"Even Senior Brother Nie lost."
"This new Junior Brother Chu is too strong."
The senior disciples discussed among themselves.
"I'll go," Li Qiyan said.
"No, I'll go." Zhong Muchen stopped Li Qiyan. "You're stronger than Junior Brother Nie, but it won't be easy for you to defeat this new Junior Brother Chu."
Li Qiyan nodded. He understood what Zhong Muchen meant.
"Beating" the new disciple was the norm. The old disciple had to make the new disciple lose at least once. Moreover, it was best if it was a clean defeat. When Li Qiyan went up on stage, even if he could defeat Chu Mu, he would have to go through an intense battle before finally winning with a slight advantage. The "beating" effect wasn't obvious.
If Zhong Muchen couldn't defeat Chu Mu, then Chu Mu would be able to do whatever he wanted in the Skysoar Court.
However, would Zhong Muchen be unable to defeat Chu Mu?
Li Qiyan didn't believe it.
"Junior Brother, you should recover first," Zhong Muchen said with a faint smile as he stood opposite Chu Mu.
Chu Mu nodded and sat down cross-legged to recover. The battle with Nie Xingkong had consumed most of his Sword Origin, a portion of his Divine Sense, and almost all of his Heart Sword Force. More than half of his physical strength had been consumed, so he needed to recover.
The Battle Platform seemed to have the ability to help with recovery. Chu Mu's strength was quickly recovering.
Half an hour later, the energy that would have taken an hour to recover was back to its peak.
"Junior Brother, I'm Zhong Muchen," Zhong Muchen introduced himself when he saw Chu Mu stand up.
"I'm Chu Mu," Chu Mu said.
"Junior Brother Chu, I'll only use one move. This sword skill is called Light Spiral Lightning Flame Wave. Take it." Zhong Muchen's tone was still gentle and polite, but his attack wasn't careless at all.
When the sword was unsheathed, the aura of Profound Meaning was released. Chu Mu was shocked.
The energy fluctuations of Light Profound, Wind Profound, Thunder Profound, and Fire Profound were all mixed together.
Could it be that this sword technique was …
Just as this thought popped up in his mind, Zhong Muchen slashed out with his sword. In an instant, a terrifying sharpness locked onto Chu Mu, and the fusion of the profound energy exploded. Chu Mu's vision was filled with a blazing light, and a scorching and violent aura rushed towards him.
Under Zhong Muchen's sword, a strong ray of light rotated at high speed, like a dragon emerging from the water, and blasted towards Chu Mu.
Even if there was a mountain in front of him, it would be smashed into smithereens and turned into nothingness.
There were no words to describe the pressure Chu Mu was under at this moment. The suction force brought about by the high-speed rotation caused his entire body to feel as if it had been shackled, making it hard for him to move. There was also a feeling that he was being pulled towards the sword technique. The shadow of death shrouded him, causing him to tremble and despair.
It was a terrifying sword technique that was impossible to dodge or defend against.
Chu Mu's Sword Origin exploded, and the pressure on his body decreased sharply. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he waved his sword and used the Sky Shaking Thunder.
The Quaking Thunder, which had an astonishing explosive power, collapsed under Zhong Muchen's sword skill. It had no power to resist at all. It was not even qualified to be weakened by this sword skill.
The terrifying power directly bombarded Chu Mu's body, but it was all blocked by an invisible energy.
The protective energy of the Battle Platform could block any attack below the King level. Although Zhong Muchen's sword technique was powerful, it couldn't penetrate the protective energy of the Battle Platform and attack Chu Mu.
The terrifying sword technique disappeared, and so did the protective energy of the Battle Platform.
Zhong Muchen had cleanly defeated Chu Mu.
"Senior Brother Zhong's grade four sword technique is indeed powerful." Chu Mu sincerely admired.
What he admired was not the power of the grade four sword technique, but the fact that Zhong Muchen was able to comprehend a grade four sword technique.
This sword skill was called Light Revolving Thunder Flame Wave. It contained four Profundities: Light Profundity, Wind Profundity, Thunder Profundity, and Fire Profundity. Its power was more than ten times stronger than a grade three sword skill.
Although Chu Mu's Sky Shaking Thunder had reached the peak of the Eighth Revolution and surpassed Zhong Muchen's mid Eighth Revolution Profound, the combined power of three peak Eighth Revolution Profound was still far inferior to the combined power of four mid Eighth Revolution Profound.
Of course, if Chu Mu used peak Ninth Revolution Profound, the combined power of three Profound would surpass four mid Eighth Revolution Profound. However, he had always used peak Eighth Revolution Sword Intent and Profound. The Ninth Revolution was his trump card, and he wouldn't use it easily.
When the difference in power between two sword techniques was too great, the weaker one would be defeated directly while the stronger one wouldn't be affected at all.
When a swordsman wanted to comprehend a sword skill, a grade 1 sword skill was usually the easiest. A grade 2 sword skill was several times harder to comprehend than a grade 1 sword skill. A grade 3 sword skill was nine times harder to comprehend than a grade 2 sword skill. A grade 4 sword skill was ten times harder to comprehend than a grade 3 sword skill.
The more profound the Profound, the more obvious the increase in power of the sword technique. For example, the difference between a first grade sword technique and a second grade sword technique couldn't compare to the difference between a third grade sword technique and a second grade sword technique.
Until now, Chu Mu had only comprehended two grade three sword techniques. As for grade four sword techniques, he didn't even think about it because it was too difficult.
No matter what, Chu Mu admired Zhong Muchen for being able to comprehend a grade four sword technique.
Chu Mu didn't have any regrets about being defeated by Zhong Muchen's sword technique because Zhong Muchen's strength was indeed much stronger than his.
He took out a thousand High Grade Origin Crystals and paid ten Flying Points to Zhong Muchen. This was the rule.
"Junior Brother, with your comprehension ability, as long as you comprehend the Flying Sky murals, you will definitely gain a lot. At that time, your mastery and application of Profound will increase. I believe that the time you took to comprehend a grade four sword technique is shorter than mine." Zhong Muchen smiled as he sheathed his sword.
"Many thanks, Senior Brother Zhong." Chu Mu saluted with his sword.
Although the new disciples felt that it was a pity that Chu Mu lost, after witnessing a grade four sword technique, they realized how powerful their Senior Brother Zhong was. He was indeed worthy of being the number one disciple of the Soaring Sky Academy.
"Junior Brother, cultivation talent can be improved. Work hard," Zhong Muchen encouraged. He turned around and walked out of the Hundred Battles Tower. Li Qiyan also glanced at Chu Mu and planned to leave. Originally, he wanted to fight Zhong Muchen, but after seeing Zhong Muchen's grade four sword technique, he realized that he wasn't Zhong Muchen's opponent. There was no need for him to fight.
"Junior Brother, I have high hopes for you. Work hard and one day, you'll fulfill our wish and sweep away those arrogant fellows from the Soaring Sky Academy." Nie Xingkong patted Chu Mu's shoulder and smiled.
As disciples of the same academy, there was no conflict of interest. Their relationship was pretty good.
The so-called joke was half true and half false. The Soaring Sky Academy and the Flat Sky Academy had been in conflict for a long time. As the weakest academy, the Soaring Sky Academy's disciples were always looked down upon by the other two academies. Basically, the Soaring Sky Academy's disciples all hoped that one day, they could sweep through the Flat Sky Academy and even the Soaring Sky Academy to vent their anger.
However, their talents had already determined that they would only be able to comprehend mid-stage eighth revolution sword intents and profound meanings at best. They would only comprehend three or four kinds of profound meanings, and it was extremely rare for them to comprehend five kinds of profound meanings. In terms of comprehension ability, the majority of them were inferior to the disciples of the other two courtyards. Under such circumstances, it was impossible for them to sweep through the entire Flat Sky Courtyard, let alone the even more powerful Soaring Sky Courtyard.
Chu Mu was different. His comprehension was comparable to Qin Tianyi's. His sword intent and profound had been refined to the peak of the eighth revolution, and he had comprehended eight types of profound. With such talent, he could easily enter the Soaring Sky Academy. Given enough time, it wasn't impossible for him to become the Soaring Sky Academy's chief disciple.
Although his cultivation talent was only at the low fifth grade, the highest cultivation in the three academies was the peak of the Divine Condensation realm.
Chu Mu wasn't clear about this. The new disciples weren't clear about this either. They had just entered the Soaring Sky Academy and didn't understand the situation. They would understand after some time.
In the Hundred Battles Tower, four wins and one loss. Chu Mu obtained three thousand high grade origin crystals and thirty Soaring Sky points. The number of Soaring Sky points in his identity token was one hundred and thirty.
In the Hundred Battles Tower's battle, victory wasn't important. What was important was that Chu Mu realized that there was always someone stronger. Secondly, he also realized the benefits of the Flying Heaven Pavilion's various sword techniques. He was somewhat impatient to cultivate them. Unfortunately, he had to comprehend the Flying Heaven murals first.
But because there were too many new disciples, there were many who wanted to comprehend the murals. He could only register and wait for the arrangements.
Chu Mu only hoped that he wouldn't have to wait too long. Otherwise, he would waste a lot of time.
After leaving the Hundred Battles Tower, Xiao Chen returned to his Stone Pavilion and began to meditate, reflecting on today's five battles.
Although his opponents in the first three battles were old disciples, they were much weaker than Chu Mu. They weren't of much help to Chu Mu. Until the fourth battle, his opponent was Nie Xingkong.
Nie Xingkong was truly powerful. Without exposing his Nine Revolution Sword Intent and profundities, Chu Mu had to go through a bitter battle. He had to constantly absorb Nie Xingkong's experience and techniques. In the end, he was able to seize that opportunity and defeat Nie Xingkong.
As for the fifth battle, he was defeated by a single sword strike. It was a clean victory. In truth, he hadn't gained anything. He had only witnessed the tyrannical power of a fourth grade sword technique.
Since he couldn't comprehend the murals in a short time, Chu Mu could only cultivate on his own.
Although he was envious of the tyrannical power of a fourth grade sword technique, Chu Mu also knew that it was impossible for him to comprehend a fourth grade sword technique in a short time. Instead of using his time to comprehend a fourth grade sword technique, he might as well deepen his grasp and application of profundities and sword techniques. If used properly, a first grade sword technique could also erupt with astonishing power.
The following days were spent cultivating. Zhong Muchen seemed to be very interested in Chu Mu. He personally came to the Stone Pavilion to look for Chu Mu. In addition to Zhong Muchen, Li Qiyan and Nie Xingkong would also come to look for Chu Mu. When the four met, they would take out some good wine and have a drink. They would also chat while tasting the wine. They would also discuss cultivation problems and communicate with each other.
From them, Chu Mu gained some understanding of Qin Tianyi.
Qin Tianyi was a King who had refined his sword intent and profundities to the peak of the eighth revolution. He was the chief disciple of the Heaven Breaking Academy. Before Chu Mu had entered the Flying Heaven Pavilion, his comprehension ability was ranked first among all the disciples. He had comprehended seven profundities and was ranked first in the Flying Heaven Pavilion. He was famous among the five major powers of the West Tiger Region.
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