Rumble!
As the low and deep sound that contained the might of the heavens and earth resounded within the giant hall, the rumbling grew increasingly resounding. Black lightning clouds started to gather at an astonishing speed in the sky above the giant hall. Black lightning sparkled within, appearing akin to a black lightning dragon twisting and turning its gigantic body.
The spectacle before them had undoubtedly caused the faces of everyone to violently change.
Even Zhen Qing's face was filled with shock as he looked at the black lightning clouds. The might of the heavens and earth radiating from them caused the Spiritual Energy within their bodies to show signs of trembling. This made them extremely clear that the lightning within the lightning clouds before them wasn't formed from simple Spiritual Energy. Instead, it was lightning that was genuinely born between the heavens and earth.
The might of the heavens and earth was something that people at their level were simply unable to bring out.
A solemn expression covered Mu Chen's handsome face. His slender fingers were rapidly trembling, while faint lightning arcs sparkled on his fingertips. This was the first time he had truly displayed the Lightning Controlling Art after learning it. Generally speaking, Divine Arts were extremely difficult to learn. Furthermore, this Lightning Controlling Art seemed to be rather extraordinary. Over the past few months of study, Mu Chen had only managed to gain a slight understanding of it. Fortunately, he possessed an advantage that ordinary people did not possess, and that was the Lightning Controlling Art that he had cultivated in. His body had experienced the tempering of numerous bolts of Divine Black Lightning. Therefore, he was somewhat familiar with the lightning of the heavens and earth.
It was precisely by relying on this that he was able to display the Lightning Controlling Art at this moment.
Rumble!
As the black lightning clouds churned, black lightning rapidly converged.
Faintly, it revealed its extraordinary appearance.
Below, the nine streaks of light formed by the nine stars were about to explosively rush over.
Bang!
A grave expression appeared on Mu Chen's face.
The seal formed by his hands suddenly changed, and the black thunderclouds in the sky abruptly shrank. In the next instant, a thunder roar that caused one's scalp to turn numb suddenly reverberated across the entire hall. Immediately, it was as if the hall had experienced an earthquake.
Intense vibrations started to shake, and even the Spiritual Energy present between the heavens and earth started to scatter.
All of them seemed to be unable to endure the suppression of the might of the heavens and earth.
Everyone raised their heads.
Within the black thunderclouds, the thunderclouds had already been torn apart, revealing a hundred-foot-wide bolt of black lightning.
Accompanied by a loud rumbling sound.
Like a lightning dragon baring its fangs and brandishing its claws, it suddenly descended. As the lightning whistled past, a long scar was formed in the space as a burnt smell filled the air.
The black thunderbolt pierced through the heavens and earth as if nothing could stop it. It was a destructive power.
This thunderbolt.
Although it was not as terrifying as the Divine Black Lightning that the Jiu You Sparrow had attracted when it underwent its tribulation back then, the destructive undulations contained within it were still extremely terrifying.
It was enough to make one tremble in fear.
As the black thunderbolt descended, lightning illuminated the entire giant hall. At the same time, it also shone on Xia Hou's face. The latter's face appeared sinister and sinister, appearing exceedingly terrifying under the light of the lightning.
The speed of the black thunderbolt was extremely quick. In a flash, it had already pierced through space. In the end, it ruthlessly descended before the nine starlight rainbows could hit Mu Chen.
Boom!
At the instant when the two collided, eye-piercing bright lightning radiated out, causing everyone's eyes to narrow due to the piercing pain. In the next instant, they felt an indescribably berserk shock wave sweep out.
Bang Bang!
Within the large hall, fissures continuously extended across the ground. Even though the ground was made of special materials, it was still somewhat unable to endure the exceedingly berserk impact of the lightning. In fact, cracks started to appear on several of the nearby giant pillars, while the vines that filled the air were turned into ashes upon coming into contact with the lightning glow.
The frightening destructive power caused everyone within the large hall to be dumbfounded.
Chi Chi!
At the centre of the shock wave, two frightening energies were crazily eroding each other. However, as the black thunderbolt flickered, it was obvious that it had gained the upper hand. The overbearingness of the Divine Black Lightning was not something that could be easily blocked. After all, even Jiu You had failed twice under the Divine Black Lightning Tribulation.
Although the Divine Black Lightning summoned by Mu Chen could not compare to the Lightning Tribulation that Jiu You had experienced, Xia Hou was still far too lacking compared to Jiu You at that time.
Xia Hou gazed at the lightning energy that had gained the upper hand, as his expression turned ashen. Malevolently looking at Mu Chen, his hand seal rapidly changed as he furiously roared, "Nine Star Explosion!"
Bang!
Bang!
As his roar rang out, the nine stars seemed to explode at the same time, as a frightening energy swept out.
However, just as the energy rushed out, a chilling glint surfaced within Mu Chen's black pupils. Extending his slender finger, he gave a light tap in the air.
"Break!"
Without any superfluous words, this one word contained an incomparable overbearingness.
Bang!
With that one word, the black thunderbolt immediately swelled. Black lightning crazily flickered. Finally, it charged forward like a furious dragon. As the lightning swept past, the frightening strength of the nine stars explosion was actually annihilated in an instant.
"How is this possible?!" roared Xia Hou, his face instantly turning deathly pale.
In this clash, the Divine Black Lightning had clearly obtained an overwhelming advantage!
Bang!
As Xia Hou roared out, Mu Chen indifferently waved his palm out. In the next instant, everyone in the giant hall saw a black bolt of lightning engulf the nine stars, before transforming into a streak of lightning. Tearing apart space, it enveloped Xia Hou's body in an unavoidable manner.
Finally, fear and dread gushed out from the latter's eyes. From the black lightning, he could feel the scent of death.
"I admit defeat!"
As he shrieked out in shock, his voice became much more ear-piercing.
However, facing his voice, there was still indifference present within Mu Chen's eyes. With his character, he clearly wouldn't show any mercy at this moment. He had unleashed the Lightning Controlling Art with all his might, causing him to consume an enormous amount of energy. If he were to return empty-handed, it would be extremely hard for him to have such a good opportunity in the future. After all, Xia Hou wasn't a useless cat.
His strength of Spiritual Energy Disaster was more than sufficient to cause trouble for Mu Chen at any time.
Bang!
Therefore, he didn't show any mercy.
With a thought, the black lightning violently smashed against Xia Hou's body without the slightest hesitation.
Bang!
At the instant when the Divine Black Lightning smashed against Mu Chen's body, everyone was able to hear a low and deep sound that caused their scalps to turn numb. In the next instant, the Spiritual Energy defences on Xia Hou's body completely collapsed. Like a kite with its string cut, his body miserably shot out, while blood spewed out from his mouth.
His body drew a thousand metre long scar within the giant hall, before smashing against a giant pillar.
Boom!
Cracks appeared on the giant pillar from the collision, appearing as though it was on the verge of collapse.
As though it was about to collapse.
Blood dripped from Xia Hou's body as he collapsed beneath the giant pillar. At this moment, all the bones in his body appeared to have been completely shattered, while rocks pressed down on his body.
Burying him.
His aura grew increasingly weak. Clearly, he was seriously injured to the point of death.
The rumbling noises gradually came to a stop within the giant hall.
In the next instant, the giant hall maintained a deathly silence.
Gazes filled with thick shock and horror stared at the corpse-like bloody figure. Who could have imagined that...
Xia Hou, who had obtained the absolute upper hand just a moment ago, would end up in such a state.
Tang Mei 'er.
Zhou Yuan and the rest widened their eyes as they blankly stared at the scene before them. In the next instant, their gazes slowly turned towards the panting and slightly pale youth. He had actually defeated Xia Hou!
That was an expert that had passed his Spiritual Energy Disaster!
Furthermore, Mu Chen was only at Heavenly Completion Stage Late Phase!
"This freak." In the end, Tang Mei 'er and the rest could only sigh softly in their hearts. At this moment, they finally understood why Mu Chen was able to become the captain of Hokuang Reiwon's team. Even someone as strong as Luo Li did not have any objections. It turned out that this youth, who did not seem to possess any outstanding strength, possessed frightening battle prowess.
In this world, there was no lack of people capable of fighting above their level. However, all of these people were, without exception, monstrous geniuses amongst geniuses. From the looks of it, Mu Chen was likely one of them.
In contrast to the astonishment of Tang Mei 'er and the rest, the faces of the Holy Spirit House team were completely devoid of blood. They stared in disbelief at the heavily injured and unconscious Xia Hou, still somewhat unable to believe the cruel reality before them.
At the sight of the defeated Xia Hou, Zhen Qing's expression similarly fluctuated indeterminately. When he looked towards Mu Chen's figure once again, there was now thick wariness and wariness. At this moment, he finally treated Mu Chen as an opponent that could truly threaten him.
Mu Chen paid no attention to the numerous gazes directed at him. He covered his mouth and coughed, as a pale shade surfaced on his handsome face. The Lightning Controlling Art was after all a Divine Art. Although it was powerful, its consumption was also extremely frightening. According to Mu Chen's estimations, it would be very difficult for him to use the Lightning Controlling Art a second time.
This was a technique that only Sovereign realm experts could use. Now that he had used it, its might did not disappoint him.
Mu Chen indifferently looked at the unconscious Xia Hou. With a curl of his hand, a suction force erupted. As rocks flew in the air, a ray of light flew out from the latter's chest, before landing in Mu Chen's hand. This was the Academy Plaque of the Holy Spirit House team.
Mu Chen cast a glance at the Academy Plaque as his brows slightly twitched. That's because, on the Academy Plaque, there were actually 4200 points. Furthermore, it was ranked 7th!
This was almost two or three times the points of Mu Chen and the rest.
Mu Chen held the Academy Plaque. After a moment of silence, he retrieved his own Academy Plaque, and forcefully snatched the other half of his points.
As rays of light flickered, the Academy Plaque in Mu Chen's hand instantly turned into 3,700 points.
As the points skyrocketed, the Academy Plaque in Mu Chen's hand also erupted with dazzling rays of light. In the Top 16, Xia Hou's team's ranking rapidly disappeared, while a new team rose at an astonishing speed, surpassing the other teams, before finally stopping at the 9th position!
Great Spiritual Academy Tournament's 9th Place, Hokuang Reiwon, Captain, Mu Chen.
Mu Chen looked at the dazzling Academy Plaque in his hand as a faint smile appeared on his face. His team had also entered the Top 16. If that's the case, his information would also be discovered by many other teams. Clearly, Ji Xuan was one of them.
Mu Chen slowly clenched his Academy Plaque as a chilling light gathered in his black pupils.
Ji Xuan, what will you do when you see this familiar name?
(To be continued...)