Chapter 9

"Come on!" Meng Chuan looked down at the audience, his eyes burning with passion.

Wu Qi was taken aback by the dean's command, but his eyes soon brightened. He looked at Meng Chuan on the stage and grinned, "Alright, let's have a match."

Whoosh.

In one step, he was on the stage, much faster than Bai Guan had been.

"Clang." He held the shield he had been carrying and drew a thick-backed broadsword from inside the shield. The broadsword was entirely black, with a faint red glow.

With one hand on the shield and the other on the thick-backed broadsword, Wu Qi stood there like an immovable mountain, emitting an invisible aura that made the many junior disciples watching from a distance tremble.

"Wu Qi Senior Brother, the divine and demonic body you cultivate is the Dark Cloud Demon Body, right?" Meng Chuan said. The aura that even made him a bit nervous was clearly the aura of the divine and demonic body.

"Exactly, it's the Dark Cloud Demon Body!" After saying this, Wu Qi suddenly charged at Meng Chuan. One person charging forward felt like an army was advancing! There were no fancy moves, just pure speed and power.

"Boom."

Wu Qi, holding the shield, rushed close, fast as a shadow, and directly struck Meng Chuan with the shield. The force was enough to collapse a house.

But with just a step, Meng Chuan avoided the shield and moved to Wu Qi's side. The blade flashed and was already chopping at Wu Qi.

"Kill." At the moment the shield missed, Wu Qi skillfully swung the thick-backed broadsword, colliding with Meng Chuan's blade.

Peng—

The two blades collided, sparks flying.

Wu Qi took a step back and steadied himself, while Meng Chuan leaped back several yards with a light step.

"Using a secret technique, he can burst out such strong power?" Wu Qi's pupils contracted.

Mortal cultivation: Foundation Building, Internal Training, Bone Washing, Soul Transformation, Perfection.

The first three stages of cultivation are still relatively ordinary, allowing the cultivation of true qi and gradually strengthening the mortal body, with not much difference between individuals.

But the fourth stage, 'Soul Transformation,' means shedding the mortal body! At this stage, one begins to cultivate the divine and demonic body, giving mortals some of the power of deities and demons, which is a significant enhancement. Wu Qi cultivated the Dark Cloud Demon Body and reached the perfected stage of Soul Transformation. His strength and speed were incredibly terrifying, far surpassing the perfected stage of Bone Washing.

If he were to face a normal Bone Washing stage, with a double-blade clash, he could kill a Bone Washing stage with one strike.

Even if the Bone Washing stage held a shield, they would be shaken to the point of spitting blood.

The difference in strength was just too great!

"The power he burst out just now was close to seventy percent of mine, equivalent to my late-stage Soul Transformation power." Wu Qi was very surprised, "Is this the power of a secret technique?"

He had long known the terror of secret techniques.

Even in this battle, his chances of winning were very small.

"I still have a chance to win." Wu Qi gritted his teeth and charged again, like a cavalry, charging fiercely.

"I still burst out less power with the secret technique, 'Three Autumn Leaves,' which is ultimately a speed-oriented secret technique." Meng Chuan thought, and with a movement, another 'Meng Chuan' appeared over ten yards away.

"Over here!" Wu Qi, who cultivated the Dark Cloud Demon Body, was skilled at sensing his surroundings and could sense a figure already attacking.

Compared to Bai Guan, who was completely helpless.

Wu Qi could even sense the speed that the 'Three Autumn Leaves' secret technique was best at and respond to it.

"Boom." His thick-backed broadsword swung out.

"Clang!!!"

He swung and missed, but his shield blocked Meng Chuan's unpredictable strike.

"Too fast, I still missed." Wu Qi felt tense, but fortunately, he was cautious and used his shield to protect himself. With one hand on the shield and the other on the broadsword, he was using the Mirror Lake Dao Academy's top skill, the 'Two Instruments Shield and Sword Technique.' This top skill greatly increased the chances of survival on the battlefield. Therefore, Wu Qi chose the Dark Cloud Demon Body, which was suitable for this skill.

The Dark Cloud Demon Body, combined with the Two Instruments Shield and Sword Technique.

Defensive as a drop of water, and fierce in attack, he relied on this to be the top disciple of the Mirror Lake Dao Academy at the Soul Transformation stage.

"The Two Instruments Shield and Sword Technique, one Yin, one Yang, is indeed powerful. However, I wonder how many moves it can withstand." Meng Chuan's voice echoed as he charged forward.

"It's no use, you can't hurt me." Wu Qi stood there, his shield and sword blocking Meng Chuan's unpredictable strike.

"Puff."

"Puff."

"Whoosh."

Meng Chuan's movements were extremely fast, and one after another, he used the Falling Leaf Blade Technique.

At the beginning, Wu Qi's defense was still confident, but as Meng Chuan's strikes continued, they became more and more connected, making his defense increasingly difficult. After all, each defense would deform, and Meng Chuan's continuous blade technique tore his defense apart, making it more and more vulnerable.

Just six strikes forced Wu Qi to stagger, barely blocking.

"Chirp."

An extremely fast thrust.

Wu Qi didn't have time to raise his shield to block, and the tip of the blade was already at his throat.

"This..." Wu Qi looked at the blade at his throat, then at Meng Chuan in front of him.

This was his first time facing a Bone Washing stage who mastered a secret technique, and he lost badly.

"I lost." Wu Qi said in a low voice, "The secret technique is more terrifying than I thought. Not only does it make you burst out with more terrifying strength and speed, but your blade technique is also much more refined."

Meng Chuan nodded.

Yes.

A secret technique is a combination of body, mind, and technique, naturally allowing one to burst out with terrifying strength and speed.

An ancient deity once said that the potential of the human body is very great. An ordinary person who has never cultivated would find it difficult to lift a hundred pounds. But if they could perfectly mobilize their potential, using every bone and muscle, they could burst out with over ten thousand pounds of strength! Of course, this is purely an ideal state of mobilizing all potential.

In reality, the higher the skill level in techniques like sword and blade, the more astonishing the potential that can be mobilized.

The first major realm of blade technique is the Unity Realm.

The secret technique 'Three Autumn Leaves' greatly increases strength and speed even more! It made Meng Chuan's strength reach about seventy percent of Wu Qi's (perfected Soul Transformation stage), and his speed overwhelmingly surpassed Wu Qi. Moreover, his blade control was more precise, and his blade techniques were more perfectly coordinated. Just seven continuous strikes broke through Wu Qi's defense, which relied on the Two Instruments Shield and Sword Technique.

"From today, you are the strongest among the thousands of disciples of the Mirror Lake Dao Academy." Wu Qi looked at Meng Chuan and said, "You are the current senior brother of the Mirror Lake Dao Academy."

The Mirror Lake Dao Academy values the strongest.

The senior brother of the academy... is the strongest among all the disciples. After defeating Wu Qi, Meng Chuan naturally became the senior brother of the Mirror Lake Dao Academy.

After saying this, Wu Qi directly walked off the stage.

"Senior Brother Meng Chuan!" Suddenly, a chorus of shouts came from the many junior disciples.

"Senior Brother!"

"Senior Brother!"

A senior brother must also have authority.

The past few senior brothers of the Mirror Lake Dao Academy had no authority because their strength advantage was not significant. None of them had mastered a secret technique! There was not much difference in skill, so they might be defeated by other junior disciples in a match!

But Meng Chuan was different!

He mastered a secret technique and defeated Wu Qi (perfected Soul Transformation stage) at the Bone Washing stage. Moreover, Meng Chuan would soon enter the Soul Transformation stage, and the gap between him and his fellow disciples would become even more exaggerated... even a Soul Transformation stage would not be able to withstand his one move!

Only an absolutely invincible senior brother could make all the junior disciples completely convinced.

"Ha ha ha... Alright, come down." Dean Ge Yu smiled, unusually amiable, "Let the other Bone Washing stage junior disciples decide the other two spots."

"Yes." Meng Chuan immediately walked down.

"Met Senior Brother Meng." Wan Mang bowed and smiled.

"Met Senior Brother Meng." The disciples of the Mountain and Water Pavilion all smiled and bowed, some with a hint of flattery. They all knew that Meng Chuan was different from them, a peerless genius in all of Dongning Prefecture, with the potential to become a deity.

...

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!

One by one, the Meng family disciples were using lightness skills, rushing towards the ancestral home.

"You little brats, why are you running so fast?" The main gate of the Meng family ancestral home was large, and naturally, there were clan members guarding it. They recognized these young clan members.

"Meng Chuan has mastered a secret technique." The first Meng family youth who rushed to the gate shouted loudly, making the clan members guarding the gate somewhat taken aback. In their surprise, the youth rushed into the ancestral home and continued shouting, "Meng Chuan has mastered a secret technique!"

Other Meng family disciples rushed in one after another.

One by one, they were shouting.

"Meng Chuan has mastered a secret technique."

"Senior Brother Meng has mastered a secret technique."

"Meng Chuan, has mastered a secret technique at the Mirror Lake Dao Academy!"

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