Dugu Lin looked rather disheartened. From a young age until now, this was the first time he had ever tasted defeat, and to make matters worse, it was such a crushing one.

  Before that, he was invincible among his peers and had a proud and arrogant personality wherever he went.

  Defeated by Zhang Ruochen, he finally realized that there is a world beyond the sky and people beyond humans. No one dares to say they are the number one of the younger generation.

  Dugu Lin stared at Zhang Ruochen standing opposite him, his eyes complex, his lips trembling as he said with difficulty: "I lost to Brother Zhang"

  Zhang Ruochen saw that Dugu Lin was somewhat disheartened, so he said: "Today I won, but in the future, you may not necessarily be unable to win back. Isn't that right?"

  Gūdú Lín's eyes reignited with determination, and his pupils seemed to burn with two flames as he said: "Thank you, Brother Zhang, for your guidance. Now, I'd like to know how much of your power you used just now."

  "Perfectly done." Zhang Ruochen said.

  "Understood." Du Gu Lin's face improved a bit again, and he retreated.

  In fact, Zhang Ruochen just used 70% of his power earlier, but in order to avoid hitting Dugu Lin again, he said he used 100% of his power.

  A kind lie, sometimes it's also an encouragement to the other side, after all, Zhang Ruochen and Dugu Lin didn't have any deep grudges, everyone was fighting for the honor of the academy.

  Dugu Lin severely injured Chi Minghai, crippling a top master of the Western Courtyard and greatly dampening the morale of the Western Courtyard. Zhang Ruochen naturally followed suit, severely injuring him as well and crippling a top master of the Eastern Courtyard, dealing a blow to the Eastern Courtyard's morale.

  Even if he was seriously injured and took medicine, he would be able to recover quickly, but he wouldn't be able to participate in today's new student joint martial arts competition of the four institutes.

  In the distance, Du Mu Xing Ling stared at Zhang Ruo Chen, a pair of beautiful eyes like stars revealed an astonished expression, saying: "His cultivation has improved too quickly, he must have already reached the extreme position in the Mystic Extreme Realm, his power is quite astonishing."

  "With his current strength, he is no weaker than those ranked lower on the Mystic Board." Huang Yanzhen said.

  Du Mu Xingling also nodded, her beautiful eyes blinking, a hint of a smile at the corner of her mouth, no one knew what she was thinking.

  The deputy heads of the three major courts looked at each other, all showing a helpless expression. The joint martial arts competition for new students from the four courts had not yet begun, but the first place had already been decided.

  In previous years, it was rare to encounter such situations.

  The East Wing has lost a new first-place student while trying to crush the morale of the West Wing.

  The deputy master of the East Wing was truly tearless, and his heart was filled with regret. If he had known earlier, he shouldn't have indulged Du Gu Lin, and should have stopped him from fighting Zhang Ruo Chen in time.

  The master of the Western Courtyard had a smile on his face, and the more he looked at Zhang Ruochen, the more he felt that he was very pleasing to the eye. It's just a pity that he couldn't take him as his personal disciple, which is really a regret.

  The master of the Western House's face turned solemn as he merged his true energy with his voice, declaring: "The new student joint martial arts competition of the four houses, officially begins."

  Under the surging of true energy, the voice of the master of the Western Courtyard resounded throughout the Western Courtyard, echoing in the mountains for a long time.

  Immediately afterwards, Vice President Qinghua began to read out the rules of the new student martial arts competition.

  The new students of the four academies are one hundred and twenty people, divided into one hundred and twenty small groups.

  The first freshman of the four major academies is divided into the first group; The second freshman of the four major academies is divided into the second group. The 120th freshman of the four major academies is divided into the 120th group.

  From the eleventh group to the one hundred and twentieth group, the first place in each group gets "three" points, the second place gets "two" points, the third place gets "one" point, and the fourth place gets "zero" points.

  The top ten teams, a total of forty people, ranked in order.

  The first place gets "80" points, the second place gets "70" points, the third place gets "60" points, the fourth place gets "50" points, the fifth place gets "40" points, the sixth place gets "39" points, the seventh place gets "38" points, and the fortieth place gets "5" points.

  Finally, all the scores of the students are added up, and the college with the highest score is the comprehensive champion of this year's freshmen.

  It is clear that the real showdown is among the top ten freshmen of the four major academies, with the largest gap in points.

  Whether in Wushu City's Academic Palace or the world of martial arts, true top-notch experts play a crucial role. This is also why Wushu City's Academic Palace has arranged for points to be accumulated in this way.

  There were 118 people participating in the martial arts competition at Xiyuan. Two others, Huo Xing Wangzi and Chi Ming Hai, one of whom was already dead and the other seriously injured.

  The new students of the East House, only 118 people can participate in the martial arts competition. Among them, Du Gu Lin, who ranked first, was seriously injured and cannot participate in the martial arts competition. The former second place in the East House's new student has become the representative of the East House's new student champion.

  The Northern and Southern Institutes each had some special cases, and only 118 people were selected to participate in the martial arts competition.

  The Western Courtyard Arena has a total of ten martial arts platforms, each four meters high and ten meters long. The four sides of the martial arts platform are engraved with array patterns, as long as the warrior's attack hits the martial arts platform, it will activate the array pattern and form a protective light shield.

  Ten martial arts platforms, proceeding simultaneously.

  The battle was over very quickly and by noon it was all finished.

  Zhang Ruochen unexpectedly became the first among the new students of the four colleges, earning eighty points for Xi College. Among the newcomers, no one could withstand his single move.

  Before the martial competition began, everyone had already anticipated the outcome and wasn't overly surprised. A prodigy like Zhang Ruochen appears only once every few years, even in a place like Wumeng Academy.

  The biggest surprise in the West House is Zi Yan, who defeated the new first place of the East House and the new first place of the North House with his cultivation at the extreme boundary of the Extreme Realm, becoming the third place among the four major houses this year, earning 60 points for the West House.

  Xi Yuan became this year's freshman comprehensive champion with a total score of 539 points.

  Nanyuan is second in newborns.

  The East House lost the first Freshman Lin, but still maintained a strong momentum, narrowly losing to the South House and becoming the third freshman.

  Bei Yuan is the fourth for freshmen.

  Newborn ranked first, received a reward of ten and a half holy true liquids.

  Newborn ranked second and received nine and a half drops of sacred true liquid as reward.

  Newborn ranked tenth, received a reward of one and a half drops of holy true liquid.

  Getting the first place in the new student examination of the Fourth Academy didn't bring too much joy to Zhang Ruochen.

  Zhang Ruochen's real goal was the next Western Quarter's quarterly assessment. Only by entering the top ten in the Western Quarter could he participate in the intermediate relic exploration exam two months later.

  In the intermediate ruins, there is a chance to find ancient treasures and gain the most brutal experience. It's absolutely an important opportunity that can't be missed.

  Tuomu Zi had been waiting for several years for the Intermediate Ruins Exploration Exam, and had always suppressed his boundary without breaking through to the Earth Extreme Boundary. Luoshui Han, Huang Yanchen, and Duanmu Xingling were also waiting for this once-in-a-decade opportunity, and if they missed it, they would have to wait another ten years.

  Zhang Ruochen couldn't wait another ten years, two months later, he had to enter the intermediate ruins and take the exploration exam.

  The students of the other three colleges did not leave and were very interested in the quarterly assessment of the Western College, wanting to see how strong the top masters of the Western College were.

  Quarterly assessment rules:

  Each student at Saikoro has a ranking, and lower-ranked students can challenge higher-ranked students. Each student only has two chances to challenge.

  Successfully completing challenges can earn you new ranks.

  Failed challenge, retaining original ranking.

  Still ten challenge platforms, each trainee can freely challenge.

  Liu Chengfeng stepped onto one of the challenge platforms, standing in the center, and said: "I want to challenge the 764th ranked."

  Liu Chengfeng's original ranking was 809th, recently, his cultivation has improved to the middle stage of Xuanji, so for the first challenge, he chose a slightly conservative ranking.

  The seventh hundred and sixty-fourth disciple of the Western Academy, named Xie Xuan, was also a young man. After reaching the late stage of the Mystic Extreme Realm, he was one realm higher than Liu Chengfeng.

  After exchanging over twenty moves, Liu Chengfeng used a low-grade Ling-level sword technique to defeat Xie Xuan.

  Liu Chengfeng challenged and won, replacing Xie Xuan to become the 764th of the Western Camp. Xie Xuan automatically dropped one rank, becoming the 765th. An elder standing beside the challenge stage announced.

  Xie Xuan drops one place, and naturally, all the students behind him also drop one place.

  Liu Chengfeng still had another chance to challenge, but he didn't use it immediately. Instead, he decided to watch others' challenges first and then slowly look for his own opponent.

  There are only two chances, must be used carefully.

  Ten challenge stages, students flocked to the stage one after another, challenging students who ranked higher than themselves.

  Before the assessment, they had already carefully studied and investigated each student, knowing exactly who to challenge.

  The most exciting thing is still the top ten challenge, because two months later is the intermediate relic exploration exam, and everyone is eager to squeeze into the top ten.

  Especially the disciples ranked 11th to 50th, almost all of them have reached the peak of Xuanji Realm's Great Perfection, with little difference in strength. As long as they have the opportunity, they can quickly enter the top ten.

  A young man with two swords on his back stepped onto the challenge stage, standing straight and expressionless, saying: "I want to challenge the tenth, Jin Yue Ming."

  The students surrounding below recognized the man with two swords.

  "He is Mo Qing Long"

  "Mokei Long was only forty-seventh in the last quarterly assessment, and now, just three short months later, he dares to challenge Jin Yue Ming. Jin Yue Ming will defeat him with just three moves."

  A woman in her early twenties walked out of the crowd.

  She let out a cold snort, kicked off with both legs, and leaped up to accept the challenge. Standing opposite Mo Qinglong, she said: "Mo Qinglong, you actually dare to challenge me; could it be that you've cultivated the Double Swords Slaying Deer Technique to minor completion?"

  Double Sword Slaying Deer Technique, a high-ranking intermediate martial skill that requires the practitioner's spiritual power to reach at least 20th rank or above to successfully cultivate. It is a very formidable martial technique.

  Mo Qing Long didn't say anything extra, pulled out the twin swords on his back and grasped them in his hands, saying concisely: "Whether or not you've cultivated to minor completion, after battling, you'll naturally understand."

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