The Great Ruler Chapter 609

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Just as Wen Busheng lost, the fight on the battle stage where Mu Chen and Liu Qingyun were had reached its climax as well.

The huge black tower floated in the sky with golden flames burning fiercely inside it. It was as if the flame could incinerate everything in the world. As the golden flames surged forward wave after wave, they attempted to engulf the green shadow, trapping it inside the fire.

Hiss.

An ear-piercing noise was continuously given off, as if the spiritual energy were being set ablaze.

The Flames of the Pagoda formed by the four golden dragons were incredibly powerful. Under the impact of the flames, the green shadow and the previously condensed green light soon became distorted. The blurry face of the Spiritual Clone showed a pained expression.

On the battle stage, Liu Qingyun’s expression could not help but change drastically.

“Break!”

However, before he could do anything, Mu Chen’s cold voice already spread throughout the place.

Crackle!

As Mu Chen finished shouting, the ferocity of the golden flames inside the tower finally reached its maximum. Sweeping across, the green shadow could no longer withstand the fire, and cracks actually appeared on its huge body. The cracks enlarged rapidly and eventually, with a deep humph, the shadow thoroughly exploded.

Green light spots burst out everywhere, but they were quickly burned away by the golden flames.

In the tower filled with the flames, there was soon nothing else. The green shadow no longer existed.

The green shadow was actually refined directly into nothingness.

Spit!

Liu Qingyun spewed out a mouthful of blood. His face quickly turned pale and the spiritual energy fluctuation around him also turned extremely weak. Since the Spiritual Clone contained his blood essence, it was connected to his body. Now that the Spiritual Clone was refined, he was severely injured as well.

Gasp.

As Liu Qingyun spit out blood, surprised exclamations could be heard everywhere around the battle stage. Many stared in shock as they could not believe that Liu Qingyun actually lost.

“Liu Qingyun has already displayed such powers, and yet he still lost to Mu Chen…”

“He is indeed strong enough to obtain first in the elimination tournament.”

“…”

Many people exclaimed uncontrollably. Although Mu Chen had only passed the first grade of the Spirit Disaster and Liu Qingyun had passed three grades, Mu Chen still won the match. His battling ability was indeed convincing.

“Brother Mu Chen won!” Yu Xi’s pretty face was also filled with enthusiasm and her eyes were glittering with excitement.

Ye Qingling, Su Ling’er and Sun’Er also smiled in spite of themselves while the Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy students burst out in waves of cheers. Everyone was excited as the Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy had not attained such outstanding results in many years.

In previous Spiritual Academy competitions, the people from the other academies would look at them with some amusement. But at that moment, those looks only contained pure astonishment. This made them feel overjoyed.

“This Great Pagoda has indeed somewhat matured.” Staring at the young man on the battle stage, Ling Xi also smiled. After all, she had also learned the Great Pagoda Art and could thus understand the power of the Pagoda tower. It was said that this was an extremely powerful art in aunt Jing’s clan. When it was cultivated to the ultimate level, even when sovereign-level masters were engulfed by the tower, they would be refined easily; hence, the art was incredibly strong.

However, Mu Chen had just received the complete Great Pagoda Art a short while ago. Judging from his talents, it should not be too difficult for him to reach the ultimate level in the future.

The area where the Million Phoenix Spiritual Academy students gathered was filled with charming faces and was definitely a pleasant sight to watch.

At the moment, those chattering beautiful ladies were also looking at the battle stage where Mu Chen was. After all, his fight with Liu Qingyun had drawn a lot of attention.

“This Mu Chen is really very strong. Even Liu Qingyun lost to him.”

“I heard that Liu Qingyun is a genius in the Wind Spirit Clan. People who come from this kind of clan all have some real skills. It was really unexpected that even he could not defeat Mu Chen.”

“Not strong enough, hehe. That Mu Chen is quite handsome.”

“Haha, then you can go and lure him here. We at the Million Phoenix Spiritual Academy would not mind having such an excellent student…”

“…”

The words from these ladies were very bold. As they laughed elegantly, a pleasant aroma spread, causing many students from the other spiritual academies to gaze at them with craving looks.

A beautiful lady beside Tang Qian’Er gave her compliments, “Qian’Er, this childhood friend of yours really came from the Northern Spiritual Realm? He is way too strong, right? That Liu Qingyun is a genius in the Wind Spirit Clan.”

“Yes, even back in the Northern Spiritual Realm, he was already very outstanding.” Tang Qian’Er smiled. Her eyes similarly stared at the slender figure, but with a complicated look. Unknowingly, he was already so bright and the distance between him and her seemed to be growing.

This thought made Tang Qian’Er’s intelligent eyes slightly dimmer, but she immediately firmly clenched her fist. The future was still long and nobody knew what was to come. It was just like a long time ago when Mu Chen was still a small boy, walking unsteadily behind her with a runny nose. Maybe back then, even he would not have thought that he could become so bright in the future?

On the golden battle stage…

Looking at the empty Pagoda tower, Mu Chen waved his hand and the Pagoda tower turned into a black ray, dashing into his body. Then, he turned to Liu Qingyun whose face was pale and said tonelessly, “Do we need to continue?”

At the moment, the spiritual energy fluctuation around Liu Qingyun was already very weak, clearly indicating he had suffered a severe injury. If the fight continued, he would not even have the slightest chance of winning.

Wiping away the bloodstain around his mouth, Liu Qingyun glanced at Mu Chen deeply and said, “I will keep my word. You have won this fight.”

He had already used his most powerful attack but it was still defeated by Mu Chen. Therefore, if he continued to battle, it would only bring disgrace on himself. Thus, he might as well admit defeat and show that he had the appropriate demeanor.

“Thank you.”

Mu Chen folded his hands and smiled. There was no deep hatred between him and Liu Qingyun, so he did not need to force the latter too much.

Standing up, Liu Qingyun looked at Mu Chen and said tonelessly, “Although you have won, you should not be too complacent. Your biggest enemy is Ji Xuan. He is not that easy to deal with.”

“I know that he is a tough enemy, but I think that I am not that easy to handle either.” Mu Chen’s voice was calm, but it contained an indestructible confidence that would cause anyone to be startled.

Liu Qingyun fell into silence. Indeed, while Ji Xuan was strong, the young man in front of him was not weak, either. If the two really started fighting, it would probably be earthshaking.

In the sky, the five chiefs of the spiritual academies all stared below, but with different expressions on their faces.

Chief Tai Cang’s face was filled with a smile. Mu Chen’s performance was really beyond his expectations as he defeated Liu Qingyun. In this way, the Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy would certainly make it to the top four, and this result was already quite outstanding.

“Ha, Chief Tai Cang, the Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy really has a very strong newcomer this year. Congratulations.” Chief Tian Song from the Azure Sky Spiritual Academy sighed lightly, but he still smiled with some style.

“Chief Tian Song, you overpraise me. Mu Chen was only lucky. Liu Qingyun from your academy is also an outstanding talent.” Chief Tai Cang smiled.

“Since the battle of the eight finalists started, three teams have already won,” Chief Tian Sheng from the Saint Spiritual Academy said and smiled briefly.

On the four battle stages, Mu Chen defeated Liu Qingyun while Luo Li also defeated her opponent easily. Similarly, Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong had both emerged victorious. Only Su Xuan ended up as a draw, but this did not really matter anymore. Their team had attained an absolute advantage.

On the other hand, Ji Xuan bested Wen Busheng and their team had all victories—everyone had defeated his opponent.

Apart from these two teams, the third team led by Wen Qingxuan also won, just as expected. Compared to Mu Chen and Ji Xuan’s battles, Wen Qingxuan won quite easily. After all, Fang Yun was pretty weak among the four captains. If not for the power of her Dragon Tiger Cauldron, she would probably not have been able to persist for so long when fighting Wen Qingxuan.

As for Wen Qingxuan’s other four team members, some were victorious while others were defeated. But their score still exceeded that of the Nine Cauldrons Spiritual Academy and thus, they ended up winning the fight.

Since the battle of the eight finalists started, three teams had already been promoted to the top four.

Mu Chen stood on the battle stage. Luo Li, Shen Cangsheng, Li Xuantong and Su Xuan, who had already finished their battles, dashed towards him.

“Good job.” Mu Chen smiled at them.

“Our battles are nothing compared to yours,” Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong said resignedly. Although their battles were also quite intense, they clearly could not be compared to the fight between Mu Chen and Liu Qingyun.

“I didn’t even manage to win,” Su Xuan said in embarrassment. Of the whole team, only she ended up with a draw.

“It’s sufficient as long as we can get into the top four,” Mu Chen said, unconcerned. The team from the Azure Sky Spiritual Academy was also very strong, and Su Xuan was the weakest among the five. That she could end up with a draw was already an amazing result.

“Actually, Luo Li’s battle ended first.” Shen Cangsheng laughed. In the eight teams, Luo Li was the first to end her fight. This efficiency had also attracted many exclamations.

Mu Chen nodded, smiling. Even when compared to the eight captains, Luo Li’s strength was still among the top. When she only had to deal with one team member, it was obviously too easy.

“Now only one last team has yet to be decided,” Luo Li said softly, looking at the battle stage in the distance. Some coldness could be seen in her clear eyes.

That battle stage was where Xie Tianhe and Wu Ling were fighting.