57: geniuses from various prefectures

Please pay attention. This young man is named Li Jie.

Having Cultivate for a day, he entered the ladder system with excitement.

Before matching, he carefully looked over the rankings; his targets were the top Trainees possessing Level 6 Extraordinary Talent.

Possessing a Level 5 Extraordinary Talent 'Skill', provided nothing unexpected happened, he could march forward victoriously and enter the top 1000.

But, as everyone knows, when things are supposed to go without a hitch, an accident is bound to happen.

On the arena.

"Huh, good luck."

Li Jie was somewhat surprised; he encountered a Level 3 on his first match.

"I guess he just entered the ladder system recently, but, sorry."

"Become the first stepping stone for me, Li Jie, to reach the top."

Opposite him, Xiao Weiqing remained expressionless. After the System announced the start, he extended his palm.

Seeing Xiao Weiqing's action, Li Jie was stunned, then smiled and said, "Not bad, quite polite."

He then extended two fingers, making a "V" sign.

However, a low shout echoed across the arena.

"Fire Owl!"

Boom! A beam of flame arrived in an instant. In a flash, it shattered half of Li Jie's body.

Immediately after, Li Jie's body turned into particles and disappeared. A mechanical voice sounded, "Xiao Weiqing wins, points +50."

Xiao Weiqing muttered, "Good luck, I actually ran into an idiot."

Do they even accept idiots at Supernatural University?

Canglan Academy. A Trainee suddenly woke up from the virtual pod.

"Damn it, no martial virtue."

In that instant just now, his body had been vaporized; it truly scared Li Jie.

"Damn, this isn't what I imagined."

According to Li Jie's expectations, he should have been slaughtering opponents in all directions and becoming famous throughout Great Xia.

"A trick, it was definitely the opponent's trick. The other party was too cunning, and I was too careless."

"Again! This time, when I match with an opponent, no matter what, I'll just hack them to death."

On the other side, Xiao Weiqing had taken out his opponent in one Move and did not match again immediately.

He felt the power of the Fire Owl just now; with 20 strands of Qi Fire, the power seemed similar to when he was in the outside world.

This virtual pod was truly magical; it could even simulate the power of Qi Fire. He just didn't know if the power would decrease when more Qi Fire was injected.

"I'll know when I try."

At this moment, the Battle Intent within Xiao Weiqing grew stronger. In the virtual world, he didn't need to worry about anything, unlike in the real world where he didn't dare to use his full strength for fear of hurting others.

Only during the sixth-day assessment, when facing Qin Tian, had he used his full strength, but at that time his Spiritual Qi and Qi Fire had been significantly depleted, so he wasn't at full capacity.

Xiao Weiqing reached out and clicked match on the holographic screen. He didn't look at his ranking; looking at the ranking now was meaningless. "Matching..." "Match successful."

The scene changed again. An arena similar to the God-Bestowal Platform was located among the clouds.

A young man appeared on the opposite side, carrying a long spear on his back. The information given was that he possessed Level 4 Extraordinary Talent.

"Luo Jiang Academy, hid his name? Only Level 3 Extraordinary Talent?"

The person opposite him seemed uninterested and was not very satisfied with Xiao Weiqing as an opponent. He twirled his spear and said loudly, "State your name, general! I, Zhao Yong, do not kill the nameless."

Xiao Weiqing didn't waste words and took a step forward.

"Clang!" The Dragon was unsheathed, and he slashed out with a blade.

"So fast!" In his panic, the opponent raised his spear to block.

"Snap!" Without any obstruction, the blood-red Dragon sliced through the spear shaft, and under the opponent's terrified expression, it severed his head.

The next second, Zhao Yong's body turned into particles and disappeared from the arena. The mechanical voice sounded again, "Xiao Weiqing wins, points +50."

"So strong, this Dragon is truly no ordinary Spiritual Qi weapon." Xiao Weiqing thought to himself, "I was originally worried that my Spiritual Qi wouldn't be enough to fight many matches, but now it seems that if I use the blade, I can last a long time."

He reached out and clicked match again. "Matching..." "Match successful." Matching is fast when the rank is low.

The scene changed again. A person appeared a hundred meters away; this time it was a girl holding a sword and wearing a combat suit.

"Qingyu Academy, Hu Qingqing, Extraordinary Talent, Level 5." Qingyu Academy was also one of the Eight Great Academies.

Hu Qingqing was very polite; she cupped her hands while holding her sword, then attacked. She was extremely fast, arriving in front of Xiao Weiqing in the blink of an eye. With an 'Immortal points the Way' Move, she went straight for Xiao Weiqing's throat.

Xiao Weiqing did not panic. Utilizing the most basic blocking blade technique, he slanted his blade upward to parry, deflecting Hu Qingqing's long sword.

After her first Move failed, Hu Qingqing turned to sweep horizontally, her Movement Technique elegant and agile, executed in one fluid motion. Conversely, Xiao Weiqing was not in a hurry, utilizing the basic blade techniques taught by Zhao Jia to defend, one slash at a time.

When encountering an opponent like Hu Qingqing, one must never panic, nor should one think about counterattacking immediately, because the opponent's agility is superior to yours, and your counterattack will surely be within the opponent's expectations. Once a counterattack fails, you will immediately reveal a flaw.

Just like that, the two clashed blades more than ten times. Although Xiao Weiqing was at a disadvantage, his Spiritual Qi was more abundant than Hu Qingqing's, which meant Hu Qingqing could not inflict damage on Xiao Weiqing for the time being.

However, Hu Qingqing obviously wouldn't just wait like this. Her Extraordinary Talent was the Green Shadow Wind Sword Technique, and what she was using now was just her basic Move.

"Not bad strength, but it's not enough." Hu Qingqing stepped back, holding her sword vertically with the tip level with her eyebrows. She shouted softly, "Flowing Wind Sword Shadow!"

Hu Qingqing's figure disappeared from the arena for a split second. When she reappeared, she had already reached Xiao Weiqing, and the long sword in her hand split into two, then into three. She thrust at Xiao Weiqing from three directions.

Xiao Weiqing's pupils constricted, and he retreated violently, but the long sword followed him like a shadow; there was no way to avoid it.

"Clang!" Xiao Weiqing blocked the sword tip horizontally, and the three sword shadows merged into one.

"You... how is it possible that you blocked it?" Xiao Weiqing remained expressionless.

"Spiritual Qi, it's the Spiritual Qi. Your Spiritual Qi long sword, you injected Spiritual Qi, but it was too obvious. The real sword shadow clearly had more Spiritual Qi than the ones used for deception."

Hu Qingqing said, "So that's it, I have learned something." Having had her Awakening for less than ten days, Hu Qingqing's Innate Skill Move was clearly not yet mastered.

"Clang!" Hu Qingqing swept with her sword again, still not stopping. As the saying goes, the first charge is vigorous, the second declines, and the third is exhausted. Xiao Weiqing had already become familiar with Hu Qingqing's attacks and began to counterattack.

Parrying the long sword, he took a step forward, a one-handed diagonal slash, a backhand horizontal slash, a frontal downward slash, each slash faster than the last. There was no technique, just straightforward Moves, or rather, this was the technique.

Hu Qingqing was beaten back step by step.

"Hah!" With a roar, Xiao Weiqing pressed down with his blade. Hu Qingqing resisted with all her might; the sword blade was bent, but it did not break. It seemed this sword was no ordinary item.

Hu Qingqing looked at the blade tip in front of her, only a few inches away, and cold sweat broke out on her forehead. Her heart was filled with shock.

"Why did I meet such a freak today? He clearly only has Level 3 Extraordinary Talent, so how is he even more powerful than my Level 5?"

"Could he be a Genius with the blade?"

Xiao Weiqing didn't care what Hu Qingqing was thinking; he prepared to end the battle. He injected Qi Fire into his hand.

In an instant, flames overflowed from the Dragon blade, the blade expanded, and the tip extended. It pierced through Hu Qingqing's throat.

Hu Qingqing's eyes widened, very confused. Wasn't her opponent a blade user? His Extraordinary Talent should have been 'Skill' or 'Weapon', so how could he also use flames? And it could even grow larger? Carrying unwillingness and confusion, Hu Qingqing's body turned into particles and disappeared.

"Xiao Weiqing wins, points +37."