Huang Xiaolong's expression was cold as he calmly watched Zhou Teng speeding towards him. Raising his right fist, Huang Xiaolong punched out a Collapse Fist at full force, sending Zhou Teng flying backward.
Zhou Teng spun backward like a limbless tortoise in the air, but he managed to land within the stage area, stumbling awkwardly.
In that split second, Huang Xiaolong's Wing of Demon spread out, and with one flap of the wings he was in front of Zhou Teng. A sharp light glinted in Huang Xiaolong's eyes as his palm struck out without mercy.
"God Binding Palm!"
A brilliant sphere-shaped palm image shot out and thrusted towards Zhou Teng.
Zhou Teng was surprised but there wasn't enough time for him to dodge. In that moment, a black light flickered from the 'sage' word on the tortoise shell behind his back, and with a forceful twist, Huang Xiaolong's God Binding Palm fell atop the black tortoise shell.
Just as with Rongguang and Liu Meijun, all of Zhou Teng's movements became immobilized as he stood there.
Huang Xiaolong's silhouette blurred into action, appearing once again in front of Zhou Teng and attacking with another Collapse Fist at Zhou Teng's chest.
Blood spurted out of Zhou Teng's mouth like a fountain. His body fell to the ground outside the stage area.
Zhou Teng lost!
The spectating crowd was shocked on the spot, eyes staring foolishly at Zhou Teng's body on the ground. Zhou Teng actually lost? The inner courtyard's number one Zhou Teng actually lost so quickly to Huang Xiaolong!
Initially, everyone anticipated a long-drawn-out and intense battle between Huang Xiaolong and Zhou Teng… what an exciting scene that would have been! Reality was a disappointment, however. In fact, it was even more lackluster and dull than when Huang Xiaolong battled Rongguang and Liu Meijun.
It finally dawned on the crowd a short while later that the battle was really over.
Harsh sounds of jeering came from the surrounding crowd.
Basically everyone watching had a contemptuous smirk on their faces looking at the defeated Zhou Teng.
"This is the inner courtyard's number one? What a sucker!"
"That may not be true. Zhou Teng is indeed very strong, but unfortunately his opponent was Huang Xiaolong!"
Loud whispers of various discussions started around the stage.
Though it may have been low whispers, every word entered Zhou Teng's ears loud and clear. He got up from the ground, and a strong hatred and rage took over him as he glared at Huang Xiaolong. The murderous look in his eyes was unmistakable.
Humiliation!
He could not accept this! He would not accept this defeat!
"Huang Xiaolong, I'm going to kill you!" Zhou Teng suddenly lunged forward onto the stage and started to attack Huang Xiaolong.
The crowd was shocked at the abrupt turn of events, and all the whispers halted. No one expected that Zhou Teng would disregard Academy rules after being defeated by Huang Xiaolong. He had actually leaped back onto the stage and attacked Huang Xiaolong again?!
On the main platform, Sun Zhang and Xiong Chu grew solemn watching this. Then, anger set in.
Watching Zhou Teng come at him with a crazed and frenzied look in his eyes, Huang Xiaolong's gaze turned icy and the Blades of Asura suddenly appeared in his hands.
"Wrath of the Nether King!"
Two slivers of light rumbled like bolts of lightning as they streaked out madly, akin to a thousand stampeding beasts!
Beams of radiant light flashed by.
Hit by Huang Xiaolong's Wrath of the Nether King, Zhou Teng's body shuddered from the impact and was sent flying with tragic screams echoing in the air.
"Zhou Teng!"
"Huang Xiaolong, you dare?!"
The moment Huang Xiaolong injured Zhou Teng, three silhouettes came piercing into the Holy Hall from outside. Arriving in front of Huang Xiaolong like a thunderbolt, all three of them aimed an attack at him at the same time.
Three powerful attacks roused a strong wind. Space rippled so strongly from the force that even the Holy Hall shook.
The people in the crowd turned pale.
Both Sun Zhang and Xiong Chu did not expect such a thing would take place.
"Xie Wei! Jiang Hengyu! Chen Fengli! You dare?!" Sun Zhang and Xiong Chu flew out, wanting to stop them. However, it was obvious to everyone that their actions were too late.
The three people making a joint attack on Huang Xiaolong were the very same three elders who objected to Huang Xiaolong's admittance to the inner courtyard−Xie Wei, Jiang Hengyu, and Chen Fengli! Both Xie Wei and Jiang Hengyu were Zhou Teng's Master.
Huang Xiaolong looked at these three people attacking him. The expression on his face remained calm and cold. They thought they had hidden themselves well enough, but in fact, Huang Xiaolong had noticed their presence from early on. At his current peak late-Tenth Order strength, his perception had enhanced greatly, extending over three hundred meters. Not even an early Xiantian realm expert could escape his senses.
Just when these three people's attacks were about to hit Huang Xiaolong, a majestic echo of a dragon's roar resounded, shaking the Holy Hall's roof. Everyone saw a black Primordial Divine Dragon hovering behind Huang Xiaolong. In a split second, Huang Xiaolong soul transformed.
A layer of black dragon scales instantly covered the surface of Huang Xiaolong's skin. Sharp dragon bone spikes grew out of his hand, similar to a daunting set of black thorns.
The black dragon head tattoo that emerged on his back roared towards the sky, emitting endless coercive might.
There were no whites in Huang Xiaolong's eyes as they had suddenly turned an obsidian black. By this point in time, the three attacks arrived.
Those fully black eyes emanated iciness as they swept across the three people's faces. Then, his hands formed two fists, and he swung toward Xie Wei.
"Overconfident!" Xie Wei scoffed, running his battle qi as his fists also rushed out like a flash flood.
Bang! Four fists collided together, and in that instant, Xie Wei's face changed to shock, followed by fear.
"You!" Before he could finish, his arms bent and his arm bones splintered, piercing out from his flesh and skin. A painful wail rang out as he was thrown out just like his disciple Zhou Teng before him, crashing heavily to the ground outside of the stage.
Right at that moment, Chen Fengli and Jiang Hengyu's attacks landed on Huang Xiaolong's torso.
However, both were shocked when they discovered that the hand they used to hit Huang Xiaolong's torso felt like it struck an indestructible steel wall. Instead, the rebounding force began vibrating up their hand, bringing intense pain to their hand and arm!
"How about it? Surprised?" Huang Xiaolong's detached and icy eyes looked at both of them, but neither could react. He then sent both of his palms out faster than lightning, landing squarely on their chests.
Spitting blood as both of them were repelled, they fell outside the stage and rolled until they came to a stop beside Xie Wei's body.
The crowd watching this was stupefied at the turn of events.
From the moment Zhou Teng violated Academy rules and attacked Huang Xiaolong after losing, to the next moment Xie Wei, Jiang Hengyu, and Chen Fengli appeared, attacked were then repelled by Huang Xiaolong, less time had passed than it takes to blink. This change was so fast and so sudden that no one processed it quickly enough to react. Perhaps it would be better to say that no one was able to accept what they just witnessed!
Watching Xie Wei, Jiang Hengyu, and Chen Fengli injured by Huang Xiaolong birthed an indescribable shock in the hearts of every individual.
This trio were Elders of the inner courtyard!
Moreover, Xie Wei was a Xiantian First Order expert!
Although Jiang Hengyu and Chen Fengli were at peak late-Tenth Order, their strength was not something someone like Zhou Teng could compare to. Even so, these three people were defeated one at a time by Huang Xiaolong!
The most frightening thing of all was that Xie Wei, as a Xiantian First Order expert, actually had no power to resist Huang Xiaolong!
Sun Zhang and Xiong Chu who were rushing to aid Huang Xiaolong halted halfway, nearly falling down from midair as they watched Huang Xiaolong deal with Xie Wei, Jiang Henyu, and Chen Fengli within the blink of an eye.
Rapidly stabilizing their balance, Sun Zhang and Xiong Chu came over and stood on the stage.
Sun Zhang and Xiong Chu's eyes were sparkling, laced with a faint hint of awe as they looked at Huang Xiaolong. Yes, awe. This even included Sun Zhang who was a Xiantian Second Order expert.
Neither of them ever heard of anyone who could defeat Xiantian experts when they were at peak late-Tenth Order!
The gap between a peak late-Tenth Order warrior and Xiantian First Order expert may look negligible, but in actuality, the gap between the two levels of strength was like heaven and earth. It was even larger than when comparing an early Ninth Order warrior to a peak late-Tenth Order warrior. Therefore, it was simply impossible for a peak late-Tenth Order warrior to defeat a Xiantian First Order expert!
Below the stage, Third Year Class Three teacher Chen Xiaojing nearly dislocated his jaw as he stared dumbfoundedly at the three people−Xie Wei, Jiang Chengyu, and Chen Fengli−who were defeated by Huang Xiaolong.
The legs of the pale-faced youth and one of the inner courtyard disciples gave out from the sight of what had just happened to the extent that they nearly knelt on the ground.
Those students who ridiculed Huang Xiaolong for winning first place during previous years because his opponents were being lenient were shivering in their pants as if they contracted epilepsy, twitching unnaturally.
Silence permeated throughout every nook and cranny of the Holy Hall.
Watching Huang Xiaolong's silhouette on the stage, the young girls' hearts were jumping around like a naughty fawn, issuing sounds of 'putong putong' like a wardrum in their ears.
If the sparkling lights from these girls' eyes were gathered together and launched, it would probably have the power to electrocute a boar to death.
After what seemed like a long time had passed, the Holy Hall broke out in an unprecedented thunderous applause and cheers.
By this point in time, Xie Wei, Jiang Hengyu, and Chen Fengli managed to get themselves up from the ground. The way the three of them looked at Huang Xiaolong was now full of fear.
The Huang Xiaolong that they never put in their eyes, a little rascal that in their opinion could not even win the class's first place was actually this monstrous!
Their faces were extremely ugly as the loud cheers and praises echoed in their ears.
"Xie Wei, Jiang Hengyu, Chen Fengli; the three of you actually ignored the Academy's established rules! As Elders, not only did you interfere with the competition between students, you even attacked Huang Xiaolong, a student of the Academy!" Sun Zhang was truly angered this time and reprimanded the trio.
Xie Wei looked at Sun Zhang and Xiong Chu, sneered and said, "So what? Sun Zhang, even if you want to expel us you must call for an Elders meeting first!"
As an Elder of the inner courtyard, regardless of their crime, they could only be punished after a decision was reached in the Elders' meeting. Not even Sun Zhang and Xiong Chu were able to supersede the authority of the Elders and arbitrarily decide their punishments.
After having this pointed out, Sun Zhang and Xiong Chu's faces turned sullen.
A proud complacent smile emerged on Xie Wei, Jiang Hengyu and Chen Fengli's faces.
However, at that moment, Huang Xiaolong slowly walked towards them.
The proud beam on their faces stiffened and paled.
"Huang Xiaolong, what are you doing?" Xie Wei snapped at Huang Xiaolong while trying his best to conceal the fear he was feeling inside.
Jiang Hengyu also barked, "You actually disrespected an inner courtyard Elder. You even attacked and injured us! Just you wait, you'll absolutely be expelled!"
The fact of the matter was that the three of them had interjected in the Academy students' competition. They ambushed Huang Xiaolong in a three on one battle, and now they shamelessly argued that Huang Xiaolong had no respect for elders, injured them, and actually wanted to expel Huang Xiaolong from the Academy!
Huang Xiaolong's placid tone matched his expression, "Really? But, the three of you don't seem to have enough authority to expel me!"
To expel a student, whether they be students of the normal classes or the inner courtyard, it fell under Sun Zhang and Xiong Chu's responsibility and authority.
Xie Wei and the other two's minds went blank.
Just now, they indeed forgot about this matter.
Huang Xiaolong continued to approach the three of them.
Seeing this, Xie Wei, Jiang Hengyu, and Chen Fengli actually retreated in a flustered manner.
"Huang Xiaolong, you dare to ignore the rules?!" Xie Wei once again put up a brave front, trying to deter Huang Xiaolong, but it was all for naught. Before Xie Wei could finish, the ebony Wing of Demon on Huang Xiaolong's back flapped. In less time than it took to blink, Huang Xiaolong had reached Xie Wei, and a fist struck the right side of his face. Xie Wei's head nearly swung back from the impact, causing his entire body to fly out.
Next, Huang Xiaolong walked towards Jiang Hengyu and Chen Fengli as fear distorted their faces.
"Huang Xiaolong, use your words! If you have something to say, we can discuss it peacefully, don't act recklessly!" The two blurted out.
Discuss peacefully? Don't act recklessly? Huang Xiaolong sneered coldly. Palms slammed out, striking the two in the chest and sending them flying out at the same time.
The boiled up atmosphere in the Holy Hall instantly became quiet.
People from all directions were looking towards one spot.
Huang Xiaolong looked at the three people groaning on the floor, he slowly walked towards them again.
Sun Zhang and Xiong Chu exchanged a glance, neither spoke, immersing themselves in the comfort of watching a good show.
These three held the position of inner courtyard Elder for too long. With Prime Minister Wu Feng as their backer, they had never given the two of them any face. Thus, Sun Zhang and Xiong Chu were dissatisfied with them for a long time.
Xie Wei noticed Sun Zhang and Xiong Chu standing at the side with their arms folded across their chests and enjoying the show. He became exasperated and angered: "Sun Zhang, Xiong Chu, as the Principal and Vice-Principal of the Academy, how can you just stand and watch an Academy student attack an inner courtyard's Elder?! When the Elders' meeting is called, I will propose to have you two removed from your positions!"
Sun Zhang sniggered, "Oh really? Pardon me, I did not see anything."
Did not see? Xie Wei, Jiang Hengyu, and Chen Fengli choked in anger seeing Sun Zhang actually lie without blinking. At this moment, they had just received a taste of Sun Zhang's shamelessness!
Huang Xiaolong came to a stop in front of them; the three of them struggled to stand up.
Just as they managed to get up, each was sent flying again with kicks from Huang Xiaolong.
Crashing to the ground, Chen Fengli was clutching at his chest with a hideous grimace.
"It's broken!" He hissed.
Huang Xiaolong's kicks were performed with great force and contained a trace of the Asura Sword Skill's frigid qi, torturing the three of from within.
Watching the three once revered experts jerk in pain on the ground, the disciples from the inner courtyard, such as the pale-faced youth, became ashen with horror.
At this time, Sun Zhang finally spoke, "Xiaolong, let me deal with the three of them." After all, he could not really stand and watch Huang Xiaolong really kill them without doing anything, especially when there were so many students present.
Everyone's eyes were watching.
Huang Xiaolong nodded.
The truth was, he never planned to kill the three of them.
However, after this, even if they didn't die, they were basically half crippled.
Just now, Huang Xiaolong sent the Asura frigid cold qi into their Qi Sea. Even if they could suppress it for the time being, they would not be capable of expelling it from their bodies.
With this, the Academy's annual competition drew to a close.
Huang Xiaolong won first place in Third Year Class Three, Third Year first place, and overall Academy number one!
Next year, Huang Xiaolong will represent the Cosmic Star Academy in the Duanren Empire's Imperial City Battle.
Imperial City Battle!
The event ended and the prizes were awarded. Sun Zhang and Xiong Chu presented two Spirit Dans to Huang Xiaolong, and as everyone was leaving, they requested for Huang Xiaolong to stay behind and gave him another two high Grade Five Spirit Dan.
In all the previous years they had always given him one pellet, but this year, Huang Xiaolong actually received two!
High Grade Five Spirit Dan. Sun Zhang and Xiong Chu were rarely willing to take these for their own cultivation, so it goes to show how much emphasis they were putting on Huang Xiaolong.
Both of them hoped Huang Xiaolong would enhance his strength as much as possible before the Imperial City Battle began.
Before Huang Xiaolong left, Sun Zhang and Xiong Chu said, "Xiaolong, although you are at a stage where after you soul transformed you were able to defeat Xie Wei, you must know the number of students that participate in the Imperial City Battle every year come from thousands of different kingdoms. Those that are stronger than Xie Wei are not scarce in number. Some of them possess talent and strength that does not lose out to you. Remember well, never underestimate an enemy."
Xiong Chu also provided some advice, and the content was roughly the same as Sun Zhang's since he hoped Huang Xiaolong would not let the win go to his head, causing him to grow arrogant and impertinent.
Moments later, Huang Xiaolong left the two of them.
Xiong Chu watched Huang Xiaolong's back as he walked away, comforted and lamenting at the same time, "I wonder what result Xiaolong can get during the next Imperial City Battle?"
Sun Zhang responded seriously, "Top ten shouldn't be a problem, but number one might be a little far. One must realize, the amount of monstrous geniuses in Duanren Empire is no small number."
When Huang Xiaolong stepped into Tianxuan Mansion, the entire mansion broke out in cheers and liveliness.
This year, not only did Huang Xiaolong snatch the individual year's first place, he even won the Academy's overall number one!
Representing Cosmic Star Academy in the Duanren Empire Imperial City Battle meant representing the Luo Tong Kingdom when participating, and this was the highest honor and glory! In the past, Huang Peng and Su Yan dared not even dream of such a possibility.
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