Despite being heavily surrounded, Qinchuan did not feel the slightest bit of helplessness or sadness. He raised his head to look at the sky, allowing the ice-cold rain to splash against his cheeks. He looked at the azure lightning flickering in the clouds and faintly sighed.
"Are you guys really … not willing to retreat?"
No one responded to Qinchuan's words. Everyone rushed towards Qinchuan as he sighed. Some of them were proficient in martial arts, while others were proficient in swords and sabers. Every single one of them used their own style of attack to attack Qinchuan. One attack from each person was enough to turn Qinchuan into a pile of minced meat!
Boom!
Thunder roared in the sky as a streak of azure lightning slashed down from the dark clouds. It landed in the center of the stage and instantly exploded with a dazzling light!
The crystal screen that was supposed to be projecting the stage was now a blur. Nothing could be seen clearly. Under the curtain of rain, the audience tried their best to open their eyes wide to see the stage clearly. However, other than the seemingly endless lightning, they could not see anything!
Just what had happened?
Not only were the audience curious, but the important figures in the private rooms were also extremely curious.
The people who had been sitting on the sofa were now standing in front of the large floor-to-ceiling window. Everyone was looking at the stage with astonished gazes. Everything had been going well, so why would a lightning strike suddenly land on the stage?!
Xu Rulong's face was gloomy as he said to his secretary, "Go and investigate immediately. Find out what happened!"
Just as the secretary was about to leave, a tall and sexy figure suddenly appeared in the private room and blocked his path.
"There's no need to investigate. I know why."
Seeing the charming woman in a moon-white cheongsam who had suddenly appeared, Sun Yu's face could not help but reveal a trace of deep fear. She said in a deep voice, "Ning Ya, it's actually you!"
The others were also somewhat surprised. No one had thought that the Blackmoon Combat Academy would actually send a crazy woman like Ning Ya as their representative.
The reason why Sun Yu's expression was ugly was because she had once suffered a great loss in the hands of Ning Ya!
Ning Ya ignored the looks of surprise on everyone's faces. She walked slowly to the window and looked at the arena where the lightning was gradually dissipating. She praised, "I thought I was just going to relax in the State Capital of Qing, but I didn't expect to meet a talisman array genius who has activated his Talent Rune."
Everyone was slightly stunned when they heard Ning Ya, and then their faces abruptly revealed a wisp of astonishment. A genius in the Dao of Talisman Formations?
Could it be that the lightning just now … was a talisman array?!
In the face of everyone's astonishment, Ning Ya explained faintly, "That guy came to the scene an hour in advance. He should have set up a Thunder Attracting Talisman Formation on the arena. Today's thunderstorm just happened to help him. Although this Thunder Attracting Talisman Formation is only the most basic Thunder Tao Talisman Formation among many talisman formations, it is extremely difficult for this guy to set up this Thunder Attracting Talisman Formation with the strength of a mortal."
The expressions on everyone's faces were somewhat absent-minded when they heard this. When they looked at the arena again, there was a completely different change. Their eyes shone continuously!
"This guy hasn't even reached the Qi Refining Stage, but he can set up a talisman array. He is indeed a genius."
Sun Yu casually glanced at Liu Yunshan, who was standing to the side with a pale face. She sneered and said, "Your clan's eyesight is really sharp. To be able to pick this talisman array genius out of tens of thousands of people, it's really amazing."
Everyone present was able to discern that Sun Yu was ridiculing Liu Yunshan. A person that was capable of setting up a talisman formation by himself at the Body Refinement Realm would surely become a Talisman Formation Master in the future, and even if he was only a grade one Talisman Formation Master, he was absolutely not someone the Liu Clan could afford to offend!
At this moment, Liu Yunshan only felt that his mind was blank. He looked out of the window in a daze, and his heart was filled with despair. How did the Liu Clan provoke such a monster out of nowhere?!
"Hehe, Ning Ya, you've suddenly appeared. It's probably because you've taken a fancy to this guy."
Qian Wuliang chuckled and said, "Your Black Moon Combat Academy might be the holy land for talisman array masters, but in my opinion, you shouldn't mislead others. It's better if you give this guy to our Star Dragon Academy's First Academy."
Although the Black Moon Combat Academy was one of the Six Great Academies, it had the smallest number of students. Even at its peak, it only had about a thousand students. The reason why there were so few students in the Black Moon Combat Academy was because the Black Moon Combat Academy only recruited talisman array geniuses. They only taught talisman array knowledge. In other words, every student who entered the Black Moon Combat Academy would definitely become a talisman array master after graduation!
However, if this was really the case, Qian Wuliang wouldn't say that the Black Moon Combat Academy misled others. The reason why he said this was because the word "Battle" in the Black Moon Combat Academy's name didn't refer to battle strength, but battle arrays!
In this current era, the inheritance of talisman arrays was incomplete. Most of the talisman arrays that had been passed down from the Great Chaos Era were auxiliary talisman arrays. They were basically engraved on magic tools or warships to increase the power of weapons. They couldn't be used directly in battle. Talisman arrays that could be used directly in battle were as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns.
And the Black Moon Combat Academy was the inheritance of this battle array!
No one knew the exact origins of the Black Moon Combat Academy. This was because the Black Moon Combat Academy had existed since the Federation was established. As a gathering place for talisman array geniuses, the Black Moon Combat Academy's initial position in the Federation was extremely high. However, because the Black Moon Combat Academy insisted on focusing on battle arrays and was unwilling to teach students auxiliary talisman arrays, the Black Moon Combat Academy gradually declined over time. Even today, the Black Moon Combat Academy was still known as the holy land for talisman array masters. However, there were fewer and fewer people who were willing to enter the Black Moon Combat Academy to learn battle arrays.
This was also the reason why the crowd didn't wait for Ning Ya's arrival and directly entered the academy. They had different ideologies and naturally didn't want to interact with each other.
"Fatty Qian, our Divine Sword Academy wants this person!"
Su Qi was determined to get Qinchuan. Their Divine Sword Academy was famous for their sword arts and had nurtured a large number of talisman array masters who specialized in engraving sword dao talisman arrays. They had never rejected any talisman array geniuses.
"Haha, there's no point in saying such harsh words now. When the time comes, everyone will have to rely on their own abilities!"
Sun Yu opened her mouth once again. If Qinchuan was just an ordinary genius, it wouldn't be a big deal. However, Qinchuan was a talisman array genius. This made it worth it for her to fight for him.
As for the words she had said to belittle Qinchuan, she had already completely forgotten about them.
Among the crowd, the person who was the most excited was definitely Hua Zhan. He had never thought that the surprise that Zhou Meng had mentioned was actually this!
"The pavilion closest to the water enjoys the moonlight first. This time, my Starry Sky Academy won't be polite!"
With Zhou Meng and Zhou Lin's relationship with Qinchuan, their Starry Sky Academy had to come out on top this time and get Qinchuan into their pocket!