Bai Cheng's Provocation

Bai Cheng's Provocation

As the tournament reached its climax, the freshmen's final assessments were about to conclude.

"The freshman final assessment finals: Fa Wutian of Profound Class One versus Huang Lei of Profound Class Two! Both students, take the stage immediately!"

As soon as the referee finished speaking, Fa Wutian and Huang Lei stepped onto the dueling platform.

Seeing the carefree Fa Wutian before him, Huang Lei's expression turned solemn.

He was certain that he was no match for Fa Wutian.

Ever since the first day he entered the academy, he had heard countless tales about Fa Wutian.

It was said that Fa Wutian had already become a Fourth-Rank Alchemist half a year ago!

He did not believe that a Fourth-Rank Alchemist's combat strength would be much weaker than his pill-refining ability.

With that in mind, a bold thought suddenly came to him.

At that moment, the referee suddenly shouted, "The match begins!"

Just as Fa Wutian was preparing to end the fight quickly, Huang Lei raised a hand and called out, "Wait!"

Fa Wutian stopped in confusion.

"Hey, what is it?"

"Before we fight, I want to know something."

"What is it?"

"Have you broken through to that realm?"

Hearing that, Fa Wutian immediately understood what he meant.

He simply wanted confirmation of whether Fa Wutian had broken through to the Dou Grandmaster realm.

Then, under Huang Lei's incredulous gaze, Fa Wutian calmly nodded.

Seeing this, Huang Lei lowered his head and mocked himself. "How could someone like me possibly defeat a person like him?"

"Hey, are you fighting or not?"

Seeing that his opponent remained motionless, Fa Wutian asked impatiently.

Hearing Fa Wutian's words, Huang Lei shook his head with a bitter smile.

"Referee, I concede!"

Huang Lei felt no shame in admitting defeat.

After all, since he knew his opponent was a powerful enemy he could not defeat, why would he foolishly rush in to get beaten up?

"Huang Lei concedes. Fa Wutian wins! The second stage of the competition will officially begin in half an hour!"

After hearing Huang Lei concede, the referee immediately announced the result and stated when the next stage would begin.

The moment the crowd heard the referee's announcement, the spectator stands erupted.

There was no other reason.

Huang Lei had been the only freshman qualified to chase after Fa Wutian.

They had thought they would get to watch an exciting showdown, yet Huang Lei had actually conceded on his own initiative!

Such an outcome was clearly beyond everyone's expectations.

"What does this mean? He conceded just like that? This has to be fake! Refund us!"

"What's with Huang Lei? And he calls himself the number one person beneath Fa Wutian? He doesn't even have the courage to face Fa Wutian! At least Wang Xiaofeng used a Dou Technique earlier! But when it came to him, he just conceded outright? What a disgrace to us men!"

"That's right! Huang Lei really wasted our expectations. Maybe his cultivation was piled up entirely through pills!"

Hearing the discussions around them, the students of Profound Class Two silently closed their mouths, their faces full of bitterness.

After all, Huang Lei was practically the face of Profound Class Two!

Now that Huang Lei was being belittled so thoroughly, they were humiliated as well!

In contrast, every student of Profound Class One stood tall, basking in the glory Fa Wutian had brought them.

"Not bad, not bad! This kid really didn't disappoint me! He took first place for me so easily!"

Seeing Fa Wutian claim first place in the final assessment, Wang Hao grinned from ear to ear.

It seemed that he would be able to claim the largest share in next year's resource allocation!

Half an hour later, the Inner Academy Selection Tournament officially began.

When they saw Fa Wutian register for the competition, the freshmen in the spectator stands were extremely surprised.

"Am I seeing things? Fa Wutian actually signed up for the Inner Academy Selection Tournament? Doesn't he know that only older students are qualified to participate in this kind of competition?"

"Maybe he thinks he can defeat the older students?"

"If you ask me, he's gotten carried away! Just wait, those older students will bully him until he can't even hold his head up!"

Meanwhile, the older students were equally surprised.

Although they had heard of Fa Wutian's reputation, he was definitely not their match yet!

Seeing this, Bai Cheng immediately mocked, "A freshman actually wants to challenge older students like us who have been here for two or three years? He really doesn't know his place!"

As Bai Cheng spoke, his lackeys echoed him. "Boss is right! Freshmen these days really don't know their place. He actually dared to join the Inner Academy Selection Tournament! Isn't that clearly showing that he doesn't respect you bosses at all?"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah!!! If you ask me, first-years are just little beans that jump when you hit them! People like that just need a good beating!"

"He just hasn't run into Boss yet. Otherwise, how could he dare act so arrogantly?"

After hearing his underlings' flattery, Bai Cheng smugly walked over to Fa Wutian and snorted. "Hmph, brat, you'd better pray you don't run into me. Otherwise, this young master will definitely teach you how to behave!"

Fa Wutian paid no attention to Bai Cheng's threat.

Just now, he had already used his powerful soul force to probe Bai Cheng's strength.

He was only a Two-Star Dou Grandmaster. Fa Wutian truly did not know where he found the courage to provoke him!

Perhaps the ignorant knew no fear!

After Bai Cheng and the others left, Wang Hao finally came over.

"Wutian, why don't you withdraw? This kind of competition isn't something you can participate in yet! With your talent, there's no need to rush things. Cultivate for another two years, and you'll definitely sweep through every opponent! But right now, you're still no match for them. Not to mention, trouble has already come looking for you before the competition has even begun!"

After hearing Wang Hao's advice, Fa Wutian shook his head.

"Mentor, you don't need to worry about me. They're no match for me! Besides, I have a reason I must participate."

"What reason?"

The moment he asked that, Wang Hao regretted it.

He knew that everyone had their own little secrets. His question had undoubtedly infringed upon Fa Wutian's privacy.

Seeing that, he could only change the subject.

"Forget it, forget it! You've always had your own ideas, so I won't try to persuade you anymore. Just be more careful in the matches ahead!"

Fa Wutian nodded.

At that moment, Hu Gan on the elevated platform also noticed the commotion around Fa Wutian.

"Old Huo, it looks like that kid Fa Wutian has gotten himself into trouble!"

Hearing that, Elder Huo said calmly, "Don't worry. That kid isn't as simple as he appears!"

How could what had just happened escape the notice of a Fifth-Rank Alchemist like him?

He merely found it amusing.

He had never expected that these days, a Two-Star Dou Grandmaster would dare provoke a Six-Star Dou Grandmaster!

He truly did not know whether he had grown too old to keep up with the times, or whether Bai Cheng was simply too arrogant.

Hearing Elder Huo's words, Hu Gan immediately became interested.

"Old Huo, what do you mean? Has that kid already broken through to the Dou Grandmaster realm?"

(End of Chapter)

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