Wood God Academy stood at the deepest part of the Wood God Palace's mountain gate.
As the most important sect structure in these ancient ruins, it drew more and more people as exploration of the ruins neared its end. Teams streamed toward it in a mighty tide.
Beneath the towering peak stood the first checkpoint to Wood God Academy.
Wood God Guards at the Spirit Soul Tribulation level stood silently on watch, guarding the crucial passage. That alone was enough to turn away at least eighty percent of the teams.
Even though the various Spirit Academies had gained plenty of opportunities over the past half month,
only a handful had Spirit Soul Tribulation experts on their side, or the strength to stand against them. Most could only gaze at the palace atop the mountain and return empty-handed.
At the same time, powerful Spirit Academies kept erupting onto the scene, forcing their way through the Wood God Guards and climbing the mountain. Their success left the surrounding teams gaping in amazement.
Against this backdrop, everyone from Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy arrived.
Halfway up the mountain stood the second checkpoint leading to Wood God Academy.
A vast expanse of blue clouds shrouded the world, radiating waves of destruction.
Deep within the clouds, light flickered as streaks of deep cyan lightning shot past. They packed the sky, rumbling like thunder that shook heaven and earth and awed all creation.
Up close, they looked less like lightning and more like the bark of ancient trees, covered in age-old rings. They could set the spiritual energy between heaven and earth ablaze, strange beyond compare.
Divine Wood Gale Thunder!
This ancient thunder was born only in places where wood energy flourished. Compressed from extremely pure Azure Wood energy, it followed the principle that wood at its