Chapter 1300: Chapter 1300: Reduced to a Joke
"Presumptuous."
"Arrogant."
"Just a coward who didn’t even dare to participate in the second round, and now has the audacity to be arrogant?"
Almost as soon as Xiao Yi finished speaking, a series of loud shouts erupted around him.
A multitude of hostile gazes all converged on Xiao Yi.
Xiao Yi ignored them, holding his sword, waiting.
"I’ll give you a challenge." Another figure leapt onto the Martial Arts Arena.
Bang...
A loud explosion sounded on the Martial Arts Arena.
The outcome was no different from before.
Whoosh...whoosh...whoosh...
Figures continuously ascended the stage.
Bang...bang...bang...
Figures were also continuously blasted away, severely injured and leaving the stage.
This situation persisted for an entire hour.
During this hour, the only sound echoing in the ears of all the academic disciples around was that nightmarish ’bang’ sound.
And one severely injured disciple after another.
Surrounding gazes were no longer merely hostile but were flickering with fiery anger.
"Next." The three judges frowned and announced.
Regardless of the outcome, according to the rules, they had to announce it.
Whoosh...
At this moment, a golden light flickered from the seats of the Golden Dawn Academy.
"Jin Yu." Jin Chen’s expression changed at the seats of the Golden Dawn Academy.
The one on stage was named Jin Yu.
The previous chief of Golden Dawn Academy, the brother of Jin Hu.
"Xiao Yi, is it?" Jin Yu’s expression was icy cold to the extreme.
"In the first round, I did not face you, so you were lucky."
"In the second round, you did not fight either, again you were lucky."
"In this round, on Five Spirit Peak, the matter of injuring my brother should be accounted for..."
Bang...
On the Martial Arts Arena, another nightmarish explosion sounded.
Jin Yu was instantly blown away.
By the time he hit the ground, he was covered in blood.
The sword mark on his chest nearly reached his bones, an extremely severe injury.
Whoosh... Jin Chen flashed to Jin Yu’s side.
"Not good, his vitality is dissipating." Jin Chen’s face changed.
Whoosh... From the Golden Dawn Academy seats, an elder flashed over, hastily treating Jin Yu.
Jin Chen glared coldly at Xiao Yi, "Xiao Yi, are you competing or trying to take lives?"
Xiao Yi still remained silent.
Jin Chen’s eyes suddenly blazed with anger, "Are you seeking death?"
"How arrogant." The surrounding academic disciples shouted angrily.
"Are Black Cloud Academy’s disciples so excessive?"
"To severely injure opponents without hesitation, even attempting to take lives."
"Does such scum deserve to participate in the Hundred Schools Battle?"
Xiao Yi’s eyes turned cold, scanning the surroundings.
Underneath his icy gaze, Sword Intent soared into the sky.
"If you have no strength, then don’t step on the stage."
The cold words echoed unreservedly throughout.
"You..." The surrounding academic disciples were simultaneously enraged.
If they didn’t step on stage, if they didn’t compete, how could their academy rank?
The Hundred Schools Battle, with the academies that advanced in the second round were all powerful forces, prestigious clans.
Such a grand event once every 15 years, with elite participation, if there were no rankings, wouldn’t it become a joke?
How could the disciples of each academy possibly refuse to take the stage?
"Xiao Yi." The three judges looked at Xiao Yi, wanting to say something.
Xiao Yi indifferently interrupted, "Have I violated any competition rules?"
"No." The three judges shook their heads.
"Then let’s continue." Xiao Yi said indifferently.
The three judges frowned but could only nod.
"Next."
Bang...
Bang...bang...
The following moments were almost entirely spent amidst those continuous explosive sounds.
Each battle ended quicker than ever before, almost instantaneously.
Another hour later.
The gaze from the spectator seats was filled entirely with fury, not only from the disciples but also from all martial artists and elders.
"Bastard." An elder suddenly erupted.
"What kind of competition is this? Every time on stage, it’s severe injury with a single sword strike, blasting opponents off the Martial Arts Arena."
"In just an hour, nearly a hundred elite Heavenly Talents were severely injured."
"Including the previous hour, within two hours, more than half of the Supreme Talents from the academies that advanced in the second round are already severely injured."
"Boy, don’t go too far."
"Indeed." Another academy elder erupted.
"Arrogant brat, we always knew Black Cloud Academy’s disciples were extremely domineering."
"Now it seems they are even worse."
"Is this a contest? It’s clearly an excuse to injure, even to take lives."
"Hmph." Suddenly, a powerful aura erupted, an elder coldly snorted.
"This Xiao Yi may not seem to have violated any competition rules."
"But by competing like this, with everyone severely injured, how is it different from disrupting the Hundred Schools Battle?"
"I propose that such a disciple be directly kicked off the stage and stripped of his competition qualifications."
"Yes...yes..." Angry shouts erupted from the spectator seats, with outrage reaching its peak in their words.
The fury on the entire spectator seats erupted to the extreme.
Clang...
Just at this moment, a violent sword cry shot into the sky.
Underneath the sword cry, Sword Intent pierced through the air.
A cold gaze swept over the entire scene.
That was Xiao Yi’s gaze.
His eyes met the eyes of the academy seniors, each renowned powerful figure, without any retreat.
"Excessive? Disruptive?"
"During the second round when you surrounded my Black Cloud Academy team, why didn’t you say it was excessive?"
"When intending to take all the points, seize all the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, why didn’t you say it was excessive?"
"You intended for my Black Cloud Academy disciples to have zero points, directly losing qualification in the second round; I will make you all experience having zero points, losing qualification."
The domineering words echoed unrestrainedly throughout the arena.
The icy tone did not regard anyone present.
This young man, where did his confidence come from to disregard everyone?
The elders from each academy did not know but were left speechless.
They finally understood that this young man was venting his anger in this third round.
Since every academy team’s intention was for Black Cloud Academy’s team to lose qualification in the second round, becoming a joke.
He would likewise make all the academies a joke in the third round.
Everyone who took the stage would leave severely injured, without the strength to fight further.
Yet they couldn’t avoid the stage, couldn’t avoid the third-round competition.
If this continued, the result would be all the academies that advanced in the second round would have all their elite disciples with zero points.
If the third round resulted in zero points for everyone, it meant the total loss of qualification.
In the end, the entire Hundred Schools Battle would become a joke.
"If you want to fight, step onto the stage." Xiao Yi coldly shouted.
The entire spectator seat suddenly fell silent.
The academy disciples hesitated; no one dared to respond for the time being.
"I’ll give you a challenge." At this moment, a graceful figure leaped onto the Martial Arts Arena.
"Linlang, don’t." Guo Feifan shouted in alarm from the Heavenly Hidden Academy seats.
Indeed, the one on stage was Huoo Linlang.
"Huoo Linlang." Xiao Yi frowned.
In fact, he already knew who this troublesome little girl he had saved in Fangcun Territory was.
Comparing to when he first entered the Central Region, just stepping into Fangcun Territory.
Now Xiao Yi, having roamed for a long time, naturally knew many prominent figures and famous talents.
Huoo Linlang, the only granddaughter of the Old Dean of Heavenly Hidden Academy.
The only granddaughter of the Old Dean, who was already famous throughout the Central Region and had students around the world.
At the time, the place Gu Fei Fan referred to as the gathering of talents was indeed Heavenly Hidden Academy.
"You should step down too." Xiao Yi said indifferently, striking with his sword.
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Third update.
Sorry, it’s half an hour late.
