Living Refinement

The Peerless Princess smiled, her eyes shining brighter as she looked at Lu Chen.

Even though he was joking around, his impact on Tianyu Academy was unparalleled.

Which cultivator is a fool?

Once these scenes are exposed, who would dare enter Tianyu Academy to become a sacrificial pawn?

Or for someone ungrateful, naturally cold-hearted, vicious, and who strips others of their bloodline.

Just because of his extraordinary talent?

Many people looked at Lu Ran with sharp, disdainful eyes.

Lu Ran was absolutely furious.

He wished he could go on stage and skin Lu Chen alive.

He really regretted not killing him after stripping his bloodline. After two years, he's become even more detestable.

His mouth is like a knife, capable of stabbing people to death.

I'll deal with you later, I'll torture you to death!

The one who appeared after Lu Chen was Xiong Yao.

She's simply a brute.

She faced Min Tu of Great Liang, her bronze pillar stirring up the sound of wind and thunder as it moved.

Min Tu unleashed his sword formation, and myriad sword qi poured down like a torrential rain, but they shattered into pieces the moment they touched the bronze pillar.

Xiong Yao roared and leaped into the air. The bronze pillar transformed into a hundred-zhang giant peak and smashed down with a roar, shattering the sword formation directly.

Min Tu vomited blood and fell to the ground. The bronze pillar lightly tapped his head, and with a hiccup, the guy fainted.

Finally, ten people stood on the high platform.

Ji Wushuang's spear tip touched the ground, Xiong Yao leaned on her bronze pillar with a simple, wide grin, and Fang Jiuding was banging on the bottom of a pot.

Guan Yue inside was grinding her teeth in anger.

Lu Ran stood at the very edge, staring intently at Lu Chen.

Besides these five, the other qualifiers were Lu Yang of Great Qi, Gu Tai, Qi Zhentian, Zhu Sha of Great Liang, and Su Mufeng of Heavenly Dao Academy.

There were only four seeded contestants, and six were eliminated.

"If we meet later, I'll let you win!" Ji Wushuang's voice suddenly echoed in Lu Chen's mind.

Lu Chen turned his head to look.

"Consider it a gift from me on behalf of the Royal Family!"

Lu Chen's mouth twitched, and he transmitted, "This is nothing. As long as you don't stop me from taking Yun Niang away!"

Ji Wushuang clenched her fist.

She took a deep breath.

This wasn't something that could be taken away just because he wanted to. She couldn't make that decision either!

Under the fervent gazes of everyone, the envoy from Heavenly Dao Academy presented the Azure Dragon Battle Formation Scroll.

As the formation scroll unfolded, dragon roars shook the heavens.

The terrifying silhouette of an azure dragon flashed and rose, stirring up winds and clouds.

"The battle formation, we must win it!" Ji Wushuang's voice reappeared in Lu Chen's mind.

Lu Chen transmitted, "Not only must we win the battle formation, but we must also win the battle skill and the spirit artifact. Sweep the top three!"

"I just like your heroic spirit..." Feeling that her transmitted words were a bit inappropriate, Ji Wushuang quickly stopped.

Lu Chen looked at her in surprise.

His mind couldn't quite grasp it for a moment.

She liked his heroic spirit?

Oh my god!

Could it be that he had charmed the Princess and Young Marshal of Great Yan?

The corners of his mouth couldn't help but curve into a slight arc.

It seems I'm quite charming, hehehe...

The subsequent top ten battles were the same as before. As long as an opponent was defeated, they could continue to accept challenges, and nine wins would secure first place.

For those with the same number of wins, the victor of their match would rank higher.

And so on.

The sun slanted westward, and the bronze war drums of the martial arts arena rumbled, their sound waves kicking up dust.

On the top ten battle stage, five figures stood tall.

Ji Wushuang's golden armor was stained with the sunset glow, Xiong Yao shouldered a bronze pillar, Fang Jiuding toyed with a chain, Lu Yang leaned his long sword on the ground and closed his eyes to rest, while Lu Ran, in white as snow, had ice congealed in his eyes.

The five of them were the challengers.

The challengers were Lu Chen, Zhu Sha, Gu Tai, Qi Zhentian, and Su Mufeng.

Lu Chen slowly took out the Soul Severing Saber, his gaze like a blade scraping towards Lu Ran.

With a flash, he appeared on his arena stage.

"First battle, Lu Chen challenges Lu Ran!" the ceremonial officer's voice boomed like thunder.

Before the words even fell, two afterimages had already collided with a roar.

Lu Ran's Ten Directions Bell hummed and exploded, golden light condensing into a giant cage to cover his entire body. The sword energy of Sword Devours the Eight Desolations, like a furious dragon emerging from its lair, tore through the air and lunged straight at Lu Chen.

He unleashed his ultimate move right off the bat.

Lu Chen's True Martial Armor flared with white light, and three clones, carrying furnaces, blocked in front of him. The clash between the demonic fire and sword energy erupted into a sky full of sparks.

"You stripped my bloodline, and today I'll return it all!" Lu Chen's true body flashed behind Lu Ran using the Wind and Thunder Steps, his bone blade, wreathed in blade energy, cleaving down.

Lu Ran sneered and turned, the Ten Directions Bell suddenly shrinking to cover his fist. He punched out, shattering the blade energy, and in return, unleashed thirty-six sword lights: "Trash like you, and you dare mention bloodline!"

The sword lights poured down like a torrential rain. Lu Chen crossed his arms to block head-on, and his True Martial Domain expanded with a roar.

Within the domain, the sword speed drastically reduced. He spun, unleashing the Devouring Furnace. The vortex at the furnace's mouth swallowed all the sword lights.

Lu Ran's pupils constricted. The Ten Directions Bell suddenly expanded like a mountain, divine patterns flowing across its surface, actually isolating the domain's power for a brief moment.

"Sword Devours the Eight Desolations, break for me!"

Lu Ran bit his tongue, spitting out a mist of blood. The sword energy condensed into a hundred-zhang giant sword and cleaved down.

Lu Chen advanced instead of retreating. His right fist swelled like a mountain, and the Bloodline Beast Shadow roared to the sky behind him: "Earth Shattering Collapse Fist!"

The instant the fist and sword collided, space shattered like glass.

The shockwave broke through the arena's formation, sending Lu Ran staggering back, the Ten Directions Bell cracking inch by inch.

Blood trickled from Lu Chen's lips. His three clones seized the opportunity to close in. The Asura Furnace was inverted like the sky falling, the Bone Furnace's chains wrapped around Lu Ran's feet, and the Devouring Furnace descended from above!

"Open for me!"

Roar...

Dragon roars echoed, and a terrifying dragon shadow, covered in demonic mist, appeared behind Lu Ran.

A dragon claw extended, expanding rapidly, and struck out.

Demonic Dragon Claw, entwined with astonishing lightning.

"Refine!" The three furnaces vibrated in unison, clashing head-on with the dragon claw.

Rumble...

The arena roared, energy surged, and the resulting energy storm distorted vision.

"Break!" With a roar, Lu Chen appeared behind the dragon shadow as if teleporting, activating the Earth Shattering Collapse Fist.

One punch, the dragon shadow twisted, then exploded.

Along with it, Lu Ran's protective spiritual light also turned to dust.

Lu Ran's expression changed drastically, and he roared as he crushed a jade talisman.

Thump, thump, thump!

The three furnaces landed on him one after another.

The sound of bones breaking was crisp and clear, accompanied by Lu Ran's screams.

Lu Chen's fingers hooked around his throat, and he flung out a stream of blood threads that wound around Lu Ran's body.

With a few more finger strikes, Lu Ran's screams intensified, and under everyone's horrified gaze, his physical body began to shrink.

Then, with a bang, Lu Ran disappeared, transforming into a furnace.

The pained howls gradually died down.

Everyone's hair stood on end.

They were all horrified by his terrifying methods.

"Ahhh, you demon, I'll kill you!" The purple-robed elder was furious, lunging onto the arena like a madman.

As a result, with a bang, he was sent flying back by a giant palm.

"The fruit of today is the cause of yesterday. You brought this upon yourself!" Old Ancestor Tianyan stared coldly at the purple-robed elder.

"If you wish to fight, I shall accompany you!"

The purple-robed elder staggered, his spirit, energy, and essence completely drained. How could he explain to the dean, who had entrusted the person to him for training, that they had been refined alive?

"Lu Chen, you wait, this matter is not over!"

Lu Chen suddenly looked at the elder, his voice icy: "Say that again!"

"I..." The old man in purple couldn't catch his breath and almost choked to death.

Although he was in the Nascent Soul Mid-stage, his combat power was not good, far inferior to Miao Yuan, whom Lu Chen had killed.

If he were killed by Lu Chen here, the consequences would be dire.

"Furious and flustered, you won't amount to anything, hmph!"

The Heavenly Dao Academy envoy's words sent a shiver down the old man in purple's spine.

Continuous boos erupted from outside the arena.

Lu Chen toyed with his new Furnace, reached inside, and pulled out a blood ball, which he directly threw into his mouth.

BOOM!

The Bloodline Beast Shadow automatically triggered, and under everyone's stunned gazes, the three-zhang-tall beast shadow gradually grew another head.