Mu Chen's match was the first in the quota competition. He faced Chen Tong from the West Campus and made him kneel with a single palm strike.
Following that were Mo Ling and Liu Mubai. As expected, Liu Mubai won with an absolute advantage.
Tang Qian'er and Hong Ling, two girls, brought the audience an exciting battle. They fought back and forth, making it difficult to distinguish a winner, and it ended in a draw.
After several rounds of battles, the competition for the seed quota finally began.
When Liu Mubai and Mu Chen stepped onto the stage, the atmosphere became lively. Through their previous matches, everyone could see that they were the two strongest students.
Even Mr. Hun, who had been uninterested, paid more attention to the arena.
"Go, Brother Mu!" the students from the East Campus cheered for Mu Chen.
A sinister smile appeared on Liu Mubai's face: "I've finally waited for this day. I've endured you for a long time."
"Then keep enduring," Mu Chen replied calmly.
"I will cripple you."
"If I have the chance, I won't hold back either."
Dean Xiao shouted, "The seed quota competition begins!"
As he finished speaking, both figures shot out simultaneously, and two powerful spiritual energies collided.
Liu Mubai's fiery red spiritual energy seemed like Binding flames, while Mu Chen's spiritual energy was dark. Two figures, one red and one black, moved continuously on the field.
Punching, blocking, dodging, jumping... In a short while, the two had exchanged more than a dozen moves.
"Interesting. You can actually keep up with my 'Flame Step.'"
Flame Step is a Spirit-grade low-tier movement spiritual art of the Liu Territory. Although its grade is not high, its practicality is very strong. Especially in Liu Qingtian's hands, it was used with such mastery that it became quite famous in the Bei Ling Territory.
"It just so happens that half a month ago, I learned a move called 'Spirit Shadow Step,'" Mu Chen replied with a light chuckle.
The two continued to fight, Liu Mubai mainly attacking, while Mu Chen mostly dodged and defended.
"I'll make you stop dodging!" Liu Mubai caught up to Mu Chen and suddenly pointed a finger out.
Fiery red spiritual energy wrapped around his finger, like rising flames, appearing exceptionally violent.
Mu Chen responded with a finger-based spiritual art, meeting attack with attack. Their fingertips collided, like metal striking metal, erupting in a crisp clang.
A ruthless glint flashed in both their eyes. They changed their fingers to fists and slammed them fiercely into each other's chests, both retreating a few steps, a trace of blood at the corners of their mouths.
Mu Chen suddenly laughed. While he had been constantly dodging, he had also been secretly setting up a spiritual array. At this moment, the spiritual array finally took shape.
He formed hand seals, and a red light permeated the air as a fiery red spiritual array appeared on the field.
"A spiritual array?" Liu Mubai's pupils contracted.
The audience outside the arena also let out a gasp of surprise.
"I can't believe Mu Chen is also a Spiritual Array Master!"
"To be able to set up a spiritual array in battle, that's not simple."
"Could it be that he can enter the 'Heart Array State'?"
Mr. Hun's eyes narrowed slightly: "Interesting. Being able to use arrays is good... it's good... My clan also likes to use arrays, and coupled with those ruthless methods in the Spiritual Road, tsk tsk..."
"Tiger Flame Spirit Devouring Array!" Mu Chen roared.
The fiery red spiritual array transformed into a giant flaming tiger, charging towards Liu Mubai.
Liu Mubai's gaze was cold. Points of light appeared on his body, and as these points of light emerged, his spiritual energy grew even stronger, reaching the limit of the Spirit Wheel Realm.
Human-grade Spiritual Vein... Mu Feng's expression darkened, and a hint of worry appeared in his heart.
Liu Mubai shattered the giant flaming tiger formed by the spiritual array, then attacked again. Powerful spiritual energy condensed in his palm, and fiery red spiritual energy gathered, like a blazing sun.
"Great Sun Burning Sea Palm!"
This was the strongest attack he could currently unleash.
Liu Mubai tapped his toes, leaped into the sky, then swooped down towards Mu Chen, unleashing his spiritual energy without reservation.
Mu Chen's eyes were cold, and a blurry black light tower gradually emerged.
Fiery red spiritual energy surged forth like a flood. The black light tower protected Mu Chen within it, standing firm like a reef in the midst of waves.
When Mu Feng saw the light tower protecting Mu Chen in the center, a look of astonishment appeared on his face. Then he clenched his fist, his expression somewhat agitated, and he murmured softly, "Jing..."
Mr. Hun's eyes widened. He recognized the origin of this black light tower!
Ancient Buddha Clan?
What's going on? Why would someone from the Ancient Buddha Clan appear here?
He knew how terrifying that ancient clan, which dominated one region, was. Its status was almost equivalent to the former Ancient Eight Clans in the Doupo plane!
Mr. Hun glanced at Mu Chen with a slightly strange expression, deciding to report this matter when he returned.
Liu Mubai was both shocked and enraged to see Mu Chen block his attack.
"Break for me! He's just a brat in the early Spirit Wheel Realm, how can he fight me?"
His expression became somewhat ferocious as he increased the spiritual energy output from his hands.
Although the Floating Buddhist Tower's defense was very high, Mu Chen was ultimately only in the early Spirit Wheel Realm, while Liu Mubai's spiritual energy, after activating his spiritual vein, had already reached the limit of the Spirit Wheel Realm. Under his frantic bombardment, the Floating Buddhist Tower began to vibrate, its surface rippling.
The black light tower did not shatter directly, but it also couldn't completely withstand all the impact. The force of the vibration transferred to Mu Chen, making his face pale.
"Hey, hey, do you need my help? With just one percent of the Wicked Lord True Eye, I can finish him off immediately!" Amon seized the opportunity to promote her services.
Mu Chen ignored her and kept his mind focused.
Without Mu Chen even realizing it, mysterious black light points deep within his body faintly outlined the shape of the Floating Buddhist Tower. These mysterious light points shimmered slightly.
At the same time, the spiritual energy light tower covering Mu Chen's body, protecting him, also emitted a slight tremor, becoming a bit clearer, and the light it emitted became even darker.
The light tower rotated rapidly and suddenly expanded.
"What?!" Liu Mubai's face changed. The light tower rapidly grew larger before his eyes.
He had no time to react further and could only cross his arms, holding them in front of him.
Bang!
He was violently struck by the light tower, and his face turned ashen.
Just then, a fist wrapped in black light slammed into his forearm.
A powerful force erupted. Normally, this would be nothing to him, but at this moment, Liu Mubai was at the end of his rope, having just consumed a large amount of spiritual energy and then being struck by the light tower. The spiritual energy in his body dispersed, making it difficult to condense.
Excruciating pain shot through his arms, which were forced back against his chest. The force traveled from his arms to his body, making him spit out a mouthful of fresh blood and fly backward.
In the last moment before he was about to be sent flying, he gritted his teeth and kicked Mu Chen in the stomach.
Both fell to the ground simultaneously.
Mu Chen was the first to stand up, rushing towards Liu Mubai with a sharp killing intent.
Liu Mubai's face was filled with terror as he scrambled backward on all fours.
Seeing Mu Chen intend to strike a ruthless blow, Liu Qingtian finally couldn't sit still: "You little bastard, how dare you!"
A terrifying aura erupted from his body.
Mu Feng had already shifted his attention to Liu Qingtian when Mu Chen gained the upper hand. The moment the other party made a move, he also immediately moved.
"Old bastard, how dare you!"
The two late Divine Soul Realm experts clashed palms in mid-air, and terrifying spiritual energy fluctuations burst forth.
Mu Chen's forward momentum was interrupted. After spitting out a small mouthful of blood, he staggered backward.
Liu Mubai, on the other hand, lay directly on the ground, unconscious.
"Liu Qingtian, Mu Feng, what are you two doing?" Dean Xiao roared, a powerful spiritual energy also erupting from his body.
Just at this moment, a terrifying, chilling spiritual energy, as if carrying endless resentment, suddenly enveloped Liu Qingtian and Mu Feng.
They instantly felt an indescribable pressure, as if a small mountain was pressing down on them.
Mu Feng's face turned pale, and his whole body trembled.
Liu Qingtian, however, directly knelt down, blood oozing from the corner of his mouth.
Mr. Hun slowly rose, wisps of black mist appearing on the surface of his body. He said in a low voice:
"You two, want to use external forces to interfere with this seed quota competition?"
Almost everyone looked at Mr. Hun with terrified eyes. No one expected this supervising teacher from the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy to possess such formidable strength!
Mu Chen stood in front of Mu Feng and said neither humbly nor arrogantly:
"Liu Qingtian made the first move. My father was merely protecting my life. You can't expect Liu Qingtian to kill me, can you?
"Moreover, his actions were also actively maintaining the order of the arena and preventing external interference."
"Hmm." Mr. Hun's expression softened slightly, and he withdrew the pressure he had exerted on Mu Feng, looking at Liu Qingtian: "What do you have to say?"
"My apologies, I was just too worried about my dog, and I only wanted to stop Mu Chen's attack, with no other intentions. This round, my dog lost, and I hope Mr. Hun will be magnanimous."
Under the absolute disparity in strength, Liu Qingtian also lost his temper and replied very respectfully.
If he hadn't been stopped by Mu Feng, he certainly wouldn't have just blocked Mu Chen. In this situation, even just a slightly rough use of spiritual energy to shake Mu Chen away would have caused him serious injuries.
Mr. Hun snorted coldly: "Since you're so doting on your son, I'll spare you this time, a minor punishment as a warning."
He glared at Liu Qingtian, who immediately spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted directly.
Looking at Liu Qingtian, who lay unconscious on the ground, everyone couldn't help but gasp.
The teacher from the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy was actually so terrifying!
A late Divine Soul Realm expert, Liu Qingtian, one of the Nine Territories' Lords in the Bei Ling Territory, was reduced to such a miserable state with just a single glance!
"Alas, if I weren't a teacher at the institute now, it wouldn't be good to be too murderous. Anyone who dares to break my rules in front of me shouldn't expect to live," Mr. Hun sighed, shaking his head.
Dean Xiao, who was sitting beside him, heard his soft muttering and twitched his mouth, a cold sweat running down his face...
...Are the teachers from the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy all this fierce? Fortunately, my attitude has always been respectful, with no improprieties.
Mu Chen's eyes, however, lit up. Mr. Hun's brief display precisely demonstrated the powerful teaching resources of the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy!