Chapter 1069: Single House Arena

The venue for the House-Level Evaluation was located on the east side of the Outer Court of Tianyuan Ancient Academy.

The towering circular stands were extremely spacious, like a plaza, and the hollow central area of the circular stands was where the battle platform for the matches was located.

The interior was extremely vast, and the space showed a faint distortion, clearly modified by special means, so the area within must be far more enormous than imagined.

Within the battle platform area, countless python-like green trunks writhed, seemingly alive, merging in various ways as they writhed, then constructing numerous movable arena zones.

These zones varied in size, and within them even mountains, rivers, and streams had evolved—truly wondrous.

When Li Luo and Mentor Xi Chan arrived at the area where the Eastern Domain's Outer Shenzhou was located, and then found the spot for their Shengxuan Star Academy, they immediately drew countless gazes of attention.

This "House-Level Evaluation" had not yet begun, yet Li Luo had clearly already become the most popular candidate.

Li Luo paid no heed to those varied gazes. His gaze swept across the area where the many Holy Academies of the Eastern Domain's Outer Shenzhou were gathered, and then, as expected, he spotted several familiar figures.

Lu Ming waved at him from afar, curiosity dancing across her pretty face.

Sun Sun Dasheng was grinning too, flashing his white teeth, but his face, usually brimming with fighting spirit, had become much more restrained when facing the current Li Luo—presumably feeling the gap between them was too great, and there was no longer any point in seeking a challenge.

As for Jing Jing Taixu, his face was expressionless, his gaze fixed tightly on Li Luo, as if trying to discern just how strong the latter had become.

And farther away, the teams from the top Holy Academies of the Inner Shenzhou were also watching Li Luo.

The most eye-catching among them were the three Holy Academies most qualified to claim a first-class quota.

Extreme Thunder Holy Academy, Holy Grace Academy, Holy Moon Academy.

"So that's Li Luo, the one from Li Li Tianwang's bloodline? Didn't expect that this identity would actually become the representative of Shengxuan

Star Academy." A burly young man said with a smile. His voice was extremely resonant, as if carrying the sound of thunder, causing many nearby to frown.

But no one dared express dissatisfaction with him, because this person was precisely the titled student of Extreme Thunder Holy Academy, named Gu Jing.

Within Extreme Thunder Holy Academy, he bore the title of "Thunder Roarer," and was also Extreme Thunder Holy Academy's reliance in its attempt to claim a first-class quota this time.

"His father is Li Taixuan, his mother is Dantai Lan. Back then they left the Inner Shenzhou due to some incident, which is presumably why Li Luo was born in the Outer Shenzhou." The speaker was a petite girl, who possessed a fair little face that looked quite youthful, but if one's gaze drifted downward, one would discover just how astonishing her bountiful curves were.

Her name was Tong Yan, a titled student of Holy Moon Academy, bearing the title of "Divine Power General."

"No matter what background he has, it won't be of any use in this 'House-Level Evaluation.'" Beside them, a young man in a deep-blue academy uniform spoke indifferently.

His name was Gao Xuhan, and within Holy Grace Academy he bore the title of "Poison Water Pool."

All three were the strongest students in this House-Level Evaluation, their strength at the Xiao Tian Xiang Jing Void Seal level giving them the capital to look down on all others.

"His battle record in the Spirit Phase Cave Heaven was more due to a kind of external augmentation, and such means cannot be employed in the House-Level Evaluation, so Li Luo isn't as formidable as the Fenghua Board claims."

"An invincible bearing? Without that external support, at most he can only be considered invincible within the Three Star House, right?" Gao Xuhan said with a faint smile.

Beside them, Gu Jing and Tong Yan couldn't help but chuckle at his words. No matter how invincible one was within the Three Star House, facing titled students like them, it likely wouldn't amount to much.

When Li Luo revealed himself in the Spirit Phase Cave Heaven, he was at the Three Star Tian Zhu Jing. After that, he underwent roughly two more months of cultivation. Even if his strength had risen again, it should only be around the Four Star Tian Zhu Jing.

But compared with their Xiao Tian Xiang Jing Void Seal level, there was still an enormous gap.

On the wall-like circular stands, a sea of people filled the space, and the roaring noise shattered the clouds in the sky.

And as time passed, suddenly a bright chime of bells rang out across the heavens and earth here, and then countless gazes saw two streams of light descend from the sky, landing directly at the highest point of the stands.

When they revealed themselves, they were precisely the two Vice Principals of Tianyuan Ancient Academy, Wu Yu and Qing Man.

The mentors and students of every major Holy Academy present all bowed respectfully toward where the two stood. After all, regardless of their status, the sheer king-level strength alone was worthy of their awe.

Wu Yu's gaze swept across the venue, and wherever his sight passed—whether mentors or students of the various houses—an inexplicable fear rose in their hearts. A strange oppressive feeling made even their heels tremble, and they nearly couldn't resist dropping to their knees.

This wasn't because Wu Yu was displaying his own strength—at his level, there was clearly no need for that... It was mainly because king-level lifeforms were simply too powerful. Every single move they made could pose a lethal threat to even marquis-level experts, so the fear in everyone's hearts was primarily their own instinctive reaction to death.

Wu Yu's gaze ultimately swept toward the spot where Li Luo and Xi Chan were.

However, just as his gaze had barely swept over, he saw his eyelid twitch as Li Luo silently pulled out a Li Tianwang Token radiating an ancient aura from his spatial sphere.

"!"

The veins on Wu Yu's forehead seemed to twitch, and then his gaze skipped right past Li Luo.

He clearly didn't want his attention to trigger the protection mechanism of that "Li Tianwang Token" again. If the two auras collided, today's "House-Level Evaluation" might end up delayed.

Vice Principal Qing Man, who stood beside him, noticed this scene, and the corner of her lips couldn't help but curl up slightly.

In the end, Wu Yu withdrew his gaze, and an unruffled voice echoed through the void. The strange oppressive might contained within rendered the once-roaring venue utterly silent.

"Everyone, the hour is about right, so I won't say any more unnecessary words. This House-Level Evaluation will proceed as usual. Next, let's draw lots directly."

With a sweep of his sleeve, he saw enormous green wood grow from the central venue, while extending countless branches, and these branches stretched out before every Holy Academy's team.

At the tips of the branches, a lot-drawing tube formed, within which mysterious light flowed, blocking all attempts to peek.

Each Holy Academy sent out a student to step forward and draw lots.

Li Luo also stepped up. He rubbed his hands together, then casually pulled one out from the lot-drawing tube.

A glance.

It was a black lot, with some serial numbers and the like written on it.

A smile appeared on Li Luo's face.

His first match was a Single House arena.