The Storm and Cloud Ranking, Mirror Clone

Within the academy, there are two rankings: the Minor Storm and Cloud Ranking and the Major Storm and Cloud Ranking.

Today, he was going to challenge a ranking!

As long as he could get on the list, even the weakest of the Minor rankings, the points and various resource rewards he would receive would allow his cultivation to improve by a significant margin.

When he arrived at the location for the Storm and Cloud Ranking assessment.

His eyes also showed a hint of surprise.

The Storm and Cloud Rankings were located in the back mountains of Black Stone Academy.

There were two nine-story tall towers.

The towers were entirely black, as if forged from black steel, emitting a cold glow.

Outside the towers, to the right of the entrance, were large gray stone tablets.

Names were engraved on the stone tablets.

The stone tablet on the left was for the Minor Storm and Cloud Ranking.

The stone tablet on the right was for the Major Storm and Cloud Ranking.

When Chen Feng arrived at this place, people were still entering the towers from time to time.

Chen Feng had never participated in the Storm and Cloud Ranking competition before, so he didn't enter directly. Instead, he planned to first observe the condition of others.

He looked at the academy students participating in the assessment, and his eyes held a look of admiration.

It was different from when he was in Black Mountain Village.

Now, when he saw these students, he could sense the killing aura emanating from them.

"Most of them have seen battle!" Chen Feng's eyes held a hint of surprise as he thought to himself.

He then continued to look at the two towers before him.

He first looked at the Minor Storm and Cloud Ranking. According to the information he had, the Minor Storm and Cloud Ranking was generally for Martial Artists of the second and third grades.

As for the Major Storm and Cloud Ranking, the lowest cultivation level was the late stage of the third grade, and there were even Martial Artists of the fourth grade.

Looking at this information, Chen Feng also observed what kind of information it was.

Most people entered the towers for the Minor Storm and Cloud Ranking assessment. As for the Major Storm and Cloud Ranking, there were very few participants.

And just as Chen Feng was observing this.

Suddenly, a gasp of surprise came from the direction of the Major Storm and Cloud Ranking.

"Senior Lin Jin is going to challenge the Major Ranking assessment! Is he going to challenge Senior Wan Baoyang?"

"This is going to be good! Senior Wan is sixth on the Major Storm and Cloud Ranking, and Senior Lin Jin is eighth. This is going to be interesting!"

"Do you think Lin Jin has a chance to win this time?"

There were all sorts of exclamations.

Many people also gathered towards the direction of the Major Storm and Cloud Ranking.

Chen Feng was a little surprised when he heard Wan Baoyang's name.

He looked in that direction.

When he arrived in front of the Major Storm and Cloud Ranking, he saw the tall, slender man, who was Lin Jin, whom he had seen before.

At that time, the other party had questioned how he could cut in line.

He was only intimidated by the Recommendation Token of the Sword Cultivator Yun Xi that he held.

Lin Jin arrived in front of the tower and, without any hesitation, took a step forward and entered the tower.

Chen Feng, standing outside the crowd, looked on with surprise.

He only saw Lin Jin enter the tower alone. As for Wan Baoyang, he didn't show up at all.

He was a little surprised. Wasn't the challenge for the Major Storm and Cloud Ranking a battle between two people?

Just as he was still wondering.

Not long after, information was displayed on the Storm and Cloud Ranking stone tablet.

"Lin Jin wins!"

Then, Lin Jin took the sixth position on the Major Storm and Cloud Ranking.

At this moment, everyone outside was somewhat excited.

"Amazing, truly amazing!"

"As expected, Senior Lin Jin had confidence when he dared to challenge!"

"Yes, sixth place. It only looks like an advancement of two positions, but the rewards are tens of times greater. He can get at least several thousand points each month. Truly impressive."

There were all sorts of exclamations.

Chen Feng was still a little confused. He glanced at a dark-skinned man beside him and asked with some confusion, "Classmate, could you please tell me what the assessment for the Major Storm and Cloud Ranking is about?"

"What is the main focus of the assessment? Don't we need Senior Wan to come for a two-person arena battle?"

The dark-skinned man beside him glanced at Chen Feng, then his eyes lit up with realization. He chuckled, "Looks like you're a new student, huh?"

"Haha, a long, long time ago, martial artists would fight on a stage to decide victory. But after the rise of demons, things changed."

"All martial artists are the main force against demons."

"The higher-ups in the Demon Suppression Hall didn't want too much infighting among martial artists, so they equipped each academy that trains martial artists with two Storm and Cloud Towers."

"It's rumored that treasures within the Storm and Cloud Towers can imprint a martial artist's mirror clone. As long as you defeat your opponent's mirror clone, you naturally advance in the rankings."

Chen Feng's eyes widened in surprise, "Is there really such a method?"

"Can a mirror clone record all of a martial artist's techniques?"

The dark-skinned man laughed, "Naturally not. That's why martial artists need to constantly refine their mirror clone's power through repeated battles. This way, the mirror clone's power will also become very strong."

"Often, the rankings on the Major Storm and Cloud Ranking are achieved through this back-and-forth combat process, where the mirror clone becomes stronger and stronger."

Chen Feng nodded, "So that's how it is."

He then glanced at the top few spots on the Major Storm and Cloud Ranking and asked doubtfully, "So, the martial artists in the top few positions have mirror clones that are already terrifyingly powerful?"

The dark-skinned man nodded, "Yes."

"To enter the Major Storm and Cloud Ranking, you need at least the combat power to face a peak third-tier opponent."

"Otherwise, even if you get on it, you'll be easily pushed off."

"Of course, as long as you've been on it, even for just a moment, you'll receive the rewards within."

"Every single one of them is a seed of a Grandmaster!"

As he spoke, a look of admiration flashed in his eyes.

Listening to this, Chen Feng's eyes also gleamed.

He hadn't expected the combat method to be like this.

That meant he didn't need to worry about any injuries.

And to challenge the Major Storm and Cloud Ranking, one needed to clear the Minor Storm and Cloud Ranking first.

Seeing this, Chen Feng no longer lingered.

He walked directly towards the Minor Storm and Cloud Ranking.

The dark-skinned student beside him saw Chen Feng's actions and shook his head with a laugh, "As expected of a freshman."

"Truly fearless because they know no fear. If you haven't entered the Major Storm and Cloud Ranking, how would you know how difficult it is to achieve a high position there?"

He didn't pay Chen Feng much mind.

At this moment, the instant Chen Feng stepped into the Minor Storm and Cloud Ranking.

Then, everything in his vision seemed to change instantly.

Chen Feng had initially thought that the Minor Storm and Cloud Ranking would also feature mirror clones, as the other man had described.

He had even prepared himself to see just how big the gap was.

He hadn't expected that the moment he stepped in, he would freeze.

He felt a buzzing sound in his ears, and when he opened his eyes again, everything before him had changed.