“Is it any wonder that Julian Xue, despite being a Silver Medal student, always challenges Isaac Hua, a Gold Medal student? He failed once last month, and now he’s challenging him again.”
“Sigh, he doesn’t realize that Isaac Hua is the eldest son of the Hua family. He lacks nothing in terms of cultivation techniques, martial skills, or elixirs. No matter how talented Julian is, he’s still just a child of a humble family. The gap in resources between him and Isaac will only grow wider.”
“It’s no surprise Harper Zhang made the choice she did. She’s thinking about her future. Following someone like Isaac Hua, a scion of a wealthy family, is far better than an uncertain future with Julian Xue.”
The crowd’s chatter piqued Terra Su’s interest.
He turned to Gu Qianyin and said, “Let’s go take a look.”
When they arrived at the small square, a large crowd had already gathered, all upper division students. They had formed a circle, leaving a large open space in the middle.
In the center of the circle, a solitary figure stood silently.
At Anyang Academy, students were allowed to spar openly, as long as it wasn’t a private brawl. Both parties were also forbidden from inflicting serious harm; if severe injuries occurred, the academy would severely punish the offender based on the circumstances.
Terra Su looked at the figure in the center. The man appeared to be around twenty-six or twenty-seven years old. He wasn’t particularly handsome, but his features exuded a strong, resolute aura, indicating a very determined personality.
“Why hasn’t Isaac Hua arrived yet?”
“He’s the one being challenged, of course he’ll make an entrance. He won’t show up so quickly.”
“Julian Xue is really persistent. He challenges Isaac Hua almost every month and gets beaten half to death each time. But strangely, within half a month, Julian is back to full strength, ready to challenge Isaac again the next month.”
“It is odd. Given Julian’s family background, he shouldn’t have access to those rare healing elixirs. How does he recover so quickly each time?”
Terra Su listened and looked at Julian Xue again. When his gaze met Julian’s eyes, he noticed a faint red glint in Julian’s pupils, and he understood.
“Unexpectedly, another descendant of the Barbarian Tribe.”
Gu Qianyin had Barbarian blood, and if Terra Su wasn’t mistaken, Julian Xue was also a descendant of the Barbarian Tribe. However, Julian’s lineage was from the Blood Barbarian Clan, a different branch from Gu Qianyin’s.
The Blood Barbarian Clan was known for their exceptional physical healing abilities. The more severe their injuries, the stronger their combat power became. They were natural-born warriors and body cultivators. At the same cultivation level, few could defeat a member of the Blood Barbarian Clan.
However, Julian Xue’s Blood Barbarian lineage hadn’t been fully developed, showing only the strong healing ability.
“In my past life, the old chieftain of the Blood Barbarian Clan once helped me.”
Terra Su murmured to himself. That was after he had become the Alchemy Emperor and returned to the Cloud Abyss Empire, where his old acquaintances were long gone. He had ventured into the Barbarian lands to find a rare herb and received help from the old chieftain of the Blood Barbarian Clan.
Julian Xue was undoubtedly of Blood Barbarian descent, but why he was out here was a mystery.
“Looks like I should lend this guy a hand,” Terra Su thought. He always repaid kindness, even from a past life.
“Hmph, Julian Xue, how many times do you need to lose to understand that the gap between us, the elite, and you, the impoverished, can never be bridged!”
With a loud shout, a young man in a brocade robe parted the crowd and strode forward, exuding a powerful aura of the third level of the Transforming Realm.
Such strength was indeed worthy of a Gold Medal student.
In contrast, Julian Xue was only at the first level of the Transforming Realm. Though talented, he paled in comparison to Isaac Hua, who was two levels higher.
Beside Isaac Hua was a girl clinging to his arm, looking at Julian with disdain.
“Julian, stop making futile efforts. I will never get back together with you.”
“Isaac might inherit the Hua family’s patriarch position, or at least become a powerful figure. And you? Your current cultivation level is the result of your desperate efforts. Your potential is exhausted, and it’s hard to see any further development.”
“So don’t blame me or resent me. I’m doing this for a better future. After all, who doesn’t want to climb higher?”
The girl’s face was pretty, but her expression was tinged with a hint of harshness, lowering her attractiveness.
“Harper Zhang!”
Julian Xue looked at the girl, her once familiar face now causing him pain, which quickly turned into a resolute expression. He said in a gruff voice, “I’m not doing this to get back with you. I’m doing it to prove myself.”
“Haha, you, a poor wretch, want to prove yourself to me?”
Isaac Hua sneered, wrapping his arm tightly around Harper Zhang’s waist. “Let me be clear, your woman catching my eye is your good fortune. Thinking you can prove yourself to me is a joke.”
“Make your move!”
Julian Xue didn’t want to talk any more and said in a deep voice.
“Hmph, since you’re so stubborn, take this!”
Isaac Hua immediately attacked, using a mid-tier Mystic Grade palm technique.
Julian Xue took a deep breath and responded with his own mid-tier Mystic Grade palm technique.
Isaac’s technique was inherited from the Hua family, while Julian’s was taught by an academy teacher due to his outstanding performance. In terms of martial technique grade, they were evenly matched.
However, Isaac Hua was at the third level of the Transforming Realm, while Julian was only at the first. The difference was clear. Though Julian was already unmatched among his peers, the gap between him and Isaac was significant.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
In an instant, the two exchanged dozens of blows, sending sand flying and energy rippling through the air.
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