Chapter 602: Lieyang Academy! (Please vote for monthly tickets)

"Competing in the Cosmic Martial Arts Arena for three consecutive days consumes a huge amount of mental power, but it also has a tempering effect on the mind."

Lin Qi looked at the panel again; after consuming countless Soul Marrow, his mental power had now reached 38,500, a threshold of 40,000 mental power.

It was only 1,500 away.

And once he broke through 40,000 mental power, that was the mental power of a Ninth Realm Void-Flying martial artist.

He could also achieve mental power exceeding the blood value by a major realm.

This was something only a mental cultivator could do in the past, but now he could do it too.

Immediately, he sat cross-legged again, opened the virtual bracelet, and chose to enter the cosmic virtual world.

"Buzz!!"

When he opened his eyes, he had already arrived at his personal space, and a martial arts training ground that couldn't be seen to the end appeared in his sight.

"Shoo!!"

He turned into golden lightning, frantically shuttling through the training ground; even a spacious martial arts room couldn't let him run wantonly.

But it couldn't be like this training ground, possessing a wide area.

After cultivating for a while, he opened his personal panel to check his personal data in the Cosmic Martial Arts Arena.

【Nickname: Yang Jian】

【Realm: Cosmic First Realm Aperture-Refining】

【Win Rate: 100% (465 wins, 0 losses)】

【Wu Dou Power: 6 Stars】

【Milky Way Ranking: 10】

【Triangulum Galaxy Ranking: 5.1 billion...】

【Lieyang Elder Elder Xing Yu Ranking: 200.8 billion...】

Lin Qi looked at his ranking and nodded; in three days, he had matched a full 465 matches, and he had successfully improved his combat power to 6 stars.

At the same time, whether it was the Triangulum Galaxy or the Lieyang Elder Elder Xing Yu ranking, they had improved significantly.

Although the ranking was still very low, it improved every day.

"In another two months, I have the confidence to impact the top 1,000 in the Triangulum Galaxy; by then, the opponents I encounter will probably all be star-system-level geniuses."

Lin Qi calculated silently in his heart; his biggest goal was naturally to impact the first place.

But the difficulty was too great.

His talent was powerful now, but it hadn't reached the level of being invincible in the world.

In the entire Lieyang Elder Elder Xing Yu, there might be existences with even more powerful talent than him.

"One step at a time!"

Lin Qi entered the matching mode of the Cosmic Martial Arts Arena.

【Matching started!】

【Matching successful!】

His figure instantly disappeared from where he was and entered the arena.

An hour later.

On the white arena, two figures appeared out of thin air.

【Nickname: Fan De】

【Win Rate: 80% (800 wins, 200 losses)】

【Wu Dou Power: 7 Stars】

【Ranking:...】

Fan De was a dark-skinned man wearing purple combat armor, burly and strong, wielding a silver battle axe.

When he saw the opponent's information this time, his brows furrowed.

"100% win rate, actually hasn't lost a single match!"

"Which civilization's genius is this!"

"Today, let me end your winning streak!"

"Wanting to achieve the 500-win streak achievement and get Deep Space Coins? That's impossible."

Fan De revealed an excited smile and said in the universal language of the universe.

"500-win streak? Reward?"

Lin Qi's heart moved; a 500-win streak actually had a reward of Deep Space Coins?

He actually didn't know; he planned to ask Deep Blue about it after the battle ended.

And now he had to solve the opponent in front of him.

【Countdown:... 3, 2, 1】

【Martial Arts Arena competition officially begins!】

Above the arena, the smart voice announced loudly.

"Boom!!"

A terrifying aura erupted from Fan De, and two layers of silver patterns emerged, condensing on the sharp battle axe.

"Zzz!!"

"Come and fight!"

Fan De shouted, taking the lead, rushing out like a beast, and the Silver Thunder Axe Gang slashed out, like a thunderclap in a rainstorm.

Tearing the air, it arrived in an instant.

He was burly, but his explosive power was astonishing; at the start, he made Lin Qi feel danger.

This was a powerful opponent!

"Buzz buzz!"

The black-gold great spear in Lin Qi's hand trembled, and two layers of golden patterns emerged, sharp and exposed.

Facing the opponent, he chose to use two abilities, keeping himself at the same level as the other party.

This way, he could better hone his spear technique.

Otherwise, if he used his full strength and killed the other party in one move, there would be no improvement, and wouldn't that be a waste of time?

Then he might as well go to the battlefield; at least he could earn Merit Points by hunting disaster beasts.

Facing the attack, he brandished the black-gold great spear, and a golden protective shield emerged around his body.

"Bang!"

The spear shaft collided with the battle axe, emitting a deafening explosion, and the air vibrated.

The gravity in the Cosmic Martial Arts Arena was completely different from Blue Star, being five times heavier than Blue Star, and the power of the moves would all be reduced.

However, for Lin Qi, the impact was not big!

"Clang clang!!"

Fan De felt a burst of power counter-shocked back, making his arms numb.

"What strong power!"

He was secretly shocked in his heart; he was worthy of being a genius who wanted to impact a 500-win streak!

He had tried it before, but eventually failed; this time, seeing someone else impact it, how could he let the other party get their wish.

"Zzz!!"

A violent thunder domain power was released from his body, pressing down on Lin Qi.

"Boom!"

On Lin Qi's body, the Gold Domain erupted, forming a confrontation with the other party.

Through the collision of the domains, Lin Qi could also quickly judge the other party's axe technique realm.

This opponent, Fan De, had an axe technique at the mid-stage of the Fifth Stage, which was much worse than his own.

Wanting to defeat him was impossible.

"Clang clang clang!!"

Both sides confronted and bombarded each other, and Lin Qi also began to turn defense into offense.

Golden Light Fifty-Four Consecutive Strikes!

"Shoo shoo shoo!!"

"So fast!"

Under Lin Qi's lightning-fast speed, Fan De retreated steadily, raising his battle axe to block; fortunately, the other party's speed was still within the range he could accept, and there was still hope of winning.

Three minutes later!

A thought instantly popped into Fan De's mind.

"I'm being played with!"

Within a few minutes, he was completely in a state of being suppressed!

It made him unable to breathe, too suffocating.

This opponent named Yang Jian had strength several times stronger than his.

Suddenly, a strand of golden light pierced his neck.

"Is this the strength of a top-tier genius?"

Fan De's mind flashed with this thought, and his body also instantly turned into nothingness and dissipated.

【Battle ended: Yang Jian wins!】

【You fought against several geniuses, gained more insights into spear technique, and your control over "World-Extinguishing Spear Canon" has improved, Spear Technique +1%】

【You fought against several geniuses, gained insights into body technique, and your mastery of body technique "Thunder Extreme Nine Flashes" has improved, Body Technique +1%】

【Spear Technique: Fifth Stage 62% → Fifth Stage 63%】

【Body Technique: Fifth Stage 56% → Fifth Stage 57%】

In the personal space, after Lin Qi was teleported back, he immediately looked at the panel data; through several days of confrontation, even if the opponents weren't strong enough.

But the improvement effect was still very obvious.

Then he looked at the Cosmic Martial Arts Arena again.

In one hour, he had conducted 20 matches!

Currently, he still maintained a 100% win rate, and the winning streak had reached 486 matches; from 500 matches, only 14 matches remained.

"Deep Blue!"

Lin Qi suddenly shouted.

"I'm here!"

The next instant, the blue-clad Deep Blue appeared out of thin air in front of him.

"Deep Blue, will there be a reward for a 500-win streak in the Cosmic Martial Arts Arena?"

Deep Blue projected a screen, displaying a large amount of rule text, and she explained:

"According to the rules of the Cosmic Martial Arts Arena, in order to encourage competition, an achievement function has been launched!"

"500-win streak, 1,000-win streak, 3,000-win streak, 5,000-win streak..."

"Every time you achieve one of them, you will receive an achievement and a large reward of Deep Space Coins!"

Lin Qi's eyes lit up.

He knew that geniuses could make money wherever they went.

Lin Qi continued to ask:

"If I achieve a 500-win streak, how many Deep Space Coins will I receive?"

Deep Blue explained: "The difficulty of achieving a 500-win streak in each realm is different."

"According to the rules, a 500-win streak in the Aperture-Refining Realm will receive 50,000 Deep Space Coins at once!"

Lin Qi's eyes lit up; this amount was not small.

After all, for him, a 500-win streak was not difficult; he could complete it by spending some time.

Completing the honing and earning money was simply too friendly to a genius like him.

If he remembered correctly, Sun Sheng and Li Tianxing had fought at least 2,000 matches and completed the 500-win streak and 1,000-win streak achievements.

The two of them could do it, so he should have no problem either.

"Beep!"

Suddenly, information was sent to him on the panel in front of him.

After Lin Qi saw it, his eyes lit up: "Information from Master!"

The next instant, a familiar burly figure appeared in front of him.

Wearing a silver robe, with a determined face, and his whole body radiating a heavy temperament like a mountain, it was the Shanhe King.

"Lin Qi, you've finally entered the cosmic virtual world!"

"Master!"

Lin Qi greeted him.

The Shanhe King nodded and continued: "I suppose you've already experienced the Cosmic Martial Arts Arena!"

"The universe is vast, and the Lieyang Elder Elder Xing Yu is already larger than we can imagine."

"The number of geniuses is as numerous as the stars."

"I rank in the top ten on Blue Star, but in the martial arts arena, there are plenty of people stronger than me."

"I went in to cultivate for a month and have already been defeated several times; currently, I am only 7-star combat power!"

Lin Qi spoke:

"Master, in a month's time, you've reached the strength of 7-star combat power in the Void-Flying Realm; that's already very strong."

The Shanhe King nodded:

"I suppose you haven't entered other virtual worlds yet; I'll take you to the Lieyang Academy!"

Lin Qi asked curiously: "Two days ago, Sun Sheng and Li Tianxing told me about the Lieyang Academy."

The Shanhe King nodded: "The Lieyang Academy is a good place; it is the hope for our Blue Star civilization to rise rapidly."

"However, entering it requires a fee of 30,000 Deep Space Coins, which is expensive; in our Blue Star civilization, only a small number of people can afford it."

"Lin Qi, I'll wait for you at the Lieyang Academy!"

After the Shanhe King said this, he disappeared out of thin air in the martial arts training ground.

Lin Qi himself searched for the Lieyang Academy on the screen.

【Yes/No to enter Lieyang Academy!】

【Please pay 30,000 Deep Space Coins!】

【Beep!】

【Payment successful; you have paid 30,000 Deep Space Coins!】

【Mr. Lin Qi from the Blue Star civilization, you have obtained the qualification to enter the Lieyang Academy; you will become a student of the Lieyang Academy.】

"Student!"

Lin Qi looked at these two words and suddenly remembered that he seemed to still be a student at the Cangqiong Martial Arts University.

It seemed he was about to graduate!

And now he was going to join a new academy.

He clicked the screen, and the next second, he disappeared from the personal space and was teleported into the virtual world.

Virtual World, Lieyang Academy!

Academy dormitory, in a certain dormitory.

"Buzz!"

Lin Qi opened his eyes and found himself in a bedroom.

The entire bedroom was quite spacious; besides a bed, there was nothing else.

He clenched his fists, feeling everything exceptionally real; he seemed to have entered a brand-new world.

He got up and opened the door.

In his eyes, in the sky, nine red-golden suns burning were embedded in the sky.

On the earth, white-red building complexes rose from the ground, standing on the earth, with a magnificent, scorching, and majestic temperament permeating every corner of the world.

"Is this the Lieyang Academy?"

He stood on a high floor, looking at the ground; coming and going were countless figures.

Some were burly, with bronze skin, printed with special patterns, about 2.5 meters tall, like little giants; these were people from the Tie Gang civilization.

They possessed top-tier strength and physique.

Some were lean, with silver hair and purple skin; they were people from the Night Erosion civilization.

Besides this, there were civilizations where both men and women were under 1.7 meters, and civilizations with the aura of wild beasts.

Wherever his gaze reached, he had already seen hundreds of civilizations, some of which he didn't even recognize.

These people all radiated a powerful temperament, and the weakest were Blood Exchange Realm martial artists.

And there were not a few Void-Flying Realm martial artists, with the number exceeding a hundred.

This was the Lieyang Academy, and it was also the first time Lin Qi had made contact with so many aliens.

"Beep!"

Suddenly, a panel popped up in front of Lin Qi, and a message popped up on it.

【Shanhe King: Lin Qi, I'm waiting for you downstairs in the dormitory building!】

A moment later, Lin Qi came downstairs in the dormitory area and saw the familiar Shanhe King.

"Lin Qi!"

The Shanhe King saw Lin Qi and smiled: "Just entered, do you feel very shocked?"

Lin Qi nodded:

"Indeed very shocked!"

The Shanhe King nodded: "I'll take you to visit the Lieyang Academy first!"

Lin Qi nodded and followed the Shanhe King's footsteps.

"In the Lieyang Academy, everyone walks or flies; if you want to use transportation, you have to pay to buy it."

"And the Lieyang Academy itself was established by several powerhouses in the Lieyang Elder Elder Xing Yu in cooperation with the Deep Space Academy."

"The purpose is to cultivate geniuses!"

"The entire Lieyang Elder Elder Xing Yu is exceptionally powerful, and the star domains it covers number in the tens of thousands; the former Starfire civilization was a member of the Lieyang Elder Elder Xing Yu."

Lin Qi sighed in his heart; the Lieyang Elder Elder Xing Yu is truly big!

Tens of thousands of galaxies; the Starfire civilization was already very strong in his eyes, possessing countless top-tier cultivation techniques and secret manuals.

It almost possessed the strength of a middle-tier civilization.

But in the Lieyang Elder Elder Xing Yu, there were tens of thousands of such existences.

It was simply too exaggerated.

The Shanhe King continued:

"In the Lieyang Elder Elder Xing Yu, because the gap between civilizations is extremely large, the gap in inheritance is also extremely large; many geniuses, if they cannot obtain top-tier inheritance, are not geniuses of powerful civilizations at all."

"And after entering the cosmic virtual world, I realized that not all civilizations can achieve fairness."

"Many geniuses of civilizations, because of their low backgrounds, cannot get good cultivation, and eventually waste their talent."

"Plus the strength of primary civilizations and the gap with middle-tier civilizations is too large; without good inheritance and guidance from famous teachers, they will never be able to catch up with powerful civilizations."

"And our human race pays the most attention to the cultivation of geniuses, so the Lieyang Academy was born!"

"Inside, there are not only top-tier martial artists who are teachers, but even Cosmic Second Realm and even Cosmic Third Realm martial artists."

"They will specifically open courses to teach martial arts skills."

"At the same time, there is top-tier inheritance!"

"As long as you have Deep Space Coins, you can buy top-tier inheritance; cultivation techniques and secret manuals are all available!"

Lin Qi's eyes lit up: "Really!"

The Shanhe King nodded:

"It's true; I've been here for a month and can be very sure."

"The five-star rated secret manuals in the Starfire civilization are also available in the Lieyang Academy, and quite a few!"

"The only drawback is that you need to spend money to learn, and the Deep Space Coins required are not few."

Lin Qi smiled: "If Deep Space Coins are insufficient, then find a way to

The Shanhe Wang also rarely revealed a smile and said:

"I was thinking the same thing myself."

"At the Lieyang Dao Academy, as long as one has talent, it is enough to bridge the gap with top-tier civilizations in terms of heritage."

While chatting, the two arrived before a massive building.

The entire building was shaped like an ancient red halberd thrust upside down into the ground; the whole structure flowed with liquid metal patterns, majestic and solemn, containing a strong martial artistic conception.

The Shanhe Wang introduced from the side:

"This Dao Academy is where the strong come to take classes. You can log into the Lieyang Dao Academy's network, where you can choose the teachers you want to learn from."

"However, classes are not free; the stronger the teacher, the more Deep Space Coins are required."

"By the way, there is also a forum on the Dao Academy's official website where you can scout for information and understand universal news."

"Since those who can enter the Dao Academy are not ordinary people, the information in the discussions is relatively high in authenticity."

"At the same time, you can socialize within the Dao Academy. If you can get to know some geniuses with powerful backgrounds, it will be beneficial for our Lanxing civilization, and even for yourself."

Lin Qi nodded. Their Lanxing civilization had just begun to contact the universe, and there was too much they needed to understand and familiarize themselves with.

Relying solely on the network, where information is a mix of truth and falsehood, one cannot believe everything.

But the Lieyang Dao Academy's forum was different; it was filled with geniuses, so the information would be more accurate.

It might even be possible to scout out a lot of information that others do not know.

After all, no matter where you are, information asymmetry will always exist.

Information asymmetry can even affect the development of a civilization.

Thinking this way, Lin Qi looked at his personal panel and began to search the Lieyang Dao Academy's official website.

【Authentication passed, welcome to the Lieyang Dao Academy!】

Lin Qi looked at the pop-up message; sure enough, an identity was required to enter the Dao Academy's official website.

And one identity was worth 30,000 Deep Space Coins; this was not a small amount.

Then he saw various modules: Forum, Learning, Lieyang Ranking, Q&A, Secret Technique Analysis...

He entered the Learning module, which was divided into Courses and Individual Guidance.

Courses were just like when he was in his third year of high school, with Zhang Cheng teaching and a group of students responsible for listening to the instruction.

And individual guidance was equivalent to a private tutor, requiring more money to be spent.

He clicked on Courses.

The first thing that caught his eye was a large amount of teacher information, and he began to look through it simply.

【Teacher: Le Wei Kaide】

【Realm: Universe Second Realm】

【Course Taught: Sword Technique】

【Deep Space Coins: 1,000/class hour】

【Teacher: Jiasite】

【Realm: Universe Third Realm】

【Skill Taught: Blade Technique】

【Deep Space Coins: 10,000/class hour】

After seeing the price of the courses, Lin Qi's eyes widened immediately.

"So expensive?"

"A course from a Universe Second Realm practitioner requires 10,000 Deep Space Coins?"

Lin Qi thought about the 20,000 Deep Space Coins he had left; it could only pay for two classes from a Universe Third Realm powerhouse.

Looking at it this way, he was simply too poor!

And the Shanhe Wang beside him, after hearing this, immediately revealed a smile and said:

"Expensive naturally has its reasons for being expensive!"

"Universe Second Realm and Universe Third Realm are naturally different."

(End of chapter)