An Ran: Whoever Opposes Luo Li Is My Enemy!

Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy, new student reception area.

Mu Chen, dressed in black, entered Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy.

Before officially joining Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy, he had to undergo an entrance examination.

Among the four Northern Heavens Realms, he had been the king of one of them.

As the Mu King who had completed the Spirit Road, he had felt no pressure in sweeping aside the other geniuses.

The dense spiritual energy of heaven and earth delighted him greatly.

Worthy of one of the Five Great Academies!

Cultivating here would surely allow him to break through to the Transforming Heaven Realm and the Heaven-reaching Realm as soon as possible.

"There should be other King-Sealing Prodigies who chose Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy, right?"

Mu Chen looked ahead, where three groups stood.

In the group to the left was a breathtaking young woman with long ice-blue hair.

She was tall and slender, with icy blue eyes.

An extreme chill radiated from her entire body, as though she were a walking iceberg.

"Bing Qing of the Ice Spirit Clan."

Mu Chen recognized her. She was also a King-Sealing Prodigy who had stood on the second level of the Spirit Crown Platform. She came from the extremely ancient Ice Spirit Clan of the Great Thousand World and had been born with the ability to control frost.

As her strength increased, she would be able to freeze heaven and earth with a single thought.

Her title of Ice King was not exaggerated in the slightest.

The group on the right was led by a burly young man. The skin not covered by his clothes was remarkably strange, a pale yellow like withered wood.

Mu Chen knew this person as well.

Mu Kui, also a King-Sealing Prodigy, seemed to come from the Wood Spirit Clan.

Although they had never fought, he was surely no ordinary opponent.

When Mu Chen shifted his gaze toward the front of the group in the middle, his pupils abruptly constricted.

This person... how could this person still be alive!?

The young man in green noticed Mu Chen's gaze and immediately looked over, a strange curve appearing on his face.

Yang Hong.

He had not made it to the end of the Spirit Road, much less participated in the battle for the Spirit Crown.

Among the King-Sealing Prodigies on the second level, there had been no trace of him!

That was because Yang Hong had died!

Before the battle for the Spirit Crown began, he had been killed by that silver-haired young woman in black!

Not only had the slain Yang Hong come back to life, he had even entered Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy and become the strongest king of one of the Northern Heavens Realm trials!

Mu Chen, Bing Qing, and Mu Kui had all undergone a spiritual energy empowerment before reaching the Fusion Heavenly Realm!

How had he managed to revive and still be no weaker than them!?

"It's Yang Hong. He actually came back to life?"

"So the rumors from the Spirit Road were true. If one's will is firm enough, there is a certain chance of revival."

Other than Mu Chen, Bing Qing and Mu Kui also recognized Yang Hong.

Even Bing Qing, who was normally as cold as ice, revealed a hint of astonishment.

"If Yang Hong was revived, then what about Ji Xuan, who was killed by the Luo King..."

Mu Chen's expression grew solemn.

He had personally seen Ji Xuan's corpse taken away by the Heavenly Sage Dean of Holy Spiritual Academy.

Even someone cleaved in half by a single sword strike within the Spirit Road could possibly be revived.

That depended on the Primordial Divine Artifact, the Mirror of Judgment, working with the remaining soul to use divine power to reconstruct the body.

Considering how highly the Heavenly Sage Dean of Holy Spiritual Academy valued Ji Xuan, he certainly would not allow him to die.

In other words, Ji Xuan truly might already have come back to life!

With Holy Spiritual Academy's resources focused on him, he might, like Yang Hong, still possess Three Heavens Realm cultivation!

He might even be stronger than Mu Chen and the others...

At that moment, Mu Chen truly understood what it meant to have powerful backing.

"The Luo King rejected the Five Great Academies and returned to the Luo God Clan."

Mu Chen clenched his fist. It seemed the pressure had fallen back onto him again.

Originally, he had planned to compete with Ji Xuan, Wen Qingxuan, Wu Ling, and the others for the Spirit Crown on the Spirit Road.

Yet Luo Li had suddenly emerged and successively wiped out Yang Hong, Ji Xuan, and quite a few other prodigies, making him abandon any thought of competing with her.

She killed decisively, and her sword was incredibly swift.

Surrendering would not have been easy.

Rather than dying at the end of the Spirit Road, it was better to accept the spiritual energy empowerment as a King-Sealing Prodigy and enter one of the Five Great Academies in glory.

Mu Chen understood that very clearly.

But now, he also clearly recognized that he would surely have to compete against Yang Hong within Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy.

Beyond that, he would encounter Ji Xuan again in the future Spirit Academy Tournament organized by the Five Great Academies.

Good. Very good.

He was excited!

"Yang Hong, you'd better wash your neck clean."

Mu Chen stared at Yang Hong like a tiger watching its prey. That man had actually dared to hunt down the Luo King!

Did he not know that Mu Chen admired the Luo King greatly?

Her elegance when killing, along with the fact that she had withstood the pressure of a supreme expert like the Heavenly Sage Dean without showing the slightest fear, was simply too cool!

"Mu Chen, I've heard of you."

While in the Northern Heavens Realm, Yang Hong had encountered other prodigies who had participated in the Spirit Road and completed it.

He had a rough understanding of the top King-Sealing Prodigies, such as Wen Qingxuan, Wu Ling, and Mu Chen.

Of course, he also knew that Luo Li was the strongest.

How could he not know the person who had killed him?

He had originally been hunting her down, only to die miserably on the spot because of the Golden Armored Dragon-Tiger Beast soul essence.

If not for the pity of a great figure, how could he have had the chance to be reborn!

The hatred in Yang Hong's heart was immense!

He wished he could immediately seek revenge against Luo Li, but he could not.

She was from the Luo God Clan and had already returned there.

If he wanted revenge, he could only seek it through Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy.

That was right.

Yang Hong had heard that the Heavenly Sage Dean had wanted to kill Luo Li back then, only to be stopped by Dean Ta Cang.

Even Dean Tang Qiu of Myriad Phoenix Spiritual Academy had spoken up to help her.

Myriad Phoenix Spiritual Academy only accepted female disciples, so he could only come to Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy.

Normally, he should have gone to Holy Spiritual Academy.

But he wanted to avenge himself against Dean Ta Cang as a student of Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy!

Of course, saying such things now was somewhat laughable.

Yet Mu Chen's murderous gaze was noticed by the sensitive Yang Hong.

"I'd really like to see whether you, the Mu King, are all talk!"

His undisguised arrogance drew the attention of many people.

Did Mu Chen and Yang Hong have some old grudge?

That did not seem right.

No one had heard of any entanglement between them.

At least judging from Yang Hong's reaction, this was their first clash.

"A piece of trash killed by the Luo King, who only survived by luck, dares to come out and provoke others."

Mu Chen's tongue was sharp indeed, directly exposing Yang Hong's performance on the Spirit Road.

The gazes many people directed at Yang Hong carried varying degrees of contempt and disdain.

One was a King-Sealing Prodigy who had made it to the end of the Spirit Road. The other was someone who had been slain midway through and only survived by luck.

Obviously, the former was more welcome.

After all, that was true strength!

"You're courting death!"

Yang Hong flew into a rage. Vast spiritual energy burst forth as though he intended to kill Mu Chen on the spot.

But something soon happened that made him regret it.

Slap!

A single slap instantly sent Yang Hong sprawling onto the ground!

A cold and gorgeous beauty in a red dress appeared before everyone.

The terrifying pressure that far surpassed the Fusion Heavenly Realm, seemingly reaching the Transforming Heaven Realm, put enormous pressure on many prodigies, including Mu Chen.

The gap between the Fusion Heavenly Realm and the Transforming Heaven Realm was far greater than they had imagined!

"Does this senior sister have a grudge against Yang Hong?"

Mu Chen knew very well that any young person within Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy must be a student.

He was quite surprised. Did Yang Hong really have what it took to offend a senior sister in the Transforming Heaven Realm?

Although he did not yet know enough about Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy, among the many older students, someone in the Transforming Heaven Realm should be extremely formidable.

But even a senior sister in the Transforming Heaven Realm could not just hit someone in public like this, could she?!

Yang Hong had been slapped dizzy. Once he came to his senses, he only felt a burning pain across his left cheek.

He looked at the cold and gorgeous senior sister in red and roared, "Who are you? Do I have a grudge against you?"

He had only just arrived. How could he know her!

However, the cold and gorgeous beauty in red did not hesitate in the slightest before slapping him away again.

Her icy words, brimming with killing intent, rang out.

"You're right. Whoever opposes Luo Li is my enemy, An Ran!"