Chapter 328: Consecutive Forfeits

The gazes of the two teams collided, instantly sparking intense sparks.

Profound Star Academy is also a first-rate academy, and in the previous ranking it even surpassed Qianlong Academy.

This time, the prodigies sent by Profound Star Academy to compete are extremely formidable.

All of them are Star Ancestor Masters or above.

The number of Bright Moon Grand Masters directly reached three.

Compared to Heavenly Wolf Academy, their quality is clearly somewhat better.

After all, they are a first-rate academy; although Heavenly Wolf Academy's quality this time is infinitely close to that of a first-rate academy, in number they are still somewhat weaker than a first-rate academy.

After all, Heavenly Wolf Academy's ace is Lin Fei.

Unfortunately, Lin Fei was defeated by Su Yu.

If it were any other prodigy, Lin Fei truly would not be their match.

The leader of Heavenly Wolf Academy is a slender youth, emanating powerful fluctuations; he is actually a Half Moon realm powerhouse.

Such cultivation, even among first-rate academies, counts as formidable.

He led the students of Profound Star Academy onto the fighting stage.

Qianlong Academy, too, under the leadership of Su Yu and Xiang Shaoyun, stepped onto the fighting stage; after a brief ceremony, the match began directly.

On Qianlong Academy's side, the first to appear was Chu Hong.

According to Zhao Tianxing, Qianlong Academy urgently needs a great deal of fame, and the quickest way to gain it is to defeat the opponent as fast as possible!

Thus, Chu Hong went out first!

Profound Star Academy, not to be outdone, sent out their leader, the youth, as soon as they entered the field.

The battle was on the verge of breaking out.

On the spectator stands, countless spectators stared intently at the battle below; ordinary Grand Master powerhouses enjoy extremely high status.

Especially Bright Moon Grand Masters—ordinary people never get to see their battles; only at the academy's grand tournament can one witness such close-quarters clashes between Bright Moon Grand Masters.

For them, witnessing such a battle is a relatively novel experience.

After undergoing the enhancement of the Inheritance Path, Chu Hong had reached the late Half Moon stage, his power extraordinarily formidable; in just a few minutes he had already defeated his opponent.

He then went on to defeat seven opponents in a row, only to finally fall under the relentless onslaught of the eighth.

Finally, Tian Ming entered the field and swept away the remaining three.

Thus, Qianlong Academy emerged victorious!

The Profound Star Academy Principal's face darkened slightly.

After all, having lost to Qianlong Academy, they are now the bottom of the first-rate academies; although they haven't fallen to second-rate, they remain the lowest, which sounds unpleasant to admit.

But there's nothing to be done—Qianlong Academy's strength this time is truly terrifying.

"I have to say, Qianlong Academy's lineup this year is really impressive; perhaps they have a chance to challenge the Five Great Academies!"

"Five Great Academies? What a joke! Do you really think those from the Five Great Academies are vegetarians? Although Qianlong Academy is strong, at best they can only reach second place."

"You should know that among first-rate academies, the top one alone has as many as five Bright Moon Grand Master powerhouses."

In the face of Qianlong Academy's victory, the spectator stands showed little surprise.

After all, Qianlong Academy's lineup speaks for itself—winning is expected, losing would be truly embarrassing.

Yet Qianlong Academy's swift defeat of Profound Star Academy also surprised everyone present.

"I wonder how far Qianlong Academy will ultimately go—could they possibly sweep through all the first-rate academies?"

Someone joked.

Everyone scoffed.

"Sweep through? What a joke! To sweep through all first-rate academies, you'd need the caliber of the Five Great Academies; although Qianlong Academy's lineup is decent, it's clearly far weaker than that of the Five Great Academies."

The spectator stands buzzed with discussion.

Meanwhile, the Qianlong Academy crowd remained standing around the fighting stage, waiting for the next academy to arrive.

Obviously, they were preparing to continue pushing for higher rankings.

The academy ranked third among first-rate academies is called Holy Light Academy, a martial arts academy.

At Holy Light Academy's seat, a burly middle-aged man rose to his feet—turns out he was the Holy Light Academy Principal.

His face was somewhat grim, but he finally couldn't help speaking up.

"Holy Light Academy forfeits!"

As soon as those words were spoken, an uproar erupted throughout the arena.

"What? They actually forfeited outright—what is Holy Light Academy up to?"

Someone complained.

They had come today just to watch the matches, yet before the competition even started, Holy Light Academy forfeited outright.

This is like punching cotton—utterly futile.

"Exactly—even if you can't win, you should at least give it a go; Holy Light Academy isn't even as good as Profound Star Academy."

"Sigh, I never expected Qianlong Academy's side to win so easily—I haven't even seen Xiang Shaoyun make a move yet!"

The Holy Light Academy Principal heard the discontent from the spectator stands and gave a bitter laugh.

"We insiders know our own affairs."

Although Holy Light Academy's ranking is above Profound Star Academy, in terms of actual strength they are roughly equal.

Anyway, with Profound Star Academy at the bottom, even if our ranking drops a notch, it won't matter much.

So we simply decided to forfeit outright.

With Holy Light Academy's forfeit, Qianlong Academy smoothly advanced to the next round.

However, what surprised everyone was that Holy Light Academy's forfeit seemed to create a butterfly effect.

The second-ranked Cloud Summit Academy actually chose to forfeit as well.

This scene shocked the audience so much their jaws dropped.

"What the hell, what's going on, another forfeit—are these top academies all useless? They don't even dare to fight Qianlong Academy."

"Yeah, it's utterly boring—if they all just forfeit, what kind of academy grand competition is this?"

The crowd voiced their dissatisfaction.

Even some extreme spectators went so far as to throw trash directly at the seats of Cloud Summit Academy and Holy Light Academy.

They were obviously extremely dissatisfied.

Even the Thunder King standing on the Heavenly Dome couldn't help but frown.

"It seems the Martial King's idea was correct—being a Martial Dao Academy, they don't even dare to have a match, yet they still talk about martial arts!"

The Thunder King shook his head.

"Once it's over, we have to take these guys to Hope City for a walk—just for face, they won't even dare to compete, it's utterly embarrassing!"

The Thunder King gazed with a grim expression at Holy Light Academy and Cloud Summit Academy.

With the two academies forfeiting, Qianlong Academy naturally became second among the top academies.

And Qianlong Academy, as expected, chose to continue the challenge.

The next moment, a burst of strong light erupted in a corner.

Then came a muffled thud.

A youth then stepped onto the fighting platform, wearing a smile, looking at the people of Qianlong Academy.

The corner of his mouth even revealed a provocative expression.

"Nine Heavens Academy... Yang Feng!"