Chapter 16: I am the Champion!

"This …"

"It's an ice spell." The people of Qingzhou Academy did not look good. Mu Jiang was a water-elemental sorcerer, and water countered fire.

Qiu Yan was so cold that his whole body was shivering. The ice kept attacking and soon, half of his body was frozen. The wind and snow blew on the other half of his body. It was bone-chilling. In a moment, he would completely turn into an ice man.

"Stop!" An elder of Qingzhou Academy yelled. Mu Jiang put his hand on Qiu Yan's head and slapped it to the side like he was slapping an ant. Qiu Yan's body immediately fell to the ground.

Someone from Qingzhou Academy immediately went up to take Qiu Yan away. If they left him alone, he would be frozen to death.

"You attacked without knowing your opponent's background. Is this how Qingzhou Academy teaches its disciples? You're too weak. " Mu Jiang's expression and voice were still calm. After he finished speaking, he retreated. The people of Qingzhou Academy all felt a deep chill. Being able to freeze someone in the Awakening Plane meant that this person was very strong.

After Mu Jiang retreated, another figure walked out. He was a young man, but his eyebrows were as sharp as swords. He radiated with a youthful vigor. He even carried a sword on his back. Clearly, he was a swordsman.

"Eighth Layer of Awakening," the young man said indifferently. This time, he did not even bother saying his name. He was even colder and sharper than Mu Jiang.

"Allow me." Someone walked out from Qingzhou Academy.

"It's senior brother Qingshan."Everyone saw the young man walk out. Many of them were eager. Li Qingshan, third on the First Rank of the Spring Entrance Examination, had joined the Sword Pavilion to cultivate.

"Three strikes will be enough." The young man from Heiyan Academy sneered.

"How arrogant." The disciples of Qingzhou Academy were furious. He was too arrogant.

"Please." Li Qingshan's expression was cold. He drew his sword, and sword intent wrapped around him, whistling through the air.

Sword intent was also a type of martial intent, and it was an extremely powerful one. It was similar to sensing the sword with the spiritual qi of the world and condensing it into the element of the sword. It was equivalent to the elemental abilities of sorcerers. The attacks of swordsmen were extremely terrifying.

This time, Li Qingshan was even more cautious than Qiu Yan. He stood as still as a mountain, but the young man sneered, "You sure are obedient."

With that, he moved towards Li Qingshan like the wind. The snowflakes in the surroundings danced wildly as a gust of wind wrapped around him.

"A wind-element sorcerer. Be careful." The expressions of many people from Qingzhou Academy changed. A wind-element sorcerer who primarily practised swordsmanship would be very terrifying.

Li Qingshan was stern. Seeing his opponent arrive, he struck out with his sword. His sword moved like a roaming dragon, but there was only a flash of cold light. His opponent's sword left a straight streak of light in the air. The sword intent of wind was like lightning.

The sword in Li Qingshan's hand trembled. He gathered his powerful sword intent and pointed it at the air. However, his opponent directly vanished after leaving behind that attack, arriving beside him.

"Senior brother." Many people stared at the battlefield. A battle between swordsmen was extremely dangerous.

Li Qingshan struck out with his left hand. He actually condensed it into a sword and blocked the attack. However, his opponent vanished again, appearing behind him. There was a flash of cold light, followed by a shriek.

A bloody line appeared on Li Qingshan's back. Blood flowed constantly.

"The third strike." His opponent withdrew his sword and walked back to his original position. The people from Qingzhou Academy felt even colder. This time, the people from Heiyan Academy were very strong.

"If all the students of Qingzhou Academy are this strong, then there's no need to waste any more time." At that moment, another young man walked out from Heiyan Academy. He had very fair skin and a clean face, but his eyes were filled with pride. Anyone who looked into his eyes would be able to sense his pride.

"Junior brother, do you really need to fight these pieces of trash?" Someone behind him asked. The young man shook his head. "Since they're already here, of course I need to let them know what level they are at. I'm in the seventh tier of the Awakening State, the Mystery State. No matter what tier you're in, you can fight me directly."

The students of Qingzhou Academy were in an uproar. A seventh tier of the Awakening State actually dared to say that he could ignore the challenge and allow all the students of Qingzhou Academy to fight him.

"I'd like to see for myself." Yang Xiu walked out. He had been humiliated in the Fall Quarter Examinations last time. This time, he wanted to prove himself.

"I'll fight." A few people walked out one after another. The young man glanced at them and said, "You guys, come at me together."

As soon as he finished speaking, he stepped on the snow. The snowflakes were blown away, and a pattern appeared on the ground. The students of Qingzhou Academy released their powers one after another. The young man continued to walk on the ground as if he did not see them. Gradually, the pattern on the ground became more and more complicated. There were even some ancient characters on it.

"A matrix." The faces of the big figures of Qingzhou Academy suddenly became very serious. The young man's proud face still had a hint of immaturity. He was probably not even 15 years old. How could he set up a matrix at such a young age? And he was doing it so fast.

The terrifying Spiritual Qi in the air crazily gathered towards the matrix. The young man stood in the center, looking very proud. The expressions of the students of Qingzhou Academy finally changed, but there was no way out. They looked at each other and attacked at the same time.

The young man from Heiyan Academy smirked when he saw the attacks coming at him. With a thought, a dazzling light appeared around him. A formation appeared behind him, resonating with the formation on the ground.

"Go," the young man said coldly. The young man said coldly. In an instant, many fire pythons appeared in the matrix and attacked everyone. The fire pythons that Yang Xiu had gathered were like small snakes compared to the fire pythons that appeared at this moment. They were directly swallowed up.

The Palace Lord of Qingzhou Academy's Traversing Water Pavilion took a step forward, and in an instant, the temperature in the surroundings seemed to have dropped significantly. A wave of cold air that could freeze everything in its path suddenly descended, turning into a snowstorm that extinguished the fire pythons one by one.

Yang Xiu and the other students fell to the ground one after another, looking very embarrassed. If it were not for the Traversing Water Palace Lord, they would have been swallowed by the flames.

"A Mandate Sorcerer!" The Traversing Water Palace Lord stared at the young man in front of her with a look of shock in her eyes.

"A Mandate Sorcerer!?" The students of Qingzhou Academy were shocked. That formation was his Life Spirit. No wonder he could carve the matrix so quickly.

This young man was not even 15 years old. The power of the matrix he was carving could probably threaten a powerful cultivator of the ninth Plane of Awakening. Thinking of this, the students of Qingzhou Academy felt embarrassed. If it was the first two people, they would have thought that there were other students who were as talented as them. However, it was hard to find someone as talented as this young man in front of them.

"I heard that Qingzhou Academy held the Fall Quarter Examinations not long ago. Who was the champion?" The young man's eyes were filled with pride. He did not even look at the people he had defeated. Instead, he looked directly at the important figures of Qingzhou Academy.

The moment the youth arrogantly questioned who the champion is, the Qingzhou Academy suddenly turned silence. After that everyone looked at the young man with contempt.

"Do you heard what he just said?"

"Is he trying to challenge that Ye kid?"

"That's arrogant for you. Arrogant but that's will spell his doom."

"Look kid. Its not that I want to belittle you, but that one is beyond what you can challenge."

"Yeah. If you ask my opinion, it's a suicide."

"Let him be. If he challenge the champion, he will learn the hard lesson for sure."

"....

Some 'good Samaritan' also tried to advise the young man not to challenge the just crowned champion. They did not do that because they care, but they felt pity for him. If this young man know that the champion is already a Glory Plane cultivator, he will not be this arrogant. Pity that no one going to let him know. Instead, everyone of the Qingzhou Academy was expecting him to go and fight that champion. If so, then they could say 'serve him right!'

Yun Tianhao was annoyed. He was a Mandate Sorcerer and that is a fact that can back up his arrogance. How dare these people try to belittle him just because he question their champion in their newly conducted exam. Is that guy too powerful? In his dictionary, no one in the Awakening Plane can be counted as powerful.

"Bring him out. Let me see how good this so called champion is." Yun Tianhao looked at the Qingzhou Academy's important figures and ordered.

"Ye Huang. He is challenging you. I advise you to do your best." It was Leng Qingfeng, the head of the House of Swordsmen. He is feeling irritated with these arrogant prick. So, he was hoping that Ye Huang could give them some 'good' lessons.

Ye Huang whose still waiting for some good show to happen, was surprised. Just now, he already copied a couple of techniques from the previous fight. The ice spell, fire technique, sword technique, and even the matrix carved by Yun Tianhao, he copied all of it with his Freedom Meditation.

Hearing the call, Ye Huang looked momentarily at the crowd, before walking out.

"I am the Champion! Heiyan trash, come together if you want to challenge me." Ye Huang declared loudly, full of confidence.

Boom! The surrounding people was astonished with his claim. His loud declared caused people to feel their heart beat with strong fighting intent. This is real arrogance!

"How arrogant." The students of Heiyan Academy had cold expressions on their faces. They were annoyed. They were all eager to teach this guy some lessons.

At that moment, Mu Jiang walked out and said, "Junior Brother, I'll go first."

With that, he walked forward. Yu Sheng was giving him a lot of pressure. It was better for him to test Yu Sheng's strength first so that his junior wouldn't be at a disadvantage. In Heiyan Academy, Yun Tianhao was the pride of the heavens. He was the moon surrounded by the stars.

"Alright, Senior, teach this idiot a lesson for me." Yun Tianhao nodded and gave his seat to Mu Jiang. Mu Jiang's body was surrounded by a strong Ice Will. The Water Spiritual Qi in the air resonated with him.

In an instant, an ice storm blew past, and Ye Huang's body was instantly covered with a layer of frost. Before he reached Ye Huang, he wanted to freeze him.

It was the same spell, Ice Seal.

"So powerful." Everyone was shocked to see Ye Huang's body covered in frost. An Awakened Plane cultivator could freeze someone from a distance. His control of Spiritual Qi was close to the level of a Glory Sorcerer. It was unfortunate for him. Right now, he is facing a real Glory Plane cultivator!

Ye Huang just stood there not moving. However, the layer of frost was unable to really freeze him. Everyone can see that he was still looking indifferently at Mu Jiang.

"Ice Seal!" Mu Jiang shouted. In an instant, with his body as the center, a terrifying ice storm swept out. The crowd saw that Ye Huang's body was instantly engulfed by the ice aura. Before this, Qiu Yan was easily frozen and defeated by Mu Jiang.

"Is that the best you can do?" Ye Huang looked at Mu Jiang with some disdain. He then hold out his right arm, and moved to the side. Some mysterious Spiritual Qi followed his movement, causing the layer of frost to break, and those ice aura to be nullified.

Ye Huang suddenly moved toward Mu Jiang. He moved so fast that the moment Mu Jiang saw him, a kick was already upon his torso. He could only try to shield his body with some frost. However, the kick passed through his defense without being hindered. The moment the kick landed, he felt as if he was kicked by some kind of monstrous beast.

Crack! Boom!

Mu Jiang body was sent flying out and fall on the ground. He was no longer unconscious, and no one know how many bones in his body were broken.