Time flowed at a steady pace, while the Great Spiritual Academy Tournament grew increasingly ferocious.
As time passed, the Great Spiritual Academy Tournament could be considered to have entered its final phase. Clearly, this phase was the most intense phase of the tournament. Those elite groups that had concealed their strength and bided their time had finally surfaced, bursting forth with all of their dazzling brilliance.
That's because, at this moment, they no longer needed to endure. What they needed was to use all of their means to obtain as many points as possible, before charging into the Top 8. That's because only by entering the Top 8 would they possess the qualifications to advance into the finals.
Clearly, this would be a rather cruel elimination round.
Those groups that were able to stand out in the final phase would absolutely not be easy to deal with. Furthermore, the number of those groups were in the hundreds and thousands. Wanting to firmly occupy the Top 8 in such a competition where experts were as numerous as the clouds would naturally be a rather difficult task.
That was indeed the case.
Not long after Mu Chen and the rest entered into secluded cultivation, the entire Great Spiritual Academy Tournament was akin to a barrel of gunpowder that had expanded to its limits, completely exploding. Everyone could feel the berserk atmosphere that had permeated the air above the central region of the shattered continent. Ordinary groups simply wouldn't dare to approach this central region, while those that dared to do so all possessed quite a bit of confidence in themselves.
This region had already become the central region of the Great Spiritual Academy Tournament.
When those groups that possessed confidence in themselves converged at the central region of the shattered continent, great battles would naturally erupt as expected.
In the short span of a few days, the intense flames of war had seemingly permeated every single corner of this vast region.
Battles would seemingly erupt at any moment within this vast region, with powerful groups using various kinds of methods to engage in battles. Surging and berserk Spiritual Energies rippled across the heavens and earth.
Following the eruption of the intense battles, the elite groups that had been hiding in the shadows, quietly revealing their ferocious fangs. In the short span of a day since the start of the battles, there were people that had keenly sensed the sudden appearance of some unfamiliar and powerful groups. In the next instant, they had swiftly defeated some of the previously illustrious and powerful groups. In the end, with the attitude of victors, they had mercilessly snatched away the points that they had painstakingly accumulated for a long time.
Some of the so-called powerful groups were rapidly trampled. They did their utmost to resist, but in the end, they were sorrowfully aware of the disparity between the two groups. At this moment, they started to feel regret. That's because while they were continuously robbing the points of the weaker groups, these people were strolling through the various kinds of dangerous places within the shattered continent, bitterly searching for remnants and opportunities. Under the tempering and tempering, their strength had risen again and again. In the end, the two groups that were originally on the same level of strength, had gradually pulled apart the disparity between them.
Therefore, in a short span of two to three days, everyone had started to sense that, other than a few extremely few groups that possessed tyrannical strength, over half of the Top 16 on the point rankings had been cruelly swept off the rankings. Clearly, they had already been defeated.
The groups that had replaced those powerful veteran groups were all rather unfamiliar. The Spiritual Academies that they came from weren't necessarily those top-notch Spiritual Academies. There was even a group that had merely come from a middle-sized Spiritual Academy. The strength of such a Spiritual Academy couldn't be considered much in the Great Spiritual Academy Tournament. However, it was precisely such a group that didn't have a strong background that had consecutively defeated a few groups from top-notch Spiritual Academies. From nothing to something, in a short span of three days, they had leapt to the 8th position on the point rankings. Furthermore, they had maintained that position until now, with no one being able to sweep them off the rankings. From this, one could see exactly how powerful this group was.
At this moment, the situation of the entire Great Spiritual Academy Tournament would undergo earth-shattering changes seemingly every single day.
Unfamiliar groups were constantly emerging, before issuing challenges to those powerful groups on the point rankings. This was akin to a tidal wave, with one wave pushing the other. Only by withstanding the successive challenges without being defeated, would they truly possess the qualifications to occupy that position.
This vast central region had seemingly turned into the most brutal elimination arena. Every time a high-spirited group appeared, there would always be a group that had miserably retreated. In this place, there was only a single path that could be taken if one wanted to ascend, and that was to step on the heads of others to ascend, one step at a time.
Amongst the groups that were as numerous as the stars in the sky, only a mere eight groups were able to remain standing.
Clearly, those eight groups were the elites amongst the elites.
Time quietly flowed by. With the flow of time, the fight for the top sixteen positions became increasingly intense. There would be some changes to the top sixteen positions every single day. Each change represented the appearance of an even more powerful group. Hence, it once again caused the top sixteen positions to become increasingly difficult.
At this moment, the Top 16 was undoubtedly more valuable than before.
Amongst the Top 16, the first place was still occupied by the group from the Holy Spirit House, led by Ji Xuan, while the second place was occupied by the group led by Wu Ling from the Wu Ling Academy. As for the third place, it was a familiar name, Wen Qingxuan.
In just a few short days, Wen Qingxuan had once again revealed her astonishing strength. She had used a rather tyrannical manner to defeat powerful groups one after another, before finally ascending to the third place like a queen. Sweeping her beautiful eyes around, her cold arrogance was akin to that of a graceful phoenix, causing the hearts of others to be moved, and at the same time, fearful of her.
Of the groups after Wen Qingxuan, every single one of them were famous in the current Great Spiritual Academy Tournament. With their strength, no one would dare to belittle them.
Due to the continuous appearance of powerful teams, the changes in the Great Spiritual Academy Tournament were extremely quick. Following the elimination of too many veteran teams, those teams that were once illustrious for a period of time had also started to be forgotten by people. Even if they were occasionally mentioned, they would only flick their lips in disdain and not pay too much attention to them.
Clearly, Mu Chen's group was also included in this. Some time ago, they had also ascended to the Top 16. However, at this moment, they had already disappeared completely. Therefore, when someone suddenly recalled this group that had appeared some time ago, practically everyone had forgotten about them, treating them as a part of the great army that had been eliminated.
As time elapsed, while the entire Great Spiritual Academy was battered and bloodied due to the fight for the Top 16, boundless Spiritual Energy suddenly rushed towards the skies from the remote depths of the mountains.
Within the three mountain peaks, boundless Spiritual Energy rushed towards the skies. In the next instant, amidst long roars, three figures rushed towards the horizon. Powerful Spiritual Energy rippled around their bodies, akin to ocean waves churning about, appearing exceedingly tyrannical. Those three figures were naturally Xu Huang, Zhao Qingshan and Mu Fengyang, who were currently in seclusion.
At this moment, the faces of the three of them were brimming with unconcealable happiness. Compared to before their seclusion, the Spiritual Energy fluctuations radiating from their bodies appeared to be several times more tyrannical. Clearly, they had already successfully passed through their Spiritual Energy Disaster.
Exchanging glances in the air, the three of them grinned.
Bang!
Just as the three of them were exchanging glances, a deafening sound suddenly rang out from the rear mountains. Turning their gazes over, they saw that the gigantic waterfall within the rear mountains had unexpectedly been severed. Below it, a figure was quietly seated on a green rock. Spiritual Energy that fused with black and white radiated from his body, appearing akin to a Spiritual Energy barrier that was a few hundred metres in size. It was precisely this Spiritual Energy barrier that had pressured the waterfall to the point of seemingly breaking it apart.
Whoosh.
All of a sudden, the Spiritual Energy barrier that fused with black and white exploded apart. Rampant Spiritual Energy instantly transformed into a hurricane that swept out, causing gales to blow across the entire stretch of the world.
The hurricane brought along the lake water as it poured down like a torrential rainstorm. At this moment, the figure that was seated slowly opened his eyes. At this moment, his black pupils appeared increasingly deep and abstruse, appearing akin to the starry skies.
Looking at the torrential rainstorm that blotted the skies, Mu Chen gave a gentle wave of his sleeve. In an instant, the torrential rainstorm froze, before converging together. Transforming into an incomparably gigantic ball of water in the air above Mu Chen's head, a loud bang rang out as it fell into the lake, causing waves that were a hundred metres high to splash out.
With a move of his body, Mu Chen appeared in the air. Sensing the boundless and boundless Spiritual Energy present within his body, a faint smile surfaced at the corner of his mouth. After passing through his Spiritual Energy Disaster, the Spiritual Energy within his body was several times more vigorous than before.
"Worthy of the Spiritual Energy Disaster."
With a faint smile, Mu Chen softly muttered to himself.
Raising his head, Mu Chen looked towards the vast and expansive forest below him. All of a sudden, he extended his hand out, forming a rather peculiar hand seal. In the next instant, a jade-green barrier of light radiated out from his palm, completely enveloping all of the towering trees within a radius of a dozen metres.
Hiss Hiss.
As the radiance enveloped them, the towering trees appeared to have received a summon as they started to tremble. In the end, banging sounds rang out as they uprooted themselves from the ground, transforming into rays of green light that rushed towards the light barrier in Mu Chen's hand.
Whoosh Whoosh.
Rays of green light rushed into the light barrier, before disappearing from sight. Faintly, one could see a jade-green sea of trees within the light barrier.
"What a miraculous Tree Planting Art!"
Looking at the jade-green colour within the light barrier, Mu Chen took a look at the empty land below him, before uncontrollably revealing a sliver of admiration within his eyes. Although this Tree Planting Art did not possess any offensive properties, the degree of profoundness it possessed was not the slightest bit inferior to the Divine Wood Scripture from Mu Chen's point of view.
Not far away, upon seeing this spectacle, Xu Huang and the rest were also dumbfounded.
Sending a smile towards them, Mu Chen looked towards the distance, towards the direction of the central region of the Shattered Continent. Despite being separated by such a great distance, Mu Chen was still able to faintly sense the scorching atmosphere that had pervaded the entire region!
Slowly clenching his fist, Mu Chen muttered in a soft voice.
"The final phase of the Great Spiritual Academy Tournament has finally begun!"