Chapter 602 (2/2)

Even Mu Chen gasped in awe. As he possessed the Spiritual Condensing Bowl, although possessing 1,000 drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid sounded very tempting to him, he was not entirely wonderstruck. The Sovereign Pill however, did appeal to him greatly.

“Rewards gathered by the Five Great Academies are certainly impressive.”

Luo Li smiled. Although the Sovereign Pill was a precious artifact, it was not enough to move her.

“You are the future Empress of the Luo God Clan, how would royalty like you be able to understand peasants like us?” Mu Chen teased.

Luo Li scoffed at him playfully, her unintentional charisma enchanting many, drawing attention from the audience below the golden battle stage.

Mu Chen’s heart skipped a beat at Luo Li’s charm, but he suddenly felt a cold glare directed towards him. He turned his head and saw Ji Xuan staring at him.

Ji Xuan’s expression was gloomy and downcast, unlike his usual warm and genial countenance. It was evident that he felt frustrated, as he could not best Mu Chen. Ji Xuan rapidly gained 50,000 points in the critical last moment, thinking that he would trample over Mu Chen, but he did not have long to gloat before Mu Chen’s points skyrocketed. Ji Xuan’s top position was only momentary, as Mu Chen overtook him.

At that moment, shock and rage swelled in Ji Xuan’s heart, clouding his shrewdness. If he had not retained the last shreds of his rationality, he would have formed an alliance with one of the top eight teams to snatch Mu Chen’s points…

However, Mu Chen did not give him much time to consider. At the very moment when Mu’s points overtook his, eight out of the 16 Academy Plaques were aflame.

Hence, in this elimination tournament, Ji Xuan originally had the intention to play dirty tricks against Mu Chen but he did not expect for the plan to backfire on him, as his actions caused the elimination phase to end prematurely, resulting in the decisive results.

Although the rankings for the elimination tournament had no relation to the final match, the frustration of failure and being trampled on filled Ji Xuan with rage.

He had not suffered such a loss in all these years. Even the battle with Mu Chen in the Spiritual Road ended with his victory.

Mu Chen glanced at Ji Xuan’s ghastly glare and smiled faintly, cupping one hand in the other as a gesture of respect.

“Thank you.”

Upon hearing Mu Chen’s statement, Ji Xuan felt even more suffocated with rage and took two deep breaths. His expression gradually calmed but his gaze turned colder.

“I’m afraid it’s too early for you to gloat now.”

Ji Xuan smirked coldly.

“You better pray that you won’t meet me in the first round in your current state, otherwise, I’m afraid you wouldn’t even be able to enter the top four.”

“I would say likewise for you.” Mu Chen smiled, a chilling glint flashing in his dark eyes.

“Don’t worry, I will be sure to give you a good fight this time.”

“It seems like the previous fight has made you overly confident.” The corners of Ji Xuan’s mouth curled upwards into a smirk.

“You should be more careful, pride comes before the fall, and this fall would be very painful.”

“You should be careful that you don’t die in the fall.” Mu Chen shrugged.

Both of them traded barbs in chilling tones and the tension between them was palpable.

Luo Li stood silently by Mu Chen, her clear eyes glancing nonchalantly at Ji Xuan. Although she stayed silent, it was apparent she was fully supportive of Mu Chen. The veins in Ji Xuan’s arms throbbed in anger.

“Now, begin to draw lots to determine your opponent!”

In the sky, the majestic voice of Chief Tian Sheng rumbled again and with a flourish of his sleeve, eight spheres of light fluttered from his palm, finally hovering above the battle stage.

“Each person will choose their own sphere. Among the eight spheres, the colors of every other two spheres will differ. The teams that receive spheres of the same color will be opponents.”

Upon hearing this voice, Mu Chen and his team lifted their heads. Captains of the eight teams then sucked a sphere of light over to their palm.

The sphere of light hovered in Mu Chen’s palm, as he glanced at Luo Li and Shen Cangsheng, the latter members nodding in return.

Phew.

Mu Chen gently exhaled a puff of white air, as his gaze turned sharp. He clenched his fist and exerted force on the light sphere, causing it to explode.

With the explosion of the light sphere, a crimson beam of light resembling flames emitted from his palm and burst into the sky.

At the same time, the other seven teams exerted force on their light spheres. Seven beams of light soared into the air.

With that, the anxious gazes of the masses were directed towards the eight beams of light.