Chapter 117: Once Cloud Swallowing Appears, Who Can Compete?!

"Today's second stage is a cloud spell examination," Zuo Zijhi's voice came out.

"Taking the four boundary markers of the Eastern Suburbs as the limit, Lord Lu will cast a cloud spell to cover the Eastern Suburbs."

"Those who pass the stage must rise with the clouds; those whose clouds are lower than one hundred meters will be considered failures."

"Those who pass the stage can only fight with cloud spells; using other spells to attack others will be dealt with according to military law."

"Those whose cloud layers dissipate will fail."

"Those who faint due to insufficient vital energy will fail."

"Those who are squeezed out of the boundary will fail."

When Zuo Zijhi read out the rules for the second stage, the nine hundred-plus people below immediately had different expressions.

Because some were good at cloud spells, and some were not.

Those confident in cloud spells were smug.

Those who felt they couldn't make it were dejected.

But no one questioned this method of examination.

Because no matter what direction of military agricultural official you specialize in.

Cloud spells are the foundation of the Solar Term School, and also the foundation.

Agricultural officials can not know Geographical Advantage School and Self-Nature School spells, but they cannot not know Solar Term School spells, because the Solar Term School is the mainstream today.

The four Solar Term spells are the foundation of the mainstream.

"Ninety percent eliminated in the first stage; don't know how many people will be eliminated in this stage," Zhao Xing was eager to try. "However, I have confidence in this cloud spell."

Although the Cloud Swallowing Technique was only at the eighth turn, this spell was the strongest among cloud spells, and there was no other!

Even at the eighth turn, Zhao Xing didn't fear other intermediate cloud spells at the perfection level.

When Zuo Zijhi finished reading the rules for the first time, the others began to scatter, looking for positions, striving not to squeeze together with others.

After all, their main opponent was Lu Bang.

Being able to persist in cloud movement under Lord Lu was enough.

There was no need to have conflicts with others.

The Eastern Suburbs of Yangcheng were quite large, and with over nine hundred people, if they compressed the range when controlling the clouds, everyone could have their own piece of sky.

Zhao Xing also looked around and kept some distance from others.

When Zuo Zijhi read the rules for the second time, the people below had already finished positioning, and all had found positions they considered suitable.

However, Zhao Xing saw a familiar figure walking over.

Li Feng.

Wherever Zhao Xing went, he followed.

Staring at him at all times, maintaining a distance of fifty meters.

For casting cloud spells, a distance of fifty meters was already a very crowded, or even dangerous, distance.

"It seems it cannot be settled well," Zhao Xing looked at Li Feng's gaze, knowing that this guy must have held a grudge.

"Run, the Eastern Suburbs are only so big, where can you run to?" Li Feng's gaze was playful.

"Are you so sure you can beat me in cloud spells?" Zhao Xing said. "Give you a piece of advice, now is not the time."

"Scared?" Li Feng snorted. "I’ve inquired clearly; you are Zhao Xing of the Divine Might Army, right? Hmph, if you’re scared, just roll out of the examination boundary yourself!"

His voice was not low; at this time, the examination had not officially started, and Li Feng used the wind to transmit his voice, spreading it out.

As a result, many people heard Li Feng's voice and also saw the scene of Li Feng and Zhao Xing confronting each other.

"There’s a good show to watch."

"It’s Li Feng; who is the other person?"

"Listening to Li Feng, he’s from the Divine Might Army, called Zhao Xing?"

"The Divine Might Army has experts? Isn't there just one Han Bing? Why is Li Feng picking a fight with an unknown person?"

"After a month, some friction is normal."

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"Li Feng ranked sixth in the internal selection of the Tiger Jiao Army; Divine Might Army's Zhao Xing, haven't heard of him much."

"I remember, Divine Might Army's Zhao Xing ranked twenty-ninth during registration."

"Interesting."

Li Feng was so loud that he attracted the attention of many people.

This was exactly the effect he wanted.

He wanted to put Zhao Xing on the spot, forcing him to fight.

Otherwise, if he had to chase and flee everywhere later, it would be inevitable to be disturbed by others.

"Scared?" Zhao Xing sneered. "Fine, I’ll give you a chance for revenge! Later, whoever runs is a grandson!"

The other party mentioned the Divine Might Army; this was no longer just one person's business. If Zhao Xing ran away without a fight, not to mention others looking down on him, the people of the Divine Might Army would look down on him.

Li Feng had indeed forced Zhao Xing into a fight, but Zhao Xing was just too lazy to fight, not that he didn't dare.

If there was no way to avoid it, then fight!

"Good!" Li Feng's eyes were bright. "Whoever runs is a grandson!"

Seeing the two of them so full of gunpowder, the people nearby also retreated a bit, fearing they would be affected by the two.

Han Bing thought for a moment and stood not far behind Zhao Xing.

He didn't intend to intervene, but to prevent Li Feng from going too far.

On a hillside, Zhuo Li of the Lieyang Army also saw the scene of Zhao Xing and Li Feng confronting each other: "It’s him, I met him at Dayuan Prefecture that day."

"Divine Might Army, Zhao Xing? Didn't expect him to rank twenty-ninth in registration."

Zhuo Li also secretly remembered this name.

After Li Feng's commotion.

The Divine Might Army's Zhao Xing, who was originally very low-key and unknown, was also remembered by many people.

After Zuo Zijhi repeated the rules for the third time, the second stage of the examination officially began.

The cloudless sky, in the next moment, with the flying boat as the center, gave birth to a dark golden cloud, spreading rapidly in all directions.

The cloud layer hovered at an altitude of one thousand meters, its surface incomparably flat, as if it were a piece of paper that had been pressed.

When everyone saw it, they all felt stuffy in their chests.

The overly flat clouds gave people a feeling of suffocation, like an iron plate floating in the sky, about to fall in the next moment.

"Cloud Movement!"

"Four Seas Flowing Clouds!"

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"Seven Stars Cloud Array!"

"Blood Shadow Heavy!"

"..."

At the moment the examination began, everyone cast the cloud spells they had learned, rising with the clouds.

In the Eastern Suburbs of Yangcheng, colorful clouds erupted instantly, various clouds competed for beauty, and because there were too many people, there were always collisions.

It wasn't that everyone wanted peaceful development, because Zuo Zijhi didn't mention the end time of the examination.

Since it wasn't based on time to end the examination.

Then it was based on the number of people to end the examination!

A certain number of people must be eliminated for this examination to end.

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom!"

Many cloud layers collided, and before they could rise above one hundred meters, fierce collisions occurred everywhere in the Eastern Suburbs.

Cloud energy intertwined, nearly a thousand people rose with clouds together, and the vital energy became chaotic to the extreme in an instant.

Those with slightly worse cloud control techniques couldn't stabilize in this first wave of eruption.

And once the cloud spell dissipated, it was elimination.

In just the first wave, dozens of people were eliminated!

"Swish~"

Once the cloud spell dissipated, they were immediately moved out.

An agricultural official was wrapped in a gentle wind, and before he could react, he had already appeared outside the boundary marker.

"Your examination is over; go report to another academy. You can choose any academy, and after choosing, you can go and compete for the ranking in the academy, which also has many benefits," a man in armor looked indifferently at the eliminated young man.

"I..."

He wanted to say something, but the man in armor had already walked away.

In the next moment, at the edge of the boundary marker, someone accidentally crossed the boundary and was pulled out by a gentle wind as well.

"Eliminated!"

"Eliminated!"

"Eliminated!"

Many people were thrown out and told that they had no fate with the four major academies, and could only leave dejectedly.

At the beginning, which was also the most intense stage, Zhao Xing and Li Feng both performed stably, rising their cloud layers to a height of one hundred meters.

One was because after hearing that the two were going to fight, the people nearby stayed away, which indeed gave them more space around them.

The second was that both of them had high levels in cloud spells, so even if the vital energy fluctuations were intense, they couldn't make their clouds dissipate.

"The two's cloud control techniques are evenly matched," Zhuang Ziqing looked leisurely at Li Feng's side.

Even when Li Feng shouted, many people stayed away; he was the second-ranked, so naturally, no one dared to provoke him, so the experts all successfully rose to a height of one hundred meters with clouds.

Zhuang Ziqing even had the leisure to observe the battle situation on Li Feng's side.

"Li Feng's cloud layer is rising even faster," Fengqiu also stared coldly; after all, they were both members of the Tiger Jiao Army, and Li Feng's challenge carried the names of the Tiger Jiao Army and the Divine Might Army, so he naturally had to pay attention.

It was the first-ranked Shiyong, although he was also from the Tiger Jiao Army, who didn't pay attention at all; he stood alone on a giant rock on a distant hillside, independent of the world, as if everything had nothing to do with him.

Within two breaths, Zhao Xing's cloud layer rose above one hundred meters.

Li Feng's cloud layer was the same, faintly higher by a head.

"Indeed has some tricks; looking at his cloud control speed, it’s actually about the same as mine," Li Feng took a look and slightly put away his contempt.

"However, you’ve reached your end!"

"Cloud Armor Giant, appear!"

Li Feng made the first move; his cloud layer suddenly rolled, and then a giant wearing silver armor condensed from within.

The giant's form was very realistic, like a warrior in armor.

The armor on his body was silver, but the long spear was purple-black!

"It’s the Cloud Armor Giant in the Soldier Cloud Technique, and he even cultivated a Thunder Spear!" Someone immediately recognized that what Li Feng used was the Soldier Cloud Technique.

"No wonder Li Feng is so confident, and was able to rank sixth in the Tiger Jiao Army's internal selection; his Soldier Cloud Technique is at least above the intermediate seventh turn."

"The Soldier Cloud Technique is known as the number one in killing; among cloud spells, it’s hard to find an opponent in a head-on confrontation."

"Fart, the Blood Cloud Technique is the best!"

"You two heretics, the Thunder Cloud Technique is the righteous path! If you don't accept it, come and fight!"

"..."

Discussions arose all around.

Li Feng's cloud spell truly made everyone marvel; he was worthy of being a genius selected by the Tiger Jiao Army!

But Zhao Xing was very calm.

Watching Li Feng condense the Cloud Armor Giant, he just evaluated it indifferently: "Flashy."

Watching the opponent's Cloud Armor Giant rush over.

Zhao Xing's cloud layer didn't dodge or evade, as if it had been scared silly.

Amidst the exclamations of the crowd, the Cloud Armor Giant stabbed a spear into the cloud layer.

"Boom boom boom!"

With a light stab, thunder raged in the cloud layer.

It had nothing to do with thunder spells, but was a characteristic of cloud spells, not considered casting another spell.

This stab from the Cloud Armor Giant just utilized the power of thunder to rage in the enemy's cloud layer, breaking the balance of the cloud spell and causing it to collapse.

But the collapse he imagined did not happen.

Thunder flashed in the cloud layer, and Zhao Xing's cloud layer shook, but it was far from collapsing.

"Hitting people with no strength, and you still call yourself a Tiger Jiao Army genius."

"Use more strength, I can still take it."

Zhao Xing's lazy voice came over.

"Eh? How did he hold on?"

"Did you see what cloud spell Zhao Xing used?"

"Seems to be a Thunder Cloud Technique."

"Should be a Thunder Cloud Technique, otherwise how could he withstand the raging thunder?"

The Cloud Swallowing Technique can swallow ten thousand types of cloud spells and can also transform into ten thousand types of cloud spells. When Zhao Xing comprehended it in the Myriad-Technique Cloud Chart, what he saw was the Cloud Swallowing Technique, swallowing the other cloud layers one by one.

Able to swallow, able to change, he easily resolved this move, so naturally, he was thought to be using a Thunder Cloud Technique.

"Hmph, still daring to be stubborn!"

A flash of brilliance passed through Li Feng's eyes, and the cloud layer rolled seven more times.

Seven more Cloud Armor Giants holding purple-black thunder spears appeared, surrounding Zhao Xing's cloud layer and stabbing wildly.

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom!"

Soldier Cloud Technique at the eighth turn, a total of eight Cloud Armor Thunder Spear Giants, attacked Zhao Xing's cloud layer.

The sound of thunder exploding was endless.

A very strange scene, as if eight people were surrounding a haystack and stabbing wildly.

It looked like Li Feng had the upper hand.

But, the more he stabbed, the more he felt something was wrong.

His first thought was: Why doesn't Zhao Xing fight back? He shouldn't be so unbearable, right?

His second thought was: Why are my Cloud Armor Giants getting smaller and smaller? And consuming too much?

When Li Feng discovered that Zhao Xing's cloud layer was getting bigger the more he stabbed, he immediately realized something was wrong.

"Damn, this is definitely not a Thunder Cloud Technique; could it be..."

Li Feng immediately wanted to control the Cloud Armor Giants to retreat.

But just then, he found that he couldn't retreat anymore.

When the eight Cloud Armor Giants made their final stab, the purple-black thunder spears were completely embedded in it, as if they had been inserted into stone.

"Boom~"

On the purple-black thunder spears, a darker color suddenly appeared, crawling up the bodies of the Cloud Armor Giants along the thunder spears, and spreading rapidly.

Before long, these eight Cloud Armor Giants had turned completely black.

"Hum~" Li Feng's heart shook, and he looked at Zhao Xing's direction in disbelief.

He had lost control of the eight Cloud Armor Giants.

"Eh?" Zhuang Ziqing in the distance looked at this scene, his eyes showing some surprise. "Could this be... the Cloud Swallowing Technique?"

"The Cloud Armor Giants have become Zhao Xing's." Fengqiu's cold expression also showed a trace of solemnity. "At first, I thought it was a Thunder Cloud Technique that could withstand it; I didn't expect it to be the Cloud Swallowing Technique."

"Now, his cloud layer has turned into the manifestation of the Soldier Cloud."

"He, he cultivates the Cloud Swallowing Technique." Li Feng had already started sweating profusely.

The reversal came too fast; he still thought he had victory in his grasp, but it turned out that what Zhao Xing cast was actually the Cloud Swallowing Technique!

The Cloud Swallowing Technique is the most overbearing type of cloud spell; not only can it swallow the cloud energy of others, but it can also use the enemy's cloud spell after swallowing it. For example, Zhao Xing's cloud layer now had turned into Soldier Cloud.

Those eight black-armored giants holding spears turned around and attacked Li Feng's cloud layer.

"Hold on, as long as his Cloud Swallowing Technique level isn't too high, I at least won't lose!" Li Feng's eyes were red, but he vaguely knew that things were not looking good.

He had cultivated the Cloud Swallowing Technique, but only to the third turn; not just him, others mostly chose to assist in cultivating the Cloud Swallowing Technique.

His original plan was to defeat Zhao Xing with the Soldier Cloud, and then use the Cloud Swallowing Technique to absorb Zhao Xing's cloud energy to strengthen himself.

Zhao Xing being able to forcibly absorb his Cloud Armor Giants and use them for himself proved that the other party's Cloud Swallowing Technique was at least at the seventh turn, otherwise, it would be impossible to swallow his eighth-turn Cloud Armor Giants so easily.

"Still want to put up a desperate fight?"

Seeing Li Feng still resisting, Zhao Xing controlled the cloud layer without hesitation, instantly growing larger, and at the same time, a huge vortex appeared in the dark clouds, like an abyss-like mouth, swallowing toward Li Feng's cloud layer.

"Show mercy!" Just then, a cloud sword galloped from the south, wanting to block Zhao Xing.

"Wait!" A thunder cloud also came from the north to support Li Feng.

Zhao Xing looked closely; it was the brothers Jiang He and Jiang Hai, who ranked in the top ten during the last registration, and were also geniuses selected by the Tiger Jiao Army.

Shiyong, Zhuang Ziqing, Fengqiu, Jiang He, and Jiang Hai, these five people from the Tiger Jiao Army occupied half of the top ten in the last registration examination.

"Zhao Xing, you have already won, so give our Tiger Jiao Army some face and don't eliminate Li Feng," Jiang He and Jiang Hai said.

"Give face?" Zhao Xing said coldly. "Your faces are really big enough; two reserve new recruits can represent the Tiger Jiao Army? If he wins, won't I be eliminated?"

"If you lose, you have to admit it; if you’re not afraid of being eliminated, come over!"

With that, Zhao Xing swallowed Li Feng's cloud layer completely in one gulp.

"Boom~"

The cloud layer expanded instantly, and Zhao Xing's cloud layer also transformed into the Soldier Cloud state, and then, from the vortex, spat out a full eighteen Cloud Armor Giants.

The pitch-black giants looked stronger than the ones Li Feng had cast.

"Pfft~"

With the cloud spell broken, Li Feng's vital energy backfired, and blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, his face pale.

Originally, he wouldn't have been so unbearable, but being defeated in public, he was so angry that he couldn't control the backfire of his vital energy.

"Hoo~" A gentle wind blew past Li Feng, and in the next moment, he appeared outside the boundary marker.

Seeing this, Jiang He and Jiang Hai snorted coldly and had no choice but to give up.

"Li Feng actually lost?"

"Cloud Swallowing Technique, what a powerful Cloud Swallowing Technique; this must be at least seventh-turn Cloud Swallowing, right?"

"Divine Might Army's Zhao Xing, why have I never heard of him?"

"The way of cloud spells is supreme, and the Cloud Swallowing Technique is the strongest among all cloud spells, but it is too difficult to practice; I have only cultivated it to the fourth turn."

"Who dares to specialize in the Cloud Swallowing Technique? It delays cultivation progress too much; everyone specializes in other cloud spells and assists with Cloud Swallowing."

"Once Cloud Swallowing appears, who can compete?"

"It seems that no one can compare to Zhao Xing in the cloud spell stage."

Many gazes were fixed on the pitch-black cloud vortex in the sky, and at the same time, they completely remembered the name Zhao Xing of the Divine Might Army.

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On the flying boat, Zuo Zijhi and Lu Bang watched the movement below quietly.

"Cloud Swallowing Technique at the eighth turn," Zuo Zijhi said in surprise. "No wonder he was selected by the Divine Might Army as soon as he turned from a clerk to a regular; he really has some unique points."

"Li Feng was too arrogant; he dared to make bold statements just by fighting with cloud spells. It seems that his previous winning streak made him a bit floaty," Lu Bang snorted coldly. "Losing here, it’s good to wake up; if he’s arrogant again after going to the army, it won't just harm him, but also implicate the whole army."

"I see that the people below are also too idle, and there are quite a few people watching the battle and chatting; can we speed up the elimination process?" Zuo Zijhi asked.

"That is exactly my intention," Lu Bang nodded, then pressed his hands down.

The dark golden cloud layer in the sky descended sharply.