Heaven Defying Sword Emperor

Among the new students of the outer courtyard, the matter of Freshman Competition had long ago spread.    

The Freshman Competition was controlled by Director of Outer Academy and Shih Jinloong. Because there would be danger to one's life in the end, Freshman Competition were free to register.    

Freshman Competition was located in the Martial Arts Practice Grounds. Regardless of whether or not they were participating in the competition, everyone who was interested had come to watch the show.    

Director of Outer Academy, Shih Jinloong, announced the competition rules first, and then said: "This time, the top three Freshman Competition will receive a generous reward. Liu Tie will be rewarded a hundred Middle Grade Spirit Stone s as well as a set of level five flexible armor. "    

The moment Director of Outer Academy finished his sentence, everyone started whispering to each other.    

"Wow, why is the New Star Martial Arts Academy so generous this year? Rookie King actually rewarded a hundred Middle Grade Spirit Stone s as well as a set of soft armor at the fifth step? "    

"A hundred Middle Grade Spirit Stone s worth a hundred million gold coins, my darling."    

"A set of soft armor of the fifth step is worth quite a bit." If you wear the soft armor of the fifth step, even a level five Demonic Beast would not be able to harm you. Furthermore, the experts of the Arcana Human Stage can't do anything to you. This, this is simply a heaven-defying treasure! "    

Director of Outer Academy and Shih Jinloong coughed drily and everyone immediately quieted down.    

Seeing that, Director of Outer Academy and Shih Jinloong continued to speak: "Uh, everyone, this time the prize for second place in Freshman Competition is five Middle Grade Spirit Stone."    

"What?" Second place only had five Middle Grade Spirit Stone? "Why are there so few?"    

"Five Middle Grade Spirit Stone are equivalent to five million gold coins. Compared to the past, the reward for second place is already high enough."    

Director of Outer Academy and Shih Jinloong coughed drily and everyone immediately quieted down.    

Seeing that, Director of Outer Academy and Shih Jinloong continued to speak: "Uh, everyone, this time the third place reward for Freshman Competition is a thousand Low Grade Spirit Stone."    

"A thousand Low Grade Spirit Stone? How come the reward for third place is lower? "    

"A thousand Low Grade Spirit Stone is actually one Middle Grade Spirit Stone."    

"Forget it, it's best to get Rookie King this time." "But Rookie King isn't that easy to get."    

What was worth mentioning was that the son of a rich family, Shen Fugui, who had something good to do in the Freshman Competition this time had set up a competition for a reward.    

Shen Fugui only had a winner's guess about this time's Freshman Competition setting up Rookie King. The odds were as follows: Zuo Tiancheng: 1: 2; Ouyang Xiaotian: 1: 3; Feng Ruoyun: 1: 2. Taba Desi: 1: 4.    

It had to be said that Shen Fugui was extremely knowledgeable about the Freshman Competition disciples this time around. From the payout he offered, it could be seen that he was very optimistic about Zuo Tiancheng and Feng Ruoyun.    

What's the meaning of a odds ratio? Even the participants of the guessing game would earn two gold coins if they bet a single gold coin.    

Once Shen Fugui's lottery was announced, it immediately attracted quite a few disciples to participate. There were at least a thousand disciples betting on Zuo Tiancheng's victory. Of course, the total amount of gold coins these disciples had was over ten million gold coins.    

About six hundred people still bet on Feng Ruoyun. The gambling stakes of these disciples amounted to more than eight million gold coins.    

There were about 200 people who were betting on Taba Desi's victory. After all, Taba Desi had a high odds of winning. The gambling stakes of these disciples amounted to more than two million gold coins.    

What about Ouyang Xiaotian? About eight hundred people were betting on Ouyang Xiaotian's win, the total amount of gold coins these disciples were betting on was over twenty million gold coins.    

Out of the 20 million gold coins, 10 million gold coins were left by Ouyang Xiaotian to Murong Feixiong to replace him in the gambling house. That was to say, Ouyang Xiaotian had repeated the same trick and was betting on his victory once again.    

Some of the disciples, who knew about Murong Feixiong's participation in the lottery, started discussing.    

"Murong Feixiong is just a country bumpkin, where did the money come from?"    

"These gold coins might not be his, but Ouyang Xiaotian's?"    

"Wow, Ouyang Xiaotian actually bet on himself to win?"    

"If he really got Rookie King, then wouldn't he have earned 20 million gold coins?"    

Shen Fugui analyzed the situation of the wager for the prize in the guessing carefully and couldn't help furrowing his brows. The total amount of gambling money for Zuo Tiancheng, Feng Ruoyun, and Taba Desi was only more than the amount of gambling money for Ouyang Xiaotian.    

This meant that if Freshman Competition Ouyang Xiaotian won Rookie King's championship this time, Shen Fugui would lose twenty million gold coins.    

Other than that, the other three people, no matter who won Rookie King's title, would not lose out to him.    

In that case, Shen Fugui only hoped that Ouyang Xiaotian would fail and lose the crown of Wu Steel.    

However, how can we stop Ouyang Xiaotian from winning Rookie King's crown? There is always a way, it depends on whether you want to do it or not.    

"Cough, cough!"    

Director of Outer Academy coughed dryly. Originally, he was physically strong, but because there were too many people on the training field, he could only cough continuously.    

"The first match of this year's competition will be a competition of spirit energy. The top eight disciples in the spirit power competition will then enter the elimination round. "    

"Next, I announce the official start of the Spiritual Energy Competition!"    

"Hua!"    

The crowd burst into an uproar.    

Some freshmen did not want to participate in Freshman Competition, but because Rookie King's rewards were too enticing, there was an imperceptible increase in the number of disciples participating. In this way, over a hundred people would be participating in the competition.    

How did the spirit power competition go on?    

New Star Martial Arts Academy brought over three black stones from the storage room. It was a special kind of Spirit Measuring Stone. Each piece was a cuboid shape, one meter long and one foot wide, and one foot thick.    

As long as the disciples taking the exam continuously injected their spirit energy into the stone, white light would appear on the surface of the black stone.    

Once the white light disappeared, that meant the test was over. The size of the spiritual force was determined by the amount of time it took.    

If anyone wanted to take advantage of the situation, they would be at a disadvantage. In order to be fair, each person only had two chances, and the person with the longest time count was the result.    

All the participating disciples automatically lined up three groups in front of the three Spirit Measuring Stone.    

Ouyang Xiaotian and the other two stood together in front of Spirit Measuring Stone number two.    

Taba Desi was standing in front of Spirit Measuring Stone number two and had arrived. He expressionlessly stretched out his hand, and with a "Pa!", he placed his palm on the Spirit Measuring Stone and channeled his spirit energy into it. A white light appeared on the Spirit Measuring Stone, "Weng!", and the white light disappeared.    

The recording staff said, "It's only been a minute. Remember, this is my last chance. "    

Taba Desi tested himself once again. This time, his expression was serious.    

"Pah!"    

A palm landed on the Spirit Measuring Stone and was then channeled into it. A white light appeared on the Spirit Measuring Stone … One minute, two minutes, three minutes, four minutes, five minutes, six minutes, seven minutes, eight minutes, nine minutes... Nine minutes thirty-eight seconds!    

The final result was: 9 minutes 38 seconds!