Chapter 421: Did the Little Fatty Cause Trouble?

"Cold Heaven Whip!"

"Bang!"

"Ninefold Wave of Whip Shadows!"

"Boom!"

"Bang!"

Staring somewhat blankly at the ice wall in front of him that had been shattered into dust, the disheveled Xiao Han looked strangely at the furious Imperial in front of him and said in shock:

"You actually hid your strength?"

"What? Not allowed?"

Waving the long whip in his hand, causing thunderous cracks to ring out in the air, the Imperial said expressionlessly.

"No... no."

In the wrong, Xiao Han could only chuckle sheepishly to the side, shaking his head like a rattle-drum, his attitude extremely sincere.

Never expected it, never expected it!

This thick-browed, big-eyed Imperial actually betrayed their revolutionary friendship and held something back!

He was worthy of his reputation back then; just now, without using Spirit Array cultivation, in a battle between peers, he had actually been pinned to the ground and hammered by the furious Imperial, forcing him to temporarily avoid the sharp edge (scurry away with his head in his hands).

Rubbing his arm, which had turned slightly blue from being caught in the aftermath of the battle, Xiao Han couldn't help but wince.

"Your strength is a bit beyond the standard!"

"What does that count for."

The Imperial's anger, which had been ignored by Xiao Han for half a month, had already dissipated, and he said in a casual tone:

"Don't forget, you are my successor, of the same lineage; until you reach the strength I had back then, the purity of your Spirit Power will always be suppressed by me."

"Isn't it normal to get beaten up?"

Xiao Han nodded in agreement, though his heart ached.

This was the drawback of inheritance; although it provided the successor with a broad road already explored by their predecessor, it also limited the successor's potential for development to a certain extent.

Unless one transcended the inherited path and headed toward the unknown, the vast majority of successors would never be a match for the owner of the inheritance.

Even though Xiao Han was now extremely close to that step, he was still one final kick away; relying solely on Spirit Power in battle, he was no match for the Imperial at all.

"It seems you have already mastered this Inheritance Ruins?"

The Imperial asked curiously.

"That's right."

Xiao Han nodded, the crystal ball appearing in his palm; after refining it, he could feel the close connection between himself and the ruins.

What followed was wild joy, with an undisguised smile,

"Now, the entire ruins belong to us."

"It's time to leave." Although the Imperial was excited, he didn't value it too much; he was more concerned about when they would leave.

"You want to leave?"

Xiao Han was startled, then pointed suspiciously at the huge Nine Nether Jade Vein mountain above, saying with a half-smile:

"This is an excellent place for you to cultivate, isn't it?"

Before the Imperial could answer, Xiao Han continued:

"I can set up a covering Spirit Array in the ruins to draw out the cold energy within the Nine Nether Jade Vein; with the amount of Nine Nether Jade here, the effect is even better than Supreme Spiritual Liquid."

"Really?"

The Imperial was overjoyed; who would want to go out if they could cultivate directly? At the very least, his primary task now was to return to his peak.

"Then what about you?"

The Imperial then remembered something and asked.

"I still have some things to take care of; I will set off as soon as I finish setting up the Spirit Array."

The Imperial did not continue to ask; for him, cultivation was more attractive.

Three days later.

Accompanied by a loud boom, a grand array covering the entire Nine Nether Jade Vein slowly unfolded, circled in the sky for a moment, and then escaped into the void.

Feeling the rapidly expanding icy Spirit Power in the surroundings, both Xiao Han and the Imperial nodded in satisfaction.

"This Nine Nether Jade really lives up to its reputation," the Imperial praised from the bottom of his heart. With such boundless Spirit Power, cultivating here, breaking through to Heavenly Sovereign within twenty years was not a dream!

………

Spiritual Academy Tournament arena.

Inside a huge valley, tens of thousands of Spiritual Academy Tournament participants were in the central plain, densely packed, divided into two factions, blades and swords unsheathed, Spirit Power surging, sharp and exposed.

A murderous atmosphere permeated the entire valley, and the leaders were naturally the seeded teams of this Spiritual Academy Tournament—the Five Great Academies.

The leader of the side with a significantly smaller number of people stepped out; it was the captain of the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy, Bing Yu.

With a slightly feminine face, a white-gold robe paired with a blue shawl of long hair, there was even a hint of charm.

He said loudly to the figures eyeing them covetously in front:

"What, Qing Hao, is your Holy Spiritual Academy having another 'chance encounter' today?"

"Hmph!"

A dark blue long gown perfectly fit his straight and tall body, and a small sword-shaped green pendant hung on his left ear, which not only did not damage the boy's masculine aura in the slightest, but was instead full of masculine charm.

Hearing this, the boy named Qing Hao snorted coldly and immediately drew the long sword in his hand, the blade pointing directly at the former,

"Bing Yu, I, this Saint Son, will not make things difficult for you; hand over the key to the ruins and give up the competition for the ruins this time, and I, this Saint Son, can let your Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy team leave safely."

Bing Yu did not answer, turning his head to the two people behind Qing Hao, who were the team leaders of the Myriad Phoenix Spiritual Academy and the Azure Heaven Spiritual Academy respectively.

The captain of the Myriad Phoenix Spiritual Academy, Xue Qinghuang, had long fiery red hair, full of vitality, with long, narrow phoenix eyes that were arrogant and cold, a straight nose bridge, and thin red lips.

She is like her name, the whole person just like a proud phoenix; standing simply in the crowd, she can easily attract the attention of the entire venue.

As for the captain of Azure Heaven Spiritual Academy, Li Xuanyi, he is a style completely different from Xue Qinghuang.

Dressed in an ordinary black robe with clean, short black hair, he toys with a sharp, ink-black dagger in his hand, eyes narrowed, wearing a gentle and mysterious smile; one can barely even perceive his presence in the crowd.

"Can you tell me about the plans of your two spiritual academies?"

"Don't tell me that you, as members of the Five Great Academies, still need to bow your heads to the Holy Spiritual Academy." At the end of these words, Bing Yu's tone was already somewhat disdainful.

From the positioning of the two, it could be seen that this joint operation by the three academies to encircle and suppress Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy was clearly led by the Holy Spiritual Academy, which is truly baffling.

Are they not afraid of being ridiculed if word of this reaches their respective spiritual academies? Even their Deans would not let them off.

Hearing this, Li Xuanyi was fine, merely replying with a smile:

"Rest assured, Captain Bing Yu, I have no intention of betraying my academy; as for the reason..."

"It cannot be said, it cannot be said!"

Xue Qinghuang, however, was not so polite; her expression was extremely ugly, and her tone was fierce:

"You Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy did such a good deed yourselves, yet you dare ask us Myriad Phoenix Spiritual Academy?"

"Go ask that little fatty from your Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy yourself!"

Huh?!

Bing Yu and the others were stunned, their eyes filled with thick confusion; they had only intended to talk trash to stall for time, but it turned out there really was an inside story!

They exchanged glances:

"The little fatty, could it be that kid Li Tianqiong?"

"It should be... right? Just don't know how he provoked the captain of Myriad Phoenix Spiritual Academy."

"This grudge is too deep!"

Someone sighed endlessly; their team had caused such a huge commotion on the competition field, yet it couldn't even compare to a little fatty with a wild imagination?

"What if someone framed him? We can't just believe the one-sided words of this Myriad Phoenix Spiritual Academy captain, right?"

"That's right, with such a big grudge, it couldn't be that the little fatty abandoned someone from Myriad Phoenix Spiritual Academy after toying with them, could it?" someone joked casually.

As the words fell...

An eerie silence!

Caw! Caw! Caw!

A flock of crows flew over the five people.

"It couldn't really be true, could it?" That person swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

"Absolutely not!" x4

(End of chapter)