Chapter 501 - Midnight Assassination

Today’s competition was over, and the competitors who had been defeated were naturally in low spirits. It would take a long time for the next Sword Tryout. To enter Cloud Mist Academy was tantamount to climbing to heaven. Many people would not be able to enter even if they wanted to for a lifetime, let alone time does not wait. By the age of thirty, it was basically impossible for them to enter.

Some of them left hastily, some chose to stay behind to watch the final contest, while others had a fluke mentality. Perhaps, among the three contestants, if the winner was excluded, the remaining two seats might be given to themselves, but this was almost impossible.

At this time, the crowd was also talking endlessly, and they were guessing who the winner would be tomorrow. The winner could get a spot directly and enter Cloud Mist Academy. Most people looked at Jiang Qianqian. There was no doubt that she was the strongest. Even if she met someone whose cultivation was lower than hers and her strength was weakened, she could still win without a doubt.

Of course, a small group of people looked at Xiao Chen and Chu Qi. They were the two largest dark horses this year. No one had expected these two inconspicuous people to be able to make it into the top eight. Most people thought that they were just lucky and met an opponent whose strength had been weakened.

Generally speaking, if one’s cultivation was higher, he always had a slight advantage. However, if one’s cultivation was not pure or was much lower than the opponent’s, once he met someone with lower cultivation but was very pure, his strength would be weakened and he would not be as powerful as his opponent.

In the night, a crescent moon was hanging in the sky. Xiao Chen and Chu Qi lived in the courtyard arranged by the Wastelands Sword Tryout. Outside the courtyard, there were Apotheosis Realm cultivators guarding to prevent anyone from harming the eight people who were going to participate in the finals. Yang Qing and the others also moved to somewhere nearby.

Xiao Chen was exhausted for a whole day, and then he went back to his room to sleep. It was probably midnight. In a daze, Xiao Chen felt a chill coming from the window. In his sleep, he seemed to see a big tiger with a white forehead rushing toward him. He was startled and woke up immediately. He opened his eyes, only to see four rows of cold radiances coming at him.

Xiao Chen was so shocked that his whole body was covered with a layer of cold sweat. Instinctively, he rolled to the other side of the bed. “Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!” The bedding on the bed was instantly cut into pieces, and the whole room was immediately covered with cotton.

“Who is it?!” Xiao Chen jumped to the floor in an instant and saw four figures in the room. They were all covered and could not see who they were in the dark.

“Swoosh swoosh!”

The four figures attacked him again and surrounded him almost instantly. The cold dagger in their hands went straight to his neck. Xiao Chen was shocked. The four people were so fast that they were not at all inferior to the Hidden Fragrance Wafting Under the Moon. He hurriedly jumped up to avoid the fatal attack of the four people.

However, before he could react, the four figures followed after him like ghosts. In this narrow room, these four people could land silently and fiercely, but without touching anything in the room.

Facing the four rows of cold radiance that came at him at the same time, Xiao Chen moved his body back and hit the person on the front with his palm. However, this palm strength was quietly dissolved by a strange Mystic Power from the other party.

Xiao Chen was shocked again. He pushed his feet and rushed forward. He stretched out his hand to grab the neck of the man next to him. However, it was dark all around, and he could not tell where the man was standing. He did not grasp his neck, but it seemed that he was grabbing something soft. Then, he heard a woman’s snort. In the boundless silence of the night, it could be heard clearly.

“It’s a woman!” Xiao Chen was shocked. Before he could react, the three cold sabers from behind were quickly coming at him again. Xiao Chen pushed the woman in front of him away with his palm. He leaned back to avoid the three knives coming at his back. At the same time, he pushed his palms up and hit the lower abdomen of the two women behind him. The two women also snorted and were pushed back, but they attacked again in a flash.

“Chu Qi!” Xiao Chen shouted in a hurry, but there was no response at all. Obviously, this room had been set a soundproof barrier.

In the blink of an eye, the four cold sabers were placed in front of him again. In this narrow room, Xiao Chen was completely restrained. These four women were obviously like Levitating Dark Fragrance. They were all professional assassination teams who had been strictly trained and had high cultivation.

Xiao Chen’s Nirvana Realm cultivation was higher than theirs, but why couldn’t he kill them with one palm? In this narrow space, the four people’s attacks were extremely fast and their body movements were as unpredictable as ghosts. Xiao Chen did not even have the time to run his True Energy. How could he kill them in one blow? Did it not need time to run his True Energy?

Not to mention Nirvana Realm, even if the Immortal King wanted to kill people in seconds, it would take a certain amount of time to run True Energy. Under normal circumstances, it was impossible to run the True Energy in the whole body in a short period of time. Moreover, after one strike, basically, the True Energy was used up. It was necessary to immediately run True Energy to make the next move. When all the True Energy stored in Sea of Qi was run out, it was what often said as True Energy had been used up, and the battle could only continue with the use of Natal True Energy.

The attacks of the four women in the room were getting fiercer and fiercer. Xiao Chen gritted his teeth and pushed out the part of True Energy that was forced to run in his hand. The True Energy shook the four people away and then he jumped to the window. “Bang”, sawdust flew everywhere and the window was smashed. However, what waited for Xiao Chen was three other fast and sharp cold radiance.

“Swoosh!” With a sharp noise, Xiao Chen was caught off guard. His left arm was instantly cut open, and blood splashed. Only then did he see that three more women were lurking outside. If he had not dodged by his side just now, this knife would have cut his neck.

The four women back in the room also broke out of the window in an instant. The seven of them attacked Xiao Chen together. At this time, the soundproof Barrier failed and finally alerted Chu Qi who was in the next room.

“Swoosh!” The Full Moon Blade flew out of the window. “Clank!” Like a flash of lightning, it blocked off several women’s daggers and Chu Qi moved to Xiao Chen in an instant. The Full Moon Blade was split into two pieces. With a flash of cold radiance, it immediately forced the seven women away.

Finally, Xiao Chen had time to take a breath. He jumped into the air, activated his True Energy, and punched out. Suddenly, the dragon’s roar shook the sky and the stones and the earth in the yard rumbled. Several big trees were directly smashed into powder under the surging palm strength. The seven assassination women were also sent flying by this fierce force.

“Let’s go!” The seven women knew that the assassination attempt had failed. Without any further delay, they turned into seven shadows and disappeared under the curtain of the night without a trace.

At this time, the people outside were finally alarmed by the sound of the fight just now. Several figures flashed, and as Apotheosis Realm cultivator and several Nirvana Realm cultivators had landed into the courtyard.

The Apotheosis Realm old man immediately knew what had happened when he saw that the messy courtyard. He could not help but be shocked. These eight people were strictly protected. Once something happened, he could not afford to take the responsibility. He quickly looked at Xiao Chen and asked, “Are you okay, Young Master Xiao?”

Xiao Chen looked at the wound on his left arm. Dark purple blood was flowing out faintly. Obviously, there was poison on the dagger. But fortunately, he had eaten the Seven-apertured Octarine Core Fruit before, so he was immune to all poisons. Probably, it was beyond the assassin’s expectation.

“Don’t worry, Young Master Xiao. I’ll send someone to investigate the assassins right now.” Noticing that Xiao Chen did not reply, the old man immediately spoke.

Xiao Chen stretched out his hand. “There’s no need for that, sir. I’m fine. There’s no need to make this public.”

Now he did not know who the assassin was, but he did not offend anyone when he first entered Wastelands. “Who will want to kill me? But it must have something to do with Wastelands Sword Tryout. And the seven people just now were swift and fast, and they were definitely not ordinary assassins.”

Suddenly, footsteps sounded from outside. It was the other six competitors who had rushed over. The six people were also surprised when they saw the scene in the courtyard. In the past, there had been contestants being assassinated when during the Wastelands Sword Tryout. There was nothing strange about this. After all, it was related to whether they could enter the Cloud Mist Academy. Losing an opponent would increase their chances of winning. However, now that things had happened around them, they were more or less a little surprised.

Xiao Chen’s eyes quickly swept over the six people who just came in. Among the six people, Liu Qing was the most suspected, but of course, he was just suspecting. He could not be completely confirmed. He said, “Well, I’m fine. I’m sorry you were disturbed. Please go back.”

The Apotheosis Realm old man could not help but be stunned. In the past, those competitors who were assassinated were usually scared out of their wits. “How could this person be so calm and relaxed? There’s only one possibility. This person has experienced many life and death battles.” His words carried some admiration then without him noticing, “Then young hero Xiao, why don’t I arrange another courtyard for you?”

Xiao Chen shook his head. “It’s already late at night. I don’t want to trouble you, sir.”

The old man nodded, and there was a little praise in his eyes. Then he said to the people at the gate of the courtyard, “It’s all right. Let’s go back.”

They did not stay any longer and went outside. Before leaving, Jiang Qianqian turned around again and looked at Xiao Chen, asking, “Your name is Xiao Chen?”

Xiao Chen nodded. “Indeed.”

“Oh.” Jiang Qianqian did not say much and immediately went outside.

After everyone left, the courtyard became quiet again. Xiao Chen looked at Chu Qi and said, “It’s all right. You can go back and rest.”

In the next half of the night, Xiao Chen was no longer sleepy. After treating his wounds, he meditated in the room until dawn. However, Chu Qi did not go back to her room to rest but stayed at his door for the whole night.

At daybreak, everyone gathered in the central square again. This day could be considered the noisiest. Yang Qing and the others somehow heard about Xiao Chen being sneak attacked last night. Hence, they went to find him early in the morning.

“Brother Xiao, what happened last night?”

Xiao Chen looked around and said in a low voice, “It’s okay. After two days, we’ll leave Yan Prefecture City immediately. We’ll have to start acting cautiously. You should also be careful in the next two days.”

The next was a quarter-final competition. There was no doubt that the four people who had advanced were Xiao Chen, Chu Qi, Jiang Qianqian, and Liu Qing. However, the semi-final competition was a little awkward. It turned out that Xiao Chen was fighting against Chu Qi, while Jiang Qianqian was fighting against Liu Qing.

“Well… Chu Qi, why don’t we have fun?”

“I’m sorry, I’m going to forfeit.”

“Well, okay…”

On Jiang Qianqian’s side, Liu Qing had lost. Then, the next round would be the peak final. This time around, most of them did not expect that an unremarkable individual would be able to reach the peak finals. Even if he lost to Jiang Qianqian, it was highly possible that he would be able to obtain a spot.

By noon, the few Fighting Platforms had once again merged into one. Layers of mystic arts encircled them. On the high platform, Perfected Immortal Chongyang nodded slightly and said, “It’s not bad that he managed to advance to the peak finals. However, his strength will be weakened to the peak of the Nascent Soul Realm. It’s inevitable for him to be a little powerless and not used to it. On the other hand, Qianqian’s peak Nascent Soul Realm cultivation is already very stable. As a result, Qianqian has an advantage over him.”

Below the stage, Yang Qing and the others naturally saw this too and could not help but worry. Xiao Chen focused and said nothing. Jiang Qianqian was indeed much better than he had expected. She was at the same level as Xiaoyue, and her cultivation was very stable. When he went to Fighting Platform later, his cultivation would be weakened to the peak of the Nascent Soul Realm. In this way, his cultivation would be unstable, and he was definitely no match for her.

However, don’t forget that First Elder Bai had taught him the Wisdom-forsaking Technique! Of course, he didn’t want to undo cultivation, but compressed his cultivation! That Fighting Platform would be the best compressing tool. In this way, it could be said that he had all the advantages!