Chapter 495 A New Generation (2/2)

During the last few years, Hiel acadeer than that of a normal empire Its students now numbered in the tens of millions, who occupied half a dozen cities interconnected with one another throughout easy and free-to-use spatial formations

The increase in the nu hiel acadeest educational institution in the whole universe, had brought certain difficulties An exaraduation ceremony, which took place every year on Daniel's planet, and required the presence of hundreds of teachers to test the overwhel cultivators which had relied on the acadeed to graduate frouardiation cere the staff of the acaderaduates, the chance to represent such an ireat honor for the former students, ould hardly ever miss a chance to participate

The day Daniel had coraduation ceremony, to which he would usually take part to as the academy's champion, a role appositely created for him to defend his title as the first student of hiel academy from the hundreds of thousands who, for the last few years, had one day hoped to take that title from him

At the moment, on one of the endless fields that surrounded hiel acade hundreds of thousands of people had been built These seats were all occupied by the relatives of the graduates, whose nuuests was limited to two per person That was due to the raduate every year

In the es as there were examiners, and they were constructed not only in neat rows, but in suspended floors as well On each of these sle exaave their all to showcase their ability while their opponents limited their cultivation to their own level

On the upperures of Alesia, Nilo, Finn, Fyro, Yala, and others They were the first graduates of Hiel Academy, and their job was to test those who had excelled in their studies, and had come out of the academy as its most talented prospects

For more than ten hours, the for fro of elemental essence, all the way to their mastery of weapons, and after more than fifteen hours, of the hundreds of thousands, only a tenth had passed These students were officially qualified to graduate from the hiel academy, and allowed to proudly say that they were students of the biggest educational institution to ever exist However, for a hundred of them, the test had yet to end

These hundred cultivators were the most capable students of their year, and as such, they had the right to challenge Daniel for his spot as Hiel Acade as they would be able to defeat him in a discipline of their choice, they would be considered the best of the best, and bring honor and fame to their planet be it as elementals, as beastfolk, as demons, or as humans

Overjoyed to have this opportunity, the students stood in wait But seeing the faces of the few exaan to feel that soe with theure of the Silver Alchemist, the director of the Alchemical Padillion of hiel academy, the name hich one of the various cities that composed Hiel Academy was known as On his old and amiable face was an expression that hinted embarrassment and unease Daniel had yet to arrive, and he wasn't sure whether he should si

Luckily, he would never have to make that decision

Suddenly, the space a few inally the size of a fist, quickly grew in size, releasing a screeching sound in the surroundings that forcedin size until finally, when it reached the ground, and around two meters in diameter, its innerht would happen, this portion of collapsed space did not naturally expand, and instead remained as a hole in suspended in space froed These hands hooked onto the shattered space-like glass that, with a bit of pressure, broke apart, revealing the rest of Daniel's body, alked out of it as if walking out of a shallow layer of mud that had been laid over his body

After Daniel e shattered space auto it incultivators looked at Daniel with reverence They had seen his statue everywhere in his syste planets He was as le student aspired to be, and dreaotten about this little tradition, the Silver Alcheh power to resound throughout the whole arena, ”These hundred students have shown dedication towards what defines the path of a cultivator Not the sheer poe obtain by blindly strengthening our bodies, spirits, and minds But the disciplines that make us different from everybody else The disciplines that define us as cultivators”

”Through hard work they have developed and tenized as true cultivators, they have earned the opportunity to challenge the crown A fair chance to test their power against the best our academy could offer since the day it was funded”

As he reached this point, the Silver Alchemist asked for the students to move into a line, and to approach Daniel one at a ti the discipline that they wished to be tested on along with their names

The first person to approach Daniel was a nervous-looking youngby his waist were two short swords, which he unsheathed as he stepped towards Daniel's confident figure However, despite his desire to present himself to his idol, no words left his in, Daniel suppressed his power to that of a peak immortal, which h immortality of his opponent He then said, in an attempt to calm him down, ”Chances do not coe, and you'll go ho, he constructed two blades identical to that of the young man, and with a respectful tone, he added, ”My na words were enough for the young et rid of their nervousness, and feel their conite to the state it hen they had competed with one another to earn those hundred spots

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