Chapter 1320: Chapter 1319: System Upgrade Complete
The figure landed on the martial stage, his clothes tattered, blood staining his robes, his hair disheveled.
When everyone saw the face of that figure clearly, their expressions changed dramatically, because that figure was actually the North Continent Academy’s tutor, Chen Liang.
He lost?
Qin Hao’s figure swooped down from the sky, the War God Spear radiating brilliant golden light.
"Kill"
The War God Spear thrust straight towards Chen Liang’s chest.
Chen Liang suddenly raised his head, his eyes bursting with brilliance, an invisible barrier appeared in front of him, blocking the tip of the War God Spear.
On the martial stage, a stalemate instantly ensued. Chen Liang knelt on the ground, summoning a blue barrier with his hands, while Qin Hao held the War God Spear, its golden glow shimmering, stabbing upon that blue barrier.
Both parties were locked in a deadlock.
The crowd below held their breath, watching the two without blinking.
Several seconds later, a cracking sound emerged from Chen Liang’s blue barrier, as numerous cracks, resembling a spider web, spread across it.
"Boom"
Finally, Zhang Liang’s blue barrier could no longer withstand, and the War God Spear pierced through it, directly stabbing through his body.
"Bang"
His body exploded into a mist of blood, disappearing completely from this world.
The people from the North Continent Academy witnessing this scene were utterly horrified, Chen Liang was actually killed by the opponent? This...how is this possible.
This person is about our age, both young geniuses, and yet he can kill our tutor??
On the martial stage, Qin Hao looked at the North Continent Academy students: "Who among you still dares to come up and fight?"
The North Continent Academy people all hung their heads, not daring to meet his eyes. Even Mr. Chen was slain; they were even less confident. This person’s combat strength was simply defying the heavens.
Seeing no response for a long time, Qin Hao continued, "Since no one dares to challenge, I will take my leave."
Saying this, he walked down from the martial stage and returned to the side of Zhou Danqing and the others.
Zhou Danqing wore a smile on his face, "Well done, I have wanted to kill him for a long time."
"Let’s go, Mr. Danqing, let’s continue wandering around this Ancient God City." Qin Hao’s expression was calm, as if the recent battle had no effect on him.
Zhou Danqing and his group left, while many around looked at them with thoughtful eyes. This year, the Southern Continent Academy indeed produced a monster, capable of killing a mid-stage Void-breaking Realm tutor from the North Continent Academy. Many attending admitted they couldn’t achieve such combat power.
This year’s talent competition, this person will surely have a place.
Qin Hao and his group spent a day touring, yet couldn’t finish viewing the attractions in Ancient God City. By around six in the evening, they returned to the mansion of the Heaven and Earth Academy.
Inside the residence of Zhou Danqing, Qin Hao sat in a chair, smiling at Zhou Danqing.
Zhou Danqing knew what he wanted, was he expecting a massage?
"Seeing your impressive performance today, I’ll give you a massage this time."
Qin Hao: "Mr. Zhou, the massage can wait. I want to ask if there are any places here where people can live?"
Upon hearing his words, Zhou Danqing curiously replied, "Yes, there are plenty of places, why do you ask?"
Qin Hao: "I have taken in a small tribe from the Ancient Giant Clan, about three hundred people. I intend to bring them here because it’s relatively safe. Is that alright?"
Zhou Danqing was taken aback: "The Ancient Giant Clan? Are they descendants of the Ancient Witch Clan?"
"Exactly, it’s them!"
Zhou Danqing: "Since they are your people, they can naturally come here. Where are they now? I’ll arrange for someone to bring them over right now."
Qin Hao told her the location of the inn where Shuiyang, Tian Hui, and others were staying, and Zhou Danqing immediately arranged for academy guards to go and receive them.
"It’s been a long time since I’ve experienced Danqing’s massage technique. Today, let me see if your skills have regressed." After speaking, Qin Hao went into the inner hall, onto the wooden bed where Zhou Danqing usually rested.
Zhou Danqing prepared briefly and began to massage him.
Qin Hao slightly closed his eyes, enjoying it, "Danqing, you should start secluded cultivation tonight. With those pills and items, you should be able to break through to the early-stage Void-breaking Realm."
Zhou Danqing nodded, "There’s still half a month until the talent competition, it should be enough."
Qin Hao: "Does the first round of selection involve a million people competing together?"
Zhou Danqing: "In the past, the first round had a million people enter a secret realm for a brutal selection, choosing the top hundred thousand based on ranking, followed by a harsh elimination match."
Half an hour later, Qin Hao came out from Zhou Danqing’s residence. At this time, Shuiyang, Tian Hui, and others had already been brought over and arranged in the residence next to Qin Hao’s.
Qin Hao returned to the residence where Ning Ziyuan, Su Xuanji, and others were sitting, chatting.
"Mr. Qin is back?" Ning Ziyuan smiled as she saw him return.
Qin Hao: "During this short time, I plan to enter seclusion to adjust my state, and re-emerge when the competition begins."
Ning Ziyuan and Su Xuanji immediately expressed their intention to also enter seclusion for cultivation. If Qin Hao was cultivating, they wouldn’t have anything to do either. They followed Qin Hao to Ancient God City purely for his essence blood.
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The matter of Qin Hao’s battle with the North Continent Academy tutor spread within Ancient God City that day.
These people did not know Qin Hao’s name, but they knew he was a student of Southern Continent Heavenly Earth Academy.
"Did you see that duel outside the Ancient God Temple today? The Southern Continent Heavenly Earth Academy has produced an extraordinary prodigy, who killed a North Continent Academy tutor. That tutor was an established genius, ranked within the top five thousand in the previous talent grand competition."
"Wow, that impressive? Doesn’t that mean his combat power far surpasses five thousand?"
"Of course, not only that, after ranking, the North Continent Academy tutor cultivated for another thousand years. His combat power likely ranked within the top thousand."
"This is still a conservative estimate. That student from the Heaven and Earth Academy is surely stronger, because he still had ample strength left after he killed the North Continent Academy tutor."
These few days there have been many fights within Ancient God City. Some factions harbor grudges, and hence upon meeting, they were especially hostile, inevitably confronting each other on the martial stage.
From time to time, news spread of certain prodigies being killed, and who killed whom.
Ancient God City was becoming increasingly lively, gathering at least tens of thousands of large and small forces, along with a terrifying number of loose cultivators.
With the talent competition approaching, many forces are ready and eager, awaiting the start of the talent grand competition.
The day before the talent competition began, while Qin Hao was in seclusion, he heard the system prompt: System upgrade completed.
Opening the system, Qin Hao noticed more items in the Merit Mall. Previously, the highest was Mid Grade Immortal Level Skill and Divine Skills, now it included Top Grade Immortal Law.
Moreover, Qin Hao discovered that the system space could be upgraded. Currently, the system space was not very large; upgrading with merit points could not only increase the area but also enhance the concentration of spiritual energy within the space.