CHAPTER 1011: CHAPTER 269: SWORD LIGHT EXTENDS 3,000 ZHANG (4,400)

Standing on the city wall of Chonggang Town, Yan Chengju raised his head to look at the heavenly dome above.

The Immortal Spirit Qi from the Ancient Immortal Ruins soared to the sky, piercing through the Fiend Cloud, causing the heavenly dome to open, revealing the pitch-black Great Void and chaotic Stars, like a constantly rotating, eerie, and gloomy eye.

And from all directions, airships and flying shuttles broke through the sky like meteors, descending and falling around the city, then blooming into beams of light, either deep and dark, or prominently eye-catching.

One after another, these beams of light pierced through the dark clouds, rising and falling, the shortest being a hundred zhang, the longest about three hundred zhang, their colors flame purple, with Flame Snakes subtly winding around, licking the sky.

"Really love to show off..."

Yan Chengju muttered, but he wasn’t surprised.

Inhaling Spirit Qi, transforming phenomena—every time during the Four Cities Competition, teams from various academies would showcase their strength and make a name for themselves.

Both reputation and reality are important. Gaining a reputation through strength is only natural. Whether it’s a commoner genius attracting corporate investment in the future, or the offspring of a family strengthening their competitiveness within their lineage, this resource is necessary, and Yan Chengju is no exception.

This was actually his first time experiencing such a grand event. Although he was the chief of this generation of First Middle School, the first heir of the Yan Family, with talent and strength to match, even he knew that the Yan Family’s foundation couldn’t fully utilize his talent, manageable in student years, but in the future, those true heirs of great families and major corporations would surpass him, leaving him behind.

So now, he needed to strive with all his might.

Taking a deep breath, Yan Chengju’s whole body radiated five-colored Spiritual Light, along with Mysterious Patterns and Ancient Seals rotating around him, an immense amount of Spirit Qi inhaled and fused, instantly transforming into a striking white light, breaking through the seven hundred zhang heavenly dome, touching the Fiend Cloud, vaguely visible as the shadow of a great mountain cauldron floating among the clouds.

At this moment, all the previous beams of light were overshadowed, leaving only this beam in Chonggang Town attracting everyone’s attention.

"Is it that kid from the Yan Family?"

"Seven hundred zhang Spiritual Light, Daoist Patterns and shadows indeed solid, better than before, future in the Purple Mansion is no problem, one of us."

"I don’t know when the Yan Family will see another True Lord, if so, my Luofu’s Artifact Refining industry could definitely advance further."

"If the offspring of the Yan Family’s kid are stronger than him, it might be possible."

Witnessing this scene, in the distant Xuanye City, some True Persons and even True Lords from various places gathered here, invited by Luofu, were overlooking this scene from the Immortal Platform. They pointed and whispered, sipping Jade Liquid, laughing and evaluating the juniors’ strength and talents.

Their comments on Yan Chengju’s performance were quite positive but not stunning. Even those True Persons with students far inferior to Yan Chengju couldn’t help but joke: "Master Tianyi, this generation is somewhat average, if Luofu’s young generation is at this level, it can’t suppress other dragons crossing the river."

The one called ’Tianyi’ was indeed a director of First Middle School, a True Person of the Chen Family from Luofu.

He looked calm, with thick black long beard, holding a green jade cup but not drinking.

Master Tianyi did not respond to others’ teasing but instead looked toward the opposite of the sky: "The Xuandu people are here."

Before his words fell, a sharp whistle suddenly sounded from the north, the Great Void above the heavenly dome was suddenly pierced by a deep sword light, then like a meteor, fell to the ground, raising dust.

Then, a soaring Spiritual Light erupted, serene and cold, pale blue tinged with white, it instantly broke through the cloud layer, surpassed a thousand zhang, standing in the Fiend Cloud!

All the True Persons present were amazed: "Has Xuandu’s high-speed Void-breaking Shuttle been successfully developed?"

"This Spiritual Light is truly profound! The higher it towers, the closer it gets to the Fiend Cloud, at that point, advancing another inch would be immensely difficult!"

"Seven hundred zhang, able to pierce through the Fiend Cloud, is already top-tier genius, thousand zhang tall... who came?"

"It’s Yin Xuanyan of Xuandu!"

Hearing this surname, it was known that the person was from the Yin Family of Xuandu, genuinely of Cave Heaven Bloodline. But a thousand zhang Spiritual Light, even for someone from Cave Heaven, was extremely rare, causing great astonishment.

But soon, the southwestern direction’s clouds suddenly brightened, a large airship broke through the Fiend Cloud, slowly descended, and another thousand zhang Spiritual Light brightened, its color deep Xuan, not obvious but seemingly solid.

"Qi Luoyang from the Qi Family of Lianshan, another great family descendant."

Soon, as more and more clouds shuttles and skyships descended, Spiritual Lights rose one after another, standing like a forest, the sheer brilliance of the thousand zhang lights only had two, but five or six hundred zhang, and even seven or eight hundred zhang of Spiritual Lights were no longer rare.

Although Yan Chengju’s light pillar remained dazzlingly prominent, ranking among the top, it was no longer focused on, merely top-tier, unable to compete for the Chief.

Surrounding Chonggang Town, hundreds of Spirit Qi beams intertwined and clashed, despite the cautious Immortal Path, those coming were the young and spirited young generation, even if there were naturally deep-minded freaks, facing repeated provocations from peers and choosing to endure, they would not be seen as patient and impassive by their peers, but instead pointed at and loudly ridiculed as cowards.

Yan Chengju’s face changed slightly, he was indeed a top-tier genius, but now there were seven or eight external city talents with just a slightly lesser brilliance intentionally competing for Spirit Qi with him, while those with higher Spiritual Light wouldn’t lower themselves to compete directly with him, but their subtle confrontation waves also increased the difficulty in maintaining the Spiritual Light.