Without hesitation, Qi Yuntian coldly spoke, “Terra Su, you must have used some unknown cheating method to lift that five-thousand-pound cauldron. Am I right?”
Given Qi Yuntian’s background and strength, along with his personal charisma, his words carried a lot of weight.
However, Gu Qianyin immediately retorted, “What unknown cheating method? Which eye of yours saw it? If you didn’t see it, it’s best not to speak nonsense. Didn’t your family teach you basic manners growing up?”
Qi Yuntian, being rebuked by Gu Qianyin, felt his blood boiling. His eyes, filled with anger, stared at Gu Qianyin. What was so good about that guy that made such a peerless beauty defend him?
“Senior Brother Yuan, please allow me to test my talent against Terra Su!”
In a fit of rage, Qi Yuntian blurted out without thinking.
“Test your talent?” Yuan Qingcheng was a bit puzzled. “How do you plan to test it?”
“It’s simple,” Qi Yuntian sneered. “Isn’t there a test for the five elemental talents coming up? We can each choose one element and see who scores better.”
“Terra Su, what do you say? Aren’t you eager to prove that I’m inferior to you? Do you dare to compete?”
Qi Yuntian’s eyes were like sharp swords, piercing towards Terra Su.
Terra Su lifted his gaze and said calmly, “First of all, I have no intention of proving you’re inferior to me. You’re just flattering yourself.”
“Secondly, I’m not interested in playing games with you. We cultivate the Martial Dao to defeat enemies, not to show off and fight among ourselves.”
“Thirdly, since you all keep saying that geniuses from humble backgrounds are trash compared to those from noble families, even though I have no interest, I can’t help but play along to show you what true talent from humble origins looks like.”
Terra Su’s words immediately garnered unanimous applause from the geniuses of humble origins present.
“Well said!”
“Why should we, geniuses from humble backgrounds, be humiliated by you noble brats all the time?”
“We just have fewer resources than you, but in terms of talent, how are we any worse?”
Many of the humble-born students had long harbored a grudge and took this opportunity to vent their frustrations.
“Oh, so you poor folks have quite a bit of confidence in Terra Su, huh?” One of Qi Yuntian’s followers sneered. “I advise you not to have too much faith in him, or you’ll be eating your words soon enough!”
Terra Su replied calmly, “I return the same words to you. You’d better not have too much faith in Qi Yuntian, or you’ll be eating your words soon enough.”
“Oh, kid, who gave you the courage to say such things?”
“Kid, daring to compete with our Young Master Qi, you’re just asking for humiliation!”
Qi Yuntian’s expression turned cold. “So, you’re agreeing to the competition?”
Terra Su smiled faintly. “If I don’t compete, wouldn’t I be letting down your group of cheerleaders?”
Qi Yuntian snorted coldly. “Tell me, which of the five elemental talents do you want to compete in?”
“Which one do you want to compete in?” Terra Su countered.
“Pick any one you like,” Qi Yuntian said, pretending to be generous.
In reality, everyone knew that a Martial Practitioner could generally only specialize in one element. Being able to dual-specialize was already quite impressive.
Terra Su smiled lightly. “I really don’t care to take advantage of you. You pick. Whichever element you choose, I’ll compete in that one.”
Hearing this, Qi Yuntian couldn’t help but get angry.
It was well-known that Martial Practitioners could only master one or two elements, yet Terra Su claimed he could let Qi Yuntian choose any element. Wasn’t this blatant disrespect?
In his fury, Qi Yuntian sneered, “Fine, since you said so yourself, I’ll take it as you seeking your own demise.”
With that, Qi Yuntian pointed through the window of the testing hall towards another testing hall in the distance.
“That’s the fire-attributed testing hall. We’ll compete there,” Qi Yuntian sneered.
Terra Su nodded calmly. “Oh, so fire attribute is your strongest element?”
Qi Yuntian’s expression changed. “Is there a problem? Didn’t you say I could choose? Are you backing out now?”
Fire attribute was indeed Qi Yuntian’s strongest element. He wasn’t stupid; since Terra Su let him choose, he wouldn’t pick an element he wasn’t good at just for the sake of face.
“You’re overthinking. Since you chose fire attribute, then fire attribute it is,” Terra Su said calmly.
A hint of joy flashed in Qi Yuntian’s eyes. Terra Su agreeing to compete in fire attribute was exactly what he wanted.
The surrounding students began to discuss among themselves. “I didn’t expect Terra Su to have such guts!”
“Guts? I think he’s just foolish. Letting Qi Yuntian choose the element means Qi Yuntian will definitely pick the one most advantageous to him. Terra Su is going to embarrass himself this time.”
“No matter what, I support Terra Su. He’s standing up for us humble-born geniuses!” said one of the humble-born students.
“That’s right, we humble-born students all support Terra Su!”
The humble-born geniuses voiced their support for Terra Su.
In stark contrast, the noble-born students supported Qi Yuntian.
“Ha, what an idiot. Young Master Qi cultivates the Mystic Grade mid-tier technique ‘Great Sun Fire Art.’ His fire attribute talent is astonishing. Competing with him in fire attribute is just asking for death.”
“A poor wretch like him should consider it a blessing that Young Master Qi is willing to teach him a lesson.”
The supporters of Qi Yuntian were mostly noble-born students.
Thus, the scene was divided into two clear factions: the humble-born students overwhelmingly supporting Terra Su, and the noble-born students overwhelmingly supporting Qi Yuntian.
This wasn’t just a competition between two individuals; it represented a showdown between noble-born and humble-born students.
Of course, from the current perspective, the chances of the humble-born students winning were extremely slim.
Yuan Qingcheng hadn’t expected Terra Su to agree to compete with Qi Yuntian.
Who was Qi Yuntian? He was the acknowledged number one genius of this year’s Anyang Academy intake. Even Yuan Qingcheng, a Class A upper division student, had to acknowledge Qi Yuntian’s talent and strength.
In Yuan Qingcheng’s view, Terra Su competing with Qi Yuntian was just asking for trouble.
However, Yuan Qingcheng wouldn’t stop it. On the contrary, he was happy to see it happen. After all, his goal was to suppress Terra Su, who had previously offended his friend Shen Chuan.
Now that Qi Yuntian was stepping in, Yuan Qingcheng didn’t even have to dirty his own hands.
So, not only would Yuan Qingcheng not stop this competition, but he would also do everything he could to make it happen.
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