As the student with the highest cultivation among the Martial Spirit Academy's two current cohorts, Yue Bianyu had undoubtedly been considered a seeded contender for the Spirit Academy Competition by most people before the selection began.
Even though his foundation was unstable and he had forced his way through the Divine Soul Tribulation, his strength was still acknowledged by almost everyone in the academy.
Yet when his battle zone began to overlap with Yun Mo's, the watching students and academy elders could only fall silently pensive.
On the surface, Yun Mo's cultivation was lower than his. But after watching two rounds of selection, no one still believed Yue Bianyu's combat strength could withstand Yun Mo's killing onslaught.
Just as now, the overlapping battlefields finally fused together, revealing several figures.
"After this round, all the remaining people will gather together, won't they? Then, once the ten places have been decided, we'll head to the teleportation array..." Light slowly circulated in Yue Bianyu's palm as his gaze swept over the others who had appeared here with him.
But when his gaze passed over one person, his expression instantly froze. In fact, the others here wore the same grave expressions.
The five people here were all at least at the Body Tribulation stage. Aside from Yun Mo, they were all veteran students; no other newcomers were present.
"You two, we know full well that we're no match for you, so we can only join forces to fight you. However, this battle is only
"meant as an opportunity to exchange pointers with you. We have no intention of competing with you for places in the Spirit Academy Competition anymore." The other three sighed inwardly. After discussing it among themselves, one of them spoke slowly.
They had essentially run into the two strongest students in