Chapter 432 - Ship (1/2)

'It was real?!' Hao Xuan couldn't believe his eyes.

That really happened just now? A second ago he was in another place and now he was here. Or did that place not even exist to begin with? But then how did he get these things?

”Hey, there you are, come let's go over there,” Henrik's voice woke him from his daze. Beads of sweat were still present on the side of his forehead and there was even some dust on his pants. All adding to the fire burning in his heart.

”Y-Yeah..” he replied weakly and followed him to one side where all the participants of the academy were standing together. A few people tried to talk to him but he had Henrik keep them away for a little while until he gathered his thoughts.

Standing away from any prying eyes, he opened the sketch and examined it carefully, it looked like it was moving every now and then. It was so life-like that Hao Xuan thought it come alive and jump out of the paper.

The person in the portrait was a handsome young man with a wickedly charming smile. Even Hao Xuan had to admit that this guy was good looking. He would have women falling for him wherever he went.

There was a pair of earrings hanging from his ears in the shape of two cross-shaped arrows. He had short, dark hair and was even winking in the sketch.

After memorizing it he stored it away along with the booklet. There was no point in going over it whatever was inside that right now.

He was taking a few breaths trying to calm himself down when he overheard a conversation between Henrik and a few girls.

”Senior brother, did you hear about those new people joining the tournament last minute?” a 16-17-year-old girl walked closer to Henrik and whispered, who shook his head in response.

”No, who?”

She giggled and explained in a sweet voice, ”My father is in charge of making the finalized list of all the participants for the smaller powers and he said two big shots came from the other continents on the last few days. He didn't tell me their backgrounds but said they are some of the strongest cultivators from their respective continents. One of them even defeated the Holy Son of the Hall, He Shun one on one.”

Henrik was visibly shaken by her answer. His eyes opened wide, ”H-He Shun?! Even he was defeated?!”

She nodded innocently, ”It's common knowledge now. You can ask anyone from the hall. He Shun announced it himself and said he would be going into closed-door cultivation until he could defeat him.”

Henrik let out a deep breath, ”To think even he would be defeated...”

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Just like Ryfon had said, the journey only took 30 minutes until they reached their destination. After being teleported once again all the participants found themselves in a giant room with glass windows on all sides but one.

Hao Xuan's heart shuddered. A strange, cold feeling seeped into his body. No, it would be more accurate to say that it was a spiritual feeling rather than a physical one. It felt like he had walked through a curtain to a more colder area. He felt exposed, vulnerable here. Which added with his already unstable physical and spiritual center did not help.

He felt agitated and a headache quickly welcomed him back with open arms. He moved to the side, towards one of the windows.