Over a hundred teams stood majestically in the sky. Their line-up caused everyone in the region to turn their heads to look at them, as unconcealable shock and bewilderment surfaced in their eyes.
Shen Cangsheng, Li Xuantong and the rest, and even Luo Li and Wen Qingxuan, stared in astonishment at the sudden appearance of Lin Zhou and the rest. Clearly, this scene had exceeded their expectations.
"What's going on?" Looking towards Mu Chen, Wen Qingxuan could not help but ask.
"Ji Xuan has his methods, and I naturally have my own."
Mu Chen gave a faint smile. Looking towards Lin Zhou and the rest, he said, "And they, are my final preparations."
"You've also established a branch treasury?" Shen Cangsheng asked in astonishment.
"These teams have previously owed me a favor. After that, I've contacted Lin Zhou and asked him to help me contact these teams. I hope that if there are any unforeseen circumstances, they will appear and lend me a hand."
Mu Chen said in a soft voice, "Of course, if Ji Xuan did not use those dishonorable methods, they would not have appeared."
Shen Cangsheng and the rest looked at each other, before involuntarily smacking their lips. Looking at Mu Chen, their gazes were somewhat strange. Clearly, Mu Chen's perfect preparations had caused them to feel somewhat shocked.
"Don't look at me like that. I've crossed hands with Ji Xuan too many times, so I have some understanding of his methods. Although I was willingly tricked by him once in the Spiritual Road, there's no reason for me to be tricked by him a second time." Mu Chen said with a faint smile.
"However, even if you have some gratitude towards those people, it shouldn't be that easy for them to hand their points over to you, right?" said Luo Li as she shot a look at Mu Chen with her clear eyes.
Although there were only eight teams that managed to advance to the Finals, and the other teams would be eliminated from a certain point of view, that didn't mean that their points were completely useless to the other teams. That's because, if their points were too low, the academies with the lowest points would be excluded from the next Great Spiritual Academy Tournament.
Mu Chen nodded and said, "That's why.
"So, I've promised them that every team will be given five drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid."
Only then did Luo Li, Wen Qingxuan and the rest understood, before sourly glancing at Mu Chen. It turned out that the most important condition was this. After all, Sovereign Spiritual Liquid wasn't an ordinary item for people at this stage.
In terms of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid and points, along with some gratitude, those teams would be willing to help Mu Chen.
Indeed, it wasn't too strange.
"Where did you get so much Sovereign Spiritual Liquid from?" Luo Li asked in puzzlement.
The Sovereign Spiritual Liquid that they had obtained in the Hidden Spiritual Courtyard.
But they didn't have so much.
"Could it be that you're able to undo the seal of the Spiritual Condensing Bowl?"
Mu Chen nodded his head with a smile. "Because of the increase in my strength, I've tried some methods.
Although I still couldn't completely undo the seal of the Spiritual Condensing Bowl, I've managed to tear a small crack. Thus, I managed to obtain roughly eight hundred drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid. "
Luo Li nodded her head. It was no wonder why Mu Chen dared to spend so much. So it turned out that he had such a large amount of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid.
"What a rich man."
Shen Cangsheng, Li Xuantong and the rest smacked their lips. Five hundred drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid wasn't an amount that an ordinary person could easily take out. It was so much so that even Sovereign Realm experts would view Sovereign Spiritual Liquid with great importance.
Not to mention that they had yet to come in contact with the Sovereign Realm.
"I don't want to either."
Mu Chen gently sighed. Five hundred drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid wasn't a small amount. Even if Mu Chen had the Spiritual Condensing Bowl, he would still feel heartache. But at this moment …
Aside from that, he had no other choice.
He knew how sinister Ji Xuan was. Therefore, he had to use some unconventional methods to contain him.
"So you're already prepared. I've misunderstood."
Wen Qingxuan's pair of slender phoenix-like eyes continued to stare at Mu Chen. Only after Mu Chen had explained everything did she faintly flick her lips aside, before speaking out in an indifferent tone.
She was previously extremely worried, but who could have expected that in the blink of an eye, Mu Chen would reverse the situation. Although she was a little shocked and even admired the latter's meticulousness, her prideful character made her unhappy. After all, it was already rare for her to say those words. She never expected that it would be her own wishful thinking in the end.
Mu Chen stared at Wen Qingxuan's peerless face for a long while before he spoke in a serious tone, "Although my preparations were to keep Ji Xuan in check, it wasn't too glorious. Therefore, I did not tell you guys about it. Furthermore, I have to thank you, Qingxuan."
Mu Chen's gaze rested on Wen Qingxuan's face. When the latter saw his serious gaze, her face slightly blushed. However, she still stubbornly said, "I'm not familiar with you, why are you calling me that? You can explain this matter to Luo Li. What does it have to do with me? If it wasn't for the fact that you've come all the way here to help me, in addition to how much I loathe Ji Xuan, why would I care about your matters?"
Luo Li pursed his lips as he stood by the side.
Mu Chen also smiled. He knew about Wen Qingxuan's prideful character. Therefore, he did not say anything else. Raising his head, he looked towards Lin Zhou and the rest, cupped his fists and said, "Captain Lin Zhou, many thanks for your help this time."
"Haha, what are you saying, Brother Mu. We've received your favor, so we naturally have to repay you."
Lin Zhou laughed heartily. Soon after, he waved his hand, and the captains of the hundred over teams immediately took out their Academy Plaques. Rays of light flickered on their Academy Plaques, before they instantly transformed into rays of light that shot out.
Mu Chen extended the Academy Plaque in his hand. As rays of light surged out, he directly received all of the rays of light.
As the rays of light surged into his Academy Plaque, the Academy Plaque in Mu Chen's hand instantly became dazzling. The points on it started to skyrocket at a terrifying speed.
One hundred eighty thousand two hundred thousand two hundred thirty thousand two hundred sixty thousand
When the points stopped at 260,000, they finally stopped rising. The scarlet red points instantly caused all the teams in the region to suck in a mouthful of cold air.
The points of Mu Chen's team had actually skyrocketed by nearly 100,000 in an instant.
As their points skyrocketed, the team led by Mu Chen rose once again. In the end, they surpassed Ji Xuan and stabilized their position at Numero Uno.
After maintaining the Numero Uno position for less than half an hour, it changed hands once again!
Looking at the skyrocketing points, Mu Chen lightly smiled. Shortly after, he cupped his fists towards Lin Zhou and the rest. With a wave of his hand, over a hundred streaks of light flew out from his sleeve and flew towards Lin Zhou and the rest.
At this moment, Lin Zhou and the rest had tacitly understood his intentions. With a wave of their hands, a streak of light appeared in their hands. The streak of light turned into a sparkling and translucent jade bottle. Within the jade bottle, there were five drops of sparkling and translucent Sovereign Spiritual Liquids that were slowly circulating, emitting astonishing Spiritual Energy ripples.
Looking at the Sovereign Spiritual Liquids in the jade bottle, unconcealable emotions surged in the eyes of Lin Zhou and the rest. Shortly after, they cupped their fists towards Mu Chen to express their gratitude.
In this region, all the teams looked at Mu Chen with complicated gazes. Who could have imagined that the hopeless situation would actually be reversed under the smiles of this youth?
"Truly formidable."
Someone couldn't help sighing. At this point, no one would criticize Mu Chen's methods. After all, they were clear that Ji Xuan's points didn't have a proper origin as well. Furthermore, Mu Chen was merely giving Ji Xuan a taste of his own medicine.
"This Mu Chen and Ji Xuan are both monstrous figures. I wonder how intense the battle will be when they encounter each other in the finals."
On the mountain peak, Mu Chen looked towards Shen Cangsheng and the rest as he spoke with a solemn expression, "The finals will start soon. I hope that our two teams from Hokuang Reiwon can reorganize themselves and enter the finals in the strongest possible state."
"We'll listen to your instructions." Shen Cangsheng, Li Xuantong, Xu Huang, He Yao and the rest nodded their heads with solemn expressions.
"I intend to reorganize the two teams and have Shen Cangsheng, Li Xuantong and Su Xuan join our team."
Mu Chen looked towards He Yao, Zhao Qingshan and the rest. The strength of Shen Cangsheng, Li Xuantong and Su Xuan could be considered as the strongest after him and Luo Li. If they could reorganize their teams, it would definitely be the strongest formation.
"I have no objections. However, I have a request."
He Yao, Zhao Qingshan, Mu Fengyang and the rest looked at each other, before smiling. They did not hold any grudges towards this matter, as they understood that this was all for the sake of their Hokuang Reiwon's victory.
"What is it?"
"Help us destroy Ji Xuan!" He Yao and the rest said in a deep voice.
"Leave it to me." said Mu Chen with a faint smile as he extended his hand.
Luo Li had also extended her slender jade-like hand, placing it on Mu Chen's palm. Su Xuan, Shen Cangsheng, Li Xuantong and the rest also placed their palms on Mu Chen's palm, with scorching fighting intent surging within each other's eyes.
"Our Hokuang Reiwon's seniors and juniors are all waiting for us. We can't let them down."
Grasping the Upper Academy Plaque with his other hand, Mu Chen looked towards Wen Qingxuan and said in a soft voice, "Qingxuan, are you ready?"
Wen Qingxuan's jade-like hand also grasped her Academy Plaque, before raising her eyebrows towards Mu Chen. With a grin, she said, "If we're unlucky enough to encounter each other in the finals, don't blame me for not showing any mercy. Our cooperative relationship ends here."
"Same here."
A clear laugh rang out from Mu Chen as splendour surged within his black pupils.
Whoosh!
The Academy Plaque in Mu Chen's hand started to turn scarlet-red, before flames abruptly surged and slowly rose, before thoroughly incinerating the Academy Plaque.
At the same time, Wen Qingxuan had also ignited her Academy Plaque.
In this region, all the groups had complicated gazes as they looked at this scene. Eight of the Top 16 had already ignited their Academy Plaques. That also meant that the elimination round of the Great Spiritual Academy Tournament, which had lasted for nearly half a year, had officially come to an end.
Next up would be the finals that everyone had their eyes on.
Whoosh!
When the Academy Plaques in Mu Chen's and Wen Qingxuan's hands started to burn, the Academy Plaques in the hands of seemingly every single team in the Great Spiritual Academy Tournament started to combust as well. In the next instant, a dazzling pillar of light erupted from the Academy Plaques. As the pillar of light spread out, it slowly enveloped the teams within.
Between the heavens and earth, countless pillars of light soared into the sky.
At this moment, fighting intent had filled the heavens and earth.