Floating in the sky, the gigantic combat stage was just like the birthplace of the gods. Above the combat stage, the dazzling golden light was so spectacular, it was as if heaven and earth were covered by a golden sea.
The area surrounding the vast combat stage was occupied by students from different spiritual academies. The crowds of people extended into the distance as far as the eye could see.
The students from different spiritual academies all stood in the areas for their academies, which were separated by many light barriers. There were way too many people in the area. Once combat began, these overexcited young bloods might get involved in an extremely chaotic gang fight.
That kind of gang fight had happened before, so normally the Five Great Academies would take precautionary measures to avoid it happening again.
Now all the eyes inside the space were concentrated on the center of the combat stage where golden light was permeating slowly and forming a stage with golden stairs.
The stairway had eight levels that ascended sequentially. The highest level was about 1,000 feet high where the golden light formed the shape of a splendid golden lotus.
This golden stairway was the so-called stairway of the final match. Only the top eight were qualified to stand on that stairway.
Whoosh!
While everyone was looking at the golden stairway, the space above the golden combat stage suddenly twisted. In the next moment, five figures appeared in the air.
When the five figures appeared, golden light condensed behind them and was turned into huge light seats that could be used to overlook the vast golden combat stage below.
In this area, countless students from different spiritual academies were looking with awe at the five figures. These five figures were principals of the Five Great Academies–in other words, Chiefs of the Five Great Academies.
Sitting calmly in the rear left, Chief Tai Cang's eyes were deep and profound. An indescribable pressure gushed out from his plain appearance and was quite a deterrent.
The one who was sitting on the right side of Chief Tai Cang was an elder in a green robe. With white brows and beard, his skin was also white and tender as an infant's. It seemed there was a green pine tree growing on his palm, emitting green, jade-like rays. The swaying of the pine tree could even slightly twist the space around it.
This was Chief Tian Song of the Azure Sky Spiritual Academy.
A gaunt old man was sitting in the front left. He was quite short and plain-looking, twisting his beard with his withered hand. He had a drowsy look on his face, however, his name was very arrogant.
This was Wu Tianwang, the Chief of the Martial Spiritual Academy.
A beautiful lady was sitting beside Chief Wu Tianwang. Wearing a gorgeous dress, she was graceful and majestic. Her long hair, which was like the tail of a phoenix, was pulled up into a bun. With her jade-like skin, she seemed to be exceptionally young compared to the other four Chiefs. People in the know were aware that among the other four Chiefs, only the Chief of the Saint Spiritual Academy was more senior.
She was Chief Tang Qiu of the Million Phoenix Spiritual Academy.
Among the five seats, the most conspicuous one was definitely the one in the middle. A majestic figure was calmly sitting on that light seat. He was awesome and daunting, just like a sky-high mountain erected between heaven and earth.
This was Chief Tian Sheng of the Saint Spiritual Academy, who could be considered the most famous person in the Five Great Academies. His strength was also unfathomable.
The five giants represented the best of the best strength of the countless spiritual academies. They were apparently the most powerful ones in the field of spiritual academies.
After the appearance of the Chiefs of the Five Great Academies, they made eye contact and nodded at each other as a courtesy.
"Chiefs of other spiritual academies, please take your seats." A glint of a smile appeared on Chief Tian Sheng's angular face. His voice, which could bring happiness to others like a spring breeze, was echoing in each corner of the space.
While his voice was echoing, the space in the sky twisted again. Many figures appeared by tearing the space apart. With a formidable sense of pressure, these people didn't have a powerful fluctuation of spiritual energies around their bodies. However, everyone knew all of these people were principals of various spiritual academies, who also had extraordinary strength.
After their appearance, these Chiefs of various spiritual academies cupped their hands in the distance towards the direction of the Chiefs of the Five Great Academies. Then they waved their robe sleeves to turn the light into light seats in the sky, so that they could overlook the earth by sitting on those seats.
Shooting a glance at Chief Tian Sheng, who inadvertently took the dominant position, Chief Tai Cang curled his lips slightly. Does this Tian Sheng really consider himself as the Chief of the Top Academy?
Although the other three Chiefs said nothing, a trace of dissatisfaction could also be found in their eyes.
It seemed Chief Tian Sheng was unaware of the dissatisfaction of the other Chiefs. Suddenly he turned to Chief Tai Cang and said with a wee smile, "Chief Tai Cang, the Academy Competition at this time is really important to the Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy."
Chief Tai Cang also smiled and said, "Don't bother reminding me. The Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy will naturally do its best in this Academy Competition."
"Of course you will." Chief Tian Sheng nodded with a smile. Then he said, "I also hope the performance of the Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy will be better this time; otherwise, it will also cause damage to the rest of the academies if you lose the title as one of the Five Great Academies."
Chief Tai Cang replied with a slight grin.
Light flashed in the eyes of the other three Chiefs. Apparently, they had realized there was a confrontation between Chief Tian Sheng and Chief Tai Cang from hearing their exchange. However, they were not surprised because the relations between the Saint Spiritual Academy and the Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy couldn't be considered good. The Saint Spiritual Academy had planned to help a top-notch spiritual academy obtain a position in the Five Great Academies, so that the Saint Spiritual Academy could get more support to solidify their position as the Top Academy. However, they didn't expect the Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy to jump in and obtain a position in the Five Great Academies, which ruined the Saint Spiritual Academy's wishful plan.
"It is no use to say anything now. Let's just activate the Golden Flight of Stairs. I really want to know which teams have entered the top eight in this Academy Competition." Chief Tang Qiu of the Million Phoenix Spiritual Academy smiled slightly. Her smile was full of the charm of a mature women and was quite tempting.
"Hehe, what Chief Tang Qiu said is right. If a student is not capable, it is useless to say anything now. Chief Tian Sheng, you have Ji Xuan from the Saint Spiritual Academy, but don't underestimate the young guys from our academies," the Chief of the Martial Spiritual Academy, who was quite short, said with a smile. He was the most plain looking one among the five Chiefs. However, Chief Tian Sheng said no more. He only nodded and gave a small smile.
The five Chiefs extended their hands and flicked their fingers simultaneously. The next moment, five beams of spiritual light flowed down and covered the golden stairway, which was attracting the attention of all the onlookers.
Whiz! Whiz!
Along with the permeation of the spiritual light, the onlookers found the space above the golden stairway starting to slowly twist.
In that space at that moment, the atmosphere was frozen. The noisy onlookers quieted down immediately. All of them turned their eyes to that giant golden stairway.
As numerous onlookers stared in amazement, the golden light at the eighth level started to dissipate. Five figures slowly emerged before the eyes of the onlookers.
Fang Yun came out with four of his teammates. All of them were wearing the badge of their academy; therefore, they were identified when they first appeared.
"Number Eight is the team of the Nine Cauldrons Spiritual Academy!"
"Awesome! No wonder it used to be one of the Five Great Academies!"
When Fang Yun's team appeared, an uproar burst out between heaven and earth.
While that uproar was permeating the area, the golden light in the next few levels also started to dissipate. Teams with formidable strength appeared one after another.
"Which spiritual academy ranks seventh?"
"It seems to be the Invincible Spiritual Academy… Isn't it a quite mediocre academy? How could it be possible even their team could enter the top eight?"
"Where does that sixth ranked Blood Spiritual Academy come from? I've never heard of it..."
"That's why it is the Academy Competition! It is really full of crouching tigers and hidden dragons! No matter which academy they come from, the top eight can fully demonstrate their formidable strength."
"Number five is the team of the Azure Sky Spiritual Academy. Their team leader should be Liu Qingyun, right? Hehe, finally the teams of the Five Great Academies start to emerge…"
"Is number four the team from the Martial Spiritual Academy? My Gosh! That's Wu Ling, the most brilliant genius of the Martial Spiritual Academy! A genius like him could only rank fourth? How formidable could the top three be?"
On that golden combat stage, when the five teams valiantly appeared, the space was filled with uproars and countless voices shot up in the sky. Many people were so excited because the brilliance of this Academy Competition had gone far beyond their expectations.
On the light seats in the sky, the Chiefs of the Five Great Academies showed different expressions after seeing this scene. Blowing through his beard, Chief Wu of the Martial Spiritual Academy was apparently unsatisfied with the placement of Wu Ling and his team as fourth.
Chief Tai Cang was still calm; however, light was flashing in his eyes. Now five teams in the top eight had appeared and only the top three hadn't shown up. Not even one team from the Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy had appeared.
For this situation, there could be only two results. The first result could be none of the teams from the Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy entered the top eight. The other result could be their teams had accomplished good results, going beyond Chief Tai Cang's expectations.
For the Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy, one result was paradise and the other result was hell.
This world of difference could even create waves in the heart of Chief Tai Cang.
In this situation, even Chief Tai Cang couldn't keep calm, let alone the students of the Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy.
In the area where students of the Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy were gathered, all the students were on tenterhooks. The tense atmosphere was almost suffocating.
In front of the students, Ye Qingling, Su Ling'Er and Yu Xi also showed anxiety on their pretty faces. Even Elder Ling Xi, who was standing beside them, was compressing her red lips. She was holding Sun'Er's little hand, her grip gradually increasing. Sun'Er made a bitter face at the pressure, but she didn't dare say anything.
Hum!
Golden light started to permeate the highest three levels of the golden stairway. The figures of the top three teams gradually emerged.
Everyone in the area fixed their eyes tightly on them.
The golden light condensed and then gradually dissipated. On the highest three levels of the golden stairway, the three teams representing the most powerful teams of this Academy Competition finally appeared before the eyes of numerous people.
When the three teams showed up, the atmosphere between heaven and earth was instantly frozen.
Floating in the sky, the gigantic combat stage was just like the birthplace of the gods. Above the combat stage, the dazzling golden light was so spectacular, it was as if heaven and earth were covered by a golden sea.
The area surrounding the vast combat stage was occupied by students from different spiritual academies. The crowds of people extended into the distance as far as the eye could see.
The students from different spiritual academies all stood in the areas for their academies, which were separated by many light barriers. There were way too many people in the area. Once combat began, these overexcited young bloods might get involved in an extremely chaotic gang fight.
That kind of gang fight had happened before, so normally the Five Great Academies would take precautionary measures to avoid it happening again.
Now all the eyes inside the space were concentrated on the center of the combat stage where golden light was permeating slowly and forming a stage with golden stairs.
The stairway had eight levels that ascended sequentially. The highest level was about 1,000 feet high where the golden light formed the shape of a splendid golden lotus.
This golden stairway was the so-called stairway of the final match. Only the top eight were qualified to stand on that stairway.
Whoosh!
While everyone was looking at the golden stairway, the space above the golden combat stage suddenly twisted. In the next moment, five figures appeared in the air.
When the five figures appeared, golden light condensed behind them and was turned into huge light seats that could be used to overlook the vast golden combat stage below.
In this area, countless students from different spiritual academies were looking with awe at the five figures. These five figures were principals of the Five Great Academies–in other words, Chiefs of the Five Great Academies.
Sitting calmly in the rear left, Chief Tai Cang's eyes were deep and profound. An indescribable pressure gushed out from his plain appearance and was quite a deterrent.
The one who was sitting on the right side of Chief Tai Cang was an elder in a green robe. With white brows and beard, his skin was also white and tender as an infant's. It seemed there was a green pine tree growing on his palm, emitting green, jade-like rays. The swaying of the pine tree could even slightly twist the space around it.
This was Chief Tian Song of the Azure Sky Spiritual Academy.
A gaunt old man was sitting in the front left. He was quite short and plain-looking, twisting his beard with his withered hand. He had a drowsy look on his face, however, his name was very arrogant.
This was Wu Tianwang, the Chief of the Martial Spiritual Academy.
A beautiful lady was sitting beside Chief Wu Tianwang. Wearing a gorgeous dress, she was graceful and majestic. Her long hair, which was like the tail of a phoenix, was pulled up into a bun. With her jade-like skin, she seemed to be exceptionally young compared to the other four Chiefs. People in the know were aware that among the other four Chiefs, only the Chief of the Saint Spiritual Academy was more senior.
She was Chief Tang Qiu of the Million Phoenix Spiritual Academy.
Among the five seats, the most conspicuous one was definitely the one in the middle. A majestic figure was calmly sitting on that light seat. He was awesome and daunting, just like a sky-high mountain erected between heaven and earth.
This was Chief Tian Sheng of the Saint Spiritual Academy, who could be considered the most famous person in the Five Great Academies. His strength was also unfathomable.
The five giants represented the best of the best strength of the countless spiritual academies. They were apparently the most powerful ones in the field of spiritual academies.
After the appearance of the Chiefs of the Five Great Academies, they made eye contact and nodded at each other as a courtesy.
"Chiefs of other spiritual academies, please take your seats." A glint of a smile appeared on Chief Tian Sheng's angular face. His voice, which could bring happiness to others like a spring breeze, was echoing in each corner of the space.
While his voice was echoing, the space in the sky twisted again. Many figures appeared by tearing the space apart. With a formidable sense of pressure, these people didn't have a powerful fluctuation of spiritual energies around their bodies. However, everyone knew all of these people were principals of various spiritual academies, who also had extraordinary strength.
After their appearance, these Chiefs of various spiritual academies cupped their hands in the distance towards the direction of the Chiefs of the Five Great Academies. Then they waved their robe sleeves to turn the light into light seats in the sky, so that they could overlook the earth by sitting on those seats.
Shooting a glance at Chief Tian Sheng, who inadvertently took the dominant position, Chief Tai Cang curled his lips slightly. Does this Tian Sheng really consider himself as the Chief of the Top Academy?
Although the other three Chiefs said nothing, a trace of dissatisfaction could also be found in their eyes.
It seemed Chief Tian Sheng was unaware of the dissatisfaction of the other Chiefs. Suddenly he turned to Chief Tai Cang and said with a wee smile, "Chief Tai Cang, the Academy Competition at this time is really important to the Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy."
Chief Tai Cang also smiled and said, "Don't bother reminding me. The Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy will naturally do its best in this Academy Competition."
"Of course you will." Chief Tian Sheng nodded with a smile. Then he said, "I also hope the performance of the Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy will be better this time; otherwise, it will also cause damage to the rest of the academies if you lose the title as one of the Five Great Academies."
Chief Tai Cang replied with a slight grin.
Light flashed in the eyes of the other three Chiefs. Apparently, they had realized there was a confrontation between Chief Tian Sheng and Chief Tai Cang from hearing their exchange. However, they were not surprised because the relations between the Saint Spiritual Academy and the Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy couldn't be considered good. The Saint Spiritual Academy had planned to help a top-notch spiritual academy obtain a position in the Five Great Academies, so that the Saint Spiritual Academy could get more support to solidify their position as the Top Academy. However, they didn't expect the Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy to jump in and obtain a position in the Five Great Academies, which ruined the Saint Spiritual Academy's wishful plan.
"It is no use to say anything now. Let's just activate the Golden Flight of Stairs. I really want to know which teams have entered the top eight in this Academy Competition." Chief Tang Qiu of the Million Phoenix Spiritual Academy smiled slightly. Her smile was full of the charm of a mature women and was quite tempting.
"Hehe, what Chief Tang Qiu said is right. If a student is not capable, it is useless to say anything now. Chief Tian Sheng, you have Ji Xuan from the Saint Spiritual Academy, but don't underestimate the young guys from our academies," the Chief of the Martial Spiritual Academy, who was quite short, said with a smile. He was the most plain looking one among the five Chiefs. However, Chief Tian Sheng said no more. He only nodded and gave a small smile.
The five Chiefs extended their hands and flicked their fingers simultaneously. The next moment, five beams of spiritual light flowed down and covered the golden stairway, which was attracting the attention of all the onlookers.
Whiz! Whiz!
Along with the permeation of the spiritual light, the onlookers found the space above the golden stairway starting to slowly twist.
In that space at that moment, the atmosphere was frozen. The noisy onlookers quieted down immediately. All of them turned their eyes to that giant golden stairway.
As numerous onlookers stared in amazement, the golden light at the eighth level started to dissipate. Five figures slowly emerged before the eyes of the onlookers.
Fang Yun came out with four of his teammates. All of them were wearing the badge of their academy; therefore, they were identified when they first appeared.
"Number Eight is the team of the Nine Cauldrons Spiritual Academy!"
"Awesome! No wonder it used to be one of the Five Great Academies!"
When Fang Yun's team appeared, an uproar burst out between heaven and earth.
While that uproar was permeating the area, the golden light in the next few levels also started to dissipate. Teams with formidable strength appeared one after another.
"Which spiritual academy ranks seventh?"
"It seems to be the Invincible Spiritual Academy… Isn't it a quite mediocre academy? How could it be possible even their team could enter the top eight?"
"Where does that sixth ranked Blood Spiritual Academy come from? I've never heard of it..."
"That's why it is the Academy Competition! It is really full of crouching tigers and hidden dragons! No matter which academy they come from, the top eight can fully demonstrate their formidable strength."
"Number five is the team of the Azure Sky Spiritual Academy. Their team leader should be Liu Qingyun, right? Hehe, finally the teams of the Five Great Academies start to emerge…"
"Is number four the team from the Martial Spiritual Academy? My Gosh! That's Wu Ling, the most brilliant genius of the Martial Spiritual Academy! A genius like him could only rank fourth? How formidable could the top three be?"
On that golden combat stage, when the five teams valiantly appeared, the space was filled with uproars and countless voices shot up in the sky. Many people were so excited because the brilliance of this Academy Competition had gone far beyond their expectations.
On the light seats in the sky, the Chiefs of the Five Great Academies showed different expressions after seeing this scene. Blowing through his beard, Chief Wu of the Martial Spiritual Academy was apparently unsatisfied with the placement of Wu Ling and his team as fourth.
Chief Tai Cang was still calm; however, light was flashing in his eyes. Now five teams in the top eight had appeared and only the top three hadn't shown up. Not even one team from the Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy had appeared.
For this situation, there could be only two results. The first result could be none of the teams from the Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy entered the top eight. The other result could be their teams had accomplished good results, going beyond Chief Tai Cang's expectations.
For the Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy, one result was paradise and the other result was hell.
This world of difference could even create waves in the heart of Chief Tai Cang.
In this situation, even Chief Tai Cang couldn't keep calm, let alone the students of the Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy.
In the area where students of the Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy were gathered, all the students were on tenterhooks. The tense atmosphere was almost suffocating.
In front of the students, Ye Qingling, Su Ling'Er and Yu Xi also showed anxiety on their pretty faces. Even Elder Ling Xi, who was standing beside them, was compressing her red lips. She was holding Sun'Er's little hand, her grip gradually increasing. Sun'Er made a bitter face at the pressure, but she didn't dare say anything.
Hum!
Golden light started to permeate the highest three levels of the golden stairway. The figures of the top three teams gradually emerged.
Everyone in the area fixed their eyes tightly on them.
The golden light condensed and then gradually dissipated. On the highest three levels of the golden stairway, the three teams representing the most powerful teams of this Academy Competition finally appeared before the eyes of numerous people.
When the three teams showed up, the atmosphere between heaven and earth was instantly frozen.
