X-Dragon Era-Chapter 576 - 414-416: Po Kong Joins the Team

Among all the people present, Speedy Slash and Ke Zhan probably knew Xin Yun and his two companions the best. No one understood Xin Yun better than these two, especially in terms of his abilities, characteristics, and tactical type—they grasped it all thoroughly. However, at this moment, they had become the ones who understood him the least.

In their minds, Xin Yun was a master of skill, a classic example of the technically adept outperforming the strong. His micro control in the details was so divine that he often turned decay into magic, achieving feats close to miracles.

But today's battle completely overturned their understanding of Xin Yun. There was no playing with skill; he just charged forward aggressively and blasted his opponent away with brute force attacks. It seemed so primal that only someone with muscles for brains could pull off such a feat, yet everything that happened today was orchestrated by Xin Yun himself.

What they found most unbelievable was that Xin Yun, with his Crystal Five Stars strength, faced an opponent of Crystal Ten Stars strength, one of whom was the defensively renowned Earth Series Giant Dragon. Even so, Xin Yun needed only three palms to completely obliterate his opponent. What kind of attack was this? Even the famously destructive Fire Series couldn't be this violent!

No one understood this match, not just the ordinary audience but even Speedy Slash and Ke Zhan were completely baffled. Yet, the victory was indisputable and beyond any doubt.

Dumbfounded, they watched as Xin Yun and his two companions' figures receded into the distance. If before... they could discern his nearly miraculous control from every move he made, then by today, they had completely lost track, unable to fathom how Xin Yun did it.

Standing there with their mouths agape, they both knew by now that there could only be two possibilities for this situation: either Xin Yun had regressed, and it wasn't that they couldn't understand, but rather there was nothing to understand, or the other possibility was that Xin Yun was progressing too quickly, widening the gap so much that they couldn't even reach him in their imaginations.

Though they were reluctant to admit it, both Speedy Slash and Ke Zhan were acutely aware that Xin Yun regressing was impossible. If someone who had regressed could take out three Crystal Ten Stars experts in one second, then how on earth could they, Speedy Slash and Ke Zhan, who thought they could see everything, be instantly killed by someone with the strength of Crystal Eight Stars?

Facing this reality, Speedy Slash and Ke Zhan felt a chill in their hearts. Originally... after becoming the overall seats of the Third-year Phase, they thought they were quite outstanding and could regard Xin Yun as an equal. Only at this moment did they suddenly realize that what they had mastered was taught by Xin Yun. While they were improving, how could Xin Yun possibly have stopped moving forward? In fact... after so long, Xin Yun had already reached heights they could not even imagine.

Disregarding what Speedy Slash and Ke Zhan thought, on the other hand... as soon as Xin Yun and his companions finished their match, they left the arena without any intention to stay and watch, not out of arrogance but confidence. If they struggled so much in the academy competition, there would be no point in embarrassing themselves at the World Academy Challenge.

The Sky-opening Sect had just been established, and many things were not yet in order. Therefore... the three quickly returned to Pot-in-the-Sky and started busying themselves with work. Combining everything with contributions to the sect was an extremely complicated matter, creating many troubles out of thin air, especially at the beginning, as many things were uncertain and disputes were frequent. There had to be someone authoritative to make decisions on the spot.

After being busy for a few hours and having lunch, Xin Yun and his two companions had to rush back to the academy for the afternoon matches—they couldn't be absent as Xin Yun was determined to win the crystal fruits!

Passing through the golden bridge formed by the Tai Chi Diagram, Xin Yun and his companions returned to Mountain Sea Academy. With less than half an hour left before the afternoon matches, they rushed to the announcement board upon arriving at the academy to check the grouping for the afternoon's matches.

Soon, the three of them arrived at the announcement board. Looking over, they saw the board crowded with people. From a distance, they could see the teams that had successfully advanced written at the bottom of the board, their afternoon opponents listed, and the times for the matches.

However, Xin Yun was surprised to see a new rule spelled out in crimson letters at the top of the board. A new requirement had emerged from the World Academy Challenge: to better reflect the standard of the academies and to make the competition more intense and entertaining, a new rule had been added to this year's World Academy Challenge.

If it had been any previous competition, with only three people to a team, once any one person was defeated, the entire team would immediately lose the qualification to continue competing. Lacking one person, they could not participate in the subsequent matches—it's not like they could have two against three, right?

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Thus, in previous contests across the various realms, strong teams often faced off early and both would have to drop out due to incomplete rosters. Consequently, fairness and impartiality were not fully realized. In response to this, a new chapter has been added to the rules of this year's competition.