As Luo Li's slender figure appeared by Mu Chen's side, the Sword Aura that blotted the skies rapidly retracted, before completely entering her body. However, the mountain peak that had been split into two was the only thing that showed exactly how sharp and fierce the Sword Aura that had leaked out was.
"Luo Li has also come out!"
Xu Huang and the other two looked in pleasant surprise at the appearance of Luo Li, before finally breathing a sigh of relief, as if a heavy burden had been lifted from their shoulders.
Mu Chen's gaze was similarly filled with astonishment as he looked at the slender and elegant young girl by his side. Naturally, he was able to sense the Spiritual Energy pressure faintly radiating from Luo Li's body. Compared to before, this pressure was clearly much more tyrannical.
"You've passed through your Spiritual Energy Disaster?" asked Mu Chen in astonishment.
With a grin, Luo Li gently nodded her head.
Speechless, Mu Chen felt a little depressed. It seemed that he was always being suppressed by Luo Li. Although Spiritual Energy cultivation didn't represent one's true combat prowess, every time he made a breakthrough and assumed that he was on par with Luo Li, the latter would similarly make a breakthrough, leaving him behind.
"Looks like it won't be that easy for you to surpass me."
Looking at the slightly depressed Mu Chen, a mischievous glint involuntarily flashed within the crystal-clear and beautiful eyes of Luo Li. In the next instant, she raised her snow-white chin towards Mu Chen in a slightly pleased manner. She, who was usually as quiet and tranquil as a lotus, would only display the mentality of an ordinary young girl in front of Mu Chen.
Shooting an ill-mannered glare at him, Mu Chen replied, "Don't provoke me. If not, even if you've passed through your Spiritual Energy Disaster, I'll still spank your butt."
A shade of red surfaced on Luo Li's lovable face as a sliver of bashfulness appeared within her clear and sweet-sounding voice, "Pervert."
If an outsider had said such frivolous words in front of her, she would have long since stabbed him with her sword. However, when facing Mu Chen, she could only glare at him in embarrassment. That kind of flirtatious expression was extremely moving.
"Hmph!"
Up in the sky, Chen Xi saw the two of them flirting with each other, with not even a single glance towards him. The flames of fury within his eyes couldn't help growing denser as he spoke out in a cold voice, "Mu Chen, are you guys really not planning to hand over the Divine Wood Invitation?"
Only then did Mu Chen turn his head and shoot a look at him. With a clench of his hand, the Divine Wood Tablet appeared within. Waving it around, he asked, "Are you talking about this?"
Upon seeing the Divine Wood Plaque in Mu Chen's hands, a brilliant light instantly gushed out from Chen Xi's eyes. Licking his lips greedily, he said, "Hand him over and I won't make things difficult for you. This isn't something you can possess!"
Hearing this, Mu Chen smiled. He shook his head and said softly, "I refuse.
"You!"
Flames of fury erupted on Chen Xi's face. Clearly, he had also sensed that Mu Chen was toying with him. Immediately, he spoke out in a sinister voice, "Mu Chen, I advise you not to make a mistake. Although you're from the five Great Academies, our Academy Alliance has the final say in this Great Spiritual Academy Tournament. If you really provoke us, I guarantee that you won't even have the chance to withdraw from the tournament!"
"Academy Alliance?" Slightly twitching his eyebrows, Mu Chen asked, "What's that …"
As he spoke, he shook his head, while his gaze slowly turned frosty as he said, "Since you guys don't want to leave by yourselves, all of you can stay behind."
"Let's take action together and deal with them!"
Chen Xi was incomparably enraged by Mu Chen's attitude. Did this fellow really think that he could defeat over thirty of them with just his group?
As his roar rang out, both of his hands abruptly came together to form a seal. Powerful Spiritual Energy swept out like a storm, before unexpectedly transforming into a gigantic stone tablet before him. Sparkling with dazzling brilliance, the stone tablet was covered with profound runes, while peculiar fluctuations started to radiate from it.
Behind Chen Xi, the dozen experts roared out in unison as boundless Spiritual Energy gushed out. In the next instant, they transformed into rays of light, gushing straight into the stone tablet. Humm!
Humm!
Humm! As boundless Spiritual Energy gushed in, the glowing stone tablet started to expand along with the wind. In the blink of an eye, it had already reached the size of a thousand metres. A gigantic shadow enveloped down, enveloping the entire mountain. Extremely overbearing Spiritual Energy fluctuations rippled out, causing the entire stretch of the heavens and earth to turn much darker.
"I'll see what qualifications you guys have to say that we'll stay behind!"
"Divine Heaven Suppression Tablet!"
Chen Xi's face turned slightly pale as he did his utmost to control the stone tablet that had gathered everyone's Spiritual Energy. In the next instant, his chilling gaze locked onto Mu Chen and Luo Li. With a cold roar, the glowing stone tablet brought along a gigantic shadow as it shot towards Mu Chen's group of five at lightning speed.
Raising her lovable face, Luo Li looked towards the glowing stone tablet and said, "That person does have some tricks up his sleeves. He's actually able to gather the Spiritual Energy of others into his own attacks. Looks like the Deity Tier Spiritual Art that he's practising is slightly profound."
As her voice rang out, with the Luo God Sword in her hand, she took light steps forward. With a shake of her jade-like hand, a ray of sword light akin to a silver river abruptly rushed towards the sky from the Luo God Sword. As the sword light condensed, it transformed into a gigantic glowing sword shadow. An incomparably fierce Sword Intent radiated out, wreaking havoc across the region. In an instant, the mountain peak was riddled with holes.
"Luo God Sword Shadow."
Luo Li's slender and fair jade-like hand gave a tap in the air, causing the gigantic glowing sword shadow to howl out. In the next instant, it shot across the horizon at lightning speed. In the blink of an eye, it had ferociously clashed against the glowing stone tablet that was pressing down towards them.
Bang!
Astonishing Spiritual Energy fluctuations swept out across the sky as the tip of the sword shadow shot straight towards the bottom of the stone tablet. Astonishing fluctuations erupted from the two as they crazily tried to erode each other.
Raising his head to take in the spectacle before him, Mu Chen gave a faint smile. In the next instant, he heavily stomped his feet on the ground, causing cracks to instantly extend out. In the next instant, his body shot towards the sky, appearing right before the sword shadow at lightning speed, before sending a fist rumbling out.
Chi!
Chi! Black lightning wrapped around his fist, while faint sounds of thunder could be faintly heard. In fact, there were even faint traces of distortions appearing in the surrounding space. After successfully passing through his Human Body Disaster, Mu Chen's strength had reached a somewhat frightening degree.
Bang!
Enveloped by black lightning, Mu Chen's fist violently smashed against the sword shadow. In an instant, frightening energies gushed out like floodwaters. In the next instant, a long roar rang out from the sword shadow. With a swoosh, relying on the incoming energies, it pierced straight through the stone tablet.
Bang!
Piercing through the stone tablet, the sword shadow rushed towards the horizon. As for the stone tablet, cracks rapidly spread out, before finally, with a bang, it exploded into sparkles of light that blotted the skies.
Puff!
With the stone tablet exploding apart, the faces of the dozen experts instantly turned pale, before spurting mouthfuls of blood. Chen Xi was the first to bear the brunt of the impact, with the Spiritual Energy on his body exploding apart. Shooting back a few hundred metres in a miserable manner, he spat out mouthfuls of blood, while the Spiritual Energy fluctuations radiating from his body instantly withered. Clearly, he had suffered quite a heavy injury.
Stabilising his body in a miserable manner, shock and astonishment gushed out from his eyes. He was truly unable to believe that the combined attack of the dozen of them would actually be broken by the combined efforts of Mu Chen and Luo Li!
The two youths before his eyes were actually that monstrous?
That's why there wasn't the slightest bit of fear present on their faces, even when facing against such a lineup. It turns out that the two of them had simply not placed them in their eyes!
"Let's go!"
Wiping away the bloodstains at the corner of his mouth, Chen Xi clenched his teeth, before making a prompt decision to hastily retreat. The situation before them was already not something that they could control. From the looks of it, their evaluation of the combat prowess of Mu Chen's group was truly too low. Within this group, the three members weren't enough to cause any fear. However, Mu Chen and Luo Li were exceedingly frightening.
According to Chen Xi's estimations, the strength of Mu Chen and Luo Li might even be comparable to the few bosses of their Academy Alliance …
"Mu Chen, you guys are good this time. However, don't be too pleased with yourselves. The next time our Academy Alliance comes knocking on your doors, I'm afraid that you guys won't have the chance to struggle anymore!" As the figures of Chen Xi and his group retreated in a miserable fashion, a fierce roar of unwillingness rang out from the distance.
Looking at the escape of Chen Xi and his group with indifference, Mu Chen did not take any action to obstruct them.
"Why did you let them escape?"
Hearing this, Xu Huang and the other two felt slightly puzzled. If Mu Chen really wanted to take action, he would clearly be able to make Chen Xi and his group stay behind.
Not replying to them, Mu Chen turned his head around, looking towards the mountain peak in the distance with an exceedingly solemn expression.
Similarly, Luo Li had also turned her head around. Looking towards the direction of the mountain peak with her beautiful eyes, she said in a soft voice, "That's because there are still uninvited guests here. Compared to them, those people from before aren't considered anything …"
Hearing her words, the faces of Xu Huang and the other two instantly changed, before looking around in shock. Was there an even stronger group hiding here, eyeing them covetously?
Mu Chen's gaze turned solemn as he looked towards the distance. In the next instant, his roar, wrapped in vigorous Spiritual Energy, resounded across the entire region like thunder, "Everyone, you guys have seen enough. It's about time for you guys to show yourselves, right?"
From that direction, he was able to faintly sense a powerful pressure. This was the first time that Mu Chen had encountered such a feeling ever since he had entered the Great Spiritual Academy Tournament.
Clearly, they seemed to have been targeted by a truly formidable figure.
Under Mu Chen's attentive gaze, rays of light suddenly flashed in the distance. In the next instant, rays of light shot over, appearing in the sky in the span of a few breaths. The nervous gazes of Xu Huang and the other two immediately shot over, before they gawked in shock.
As the rays of light dissipated across the sky, five alluring and alluring figures slowly revealed themselves.
The five girls all possessed extraordinary looks, especially the girl at the front. Donning a golden battle armour, the outline of her graceful and slender figure was accentuated. Her snow-white and slender neck was akin to that of a graceful swan, while her jet black hair flowed down like a waterfall. Under her golden battle dress, her slender and straight figure was so dazzling that it caused people to be unable to shift their gazes away.
Xu Huang and the other two stared blankly at the girl before them, before their eyes uncontrollably lit up. This was the first time that they had seen a girl of the same age as Luo Li in terms of appearance and temperament.
"Haha, truly worthy of being the renowned Blood Calamity of the Spiritual Road. This is the first time we've met. I'm Wen Qingxuan."
Dressed in golden battle armour, the absolutely beautiful girl that was akin to a goddess of war looked towards Mu Chen, while her red lips slightly curled upwards as she spoke out with a faint smile.
"Wen Qingxuan?"
Upon hearing that name, the shock and astonishment present within the eyes of Xu Huang and the other two instantly and completely disappeared, while a smear of astonishment climbed onto their faces. The girl before them was actually the Captain of the group that had occupied the first place for a long time, Wen Qingxuan?
The next chapter might come later.