Asura Continent

Early in the morning three days later, Zhou Long called Lu Yang and the others together. He briefly explained the rules of the competition and then brought them to breakfast. After the meal, Zhou Long led the crowd towards the Sky Dragon Academy. After passing through a few streets, a huge gate appeared in front of everyone's eyes. This gate was built with a tyrannical aura and was actually carved with jade.

These four words were like the dance of dragons and phoenixes. Each stroke was vigorous and powerful. It could be seen that the person who carved these four words was also a powerful martial cultivator.

As everyone stood beneath the gates, a wave of sighs passed through them. The gates of the Sky Academy were just this domineering. One could only imagine how powerful the interior of the Academy was.

However, everyone only sighed and did not think too much about it. After all, they would never be able to study and practice martial arts in this kind of place for the rest of their lives.

Wang Liqun glanced at Han Ruoxue beside him and mocked, "Today we're going to be competing in the martial arts competition. Unfortunately, none of us will be injured and you won't be able to participate. At most, we'll only be able to watch the match."

Wang Wu had always held a grudge towards Lu Yang and could not help but say: "Young Master, with that bit of cultivation, how can we go up? Even if we were to go up for a match, we would probably be beaten to the ground after a single round. "

"His cultivation is too low. I can't even bring myself to say that he's a new student of our Mortal Life Academy." Wang Li Qun laughed, "Today's competition is up to us. It's not that I'm boasting, but there aren't many people in the Sky Dragon Academy that have reached my level of cultivation. I might even be able to get into the top three!"

Towards the two of them echoing each other, Lu Yang scoffed and said, "Then I'll first congratulate Young Master Wang. I hope that you can represent the Mortal Life Academy to obtain good results."

Everyone quickly entered the Sky Dragon Academy. The surrounding buildings were all in the Royal Style, especially the beautiful courtyards that made people want to live inside them. At first, everyone could not help but say a few words, but in the end, there were houses like this everywhere, and it seemed like they were used to it.

Moments later, everyone arrived at a large arena. This arena was much larger than the Mortal Life Academy. The bluestone arena was also covered in dense, strange engravings, and these engravings were even more simple and unadorned. If one were to look carefully, they would be surprised to find that each of these lines contained a powerful energy.

Zhu Xi looked at it for a while and became interested. He asked, "Instructor Zhou, what exactly are these lines?"

Zhou Long seemed to know the secret of these tattoos. He pondered for a while, then said, "These tattoos are all formations, and very powerful defensive formations. Even if you use all of your strength, you won't be able to break this stone."

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Such a powerful formation. " Zhu Xi was shocked, "Can the Heaven Ranked Rankers shatter it?"

Zhou Long shook his head and bitterly smiled. "There's no need to guess. Even if I use all of my strength, I won't be able to break it. This is a formation set up by an immortal. How could it be so easy to break it?"

While everyone was talking, two groups of people had come out of the gate, and each group had ten people behind them.

The two middle-aged men in the lead looked to be about the same age as Zhou Long, both in their forties.

Zhou Long obviously recognized the two people. He gestured for Lu Yang and the others to stand here first, then walked over and cupped his fists. "Brother Sun, Brother Duan, how have you been?"

Sun Yiming and Duan Dazhang were both Heaven Stage powerhouses, and their cultivation was even higher than Zhou Long's. They had both reached the late stage of Heaven Stage.

The former was the instructor of Sky Dragon Academy's Black Tortoise School, while the latter was the instructor of the Black Tortoise Academy. The two of them were ordered to bring their new students to the competition.

Sun Yiming smiled and cupped his fist, "I was wondering who led the team this time! So it was Brother Zhou. How have you been all these years? The environment there is not as good as here, right! "

Zhou Long knew he was making fun of himself, but he did not mind. "That place might not look as impressive as this place, but the environment is not bad. Green mountains and verdant rivers are everywhere."

"What a beautiful place." Duan Dezhang curled his lips and said with some disdain, "In my opinion, it's only a backwater!"

Before the new students of the three academies had even competed, the teachers had already secretly started competing, especially Duan Dezhang, who simply looked down on Zhou Long from the Mortal Life Academy.

Zhou Long also did not care. Who asked him to go to the Mortal Life Academy that day? He said, "Since Brother Duan thinks that it is a backwater, then it should be a backwater!"

"What do you mean 'I think so'?" Duan Dezhang emphasized.

Zhou Long's expression changed slightly. The other party had continuously mocked him. No matter who it was, they would still be angry.

Sun Yiming was a smarter person. Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit off, he quickly tried to smooth things over, "Alright, the two of you don't need to dwell on this issue anymore. It's better to prepare for the next drawing of lots!"

Just at this moment, another group of people walked over. They were all old men over the age of sixty.

These ten elders did not look young at all. They were at least sixty years old, but the feeling they gave off was completely different. They were in high spirits and their eyes emitted beams of light. Their waists were straight and their footsteps were light. Clearly, they were all experts among experts. These people were all elders of the Western Chu Nation Martial Cultivator Alliance. If they wanted to gain the recognition of the Empire, they would have to report to the Martial Cultivator Alliance after leaving the academy.

This time, the competition between the new students of the three academies was secretly arranged by the Martial Cultivator Alliance. They hoped that the new students would have decent talent and would be brought into the Martial Cultivator Alliance to be groomed as generals of the empire. Of course, this wasn't a good choice. In these years, only ten or so people had been chosen. Sometimes, not even one out of thirty would be chosen.

When the dozen or so elders walked over, Zhou Long and the others hurriedly bowed and clasped their fists. "Greetings, elders …"

All of the elders nodded, and without saying a word, they directly walked towards the high platform not far away.

After he sat down, an elder sitting in the middle stood up and said to Zhou Long and the others, "Stand in formation!"

Zhou Long and the others arrived before the students of the three academies and arranged them in a neat pair. They stood at the bottom of the high platform.

After a moment, more than thirty people had lined up. Elder Ximen Chengde coughed lightly and said respectfully, "Everyone, welcome to the competition of the three great academies. The fact that you are able to come here proves that you have some ability. However, if he wanted to get a good ranking in the competition, he would need to put in more effort. There's only one chance. Now that it's right in front of you all, do you have the confidence to get a good ranking? "

With these words, everyone's blood began to boil as they shouted in unison, "There's …"

Lu Yang also shouted out loudly. Although he knew that he wouldn't be able to get on stage in this competition, he was still infected by the atmosphere.

Ximen Chengde nodded his head in satisfaction, then raised his right hand and continued, "I believe that everyone is aware of the rules of the competition. I will explain it simply here. Ten people from each of the three academies will come out, and thirty people will draw lots for the first round. Amongst the fifteen victors, fourteen will draw lots, while the other will be left empty-handed. "

At this point, Ximen Chengde paused for a moment before continuing, "This year is different from the previous years. In the past, the drawing of lots will always be done, whoever draws the lot will be able to enter the next round. This year is different. We old fellows will choose the most outstanding person from the previous round and let him take the empty spot.

"Understood." Everyone shouted in unison.

"Since everyone understands, then I won't waste any more time." Ximen Chengde said in a clear voice, "I hereby announce that the drawing of lots for the competition has officially begun …"

Then, two guards came over, one of them holding a wooden bucket.

One of the elders walked out. He took the bucket and came to an empty space next to the high platform, and said in a deep voice: "I will be in charge of drawing lots. Those who call out my name, stand together and prepare to compete in the ring." The rules of the competition are very simple. As long as either one of them is kicked out of the arena or concedes defeat, the competition will end. "

Yang Yuheng raised his right hand, placed it in the barrel full of the names of the crowd, and began to quickly search around.

Very quickly, two names appeared in his hands. Yang Yuheng opened the paper and took a look, then said in a deep voice, "Mortal Life Academy's Wang Wu, Earth Tiger Academy's Liu Dequan."

Wang Wu and Liu Dequan stepped forward, and stood at the very front of the platform, and in the first match, they were the two of them.

"Mortal Life Academy's Little Fatty Li, Sky Dragon Academy's Sun Fei … …"

"Celestial Dragon Academy's Wang He, Earth Tiger Academy's Peng Yue …"

"..."

Out of the thirty plus people present, twenty-six were quickly selected. Only four remained.

Nine people had already walked out from the Mortal Life Academy, leaving behind only Wang Li Qun. However, the other three people were all Sky Life Academy experts, and one of them was Lu Tao, who was at the late stage of the Xuan realm. No matter what he did, the people he wanted to compete with were all Sky Dragon Academy's experts. He had originally wanted to obtain a good ranking during the competition, but now it seemed that it would be difficult to achieve.

However, what made Wang Liqun even more depressed was that he was not among the 30 people who had drawn the lots.

Yang Liwei had bribed him a long time ago, and the person that Zhou Li was looking for was Yang Yuheng. As a member of the Yang family, he naturally had to obey the order of the young master. At that time, Yang Yuheng misunderstood the meaning behind Zhou Li's words. Actually, Yang Liwei wanted him to arrange a match between Lu Yang and Lu Tao, but he thought it would be fine as long as Lu Yang was on stage and forgot to arrange everything together.

Therefore, the next scene occurred. Yang Yuheng said in a low voice, "Sky Dragon Academy's Lu Tao, Sky Dragon Academy's Ye Ruyan …"

Lu Tao was stupefied as soon as he heard this. Of course, he knew that Ye Ruyan was extremely famous. Not only was she the number one beauty in the Sky Academy, she was also the number one expert. Lu Tao really wanted to ask Yang Liwei about this. Didn't you arrange for me to deal with Lu Piao? How did you become Ye Ruyan? Isn't this embarrassing?

Ye Ruyan did indeed walk out from the crowd. When the crowd saw her appearance, the other two academies all sucked in a breath of cold air.

She was dressed in black and had a slim figure. Her beautiful face was cold and mysterious, like a phantom in the dark night.

Even this kind of beauty, whose beauty was even more difficult to distinguish than Han Xueruo's, had actually cultivated to the peak of the late stage of the Xuan realm. She seemed to be around 15 or 16 years old. The crowd could not understand, did she have extraordinary talent, or did she train so hard? How did she manage to reach such a level in just over 10 years?

Wang Li Qun secretly let out a sigh of relief. He had come here to find out how powerful Ye Ruyan was. As long as it didn't go against a cold beauty like her, he still had a chance. However, before Wang Liqun could even finish his sentence, Yang Yuheng's next sentence caused him to widen his eyes. He even suspected if he had misheard.

"Mortal Life Academy's Lu Yang, Sky Dragon Academy's Ceng Xiaohu …"