Hovering in the air, Mu Chen gave a wave of his sleeve, causing the tyrannical Spiritual Energy fluctuations radiating from his body to rapidly retract. Shooting a look at Xu Huang and the other two, he nodded his head in satisfaction. At this moment, the three of them had finally passed through their Spiritual Energy Disaster, causing their strength to increase by quite a bit.
Seeing Mu Chen looking over, Xu Huang and the other two smiled, with gratitude present within their smiles. In the short span of a few months since entering the Shattered Continent, their strength had seemingly increased by leaps and bounds. Furthermore, this improvement was greatly related to Mu Chen, something that Xu Huang and the other two were well aware of. If it wasn't for Mu Chen and Luo Li, their group would have long been trampled by the sea of people. How could they have reached this step?
Whoosh.
All of a sudden, a ray of sword light shot out from beneath the waterfall. The sword light was swift and fierce to the point of causing people's hearts to turn cold. As the sword light shot out, the waterfall was split apart, with a bottomless sword scar appearing on the gigantic mountain wall.
At this moment, a beautiful figure shot out, appearing beside Mu Chen. Her bright and resplendent long hair fluttered in the wind like a silver river. It was Luo Li.
"You've passed through your Spiritual Energy Disaster?"
As Luo Li appeared, looking at Mu Chen, a smear of happiness surfaced within her clear and limpid eyes.
With a smile, Mu Chen nodded his head. Sweeping his gaze back and forth at the young girl before him, a smear of astonishment appeared within his eyes. That's because he discovered that after this seclusion, the Spiritual Energy fluctuations within Luo Li's body seemed to have become even more condensed. If he didn't carefully sense it, he would have assumed that Luo Li's strength had dropped a little after her seclusion.
However, such a possibility clearly didn't exist. Therefore, there was only one possibility. Luo Li's strength had increased once again. In the past, Luo Li's strength was at Spiritual Energy Disaster. If she made another breakthrough, wouldn't that mean that she had reached First Grade Spirit Disaster?
"You've passed through First Grade Spirit Disaster?" Mu Chen couldn't help but ask.
Xu Huang and the other two looked towards Luo Li in pleasant surprise. They were extremely clear about Luo Li's strength. In the past, she had relied on her cultivation of Spiritual Energy Disaster to contend against First Grade Spirit Disaster experts. If she were to make another breakthrough, wouldn't she possess strength comparable to Second Grade Spirit Disaster experts?
With such strength, even in the final phase of the Great Spiritual Academy Tournament, where experts were as numerous as the clouds, he could be considered as one of the best.
When Luo Li heard Mu Chen's words, he only smiled noncommittally and did not reply.
"What a blow."
Mu Chen helplessly sighed. Truthfully speaking, his speed wasn't slow. However, he was always a step behind Luo Li, causing him to feel slightly depressed. Although he wasn't determined to surpass Luo Li, being a man, he still needed to have some desire to improve himself.
With a grin, Luo Li extended her jade-like hand and held onto Mu Chen's palm. That tender hand instantly cleansed away the little depression in Mu Chen's heart.
"I'm afraid that the Great Spiritual Academy Tournament has already become extremely intense."
Luo Li also looked into the distance. Although she had been in seclusion for the past ten days, she had a faint premonition. After all, this was already the final phase of the Great Spiritual Academy Tournament.
Nodding his head, Mu Chen's black pupils also looked into the distance. After a brief moment, a smear of blazing heat surged from the depths of his eyes. The Great Spiritual Academy Tournament had finally gradually progressed to its end. However, he was extremely clear that the true competition had just arrived.
Wanting to stand out from the numerous powerful groups and obtain one of the eight quotas for the finals wasn't an easy task. However, regardless of who his opponent was, Mu Chen wouldn't have the slightest bit of fear. On the contrary, he was looking forward to it. He was looking forward to crossing swords with those genuinely powerful groups. That's because only bloody battles could allow one to grow once again.
The path of the strong was never something that the weak could walk.
"Let's go. It's time for us to get moving. Since the Great Spiritual Academy Tournament has already become lively, if we don't have any achievements, I'm afraid that we'll really be buried in the crowd." Mu Chen stretched his waist as he smiled.
Xu Huang and the rest heavily nodded their heads as their eyes were filled with blazing heat.
"Let's go."
Without another word, Mu Chen waved his sleeve and his figure turned into a streak of spiritual light as he flew out. Behind him, Luo Li, Xu Huang and the rest immediately followed suit.
When Mu Chen and the rest left their seclusion grounds, there was a desolate valley in an extremely distant place. The surroundings of the desolate valley were filled with barren mountain rocks, causing the entire region to be filled with a desolate feeling.
Bang!
Bang! Suddenly, deep rumbling sounds rang out from the desolate valley. In the next moment, a huge crack appeared in the depths of the desolate valley. The crack extended all the way to the entrance of the valley. Below the crack was a neatly arranged ancient stone staircase.
Tap tap.
Faint footsteps resounded from the end of the stone staircase. A brief moment later, several figures appeared under the sunlight.
The two people leading the group were rather handsome young men. They possessed tall and straight bodies, sword-like eyebrows, and an outstanding demeanor. Behind them, there was a beautiful lady. Her black hair was tied into an elegant bun, revealing her neck. Her beautiful face contained a gentle smile, causing her entire body to radiate with a gentle and moving demeanor.
Behind the three of them, there were two figures following closely behind.
The five of them stood at the end of the stone staircase as they looked at the gradually closing crack behind them. All of them quietly breathed a sigh of relief, feeling as if they had survived a calamity.
The appearance of the five of them was extremely familiar. They were the second team of Hokuang Reiwon, consisting of Shen Cangsheng, Li Xuantong, Su Xuan and He Yao!
"We're finally out."
Looking at the bright sky, Shen Cangsheng couldn't help grinning. The disdain between his brows seemed to be even denser than before.
Beside him, Li Xuantong slowly nodded his head. With a clench of his hand, his Academy Plaque appeared in a flash. Sweeping a glance at the Top 16, his brows slightly twitched as he said, "Looks like the competition in the Great Spiritual Academy Tournament is very intense. The points are already so high."
At this moment, the first place on the rankings was still the team led by the Holy Spirit House's Ji Xuan. Their points had already reached 13,000!
Such a frightening number had even caused Li Xuantong to feel a little fearful in his heart.
"It's said that Ji Xuan is extremely formidable." Shen Cangsheng nodded his head. Shortly after, he muttered, "Furthermore, it's said that he seems to have some grudges with Mu Chen?"
"That seems to be the case."
Su Xuan lightly nodded her head. Shortly after, she gently smiled and said, "I wonder how Mu Chen and his team are doing. I don't seem to have seen their names in the Top 16. With their strength, I don't think it's that bad, right?"
"With Mu Chen and Luo Li in their team, they definitely won't be ordinary." Li Xuantong said.
"Haha, that brat isn't that easy to deal with. I'm afraid that it won't be long before we meet. Furthermore, even if they're unlucky and fail, don't they still have us?"
Shen Cangsheng heroically smiled as he continued, "It just so happens that I can take back the title of Hokuang Reiwon's number one expert."
"Although you've obtained a great opportunity in the Desolate Sect, I'm afraid that it won't be that easy for you to snatch back the number one ranking from Mu Chen." Su Xuan gave a faint smile, directly pouring cold water over Shen Cangsheng's head.
Hearing her words, Shen Cangsheng wasn't angered by it. On the contrary, he gave a smile. He was also extremely clear about Mu Chen's strength. That fellow was a monster. Although Shen Cangsheng's strength had increased by leaps and bounds, he truly didn't have the confidence to say that he would be able to completely surpass Mu Chen.
"Let's not care about him for now. It's time for us to make our move. Let's kill our way over and snatch all the points. We must be ahead of Mu Chen and his team to ascend to the Top 16!" With a wave of his hand, Shen Cangsheng furiously stomped his feet on the ground, sending his figure soaring into the sky.
"Let's go."
Li Xuantong nodded his head. With a clench of his hand, tyrannical Spiritual Energy instantly swept out like a storm, instantly shattering the surrounding giant rocks into dust. In the next instant, his figure had already shot out like a spectre.
At the same time, Su Xuan and the other two immediately followed after him. From the vigorous Spiritual Energy fluctuations radiating from their bodies, their strength seemed to have become much, much stronger compared to when they had entered the Great Spiritual Academy Tournament. Clearly, they had similarly obtained quite a bit of opportunity during this period of time.
After leaving their secluded cultivation grounds, Mu Chen and his group determined their direction, before rushing straight towards the central region of the Shattered Continent.
Along the way, Mu Chen and his group had bumped into quite a few groups. Clearly, the destination of those groups was the same as theirs.
Faced against those groups, Mu Chen felt slightly apprehensive in his heart, since he discovered that the strength of those groups were rather tyrannical. Seemingly within every group, there were at least three people that had reached the Spiritual Energy Disaster. As for those that were below the Human Body Disaster, there wasn't a single one that he had seen.
This scene caused Mu Chen to sigh in admiration. From the looks of it, there were quite a few groups that had obtained great improvements in their strength within the Shattered Continent. At the very least, at the start of the Great Spiritual Academy Tournament, even those that had passed the Human Body Disaster could be considered as experts. However, as of now, those people were already on the verge of being eliminated.
However, although they had bumped into quite a few groups along the way, Mu Chen and his group were exceedingly unobstructed, with not a single group daring to cause trouble for them. Clearly, those groups had faintly sensed that Mu Chen and his group were troublesome to deal with, causing their gazes to be filled with fear and dread, with some of them not even daring to get too close to Mu Chen and his group.
Such a situation caused Mu Chen to feel somewhat helpless. In fact, he had hoped that others would come knocking on his door, before gifting the points to them.
However, since no one came to cause trouble for them, it was better for them to hurry on with their journey. He knew that within the vast central region, there was an enormous amount of points waiting for them to plunder.
Therefore, the speed at which Mu Chen and his group travelled increased once again.
After travelling for close to three days, they were about to reach the central region that was wreathed in the flames of war. It was at this moment that Mu Chen and his group received a piece of news, causing a sliver of shock to surge within his heart.
That news was that Wen Qingxuan's group had fallen into a dangerous situation.
(To be continued.)