Dead silence!

The entire world was plunged into dead silence!

The students of Celestial Flame Academy stood frozen in place, their eyes filled with shock and disbelief.

Jian San, who was ranked second among the seed students of Profound Sword Peak, had been easily defeated by Tong Shan.

To them, this blow was simply too great.

"How could this happen? Senior Brother Jian San was defeated just like that? How is this possible?"

"Could it be that the gap between our Celestial Flame Academy and Black Sand Academy is really that vast?" It took a long while before a student cried out in astonishment, their face looking even worse than a dead person's.

"Heh heh! Master of Profound Sword Peak, is this your most powerful Gang Qi Realm student? Truly pathetic!" Luo Yong, Vice Palace Master of Black Sand Academy, couldn't help but sneer, his lips curling with contempt.

"A third-class dynasty is just a third-class dynasty, it's impossible for it to produce any formidable geniuses!"

"Someone like him wouldn't even rank in the top twenty at our Black Sand Academy, and yet dares to challenge Senior Brother Tong Shan, how ridiculously overconfident." The students of Black Sand Academy sneered one after another, their expressions filled with utmost pride.

Tong Shan didn't even rank among the top fifteen students of Black Sand Academy.

Yet, he could easily defeat the second-ranked seed student of Profound Sword Peak.

This alone showed how incompetent the students of Celestial Flame Academy were.

"Damn it! Damn it all!" At this moment, Duanmu Ying's face was extremely gloomy, her eyes filled with intense anger and humiliation.

Even she hadn't expected that Jian San, whom she had painstakingly nurtured, would crumble so easily before Tong Shan.

One must know, over these past few months, in order to enhance Jian San's strength, Duanmu Ying had invested heavily in him, not only providing him with abundant cultivation resources to help him break through to the Half-Step Celestial Spirit Realm but also obtaining an elixir from the Celestial Flame Peak Master to enhance his bloodline concentration.

Yet, even with his rapid improvement, he was still far from being a match for Tong Shan.

This was an enormous blow to Duanmu Ying.

"Black Sand Academy is merely an academy of a second-class dynasty, yet their students are already so formidable. It's hard to imagine to what terrifying extent the young generation of the six first-class dynasties would have developed. If our Celestial Flame Academy's students were to explore that Immortal Secret Realm with them, there's no way they could compete." Soul Palace Master Chen Fei couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

He had originally planned to have the students of Soul Palace help him search for some fortunes in the Immortal Secret Realm to help him break through and become an Immortal.

But now it seemed, this was nothing more than a pipe dream.

Because the difference between the students of Celestial Flame Academy and the young experts of the second and first-class dynasties was simply too great.

"Chu Lin, it's your Celestial Flame Peak's turn, who do you plan to send out?" At this moment, Luo Yong's gaze naturally shifted to the Celestial Flame Peak Master, and his tone was filled with ridicule.

Celestial Flame Peak, being the most powerful faction of Celestial Flame Academy, supposedly boasted the strongest students overall.

However, in Luo Yong's view, they were no different from a bunch of trash.

"Lin Ming, you will go up." The Celestial Flame Peak Master furrowed his brows tightly and spoke to a golden-robed young man behind him.

This golden-robed young man was the Third Prince of the Celestial Flame Dynasty's royal family, named Lin Ming, ranked second among the seed students of Celestial Flame Peak, only behind Chu Feng.

Even though his strength surpassed that of Jian San, the Celestial Flame Peak Master was still deeply worried.

After all, Lin Ming's opponent was a student from Black Sand Academy!

There might be someone even more terrifying than Tong Shan among them.

"Master, rest assured, I will do my utmost to defeat this arrogant guy and restore some face for our Celestial Flame Academy." Lin Ming's gaze was icy as he stared at Tong Shan, a powerful fighting spirit emanating from his entire being.

"Another arrogant fool." Tong Shan couldn't help but sneer, looking at Lin Ming with a gaze as if he were viewing a pathetic ant, utterly disdainful.

"Don't get carried away." Lin Ming let out an angry shout, his figure flickering as he swiftly flew towards the battle platform ahead.

Roar.

As soon as he jumped onto the platform, a massive figure emerged behind him, letting out an incredibly furious beast roar, sending shivers down everyone's spine.

It was a Purple Gold Lion with a height of fifteen zhang, sporting a pair of enormous wings on its back, looking extremely majestic.

"It's Senior Brother Lin Ming's Purple-winged Mad Lion Bloodline."

"What a powerful aura, though both are Profound Level Fourth Grade bloodlines, it seems Senior Brother Lin Ming's Purple-winged Mad Lion Bloodline is far more terrifying than Senior Brother Jian San's." The students of Celestial Flame Academy were extremely excited, harboring great hopes for Lin Ming.

"Looks like you at Celestial Flame Peak also have cultivation resources to enhance bloodline concentration. This guy's bloodline concentration is several times denser than ordinary Half-Step Celestial Spirit Realm experts, but alas, defeating Tong Shan is still impossible." Luo Yong casually glanced at Lin Ming, speaking with disinterest.

"Interesting, you're much stronger than that previous waste, perhaps you can make for a barely worthy opponent." Tong Shan raised his head proudly, his gaze brimming with interest as he stared at Lin Ming, as if he were looking at a delicious prey.

"Boasting shamelessly, prepare to be defeated!" Flames of anger surged in Lin Ming's eyes as he instantly controlled the enormous Purple-winged Mad Lion, baring its fangs and claws as it lunged toward Tong Shan.

Roar.

Just as that Purple-winged Mad Lion was less than ten meters away from Tong Shan, the huge wings on its back suddenly radiated with a dazzling purple divine light, emanating an incredibly sharp aura, as if they had transformed into two indestructible Celestial Sabers, fiercely slashing toward Tong Shan.

This was Lin Ming's bloodline secret technique, the Purple Wing Divine Saber, and it was also Lin Ming's most powerful trump card.

Not only was it incredibly sharp, but it could also unleash a combat power of nearly five thousand Tigers, far stronger than Jian San.

"Five thousand Tigers of power, and you think you can defeat me? What a joke. I'll show you the true terror of Tong Shan." Facing Lin Ming's strongest attack, Tong Shan was not the least bit afraid. Instead, a sneer flashed at the corner of his mouth.

Boom.

The next moment, behind Tong Shan, a silver Sword Dragon suddenly appeared, waving its enormous tail like a mountain ridge, fiercely striking at the Purple-winged Mad Lion.

This was the Silver Sword Dragon Bloodline, a Profound Level Fourth Grade bloodline, far more terrifying than Lin Ming's Purple-winged Mad Lion Bloodline.

Moreover, the concentration of Tong Shan's Silver Sword Dragon Bloodline was extremely high, even surpassing Lin Ming's bloodline concentration.

So at this moment, even Lin Ming couldn't help but feel a shiver down his spine.

"No good, his bloodline is stronger than mine both in grade and concentration. This kind of monstrosity isn't someone I can defeat." Lin Ming's pupils contracted abruptly, and his face turned ashen, looking worse than a dead person.

With a loud bang.

In a flash, the spine of the Silver Sword Dragon bristled with spikes, colliding fiercely with the wings of the Purple-winged Mad Lion, causing a massive explosion in the surrounding air and generating countless white airwaves.

Uwaa.

Immediately after, Lin Ming's body, along with the Purple-winged Mad Lion, was sent flying, continuously spitting blood from his mouth.

Although his injuries weren't as severe as Jian San's, he still had several ribs broken.

More importantly, he was completely overawed by Tong Shan's power, losing even the courage to continue fighting.

"I give up." After stabilizing himself, Lin Ming quickly admitted defeat, his eyes full of dread.

"What a disappointment. This ragtag bunch is so weak, they don't even qualify to make me go all out. If I had known, I wouldn't have come." Tong Shan said with extreme disappointment.

"Chu Lin, is this the extent of the students at your Celestial Flame Academy? Tong Shan, who ranks outside the top fifteen at our Black Sand Academy, can easily sweep all your students. It's truly pathetic!" Luo Yong sneered, his mouth twisted in a mocking grin.

"How infuriating!" The face of the Celestial Flame Peak Master turned the deepest shade of iron blue, clenching his fists tightly, feeling utterly stifled.

But he could do nothing.

Lin Ming's strength was the strongest among the Gang Qi Realm students at their Celestial Flame Academy.

But even he was no match for Tong Shan.

Who else could contend with Tong Shan?

"Could it be that we really have to send Ye Lin'Er?" The Celestial Flame Peak Master's gaze involuntarily fell on Ye Lin'Er, with a glint of brilliance shooting from his eyes.

Ye Lin'Er had awakened the Ice Phoenix Bloodline, and her strength had advanced by leaps and bounds in recent months.

If she were to take action, defeating Tong Shan would be no problem.

However, Ye Lin'Er was their trump card at Celestial Flame Academy, and it was best not to show her strength to outsiders before entering the Celestial Spirit Realm.

This was also a way of protecting Ye Lin'Er.

So, the Celestial Flame Peak Master dismissed the notion of having her take action.

"Now it's your Soul Palace's turn. Also, doesn't your Celestial Flame Academy have four factions? Why is there no one from the War King Hall participating?" At this moment, Luo Yong's gaze suddenly shifted to the Soul Palace Master, Chen Fei, with a mocking tone.

"The War King Hall has completely fallen. There's not even a student with an awakened Profound Bloodline. If they were to participate, it would just be an embarrassment." The Soul Palace Master shook his head.

"Is that so? If they don't come to participate, it will be seen as contempt for our Black Sand Academy. You better send someone over, or don't blame me for being rude." Luo Yong said coldly, his eyes emitting a terrifying fierce light that made one's soul tremble involuntarily.

As the Vice Palace Master of Black Sand Academy, he had personally come to this small place, Celestial Flame Academy.

Yet, no one from the War King Hall came to greet him.

To him, this was the ultimate disrespect.

So, he would not allow such a thing to happen.

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