Liu Yang said no more. His hatred for Mu Yuan was almost tangible as he shot toward him.
A terrifying spiritual pressure bore down on Mu Yuan like Mount Tai.
Whoosh!
Liu Yang was incredibly fast, appearing before Mu Yuan in virtually an instant.
He raised one hand, and fiery red spiritual energy gathered within it. The palm print boiled like a blazing sun, violent and dazzling.
"Blazing Sun Palm!"
Liu Yang let out a furious roar, and the palm print condensed to its limit slammed mercilessly toward Mu Yuan.
In that instant, nearly every watching student felt as if lava had engulfed their minds, their consciousness on the verge of being ignited.
Wild, violent spiritual energy spread outward from Liu Yang's palm print, completely shrouding the area and creating such oppressive pressure that thoughts nearly froze.
So strong!
Liu Yang, going all out, was truly powerful!
Though Liu Yang's palm strike was locked onto Mu Yuan, they could sense a trace of annihilation within it. It was as if this single strike could obliterate everything.
Liu Yang's repeated reign as the Earth Tier's number one had not been undeserved.
Yet Mu Yuan's black eyes showed no panic at all. He remained utterly calm.
Only the amused curve at the corner of his lips grew wider.
There was no denying that this strike was enough to instantly kill any early Spiritual Movement Realm expert.
"Unfortunately, in my eyes, it's still trash!"
Mu Yuan's calm, disdainful voice suddenly rang out, utterly unexpected and without warning.
At the same moment, golden points of light abruptly lit up across Mu Yuan's body.
The golden points scattered throughout Mu Yuan's body connected together, forming the same phenomenon Liu Yang had displayed when activating his spiritual vein.
But Mu Yuan's phenomenon shone like a bright moon.
Boom!
The spiritual energy between heaven and earth howled as it flooded crazily into Mu Yuan's body.
Everyone stared in utter shock. Mu Yuan held his hands in front of him as though cradling the sun and moon, golden divine radiance blazing around his body. The holy light-like spiritual energy was vast and boundless, as if it could crush mountains.
"Th-this is a spiritual vein?!!!"
On the main seats, Master Xi's eyes widened as he stared fixedly at Mu Yuan.
With his discerning eyes, he could naturally tell that this spiritual vein was of a higher grade than Liu Yang's.
The rate at which it absorbed and expelled spiritual energy had likely reached the level of an Earth Grade Spiritual Vein.
"This kid!"
Master Mo did not even know how to describe his feelings.
Mu Yuan had brought surprise after surprise.
An Earth Grade Spiritual Vein!
Even among the Five Great Academies, that made him a top-tier genius.
This also explained why Mu Yuan had advanced so rapidly in such a short time.
His failure to sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth over the past three years was likely related to the spiritual vein within his body.
Even Dean Xiao, who had remained unruffled all along, wore a face full of disbelief.
He knew Mu Yuan had a trump card, but he had never expected it to be this shocking.
"So Brother Yuan has a spiritual vein too!"
A wave of astonished cries erupted around the arena.
At the same time, an astonishing spiritual pressure spread from Mu Yuan's body.
That spiritual pressure had clearly reached the level of the mid Spiritual Movement Realm.
"We all underestimated this kid!"
At the West Courtyard seats, the students from the West Courtyard Heaven Tier grew solemn. Mid Spiritual Movement Realm strength would rank quite highly even within the Northern Spiritual Academy's Heaven Tier.
They had not expected an Earth Tier student to reach such a level, and they could not help but sigh inwardly.
Liu Mu Bai's handsome face showed little reaction. He merely watched the arena with calm eyes, revealing neither joy nor anger.
Golden spiritual energy wrapped around Mu Yuan's entire right arm as he threw a vicious punch.
It was still the Collapsing Fist.
But after Mu Yuan invoked the power of two dragon elephants and his God Vein, its might was no longer comparable to before.
Bang!
Amid a deafening blast that pierced through their minds, Mu Yuan's fist collided with Liu Yang's palm.
Crack!
Before everyone's eyes, Liu Yang's palm print was forcefully shattered by that single punch.
The pride and cruelty on Liu Yang's face turned into utter disbelief.
And that was not all.
Mu Yuan's fist continued forward!!!
In that instant, Liu Yang clearly felt death shrouding him. He stood there in a daze, completely at a loss, his mind blank.
However.
In the end, Mu Yuan's fist stopped abruptly just one centimeter from him.
Liu Yang could feel the terrifying force of the punch. He was absolutely certain that if Mu Yuan's fist had landed, he would have died without a doubt.
Suddenly, Liu Yang's face turned deathly pale. His body bent over, and with a pfft, he spat out a mouthful of blood.
That sight immediately caused an uproar around the arena.
Liu Yang had lost!
"Brother Yuan won!"
"Brother Yuan is amazing!"
"Haha, our East Courtyard has finally taken first place in the Earth Tier!"
On the East Courtyard side, Su Ling and the others stared blankly at the scene before becoming overwhelmed with excitement.
In contrast, the West Courtyard fell into silence.
Even someone as proud as Liu Yang had been defeated. This time, their West Courtyard had truly lost to the East Courtyard.
Mu Yuan and Xue Dong of the West Courtyard Earth Tier trembled in fright as they stared fixedly at Mu Yuan on the arena, their hearts filled with endless fear.
How... how could this guy be so terrifyingly strong?!!!
They had thought he was merely at the early Spiritual Movement Realm. They had never expected him to possess a spiritual vein too, and even Liu Yang had been defeated.
They had even provoked this guy before!
Thinking back on it now... their scalps went numb.
Hong Ling's beautiful eyes dimmed slightly, and she could not help feeling a pang of sorrow.
Had her decision really been right?
Tong Guan was completely distraught, only able to breathe in huge gulps.
If he did not keep gasping for breath, he even felt as though he would suffocate!
This guy had actually grown to the point where his strength was on par with Tong Guan's.
It was simply too terrifying!!!
On the arena, hearing the deafening cheers from the East Courtyard, Mu Yuan smiled faintly. Then he looked at Liu Yang and said,
"No need to continue, right?"
Liu Yang could not speak at all now. Having just walked the line of death, he was drenched in cold sweat, and his legs had gone so weak that he was nearly kneeling.
"Your pride is nothing special. You can't even beat me, yet you want to fight my Little Mu."
Mu Yuan's face was full of contempt as he called out,
"Little Mu, show him your strength."
Mu Chen nodded slightly, rose to his feet, and walked down from the seats.
The moment he stepped onto the arena, dark spiritual energy surged violently from his body, accompanied by a spiritual pressure no weaker than Mu Yuan's.
"This spiritual energy's power..."
A look of astonishment immediately appeared on the faces of Dean Xiao and the three others, including Master Mo.
"Mid Spiritual Movement Realm!"
The arena fell silent once more.
Unlike the mid Spiritual Movement Realm spiritual pressure Mu Yuan possessed, this was genuine mid Spiritual Movement Realm cultivation.
After all, Mu Yuan himself was only at the early Spiritual Movement Realm. He could unleash such strength only by activating his spiritual vein.
Liu Yang: "..."
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