Thoroughly enraged, Chi Minghai rushed out and said, “Who are you calling uninspired? Do you dare to fight me?”
The corner of the eyes of that one freshman from the Eastern Academy rose up, smiled slightly, and said, “Your cultivation is too weak to be worthy of a battle with me.”
Hearing these words, those female trainees from the West Courtyard also had a cold and angry look in their eyes, quite dissatisfied, feeling that that one new student from the East Courtyard was too arrogant.
Chi Minghai was no longer a top ten freshman in the Western Academy, and for the other party to actually say that Chi Minghai wasn’t worthy of fighting him, wasn’t that slapping the Western Academy’s face?
“Swish!”
Chi Minghai couldn’t bear it anymore and pulled out a seven-foot long Purple Weir Battle Sword.
Squeezing the hilt of the blade in his hand, he catalysed his true qi and dragged out a long blade light, slashing towards that one freshman from the Eastern Academy.
The corner of the mouth of that one freshman from the Eastern Academy slightly hooked, revealing a hint of contemptuous smile, like he was just waiting for Chi Minghai to strike.
“Good timing!”
He sprinted and extended a finger, transporting his true qi to his fingertip.
A white sword Qi flew out from the fingertip.
“Boom!”
The sword qi impacted on top of the blade of the Purple Weir Battle Blade with a loud bang, sending the Purple Weir Battle Blade flying out.
Chi Minghai’s arms were numb from the shock, and his five fingers felt like they were about to break.
Suddenly, a silhouette flashed before his eyes, and before Chi Minghai could react, a foot kicked him in the chest.
“Splat!”
The sound of cracking ribs rang out.
Chi Minghai spat out blood from his mouth and flew backwards like a kite with broken strings, his whole body was like it had lost its strength as he lay on the ground, unable to even climb up.
That one new student from the East Courtyard stared at Chi Minghai, shaking his head and sighing, ”Originally, I thought that the male trainees of the West Courtyard only had poor qualifications, that’s why they were inferior to the female trainees. Now it seems that the male cadets of the Western Academy can’t even think straight, they do things too impulsively!”
Those new students of the Western Academy were all very appalled, Chi Minghai was the top ten new students of the Western Academy, yet he was defeated and seriously injured by the other party in just two moves.
The freshmen of the East Courtyard were all that strong?
Before the freshmen’s joint competition had even begun, the West Courtyard had lost a freshman expert, and their morale was greatly reduced. The West Courtyard’s freshmen’s emotions collectively became low, Avray shaken by the power of that one East Courtyard freshman.
A cadet from the West Courtyard angrily said, “You’re also too ruthless, today is the four courtyards’ freshmen joint competition, you’ve seriously injured Senior Brother Chiming, how can he still participate in the competition?”
That one East Courtyard freshman laughed and said, “Everyone saw it clearly, it was clearly him who made the first move before I made my move. Do you still want to blame me? Blame is only on him for doing things too impulsively, giving him some lessons would be a good thing for him.”
The East Courtyard’s Vice Master and several old students didn’t intervene in it, but stood on the side to watch the show.
If the morale of the West Courtyard could be suppressed with just one new book, it would not be a good thing?
Liu Xifeng pulled his voice and said in a conspiratorial manner, ”What’s so great about the East Courtyard’s freshman number one, even if he defeated one of the West Courtyard’s freshmen? What’s the big deal if he has the ability to defeat our West Courtyard’s freshman number one?”
“What? He’s the East Courtyard’s Freshman No. 1?”
“So he’s the East Courtyard’s Freshman No. 1 Lonely Lin, no wonder he’s so powerful.”
“Although Lonely Lin is powerful, our West Courtyard’s Freshman First, Zhang Ruochen, isn’t weak either.”
“Zhang Ruochen’s natural talent is definitely above Lone Lin, but after all, his cultivation level is still too low to be Lone Lin’s opponent.”
“Right! Zhang Ruochen is mainly too young, if he had cultivated for two more years, he could definitely easily crush Dokgo Lam. Now, however, it can’t.”
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With his hands behind his back, Dugu Lin was handsome and appeared heroic as he laughed aloud, “I have long heard that the number one freshman in the Western Academy is a remarkable wizard, but unfortunately I have never had the chance to meet him. Senior brother Zhang, do you dare to come out and fight with me?”
Too arrogant, simply provocative…
The gazes of the crowd all stared towards Zhang Ruochen.
One of them carried a worried look, while some others were very eager for Zhang Ruochen to make a move, the better to ruthlessly suppress Dugu Lin’s arrogant flames, and take out a mouthful of bad breath for the male trainees of the Western Academy.
“Ninth brother, Chi Minghai was just impulsive and fell for Dugu Lin’s ploy, and was seriously injured, losing his ability to participate in the tournament. You must not be impulsive again, Dokgo Lam’s cultivation has already reached the peak of the Xuanji Realm’s Great Extremity Position, and is invincible amongst the freshmen of the four courtyards. If you lose to him as well, the morale of the Western Academy will be completely finished!” Zhang Shaochu said with great concern.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Dugu Lin was trying to take advantage of the situation before the Joint Competition to strike the morale of the Western Academy.
By forcing Zhang Ruochen to go out for a battle, he wanted to completely suppress the Western Academy.
Everyone understood the reasoning, but Zhang Ruochen had no choice at all, if he didn’t go out, wouldn’t he really be treated as a wimp by the other three courtyards?
Zhang Ruochen’s face wore a few smiles as he walked out from the many trainees and stood across from Dugu Lin, saying, “Senior Brother Dugu, you are worthy of being a young hero, it is said that you defeated the top ten ranked masters in the East Courtyard not too long ago, which is really admirable.”
Hearing Zhang Ruochen actually call himself senior brother, all those students from the Western Academy were dissatisfied, feeling that Zhang Ruochen was disgracing the Western Academy.
In the Martial City Academy, a strong strength was a senior brother and a weak strength was a senior brother.
Unless there was a really big difference in age, only then would they respect each other and call each other senior brother.
However, Dugu Lin had clearly come to provoke him, and Zhang Ruochen not only called him senior brother, but also praised him to the skies. Those trainees in the Western Academy naturally all thought that Zhang Ruochen was timid and scared, losing the face of the Western Academy.
Even Huang Yichen clenched his five fingers, revealing his anger, wanting to rush up and ruthlessly beat Zhang Ruochen up.
Duanmu Xingling pulled Huang Yichen’s sleeve and laughed, ”Sister Dust, don’t be in a hurry, just wait and watch the show! What’s the saying? The higher you hold it, the more painful the fall.”
Huang Yichen snorted coldly and stared at Zhang Ruochen dead in the face. If Zhang Ruochen didn’t help the Western Academy fight back today, she would have to drive Zhang Ruochen out of the Dragon Martial Hall.
Those freshmen from the East Courtyard, when they heard that the number one freshman from the West Courtyard actually called Dugu Lin as his senior brother, all of them laughed.
One of the East Courtyard’s freshmen sneered and laughed, “The West Courtyard’s Freshman No. 1 is really sensible, that’s the kind of person I like.”
“A person who knows the time is a good person! Haha!”
“I heard from the elders that this year’s freshmen ranked second in the West Courtyard in terms of overall quality, and is a formidable rival to our East Courtyard. Originally, I was a little worried, but now it seems that my worries were completely redundant.” Xun Guihai, the first expert of the East Courtyard, laughed.
Xun Guihai was also a Xuan Ranking martial artist, ranked fourteenth on the Xuan Ranking.
Among the outer court disciples of the four great courtyards, apart from Luo Shuihan, no one was his opponent.
Lonely Lin also revealed a smug smile as he stared at Zhang Ruochen and said, ”I am four years older than Senior Brother Zhang, so Senior Brother Zhang calls me Senior Brother. This is something that is natural and rightful, what’s so ridiculous about it?”
Zhang Ruochen said, “When the younger one calls the older one Senior Brother, that is the younger one’s respect for the older one. Now, the younger one also wants to be a senior brother, so what should we do?”
Dugu Lin laughed, “Of course, we have to defeat the elder one before we can speak with strength ……”
Suddenly, Dugu Lin realised the meaning of Zhang Ruochen’s words and said solemnly, “Could it be that Senior Brother Zhang, also wants to be a Senior Brother?”
Zhang Ruochen said, “Martial cultivation is supposed to be about continuous progress. While respecting one’s predecessors, it is even more important to surpass them. Senior Brother Dugu, don’t you think so?”
“Good! If you can really defeat me, I will definitely call you Senior Brother willingly.”
Dugu Lin was quite confident in his cultivation, yet he didn’t take the enemy lightly, and all the true qi in his body worked to achieve the best fighting condition.
Zhang Ruochen said, “If Senior Brother Dugu can block my first move, I will definitely admit defeat of my own accord. We are all fighting for the honour of the academy, so Senior Brother I will make the first move!”
As soon as the words fell, Dugu Lin saw Zhang Ruochen, who was originally standing ten feet away, sprinting towards him, his body unexpectedly splitting into two, transforming into two silhouettes.
“So fast!”
Dugu Lin’s face changed, mobilising his Flaming True Qi into his palms, his palms were wrapped in flames, his arms separated, and he met Zhang Ruochen on the left and right.
“Dragon Image Shadow!”
The two Zhang Ruochen’s shadows struck their palms out at the same time, emitting the sound of a dragon and elephant merging.
The one on the left Zhang Ruochen seemed to strike a dragon claw hand, while the one on the right Zhang Ruochen was like striking an elephant seal palm.
“Boom! Boom!”
Enduring the two palms struck by Zhang Ruochen, the hand bones of both of Dugu Lin’s arms were shattered, emitting the sound of bone crushing as he fell backward more than ten metres away, drops of blood dripping out from the corners of his mouth.
Zhang Ruochen withdrew his palms and stared at Dugu Lin, whose arms were hanging down, saying, “Senior Brother Dugu, do we still have to continue the battle?”
With both of his arms’ hand bones broken, half of Dugu Lin’s body was numb with pain, so how could he still have the strength to fight again?
The smiles on the faces of those trainees from the East Academy instantly disappeared, and everyone looked like they were petrified, too shocked to speak.
In just one move, Dugu Lin was …… defeated!
Xun Guihai snorted coldly and said, ”Zhang Ruochen, your hand is too heavy! You shattered Dokgo Lam’s arms, how can he still participate in the Four Courts Joint Competition?”
Zhang Ruochen glanced towards Xun Guihai and replied with the words Dugu Lin had said earlier, “Senior Brother Dugu should suffer some setbacks, it’s a good thing for him.”
All the trainees of the Western Academy were boiling with excitement, all of them felt very happy and shouted loudly.
“When Dugu Lin severely injured Chi Minghai, didn’t he hit him hard?”
“You’re only allowed to hit hard in your East Courtyard, but you’re not allowed to allow us in the West Courtyard to hit back?”
“Everyone can see clearly that the East Courtyard’s Freshman Number One and the West Courtyard’s Freshman Number One are fighting a fair battle, it’s only because Dugu Lin is a wimp, and his cultivation is too far behind that of Senior Brother Zhang.”
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Xun Guihai’s eyes glowed cold as a powerful martial aura emanated from his body, his gaze staring fiercely at those trainees from the West Courtyard, preferably glaring at Zhang Ruochen’s body.
“Xun Guihai, losing is not losing, could it be that you want to compete?” At this moment, Huang Yichen’s heart was also incomparably relieved, Zhang Ruochen had finally given the West Courtyard a mouthful of bad anger, giving the East Courtyard a taste of the West Courtyard’s power.
Xun Guihai calmed down and said, “Huang Yichen, I know that you’ve recently increased your strength greatly and are ranked thirty-first on the Xuan Ranking, but you’re not a match for me yet. We’ll naturally have a chance to compete in the Intermediate Ruins Exploration Exam two months from now.”
“I’ll wait!” Huang Yichen gently stroked his snow-white chin and smiled coldly.
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