Chapter 55: Confrontation Begins

  That new student of the Wind Department looked at Xiao Chen deeply, and said in a low voice: "Brother, I'm not saying you're wrong, but this assessment is very difficult. You probably don't know the inside story, but I happened to find out some things because my brother is also studying in the academy and participated in the confrontation match. So I'm very clear that it's hard for us to contend with the strength of those older students, we only have a chance if we unite."

  This person is relatively sincere and revealed some inside information.

  However, Xiao Chen still shook his head.

  Seeing him being so persistent, the new wind system was somewhat disappointed and could only say: "Well, good luck to you then."

  Suddenly, the light around them changed, and everyone found that the magical canopy covering them had disappeared. They were standing in a desert.

  The match has begun!

  Before me lies a vast expanse of yellow sand, stretching out endlessly from my feet to the southeast, where a dark shadow seems to loom in the distance, possibly a forest. The surroundings are desolate and empty, with fierce winds blowing in, stirring up waves of heat...

  "What place is this?"

  "It doesn't seem like an academy, where have we been transported to?"

  Many freshmen were stunned and shocked, but some students were not surprised, as if they had known the inside story all along. This is normal, as the tournament is held very frequently, and many of these students come from large families where others have participated in the tournament before, so it's natural that they would know a lot about what goes on behind the scenes.

  "Go!" With a wave of his hand, Fire-type mage Barbosa led the way, taking the five mages with him as they sped off in a southeastern direction.

  Other teams also left one after another.

  Finally, near the arbitrary door, only Kristy and Xiao Chen were left.

  Two people, one standing and one sitting, both looking unhurried.

  "Little girl, aren't you leaving yet?" Xiao Chen said with a pout, glancing at Kristy.

  When the words "little girl" reached her ears, Kristy's body trembled with shock, as if she didn't dare to believe that someone would actually call her that. From a young age, as an Ice Snow Law Body and born into nobility, she had always been the object of admiration, praise, and fear from countless people. Anyone around her age would be trembling with trepidation in front of her; who would have dared to be so presumptuous?

  Her eyes narrowed, staring fiercely at Xiao Chen.

  The chill in it made Xiao Chen's skin break out in goosebumps.

  Xiao Chen's eyes, as calm as ink, gazed at her. He stretched lazily and slowly stood up, giving Kristy the feeling that he was like a fierce tiger waking up from its slumber.

  She involuntarily took a slight step back.

  "You're not leaving, so I'll leave then." Xiao Chen laughed and suddenly retreated back, his body flowing with the wind, like a large bird flying away swiftly.

  "Bastard!" Kristy realized she had just slightly lost her composure, and was furious, with a faint flush on both cheeks.

  ……

  At the same time.

  On a small hill in the west, a magical light shield disappeared, and five students wearing black robes appeared there.

  These people, as soon as they appear, let out a loud roar like they are venting.

  "It's finally started!"

  "Ha ha ~~ Let the new little guys taste some bitterness!"

  "Haha, let's teach them a lesson. Remember when we first entered the academy and had to go through this assessment? We suffered so much back then. Now it's our turn to give them a hard time."

  "And the pay is pretty good too. But in the end, it's all about their Crystal Cards. One Identity Crystal Card can be exchanged for ten mid-grade Law Crystals, which would greatly boost our cultivation speed."

  These black-robed disciples one by one let out a cold laugh, with powerful magical auras surrounding them, displaying extraordinary strength.

  A hillside facing east.

  A group of students in black robes also appeared.

  North face...

  South-facing...

  More and more places, similar black-robed students appear, they are the ones who were summoned to snipe the newborn old lives. If viewed from high altitude, it can be found that with any door where new lives come out as the center, the positions of these black-robed students form a huge circle, surrounding the new lives.

  ……

  In the desert, Xiao Chen was flying swiftly, with the wind flowing smoothly along his body and harmoniously rotating, making him as light as a swallow, without consuming any physical strength. Since he advanced to the Six-Star Wizard, his control over the wind had become incredibly stronger than before.

  Before that, he relied on his own shallow understanding and merged the Taoist techniques of Xiuzhen with some unique insights, but it was far from being fully integrated.

  Compared with the magic of this world, which has developed to its peak, there are countless loopholes and rough spots.

  Now, with the guidance of De Knox, a nine-starred wizard who has lived for hundreds of years, he can truly be said to have entered the gate, operating the wind element with great skill and ease, as if it were second nature, without revealing even a hint of his magical powers.

  Others cannot easily see his true strength through the operation of his law power.

  He strolled leisurely, sweeping across the desert, merely exerting a fraction of his Star Master's strength to manipulate his magical powers. Even with his current abilities, he wouldn't exhaust himself even if he ran for an entire day and night.

  After flying for nearly half an hour, a river suddenly appeared in front of me.

  On the other side of the river, it was a lush forest, and the two landforms seemed to be cut off abruptly, with no transition at all.

  "Lao De, what kind of terrain is this? It's so strange." Xiao Chen stopped by the river and frowned as he looked at it.

  "Master, this place is definitely a trial ground opened up by a powerful cultivator. There are various terrains that can be used to temper the combat abilities of the trial-takers in different environments. This is very common in all the great academies." Denox explained, having lived for hundreds of years and having extraordinary insight.

  "Oh." Xiao Chen was not surprised, as there were also powerful cultivators in the Xiuzhen world who had opened up their own caves. Like their own sect, the Illusory Star Sect, which was located in the void of the ninth heaven, like a city in the sky, and could even move. Such abilities were many times more formidable than this trial ground.

  Denoix wasn't wrong, the entire trial grounds are incredibly vast when viewed from high above, with rivers and deserts, canyons and hills, lakes and swamps, almost covering everything...

  Xiao Chen flowed across the river and drilled into the forest.

  There were no animals in the forest, not even an ant, which made Xiao Chen believe that this was indeed a man-made trial ground.

  In the forest, he began to quicken his pace, gliding through the dimly lit woods like a specter, landing silently.

  At this time, he finally showed his true strength, and with a swift and fierce movement, even someone slightly weaker than him, or even Xiao Chen running past him, would feel as if a gust of wind had blown by, and think it was just their eyes playing tricks on them.

  Before long, he stopped in his tracks and gazed southeast, a glint of sharpness flashing in his eyes.

  With his spiritual power comparable to that of a Dharma Master, if he were to exert himself fully, his divine sense would penetrate through the void, and he could even feel the fluctuations in the spiritual energy from thousands of miles away.

  Now he can feel it, from the southeast direction, a wave of elemental shocks is coming.

  Someone... has been fighting with magic...