Above Wasteland, auras of light danced wildly.
Chu Bai's body is like electricity, and he steps on "Firestep Dash". With every step he takes, a red fire lotus is stepped on the ground, and he rushes forward quickly with explosive power.
Although he did not rush to the front, he firmly held the tail of the first echelon and was about tenth place, keeping pace with Wang Qingli beside him.
"My body skills are still weak after all."
Chu Bai secretly sighed in his heart. Compared to the skilled veterans in front of him, although his "Firestep Dash" has strong explosive power, it is still slightly inferior in terms of sustained top speed.
In order to preserve his spiritual power for the next communication with the magic weapon, he did not force the explosion, but chose a more secure follow-up strategy.
And at the front, competition has become fierce.
Lü Qing, Ji Li, and Wu Jianfei are like three arrows, firmly occupying the top three positions, throwing away the people behind them by more than ten feet.
In a few more breaths, the journey was already halfway.
Seeing that Ji Li's figure in brocade clothes was always half a body faster than his own, and his steps were light and seemed to have enough energy left, a trace of fear flashed in Lü Qing's eyes.
"Ji Li is too fast, and Foundation Depth is deep. If I competed with pure speed, I would definitely lose..."
"If he is allowed to be the first to get the high-grade magic weapon and bring it into the third round, he will be an unsolvable opponent. He must be held back here!"
"Maybe we can still give it a try..."
In a flash of thought, Lü Qing turned his head suddenly, and happened to see the gaze of Wu Jianfei next to him.
As old rivals, the two were surprisingly in tune at this moment.
"Do it!"
Lü Qing shouted loudly, regardless of his so-called demeanor.
Although he is not good at precise control of Spell Arts, he is better because of his powerful spiritual power.
He held it empty-handed with one hand, and blasted out a bright Metallic Astral Energy like a heavy cannon, directly hitting Ji Li's back.
At the same time, Wu Jianfei also laughed ferociously and slapped the ground with both hands.
Boom!
A three-foot-high wall of flames rose up in front of Ji Li without any warning, blocking all his routes forward.
There is a fire wall in front and a golden gang behind.
The timing of these two offensives, one behind the other, is extremely tricky.
If Ji Li forced his way in, his vision and speed would be blocked by a wall of fire, and he would be hit by Metallic Astral Energy from behind. If he stopped defending, his first position would be lost to others.
"Even if you are number one, you will still have to shed your skin when facing the two of us joining forces!" Lü Qing thought to himself.
However, in the next moment, a scene that surprised everyone happened.
Facing this deadly encirclement, Ji Li's expression did not change, and he did not even glance at the attack behind him.
I saw him gently pinching a mysterious magic formula with his fingertips, his steps were steady, and he actually stepped into the void with one step!
Buzz--
There seemed to be an invisible magnetic field trembling in the air.
Ji Li seemed to be stepping on invisible steps. His figure was as graceful as a fairy, and he soared several feet directly into the air. He easily crossed the wall of fire, and at the same time avoided the Metallic Astral Energy blasting from behind.
Walk on the air!
He strolled leisurely in mid-air, each step covering more than ten feet, instantly leaving behind the people who were still fighting on the ground.
"What?!"
Lü Qing and Wu Jianfei's eyes widened at the same time. Their attacks collided in the air and exploded into a ball of brilliant fireworks, but they did not even touch the corner of Ji Li's clothes.
Outside the field, on the high platform.
Vice-dean Lu He, who had never spoken, could not help stroking his beard at this time, with a flash of appreciation in his eyes. "What this boy has cultivated [Magnetic Spirit Power] has been mastered to such a subtle level."
"It uses its own magnetic field to repel the earth's magnetism, thereby achieving a short-term flight in the air. Although it is not a real flight, it is amazing to be able to do this in the Qi Refinement Realm."
"In this way, no one can compete with him in this first round."
Several supervisors on the side also nodded repeatedly. Ji Li's move not only showed his profound cultivation, but also reflected the ultimate development of the nature of spiritual power.
"Not bad."
Another vice-president also opened his mouth to set the tone. "Ji Li, this person, was Qi Refining Third Layer perfected last year. He just wanted to support the undefeated Dao Heart. He didn't participate in Immortal Official Examination at that time, otherwise he should have been able to get the quota at that time.
Now it has been polished for a long time, and whether it is combat power or character, it is unrivaled among the same level."
"This Dao Academy leader, if nothing unexpected happens, should belong to him. The remaining suspense depends on who gets the remaining nine spots."
Although several Foundation-Building Cultivator's comments were low-pitched, their firm tone made the surrounding air a bit more solemn.
The ordinary students below the stands were even more excited at this moment.
"Walking through the air?!"
"Is this a method that Qi Refinement Realm can master? Isn't that the sign of Foundation-Building Cultivator?"
Zhang Shan stood in the crowd, dumbfounded, and his mouth was wide enough to fit an egg in.
He always thought that although there was a gap between himself and Ji Li, they were still on the same level.
But now it seems that the other party is no longer on the same layer.
How to fight this?
"But..."
Zhang Shan looked down and searched for the familiar figure in the crowd. A trace of surprise and surprise flashed in his eyes, "Junior brother Chu is actually in the front line! And he has firmly occupied the first echelon!"
"It's a pity that there are some ruthless third graders in front of us. It's difficult to steal food from them..."
Above Wasteland, Lü Qing and Wu Jianfei failed to hit the target. Before they had time to take action, they all saw the unconcealable horror in each other's eyes.
"When did Ji Li master such a move?"
"Walking through the air... This is simply appalling! Is it possible that he has some hidden flaws in his daily assessments? Is this his real trump card?"
Lü Qing felt bitter in his heart. He only thought that Magnetic Spirit Power was weird and difficult to deal with, but he never imagined that he could use such a miraculous skill. How could this be a competition at the same level? This was clearly a dimensionality reduction attack!
However, before they could think about it, a heart-stopping spiritual pressure suddenly came from above their heads.
"Now that you've taken action, let's leave something behind before leaving."
Ji Li in mid-air whispered indifferently and pressed down casually with one hand.
Buzz!
There was a dull buzz in the air.
In an instant, Lü Qing felt as if his legs had been filled with tens of millions of kilograms of lead water, and an invisible gravitational magnetic field instantly enveloped his whole body. His originally light body technique instantly failed, and every step he took became difficult, and even his bones were creaking.
The same goes for Wu Jianfei on the side. The strong man's originally red face turned the color of pig liver at this moment. He gritted his teeth and tried to move his legs, with blue veins popping out, but his speed still slowed down visibly, as if he was stuck in a quagmire.
[Magnetic Gravity Seal]!
Ji Li didn't know when to pinch the magic trick, and the two of them were already hit, unable to move even an inch.
After just a moment of confrontation, the two strong men who were expected to compete for second and third place were directly knocked into the dust.
But Ji Li, who was in mid-air, still stepped in the air, crossing everyone's heads like a leisurely stroll, and was dozens of feet ahead in an instant.
His white clothes were blown by the wind, making him sound like an immortal descending from the dust.
When he was about to reach the magic weapon area, he suddenly stopped and floated. He turned to look at the group of struggling classmates behind him and grinned, revealing his white teeth:
"Gentlemen, I will start refining now. If anyone else wants to stop me, you can give it a try!"
Having said that, Ji Li didn't even bother to look at the crowd anymore, turned around and opened his mouth to call out to the depths of the magic weapon jungle in the distance:
"Come!"
Buzz!
Wasteland In the deepest part, a silver sword, which was stuck on the boulder and emitted a cold light, seemed to be summoned by some kind of thing and trembled violently.
The next moment, the long sword rose from the ground and turned into a stream of silver light, flying backwards. In an instant, it fell into the hands of Ji Li.
Refining begins!
The whole place was dead silent.
Everyone's pupils shrank violently at this moment.
"This... how is this possible?"
"It's obviously still a hundred feet away from the location of the magical weapon, but he can actually photograph objects from a distance?!"
"With this kind of progress, we are more than just one and a half points ahead! This is simply turning the table over!"
Everyone's hearts were filled with despair and unwillingness. According to the rules, everyone had to run to the magic weapon to communicate, but Ji Li directly grabbed the magic weapon in his hand. The gap was so huge that it made people despair.
But unfortunately, no one dared to step forward to stop him, not even Spell Arts who was interfering.
After all...
The Lü Qing and Wu Jianfei just released are a bloody lesson learned from the past.
Now due to the sudden decrease in speed, these two people have fallen from the first echelon to the middle of the team, and are even constantly being surpassed by latecomers. This round, they are completely useless.
Different from the previous Wu Jianfei's "save some spiritual energy" talk to persuade everyone to quit, Ji Li is telling everyone with real thunderous means:
Whoever dares to stretch out his hand, I will cut off his hand!
If you make it anxious, and even if you try to get injured, you have to kill the first bird first, then you may not get anything at this level.
Ji Li Foundation Depth is so deep that even if they lose this round, they still have a chance to come back later. But what about them? If they are injured now or their spiritual power is exhausted, they will become completely lambs to be slaughtered in the next two rounds of brutal Demon Hunt and Arena battles, and they will have no competitiveness at all.
Therefore, in an instant, the originally noisy and chaotic team suddenly became strangely quiet.
Everyone tacitly avoided the airspace where Ji Li was located, and did not even dare to stay too long to see Divine Capital, for fear of being misunderstood by this god of death.
This is the deterrence of absolute strength.
One person suppresses the whole crowd!
As Lü Qing and Wu Jianfei fell behind, the pattern of the first echelon changed instantly.
Chu Bai felt the wind at his feet and took advantage of the trend to overtake, and his ranking was firmly among the top ten.
More than ten breaths passed.
A wind monk at the front was the first to arrive at the outskirts of the magic weapon display area. But he did not stop. He just glanced at the low-grade items at his feet, Mid-Grade Magical Artifact, then gritted his teeth and continued running towards the depths.
After all, they don't have the incredible ability to photograph objects from a distance like Ji Li. If they want good things, they have to run on two legs.
Chu Bai followed closely behind, his eyes fixed on the red ring suspended on the boulder eight hundred feet away.
Soon, the top few people selected their targets.
Some people took a fancy to a Flying Sword with a cold light, and some people hugged a large, simple bell. They sat down cross-legged and raced against time to start injecting spiritual power into it for refining.
Chu Bai's body flashed, and he took the last step forward, grabbing the [Fire Element Ring] that exuded a burning aura in his hand.
Warm it in your hand, as if you were holding a soldering iron.
"You need to fully control its power before it can be counted in the next level."
Chu Bai Spirit Awareness poked his head in and instantly felt the violent fire spiritual power circuit inside the ring, "You have to hurry up..."
He did not choose to meditate on the spot, but still maintained a standing posture. While he was distracted and alert to the surroundings, he was using the fire power in his body to forcefully wash away the restrictions in the ring.
At this moment, the sound of fierce fighting came from not far away.
"Go away! This 'Water-Splitting Stinger' was the one I took a fancy to first!"
"What a joke! Whoever refines it first belongs to whom, you haven't engraved the name on it yet!"
Two monks who were also interested in a high-grade magic weapon started fighting. The one who succeeded first was embarrassed to dodge the opponent's ice cone technique while maintaining the transmission of spiritual power, and the refining progress suddenly became extremely slow.
And the latecomer used all his methods, with a posture of "I won't even think about it if I don't get you."
After all, there are only about thirty high-grade magical instruments in total.
Those at the top may still be able to do one thing per person, but when the middle-ranking troops arrive, there will be more wolves than meat, or even more monks and less gruel, and a fierce fight will inevitably break out.
"Gotta hurry up..."
Chu Bai's heart trembled. This Fire Element Ring is a top-quality auxiliary magic weapon. It is a treasure for anyone who practices Fire Spiritual Energy, and it will definitely be coveted by others.
He glanced back subconsciously.
In the middle of the team, a figure like an angry bull was seen rushing towards them with a rolling heat wave.
It is Wu Jianfei who just got rid of the shackles of [Magnetic Gravity Seal]!
Although this strong man suffered a big loss from Ji Li, he still had the strength of the later stage of Qi Refining Third Layer. At this moment, his eyes were red, and it was obvious that he had been holding back his anger and had no place to vent his anger. He swept his eyes across the field and instantly locked onto the Fire Element Ring in Chu Bai's hand.
"Top grade Fire Element Ring? Good stuff!"
Wu Jianfei laughed ferociously, with greed in his eyes, "Boy, put down what you are holding! That belongs to a certain family!"
The two of them didn't speak much.
In the world of immortality, especially in this examination room where resources are competed for, fists are the only language.
In just a moment, Chu Bai made a decision.
If you stay where you are and get entangled by Wu Jianfei, even if you win in the end, the refining progress will be slowed down, and it may even attract more coveters.
"Let's go!"
Chu Bai stepped hard, and [Firestep Dash] exploded with all his strength.
Boom!
A ball of flames exploded under his feet. He did not fight, but relied on the force of the recoil, like a red meteor, to run straight towards the sparsely populated area deeper into Wasteland.
"Want to run?!"
Wu Jianfei was anxious. He had just been humiliated by Ji Li, and now the magic weapon he was interested in was snatched away by a first-year freshman. If someone else ran away, where would he, a third-year old student, put his face?
"Leave it to me!"
Wu Jianfei roared angrily and used his body skills to chase after him.
However, something incredible happened to him.
Although Chu Bai in front is running at full speed, the Fire Element Ring in his hand is always flashing, obviously the refining process has not been interrupted!
"This kid... can actually do two things at once? Refining high-grade magic weapons while running?!"
Wu Jianfei's eyes widened, feeling unbelievable.
Most people need to concentrate on refining magic weapons, and if they are distracted even a little bit, all their efforts may be wasted. But this Chu Bai is not only good at running fast, but can even dodge and maneuver in complex terrain to avoid obstacles along the way.
The two chased each other and fled, leaving two long lines of smoke on Wasteland.
"Don't run! Stop and fight me if you dare!" Wu Jianfei roared angrily.
"Only a fool would stop."
Chu Bai didn't look back, feeling the gradually tamed spiritual circuit of Fire Element Ring in his hand, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
The wind howled and the scenery flew back.
The originally violent and burning breath of Fire Element Ring in Chu Bai's hand finally became docile under the wash of his Five-Element Spiritual Power.
Although it will still take some time before it is completely refined, the core restrictions have been broken away, and its power can already be initially called upon.
"Firestep Dash, get up!"
Chu Bai With a thought in his mind, he no longer held it with his hands, but pressed down on the red ring in his hand.
Buzz!
Fire Element Ring made a clear buzzing sound, and instantly turned into two streams of light, which were respectively placed on the ankle bones of Chu Bai's feet.
In an instant, a surging fire spirit force rushed straight up along the Yongquan point on the soles of his feet, perfectly resonating with the Fire-Element Spell Power in his body.
Boom!
Chu Bai steps out again.
"Firestep Dash", which originally just stepped on a fire lotus, now exploded a three-foot-diameter flame shock wave under its feet!
With this terrifying reverse thrust, Chu Bai's figure instantly blurred, and his speed increased by more than 30%?
The whole person was like a real red fire, and in the blink of an eye, Wu Jianfei, who was still chasing behind him and yelling curses, was thrown away by dozens of feet!
"What?!"
Wu Jianfei, who was eating dust from behind, almost had his eyes popping out.
I could still see my back just now, but how come I can't even see the shadow in the blink of an eye?
"What a magic weapon!"
Chu Bai Feeling the lightning speed, his eyes were full of surprises.
This Fire Element Ring is simply tailor-made for his body style.
Not only does the speed skyrocket, but the flames and explosions produced by each step have considerable lethality in themselves.
If you give the enemy a kick in a close fight...
Chu Bai looked back at Wu Jianfei, who was far behind him, and thought that there should be no threat to him.
"Give me another hundred breaths to find the next magic weapon!"