736: The Zhang family became enemies

However, shock aside, Yun Mengyao ultimately surpassed Yang Lingchen and won the championship of the perseverance test.

Yang Lingchen, meanwhile, continued to temper his Physical Body at an unhurried pace.

Just as Yuwen Chengfeng and Zhang Wuhen were about to catch up, Yang Lingchen finally finished the first hundred meters, successfully securing second place in the perseverance test.

"Comfortable."

When he finished the hundred meters, the pressure on Yang Lingchen instantly dissipated. At that moment, he felt filled with power. During this final stretch of Physical Body tempering, he had raised the strength of his Physical Body by yet another Realm.

Now, even if his Immortal Essence Power were exhausted, he could fight an opponent of the same Realm relying solely on his Physical Body.

Not long after Yang Lingchen finished the hundred meters, Yuwen Chengfeng and Zhang Wuhen finally finished it as well.

"This kid's willpower is too terrifying!"

"Indeed! To think he actually used the pressure to temper his Physical Body."

At that moment, the onlookers all revealed expressions of shock.

Even Chu Tianxiong and Chu Yuechan on the viewing platform showed gratified smiles. After all, Yang Lingchen came from the Lanxian Sect; if he could grow in the future, it would be a great honor for the Lanxian Sect.

Soon, the siblings Huang Ruochen and Huang Ruoyu also successfully finished the hundred meters.

"Damn it, Brother Yang, you are too fierce! You actually made it to second place," Huang Ruochen said excitedly. "If you hadn't been tempering your Physical Body at the end, first place would have been yours."

"Yang Lingchen, I didn't expect your perseverance to be so strong," Huang Ruoyu said, wiping sweat from her forehead with a look of surprise.

Before meeting Yang Lingchen, she had always thought she was the most outstanding Genius of her generation.

But after meeting Yang Lingchen, Huang Ruoyu realized how wrong she had been. Although she also possessed the ability to engage in a Cross-Rank Challenge against those two minor Realms higher, compared to Yang Lingchen, there was still a significant gap.

Because Yang Lingchen could not only perform a Cross-Rank Challenge, but could fight five or six minor Realms higher. In Huang Ruoyu's view, such terrifying Combat Power was simply incredible.

Three hours passed quickly, and then the time for the perseverance test finally ended. In the end, only eight thousand people successfully passed the perseverance test, while those who did not pass were all eliminated.

"The next stage is the Combat Power test."

At this moment, Lei Zhennan stood up and announced in a loud voice, "The Combat Power test is very simple. It will be conducted via draw-based duels. The contestants who ultimately enter the top two thousand will gain the opportunity to enter Tianxin Academy. Start the drawing now."

Subsequently, after the draw and under the arrangement of the Tianxin Academy deacons, the eight thousand contestants drew their respective positions.

Since there were exactly eight thousand people, this meant that each person only needed to win two matches to successfully advance to the top two thousand.

As the draw was completed, the battles soon began. Fortunately, ten huge Arenas had already been prepared in the center of the square; otherwise, just the four thousand battles would have taken several days to finish.

About two hours later, it was finally Yang Lingchen's turn to enter the Arena. His opponent was from the Zhang family, a young man with a cultivation level at the Fourth Layer of Profound Immortal Realm.

"Kid, did you kill the second young master of my Zhang family?" The young man from the Zhang family stared coldly at Yang Lingchen. His expression was extremely grim, and his sharp eyes were filled with malice, revealing a bone-chilling coldness.

"Do you think that with my cultivation level, I could kill the second young master of your Zhang family?"

Yang Lingchen's expression was indifferent. His pitch-black eyes emitted a bone-chilling coldness, like an abyss that made people shudder.

Regardless, the current Yang Lingchen did not yet possess the strength to be an enemy of the Zhang family, so he naturally would not admit that he had killed Zhang Xinchen.

"You still dare to quibble? You have already been struck by my Zhang family's unique Life-Chasing Talisman. If you didn't kill the second young master, then how do you explain the Life-Chasing Talisman on you?" The young man's eyes were chillingly cold.

In fact, he also didn't believe that Yang Lingchen had killed Zhang Xinchen; after all, Zhang Xinchen's cultivation level had already reached the Peak of the Earth Immortal Realm.

"I don't know what happened either. More than a year ago, when I was out training, I happened to encounter a young man. At that time, he had been injured by a Yao Beast. Not long after I went over, he stopped breathing, and then I inexplicably got hit by the Life-Chasing Talisman," Yang Lingchen said with an innocent face.

For him at the moment, he would drag it out as long as he could; in any case, he would not admit that he killed Zhang Xinchen.

"Hmph, whether or not you killed the second young master, since you've stepped onto the Arena, don't even think about living." The young man snorted coldly, then his figure moved like lightning, instantly pouncing towards Yang Lingchen.

He intended to kill his opponent in one blow before Yang Lingchen could surrender.

"Damn it, you really take me for a saint?"

Yang Lingchen let out a cold shout. He suddenly slashed forward. Immediately, a thick and violent Immortal Essence Power radiated from his body. This violent Immortal Essence Power instantly condensed into a huge blade aura in the Void Realm, and then slashed towards the young man with lightning speed.

At this moment, Yang Lingchen went all out. He originally didn't want to cause trouble, but that didn't mean he was afraid of it.

Since the other party insisted on putting him to death, he would not be soft-hearted. He could take this opportunity to show his strength, so that after entering Tianxin Academy, he would gain the attention of the higher-ups.

As long as he gained the attention of the Tianxin Academy higher-ups, the threat from the Zhang family could be completely ignored.

In the third round of the Combat Power test, if the opponent does not surrender, one is allowed to kill them, so Yang Lingchen was not worried about being punished.

Facing this eighty-meter-long blade aura from Yang Lingchen, the young man's face revealed a look of terror. He really couldn't understand how a kid at the First Layer of Profound Immortal Realm could erupt with such powerful energy.

But at this stage, it was too late for him to escape. In desperation, he could only wave the battle sword in his hand and brace himself to meet Yang Lingchen's blade aura.

"Swish...!"

With a swish sound, this terrifying blade aura from Yang Lingchen cut through the sky, instantly cleaving the young man's body in two. Blood splattered all over the ground, and the scene looked extremely tragic.

At this moment, the scene was silent, and the surrounding crowd all revealed expressions of shock in their eyes.

"This is too brutal. With a cultivation level at the First Layer of Profound Immortal Realm, he can actually erupt with such powerful strength."

"Indeed! Zhang Ruojun was a Cultivator at the Fourth Layer of Profound Immortal Realm! To think he was killed by him in one strike."

"It seems we all underestimated him before! Who would have thought that this kid not only has extraordinary talent, but his Combat Power is also terrifyingly high!"

After the shock, the scene began to buzz with discussion. No one could believe that Yang Lingchen, at the First Layer of Profound Immortal Realm, had killed Zhang Ruojun, at the Fourth Layer of Profound Immortal Realm, in one move.

With Yang Lingchen having killed Zhang Ruojun, he instantly became the focus of everyone at the scene.

Even many higher-ups of Tianxin Academy cast their gazes towards him.

After all, Yang Lingchen's talent was outstanding enough, and he possessed a super strong ability to perform a Cross-Rank Challenge. If such a young man were to become their Disciple, it would absolutely be a matter of only benefits and no harm to them.

"Brother Yang, you are too fierce, aren't you?"

Just as Yang Lingchen walked down from the Arena, Huang Ruochen walked over excitedly.

He was genuinely happy from the bottom of his heart that Yang Lingchen could win.

"Yang Lingchen, you must be careful in the future. That guy was from the Zhang family," a look of worry flashed across Huang Ruoyu's face.

"So what if he was from the Zhang family? In this Tianxin Academy, do they dare to touch me?" Yang Lingchen said.

"Of course they wouldn't dare to touch you in Tianxin Academy, but you can't stay in Tianxin Academy forever, right?" Huang Ruoyu said softly. "And there are many Geniuses from the Zhang family in Tianxin Academy; they might look for trouble with you in the future."

"It's fine, soldiers come, block them; water comes, cover it with earth." Yang Lingchen smiled indifferently. Since he had already reached this point, all he could do was forge ahead.

The rules of Tianxin Academy were still very complete. Although there would be disputes between Disciples, major casualties were absolutely not allowed; otherwise, one would have their cultivation level abolished and be expelled from Tianxin Academy.

This was also the reason why Yang Lingchen dared to kill Zhang Ruojun.

...To be continued!