Reversing the Milky Way

Meanwhile, several hundred meters away from the arena, inside Xue Fu Restaurant, Shuo Chen held a bowl of tea, deep in thought with a serious expression. Seeing this, Bai Muwan and Wei Tao exchanged a glance.

Just now, as Shuo Chen was about to taste the tea in his hand, his expression suddenly froze, and he stood there stunned.

Bai Muwan tentatively asked, "Senior Shuo Chen? Senior Shuo Chen?"

At this moment, Shuo Chen was a little excited. He thought that he would not be able to meet a disciple who was suitable for their Tianlei Hall in this small Wuling Town, but he did not expect to meet a student named Lei Che. And now, what excited him was that the contestant named Bai Cheng actually resonated with his thunderous spiritual power.

You must know that only a thunder cultivator can resonate with a thunder cultivator. Moreover, just now, he sensed that the thunder attribute spiritual power in Bai Cheng's body was not ordinary thunder attribute, but golden lightning that he had never seen before.

Thinking of this, Shuo Chen slowly put down the tea in his hand.

Upon seeing this, Bai Muwan asked in confusion, "Senior Shuochen, is it that my tea does not suit your taste?"

Shuo Chen smiled in relief after hearing this: "I just discovered a very interesting person. By the way, who is the student you said you had the most faith in?"

Bai Muwan: "It's a contestant named Bai Cheng."

Upon hearing this, Shuo Chen's face immediately showed a hint of confusion.

Shuo Chen: "Oh? Why is that?"

Bai Muwan said awkwardly, "It's quite a coincidence that this person named Bai Cheng is practically a relative of my Bai family."

Upon hearing this, Shuo Chen looked somewhat bewildered. 'Sigh… Bai Cheng, a half-relative of the Bai family… could it be that Bai Muxuan has some romantic entanglements outside? Well, since he's practically a half-relative of the Bai family, I guess I'll pass.'

Thinking of this, Shuo Chen asked, "In your opinion, who do you think will win first place this year?"

Bai Muwan: "Actually, I still have confidence in Bai Cheng."

Upon hearing this, Shuo Chen raised an eyebrow: "That makes sense. Apart from his age, Bai Cheng's talent is comparable to that of the Bai family's children. If it weren't for the fact that there are so many peerless geniuses in this year's competition, he could have easily won the championship in Wuling Town."

Shiramuwan was slightly taken aback upon hearing this.

"So, what you mean, senior? Bai Cheng won't get first place?"

Shuo Chen: "That's not the case. What I mean is, with so many geniuses, winning the championship will be extremely difficult..."

After he finished speaking, he looked out the window at the large arena in the distance.

At this moment, Bai Cheng on the arena saw his spiritual energy being released and said, "Tsk~, as expected, it doesn't work. It seems I'll have to wait until the late stage of Body Refinement before trying again."

Xue Qin: "Are you done performing?"

Bai Cheng was taken aback when he heard this: "It seems you're not convinced. Let's go again?" Immediately afterward, Bai Cheng assumed a defensive stance.

Seeing this, Xue Qin didn't waste any words and charged forward with his spirit sword. After what had just happened, Bai Cheng naturally didn't need to fear Xue Qin's spirit sword. As long as he was under the influence of the fragment's power, he could basically ignore Xue Qin's attacks.

After witnessing Bai Cheng's abilities, Xue Qin used his spiritual sword to attack Bai Cheng's vulnerable points. In an instant, Bai Cheng's neck, head, and other vulnerable parts of the body became Xue Qin's targets. While enduring the attacks, Bai Cheng also threw punches at Xue Qin.

Upon seeing this, Xue Qin hurriedly dodged, and when he couldn't dodge, he covered the areas Bai Cheng was attacking with his own spiritual power. Waves of spiritual energy surged across the field, making everyone present tremble with fear.

However, to Xue Qin's surprise, Bai Cheng's fist was like a solid iron hammer. With a single punch, he shattered the spiritual energy shield that Xue Qin had gathered, depleting his already meager spiritual energy once again.

As their attacks clashed, Bai Cheng gradually noticed that the spiritual energy sword in Xue Qin's hand was slowly shortening. Seeing this, Bai Cheng instantly understood: Xue Qin was trying to maintain the sword while simultaneously defending against his attacks, which made it impossible for Bai Cheng to sustain his current spiritual energy.

Xue Qin naturally noticed this problem as well. After a dozen or so moves, the spirit sword in his hand was reduced to only half its original length.

Upon seeing this, his expression hardened. He swung his spirit sword toward Bai Cheng's neck.

Seeing this, Bai Cheng also used his left hand in a chop-like motion to strike Xue Qin's incoming spirit sword. As a wave of spiritual energy spread out, the spirit sword in Xue Qin's hand was once again shattered by Bai Cheng's chop, and the fragments of the spirit sword scattered from where the two were, eventually disappearing into the air.

Upon seeing this, Bai Cheng's eyes narrowed.

"good chance!"

Then, Bai Cheng placed his right hand against Xue Qin's abdomen. Immediately afterward, Bai Cheng used all his spiritual power, and as he unleashed his inch punch, blue light instantly surged from all parts of his body into his right hand. At that moment, the explosive power of the inch punch, along with the spiritual power within Bai Cheng's body, erupted from the tip of his fist.

Immediately afterward, Xue Qin flew out like a cannonball, spitting out blood. He crashed into the Spirit-Trapping Array at the edge of the arena, causing massive ripples to spread across the array's outer wall.

Upon seeing this, Xue Qianfu's face twitched. However, as the mayor of Wuling Town and the person in charge of the Wuling Town competition, he knew he couldn't be too biased towards his son. Nevertheless, he unconsciously clenched his fists, making a cracking sound.

Immediately afterward, Xue Qin, his hair white, fell from the edge of the magic circle, clearly unconscious. Bai Cheng breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this. "Thank goodness, it seems he just fainted."

He then withdrew the power of the fragments within him, and the faint glow of the patterns on his face disappeared. Immediately afterward, a feeling of exhaustion washed over him, causing Bai Cheng to frown.

"Oh no! This is bad. We've already used up almost 30% of the spiritual power stored in the fragment. And we haven't even reached the semi-finals yet. It seems we can't continue like this."

Seeing Xue Qin unconscious on the stage, Xue Qianfu quickly came to his side.

After confirming that nothing serious had happened, he immediately gave Xue Qin a pill. Then he turned around and said, "Bai Chengsheng!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a roar of cheers erupted from the audience.

Crowd #1: "Wow, it seems there's a dark horse in this year's Renhui Academy!"

Crowd #2: "Yeah, if Renhui Academy doesn't even have a single person make it to the semi-finals, that would be incredibly embarrassing!"

Crowd #3: "Fortunately, there's a student named Bai Cheng; otherwise, Renhui Academy would probably be close to closing down after the Wuling Town competition!"

Crowd Number One: "Hey, that's too general. Even if the physical cultivation students can't compare, there are still the literary students! I've heard that among the three literary students this time, the Censorate selected the top literary student from Renhui Academy. I heard that it was Lord Liu who personally selected him."

Crowd Member #2: "Huh? There's such a thing? But why hasn't the Supervisory Commission issued a statement? Are you sure you know this information?"

Citizen #1: "Hey, how could it be fake? I already said it's information from a relative of my cousin's wife's second uncle's nephew, the information is guaranteed to be accurate."

The cultivators in the VIP seats, seeing this, couldn't help but start plotting against Bai Cheng. Meanwhile, Qin Ming, in the Wuling Academy group, was also greatly shocked by the result.

Qin Ming: "Hmm... this is going to be difficult. Judging from Bai Cheng's condition, his body tempering level has far surpassed that of your younger brother. If he makes it to the finals, he will be a major threat to you. We already had Lei Che, then Shui Ning'er, and now Bai Cheng. It seems that this time, the agreement between our two families will indeed be difficult to achieve!"

Xue Min: "What? The mighty Qin family is actually going to back out?"

Qin Ming frowned slightly after hearing this: "I naturally have no problem, but for you, it won't be easy to win against any of these three, right?! Don't lose before you even meet me! If that happens, your father will lose face big time."

Upon hearing this, Xue Min said with a serious expression, "I will not lose. Just don't forget the agreement with the Qin family."

Qin Ming: "Then I'll be watching with bated breath..."

On the other side, as Bai Cheng's match ended, he strode off the stage. Su Boran immediately went over to offer his congratulations.

"Bai Cheng! I never expected you to have such strength!? Alas, it's a pity I've been busy with closed-door cultivation. If I had discovered your physiques earlier, I wouldn't have lost so miserably today."

Upon hearing this, Bai Cheng shook his head and said, "Principal Su, it's actually better to improve your own strength. Only in this way can you unleash your potential. In the academy, we can only get a limited amount of exposure to things, and you have to explore your own physique to make the most of it. Of course, having a mentor would definitely make things easier."

Upon hearing this, Su Boran fell into deep thought. Currently, the instructors at his Renhui Academy could only teach up to the body-refining stage, and those with cultivation talent lacked guidance. Moreover, there were only two people at the Qi Condensation stage in the academy: himself and Zheng Wensheng.

Thinking of this, his expression turned ashamed. Bai Cheng saw all of this. At this moment, Zhu Yingjie, the principal of Nachuan Academy who was always calm and composed, also looked at Bai Cheng with a frown. His previous calm and composed expression had long since disappeared.

Zhu Yingjie: "Lei Che, how about it? If you were to face Bai Cheng, would you be confident of winning?"

Upon hearing this, Lei Che also said with a solemn expression, "I haven't fought him, so I don't know. From his performance, I can see that his body is glowing with blue light, which seems to enhance a person's body to an unbelievable degree. But if I were to face him, I would be confident of defeating him. At this stage, it is almost impossible to withstand a lightning attack."

After speaking, Lei Che raised his right hand and made a fist. Instantly, countless bolts of lightning flashed across his hand.

On the stage, Xue Qianfu was also announcing the next match.

"The next match will be between Zhao Bo from Wuling Academy and He Yi, who is also from Wuling Academy."

As the words fell, both of them stepped onto the ring simultaneously. Zhao Bo was still wearing the mask that covered the right half of his face.

As the competition began, He Yi asked, "Zhao Bo, I remember you were only in the mid-stage of Body Refinement before. I didn't expect that after two months, you have already reached the late stage of Body Refinement. No, judging from the previous competition, you have probably reached the Great Perfection of Body Refinement, right?"

Zhao Bo snorted coldly: "You and I are students from the same school, so hurry up and admit defeat to avoid getting beaten up. Besides, I have already tested myself in front of everyone, and I am clearly at the late stage of Body Refinement Realm."

He Yi was furious after hearing this. Having witnessed Zhao Bo's strength before, he had planned to concede defeat after a few casual exchanges. But now, he was determined to teach Zhao Bo a lesson.

Thinking of this, He Yi suddenly launched an attack, heading straight for Zhao Bo. Zhao Bo chuckled upon seeing this: "Looks like you want to be carried off too!"

After saying that, Zhao Bo raised his right hand, clenched it tightly, and then threw a punch at He Yi, who was attacking him. Upon seeing this, He Yi roared and also swung his right fist fiercely at Zhao Bo.

Immediately afterward, the two fists collided in mid-air, producing a dull thud. He staggered back a few steps, then tightly gripped his right hand with his left. His right hand was now a bloody mess, blood gushing from the wound, and his fingers were dislocated.

He Yi also knelt down on the stage and screamed loudly.

Zhao Bo slowly withdrew his fist and said, "You don't even have any spiritual energy circulating in your body, so how dare you come up here to provoke me?"

Seeing this, the crowd below the ring exclaimed in surprise, "My God! I didn't expect Zhao Bo to defeat his opponent with just one punch again. Could he be one of the dark horses of Wuling Academy?"

Those in the VIP seats frowned upon seeing this. Sun Jianxin remarked, "How can such a narrow-minded person share hardships with his fellow disciples?"

Hearing this, Zhu Mingxuan also spoke up: "Hehe, Fellow Daoist Sun is only at the mid-stage of Qi Condensation Realm. There are some things he doesn't know yet. The cultivation world is known for its survival of the fittest. If it weren't for the selfless dedication of our predecessors who released cultivation techniques to the world, how could these mortals have the opportunity to embark on the path of cultivation? As for the survival of the fittest, it is simply the rule of heaven and earth."

After he finished speaking, Mo Yan, who was standing next to him, also unusually agreed with Zhu Mingxuan's remarks.

Mo Yan: "That's right. Resources in the cultivation world are always in fierce competition. Now that Emperor Xia is promoting cultivation for all, where are there so many resources to support these people? Forget about sharing hardships with fellow disciples; even brothers would probably have to settle accounts clearly."

After hearing this, everyone remained silent, but from Mo Yan's words, it seemed that he had some aversion to the Huoyun Kingdom's royal family.

On the stage, after announcing Zhao Bo's victory, Xue Qianfu continued to announce the next match.

"The next match will be between Leng Hao from Nachuan Academy and Tang Yuling from Nachuan Academy."

As soon as the words were spoken, Tang Yuling, standing on one side of the arena, said, "I concede."

Upon seeing this, Xue Qianfu announced, "Leng Haosheng! Next, we will proceed with the revival round of the advanced competition. Participants in the revival round, please come forward."

After he finished speaking, no one was willing to step onto the stage.