Chapter 319: The Half-Wolf, Heavenly Wolf Academy!

Half Moon late stage!

Zhao Tianxing's pupils suddenly contracted.

Though he had guessed that Su Yu would improve significantly after emerging from seclusion this time, Zhao Tianxing never imagined that Su Yu's advancement would be this terrifying.

Zhao Tianxing was also an existence who had walked the extreme path, and in his day was a top-tier prodigy at Qianlong Academy.

But back then, when Zhao Tianxing broke through from Star Ancestor Master to Bright Moon Grand Master, he had only reached Crescent Moon late stage.

And even that had already shaken the entire Qianlong Academy.

But this time, Su Yu had actually surpassed every record — the moment he broke through, he was already an existence at Half Moon late stage.

One should know that this cultivation alone was enough for Su Yu to rank in the top ten of the Heavenly Pride Ranking.

Add to that Su Yu's terrifying combat power...

Zhao Tianxing suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

He glanced at the positions of the other academies, especially looking among the Five Great Academies, and shook his head.

"This time... the people of the Five Great Academies are in for it."

As Zhao Tianxing murmured, the battles among the third-tier academies also began.

There were many third-tier academies — a full twenty to thirty of them.

But third-tier academies generally shared one characteristic.

That was the absence of top-tier prodigies.

Su Yu glanced briefly — even the strongest among the third-tier academies was merely an existence at the Flying Heaven Realm.

And even then, the kind who had just entered the Flying Heaven Realm. From this alone, one could see how vast the gap in level was between martial academies.

One should know that for martial academies, the gap between third-tier and second-tier was already enormous, let alone first-tier, or even the Five Great Academies.

A third-tier academy could generally be founded with three or more Bright Moon Grand Master experts.

Therefore, the admission requirements for third-tier academies were also very low.

For a third-tier academy, it was already good if they could recruit someone who ranked in the top five hundred of the entrance exam.

The crowd took one look at the matches among the third-tier academies and lost most of their interest.

The Academy Grand Competition was mainly about the battles between first-tier academies and the Five Great Academies — that was what was more interesting.

The third-tier academy matches ended quickly. The final victor was a martial academy called Gale Academy.

Gale Academy had produced a mid Flying Heaven Realm monster this time. Though he couldn't compare to those on the Heavenly Pride Ranking, placed in some of the more remote regions of Daxia...

he could already become a local powerhouse.

Especially in a province like Jiangnan Sheng, where the strongest was merely a Grand Master expert — if one could go to a place like this after graduation in the future...

their local status could be described as second to none, above ten thousand.

Gale Academy took first place but did not choose to challenge the bottom of the previous second-tier academies.

Because, based on surface combat power alone, a mid Flying Heaven Realm student did not yet have the ability to lead them into becoming a second-tier academy.

With no challenges issued, the matches among the third-tier academies came to a complete end.

Soon, the second-tier academy matches began.

Second-tier academies were a cut above third-tier academies, but their numbers had also clearly decreased significantly.

There were only sixteen second-tier academies.

The higher up one went, the fewer martial academies there were.

First-tier academies, counting the Five Great Academies, numbered only ten.

In other words, to become a first-tier academy, one had to place in the top ten in the Academy Grand Competition.

This alone eliminated many.

In truth, in terms of teaching staff, some top-tier second-tier academies were not the slightest bit inferior to first-tier academies. The only gap was reflected in the strength of their students.

After all, the most important thing for a martial academy was still cultivating students and unlocking their full potential.

Only an academy that taught well could be considered a good martial academy.

This was also the meaning of the Academy Grand Competition.

Su Yu sat in Qianlong Academy's seat, with Wu Ling'er beside him. Wu Ling'er rested obediently against Su Yu's shoulder.

Though Su Yu felt somewhat awkward, under Wu Ling'er's insistent demands, he could only silently compromise.

Even now, Su Yu still had no idea what Wu Ling'er saw in him.

This little girl was like a blank sheet of paper. With a single sentence from the Charm King, Su Yu's name was carved onto that sheet.

And from that, Su Yu had his place.

Su Yu's gaze remained fixed on the sixteen second-tier academies.

Soon, Su Yu was drawn to a martial academy called Heavenly Wolf Academy.

"Huh!"

Su Yu made a soft sound, and everyone turned to look at him.

"What's wrong? Is something off?"

Zhang Xiaobai asked.

Su Yu's eyes narrowed slightly as he looked toward Heavenly Wolf Academy's position. Seated there was a pale-faced young man.

The young man looked as though he was malnourished, sitting alone in a corner. The students of Heavenly Wolf Academy seemed to be intentionally or unintentionally keeping a certain distance from him.

As if they were isolating him.

However, Su Yu could see that this was no isolation.

It was... fear!

Every student of Heavenly Wolf Academy was afraid of this pale-faced young man.

As Su Yu's gaze fell, the youth also seemed to sense it, slowly turning to look at Su Yu.

Only now did Su Yu finally get a clear look at the youth's appearance.

His complexion was pallid, as if he had lost all blood, without any trace of color.

It was like a blank sheet of paper.

If one had to describe it with words, it would be pure!

Pure white!

But if one looked closely, one could see that the youth's pupils were somewhat different from those of an ordinary Human Race!

His pupils had three layers!

At the center of his black pupils were two different colors, gold and red, blended together.

Within those pupils, Su Yu only felt an extremely icy aura, as well as an extremely sharp killing intent!

Su Yu had only seen such a gaze in the eyes of those warriors on the Myriad Races Battlefield!

The youth noticed Su Yu's gaze and gave him a smile.

But beneath that smile lay a bloodthirsty fluctuation that instantly spread out.

"Interesting!"

Su Yu felt no fear at all; instead, he showed a hint of curiosity.

"This Sirius Academy is kind of interesting!"

Su Yu's mouth corner twitched slightly upward.

Everyone hearing Su Yu's voice couldn't help but look toward Sirius Academy.

When they saw the youth, they couldn't help but have their pupils contract.

Even Xiang Shaoyun frowned slightly.

"This guy, he doesn't seem to be Human Race."

Everyone was shocked and lost color.

"Not Human Race?" New Biquge

Xiang Shaoyun explained.

"On the Myriad Races Continent, there exist many hybrid breeds of different races; some Humans who mistakenly enter the Myriad Races Continent will live there, and thus live together with people of other races."

"Finally, the offspring they give birth to are not pure-blooded creatures of a single race; such beings are generally not permitted by the Myriad Races, and once discovered, they are subject to immediate execution."

"However, some Human factions can accept such existence. Although such beings may have some biological defects, in combat power they combine the traits of two races, becoming extraordinarily strong."

"Generally, at the same realm, such beings possess extremely strong combat power; no one at the same realm can match them."

"I think this person from Sirius Academy is likely such a hybrid being."

Xiang Shaoyun explained.

At this moment, Zhao Tianxing, who had remained silent, spoke up.

"Sirius Academy has always accepted all kinds of students, much like our Qianlong Academy, with education for all. However, their approach to education for all is more extreme: for them, anyone with Human Race blood will be admitted and cultivated."

"This little guy is probably a fusion of Human Race and Wolf Race."

Hearing Zhao Tianxing's words, Su Yu stretched.

"A Human-Wolf fusion? Kind of interesting; looks like there'll be some trouble later!"

"What do you mean?"

Tian Ming frowned and asked.

Su Yu smiled faintly.

"I still can't tell, but this guy is Sirius Academy's trump card; he hasn't made a move yet, so Sirius Academy will surely take first place among the second-tier academies this time."

"What puzzles me is that this guy isn't even on the Heavenly Pride Ranking; that's rather strange."

Everyone looked, and indeed, in every battle of Sirius Academy, this youth simply sat there, never having made a move.

Moreover, the quality of Sirius Academy's students this time is extremely terrifying, with several having even broken through to the late Star Ancestor Master stage.

"Sirius Academy is strong, no doubt, but Seven Stars Academy isn't bad either—pure Star Ancestor Masters; although they lack a Bright Moon Grand Master, each one is enough to uphold a heaven and earth."

Chu Hong said lightly.

Facing Chu Hong's skepticism, Su Yu gave a light smile and did not argue.

According to Su Yu's intuition, the biggest dark horse among the second-tier academies this time must be Sirius Academy.

Indeed, when the final battle for first place came, Sirius Academy relied solely on its other students and had already defeated Seven Stars Academy, becoming the first-place second-tier academy.

Thunder King stood upon the firmament and spoke in a resonant voice.

"In the second-tier academy battle, first place goes to Sirius Academy!"

Along with Thunder King's announcement, on the Sirius Academy seats, an old man resembling a Luo Guo suddenly became excited and couldn't help but stand up.

In the audience seats, sounds of praise also rose.

"Sirius Academy's strength is truly not bad; being able to become first in the second-tier academies, they're hardly inferior to first-tier academies, right?"

"Yes, and have you noticed that Sirius Academy hasn't even deployed all its people yet and already become first? It seems Sirius Academy may very well become a first-tier academy this time."

Upon the firmament, Thunder King glanced toward Sirius Academy's position and said lightly.

"As the second-tier champion, you have the right to challenge the last-place first-tier academy from the previous session; Sirius Academy, will you challenge?"

The principal of Sirius Academy, that old man resembling a Luo Guo, gave a hehe laugh and turned his gaze toward Qianlong Academy.

"Sirius Academy... challenges Qianlong Academy!"