use to contend against him. After all, ordinary methods would absolutely not allow a Heavenly Transformation Stage initial phase person to have the money to contend against a Heavenly Completion Stage initial phase opponent.
In the sky, Mu Chen, who had his eyes tightly shut, did not make everyone wait for too long. Faint lightning started to surface on his body, while his skin started to slowly turn silver.
Thunder quietly rang out.
"Is that the Thunder God Physique?"
Upon seeing this, the eyes of Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong flashed, while a sliver of disappointment and doubt flashed within their hearts. They had also trained in the Thunder God Physique before. Although it could increase one's combat prowess by quite a bit, it was clearly far from being able to make up for the disparity between Mu Chen and Gu Tianyan.
If Mu Chen tried to use this to contend against Gu Tianyan.
The result was already self-evident.
In the sky, Mu Chen's eyes slowly opened. Within his black pupils, lightning flickered.
Lightning arcs danced on the surface of his body, while an explosive power faintly radiated out.
"His strength has increased."
Gu Tianyan's eyes faintly narrowed, while disappointment similarly flashed within them.
It's not nearly enough.
They were not the only ones who had such a feeling. In fact, even the participating students in the surroundings of the Spiritual Light Mountain had started to frown, while worry surfaced within their eyes. Although Mu Chen's aura had grown somewhat stronger, it was clearly far from being able to compare with Gu Tianyan.
However, Mu Chen did not pay much attention to the gazes that filled the sky.
His vision.
It only locked onto Gu Tianyan.
In the next instant, he took a step forward and his figure seemed to have turned into a bolt of lightning.
He shot out.
Gu Tianyan's figure did not move in the slightest. He looked at Mu Chen, who was shooting towards him at lightning speed.
He shook his head lightly. Was he planning to go all out?
Just like that.
He helplessly smiled and did not say anything else. With a twist of his palm, scarlet-red Spiritual Energy rose like flames as boundless ripples spread out.
Whoosh!
Mu Chen's speed was extremely quick. In the span of a few breaths, he had appeared in front of Gu Tianyan. Without the slightest bit of hesitation, he sent a fist rumbling out.
Spiritual Energy burning with black flames gushed out, bringing along powerful fluctuations. Even the ground was split apart by his full-powered fist.
The berserk winds from the fist caused Gu Tianyan's hair to flutter. However, he only lightly shook his head. Clenching his five fingers, he similarly sent a fist rumbling out.
Sigh.
Everyone looked at the fists that were about to collide in an instant, and all of them sighed in their hearts. There were even some people who slightly tilted their heads. In such a head-on collision, Mu Chen simply had no chance of victory.
Wang Tong and the rest bitterly smiled as they sighed and shook their heads.
Su Ling 'er's lovable face was pale. Only Luo Li, who was by her side, still had her clear eyes as she tightly stared at Mu Chen. She understood him too well.
Regardless of how difficult the situation was, he would not do anything that was meaningless.
Under the unblinking attentive gazes of countless people, Mu Chen's and Gu Tianyan's fists were already about to collide. However, at this instant, Mu Chen's other hand quietly formed a strange seal.
Humm Humm!
As the seal formed by Mu Chen, a sudden clap of thunder furiously rang out from within his body. Within a certain meridian, an uneven black lightning bead suddenly exploded.
Bang!
At the instant when the black lightning bead exploded, an indescribably terrifying energy rushed out like a flood. Black-coloured lightning liquid surged forth, crazily circulating within his meridian.
Intense pain spread out from within Mu Chen's body, causing his eyes to turn bloodshot. However, he stubbornly endured it, and hurriedly activated his Lightning God's Physique, crazily absorbing the terrifying lightning energy.
Bang!
At the same instant, Mu Chen's and Gu Tianyan's fists had already violently collided!
Black-coloured lightning abruptly gushed out from the pores on Mu Chen's body, faintly bringing along a faint bloody mist.
Boom!
An earth-shattering sound resonated across the heavens and earth. At this moment, the giant mountain peak that was akin to a pillar that supported the heavens seemed to violently tremble. Everyone could see the ground collapsing down, as gigantic fissures continuously shot out like black pythons.
Layer after layer of rocks explosively shot out from the source. Hiding the skies and covering the earth as they shot out, a bang rang out, as they transformed into dust that filled the skies.
Everyone's eyes were wide open as they looked at the place where the rocks were continuously shooting out. That place was covered by the dazzling and berserk Spiritual Energy radiance, causing people to be unable to clearly see exactly what was happening within.
The gazes of Shen Cangsheng, Li Xuantong, Lin Zheng and Zhou Qingshan were all solemnly locked onto that place.
At the instant when they had locked onto that place, the pupils of the four people furiously contracted as a berserk thunderous roar furiously resounded. In the next instant, everyone could see a glowing figure unexpectedly shooting out from the dazzling radiance.
The figure's feet scraped against the ground, sinking two feet deep into the ground. Two eye-piercing scars, spanning hundreds of metres, appeared on the hard and resilient rocky ground, while a charred black colour appeared on the edges of the rocks.
Exactly who was that?!
Everyone's gazes immediately converged over. At that location, the glowing figure that had shot out staggered a little before stabilising himself. The radiance slowly dissipated, before finally revealing a head full of eye-catching scarlet-red hair.
That was Gu Tianyan!
The pupils of countless people furiously dilated at this moment, with even breathing being forgotten as thick shock and disbelief climbed onto their faces.
"How is this possible?!"
Regardless of whether it was the Spiritual Light Mountain or the northern square, everyone was muttering to themselves in disbelief. The person that had been miserably thrown out was actually Gu Tianyan?
On the chief podium, the gazes of the Elders observing the fight had also turned somewhat solemn at this moment.
"What's going on?!"
Shen Cangsheng, Li Xuantong, Lin Zheng and Zhou Qingshan were also staring blankly at the unbelievable spectacle before them. Even they were slightly unable to regain their senses.
Previously, even when Mu Chen had arranged two Rank 5 Spiritual Arrays, he was still unable to force Gu Tianyan into such a miserable state. How was it that, in a head-on confrontation that should have no chance of victory, he had obtained such a result?
Under the astonished gazes that blotted the skies, Gu Tianyan slowly raised his head. At the corner of his mouth, a conspicuous trace of blood hung from it. Similarly, his gaze contained some shock as he looked towards the centre of the giant peak, where the berserk Spiritual Energy was still enveloping.
"Truly formidable. I never imagined that you would actually conceal a move that's even more formidable than those two Rank 5 Spiritual Arrays." Wiping away the trace of blood at the corner of his mouth, Gu Tianyan's voice was hoarse and deep, no longer as relaxed as before.
At the centre, within the berserk Spiritual Energy radiance, footsteps seemed to ring out, causing everyone's gazes to tightly lock onto that direction.
Boom!
Boom!
The footsteps grew increasingly heavy, and within the Spiritual Energy radiance, a figure became increasingly clear. In the next instant, he stepped out from the dazzling radiance, appearing within everyone's line of sight.
Hiss!
Upon the appearance of the figure, everyone sucked in a breath of cold air.
Within the square, Mu Chen's appearance had already undergone a huge change. On his body, some fragmented patterns appeared, while black lightning liquid continuously flowed out from the pores all over his body, before wrapping around him.
Black lightning arcs leapt and danced on his body. At this moment, his black pupils were brimming with indescribable berserkness, as if they were filled with a taste of destruction.
If the previous Mu Chen gave people a gentle and calm feeling, the current him was akin to a being that had walked out from the depths of darkness, a being that could destroy the heavens and earth, causing people's hearts to palpitate.
"What's that?!"
Everyone looked in shock and astonishment at Mu Chen's current state. Was that power of destruction truly something that a person at the Heavenly Transformation Stage Initial Phase could unleash?
"Is that the Lightning God's Physique?"
Shock and bewilderment filled the eyes of Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong. From Mu Chen's body, they were able to sense a familiar fluctuation. It was somewhat similar to the Lightning God's Physique, however, it was much, much stronger than the Lightning God's Physique!
Within the northern square, countless people were also shocked, while the elders on the podium had grave expressions on their faces.
"This fluctuation!"
Dean Tai Cang's abstruse eyes faintly narrowed as he said in a soft voice, "It's the power of the Divine Black Lightning! There's actually a bolt of Divine Black Lightning concealed within this little fellow's body."
"He's truly reckless."
The white haired old man by the side shook his head and said, "Although I don't know where he got the Divine Black Lightning from, even a Sovereign stage expert wouldn't dare to rashly touch such a thing, yet he actually dared to store it within his body!"
"Haha, that Divine Body Tempering Art of his seems rather familiar."
Dean Tai Cang gave a faint smile, and did not say anything else. However, the gaze he used to stare at the figure of the youth within the light screen grew increasingly interested.
Looks like this time, another monstrous little fellow had come to their Hokuang Reiwon.
On the giant peak, under the attentive gazes of countless people, Mu Chen slowly raised his head. Black lightning liquid flowed across his entire body as he tightly stared at Gu Tianyan. A somewhat hoarse voice that carried a hint of destruction slowly rang out.
"Continue."
As his hoarse voice rang out, he took a step forward, causing the earth to seem to tremble at this instant.
(If the chapter from Midnight is counted as yesterday, then today is the third chapter, right? After the last chapter, there should still be four chapters left. Everyone can calculate it. If it's not right, you can leave a message to inform me.)