Chapter 416 - The New Plan (1/2)

The ball continued throughout the entire night. After the dinner, there were a few other activities planned that kept everyone busy and entertained.

Ceni avoided Hao Xuan like the plague and chatted with many of the other participants. Hao Xuan was actually surprised to know that she was quite popular with both men and women as they rushed to make her acquaintance the moment she was alone.

While Hao Xuan was stuck with Dai Jin and Zhurong who returned out of nowhere. He was in Hao Xuan's pocket when they arrived but was gone by the time the fight broke out.

Zhurong kept trying to push Dai Jin away while he wanted nothing more than to bite down on his fluffy tail.

Every time Dai Yuan tried to take Dai Jin away from Hao Xuan's side he started bawling. It was only after he fell asleep and was taken away by her that Hao Xuan could enjoy some of the other activities like beast fighting, speed racing in the newest prototype models of the cruisers and sparring amongst the participants.

Of course none of them actually challenged Hao Xuan himself. He was the second guardian for the academy which came with its own reputation. None of the guardians were weak so it was a given that he would be as well, albeit an incorrect assumption in his case.

Hao Xuan observed some of the fights and understood the stark differences between him and these 'geniuses'. Although he had a relatively strong foundation and could hold his own against normal cultivators, but eight out of ten of these guys would be able to defeat him.

Be it offensive, defensive or support skills, they lacked nothing. Each of them had their own specialty that gave them an edge over the others.

For example, he was looking at Micha's fight in person and realized the disparity between them.

The first and most important aspect was the Qi. Their purity was on the same level but the quantity differed significantly. Micha could continue fighting in his best condition for up to an hour, but Hao Xuan could barely even last for 20 minutes.

The second was what set each of them apart. For Hao Xuan it would be his constitution, but he could not use it directly during the fights. His physique could also give him a great boost but he hadn't gotten acquainted with it either.

Micha was a bow user. He could conjure arrows of different energies using the bow and fire them for different effects. Some would be offensive while some even had defensive capabilities. He was a ranged fighter but could still hold his own in close range combat long enough to put some distance between himself and his opponent.

He was fighting a dual dagger wielder Assassin type cultivator that could become invisible. He would attack, turn invisible and attack again. Only when he was attacking could he be attacked himself. Hao Xuan thought it would be a complete loss for Micha but what he was seeing was something entirely different.

Micha could neither defend against him properly nor find his location, but he knew one thing for certain. He would have to show himself when he wanted to land an attack and when he did, instead of firing at him Micha shot a blueish arrow into the ground.