109: Chapter 109 Fortune Turns, Demon-Slaying Trial

Virtual World.

Li Baxian was being pummeled by Chu Li. It couldn't be said he was completely crushed the entire time, but he was certainly left without any power to fight back.

Fire counters Metal. Additionally, Chu Li had completed her Desire Fire Nirvana, allowing her to combine her red and green flames to create a fire lotus, which blew him up at the final moment.

"I'm not convinced! This is just attribute suppression!" Li Baxian said, gritting his teeth.

"You want more? Next person," Chu Li said, one hand on her hip, the corners of her bright red lips curling upward slightly.

"My turn," Su He stepped forward decisively.

The two women fought, and their skill levels weren't too far apart.

However, Su He ultimately had one more year of Cultivation experience than Chu Li and had also mastered the Black Hole, so she naturally emerged victorious.

Seeing this, Chen Xing stepped forward: "My turn—"

"You're not allowed over here!" the three of them rejected him immediately and very decisively.

"?" Chen Xing froze.

"My seniors are actually taking the lead in bullying and isolating me along with people from other academies. Where am I supposed to go?" he muttered to himself.

Hearing this, their faces darkened.

Don't you have any idea why we won't let you join?

Afterward, they talked for a bit.

"Fine then, it'll be the three of us against you alone," Su He spoke up.

"What?" Chen Xing was surprised.

"Su Plant, you're just bullying people now. You're already in the Divine Ability Realm with five Divine Abilities. How could you come up with such a dirty trick?"

Su He raised an eyebrow. What did you just call me?

Chu Li, however, said, "You're countless times stronger now than you were at the beginning of the year. Why are you getting stage fright? Give us a straight answer: can you do it or not?"

Li Baxian chimed in, "Brother, a man can't say he can't!"

Chen Xing's lips twitched. After thinking it over, he agreed.

Regardless, he had been entering the Enlightenment Space to spar with them whenever he was free during this period, so he was already thoroughly familiar with their Moves.

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt a bit expectant. What kind of expressions would these guys have in a moment?

The three of them looked at each other, a strange light in their eyes, and began to get eager to start.

...

A long time later, the four of them exited the Virtual World.

"This has to be fake. Why couldn't we win even three-on-one?" Chu Li looked depressed, her self-confidence nearly shattered.

"I'm freaking done. I've decided: I'm going to Cultivate the Dragon Soul too. I want a big golden Dragon!" Li Baxian said.

Su He, meanwhile, looked at Chen Xing with a strange expression, feeling like something wasn't quite right.

During the fight just now, Chen Xing had actually handled every single Move the three of them made perfectly, even managing to predict them in advance.

"Have I sparred with you before?" she couldn't help but ask.

"Nope," Chen Xing replied.

"How are you so familiar with us? It's like... you've fought us more than once," Su He frowned slightly.

"I've carefully studied all S-rank Ability Users. Combined with my reflexes on the field, it's not that strange, is it?" Chen Xing smiled.

"What kind of 'field reflexes' are those? You freak!" Chu Li said, sounding a bit frustrated.

"You're just ridiculous. Sigh, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it even if I were beaten to death," Li Baxian sighed. With the facts right in front of him, how could he not believe it?

"I'm not worthy. Everyone, please stop praising me," Chen Xing smiled and waved his hand.

The three of them were already depressed, and seeing his punchable expression now made them even angrier.

They looked at each other and suddenly laughed.

"Then how about we change the way we fight?" Li Baxian grinned.

"Yeah, since you're so powerful, there shouldn't be any need to level the playing field anymore," Chu Li walked forward slowly.

"My dear student, let me, your instructor, check just how far your [Starlight] Cultivation has progressed," Su He's pace was light.

"?" Chen Xing suddenly felt that things were going south.

"My teacher is getting married. See ya," he said, turning to run.

Thud!

As it turned out, before he could run very far, Chen Xing slammed into someone head-on and was picked up like a little chick.

Ye Jianxing looked at him coldly. "Who's getting married?"

Chen Xing broke into a cold sweat. He looked at the other man and forced a smile: "Teacher, it's been a few months. Your aura is so much stronger. Did you achieve a Breakthrough?"

"Venerable!"

The three of them stopped in their tracks, somewhat surprised.

Why would Venerable Jianxing come here?

"I did indeed have a Breakthrough," Ye Jianxing said, then tossed him over.

This time, it was Chu Li's turn to step aside, watching as he crashed into the wall.

"The tables have turned. Chen, there's no need to use this method to sneak attack me," she said.

"Go away, go away," Chen Xing hurriedly scrambled up and waved her off.

"The higher-ups have given orders for me to take a group of people to participate in a [Trial], including you all. Come with me," Ye Jianxing spoke.

"Me too?" Chu Li paused.

"Yes. This wasn't arranged by the academy, but by the Alliance. Naturally, people from both sides have to come," Ye Jianxing nodded.

"Understood," Chu Li nodded.

The four of them looked at each other and followed after him.

"What are we going to do?" Chen Xing asked.

"Slay demons," Ye Jianxing said only two words.

Hearing this, the four of them were startled.

The Esper Alliance was in a constant state of conflict with the Demon Alliance, especially in the border regions where the devastation was extremely severe.

Generally, after a major battle, there would be continuous minor skirmishes. During these times, both sides would send out promising young generals to gain experience on the battlefield.

This was considered a form of tempering. Both sides had a tacit understanding not to let the strong bully the weak, a tradition that had lasted for many years.

In the Demon Alliance, this Trial was called [Human Eradication]; in the Esper Alliance, it was naturally called [Demon Slaying].

"How did this come so suddenly?" Li Baxian sucked in a cold breath.

"It's not sudden. Think about it carefully. Do you think these events are just coincidences?" Ye Jianxing said indifferently.

"Furthermore, let me remind you: our Human Race faces more than just the Demon Alliance; there are other behemoths as well."

The group exchanged glances, communicating with their eyes.

Carefully comparing the major events that had happened recently, they suddenly seemed to understand.

The great battle at the border occurred several months ago, even as far back as the end of last year.

It was also right after that battle ended that Chen Xing and Chu Li were sent together to Blue Star on a mission to eliminate evil.

Then there was the subsequent trip to Aoki Star. Both missions were to clear out remnants of the Evil Path, but they never expected to be targeted by Yao Race assassins.

Over the past few months, they had all more or less received related missions.

In other words, it was precisely because the large-scale battles at the border had concluded that the Esper Alliance had captured many Yao, traitors, and members of the Evil Path.

Through them, the Alliance found the various masterminds of the Evil Path hiding behind the scenes, including those behind the Wenling Domain incident.

It was also for this reason that the crisis in the Wenling Domain was only completely resolved recently.

None of this was a coincidence.

"I have a question. What is the connection between the Evil Path and the Demon Alliance? Isn't it said that the Evil Path comes from our Human Race? Could it be that they've joined forces?" Li Baxian asked.

"That involves some other complicated circumstances. I'll explain it to you once everyone has arrived," Ye Jianxing said.

This left them feeling restless with curiosity, but they could only wait.