181: Monarch-level Spirit Bone

What was thought to be an intense match turned into a farce.

Xie Ning, wielding two staffs, chased the few people all over the arena, hitting them until they scattered and fled, one after another retracting their Demon Tamers Beast and jumping off the stage.

"How boring, with this kind of strength, you dare to provoke Lingnan Academy? Who gave you the right?" Xie Ning looked around and shouted at the crowd.

The students of Lingnan Academy below the stage were already boiling with excitement, looking at Xie Ning with fanaticism.

"Teacher Xie Ning is simply divine!"

"He's so incredibly awesome, he just does it, no messing around."

"He brought honor to our Lingnan Academy, he's an idol..."

Compared to the fervent students of Lingnan Academy, most of the people from other academies looked extremely displeased.

Eight Silver Rank individuals went on stage, only to be beaten off it, and not even with swords or knives, but with two wooden staffs! It was an unprecedented humiliation!

Seeing that the people below the stage were furious but dared not speak, Xie Ning smiled and said, "Remember this, this is Lingnan Academy's territory."

After speaking, Xie Ning put away his wooden staffs, retrieved his dagger, and leaped down.

The crowd below all made way for him.

As Xie Ning walked past Qin Tianyu, he tossed him the Golden Soldier Dagger.

"Figure out how to subdue it yourself."

Qin Tianyu quickly caught the dagger, gripping the resisting blade tightly, and nodded slightly.

The surrounding students cast fervent gazes at the dagger. Qin Tianyu didn't wait a second, immediately flashing away with the dagger, leaving Su Qin standing alone in a daze.

When the crowd turned their heads to look for Xie Ning again, his figure was nowhere to be found... In the infirmary.

Xie Ning arrived here, and as soon as he reached the second floor, he was met with several fervent gazes, which startled him to a halt.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Xie Ning asked cautiously.

Senior Sister Ye: "Teacher Xie's performance just now was so cool!"

Student Nannan: "Exactly! Super cool! He single-handedly challenged Yulong Cultivation Academy, totally godlike, wasn't he? Especially when he beat up those Demon Tamers from their academy later, it was so satisfying!"

"Thanks, but it's nothing, just some minor skirmishes in the academy," Xie Ning shook his head.

The male student, who had been squeezed into the corner, also asked, "Teacher Xie, why are you here? Aren't you going to watch the matches of the other academies?"

"Oh, no. What needed to be dealt with has been dealt with. How things wrap up and how the matches proceed after this isn't my responsibility," Xie Ning laughed.

Xie Ning came to Mo Yu's bedside and smiled, "I avenged you."

"Hehe~" Mo Yu smiled.

After a few casual chats and advising her to rest well, Xie Ning left.

Just now in the waiting hall, Yan Ruyu had already given him the Monarch-rank insect-type Spirit Bone, and he had already prepared all the other Materials needed for evolution.

He was already impatient to evolve Little Mantis.

With the Monarch Spirit Bone and an excessive amount of true martial gold, Xie Ning couldn't predict what would evolve.

When Xie Ning arrived at the Nurturing Building and stepped out of the elevator, Su Qin was standing at the door waiting for him.

"Hehe~ Congratulations, Big Brother Xie, on your triumphant return."

Su Qin's words made Xie Ning smile involuntarily.

Then the two entered the Nurturing Room, and Xie Ning took out various Spiritual Materials.

One Gold Rank inner elixir, five Silver Rank spatial demon cores, thirty pieces of true martial gold, fifteen Rupture Origin Demonic Spiritual Plants, one catty of Empty Brightness Powder... Finally, Xie Ning took out a deep red skeleton taller than a person from his storage stone. As soon as it was taken out, a terrifying Aura surged forth, invading their minds, passing through people, penetrating doors, and spreading towards the other buildings of the academy.

The spread lasted only a few seconds before another, more powerful but cool energy controlled it, compressing it back into the Nurturing Room and back into the skeleton.

"Hoo..."

Xie Ning let out a long breath, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and exchanged glances with Su Qin, who was slumped on the ground. Both saw lingering fear in the other's eyes.

"Such... such terrifying Aura... Just the bones left after death are so terrifying. Big Brother Xie, what... what exactly did you bring back?" Su Qin's voice trembled slightly.

Xie Ning hadn't fully recovered either, just saying blankly, "It's the Spirit Bone of a Platinum Rank 5 Monarch, the Demon Abyss Blood Worm King."

Su Qin's eyes widened, falling into a daze.

Compared to Su Qin's shock, Xie Ning's heart was churning even more. He realized that he had severely underestimated the strength of a Monarch-rank.

He once thought that the Aura of the Xingshui Lynx when it recovered from its injuries was Monarch-rank. Now it seemed that the Xingshui Lynx at that time must have greatly suppressed its Aura, otherwise, he, at his level back then, wouldn't have lasted even 2 seconds.

If a Monarch-rank was already so powerful, then what kind of strength did Yan Ruyu possess, to be feared by other Monarch-ranks?

"Big Brother Xie? Big Brother Xie, are you alright?"

Su Qin's voice brought Xie Ning back to his senses, seeing him looking at him with a worried expression.

"Thanks, I'm fine," Xie Ning said, tapping the Demon Abyss Blood Worm King's Spirit Bone, and chuckled bitterly, "But this cultivation will require some help. Go open the door."

"Oh." With that, Su Qin turned to open the door.

As the door opened, a pair of jade feet landed precisely, and a graceful figure walked in.

"Oh? Mentor, why are you here?" Su Qin asked in surprise.

"The reinforcements I brought," Xie Ning said, scratching his head, looking at Yan Ruyu, "Master, thank you for your help just now. Now I need to trouble you again, Master."

"Speak," Yan Ruyu said.

Xie Ning pointed to the Demon Abyss Blood Worm King's Spirit Bone: "Help me crush this skeleton. The finer the better, preferably into powder. Its hardness is beyond what the cultivation machines can handle."

Yan Ruyu nodded and said, "Hmm, Platinum Rank 5 is a bit difficult for you."

Xie Ning: "..."

Su Qin: "..."

Is it just a 'bit'?

This time, for safety, the three of them moved the Materials to Yan Ruyu's courtyard, including all the cultivation facilities.

Back mountain, in the courtyard.

The Demon Abyss Blood Worm King's Spirit Bone floated in mid-air. Yan Ruyu formed a sword-finger gesture, then a long sword soared into the sky, transforming into a sky full of sword shadows, like dark clouds, covering the courtyard above and shrouding the figures of the three.

Looking at the dense black mass, not only was Su Qin petrified, but even Xie Ning felt his scalp tingle. If one were to endure a round of that and not die, it must be a blessing cultivated over three lifetimes.

Yan Ruyu changed her hand gesture again, and the sky full of sword shadows moved, swirling like a vortex as if pulled by threads, then descending like a rain curtain. With a series of sword cries, they all stabbed towards the Demon Abyss Blood Worm King's Spirit Bone.

Sizzle—

Even the sound of cutting didn't pause for a moment.

The two only felt their vision completely enveloped by a black cloud.

After an unknown duration, the black cloud gradually shrank, eventually disappearing and transforming into a long sword, returning to its scabbard.

Throughout the entire process of the move, not a hint of Aura was revealed, but this was precisely what was most terrifying.

"This should be enough, right?"

Yan Ruyu extended a finger, pressing against the deep red powdered sphere of the Spirit Bone, and asked back, "Is it enough?"

"Enou... enough." Xie Ning quickly took out an enamel basin to catch it, carefully sealing it, not forgetting to say, "Someone as majestic as Master certainly wouldn't be stingy about teaching disciples a technique like the Thousand Swords Art or Ten Thousand Swords Art, right?"

Yan Ruyu pursed her lips and smiled, "Of course, if you reach Gold Rank within half a year, I'll consider teaching you."

"Is there room for negotiation?"

"No."

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