275: Chapter 275 Undercurrents, Li Fan's Strength!

Another half-month passed.

Now, there was less than half a month left until the start of the Inheritance Competition.

Revelry could be seen everywhere across the Wushan Seat.

Furthermore, many well-known geniuses preparing to participate were slowly being unearthed by the vast number of cultivators.

As a result, a massive amount of discussion regarding these geniuses was currently circulating on the virtual network.

In some regions, people had even opened betting pools on these geniuses, wagering on whether they could break into the top rankings.

The likes of Duan Xuan, Jiang Yunxu, and Fang Tong were prominently among them.

In contrast, as the competition approached, the young prodigies preparing to participate grew increasingly nervous.

Take Fang Tong, for example.

Within the Fang Family.

Fang Tong had already emerged from seclusion and had been constantly checking information regarding the Inheritance Competition over the past few days.

With the help of the Fang Family elders, Fang Tong's current realm had reached the peak of the ninth stage of the Star-Treading Level, and his strength could be said to have advanced by leaps and bounds.

However, while his strength had surged, his mindset had not improved at all due to the existence of his heart demon, Li Fan.

Every time the Inheritance Competition was mentioned, Fang Tong would express his worries dejectedly.

Although Fang Tong didn't explicitly say it was because of Li Fan, everyone in the Fang Family could see it.

To address this, the Fang Family had also tried to find ways to assassinate Li Fan.

But unfortunately, Li Fan had spent the past few months entirely within the academy.

They simply couldn't find any opportunity at all.

As things stood now.

There was likely no chance to help Fang Tong eliminate Li Fan before the Inheritance Competition ended.

...

Huangchen Academy, Secret Heart Zone.

Inside a top-secret conference room.

Eight men and women of various statures were seated here; besides them, there was one empty seat.

Among the eight, Dean Liusha's figure was present.

"Old Sha, that kid Li Fan really is quite something! In this Inheritance Competition, there's a high probability he will shine brilliantly!"

"Naturally."

"Since he could take down that kid from the Sword Abyss Sea in one move, I think Li Fan has a complete chance to seize that immortal inheritance."

"If you ask me, it's still hard to say. Li Fan being able to comprehend a wisp of Law Power at the Star-Treading Level is indeed astonishing potential, but his realm is still a bit lacking after all."

"Among the academy participants from those few seat domains, as far as I know, there are also a few freaks who have comprehended Law Power, and their realms are higher than Li Fan's. Their combat power is terrifying!"

"Ah? Since when did Law Power become so common? Can just anyone comprehend it now?"

"Saying it's common is an exaggeration; it's still a tiny minority. However, over the last hundred years, ridiculous geniuses have indeed been appearing more and more. Even our impoverished seat domains can produce quite a few; those central Supreme Seat Domains are probably even more unimaginable."

"Alright, don't stray too far. Let's talk about Li Fan. Why has he been in seclusion this whole time? The effect of working behind closed doors like this feels inferior to attending a few more lectures."

"Didn't Old Sha say it? This kid has high comprehension; by cultivating on his own, his progress is immense."

...

That's right.

These eight people were none other than the founders of Huangchen Academy—eight Immortals!

Aside from Dean Liusha, who had always been at the academy.

The other seven Deans had only returned to the academy in the last few days.

After Dean Liusha's introduction, they learned about Li Fan's deeds. Every single one of them was extremely excited and held high hopes for Li Fan.

But Li Fan had always chosen to cultivate in seclusion by himself.

This truly left them somewhat bewildered.

A few Deans even wanted to personally find Li Fan to give him some guidance.

However, they were stopped by Dean Liusha.

Compared to the other Deans, Liusha obviously understood Li Fan better.

He knew exactly how high Li Fan's talent was.

A genius like Li Fan didn't need painstaking guidance; he only needed a few pointers at critical moments.

Too much guidance might even delay Li Fan's cultivation.

So soon.

The object of their guidance shifted from Li Fan to Peng Song!

Peng Song's talent was actually also quite ridiculous.

It was just that, when contrasted with Li Fan, it didn't seem quite as eye-catching.

...

Back to Li Fan.

Li Fan was still cultivating on that Bizarre Planet at this moment.

"Eight thousand five hundred and three!"

"Eight thousand five hundred and four!"

"Eight thousand five hundred and five!"

Li Fan was training under extreme high pressure. The beads of sweat he shed were instantly compressed by the terrifying gravity and fell, vanishing from sight.

If an outsider were to see this strange scene, their jaw would surely drop.

Because a normal person would have been crushed into a meat patty long ago under such terrifying gravity.

Soon.

After successfully completing today's training goals, Li Fan sat cross-legged on the ground and summoned Ming Yan's remnant soul, preparing to continue discussing matters regarding Law Power.

"Kid, your realm clearly hasn't changed much, so how come your aura is getting more ridiculous by the day? Could it be that this exercise can really feed back into your strength so quickly?"

After the break, Ming Yan, focusing his attention on Li Fan again, couldn't help but complain.

If Li Fan had progressed so quickly before because he was merging Law Power, that would be understandable.

But now, that wisp of Law Power was almost completely merged by Li Fan, yet his speed of progress showed no signs of slowing down. This was truly a bit incomprehensible to him.

Hearing Ming Yan's words.

Li Fan didn't know how to answer for a moment.

After all, getting stronger just by exercising—if he said that out loud, most people wouldn't believe it, and even if they did, explaining it would be a hassle.

But speaking of strength.

Li Fan had been concentrating on his cultivation during this time and hadn't really paid much attention to his current numerical status.

All he knew was that his current realm had reached the peak of the ninth stage of the Star-Treading Level!

Immediately.

Li Fan opened his status panel.

"Name: Li Fan

Level: Star-Treading Level Stage Nine (99.9%)

Strength: 1,092,341.3 (Stars)

Defense: 1,082,687.7 (Stars)

Spirit: 1,597,835.9 (Stars)

Law: Law of Strength (0.0001%)"

Now, all of Li Fan's various attributes had broken through the one million stars mark.

It could be described as quite magnificent.

Furthermore, a Law panel had been added to his attribute panel this time.

Currently, it was only at one-millionth.

Which was one wisp.

Regarding the current situation.

Li Fan was not that satisfied.

Because his goal was to successfully step into the Star Shattering Rank before the Inheritance Competition.

Judging from the current situation.

With less than half a month remaining, trying to break through to the Star Shattering Rank would likely be a bit difficult.

But overall, it was acceptable.

Because in terms of Law Power, he was basically about to complete the merger.

In the remaining half month, complete merger was already a certainty.

At that time.

His terrifying numerical values, combined with the horrific boost from Law Power, meant his combat strength would very likely be sufficient to contend with Universe Level experts!

Of course.

He couldn't be certain at the moment.

Because he hadn't come into contact with Universe Level experts, and the higher the realm, the greater the difficulty of fighting across levels.

Reasonably speaking, it was unlikely for him at the Star-Treading Level to cross a whole major realm and contend with the Universe Level.

But whether he truly had such combat power, he would only know once they clashed.