Lu shen did not wait much and again he sent another wood spear flying.
"Damn it…" Lan Lan gritted his teeth, he struggle to keep up as he used more of his spiritual energy.
crack....
Boom!
After several hits from Lu Shen's wood spear, the ice wall finally shattered. The wood spear smashed through, and the impact sent Lan Lan flying out of the arena ring.
"Puff!"
The judge announced,
"Lu Shen wins!"
"Did you see that?" a student from another academy shouted, clearly he was shocked and confused.
"How can he use both fire and wood elements?"
Everyone felt shock and awe at how fast Lu Shen defeated his opponent, even though he was one minor realm higher than him.
Ps: Lu shen opponent was integration realm warrior.
"Monster"
"How powerful, damn."
"But how can he use two elements?"
As bloodline evolution stones and skill can be gain by demon beast cores were very rare and knowledge about them was hidden from common people, students and teachers were shocked and confused.
...
"Indeed, Azura Cloud Academy students are powerful."
"But they lack fighting experience."
Lu Shen felt this as his opponent didn't even try other methods to face him and just focused on defending himself.
Lu Shen returned to the waiting area.
"You sly fox, you hid your strength!" Wang Mei stood pouting in front of Lu Shen.
"A man needs to have some tricks up his sleeve" Lu Shen replied, coughing.
"Puff!"
Wang Mei laughed at Lu Shen's silly answer, then she scanned him from head to toe.
"You, a man?"
"Ha ha ha!" Wang Mei and the people around her laughed hard.
Lu Shen felt embarrassed as everyone laughed, even Feng Yue was smiling.
"You all..."
...
The competition continued, but the highlight still remained Lu Shen's monstrous strength and his dual element skills.
After some time, Feng Yue's match also began. She faced a student from East Academy. Feng Yue stepped into the arena and within seconds, she won her match and returned to her seat.
Students from other academies also competed with each other.
Next was Wang Mei's turn to fight. She faced a student from West Academy who had large broadsword as his bloodline weapon. He gave Wang Mei a hard time, but her strange bloodline skill allowed her to win the battle.
Lu Shen felt curious about Wang Mei because, even after Wang Mei revealing her bloodline skill, he only knew that she had a fire attribute bloodline. What exactly her bloodline was made Lu Shen puzzled, and the most confusing part was that her opponent seemed to be gaining the upper hand at first, but gradually lost to her as the fight progressed.
Time slowly passed, and something unexpected happened as the next match was between students from the same academy, Azura Cloud Academy.
"That girl..."
The match was between a girl Lu Shen had seen with Bimala, and they seemed close. The cold, expressionless girl only talked to Bimala, she glare coldly at anyone else who tried to approach her.
...
"Match between Nisha and Alex begins."
The cold, expressionless girl's name was Nisha, and her opponent was a boy named Alex, who seemed to have a Western name.
"Nisha"
"Interesting"
Lu Shen scanned both of them, Alex was in the early integrating realm. As for Nisha, like Bimala, he couldn't see her realm, but from Nisha's previous fights, Lu Shen knew she was strong, she had defeated her opponents without using any skills, just won with one slash of her blade.
"Wow, Alex isn't he, the top student at Azura Cloud Academy."
"Yes, he is."
"Damn, then Alex will definitely win."
"Um, I don't know. That girl is mysterious and won every battle easily."
"Then why did you say Alex was the strongest?"
"Nisha is new here. She just transferred this year and she hasn't participated in any academy programs. She just shows up randomly."
"So it's hard to say."
...
"Nisha, this is your last time" Alex look at Nisha in front and questioned,
"Hmph" Nisha snorted coldly, not bothering to answer Alex.
"You, b*tch!" Alex felt angry.
He was the top student at the most powerful academy of this stronghold, with many teachers and students sucking up to him to gain his favor. Many beautiful girls had come to him willingly, but this girl ignored him. Whenever he tried to talk to Nisha, she just coldly glared at him and walked away.
"B*tch, then die!"
"Poisonous Fog!"
Alex used his bloodline skill, which created a poisonous fog that covered a 1 meter area. He hid himself in the fog and started to rush at Nisha.
"Poison fog, a poison type bloodline. Interesting, I haven't seen attributes other than the five elements. No wonder he's the top in the academy" Lu Shen felt quite interested in Alex's bloodline.
Nisha furrowed her brow slightly but quickly called her bloodline.
Sshhh
Two long blade, 16 to 18 inches, appeared in her hands. Then she shouted out,
"Blizzard's Embrace."
Around Nisha, ice blade shards identical to her bloodline began to form around her, and as her bloodline showed, the temperature started to drop.
"Fu fu, damn cold."
"Fu*k, how can she drop the temperature this much?"
Students at the front of the arena felt the coldness enveloping them.
"Go!"
Nisha sent the ice blade shards in all directions, freezing everything in their path, including the poisonous fog. Alex saw this and as he was close to Nisha, he felt the intense cold.
"Poisonous Armor." He summoned a poisonous armor to cover his body, he tried to defend against Nisha's skills.
Bang.
Bang.
"Damn it." Alex gritted his teeth, he felt that the icy shards piercing his poisonous armor. He tried to maintain his focus, but the ice blade shard attacks were relentless.
Boom.
"Blizzard's Embrace." Nisha summoned more ice blades. She swung her blade, sending another wave of ice blade shards toward Alex.
"Not again." Alex struggled to counter, his movements slowed by the cold.
Gradually, he began to be covered in ice. Alex quickly attacked the ice covering his body.
Bang.
But the ice was strong. He shattered one part, but other parts of his body froze again.
"Shit, damn, break, break!" Alex repeatedly tried to shatter the ice, while defending himself from Nisha's attacks.
Crack.
Crack.
Alex's poisonous armor began to crack, and he felt scared and he's face became pale as Nisha's ice blade shards continued freezing him. He felt cold in his heart and shouted in his mind,
"Why do I have to provoke this monster?"
"Venomous Burst!" Alex shouted, releasing a shockwave of poisonous energy in desperation. The shockwave managed to disperse some of the ice shards, but it was too late. Nisha's ice had already done its job.
Boom.
Alex's armor cracked and shattered. He stumbled back, unable to keep up with Nisha's relentless assault. With a final swing of her blade, Nisha sent a concentrated blast of ice at Alex, freezing him in place.
The fight was over. Alex stood immobilized, his poisonous fog dissipating. Nisha lowered her blade, turning away without a word.
"Nisha wins."
"..."
The spectators were stunned, and the whole arena became silent.
"This is not a fight but a one sided slaughter."
"Oh my god, beautiful."
"Quickly, take him to the infirmary."
The spectators were dumbfounded. They couldn't believe how easily Nisha defeated Alex using just one skill, and Alex didn't even touch Nisha.
"Damn, she is powerful" Lu Shen felt more excited to fight Nisha.
"Alex is not bad too. He had three skills, but it's a pity he had to face Nisha."
"Um, Lu Shen, you seem to know how to acquire skills and what happens if one has different attribute skills. If he/she doesn't have the same elements, right?" Principal Zhang wanted to ask about this for quite a while.
"Yes, I know. You don't have to worry about that" Lu Shen replied with a slight smile.
"That's good then."
"Interesting, what his background" Wang Mei thought as she felt more curious about Lu Shen.
...
The battle continued, and after some time, the second round was finally over.
After the second round, ten students from different academies will compete for the top ten positions. Finally, the top ten students will face each other, and the top five will be selected. From the top five, the top three will be selected, and from the top three, the final rank will be determined.
The battles will take place tomorrow as the night was almost upon them. Lu Shen, after saying farewell to the others, he walked home with Feng Yue.
After some time, they both separated and went their own ways as they were both tired from today's intense battles. Without any drama, they went to their homes.
Lu Shen, after getting home, freshened up and quickly fell asleep.
Azura Cloud Core Area
"Aunt, now his academy is secure, thus you have to come with me."
"No" a mature woman rejected harshly.
"But if Father comes, he will not be as soft as me" Wang Wei repeatedly tried to persuade her.
"Sigh, fine, I will go after this competition is over" Ashley felt helpless about her situation.
"Aunt, what do you see in him? He is from a commoner background and now he is just..."
"Enough!"
"You don't have someone you love, that's why you think this way. Hmph."
"But..." Wang Wei, seeing her aunt angry, hesitated.
"Aunt, please understand" Wang Wei pleaded softly.
Ashley turned toward Wang Wei, her expression softening slightly. "I understand, Wei'er. But sometimes, the heart chooses differently. You will understand when you find someone you truly care for."
Wang Wei sighed, she felt that arguing further would be pointless. She truly didn't have anyone she liked, and while she found Lu Shen interesting, she knew that wasn't love.
"Alright, Aunt.But we have to leave after competition."
If Lu Shen were here, he would be shocked to see how Weng Mei and Ashley relate to each other.
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The Next Day
"Damn that yellow chicken" Lu Shen this time truly felt humiliated.
At Lu Shen's house, he cursed in anger.
After waking up early in the morning, he decided to visit the Origin Land.
After selecting to enter the inner region of the low level origin land, he was randomly teleported.
This time, he hadn't chosen the safe point of the Entanglement Tree, and as a result, he was teleported to the top of a mountain. Lu Shen scanned his surroundings and could only see clouds and a football field sized flat ground.
Just as Lu Shen was trying to find some demon beasts, suddenly, many crow like creatures appeared in the sky, almost blocking out the sunlight.
Their appearance was pitch black, with a size comparable to an adult eagle. They had red eyes that stared menacingly at Lu Shen.
The scene was quite terrifying.
If someone else were in Lu Shen's place, they might have been scared out of their wits, as the number of crows was so huge that it almost seemed like one huge, scary demon beast capable of killing a warrior in one strike.
And that wasn't even the scariest part the most frightening aspect was the aura these crows emitted, which could overwhelm any normal warrior.
The demon crows, after spotting Lu Shen in front of them, roared in unison and began to attack him one by one.
"Hmph."
Even though Lu Shen saw the massive number of crows rushing toward him, he remained calm. After assessing their strength, he realized they weren't even rank two demon beasts, so he didn't worry about them.
However, that didn't mean he could defeat them quickly, and he didn't lower his guard.
Lu Shen knew these demon crows were cowardly demons, beasts that only hunt in large groups. They only attack opponents they believe they can kill, but if something goes wrong and they feel they can't win, they will flee without caring about their comrades.