After returning to the courtyard, Qin Xin rested briefly. To his surprise, he didn't see any members of Class 17. When he went to the classroom, he found it empty. It seemed as if the entire Class 17 had disappeared from the academy.
Sensing something was amiss, Qin Xin went to find Supervisor Rong Ling. As soon as he entered his courtyard, he saw Shangguan Lingyan pacing back and forth, her face filled with anxiety.
"Ling Yan, where are the others?"
Qin Xin stepped forward and, seeing the figure pacing back and forth, quickly asked.
Upon hearing Qin Xin's voice, Shangguan Lingyan, who had been looking worried, was first taken aback, then her face immediately lit up with joy. She looked up at the handsome figure with deep eyes and exclaimed with delight, "Boss, you're finally out!"
"Oh, what happened?"
After glancing at Shangguan Lingyan, Qin Xin could easily guess that something must have happened to Class 17, otherwise she wouldn't have come to seek Rong Ling's help.
"Yuanbao and the others have gone to the martial arts arena!"
Shangguan Lingyan paused for a moment, then quickly spoke.
"The martial arts arena? That dangerous place, what would Yuanbao be doing there?"
Qin Xin's mind raced, but he couldn't understand their intentions.
"It was all the idea of that Sword Gang." Shangguan Lingyan said through gritted teeth, as if she had a strong aversion to the Sword Gang.
"After we finished our training at the Spirit Forging Tower yesterday, the Sword Clan suddenly came and claimed that they wanted to merge all of us from Class 17 into the Sword Clan."
"But before we could get a reply, this morning all the students from Class 17 who went to the Spirit Forging Tower to cultivate were harassed by the Sword Gang. They even drove our people out of there. Jin Yuanbao and the others were so angry that they went directly to the arena to fight the Sword Gang."
"Boss, when I came back from there, I saw that they were already quite injured. I don't know how much longer they can hold on in the arena."
"We must teach those 'Sword Gang' people a lesson. This isn't the first or second time they've targeted our Class 17."
Shangguan Lingyan continued to express her dissatisfaction.
Qin Xin's face was somewhat gloomy, clearly indicating that he was somewhat angry. Since entering the animation academy, there had been several "friction" incidents between him and the Sword Gang.
"Walk!"
Qin Xin's lips curled into a smirk, and he abruptly turned around, coldly saying...
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The arena, located at the intersection of the three academies' plazas, is not far from the trading center. It is bustling with people every day, a scene of fervor that contrasts sharply with the academy's usual harmonious atmosphere.
The martial arts arena was established for two main purposes. First, it served to resolve conflicts between students, allowing them to settle their differences in the arena. If a life-or-death contract was signed, the outcome would be decided directly, thus improving the academy's management. Conflicts between students from the outer academies could be resolved on the arena. Second, the Eastern Wilderness Academy was not a place to cultivate delicate flowers in a greenhouse; the martial arts arena could ignite the students' fighting spirit.
In addition, the arena offers generous point rewards. Students who achieve consecutive victories on the stage can earn a certain number of points, so many students frequent the arena every day.
Outside the arena today, many new and old students from the Weaponry Academy have gathered, and all their eyes are on the Sword Gang, which is also an unknown Class 17.
In this vast arena, there are five arenas, each capable of hosting five matches simultaneously. Each arena has several sizable platforms on either side. Today, almost half of the crowd in the arena has gathered outside one of the arenas. As the figures and martial spirits in the arena collide, the resulting ripples of true energy and the hoarse shouts of encouragement fill the entire arena.
"You guys are still too green. Unless we bring out Qin Xin, I really don't understand why the gang leader wants to take in a bunch of trash like you!"
With a furious shout, a long sword fell straight down from the sky.
"when!"
A crisp sound rang out, and beneath the longsword, countless cracks spread across the pair of vajra hammers.
Suddenly, the Vajra Hammer exploded, and a figure on the arena was thrown backward.
Just as that figure crashed heavily to the ground, another graceful figure leaped up and caught the person who was being thrown backward.
"Cough cough! Boss, these Sword Gang members have gone too far!"
When Mo Wen saw Qin Xin arrive, his face lit up with joy, but at the same time, a sharp pain shot through his body, causing him to cough a few times.
Qin Xin settled Mo Wen with Shangguan Lingyan, then looked around. The members of Class 17 were all there, but their morale seemed low. It looked like they had lost confidence after the arena battle.
However, Qin Xin also noticed that the students of Class 17 had all made significant progress this time in the Spirit Forging Tower. Jin Yuanbao had reached the seventh level of the Innate Realm, and Mo Wen had reached the eighth level of the Acquired Realm...
"You guys rest first, leave the rest to me."
Qin Xin offered a soft word of comfort and glanced at the Sword Clan members on the arena.
"Qin Xin, you've finally shown up. Your opponent is me."
A long, thin voice called out, summoning the people off the stage. With a light step, the person in the voice waved their landscape fan and landed steadily in the center of the stage. Looking at Qin Xin below, a cold smile appeared on their lips.
This person was Huan Hua. Although the leader of the Sword Gang invited Qin Xin to join, Huan Hua was unwilling, but he did not refuse on the surface. Therefore, he wanted to crush Qin Xin and the others after they were all defeated and crushed.
"You escaped in the Trial Forest last time, do you think you can escape this time?"
Huan Hua spoke provocatively, and his tone, coupled with his thin voice, was extremely grating to hear.
"Should we run away? My opinion may differ from my senior's."
Qin Xin was completely unafraid. With a surge of true energy, he lightly stepped onto the arena and began to confront Huan Hua in front of him.
"I have to say, Senior Huanhua is really shameless. Putting aside your age, you're only at the Enlightenment Realm, yet you always like to bully martial artists at the Innate Realm. Do you think that's something to be proud of?" Qin Xin smiled.
"court death!"
Huan Hua's face instantly turned cold, as if Qin Xin had hit a nerve. He had been a member of the outer academy of the Eastern Wilderness Academy for quite some time, and even the current leader of the Sword Gang was his former junior. For a long time, he could only find a sense of existence among the new students.
With a loud shout, Huan Hua's robes fluttered, and two inches above his dantian, a point of light shone. As the two true acupoints flowed, a layer of shimmering true qi appeared.
Then a fiery red longsword appeared in the air, transforming into a long stream of flames that shot straight towards Qin Xin.
"Looks like I was right."
Qin Xin dared not be careless. The true energy in his six main meridians erupted instantly. With the blessing of the Firewood Martial Pill, the true energy surged in the black staff in his hand.
"Clang!"
A crisp metallic clang rang out as the fiery red longsword clashed heavily with a black staff wreathed in crimson and blue true energy. A visible ripple of true energy surged forth and then dispersed in all directions.
"Boss, watch out!"
The students of Class 17, while excited at the sight, also remembered to comfort Qin Xin.
Because of the difference in their cultivation levels, Qin Xin suffered a setback in this exchange, taking a few steps back and feeling a slight numbness in his throat. Huan Hua, on the other hand, looked at Qin Xin with a mocking gaze, confident that he could defeat Qin Xin thanks to the True Qi Gauze Robe.
"If you don't use your Martial Spirit Mark, you'll miss your chance!"
Huan Hua stared intently at Qin Xin. From their brief exchange in the Trial Forest, he knew some of Qin Xin's background.
"Since that's the case, then so be it."
As Qin Xin narrowed his eyes, a flash of blue and red light appeared in his deep pupils. A golden pattern on the Martial Spirit Black Staff was instantly activated, and Qin Xin's aura surged instantly, surpassing Huan Hua in an instant, drawing gasps from the students on the arena.
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