C7 (1/2)
Chapter 7 - Contention
”Murong is indeed a unique person.” Lang Shuo smiled, but there was not much sincerity in his voice. The five courts seemed to be one, but in reality, they were separated, each of them being one. Every year, there would be a ranking in the Five Courtyards Competition.
And other than the Sacred Dao Academy being able to steadily take first place, the other four Academies had always been fighting for it, and even the Blue Phoenix Academy, who was ranked third, had been slightly lacking in these past few years. If there were no extremely talented disciples in this year's session, it was likely that the rankings of the other five Academies would fall out of the top three.
This was not a good thing for the Blue Phoenix Academy.
Murong Qianer did not reply to the words of the other four people. She only looked at Xiao Chen, and her eyes trembled slightly as she observed the battle.
This was because she could sense the aura of the Divine Phoenix from Xiao Chen's body.
This was the reason why she chose Xiao Chen.
After a day had passed, there were still fifty young prodigies left on the battle stage. Xiao Chen and Nie Yunhe were both present.
After that, under the gazes of everyone, the two of them stepped onto the same stage.
Everyone's gaze froze.
”Nie Chen, I never thought that you would really give me so many surprises. To be able to come back alive and even step into the Congenital Realm, I've truly underestimated you after so many years.” Nie Yunhe looked at Xiao Chen; his voice could only be heard by two people.
Xiao Chen looked at him with killing intent in his eyes.
He could not forget how Nie Yunhe had humiliated him back then. If he had humiliated his mother, he would have to repay this debt.
Use his blood to wash it.
”Nie Yunhe, do you remember what I said when I first left the Nie clan? I said that I would definitely kill you in the future.” Xiao Chen's eyes were calm, but he was like a sharp sword that revealed its edge as he ruthlessly thrust at Nie Yunhe.
Sensing Xiao Chen's killing intent, Nie Yunhe smiled.
”Kill me? ”What a coincidence, today I will kill you too.”
No one had heard the conversation between the two. The five examiners on the stage hadn't expected to see the two of them exchanging blows.
”Going against Nie Yunhe, it looks like that Xiao Chen is going to be eliminated. What a pity.” Qin Yao clicked her tongue, a smile appearing in her eyes.
Sikong Yu, Luan You and the other two all looked at each other, then laughed and said: ”We are really looking forward to this match, let's see whether the person chosen by the Sacred Dao Academy is strong, or the person chosen by the Blue Phoenix Academy is strong.”
Against Nie Yunhe, Nie Chen simply had no way out.
This time, he wasn't going to die?
”Make your move. You'll have to get what you owe me back today. Then, it'll be the entire Nie clan's.” As he spoke, a wisp of raging flames appeared behind Xiao Chen. The flames were like a sea of fire; the phoenix walked within the sea of fire and was reborn from the flames.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
Since Xiao Chen had already made his move, Nie Yunhe would naturally not be indifferent.
His palm didn't have a palm print, and instead had a bit of profound energy that turned into a sharp sword that smashed forward. The sword light was biting cold, and his killing intent was limitless, causing strong gusts of wind to blow out with rustling sounds.
”Ten Thousand Swords Return to Sect!”
Xiao Chen took a step forward and formed a hand seal.
In the next moment, the Divine Phoenix flew out with an ancient seal on its back. It was extremely tyrannical. Flames surged, and the temperature in the air suddenly rose.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
The two cultivation techniques clashed, and an explosive sound was heard.
The two of them retreated a few steps, and in their first exchange, they were actually evenly matched. This was not only the case for Sikong Yu and Murong Qianer, even the people from the Nie clan were shocked.
In their eyes, although Xiao Chen was strong, he was still a level lower than Nie Yunhe after all. He was actually able to be on par with Nie Yunhe, even on the same level. Such a talent caused Murong Qianer to unconsciously curl the corners of his lips.
It looked like she was indeed not mistaken.
At the side, Sikong Yu's expression also slightly changed as a trace of deep seriousness flashed through his eyes.
”This evil child is actually this strong?” Even Nie Tianhai was shocked by what he saw just now. In his eyes, Xiao Chen was just a trash that could not cultivate. Now, he was seeing him fight to a draw with the son he was so proud of. How could he not be shocked!
”Nie Chen, I'm starting to get curious now. Did you purposely bear with it? Just what kind of lucky chance did you get for you to have such strength? I'm getting more and more confused by you.” Nie Yunhe's eyes revealed a sharp glint, as he said indifferently.