“The number one freshman this year is definitely Prince Huo Xing.”
“If he can break through the first level of the third floor, that would be awesome. It is said that all three of those female devils from the current Martial City School Palace broke through the first level of the third floor of the Martial Tower when they were admitted to the Martial City School Palace.”
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The crowd murmured, looking excited.
Roughly another ten minutes passed before Prince Huo Xing finally walked out of the martial tower.
Elder Situ immediately greeted him and asked, “Have you broken through the first level of the third floor yet?”
Prince Huo Xing’s face carried a hint of a smile as he proudly looked over towards those other young martial artists, and finally, his gaze was fixed on Zhang Ruochen as he laughed, “I broke through the first level of the third tier, but unfortunately, I lost at the second level of the third tier.”
“Good!” Elder Situ said with great delight.
When Prince Huo Xing finished speaking, outside of the Martial Tower, it immediately boiled over.
It was too powerful!
To have actually broken through the first level of the third floor, his talent, I’m afraid, is not far off from those three female devils who ruled the Western Academy.
“Awesome! With such a powerful talent, Prince Huo Xing might be able to break the Western Academy’s yin and yang situation.” A male Outer Palace Academician said with some excitement.
“The number one freshman, it’s not him.”
Amidst the crowd’s admiration, the next batch of martial artists, entered the Martial Tower.
Among this batch of martial artists, there was not only Zixi, but also Yao Qingtong, the Heavenly Pride of Jing Yue County Kingdom.
Ten people entered the Martial Tower at the same time.
Four minutes later, the first martial artist failed to break through and exited from the martial tower.
Ten minutes later, five more people exited from the martial tower.
A few moments later, the second level of the martial tower’s tower light lit up.
The nine elders below the martial tower all nodded, and one of them exclaimed in admiration, “This batch of martial artists isn’t bad, there are actually four of them entering the second level at the same time, I wonder how far they can go?”
“Yao Qingtong has been a genius since he was a child, at the age of four, he opened the Divine Martial Seal, and it’s still the Sixth Grade Flying Snow Divine Martial Seal, it shouldn’t be difficult to break through the third level of the second tier. ”
Elder Xie was also full of confidence in Zixi, feeling that she also had a chance to break through the third level of the second tier.
Half an hour passed, and the tower lights of the third level of the martial tower lit up.
One had to know that up until this time, there were only eight martial artists who had exited from the Martial Tower. In other words, a total of two people had broken through the third level of the second tier.
Moreover, those two people had continued to go and break through the first level of the third floor!
“Those two are Yao Qingtong from the Jingyue County Kingdom and Zixi from the Yunwu County Kingdom, I didn’t expect that the Western Academy would produce two more female Celestial Pride of supreme talent this year.”
The faces of the nine elders were all a little odd, after all, the Western Courtyard had already had a yin and yang decline for nearly a hundred years.
Originally, they thought that Prince Huo Xing’s appearance would have a chance to break the current situation, but who would have thought that two more talented women would suddenly appear.
This was now dangerous!
If they also broke through the first level of the third tier, then for the next few years, the Western Academy would once again continue to be ruled by female trainees, and it would be difficult for male trainees to turn over a new leaf.
Prince Huo Xing laughed coldly and said, “The difficulty of the first level of the third floor is so great that even I almost failed, they definitely won’t be able to break through.”
Zhang Ruochen was still very confident in Zixi, after all, she was of the Saint bloodline and possessed a very strange physique, with her vision, hearing, and sense of smell, all of which had reached a very perverse level.
Her natural talent was definitely no worse than Prince Huo Xing, and was even slightly stronger than Prince Huo Xing.
Not long after, Yao Qingtong and Zixi walked out of the martial tower almost simultaneously.
The nine elders, immediately went to enquire about their results.
Yao Qingtong said, “Broke through the first level of the third floor and lost at the second level.”
Zixi also nodded and said, “Same for me.”
The nine elders laughed at the same time, this year’s new students were simply too heaven-defying, with three geniuses appearing one after another who had broken through the first level of the third layer.
One must know that in the history of the Western Academy, many times, a genius who had broken through the first level of the third tier would not appear for ten years in a row.
In recent years, however, they had appeared frequently.
This was the sign of great prosperity!
If there were no accidents, Prince Huo Xing, Yao Qingtong, and Zixi, would be the top three freshmen this year. As for the exact ranking, it would depend on their performance in the Martial Tower.
“Miss Zi, that was really strong, actually broke through the first level of the third floor, surely she will be focused on cultivation.” A martial artist from the Yunwu County Kingdom said with great envy.
A bitter expression appeared on Liu Xifeng’s face as he said, “This year’s new students are just too perverted, I had thought that I had a chance to compete for the top ten, but now my chances have become slim.”
“The list for the next round of Martial Tower Breach: Liu Xifeng, Zhang Ruochen, Xie Zhaowu ……”
Including Liu Xifeng and Zhang Ruochen, a series of ten young martial artists came out from the crowd and stood in front of the nine elders.
There were a total of six early Xuan Extremity Realm, three mid Xuan Extremity Realm, and one Xuan Extremity Realm Minor Extremity.
That one Xuan Polarity Realm Minor Extreme Position martial artist was named Xie Zhaowu, a genius from the Xie Family of the Four Directions County Kingdom.
Xie Zhaowu glanced towards Zhang Ruochen and the others, a hint of contempt appeared in his eyes, and in his heart, he said, “Their cultivation is too weak, amongst this batch of martial artists, I’m sure that I’ll be able to stand out and become the most outstanding one.
Prince Huo Xing’s eyes stared at Zhang Ruochen, frowning slightly, ”He was able to kill Qing Yu, his natural talent must be very high. However, he is only at the middle Xuanji Realm cultivation level after all, so at most, he will only be able to break through the third level of the second tier.”
Ten people walked into the first layer of the Martial Tower.
When they walked into the gate of the Martial Tower, ten more small gates appeared inside.
Above the ten small doors, there were three ancient words engraved – First Pass.
Zhang Ruochen appeared casual and walked directly into the second small door. The other nine martial artists, also chose a small door to walk through respectively.
Zhang Ruochen had just walked into the small door when he came to a closed martial arts training ground with iron walls on all sides.
This closed martial arts arena was quite spacious, with a length and width of twenty metres and a height of thirty metres. On all four sides of the iron walls, there were sixteen concave dents, in which sixteen bronze lamps were placed.
Zhang Ruochen walked to the centre of the martial arts arena and gazed towards the stone wall above.
In the stone wall, a young martial artist around twenty years old stepped out and stood opposite Zhang Ruochen, saying, “I am Luo Xu, representing the strongest power of the middle Xuanji realm, as long as you can catch three moves from me, you will pass the first level.”
Luo Xu, who stood opposite Zhang Ruochen, was not a real person, but a Spirit Void body that the Martial Pagoda had condensed with aura.
Zhang Ruochen said, “You can represent the strongest power of the middle Xuanji Realm?”
Luo Xuyao laughed, “The Western Academy of the Martial City Academy of the Heavenly Demon Ridge has been opened for a total of four hundred and sixty years, and every year, there are young martial artists who come to break into the Martial Pagoda, including not only new students like you, but also veterans who have been cultivating in the Western Academy for some time. I am the most powerful mid Xuanji realm martial artist in the Western Academy for four hundred and sixty years.”
Zhang Ruochen seemed to understand a little bit and said, “If my cultivation reaches the late Xuanji Realm, the one I encounter will be the most powerful late Xuanji Realm martial artist in the four hundred and sixty years of the Western Academy?”
Luo Xu laughed, “Exactly.”
Zhang Ruochen nodded and asked, “If I receive three moves from you, I will be considered to have passed the first level.”
“That’s right.”
Zhang Ruochen said, “Then what if I defeat you?”
Luo Xu said, “Then you can directly enter the second level, and, in the future, you will also replace me and become the guardian for mid Xuanji Realm martial artists. However, it shouldn’t be an easy task for you to defeat me.”
“Give it a try!”
Zhang Ruochen carried the Flashing Soul Sword and stood horizontally with the sword, his entire body blending in with the space around him.
He didn’t use a spatial domain, merely wanting to have a fair battle with the most powerful mid Xuanji Realm martial artist in the four hundred and sixty years of the Western Academy.
In the martial tower, in a secret room at the very centre, sat two very beautiful women.
The woman with the surname Huang and the young girl with the surname Duanmu were sitting in the centre of the secret room, and in front of them, ten aura mirrors were suspended, allowing them to see the scenes of the ten martial artists breaking through.
The people who originally guarded the martial tower were two silver-robed elders from the Martial City Academy.
However, the woman surnamed Huang and the young girl surnamed Duanmu wanted to see the geniuses of this year’s freshmen, so they discussed with those two elders that they would help guard the martial tower.
The woman surnamed Huang carried a cold aura about her, and her long, treasured blue hair hung down from her cheeks, making her skin appear unusually fair. She stared at the ten aura mirrors and said indifferently, ”After Prince Huo Xing, Yao Qingtong, and Zixi, there’s no longer anything to see in this year’s Martial Tower Breach. Even if any more geniuses appeared, it would be impossible to surpass the three of them, overall, this year’s freshmen are quite good. I’m going to go back and cultivate!”
The woman surnamed Huang appeared to be lacking in interest and stood up, her tall and beautiful figure displayed to the fullest as she walked towards the outside of the Martial Tower.
The woman surnamed Duanmu was still staring at one of the aura mirrors, her eyes getting brighter and brighter as she shouted, “Interesting! Too interesting!”
The woman surnamed Huang, who had originally walked to the doorway, stopped and faintly said, “Duanmu Xingling, do you still want to continue watching?”
That one young girl who looked to be thirteen or fourteen years old was none other than one of the Three Great Female Demons of the Western Academy, Duanmu Xingling.
The woman with the surname Huang, also one of the three great female devils, was named Huang Yichen.
Both of them were Xuan Ranking martial artists, and they reigned supreme in the Western Academy, being invincible.
Duanmu Xingling beckoned to Huang Yanduan and said, “Sister Dust, come over here and see, that one mid Xuan Extreme Realm martial artist was able to battle Luo Xu.”
“How is that possible? Luo Xu is the most outstanding heavenly pride of the Heavenly Demon Ridge’s Martial City Academy for four hundred and sixty years, a generation of ghost geniuses, could there be someone who can fight against him at the same realm?”
Huang Yichen was a little less convinced, but she still walked back and looked towards the aura mirror.
On the mirror, two men were fiercely exchanging blows.
They were extremely fast, forming more than a dozen residual shadows.
The complexion on Huang Yichen’s face finally changed slightly, and a hint of joy appeared in her beautiful starry eyes, as if she had discovered a new continent, saying, “How many moves have they exchanged so far?”
Duanmu Xingling said, “Seventy-four moves!”
Huang Yichen resumed sitting on the ground, picked up a list on the ground, looked at that list, and said, “He should be the Ninth Prince of the Yunwu County Kingdom, Zhang Ruochen. In his name, he actually carries the word ‘dust’ as well, doesn’t he know that he has violated my taboo?”
Duanmu Xingling laughed, “You’re not going to force him to change his name, are you?”
“Let’s wait until he breaks through the Martial Tower.”
Huang Yichen said icily, “If he’s able to catch Luo Xu for a hundred moves, it means he’s a top genius, and as long as he changes his name, I can still spare his life.”
For top geniuses, Huang Yichen was still very appreciative.
Suddenly, the image on the aura mirror changed, and Zhang Ruochen’s swordsmanship became overwhelming, forcing Luo Xu to keep retreating.
“How is that possible?”
Duanmu Xingling and Huang Yichen both held their breath and stared tightly at the mirror.
