The clamorous forest quietened down at this moment. The experts of the Academy Alliance, who had ferocious expressions on their faces earlier, had expressions of shock on their faces as they looked at Mu Chen in fear. There were even some people who could not help retreating.
Mu Chen did not pay attention to them. Instead, he directed his gaze towards the figure lying on the ground not far away, whose body was similarly covered in blood. His gaze was indifferent.
"You!"
Qin Feng struggled to climb up, his body covered in blood. The Spiritual Energy fluctuations around his body had already withered to the limit. If it wasn't for the protection of his Spiritual Energy, he might have been killed by a punch from Mu Chen. But even so, his eyes were filled with fear at this moment.
He trembled as he looked at Mu Chen. He was unable to understand how Mu Chen's sudden eruption of frightening power came about. It was simply impossible for him to use Spiritual Energy!
Mu Chen looked at Qin Feng's gaze and gave him a faint smile. Indeed, he was unable to use Spiritual Energy. That's because he had activated the power of the Divine Black Lightning. His body had experienced countless times of tempering by the Divine Black Lightning. Therefore, there would always be remnants of the Divine Black Lightning within his body. Normally, when his Spiritual Energy surged, it would be hard for him to sense the power of the Divine Black Lightning. However, now that his Spiritual Energy had calmed down, Mu Chen was able to sense the power of the Divine Black Lightning that was hidden in the depths of his body. Perhaps this power wasn't too powerful during normal times, but it was sufficient in this place.
However, it required some time to gather all of this power. Therefore, Mu Chen had allowed Qin Feng to attack as he wished. What he wanted was to buy time. He was also very clear that he only had one chance to attack. Due to Qin Feng being able to activate his Spiritual Energy, his speed was extremely fast.
Just by relying on his speed, Mu Chen would not be able to catch up to him.
Therefore, not only did he need to gather his power, he also needed to seize the opportunity to give Qin Feng a truly heavy blow.
All of this required some sort of foresight. Obviously, this was not the case.
From the beginning, Qin Feng had been in Mu Chen's calculations. When he was laughing complacently, he obviously did not see the cold smile in the depths of Mu Chen's eyes.
It seemed that this time, the one who had the last laugh was not Qin Feng.
"Can you still resist next?" Mu Chen smiled gently at Qin Feng.
Then he walked up slowly.
Upon seeing this, Qin Feng hastily retreated. Just as he moved his feet, the clothes on his body were torn apart. It was caused by the wind from Mu Chen's fist. When his clothes were torn apart, a faint glowing object suddenly appeared.
It fell out of his chest.
It seemed to be a palm-sized jade plate that emitted a faint light.
When Qin Feng saw the jade plate fall from his body, his expression changed drastically and he hurriedly reached out to grab it.
Boom!
At this moment, Mu Chen stomped his feet and his body rushed out. His eyes suddenly became exceptionally fierce. He directly charged towards Qin Feng with a murderous look.
It was as if he wanted to kill the latter here.
Qin Feng was also frightened by Mu Chen's fierce gaze. His eyes flashed, and in the end, he fiercely clenched his teeth and retracted his outstretched palm. Circulating his remaining Spiritual Energy, his figure turned into a blurry shadow as he turned around and fled in panic.
As Qin Feng fled.
The experts of the Academy Alliance instantly lost their will to fight and they all fled in panic.
In less than a minute, the bustling forest had become empty.
Mu Chen did not chase after Qin Feng.
Instead, he picked up the jade plate that fell on the ground and carefully examined it. He had a feeling that perhaps the reason why Qin Feng was able to use Spiritual Energy here might be related to this item. Otherwise, Qin Feng's face wouldn't have turned so pale.
This jade plate was only the size of a palm and its surface was smooth. However, within the jade plate, there were fine light runes spreading out, forming into extremely complicated runes. Vaguely, a peculiar fluctuation was being emitted.
"What is this?"
Luo Li and Wen Qingxuan also walked over. They looked at the jade plate in Mu Chen's hand and asked curiously.
Mu Chen stared at the complicated runes on the jade plate. If it was an ordinary person looking at it, perhaps they wouldn't be able to see the slightest clue. However, he could feel some familiar traces.
"There's a Spiritual Array engraved on this jade plate." Mu Chen frowned and pondered for a long time, before he slowly said.
"Oh."
Luo Li and Wen Qingxuan were slightly stunned. They weren't Spiritual Array Masters, so they naturally couldn't tell what kind of Spiritual Array it was.
But just when Mu Chen held onto the jade plate, his expression suddenly changed.
"What's wrong?" Seeing this, Luo Li and Wen Qingxuan immediately asked.
A peculiar expression appeared on Mu Chen's face. Shortly after, his body faintly trembled. In the next instant, Luo Li and Luo Li were astonished to see boundless Spiritual Energy, which was a fusion of black and white, suddenly sweeping out from Mu Chen's body.
"You can use Spiritual Energy now?"
Mu Chen lightly smiled as he looked at the jade plate in his hand with a strange gaze. He softly said, "So the reason why Qin Feng can use Spiritual Energy is because of the Spiritual Array engraved on this jade plate."
"If I didn't guess wrong, the Spiritual Array in this jade plate should be able to isolate the interference of the Forbidden Spiritual Array on the Spiritual Energy in the human body. I wonder who engraved this Spiritual Array. It seems that there's an extremely powerful Spiritual Array Master in the Academy Alliance." Mu Chen murmured.
But who could it be?
Cuttlefish, Qin Feng, and Liu Xiong clearly didn't seem to have deep attainments in Spiritual Arrays. Since that's the case, it should be the Great Leader of the Academy Alliance, who rarely showed himself.
"The Great Spiritual Academy Tournament is indeed a place with crouching tigers and hidden dragons." Mu Chen sighed.
"You seem to be a Spiritual Array Master, right?
Can you engrave this Spiritual Array? "
Asked Wen Qingxuan. The feeling of not being able to use Spiritual Energy was too uncomfortable. If she could completely use Spiritual Energy, why would she need Mu Chen's help earlier?
Mu Chen stared at the extremely complicated light patterns on the jade plate and smiled. "Although this Spiritual Array is ingenious, its level isn't high. As long as you know the diagram, it's not too difficult to engrave it. Furthermore, there are still some imperfections in this Spiritual Array. I think that this might be the reason why Qin Feng couldn't completely isolate himself from the Forbidden Spiritual Array."
"Then, can you improve it?" Wen Qingxuan's brows twitched.
"It shouldn't be a big problem."
Said Mu Chen with a smile. However, his smile contained an unseen arrogance towards his own talent in Spiritual Arrays.
He was extremely confident. No matter what, his mother was a Spiritual Array Ancestor. In the entire Great Thousand World, she could be considered as a pinnacle existence. As the son that had inherited her bloodline, if Mu Chen was mediocre in this aspect, then he would definitely die.
Then it would be a little unjustifiable.
"This Qin Feng has given us a good gift. Otherwise, it would be troublesome for us to charge in like this."
Luo Li lightly smiled. Before this, none of them had thought that Qin Feng still had such a trump card.
But even so, if they were to fight, Qin Feng's group wouldn't be able to deal with them. However, they might have to pay a price.
Mu Chen nodded his head as he held onto the jade plate and sat down.
"Give me some time."
When he finished his words, he focused all his attention on the jade plate.
He closed his eyes slightly and sensed the complicated rays of light. Then, he reflected the trajectories into his mind and quickly sketched out an ingenious and complicated formation.
Luo Li and Wen Qingxuan sat down on the grass beside him. Luo Li's beautiful eyelashes gently blinked as he looked at the bloodstained youth.
Wen Qingxuan, on the other hand, was looking at Luo Li.
In her view, Luo Li was clearly better looking than Mu Chen. Although that fellow's performance was pretty good, it still couldn't shake Luo Li's position in her heart.
"Luo Li."
However, as if she had suddenly thought of something, Wen Qingxuan's expression suddenly changed.
"Hmm?" Luo Li turned his head and looked at Wen Qingxuan.
"You're from the Luo God Clan, right?
Perhaps, not long from now, you might even become the next Empress of the Luo God Clan. "Wen Qingxuan looked at the exquisite face that was like porcelain.
She really didn't know.
Luo Li lightly nodded her head as she blankly stared at Mu Chen. She was somewhat sentimental.
She really didn't know how he would look when she saw him in the future.
"The Luo God Clan doesn't seem to be in a good situation, right?" Wen Qingxuan sighed. She seemed to know about it.
Luo Li smiled. "Perhaps it might be the weakest in the history of the Luo God Clan. But it doesn't matter, I will do my best."
Looking at the young girl, Wen Qingxuan hesitated for a brief moment before she suddenly said, "Have you heard of the West Heaven Battle Emperor of the Great West Heaven Realm?"
In that instant, Luo Li's silhouette trembled as she glanced at Wen Qingxuan and nodded her head. "How can I not have heard of the West Heaven Battle Emperor, who is comparable to the Martial Ancestor of the Martial Realm and the Flame Emperor of the Endless Fire Territory?"
"I've heard that he once said that he could protect your Luo God Clan." Wen Qingxuan lowered her voice. "But …"
With a faint smile, Luo Li replied, "It's just that you want me to go to the Great West Heaven Realm, right? My grandfather has once told me about this matter. However, I told him that if a clan needs to rely on the protection of others to survive, that's a lowly existence that we don't need. I'll do my best to change the Luo God Clan. If my Luo God Clan is really going to perish, then I'll burn indiscriminately with those who want to destroy it."
"That Battle Emperor might be famous, but I don't have the slightest interest in what he wants me to do in the Great West Heaven Realm."
Wen Qingxuan looked at the beautiful young girl and asked, "Why?"
Looking at the youth not too far away, Luo Li gave a light smile and said in a soft voice, "Because someone told me that one day, he would become a supreme expert. So, I will wait for him."
Wen Qingxuan also looked at Mu Chen. This fellow's ambition was truly great.
"Please don't tell Mu Chen about this matter." Luo Li said.
Wen Qingxuan nodded her head. She knew that Luo Li didn't want to give Mu Chen too much pressure. After all, the West Heaven Battle Emperor's reputation was truly formidable. He was a great figure in the Great Thousand World. Even her clan couldn't look down on such an existence.
However, Luo Li had chosen to stand behind Mu Chen without the slightest bit of hesitation. Thinking about the trust she had in him, it truly made people jealous. That fellow was truly lucky.
(Part 3.)