"I've heard that there's a troublemaker among this year's freshmen who was able to defeat Ruan Yang. He must have some skill."
A woman wearing a fiery red dress, with a very sexy and alluring figure, spoke.
"What, Junior Sister Shui Lan, have you taken a fancy to this kid?"
Holding a landscape fan in his hand, the man with a long, thin voice had a smile playing on his lips that made him look somewhat lewd.
"Kid, even though we're all from the Beast Martial Academy, you've gone a bit too far!"
The young man carrying a fiery red longsword on his back ignored the two people talking beside him and instead stared in Qin Xin's direction with a hint of anger in his eyes.
"Qin Xin, be careful! This person is Huan Hua, from Class 7 of the Weaponry Academy, ranked 97th on the Hidden Dragon Ranking," Jin Yuanbao hurriedly said from the side.
Every year, Donghuang Academy holds a class ranking competition, and the winner will receive some points as a reward. However, some of the top-ranked classes among the three academies do not choose to participate. For these classes, the points rewarded by the class ranking competition are far less than what they can get by doing missions outside.
"The one in the fiery red dress is Mu Shuilan, from Class 9 of the Beast Martial Arts Academy, and one of the ten beauties of the Eastern Wilderness Academy."
"The one holding the landscape fan is Park Jo-in, from Class 8 of the Earth Martial Academy, ranked 96th on the Hidden Dragon List."
Listening to Jin Yuanbao's introduction, Qin Xin's eyes darkened. He dared not underestimate the people in front of him. Those who could make it onto the Hidden Dragon List were no pushovers.
"It seems you know quite a bit about us, but your so-called chivalrous reputation among the freshmen is about to end here!"
The moment Huan Hua's true energy surged, two points of light faintly emanated from his dantian. These two points of light were the true apertures, and Huan Hua had already entered the second level of the Aperture Opening Realm.
Huan Hua formed a hand seal, and the fiery red longsword behind him flew out, emitting a series of buzzing sounds as it shot directly towards Qin Xin.
"Crimson Flame Blade!"
With a soft shout, a pale yellow flame transformed into a sharp blade, rushing directly towards the red longsword.
"Bang!"
As the fire blade clashed with the longsword, the longsword was knocked off course, followed by an explosion.
"Martial Spirit Mark! Sharpness!"
Seeing Qin Xin's overwhelming strength, Huan Hua dared not be careless and directly activated his martial spirit runes.
As his true energy circulated, the phantom of a long sword appeared behind him, and the pale yellow martial spirit patterns on it gradually lit up under the stimulation of his true energy, forming a mysterious pattern.
The fiery red longsword flew back and merged with the illusory sword behind it, instantly causing a chilling light to flash on its blade.
"Mid-level Profound Martial Art: Fire Rain Sword Kill!"
With a muffled groan, the fiery red longsword transformed into several sword shadows in the air. As it attacked Qin Xin, the number of sword shadows continued to increase, appearing to Qin Xin like countless raindrops of fire crashing down upon him.
"Wildfire Hundred Slashes!"
Qin Xin dared not be careless and immediately unleashed his strongest attack. He didn't think too much about what would happen afterward. At worst, he would be eliminated. In this trial forest, there were countless powerful figures from the academy watching over him, so he figured they wouldn't dare to violate the academy's rules. As for the points he had painstakingly "snatched," he just felt a little regretful.
As soon as he finished speaking, a black staff that faintly emitted a golden light appeared in front of him and instantly drained the true energy from Qin Xin's body.
A pale yellow giant blade slowly took shape, and it did not falter in the face of the countless fire rain attacks.
"Break!"
Huan Hua let out a roar. He hadn't expected Qin Xin to possess such powerful martial arts. Even with his own sharp martial spirit runes activated to defend against the attack, he still felt somewhat strained.
"boom!"
As the giant blade fell, boulders and vegetation flew everywhere, turning the once flat grass into a pitted mess, while the students watching nearby dodged to avoid it.
As for Huan Hua, he simply dodged to the side. Although he wasn't directly hit, the subsequent impact of the giant blade's true energy caused him to feel a slight pain in his chest.
This is because Qin Xin layered his true energy when he used the Wildfire Hundred Slashes technique. It would surge outward layer by layer, like a wave, which could directly damage his internal organs.
"That's enough for a piece of trash from Class 20."
Huan Hua suppressed the strange feeling in his throat and looked at Qin Xin, who was already at his limit, with a hint of viciousness in his eyes.
"You call me trash! Then what are you?"
"As a senior student of the Weaponry Academy, instead of helping students from your own academy, you only know how to steal points from them and collect protection fees. Don't you feel ashamed to be called a senior?"
Qin Xin was barely holding on. His Earth-rank martial arts and Heavenly Phoenix Martial Spirit Pattern had already completely drained his true energy. If it weren't for his willpower, he would have collapsed.
However, Qin Xin's words also expressed the sentiments of all the students in the Weaponry Academy. Since entering the Trial Forest, the senior students of the other two academies have always helped the students of their own academy by first taking points from the teams of other academies and then competing internally. This is why the other two academies always put pressure on the Weaponry Academy every year.
"So what!"
Huan Hua snorted lightly, his face full of disdain, and prepared to attack Qin Xin again. Mu Shuilan and Pu Zuoren, standing to the side, smiled, seemingly already used to the infighting within the Weapon Martial Academy.
"You want to harm Qin Xin? I won't allow it!"
Dao Hu, from Class 16 of the Weaponry Academy, had been watching from the sidelines, but upon hearing Qin Xin's words, he stepped forward without hesitation. He had long been fed up with those older students.
"Good! Well said!"
"We disagree!"
Li Chen, Ji Huai, and other students from Class 16 of the Weaponry Academy clapped their hands in delight and led all twelve students from their class to stand up.
With someone taking the lead, those who had previously received Qin Xin's help in the Trial Forest also stepped forward, and tensions quickly rose between the old and new students.
"Good! You're all very good!"
Huan Hua was furious when he saw the new students stepping forward to protect Qin Xin. However, even if they were stronger than them, no one could withstand such a war of attrition if a real fight broke out.
"Hmph! Let's go!"
Huan Hua glared at the people around him and left with his team.
Seeing this scene, the others dared not make a move and all chose to leave.
"Kid, I'm afraid your days at the Eastern Wilderness Academy won't be easy from now on."
Due to the excessive consumption of his true energy, Qin Xin suddenly felt a wave of exhaustion wash over him, and a lazy voice suddenly rang out.
"Supervisor Rongling, you've had your fill of this spectacle. It's time to lead us away."
Seeing Rong Ling swaying forward with a wine jug in his hand, Qin Xin rolled his eyes and said.
With only half a day left in the class ranking competition in the Trial Forest, Qin Xin no longer needed to stay. The exertion from this battle would likely take five or six days to fully recover. However, this also made Qin Xin truly realize his own abilities.
When at full strength and with the Heavenly Phoenix Martial Spirit Pattern activated, he is not afraid of even a martial artist at the third level of the Aperture Opening Realm, but he cannot fight for long.
"I didn't expect you to be so good at hiding your strength. You actually held your own against that Ruan Yang."
Rong Ling took a sip of wine and looked Qin Xin up and down with some satisfaction. In fact, he had already appeared nearby and chose to watch from the sidelines when he saw that the fight was in progress.
"Don't flatter me too much, Supervisor Rong. I know my own abilities."
Qin Xin showed no arrogance in the face of Rong Ling's praise.
"grumble!"
Rong Ling put his hand to his mouth, and his clear voice resounded throughout the Trial Forest.
Immediately afterwards, a giant wind-riding eagle came riding the wind and landed directly on the ground. Qin Xin, Jin Yuanbao, and the others also took off on the eagle and flew away from the trial forest.
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