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Chapter 211 Quotas for the Prodigy Battle

A spirit-grade spear is naturally far more powerful than any ordinary magic weapon.

Even though Wu Ming has not yet grasped the ultimate meaning, nor comprehended the martial arts realm, and cannot control the spiritual power of the heavenly thunder that he draws when he swings this spirit treasure-level spear, the spiritual power of the thunder alone, combined with the mass of the spear itself, can still produce a great amplification. It can be said that with this spirit treasure-level spear, he is now comparable to a master at the five-blood limit in terms of martial arts alone, and is enough to break through the seventh floor of the Hidden Dragon Tower!
Wu Ming shook the Heavenly Thunder Sun Spear twice more, then slammed it to the ground and let out a long sigh. This spirit-treasure-level spear was enough for him to use for seven Blood Condensation Refinements, and after mastering this weapon, his martial arts strength was quite remarkable.

After putting down the Thunder and Sun Spear.

Wu Ming took another file from Zhang Yong and began to peruse it.

This file contains rare items from the Thunder lineage, including the Purple Thunder Bamboo, but its value is only three thousand spirit points, making it the lowest tier in this file.

After searching for a while, Wu Ming found his ideal target.

—Golden Thunder Stone Drum.

This object is neither a magical artifact nor a magical treasure, nor does it require the consumption of divine soul power to activate. It is an extremely peculiar spiritual stone, hollow inside, with its outer core tempered by heavenly lightning for tens of thousands of years, eventually forming a natural thunder drum. When the power of thunder is poured in and activated, the power of thunder can be greatly increased.

The exchange fee for this rare item is a whopping 200,000 spirit points.

"Vice Dean, could you please fetch this item so I can try it out?"

Wu Ming asked Zhang Yong.

Zhang Yong naturally did not refuse and immediately agreed. He left the Qianlong Hall again and returned quickly this time. In less than half a cup of tea's time, he came into the hall carrying a golden flat stone about the size of two palms together.

He handed the golden flat stone to Wu Ming. Wu Ming scanned it with his soul and discovered that the flat stone was hollow inside and made of a very peculiar material. It did not contain any lightning power and seemed to be just an ordinary stone.

when!
Wu Ming took the flat stone in his hand, raised his right hand, and gently tapped one side of it.

With this tap, a lightning talisman condensed at his fingertips, instantly falling onto the flat stone and disappearing into it. Immediately afterward, a thunderous roar erupted from inside the flat stone, and a magnificent and intense bolt of lightning surged forth.

"Such a powerful boost."

As Wu Ming felt the thunderous power emanating from the Golden Thunder Stone Drum, his eyes lit up.

He had only mobilized the power of five thunder talismans, which was essentially a thunder technique at the fourth level of refinement. However, after being amplified by the Golden Thunder Stone Drum, the power of this thunder technique increased by nearly two or three times, making it comparable to a thunder technique using seven thunder talismans!
"Vice Dean, it shouldn't be a problem to slightly activate thunder magic within the Hidden Dragon Hall, right?"

Wu Ming asked Zhang Yong.

"It's alright. Any power below the Seven Blood Seven Refinements level cannot damage anything inside the hall."

Knowing that Wu Ming wanted to test the power amplification of this rare item, Zhang Yong immediately smiled and nodded. He had specially brought the item from the treasury so that Wu Ming could try it out.

To have a dignified vice-dean repeatedly run errands to retrieve rare items for testing is something only Wu Ming in the Hidden Dragon Academy is qualified to do. This is mainly because it is the king's order to fulfill Wu Ming's various needs for improving his strength.

This is also in preparation for Wu Ming's upcoming participation in the Hundred Kingdoms Prodigy Battle.

boom! !

With Zhang Yong's permission, Wu Ming immediately unleashed his full power, condensing a Nine-Talisman Thunder Technique and pouring it into the Golden Thunder Stone Drum. Accompanied by a thunderous roar, the Golden Thunder Stone Drum exploded, unleashing a bolt of lightning as thick as a small bucket, which struck Wu Ming directly in front of him and slammed into a pillar of the Hidden Dragon Hall.

As the thunder roared in, a beam of array light suddenly appeared on the pillar of the Hidden Dragon Hall. The array light collided with the thunder, unleashing a deafening roar, and arcs of lightning exploded, spreading throughout the hall.

Swish.

Zhang Yong waved his hand, dispersing a lightning arc that was flying towards him. At the same time, looking at the power of the lightning technique in front of him, a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes.

The power of this move has undoubtedly broken through the limit of the fifth level and reached the threshold of the sixth level! The threshold of the sixth level is not so easy to break through, even with the help of a rare object like the Golden Thunder Stone Drum. Otherwise, people like Xue Lin and Bai Qiulan could easily pass through the eighth or even the ninth level of the Hidden Dragon Tower with the help of objects.

Wu Ming was able to unleash a lightning technique with the power of the sixth level of refinement for two reasons. Firstly, Wu Ming had mastered this lightning technique to its peak, and this lightning technique itself was a top-tier divine technique. Secondly, Wu Ming's primordial spirit was strong enough, most likely having reached the limit of the fifth level of refinement.

In this situation, only with the aid of the Golden Thunder Stone Drum can a power beyond the realm be unleashed.

"good."

Wu Ming, looking at the power of his lightning technique, also showed a satisfied expression.

The amplification power of the Golden Thunder Stone Drum is not unlimited. It can amplify the power of a five-talisman thunder technique to the power of a seven-talisman technique, increasing its power several times over. However, for a nine-talisman thunder technique, it can only slightly increase its power, barely doubling it.

However, this was still terrifying, directly pushing the power of his lightning magic past the fifth refinement limit and into the sixth refinement realm!
Put away the Golden Thunder Stone Drum.

then,

Wu Ming then had Zhang Yong bring over files on fire-related strange objects and earthly evil spirits, and then selected one strange object from each of them.

Among them, the flame-type artifact is called the Crimson Heart, a crimson stone shaped like a heart that pulsates constantly, and with each pulsation, one can feel the vigorous power of flames brewing on its surface.

The strange objects of the Earthly Fiends are called Black Fiend Yin Soil, which possesses the power to defile magical artifacts and treasures and to erode spirituality.

Both of these wondrous objects can be well integrated into their corresponding Dharma forms. When activating a Dharma form, by using their power, the power of the Dharma form can be increased by a significant margin. Although the amplification effect is not as good as the Golden Thunder Stone Drum, it is still quite considerable. In particular, the Crimson Fire Heart can enable Wu Ming's Burning Heaven Dharma form to break through the fifth refinement limit and enter the threshold of the sixth transformation!

The Crimson Heart cost 150,000 spirit points.

The Black Sha Yin Earth consumed 100,000 spiritual points.

Including the previous Heavenly Thunder Sun Spear and Golden Thunder Stone Drum, the total spiritual points consumed reached 750,000.

Those seemingly exaggerated 800,000 spirit points were almost entirely consumed in an instant, leaving only a few tens of thousands of points.

However, for Wu Ming, it was all worthwhile.

The three rare items and the spirit-grade spear that they obtained in exchange are all treasures that even a grandmaster-level expert with seven blood and seven refinements can use. One item is fine, but having four is enough to make even a grandmaster covet them!
Not to mention he also has the Black Dragon Soft Armor, the inner armor of which is worth more than 500,000 spirit points. Even a Grandmaster would be envious and want to snatch it up, and that's excluding the Golden Source Soul Jade.

In the future, when he reaches the sixth stage of blood condensation and the sixth stage of primordial spirit refinement, these treasures on his body will still be enough for him to use and exert a great amplification.

With the upcoming battle of geniuses, Wu Ming did not intend to retain any spiritual points. He carefully selected the remaining spiritual points and exchanged them for precious items to nourish his blood and soul before leaving the Hidden Dragon Palace.

……

Two days later.

The official invitation to the Hundred Kingdoms' Battle of Prodigies was finally delivered to the Yong Kingdom, and as expected, the Yong Kingdom received a total of ten slots, just like in previous years, and immediately began to finalize the list.

Based on the ranking of the Hidden Dragon Tower, Wu Ming, who passed the ninth floor, and Gu Liufeng, who passed the eighth floor, were directly included in the list.

Yin Kun, Bai Qiulan, Xue Lin... a total of five people who passed the seventh level were also directly listed on the list.

Twenty-one people passed the sixth level and started a competition to compete for the last three spots. The competition was hosted by the two academy masters, Meng Huaizhen and Gao Yuanheng, and the results were determined in just one day.

finally,
The list of ten participants in the Hundred Kingdoms Prodigies Battle is now complete, with Wu Ming at the top, followed by Gu Liufeng, then Yin Kun, Bai Qiulan, Xue Lin, and so on.
(End of this chapter)