We made you practice martial arts, and you've mastered the Great Golden Body?

Chapter 154 The Golden Cup League begins! (Seeking monthly votes)

On the morning of November 19, 345th year of the New Era.

At the rear of the third area covered by the dragon-shaped bronze pillar in Tianhui Square, at a height of 29 meters.

Shen Bailian sat cross-legged on the ground, his consciousness undergoing the tempering of fire in the boundless starry sky, like a piece of steel being forged.

His face was contorted, the veins beneath his skin twitched slightly, his forehead was covered in fine beads of sweat, and his entire body, muscles and bones alike, was trembling uncontrollably.

As Shen Bailian's consciousness underwent the tempering of the flames, messages kept popping up on his screen.

[Congratulations! Your skill "Eight-in-One Great Sun Visualization" has been upgraded. Experience points +1]

Congratulations! Your character level experience has increased by 1.

【…】

Wow!
"My mental strength is about to break through again."

Shen Bailian felt his mental state was in great pain, but the experience of constantly getting stronger was truly joyful.

He quickly refocused his attention and once again devoted himself to cultivating his mental strength.

……

"It seems that Xiao Shen has adapted well to the Divine Sense and Stillness Illumination Method. In just a few dozen days, he has already mastered it completely."

Over the past two months, Duan Wuyai has become increasingly satisfied with Shen Bailian's performance and has been constantly grateful for his decisiveness in Bozhou City.

Talented martial arts students are common in Tiangang Academy, but few can even touch the threshold of top geniuses, let alone truly top geniuses.

Xu Changqing can barely be considered a top-tier prodigy.

Shen Bailian, on the other hand, already possessed top-tier martial arts talent alone, not to mention his almost torturous and abnormal cultivation. Apart from eight hours a day for rest and meals, he devoted himself entirely to cultivation.

This cultivation method once worried the school's higher-ups, but after an investigation, they found that Shen Bailian's six hours of rest was equivalent to most people's half-day of rest.

Although they didn't know the underlying principle, they had no reason to dissuade them.

They could only let Shen Bailian cultivate in his own way.

Ji Chenghu projected himself here using technology. Looking at the boy whose expression was contorted but who was still persevering, he said softly:

"Hopefully, he won't get stuck at a certain level because of his rapid advancement."

Ji Chenghu said this because, in the more than two hundred years since the Zhou Tian Star Array was deployed, the Great Xia Dynasty has not been without exceptionally talented geniuses.

The speed of level advancement is extremely fast, like drinking water, but difficulties are encountered when breaking through the Sea Opening Realm or the Moon Embracing Realm.

For example, Hai Mingyue, born in the year 233 of the New Era, broke through to the Transcendent Realm at the age of 20, which was considered the level of a top genius in that era.

After breaking through to the Transcendent Realm, due to his extremely high affinity with the water-attribute elemental energy of heaven and earth, his breakthrough speed not only did not decrease but increased. At the age of 24, he broke through to the Sea Opening Realm.

However, when he tried to break through to the Moon Embracing Realm, he encountered trouble. He tried many times and failed many times, which eventually made the probability of success lower and lower.

It wasn't until the moment he was about to die in battle that he had a sudden realization and barely managed to reach the threshold of the Embracing Moon Realm. However, breaking through without adequate preparation would result in a period of weakness.

Whether we break through or not, it's all the same—death.

"How could that be?" Duan Wuyai stood with his hands behind his back, quietly watching the young man diligently cultivating, and said with great confidence:

"Old Ji, you've been a bit anxious these past few days."

"I'm scared, Wuya." Ji Chenghu made no attempt to hide it, letting out a long sigh, giving a helpless smile, and speaking frankly:
"Over the years, even the top geniuses have been monopolized by the major martial halls, let alone those with profound potential manifest holy bodies. Our six academies have hardly ever had a chance."

"And because of these things, the resources of those small worlds, and the children of our academy..."

"Now that a top genius who can finally touch the ceiling has finally emerged, I'm afraid that it might all just be a dream."

"What are you afraid of?" Duan Wuyai was in a great mood and comforted him with a smile: "Don't worry, with Xiao Shen's talent, breaking through to the Embracing Moon Realm is just around the corner, and it's not impossible for him to break through to the Divine Palace Realm."

"It is even possible that we could break through the Divine Palace realm and touch the true ceiling of Earth Origin Star."

"Hahaha~"

Upon hearing this, Ji Chenghu laughed heartily. After a moment, he realized something was amiss, turned to the man, and asked in confusion, "Why are you in such a good mood today?"

"you guess."

"You're kidding me..."

"Wait a minute." Before Ji Chenghu could finish speaking, he looked at Duan Wuyai, who was smiling broadly beside him, and frowned slightly, his pupils suddenly widening.

Because he thought of something with an extremely low probability.

"You haven't already broken through to the Moon Embracing Realm, have you?"

"No." Duan Wuyai shook his head.

Upon hearing this, Ji Chenghu breathed a sigh of relief. If Duan Wuyai had really broken through to the Embracing Moon Realm, then he would have to go back to cultivate immediately.

After all, they are all geniuses of the same level. It would be too embarrassing for a junior to catch up with them.

“But it’s pretty much the same.” Duan Wuyai’s lips curled up slightly, revealing a smug smile: “I’ve already got one foot in the door.”

"!"

Upon hearing this, Ji Chenghu was startled and immediately said, "The first round of the Golden Cup League knockout stage is coming soon. Remember to tell Xiao Shen not to cultivate so intensely, especially the Divine Observation Technique."

The voice just fell.

Swish!
Ji Chenghu's figure disappeared instantly in Tianhui Square.

Duan Wuyai smiled helplessly, and then, in a flash of silver light, he put the projection device below back into his storage ring.

And at the same time.

The almost invisible, transparent layer of earth and sky energy that had enveloped the two of them shattered with a soft "crack."

……

On the morning of November 20, 345th year of the New Era.

In a mountain forest more than a thousand kilometers away from the first garrison base.

boom!
With a powerful and heavy blast, accompanied by an earth-shaking tremor, the last bronze-armored wolf crashed down beside a tree, while dozens more bronze-armored wolves remained around it.

Without exception, they all bore terrifying claw marks that had pierced through the hard bronze armor, penetrated deep into the skin, and even exposed the white bones.

Meanwhile, their bodies were covered with charred burns, and a pungent, burnt smell filled the air.

The surrounding tall trees were not spared either. They looked as if they had been baptized by a storm, in a mess. Some trunks were broken, some branches were cut off, and broken branches were scattered all over the ground, creating a chaotic scene.

With a flash of silver light, a set of clothes appeared in Li Feiyu's hands. After putting them on cleanly and neatly, he glanced at the smart bracelet before managing a weak smile:
"Finally in first place, but if Shen Bailian were here, this first place would probably be..."

The thought of Shen Bailian's towering, insurmountable strength weighed heavily on Li Feiyu's heart, as if he were bound by an invisible pressure.

The name "Shen Bailian" weighed heavily on the hearts of all the Sun-level Dragon Gate martial arts students, like a thick, leaden cloud, making it hard for them to breathe.
"However, now that I've clenched my fist tightly with a cracking sound, I should be qualified to stand before you, shouldn't I?"

Pressure naturally creates motivation, especially for prodigies like them, whose strength lies not only in physical fitness but also in their spirit.

Under the immense pressure from Shen Bailian, Li Feiyu and the others' strength was also soaring at a speed beyond their own imagination.

In just two months, Li Feiyu's physical fitness level has improved from 14.9 to 16.7.

This level of improvement was originally planned to be achieved by mid-December in the original plan of the Flaming Lion family.

Furthermore, Li Feiyu's bloodline development level has reached 25%, and he has awakened the ability to control the initial Yang Flame.

"Are they catching up so quickly?" Li Feiyu glanced at the leaderboard and realized that in just a short time, the gap between Chen Jiyue and him had narrowed to within twenty points.

There are still several hours left before the trial ends.

Without hesitation.

Li Feiyu walked directly in one direction. He had to make sure he could win first place, because the reward for first place was five million Great Xia coins.

The second place only has three million.

……

First garrison base.

The second round of trials for freshmen is in full swing and is nearing its end. Unlike the freshman assessment, the midterm exam only calculates individual points and does not include a college competition.

"Senior Brother Li is awesome!"

"Incredible! Number one!"

"Senior Brother Li is still sprinting, and he has already surpassed 2000 points! First place is no doubt about it!"

"We are number one!" When the final results of the second round of the wilderness trial were announced, all the martial arts students in the Sixth Academy were in a frenzy of celebration.

"With Senior Brother Li's strength, he will probably break through to the Transcendent Realm before the end of this semester." These martial arts students from the Sixth Academy couldn't help but sigh as they looked at the dazzling number "2024".

Although the academy's points system is no longer in place, the sense of group honor fostered by twelve years of compulsory education has long been deeply ingrained in the minds of every martial arts student.

"Tch, what's there to get excited about?" A martial arts student from the Fourth Academy said with considerable resentment upon seeing the cheering martial arts students from the Sixth Academy.

"If our senior brother were here, he would definitely be number one, and by a wide margin."

"Alright, alright, stop complaining." Chen Yifei didn't seem to care much about it and said with a smile, "Brothers from the Fourth Academy, relax, it's just a small midterm exam, nothing serious."

"Our senior brother said that he will definitely lead everyone to win first place again in the final exam."

"Really?" A martial arts student from the Fourth Academy's eyes suddenly lit up with excitement. "Senior Brother Chen, you're not lying to us, are you?"

Will Senior Brother really participate in the final exam?

“Yeah, we missed the midterms… Senior Brother Chen, don’t try to comfort us.” Some martial arts students still didn’t quite believe it.

"We can accept this result. It's just a small ranking, so we won't take up Senior Brother's time for seclusion."

"..."

For a time, the martial arts students of the four academies had different opinions and tried to console themselves.

Because Shen Bailian was the only student in the Fourth Academy at the Sun-level Dragon Gate martial arts program, this led to a very awkward situation.

In the freshman trial assessment, the Fourth Academy ranked first on both lists, but in the mid-term assessment points ranking, none of the top ten were martial arts students from the Fourth Academy.

Therefore, as the trial drew to a close, although all the martial arts students in the four academies were trying to console themselves, they still felt rather bitter seeing the other academy students cheering and jumping for joy.

"Brothers and sisters, don't be sad." Su Ruozhi also stepped forward and raised his voice, saying, "I can testify that our senior brother did say that. He will be taking the final exam with us this semester!"

"awesome!"

"If our senior brother returns, he will definitely be number one from our Fourth Academy!"

"..."

With both vice presidents of the Lionheart Society saying this, the martial arts students from the four academies had no reason not to believe it and immediately erupted in cheers.

As for whether Shen Bailian's return can lead the four academies to the top of the rankings, no one has ever doubted this.

People naturally admire the strong, especially those who study martial arts.

Although Shen Bailian was not present at the scene, this did not affect his prestige or his performance in the freshman trial assessment.

It was as if they were on a completely different dimension from all of them.

at this time.

"Hey guys, look at the smart bracelet, it's a message from the school."

Hearing a sound coming from somewhere nearby, a martial arts student glanced at his smart bracelet, opened it, and was surprised to find that it contained the list of the main players participating in the Golden Cup League.

Among them is a name that is all too familiar to first-year martial arts students—Shen Bailian.

"Holy crap! Senior Brother actually went to participate in the Golden Cup Martial Arts League?!"

……

On the morning of November 23, 345th year of the new era.

Wutai Mountain, the trial ground for the first round of the Golden Cup League's knockout stage, is located on the northern border of the Great Xia Dynasty.

"Martial artist number 1237, please prepare for landing. You will arrive at your assigned location in one minute. Please land at the designated location and pick up the signal receiver before you can start calculating your score. Otherwise, your score will be invalid."

"Please call number 1237..."

Three consecutive intelligent announcements rang out within the hundreds-of-meters-long spaceplane.

hum!
With a flash of dazzling light, Shen Bailian immediately opened his eyes. A hint of excitement flickered in his usually calm eyes. He stood up and addressed the four people beside him, including Lu Yingzi and Li Hao:
"Senior brother, senior sister, I'll be taking my leave now."

"Okay." Lu Yingzi smiled and replied, "Junior brother, good luck, see you in the second round of the elimination round."

"Good luck!" "See you in the second round of the knockout stage."

The others also responded with smiles on their faces.

Shen Bailian no longer hesitated and walked to the cabin door. The lush green forest flashed by rapidly through the gaps in the rolling sea of ​​clouds, and the sunlight pierced through the clouds, casting dappled light and shadow.

"Candidate 1237, you have arrived at your assigned location."

Shen Bailian took a deep breath, and after calming down from his slightly excited state, he looked at the rolling sea of ​​clouds below and fell down alone.

There were no parachutes or rocket seats.

The first round of the Golden Cup League knockout stage has officially begun!
I'm asking for monthly votes. Before June 7th, I'll add an extra chapter for every 200 monthly votes received.

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