That one Inner Palace trainee immediately knelt on the ground and bowed to Qiu Lin non-stop, saying, “Greetings to Senior Brother Qiu. If Senior Brother Qiu doesn’t have any orders, I’ll retire first!”
Qiu Lin stood there proudly, revealing a “You can get lost” look.
That one Inner Palace trainee was like an amnesty and retreated with a roll.
Zhang Ruochen glanced towards that Inner Palace Cadet and shook his head and sighed, “To be able to enter the Inner Palace Academy, your talent must not be low, but it’s a pity that your heart is not firm, so in the future, you won’t be able to go very far on the path of martial arts.”
That one Inner Palace student stood in the crowd, hearing Zhang Ruochen’s words, but in his heart, he secretly said, “You are the extra horse harnessed by the side of a team from the Thousand Waters County Kingdom, and you have the backing of the royal family of the Yunwu County Kingdom, so naturally, you are not afraid of Qiu Lin. However, I don’t have much of a background, and with Qiu Lin’s strength, he only needs to stretch out a finger to press me to death, so how can I fight him? When I become powerful in the future, I will naturally avenge today’s humiliation. On the path of martial arts, if you don’t know how to be able to bend and stretch, how can you live a long life?”
Everyone had a set of practices that they thought were correct, and if you thought that others were stupid, maybe they still thought that you were the stupid one.
In the distance, a group of beautifully dressed young female cadets walked towards the Merit Tower.
Chen Xi’er walked amongst that group of female cadets, her stunningly beautiful face and perfect figure made her as dazzling as if she stood out from the crowd, enough to attract everyone’s attention.
Among the other female trainees, there were also a few heaven’s pride girls with good looks, but they paled in comparison to Chen Xi’er.
“Who’s arguing in front?” Chen Xi’er asked.
A female cadet in her twenties who possessed an aristocratic aura smiled with a beaming smile, “It’s said to be Qiu Lin and Zhang Ruochen.”
“Zhang Ruochen? Qiu Lin? Why are they fighting?”
Chen Xi’er was a bit surprised, having never heard that the two of them still had conflicts.
“It’s not because of your jealousy, it’s not like you don’t know that Qiu Lin has been pursuing you all along, if you had agreed to him earlier, how would he have gone to make things difficult for Zhang Ruochen?”
“Although Qiu Lin is powerful, Zhang Ruochen isn’t a character to be messed with, it’s said that he has already killed several Heavenly Extremity Realm martial arts myths, his strength is quite powerful, so he might really be able to fight with Qiu Lin.”
“By you saying that, I’m somewhat looking forward to them fighting, and I don’t know who’s going to be stronger?”
Chen Xi’er smiled faintly and said, “You guys are just lest the world be in chaos. Qiu Lin is already thirty-two years old and reached the Earth Extremity Realm Grand Circle five years ago, he is a Three Great Genius in his own right, and he can be said to have reached the point of pure perfection in terms of battle experience and martial arts application. Zhang Ruochen is only eighteen years old this year, even if his cultivation is on par with Qiu Lin’s, there is definitely still a gap when it comes to a real battle.”
Chen Xi’er walked over and decided to help Zhang Ruochen out.
In Chen Xi’er’s opinion, Zhang Ruochen’s potential was a bit greater than Qiu Lin’s, and even if he wasn’t a match for Qiu Lin now, he would definitely be able to surpass him in the future.
Moreover, Zhang Ruochen was still her cousin’s husband, wasn’t he?
“Qiu Lin, you are already at the top of the Earth Ranking, but you are still making things difficult for a Junior Brother who has just entered the Inner Palace Academy. Can’t you learn from Eldest Senior Brother and be more broad-minded?” Chen Xi’er said.
When Qiu Lin saw Chen Xi’er defending Zhang Ruochen, his heart became even more displeased, but he didn’t want Chen Xi’er to think that he was a narrow-minded person, so he laughed and said, “Senior Sister Xi’er, you’ve misunderstood! I just heard that Junior Senior Brother killed the Poison Spider Young Lord, and was so impressed in my heart that I wanted to spar with Junior Senior Brother. However, I didn’t expect that Junior Senior Brother had a haughty character and didn’t care to exchange martial arts with me at all.”
Chen Xi’er’s brows frowned slightly as she asked, “Is that really the case?”
“Of course, I was very sincere in wanting to spar with Junior Senior Brother.”
Chen Xi’er glanced towards Zhang Ruochen, asking for his opinion.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t bother to argue and said, “Alright! Since Junior Brother Qiu wants to spar, I certainly can’t refuse.”
When Qiu Lin saw Zhang Ruochen agree, he was delighted and laughed, “Junior Brother, cool!”
“Since that’s the case, then you guys will stop at the point, and if anyone dares to hurt someone on purpose, I will definitely sue the Law Enforcement Elders.” Chen Xi’er’s gaze glared at Qiu Lin as she said coldly.
“Don’t worry, Senior Sister Xi’er, I’ll be measured in my actions.” Qiu Lin laughed.
“Zhang Ruochen actually really dared to fight with Senior Brother Qiu, he didn’t weigh his own strength either, later on, I guess he’ll have to break a few bones.”
“Impossible, right? Didn’t Senior Sister Chen already say that you can’t intentionally hurt people.”
“Hehehe! If Qiu Lin misses and seriously injures Zhang Ruochen, that’s not always called intentionally injuring someone, is it?”
“I see.”
Those Inner Palace trainees retreated and stood ten feet away.
Qiu Lin’s legs stomped outwards, his arms raised in a rising hand stance, and he laughed, “If there are any deficiencies in Qiu’s martial arts, I hope that Junior Senior Brother will be able to give him some pointers.
Looking at Qiu Lin’s starting stance, Zhang Ruochen gently nodded, worthy of being a 《Earth Ranking》 expert, with just one starting stance, he had already cultivated it to the Grand Completion Realm, and it was almost flawless.
“Senior Brother Qiu’s starting stance is called ‘Standing Like a Pine’, his legs are like pine tree roots rooted in the soil, and his arms are like pine tree branches that move with the wind. Just this starting stance alone is already enough for an ordinary martial artist to practice for a lifetime.”
Zhang Ruochen did not have a starting stance, he just casually stood there.
“Nine Spirit Beast King Form, Third Stance, Tiger King Cutting Corpse.”
It was as if Qiu Lin turned into a Tiger King and pounced on Zhang Ruochen, golden true qi surging out from his body, forming a giant shadow of a golden divine tiger.
It was as if he had become one with the Tiger King as he sliced out with a palm, and with a bang, he split the stone slabs under Zhang Ruochen’s feet to smithereens.
Zhang Ruochen flew out as lightly as a willow, landing three feet away.
“Nine Spirit Beast King Form, Seventh Style, Ape King Pounding the Ground.”
Qiu Lin clasped his hands together and his true qi transformed into the form of a giant ape as he violently struck towards Zhang Ruochen.
“Nine Spirit Beast King Form, it is one of the topmost amongst the Spirit Grade Medium Grade Martial Skills, and it is extremely difficult to cultivate, Senior Brother Qiu has already cultivated it to the seventh stance, it’s really powerful.”
“I guess it’s not just as simple as the seventh style, can’t you guys see that Senior Brother Qiu’s moves aren’t exhausted. Perhaps he has already successfully cultivated the eighth style.”
Zhang Ruochen’s footsteps shifted, and with a swish, he moved across several feet away, once again dodging Qiu Lin’s attack.
Twice being dodged by Zhang Ruochen, Qiu Lin became infuriated and coldly said, “Zhang Ruochen, do you only know how to escape? If you have the ability, fight me head on.”
“Fine! I’ll fight you head on, if you can force me to take a step back, count me as a loser.” Zhang Ruochen said.
“Arrogant!”
“Nine Spirit Beast King Form, eighth stance, Kir King Back Mountain.”
The martial aura on Qiu Lin’s body flourished as his true qi condensed to form a King Kirin, attacking Zhang Ruochen ferociously and incomparably.
“Dragon Image Shadow!”
Zhang Ruochen struck out with both hands at the same time, his true qi surging into his arms, presenting a Divine Elephant Palm Seal and Divine Dragon Claw Seal respectively.
“Boom!”
Qiu Lin flew out backwards and landed on the ground in a sorry state, his legs bending as he almost fell.
Zhang Ruochen, however, stood motionless, looking very calm.
In a split second, the highs and lows were immediately distinguishable.
Outside the Tower of Merit, those Inner Palace trainees all looked as if they were suffocating, staring at Zhang Ruochen in shock.
“I didn’t see it wrong! Zhang Ruochen actually defeated Senior Brother Qiu, does that mean he also possesses the strength to enter the Earth Ranking?”
“No wonder he was able to kill several Black Market’s Martial Myths in a row, it’s really powerful, it’s estimated that his strength is already able to enter the top 10,000 of the Earth Ranking.”
Chen Xi’er glanced at Zhang Ruochen with some surprise, her beautiful eyes revealing a strange lustre as she said, “Zhang Ruochen has only broken through the Earth Extremity Realm for less than half a year, and he’s already able to defeat Qiu Lin, he’s really powerful, no wonder cousin is engaged to him.”
“I haven’t lost yet.”
Qiu Lin let out a long whistle as all the true qi in his body surged out, forming a heaven and earth vision of “a hundred feet of golden light”.
“Nine Spirit Beast King Form, Ninth Style, Dragon King Flying.”
“Ow!”
True Qi condensed into a huge dragon shape, wrapping around Qiu Lin’s body as he shot up into the sky, extending a palm to directly slap down at Zhang Ruochen.
The palm, turned into a dragon claw.
“Qiu Lin has successfully cultivated all the ninth stances of the Nine Spirit Beast King Form! Hasn’t it reached the Grand Completion Realm?”
In the surroundings, a cry of astonishment rang out.
For a martial artist at the Earth Extremity Realm to be able to cultivate a Spirit Grade Medium Martial Skill to its Grand Completion was already quite remarkable.
As for Spirit Grade Upper Grade martial skills, naturally, there were also Earth Extreme Realm martial artists who cultivated them, only that it took too much time. Deliberately pursuing martial skills would instead result in a slow advancement of the martial realm.
Therefore, in the Earth Extremity Realm, it could be said that there were only a handful of martial artists who were able to cultivate a Spirit Grade Upper Grade Martial Skill to a great success.
Zhang Ruochen was able to cultivate the Spirit Grade Superior Grade “Royal Wind Flying Dragon Shadow” to a great success at the Earth Extremity Realm, but it was only with the help of his previous life’s cultivation experience and strong spiritual power.
An Inner Palace student said, “After all, Senior Brother Qiu is a top heavenly pride, and he already started cultivating the Nine Spirit Beast King Form five years ago, so counting the time, he should have successfully cultivated this Spirit Grade mid-grade martial skill.”
“Five years, and he actually succeeded in cultivating a Spirit Grade mid-grade martial skill, worthy of being a Three Great Genius.”
“Cultivating the Nine Spirit Beast King Form to its grand completion, Senior Brother Qiu’s strength must have already risen by a large margin once again, enough to reach the level of a Third Jedi and a half. Even compared to Eldest Senior Brother, it’s probably not much weaker.”
“With Senior Brother Qiu’s current strength, he’ll definitely be able to enter the top 10,000 of the Earth Rankings.”
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes condensed as he mobilised his True Qi and struck out six palms in a row.
The palms overlapped, erupting with six times the attack power.
“Elephant Power Nine Stacks.”
Qiu Lin spat out a mouthful of blood and flew backwards once again, under an attack with six times the power, even a grandly accomplished Spirit Grade Medium Grade Martial Skill wouldn’t be able to block it.
With a bang, Qiu Lin fell to the ground.
Zhang Ruochen remained where he stood, staring at the disorientated Qiu Lin as he said indifferently, “Your Nine Spirit Beast King Form looks like it has reached its Grand Completion, but in reality, it hasn’t exploded into its Grand Completion power at all. Do you know what the reason is?”
“What reason?”
Qiu Lin half-kneeled and stood up with his hands propped on the ground, clenching his teeth as he stared at Zhang Ruochen dead in the face.
Could it be that Zhang Ruochen would understand the Nine Spirit Beast King Form better than him?
