Hearing the Old Principal's words, the many homeroom teachers who had still been discussing fell silent at once.
Dao Resonance Perfection-even though it was only a sword art that could not be considered a Higher Vehicle in the Qi Refining Realm-still left them utterly astonished.
One had to know that the more than twenty homeroom teachers present were mostly Dao Students who had graduated from sects many years ago. Yet even most of them had only mastered one Magic Art with Dao Resonance Perfection.
But Bai Yi, on the screen, had not even entered an academy yet and had already caught up to most of them in his comprehension of Dao Resonance.
"Goodness... just this one Little Breeze Sword Art with Dao Resonance Perfection is enough to get him into a first-rate academy."
Inside the Quanshi Virtual Arena
With the first round of testing passed, a vortex appeared below the Spirit-Testing Pillar.
Bai Yi stepped into the vortex, and in an instant, the surrounding scenery changed drastically once more.
Amid a lush landscape of thick trees and vibrant greenery, a deafening Beast Roar rang out through heaven and earth.
Bai Yi furrowed his brows. On a hill not far away, a magnificent Striped Fierce Tiger, its body the size of a Small Tank and its limbs and back covered in heavy scales, stared greedily at him.
Demon Qi seeped from the Demon Tiger's mouth. Each time its paws touched the ground, they left deep footprints.
"An Armored Tiger at the Qi Refining Fifth Layer..."
Keeping his eyes on the Armored Tiger in the distance, Bai Yi circulated his Spiritual Power while recalling the information about Armored Tigers in the Demon Race Identification Textbook.
Unlike humans' Qi Refining, the Demon Race tempered their bodies and condensed Demon Cores from Demon Qi. At the same cultivation level, they could match two or three human cultivators.
What was more, the Demon Tiger before him was a whole layer above his own realm.
Roar!
The Armored Tiger leapt into the air, its surging Demon Qi wrapping around its claws as it smashed the air with a series of sonic booms.
The instant its claws came crashing down, a dazzling sword light flashed into view.
The Sword Beam danced through the air, and a streak of azure light struck the center of its paw.
Its attack blocked, the Armored Tiger roared furiously. Blood surged through it as its heavy paw slammed into the Flying Sword, sending it flying.
Then its massive body blurred into a streak as it lunged at Bai Yi.
"That Brute Force is no joke..."
Bai Yi watched the Armored Tiger's sharp claws grow larger in his field of vision. He changed the sword gesture with his right hand, and the Flying Sword, still sailing backward, stopped in an instant and flew back to his side like a swallow returning to its nest.
Sword light surged and Dao Resonance flowed.
Bai Yi rode the wind upward. With Unity of Body and Sword, he broke through the Demon Qi barrier, and the azure Sword Beam struck precisely at the weak gap between the Armored Tiger's claws.
Rip...
Blood splashed into the air.
The sword tip had barely pierced halfway in before the Armored Tiger's tough flesh clamped around it, preventing it from going any deeper.
But, spurred on by the pain, the Armored Tiger's ferocity surged. Its already formidable strength rose again, and one swipe sent the Flying Sword crashing down once more.
"Too tough..."
Seeing the Demon Qi around the Armored Tiger surge again, Bai Yi furrowed his brows slightly. He flicked a finger, and the Flying Sword, wrapped in azure light, wheeled back once more, stabbing straight at the tiger's unarmored head.
The Armored Tiger, feeling as if a thorn were lodged in its back, turned and swung its paw at the oncoming Flying Sword.
Bai Yi's swordplay was nimble and light. The Azure Edge Sword turned and rode the wind, deftly evading the paw before plunging down in a sharp turn. One sword strike after another slashed at the Armored Tiger's twisting flank as it tried to fend him off.
Clang... clang... clang...
The blade struck the scales with a continuous metallic clanging, yet could only leave shallow marks behind.
In pain after pain, the Armored Tiger let out an angry, prolonged roar. Its jaws opened as Demon Qi gathered within, then a beam of Crimson Demon Qi burst forth.
At the sight of it, Spiritual Power surged within Bai Yi.
The Sword Beam surged and spread. As Dao Resonance coiled around it, the breeze gradually grew fierce. With all his strength, he unleashed an azure sword light far more dazzling than before, shooting out like lightning.
Szz...
The Sword Beam arced like a rainbow. After only a brief moment of deadlock, one sword stroke tore the Demon Qi Beam apart.
Under the Armored Tiger's horrified gaze, the sword plunged into its eye socket.
Roar!
The Armored Tiger roared in pain. Crimson Demon Qi burst forth without restraint like a mountain flood, forcing the Flying Sword out.
Then it lunged and snapped at Bai Yi, who had grown somewhat pale, like a beast gone mad.
"Just as I thought, at my current level, killing a fifth-layer Qi Refining demon beast with one sword is still too difficult..."
Bai Yi quietly adjusted his Spiritual Power, his gaze growing ever sharper. At that moment, he pushed the Little Breeze Sword Art, with its Dao Resonance Perfection, to the limit.
As the breeze blew, azure sword light drifted like falling leaves, winding around the Armored Tiger and forming one Azure Sword Arc after another, closing in on it.
While impeding the Armored Tiger's steps, the sharp Sword Lights, under Bai Yi's control, repeatedly struck the blind spots in the sight of its one remaining eye.
Clang... clang... clang...
Sword light whirled through the air, streak after streak of azure sharpness tearing into the Armored Tiger's head and neck.
Bright red blood splashed through the air alongside the sword light.
As the relentless sword light wore it down, the Demon Qi around the Armored Tiger gradually collapsed, and its leaping body grew heavier and heavier.
The instant the Armored Tiger's Demon Qi barrier collapsed, a flash of light flickered in Bai Yi's eyes. He unleashed every last bit of Spiritual Power remaining in his body without holding back.
Hum!
A sword rang out sharply. Amid the fierce gale, the Azure Edge Sword released Sword Qi and swept up the wind as it pierced through the Armored Tiger's open, bloody jaws and flashed out the other side.
Thud!
The sword light vanished. The Armored Tiger's heavy body crashed to the ground, kicking up clouds of dust.
Staring at the Armored Tiger lying in a pool of blood, Bai Yi panted slightly and did his best to adjust his Spiritual Power, now utterly depleted. A trace of delight appeared on his face.
At the Qi Refining Fourth Layer, killing a fifth-layer Qi Refining Demon Tiger with a sword-this sort of result would count as genius even in those Second-Tier Cities.
"And this is only the spell's own Dao Resonance from the Little Breeze Sword Art. It has already increased my strength so much..."
"If I also comprehend Sword Intent in the Sword Dao Realm and combine it with the Magic Art's resonance, I could probably slay this Demon Tiger with a single sword!"
Bai Yi ran a finger over the Azure Edge Sword hovering before him, his heart filled with emotion.
Without that trace of Enlightenment Glimmer manifested by the Dao-Deriving Mirror, with his former strength, let alone killing the tiger, even lasting ten minutes would have been an extraordinary feat.
[Student ID Number 100869527 Bai Yi, Qi Refining Fourth Layer killed Qi Refining Fifth Layer Armored Tiger, Evaluation: Excellent]
Looking at the panel that appeared before him, Bai Yi breathed a sigh of relief. Though he did not know what trump cards or methods the others had,
a result like this should safely place him in the top five.
At the school's back mountain, the entire observation screen was divided into four sections.
On three of the screens, facing the might displayed by the Qi Refining Fifth Layer Armored Tiger, Hua Ming and the other two relied on their own fifth-layer Qi Refining cultivation, Dharma Treasures, and Magic Arts. Though they were barely on the offensive, they could not kill the Demon Tiger in a short time.
Only on the screen in the lower left was the Old Principal watching Bai Yi with delight in his eyes.
At the Qi Refining Fourth Layer, he had slain a Qi Refining Fifth Layer Armored Tiger and passed the Second Assessment.
Even he, who had seen many geniuses, could not help feeling delighted at this result.
Before, he had always watched other people's children. This time, at last, it was their own.
If the Old Principal felt delighted, the faces of the more than twenty homeroom teachers watching-including Li Bantou-were plainly filled with shock.
One had to know that cultivation and actual combat were two entirely different things.
They had seen people challenge those at higher levels before.
After all, anyone admitted into a Third-Rate Sect and sent to All Immortal Alliance Cities counted as a top student.
But to cultivate a sword art to Dao Resonance Perfection in high school, then add the Combat Awareness to slay a demon beast above one's level with a sword-that was no ordinary genius.
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