Chapter 25: The Uncrowned King
The cold wind blew against everyone's face, occasionally a small piece of ice scratched their faces, with a slight pain and chill, but at this moment the students had already forgotten this feeling, because at this moment they were completely stunned.
Just a moment ago, the invincible He Rong had died in such a manner, his body completely mangled. At this time, all the students couldn't help but feel a chill run down their spines. It was too terrifying, even the strongest Ye surname elder felt a coldness in his heart. Although he could also kill He Rong, he couldn't do it to the same extent as Xu Hua. Just now, Xu Hua had grasped the timing perfectly, if he had hesitated for just one moment, he would have been able to save He Rong. Moreover, he had used his body to withstand He Rong's strongest attack, leaving him speechless. After all, it was He Rong who had made the first move, what a wonderful mind! Absolutely cannot be offended.
"Wow..."
Xu Hua's coughing up blood broke the silence in the field.
"Are you alright?!" The old man with the surname Ye was the first to hold onto Xu Hua, who was trembling and about to fall. Xu Hui, Xu Lang, Jian Chen, and Xu Ning also quickly walked over.
"Third brother, you mustn't get into trouble!"
"Third brother, never show off again! Remember, your life is the most important thing!"
Xu Hui and Xu Lang looked at Xu Hua, whose mouth was still bleeding profusely, with great concern.
"Cough... Give me a secret room...... I want...... to recover from my injuries......" Xu Hua's injury this time was really too severe, so severe that he spoke in a stuttering tone at the moment.
"I'll take him away, you all go back! The higher-ups of the Academy will naturally keep him safe and sound." The old man with the surname Ye said, then grabbed Xu Hua and disappeared from the sight of the crowd of students. The other five old men also followed and left.
"Big sister, let's go back! Third brother will be fine! He won't do anything without being sure!" Xu Lang was not his usual self with a joking smile, but instead was seriously comforting the crying Li Hua Dai Yu.
"Rest assured! Elder Ye said that Brother Xu will be fine, so he definitely won't have any problems. We'll head back and wait for him, it's just a pity that he won't have time to participate in the upcoming competition..."
Xu Ning furrowed his brow and said, "With his strength, does he still need to participate in the competition? He is already the undisputed king! If he comes to participate in the competition, isn't it bullying us?"
"That's right! As long as we acknowledge it, he will still be the holy son of the school, and only when he is the holy son can I convince myself! Others, even if it's me, are not worthy!" Xiang Chen's face lit up with joy, things were going in the direction he had hoped.
"Everyone, what do you think of Xu's strength?"
"Awesome! Awesome to the point of being abnormal!"
"Xu brother, although he can't participate in the upcoming Dragon and Phoenix Ranking Competition, I think only he is qualified to be the Holy Son. Only under his leadership can we go further! He should be the undisputed king! What do you guys think?"
"The King without a Crown!"
"The King without a Crown!"
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Under Xun Ning's lead, all the students acknowledged Xu Hua's status! Not participating in the competition is nothing, with his strength, he is absolutely the uncrowned king!
From today on, Tiān Nán Fǔ has one more king without a crown! No student can deny it, because they have been deeply convinced by Xu Hua's strength. As for those students who didn't qualify to participate in this competition, under the propaganda of nearly a thousand people, they also knew about Xu Hua's deeds and were shocked, then deeply worshiped - the king without a crown!
On the other side, after Mr. Ye arranged Xu Hua in a practice room he usually used, Xu Hua asked him to leave.
At this moment, Xu Hua was already in so much pain that he couldn't open his eyes. After sitting down cross-legged, he immediately mobilized the Crystal of Life inside his body to transform into a thick and intense life energy to repair the cracks on his body.
One time...
Two hours...
It wasn't until eight hours had passed that Xuhua finally opened his tightly closed eyes, a hint of delight on his face.
"Hmph, I didn't expect that this time I would actually benefit from the disaster, and my physical strength has once again transcended another level. Is this what they mean by 'destruction before rebirth'? Once I fully repair my body, if I were to take that move head-on again, it should only leave me with some minor injuries at most!"
Xu Hua thought of He Jiong's last blow, his face full of excitement. He could clearly feel that as the vital energy repaired the cells throughout his body, the power hidden in his muscles was slowly rising.
"This time, the position of Holy Son is not mine to have, I am still unable to move." Xu Hua felt a slight sense of regret, but he didn't know that the students outside had already regarded him as an uncrowned king, and even if he participated in the competition, he would still be able to become the Holy Son.
At this moment, he didn't have the heart to care about this and continued to repair his injuries. At the same time, the higher-ups of the Academy also gathered again because of Xu Hua.
In the spacious conference hall, there were only a dozen or so people, among whom was Old Jiang and an elderly man with the surname Ye.
At this time, Old Ginger's face also had a hint of worry, and the atmosphere in the conference hall was also relatively heavy.
Finally, Old Ginger spoke up again. "Elder Ye, is there even half a word of what you said that's left out?"
The old man with the surname Ye said respectfully: "Master of the house, I have not missed a single detail."
"He's dead and that's it, can we bring him back to life or what?" another old man said.
Hmmm...
Jiang Lao waved his hand, and said seriously: "This He Jiong is not simple! His inheritance is also not simple, his father is from Fen Shui Town, and I haven't heard that the He family has any backing power! Ye Chang Lao, you immediately go to Fen City to investigate the He family's background, if possible..."
Mr. Jiang made a beheading motion with his hand, apparently wanting to cut the grass and eliminate the roots.
The old man with the surname Ye nodded and was about to leave.
At this time, Old Ginger stopped him again and threw a black token at him.
"Bring in the third law enforcement team!"
"What! Isn't this making a big deal out of nothing?! The Third Enforcement Team may only have ten people, but each and every one of them is a Martial Emperor from the late stages! And they're all good at killing, if all ten of them work together, they can annihilate any expert below the level of a Martial Grandmaster!" The elderly gentleman with the surname Ye felt that the lord's decision was somewhat inconceivable.
"You just do it, I'm just in case, I think He's family is not simple."
Soon, Ye Chang left, and afterwards they discussed Xu Hua's matter of being the uncrowned king again! Since all the students in the entire school agreed, they would naturally agree, let alone Jiang Lao had an agreement with Xu Hua beforehand.
The final academy confirmed Xu Huasen's position, and it was officially announced on the second day of the Dragon and Phoenix List competition. The subsequent Dragon and Phoenix List also proceeded normally.
The second day, the Dragon and Phoenix List competition was held normally.
This generation of Longfeng List students has overall strength that is stronger than the previous generation, and even the weakest are among the top in the early stages of Wu Wang. Moreover, there are two Wu Huang masters, Jianchen and Xuning, whose overall strength is more than one level higher than the previous generation.
There are 100 students participating in the Dragon and Phoenix Ranking Competition. Each student competes in 99 matches, with one point awarded per match. The higher the score, the higher the ranking.
This time in the Dragon and Phoenix List competition, the higher-ups of the Academy sent 6 elders as usual, only Ye elder was not among them.
This competition did not produce any dark horses after all, the three originally belonged to super dark horses and could not participate in this competition.
Worth mentioning is the duel between Jianchen and Xuning, this time they both put aside their previous concerns and went all out. Jianchen used his never-before-used ultimate sword technique "Sword Thirteen". As its name suggests, "Sword Thirteen" is a thirteen-style sword move, which is a low-level sword technique that truly kills people, each move looks very simple but deadly, in the duel with Xuning, Jianchen used ten moves, especially the tenth move, the whole field was filled with sword energy, and the students who watched were shocked.
Fortunately, Xu Ning was not to be outdone, and he had already practiced the primary martial art "Eighteen Spears of Turning Back" to its 15th move, "Returning Horse Spear". His spear technique was as fast as a shooting star, blocking Sword Dust's sword momentum.
In the end, the two of them fought for more than four hours without a winner, and could only conclude with a draw.
As for Xu Hui and Xu Lang, they basically never won, fortunately others gave face to Xu Hua and didn't make things difficult for them.
After a whole day of competition, the Longfeng Ranking was finally out.
Dragon and Phoenix List First Place: Jianchen, Xuning
Dragon and Phoenix List Third: You Wei
Dragon and Phoenix List Fourth: Ning Xuan
Dragon and Phoenix List Fifth: Gao Tianming
Dragon and Phoenix List Sixth: Li Susu
Dragon and Phoenix List Seventh: Su Xiaoxiao
Dragon and Phoenix List Eighth: Ge Buquan
Dragon and Phoenix List Ninth: Zhang Jie
The Dragon and Phoenix List: Tenth Place - Li Mu
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The Dragon and Phoenix List 99: Tai Ziwen
Dragon and Phoenix List No. 100: Zhang Qiong
Students who make it onto the list receive a certain number of points from the school every year, which is quite a substantial income.
Then it was another peaceful day, and the disciples practiced as usual, receiving tasks...
The contradictions between various factions in the Academy have decreased. The Hu Bang has naturally disbanded since Mu Xuan is dead. Jian Chen and Xu Ning are waiting, Li Mu also rarely did not close his door to practice alchemy, they are all waiting for the same person...
Outside a secret training room in the academy, an old man stood still for a while before slowly leaving.
This old man was none other than the master of Tiān Nán Fǔ, Jiāng Lǎo. Since Xú Huá had gone into seclusion again, he came to visit every day, hoping to see Xú Huá come out, but it had already been ten days and the door of the cultivation room hadn't budged an inch.
Inside the training room, Xu Hua sat quietly. If someone was present at this moment, they could clearly hear a muffled thunder-like sound coming from within Xu Hua's body. If there were any high-level Body Refiners present, they would definitely shout out loud - "Tendons and bones are resonating in harmony."
Muscles and bones are equally famous, but it is a natural phenomenon that will only occur after the cultivator of the Refining Body has reached a certain level. Generally speaking, the cultivator needs to reach the fourth major realm of the Refining Body, Tempering Bone, before this phenomenon occurs. However, Xu Hua is still in the first major realm, Refining Flesh, and his flesh body at this stage is not weaker than that of an ordinary cultivator who has reached the Tempering Bone realm.
Xu Hua himself didn't know why. Xu Hua guessed it should be related to his two years in the Earthly Fire Furnace. After being tempered by the energies of ice and fire, and having gone through nine deaths and one life, he had his current physical body, plus he had taken the low-grade spiritual pills, Easy Tendon and Calcined Bone Pill, so his tendons and bones were no worse than those of a cultivator in the Tempering Body stage. That's why he could trigger the resonance of his tendons and bones at the Refining Flesh stage.
