Volume 1 Chapter 93: The Test

  When Xiao Chen followed the young man in gray into this black tower-like building, he saw that old man in white.

  He was taken aback.

  It's him after all!

  Dean Lai Si!

  Xiao Chen had a premonition in his heart, and when he was assessing the venue, he used his overbearing and powerful spirit to shock everyone. It was Lais, who let out a cough, breaking the silent spiritual field, so that those students who were shocked by Xiao Chen did not leave an eternal shadow in their hearts.

  When Xiao Chen showed his incredible strength, he anticipated that it would attract the attention of some people in the academy. This was inevitable because his progress was too fast, surpassing common sense.

  "Master, I'm going to enter a dormant state, otherwise it's very likely that I'll be discovered... This old man is extremely powerful..." Denox transmitted an incredibly subtle vibration and then disappeared...

  Xiao Chen knew that he had entered a state of dormancy using some sort of secret method, making it impossible for others to detect him.

  What kind of strength is it that can make Denoix say "strong"?

  Xiao Chen's heart was stern, although he was arrogant and unrestrained, but not an idiot, his face showed a solemn expression.

  The young man in grey led Xiao Chen out and gave Rais a slight bow before exiting the room, closing the door behind him.

  There were only two people left in the room.

  Gaunt and frail, Lai Si stood in front of the table, his slightly turbid eyes falling on Xiao Chen, who was standing still. He quietly sized him up, his eyes fixed on the dossier on the table in front of him, which contained a detailed record of Xiao Chen's life history. It could be said that it was meticulous and thorough, even Xiao Chen himself might not have been able to recall his own life so clearly.

  Lai Si gazed at Xiao Chen, slowly reciting:

  "Xiao Chen... sixteen years old, the only son of Xiao Ye, the second-class civilized purple dragon kingdom's black killing legion commander and baron. From a young age, he had an extraordinary understanding of art, music, painting, and stone carving, but his personality was weak and he had no interest in cultivation... At fourteen, on the battlefield with Xiao Ye, in a small-scale battle to temper his courage, he was so scared that he lost control of his bladder... Afterwards, he entered the Tianxing Magic Academy's preparatory class to study magic... In two years, there were no breakthroughs, and he secretly left the academy, entering the Black Blood Swamp... After returning, his strength skyrocketed, defeating three-star mage Fei Lan in the preparatory class... With 26 times spiritual power and one-star magical power, he passed the entrance exam, defeating the Tianxia team in the competition... In just over a month, this mid-term exam, your spiritual power reached 111 times, and your magical power reached five stars..."

  His voice was not loud, but as he read out Xiao Chen's life story one sentence at a time, a shocking force came rushing forth.

  No matter who it is, being dissected like this will produce an extremely terrifying mental pressure.

  Especially when this person is pregnant with secrets.

  Lai Si finished reading those files, his eyes suddenly turned sharp, and his gaze shot towards Xiao Chen like a bright lamp.

  "Who are you, after all?"

  A deafening sound, like thunder, exploded in Xiao Chen's heart.

  Overwhelming mental pressure, like a tsunami, surged into Xiao Chen's soul.

  Lai Si slowly read out Xiao Chen's life story, creating an atmosphere of "I already know all your secrets", and suddenly let out a loud shout, carrying his vast and unmatched spiritual power to impact Xiao Chen's heart, believing that Xiao Chen's spiritual defense line would be shattered, and all the secrets would be exposed.

  He wouldn't have treated Xiao Chen like this originally.

  A month ago, Xiao Chen defeated the Tianxia team. When this file was presented to him, he simply treated Xiao Chen as a talented person who had obtained an unusual opportunity. The mainland is too vast, and all sorts of unusual opportunities can happen. In the past, during the Black Blood Swamp trial, there was also a low-level mage who picked up a demon beast egg and directly became a terrifying demon beast knight. Therefore, having lived through many long years, already over a hundred years old, Lais did not particularly care about it either.

  However, when Xiao Chen was admitted to the hospital for more than a month, his spiritual power soared from 26 times to 111 times, and his one-star magical power reached the peak of five-star magical power. This situation, which surpassed common sense and was unbelievable, made even Lais also have to treat it with caution.

  This kind of state, can no longer be explained by talent alone.

  Perhaps the real Xiao Chen has long been dead, and this person may be some strong players disguised as infiltrating the college, or Xiao Chen has been possessed by some evil spirits.

  When things go wrong, there must be evil spirits at work.

  Lai Si chose to take direct action and thoroughly investigate Xiao Chen.

  The terrifying pressure, wave after wave, cycles of impact, like a prison, like a sea, endless.

  Xiao Chen's whole body shook, his face turned pale.

  He took several steps back, his back suddenly crashing into the wall!

  The wall shook violently and stones fell down with a loud crash...

  He felt Rice's enormous spiritual strength, like a towering mountain, and he was now just a small mound.

  Xiao Chen's limbs were stuck to the wall, enduring the violent spiritual force... The Tianxing Academy was terrifying, and it had already thoroughly grasped many of his movements. It seemed that he had underestimated the power of this world after all. This world was countless times larger than Earth, and its power rules were different as well. As the chief university of a hundred billion population empire, the Tianxing Academy's enormous power was beyond imagination.

  But shock is still shocking, terror is still terrifying.

  Xiao Chen's face still didn't have a hint of fear or alarm.

  You think you can crush my spirit and will? You underestimate me too much. Even the gods cannot crush me, let alone you!

  Xiao Chen's eyes revealed a frantic and fierce glint!

  His expression.

  But it has been unchanged for eternity, like an ancient stone carving that has withstood the vicissitudes of time, eternal and serene, with a cold and stern expression.

  Spiritual power is actually just another manifestation of willpower.

  Xiao Chen was initially inferior to Dennox in terms of spiritual power when the latter's soul pierced into his sea of consciousness, but he still managed to condense the Instant Sword and Eternal Sword with his unyielding willpower, killing Dennox's soul as easily as slaughtering a chicken.

  So Rice's mental strength is at least a hundred times stronger than Xiao Chen's.

  It will never make Xiao Chen surrender.

  The nature of the demon star is to be unscrupulous, lawless, and unrestricted, forever free and at ease. If he were to feel fear or apprehension, then he would not be worthy of being a demon star, nor would he be worthy of seeking the eternal path of freedom and ease.

  The soul of a demon star, proud to the point of being detestable, can be destroyed but never made to surrender!

  "Who am I? Haha, it's me... Xiao Chen! The only one in the world, irreplaceable!"

  Xiao Chen, under Rice's terrifying spiritual pressure, suddenly shook his whole body, with fresh blood seeping out of his mouth and nose. He stared at Rice with a deadly gaze, but took a step forward. His black hair was wildly disheveled in the terrifying spiritual storm, as he let out a maniacal and evil laugh.

  And at the moment when Xiao Chen took that step forward.

  Lai Si's body shook violently as he clearly felt his concentrated spiritual energy field being torn apart by Xiao Chen.

  "This person..."

  He clearly felt that Xiao Chen's spiritual power was far inferior to his own, yet he was still able to break through a gap with an unyielding willpower, tempering his will to the point where it became oblivious to the enormous disparity in strength. What kind of mentality was this, one that was uniquely superior?

  Lai Si was well aware that his spiritual power could no longer crush the young man in front of him.

  If he used his magical powers, he could easily destroy the young man's physical body without exerting himself, but as for his spirit and willpower, he believed that it was impossible to make him yield.

  Suddenly!

  In an instant, the massive spiritual aura dissipated, and Rais's eyes lost their luster, returning to that of a frail and elderly man.

  Xiao Chen suddenly lost that terrifying pressure, his body went limp and he almost fell to the ground.

  He strained to prop himself up, wiping away the blood from his mouth corner, and gazed at Rais with an unyielding coldness in his eyes.

  "Are you really Xiao Chen?" Lai Si gazed at Xiao Chen, and even he couldn't help but be shocked by Xiao Chen's willpower. With just this willpower alone, he deeply believed that Xiao Chen had the potential to become an unparalleled powerhouse.

  "Of course I am!" Xiao Chen said coldly.

  Rice walked slowly to the window and back, seemingly deep in thought.

  He suddenly stopped in his tracks, turned around and said: "Alright, I'll take you as Xiao Chen. Originally, I could have killed you, but geniuses are rare after all. I also want to see how far you can go. You can leave now."

  Xiao Chen nodded silently and turned to leave.

  After he left, the young man in grey robes walked in.

  He came in and walked to Lais's side in a very ordinary way, the two people stood at the window and looked down, just in time to see Xiao Chen's back as he left.

  "Is this young man just going to be let go like that?" Lais was still standing behind the gray-robed youth.

  "There are many doubts about his identity, and just now he actually tore apart my spiritual force field with his willpower, which is absolutely impossible for a boy of this age to have. Why did you transmit sound to me earlier and let him leave?"

  If anyone from the outside saw this scene, they would probably be shocked to the point of their jaw dropping.

  The majestic Dean of the Tianxing Academy, respected and powerful, actually listened to a young man in grey robes who was extremely ordinary from head to toe.

  "Rice, the academy has been passed down for thousands of years and has become increasingly old-fashioned and rigid, especially those people in the Discipline Department. In recent centuries, it has been difficult for the academy to produce anyone who can surpass the realm of a great magician. The Eastern Continent's Hundred University Wind and Cloud Competition has always been at the bottom. This young man is very interesting, especially when he was assessed, condensing his magical powers into a vortex and shattering the crystal ball with one hand. I even faintly saw a hint... Hehe!"

  The young man in grey suddenly smiled and didn't continue speaking.

  "The school has always been so stagnant, and I'm tired of it. It's not often that I meet an interesting young man like you, and I'd like to see if your uninhibited and unconventional style can bring some fresh blood to the school."

  "As for the identity doubts and all that, we're not those fanatics from the Illuminati Council, no need to dig deeper... Anyway, I'm starting to look forward to the Storm Tournament two years later..."

  Lai Si's whole body shook, he didn't expect the other side to attach so much importance to this young man.