"Ding! Congratulations, Host, for triggering the Check-in System. A check-in mission is now being issued!"
"Check-in location: the periphery of the Northern Spiritual Plains!"
"Check-in duration: five minutes. Completing the check-in mission will grant a reward. Leaving midway will be considered a failure!"
Hearing the system's mechanical voice, Mu Yuan could not help but feel delighted.
The check-in mission had come so suddenly that it caught him completely off guard.
Just as the sun rose the next day, Northern Spiritual Academy's training party set off for the Northern Spiritual Plains.
The Heaven Grade students of Northern Spiritual Academy placed great importance on every training expedition to the Northern Spiritual Plains arranged by the academy.
It was not merely for the academy's rewards, but more importantly, for genuine combat experience.
They all understood that only real combat could temper one's resolve and make it increasingly steadfast.
The Northern Spiritual Plains were not only filled with all kinds of spirit beasts, but also home to all sorts of shady figures.
Compared with those ruthless people, Northern Spiritual Academy's students were nothing more than lambs awaiting slaughter.
For this reason, Northern Spiritual Academy had also dispatched two instructors, Master Mo and Master Xi.
They were genuine Divine Spirit Realm experts, possessing tremendous deterrent power.
The Northern Spiritual Plains lay northwest of the Northern Spiritual Territory, roughly a day's journey from Northern Spiritual Academy. This vast region was considered one of the more bustling places in the Northern Spiritual Territory.
It was not until evening that Northern Spiritual Academy's training party arrived at the periphery of the Northern Spiritual Plains.
"Ding, congratulations, Host, for arriving at the check-in location. Check-in duration: five minutes. Leaving midway will be considered a check-in failure!"
The moment Mu Yuan entered the periphery of the Northern Spiritual Plains, the system's announcement sounded automatically.
He did not stop walking, instead setting up camp on the spot with the other students.
Bonfires rose throughout the camp. The students of Northern Spiritual Academy clearly did not often come to places like this, so many of them were excited. The entire camp was enveloped in a lively atmosphere.
"Everyone, come over here."
Master Mo then gathered all the students together. After looking around, he spoke in a deep voice:
"Everyone will rest here tonight. This will also be our camp during our training in the Northern Spiritual Plains."
"Tomorrow, everyone will set out from here and enter the Northern Spiritual Plains for formal training, facing the spirit beasts within head-on."
"Spirit beasts are divided into low, middle, and high grades. Low-grade spirit beasts are roughly at the Spiritual Movement Realm, middle-grade ones are at the Spirit Wheel Realm, while high-grade spirit beasts are comparable to the Divine Spirit Realm."
"Although the periphery of the Northern Spiritual Plains is basically populated by low-grade spirit beasts, you will still need to work together and deal with them carefully."
"Deep within the Northern Spiritual Plains, high-grade spirit beasts can be found. Even I would find such beings extremely troublesome to deal with."
"So, you must never venture deep into the Northern Spiritual Plains!"
The many students nodded repeatedly.
They all understood that this was not some drill, but an actual battle. One careless mistake could cost them their lives.
Forget high-grade spirit beasts—even if they encountered middle-grade spirit beasts, they could only run as far away as possible.
"In this training expedition, every member of the top three teams in the final rankings will receive a Spirit Nourishing Pill."
Master Mo's final words made the eyes of the many students light up.
A student hurriedly asked:
"Master Mo, what will the evaluation criteria for this performance be?"
"Good question."
Master Mo smiled. His body trembled slightly as powerful spiritual energy erupted from him, forming a massive golden wolf behind him that howled at the sky. The giant wolf's body seemed to be covered in patterns of lightning, making it look exceptionally majestic.
"Wow."
The camp immediately erupted with cries of astonishment, before everyone answered in unison:
"Spirit beast essences!"
Master Xi, who was explaining the rules to the West Courtyard Heaven Tier students nearby, curled his lips and summoned the spirit beast essence he had refined: a stone turtle lion.
All the students stared enviously at the spirit beast essences refined and summoned by the two Divine Spirit Realm experts. Such power was truly coveted.
"Master Mo, could the spirit beast essence you refined rank near the top of the Myriad Beast Record?"
The students were extremely curious about the peculiar ability Divine Spirit Realm experts possessed to refine beast souls.
"Near the top?"
Master Mo shook his head. With a wave of his hand, the golden giant wolf behind him dispersed before he said:
"What I refined was the essence of a high-grade spirit beast, the Golden Thunder Wolf. It only ranks three hundred and eighty-second on the Earth Ranking of the Myriad Beast Record."
"Huh? Something so powerful only ranks close to four hundredth? Wouldn't the spirit beasts in the top hundred of the Earth Ranking be even more monstrous?"
A student exclaimed in amazement.
"The spirit beasts in the top hundred of the Earth Ranking in the Myriad Beast Record are far stronger than Divine Spirit Realm experts. They are comparable to the Three Heavens Realm and are also known as Heavenly Beasts."
Master Mo took the opportunity to teach the students more about the Myriad Beast Record, preparing them for refining spirit beast essences after they entered the Divine Spirit Realm in the future.
After all, upon entering the Divine Spirit Realm, one's greatest method was the refined spirit beast essence. It was equivalent to gaining another source of combat power. Naturally, the stronger the spirit beast one refined, the stronger one would be.
Mu Yuan found it rather boring.
He had long since learned this knowledge.
As for those on the Heaven Ranking of the Myriad Beast Record, even supreme-level super experts in the Great Thousand World would not dare to attack them lightly.
Just then, the system's mechanical voice sounded in Mu Yuan's mind:
"Ding, congratulations, Host, on successfully checking in. Reward obtained: Sword Drawing Art (Steel Cutting)!"
Sword Drawing Art (Steel Cutting)?
Mu Yuan frowned, but after digesting the information, he was stunned.
It turned out that Sword Drawing Art (Steel Cutting) was actually a secret technique of the Sword Drawing Art.
After obtaining this secret technique, using the Sword Drawing Art gave him a 0.5 percent chance of ignoring any shield.
Put simply, it ignored defenses.
One had to know that whether they were in the Spirit Wheel Realm, the Divine Spirit Realm, or even the Three Heavens Realm, the spiritual energy shield was a commonly used life-saving method.
Although Mu Yuan had mastered the Sword Drawing Art, unifying body, mind, and sword, with a limit of drawing his sword one hundred times in a breath, he could not possibly remain at one hundred sword draws per breath forever.
The ultimate realm of the Sword Drawing Art was two hundred sword draws in a breath.
In short, once Steel Cutting was triggered, the opponent's fate was easy to imagine.
"After mastering the Sword Drawing Art, my full-power attacks can already threaten early Spirit Wheel Realm experts. Does that mean I can kill Spirit Wheel Realm experts?"
Mu Yuan muttered to himself.
The only pity was that Steel Cutting could only possibly trigger when he used the Sword Drawing Art.
Even as he was shocked, Mu Yuan could not help but complain inwardly:
The system is so stingy. It actually split this sword technique into two parts and handed them out as separate rewards.
"Alright, that is about enough. Rest early tonight. At dawn tomorrow, you will enter the Northern Spiritual Plains and begin your formal training!"
Elsewhere, Master Mo felt that he had said enough, so he waved his hand and stopped the excited youths.
The night passed peacefully.
The next morning, when dawn arrived, the many students in the camp were already fully prepared, their faces filled with excitement as they gazed into the vast forest.
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