Chapter 71

The countdown ended.

The transparent light screen on the arena dissipated quietly.

Without any nonsense.

The boy held the thunder long spear and jumped over at a terrifying speed!

The spear blade was sharp and cold, silver-white electric light intersecting.

It streaked across the air with residual shadows, stabbing toward Jiang Jian!

Clang!

Ear-piercing metal clashing sounds exploded!

Jiang Jian's spiritual energy surged, and he slashed out a sword with his sleeve!

The frost-white sword blade carried light flames and slashed heavily against the spear blade!

Sparks flew everywhere!

The sword momentum stopped.

But the light flame sword rainbow exploded and rolled downward!

The sword flame reached his body; the spear-holding boy's expression changed slightly, and his figure retreated rapidly.

At the same time.

Spiritual energy surged around his body, and the long spear in his hand danced crazily.

Spear shadows were like electricity, airtight, completely shattering the sword rainbow!

It's just.

Taking this opportunity, Jiang Jian had already gained the upper hand.

The next second.

Jiang Jian arrived with his sword, spiritual energy surged crazily, and he slashed out dozens of swords again!

The spear-holding boy gritted his teeth, raised his long spear, and held the sword blade tightly; thunder exploded all around!

In a flash of lightning.

The Han Guang sword blade and the spear blade clashed dozens of times again!

Clang!

The roaring explosion was deafening, and semi-transparent ripples surged in all directions!

Jiang Jian was expressionless, Shenque spiritual energy roared, and he poured it into Han Guang again!

Every time the sword blade fell, it carried a massive amount of fierce, scorching white sword light!

The spear-holding boy struggled to resist, retreating step by step, his expression extremely ugly.

Facing Jiang Jian, he almost had no strength to fight back.

Not only was his own spear light completely swallowed by the sword energy.

But he also had to move his figure at all times to avoid the sword light falling down.

In just a few seconds.

He was beaten back to the edge of the arena!

One step wrong, every step wrong!

Silently.

A few flower petals suddenly appeared beside the spear-holding boy's head!

As soon as these petals appeared, they collapsed, dissipating into fine flower rain.

Dark fragrance.

"What kind of method is this!"

The spear-holding boy's expression changed drastically; he sensed a fatal crisis and couldn't help but feel his scalp tingle!

The fine flower rain scattered, shining into his pupils.

"My winning streak is broken!"

The spear-holding boy stood still, thoughts flashing through his mind.

The next second.

His whole body, along with his spear, was soaked by the flowing light flower rain and annihilated into ashes.

"You have won this ranking match!"

"Your ranking: 9."

"Special reminder: You have already won 32 matches in a row!"

The holographic screen appeared.

In the blink of an eye, the hanging stone arena was clean.

Jiang Jian fell back to the ground, the long sword in his hand dissipated, his face pale.

"Shenque spiritual energy exhausted."

"This battle consumed too much."

The next second.

Shenque spiritual energy had already recovered to full.

Jiang Jian swiped the holographic screen and looked at the overall Heavenly Ladder ranking.

"Number of students in the big district: 42,720."

"1st place, Qi Ming."

"2nd place, Lu Tingting."

"3rd place, Qiu Lu."

"9th place, Jiang Jian."

"17th place, Liu Tiezhu."

"33rd place, Shi Xuan."

Scanning the list, Jiang Jian's eyes showed thought.

"My spiritual essence limit is still not enough."

"If facing a Level 4 talent or an opponent good at recovery battles."

"My Shenque spiritual energy won't last long."

"In battle, there will definitely be a situation where spiritual energy is exhausted."

Thinking of this.

Jiang Jian turned off the holographic screen and exited the Heavenly Ladder system.

"You have successfully exited."

The virtual cabin sent a notification, light flickered, and the particle glass melted.

Jiang Jian walked out of the virtual cabin and took Han Guang in his hand.

On the hilt, a cold aura came.

The sword body was filled with faint light, and the airflow was full.

"I wonder what stage my spiritual essence has reached."

Jiang Jian walked out of the room.

Took the elevator and stopped on the 5th floor.

"Testing Hall."

Jiang Jian stretched out his finger and swiped the holographic screen.

"Verification successful!"

"Identity device permission: First College student."

A notification sound rang out.

The Testing Hall door opened slowly.

10 o'clock in the evening.

Most of the students of the First College had finished their learning missions and returned to the school district, all rushing the Heavenly Ladder ranking overnight.

In the huge Testing Hall, there was no one.

Jiang Jian walked to the instrument and raised his identity device.

"Identity verification successful!"

"Do you want to test your cultivation foundation?"

A mechanical voice rang out.

Jiang Jian confirmed again.

The instrument light ball suddenly emitted bright light.

At the bottom of the instrument base, array patterns lit up one after another.

"Please urge spiritual energy."

The light ball rotated rapidly.

Jiang Jian's mind moved, and a wisp of blood-red emerged, drifting into the light ball.

"Testing..."

The array patterns flashed rapidly.

A few dozen seconds later, the testing array stopped.

On the holographic screen, lines of small characters appeared.

"Test successful!"

"Spiritual energy foundation test, time taken 1 minute."

"Estimated spiritual energy limit, approximately 10% of the Divine Gift Realm."

Jiang Jian withdrew his palm and estimated slightly.

"Since the academy opened, it has only been one week."

"My cultivation speed is not slow."

"It's just."

"Not enough."

Jiang Jian walked toward the elevator and clicked his identity device continuously.

On the holographic screen, a transparent black card appeared, rotating slowly.

"Faction Cultivation Mansion, Trial Card."

"Remaining time: 20 hours."

Around the black card, golden lines circled.

Jiang Jian left the dormitory building, boarded an unmanned shuttle, input the command, and drove toward the depths of the school district.

Inside the school district, there were many buildings.

But it was quiet and deserted, with no students coming and going.

"The black card Gu Qi sent is just a trial version."

"The time is only 20 hours."

Jiang Jian looked out the window, buildings standing in great numbers.

But there was only one cultivation mansion.

Very precious.

Only by joining the "Chief Student" faction can you have the qualification to use it.

This trial card was a gift from Gu Qi, common to the grade school district.

Currently, the "Chief Student" position of the academy was vacant.

Before the "Chief Student" was determined, to enter the cultivation mansion, one could only rely on the trial cards of senior students.

"According to common sense."

"Freshmen cannot come into contact with academy factions for the time being."

Jiang Jian walked off the air shuttle and looked at the cultivation mansion.

The building was very new, with array patterns densely covered on it.

The stone steps were bright and clean, spotless, not even having slight scratches.

Clearly.

No freshman of this year had been here yet.

"Identity verification successful!"

A mechanical voice rang out.

Jiang Jian stepped on the steps and walked into the cultivation mansion.

Array patterns lit up one after another, and the spiritual energy was unimaginably rich, surging from all directions!

Jiang Jian stood in the building lobby, his gaze slightly condensed.

Between the rolling spiritual energy, there existed a trace of terrifying power!

Jiang Jian opened his identity device and looked at the introduction of the cultivation mansion.

"This is actually..."

"A trace of divine power collected from the starlight by the government office divine envoy himself, after spending a long time!"

The "divine power" here is not the true power of gods.

The radiance of gods permeates the sun.

Through the starlight, it falls on the solar system.

This "divine power" is the divine envoy of the Linjiang Prefecture government office, using special means.

Collected from the sunlight, the scattered aura as small as dust.

Gathered together.

Over decades, every trace of this "divine power" is worth a fortune.

Most of them are supplied to Divine Gift universities and wealthy families at extremely expensive prices.

Used to build "cultivation mansions" to cultivate geniuses.

Time is precious.

Jiang Jian sat down on the floor of the lobby.

The trial card only allows cultivation in the lobby; he has no qualification to enter the interior of the building.

Only the owner of the cultivation mansion, the "Chief Student," can open the interior permissions.

"No wonder the cultivation mansion is so important."

Jiang Jian just started practicing and immediately noticed.

His Shenque spiritual essence was increasing slowly, bit by bit, at a speed visible to the naked eye!

"Actually this fast!"

Jiang Jian took the Prayer Jade, put on the Qi-Gathering Bracelet, and then tore open the cultivation spirit medicine and swallowed it.

Cultivation speed surged again!

"This speed is much faster than the school district cultivation room!"

"More importantly."

"Practicing here can improve the Shenque foundation!"

"These 20 hours are too precious."

"Must not be wasted."

Jiang Jian calmed his mind and immersed himself completely in cultivation.

By now, Jiang Jian had completely determined.

The cultivation mansion is definitely one of the top resources in the Divine Gift university that is most scarce!

Because "divine power" is extremely limited!

This kind of valuable thing is only supplied to geniuses in the school district and can never be opened to ordinary students.

Time passed second by second.

Jiang Jian's Shenque spiritual essence gradually increased with the most solid progress.

In these few days.

Jiang Jian had insights into his state of mind and had experienced continuous battles.

Practicing, he could not only settle the spiritual essence but also have a deeper understanding of the previous battles.

Sun rose and moon fell.

Soon it was dawn.

In the cultivation lobby, there was only Jiang Jian's slight breathing sound.

8:30.

Jiang Jian suddenly opened his eyes.

The spiritual energy around his body suddenly shook!

(End of chapter)