Chapter 1465: The Crossing Battle Concludes

On Jiang Jiang Qinge's exquisitely beautiful cheeks, a thick layer of frost surged forth at this moment, and her icy gaze shot toward the side of the Mystic Spirit Ancient Academy, where Zhou Jun's team had also appeared on the platform.

"Zhou Jun!"

Jiang Jiang Qinge's slender five fingers abruptly formed a seal, and immediately, brilliant light-aspected power gathered from the horizon. In just a few breaths, it transformed into an extremely resplendent great sword of light, adorned with radiance of different colors.

A sacred, piercing aura surged through the heavens and earth.

Seven Treasures Glazed Light Sword!

The glazed-like resplendent great sword of light directly shattered the firmament, and in a fierce, ferocious posture, slashed viciously down toward the spot where Zhou Jun stood.

Jiang Jiang Qinge's sudden action left countless people looking stunned, clearly not expecting her to make a move outside the arena.

Zhou Jun's expression was rather calm, however. He seemed to have been prepared long ago. With a single hand, he formed a seal, and the next instant, a tremendous thunderclap resounded, as a massive thunder palm seal condensed into being.

At the edges of that thunder palm seal, mysterious purple light flowed, further accentuating the increasingly violent nature of the thunder.

Purple Extreme Thunder Tribulation Palm!

The thunder palm met the sacred sword of light. As thunder-light rampaged, it shattered the great sword, while thunder and light continuously eroded each other, the rumbling unceasing.

"Jiang Jiang Qinge, fighting is not permitted outside the arena," Zhou Jun said with a faint smile.

"Zhou Jun, you really are shameless! A dignified Eighth-Rank Marquis-tier strong one, and you actually launched a sneak attack when Qing'e was about to leave the arena!" At this moment, behind Jiang Jiang Qinge, Yin Yue Zhiyu's brows shot upward as she rebuked sharply.

They had withdrawn from the arena earlier, so they had witnessed that final moment when Zhou Jun suddenly struck.

Upon hearing this, the other teams from the Holy Light Ancient Academy naturally chimed in one after another, denouncing Zhou Jun.

The teams from the Mystic Spirit Ancient Academy, upon learning the full story, were also somewhat taken aback. However, Zhou Jun was after all the representative of the Mystic Spirit Ancient Academy, so they were bound to protect him. Besides, wasn't Jiang Jiang Qinge perfectly fine? Was there really a need for such accusations?

Thus, the Mystic Spirit Ancient Academy's side erupted with a wave of counterattacks, and for a moment, the situation actually became chaotic and noisy.

Meanwhile, the teams from the other academies — the Tianyuan Ancient Academy and the Divine Sun Ancient Academy — as well as the teams watching from the two outer war zones, adopted the attitude of spectators, watching the conflict between the many teams of these two ancient academies.

"Zhou Jun, you really do have dirty tricks. You're jealous of Qing'e's potential, so you wanted to seize the chance to launch a sneak attack and weaken her combat power, right?" At this moment, the Holy Light Ancient Academy's Holy Que'er had also finished her battle. After briefly understanding the situation, she unhesitatingly chose to side with Jiang Jiang Qinge and immediately began mocking Zhou Jun.

Zhou Jun said indifferently, "Holy Que'er, there's no need for sarcasm. Jiang Jiang Qinge is an opponent worth being wary of, so I didn't dare let my guard down. At that final spot, it really was just an accident."

"Moreover, I didn't violate any rules. Before an opponent has completely left the arena, maintaining a high level of vigilance is only natural."

Holy Que'er snorted coldly. This Zhou Jun certainly knew how to argue. Although on the surface he indeed hadn't violated any rules, some rules don't need to be written down. The Mirror of Heaven Pagoda trial has been held session after session, and long ago many unwritten rules had been established.

Jiang Jiang Qinge had already made it clear she was preparing to withdraw and abandon this match, yet Zhou Jun still launched an attack. That was rather despicable.

But, just as Zhou Jun said, he indeed hadn't violated any rules, so they could only denounce him and couldn't do anything else.

So Holy Que'er could only say to Jiang Jiang Qinge, "Qing'e, if I run into this guy later, I'll help you vent some anger."

Jiang Jiang Qinge's beautiful eyes looked toward the Holy Thorn Crown in her hand. Although this item was only a mid-grade Marquis-tier treasure, it held great significance for her — after all, the materials had been given to her by Li Luo, and Li Li Jingzhe had been asked to step in and refine it.

Ever since obtaining this item, Jiang Jiang Qinge had always worn it on her head, showing how much she liked it.

And at this moment, some faint marks had been left on the Holy Thorn Crown, rather glaring.

Jiang Jiang Qinge finally placed the Holy Thorn Crown back among her hair again, and said calmly, "There's no need, Instructor Que'er. In the Mirror of Heaven Martial Discussion, I will settle this score with him myself."

Jiang Jiang Qinge's voice was very calm, but Holy Que'er could sense the astonishing chill flowing within it, which left her slightly stunned, because since she had known Jiang Jiang Qinge, this was the first time she had seen her so angry.

For Zhou Jun to have provoked Jiang Jiang Qinge to this extent — he really did have some skill.

"This Holy Thorn Crown was a gift from Li Luo, you know." While Holy Que'er was puzzled, Ning Meng suddenly spoke up from the side.

Holy Que'er's expression turned complicated. Well, she'd accidentally eaten another mouthful of dog food.

Jiang Jiang Qinge withdrew her light-aspected power, then her gaze looked far toward the outermost area, where she caught Li Luo's slightly worried look. So she gave him a slight nod, indicating she was fine.

Li Luo, having received the signal from Jiang Jiang Qinge's gaze, finally breathed a sigh of relief, then frowned tightly as he stared at Zhou Jun's figure.

He had been watching Jiang Jiang Qinge's battle the whole time, so Zhou Jun's sudden attack had also been clearly captured by his eyes.

"What is this bastard trying to do?"

Li Luo was somewhat puzzled. That final move by Zhou Jun, honestly speaking, besides angering Jiang Jiang Qinge, didn't seem to have much meaning. That bolt of black thunder hadn't caused any substantial damage to Jiang Jiang Qinge either.

So, was this bastard so bored he had nothing better to do?

Was offending Jiang Jiang Qinge fun? Although Zhou Jun was an Eighth-Rank Marquis-tier strong one, Jiang Jiang Qinge, this unparalleled Third-Rank, was not easy to provoke either. Even Li Luo on his side could leap five ranks; with Jiang Jiang Qinge's foundation and trump cards, Li Luo didn't believe she had no means to threaten an Eighth-Rank Marquis-tier strong one.

Losing this match was only because the overall gap between the two teams was too great. If it were a one-on-one duel, with Jiang Jiang Qinge's temperament, she would absolutely fight until a victor was decided.

So, what was Zhou Jun after?

He and Jiang Jiang Qinge had no past grievances with this person.

Of course... now they did.

Li Luo's gaze darkened as he withdrew his eyes. Zhou Jun had just used his right index finger to channel the black thunder for the sneak attack, so, if the chance arose later, taking off one of his right arms should be quite reasonable, right?

This little episode, as the Crossing Battle continued, gradually passed.

And as time went on, more and more teams from the four ancient academies were eliminated, and the remaining battles grew increasingly fierce. Jiang Jiang Qinge's squad maintained eighteen wins, until their second loss came at the hands of the team led by that Eighth-Rank Marquis-tier strong one from the Tianyuan Ancient Academy named Lin Ju.

At this point, the squad was considered eliminated.

But the results they had achieved were quite impressive — eighteen wins and two losses — second only to the four top harvesting squads of the ancient academies. Of course, this record was not theirs alone.

The team led by the Divine Sun Ancient Academy's "Light Marquis" Diwu Mingxuan had also achieved eighteen wins and two losses.

In the end, the four harvesting squads welcomed their ultimate clash.

The Holy Light Ancient Academy's Holy Que'er squad faced off against the team led by Song Jing of the Divine Sun Ancient Academy.

The Tianyuan Ancient Academy's Lin Ju squad faced off against Zhou Jun's squad from the Mystic Spirit Ancient Academy.

The clash between these four top squads naturally became the most intense scene of this Crossing Battle.

In the end, Song Jing of the Divine Sun Ancient Academy had a slight edge, narrowly defeating Holy Que'er. And precisely because of this victory, the Divine Sun Ancient Academy became the first place among the four ancient academies in the Crossing Battle.

The Holy Light Ancient Academy came in second, the Mystic Spirit Ancient Academy third, and the Tianyuan Ancient Academy fell to fourth place.

Thus, the Crossing Battle — the first part of the Mirror of Heaven Pagoda trial — came to a complete conclusion with this result.