Chapter 614: Student Zhang Yu, Do You Have Anything You Want to Say? (Requesting Monthly Tickets)

Chapter 614: Classmate Zhang Yu, do you have anything to say? (Please cast your monthly tickets)

"The mana of all living things propels Kunxu, propels the Immortal Path, propels the Will of Heaven."

As a shareholder in the Myriad Spirits Mana Production Group, as Dao Qiankun's advertising slogan echoed between heaven and earth, he condensed a sky full of black yin thunder in one hand and roaring white yang thunder in the other, and the two violently collided in the very next instant.

And with the collision of the yin and yang thunders, the incandescent lightning seemed to materialize, falling from the sky like a pillar of light that bridged heaven and earth.

It was precisely the military-grade Dao art of the Dao Arts Department of Wanfa University—the Dual-Polarity Primordial Magnetic Divine Light Cannon.

As the pillar of light descended, fine electric arcs ran wild within a radius of a thousand meters, and merely this aftershock left everyone on the battlefield feeling a tingling numbness all over, with bursts of electric sparks exploding from their hair.

Kuang Tianqing, facing the thunder pillar head-on, felt her heart sink even further.

She had just endured the exhaustion of a series of fierce battles, and had not yet had the time to rest and recover.

In contrast, Dao Qiankun in the sky had been resting for a long time, having even waited at that position long ago to charge his Dao art.

This kind of offensive environment, absolutely impossible to achieve in a one-on-one duel, vastly amplified the effect of Dao Qiankun's strike.

But Kuang Tianqing could still only block with all her might, for she knew she had no other choice but to endure it head-on.

Heavenly Demon Void Method... Curse Heaven Ten Thousand Demon Throne... Every technique upon her body, every piece of military-grade Dharma Corpse was pushed to its absolute limit.

In the next moment, Kuang Tianqing's figure was swallowed by the pillar of light, her mana and aura severely drained by this strike.

The power originally borrowed from her teammates through dual cultivation, already taxed by the previous fierce battles, was completely exhausted under the crushing pressure of Dao Qiankun's strike.

At the same time, she felt Zhang Yu's remaining flying swords and sword pills hovering around her, channeling the electric arcs to further amplify the devastating power of Dao Qiankun's strike.

A sudden realization flashed through Kuang Tianqing's mind: "That immortal scum! Did he calculate this very step before he died?"

"He and Dao Qiankun had it all planned out... he deliberately left this direction as an escape route, specifically letting Dao Qiankun block it right here..."

"Zhang Yu!!!"

In the next moment, Kuang Tianqing's body was completely swallowed by the thunder pillar, vanishing into the blinding white light.

Dao Qiankun's control over this Dao art attack was evidently at its absolute peak; as the thunder pillar dissipated, the buildings below remained virtually unscathed, slamming shut with a resounding boom and completely entombing Kuang Tianqing's figure.

……

An unknown amount of time passed before Zhang Yu felt himself gradually awakening from a sea of darkness.

"Hm?"

At first he was somewhat dazed, but as his consciousness gradually returned, Zhang Yu slowly recalled the events that had transpired just before he lost consciousness entirely.

"I was fighting Kuang Tianqing..."

"Am I dead?"

"Is this the Spirit Realm?"

"Have I... become a soul cultivator?"

Just as these thoughts crossed Zhang Yu's mind, a voice drifted into his ear: "You're awake?"

Zhang Yu barely pried his eyes open, only to be greeted by the familiar sky.

He lowered his head, gazing at the surrounding ruins, and murmured, "I'm not dead?"

Looking up, Zhang Yu found Dao Qiankun, Jiutian Liu, Yan Qianji, Ye Xingli, and other powerhouses from various academies standing beside him, all gazing down at him.

Cang Shenyu of Jingang University spoke up, "I administered emergency treatment."

"Even though you used a feigned-death life stake, the fact that you survived can only mean you were incredibly lucky."

Zhang Yu's muddled mind gradually cleared, and more memories surfaced in his heart.

"Right, I used a feigned-death life stake."

The first time Zhang Yu had ever seen a feigned-death life stake was when Che Yufei used it during the Civil Engineering Competition.

He later learned it was a trick workers used to temporarily substitute for life stakes and deal with quality inspections—a piece of knowledge omitted from the Civil Engineering Department's textbooks, and something the instructors tacitly agreed never to mention.

Yet, despite it being a feigned death, Zhang Yu knew that under Kuang Tianqing's final ferocious assault and Dao Qiankun's devastating strike, the probability of him actually being killed was exceedingly high.

Not to mention that after completely engulfing Kuang Tianqing, the tiny enclosed space was left with only him and her.

If Kuang Tianqing had done something to his corpse then... Zhang Yu didn't even dare to calculate his chances of survival.

"I'm actually still alive?"

This realization sent a ripple of pleasant surprise through Zhang Yu, who had already resigned himself to the prospect of resurrection.

After all, resurrection would cost a hefty sum of spirit coins, and even if someone was willing to sponsor it after the match... wouldn't it be far better if they simply handed the money directly to him instead of spending it on his revival?

Raising his head, Zhang Yu looked at the surrounding ruins and asked, "Where is Kuang Tianqing? Where did she go?"

Glancing down at his own body, he quickly added, "She didn't do anything to my corpse, did she?"

Dao Qiankun smiled faintly, pointing to a nearby pit in the ground. "She retreated."

Zhang Yu was slightly taken aback. "Retreated?"

"Before retreating, didn't she retaliate against me?"

Jiutian Liu sighed, "Kuang Tianqing may appear arrogant and unruly, but she has always been profoundly rational."

"Just as she once said, where wealth flows, the Will of Heaven follows. To act on behalf of Heaven, she must simply follow the trajectory of growing wealth."

Jiutian Liu gazed at a pit dug several meters deep nearby and continued, "Even after being grievously wounded and severely drained by Brother Dao's final strike, she never gave up."

"Look at the direction of this tunnel; it must be the first one she started digging after being trapped."

"She wanted to dig her way back to the battlefield to turn the tide. Even with your corpse lying not far from her, she didn't waste a single second desecrating it, choosing instead to rush back to the fray at the very first opportunity."

"However, the immense structural integrity of the surrounding buildings still posed a tremendous obstacle for Kuang Tianqing. Coupled with her greatly depleted strength, every few meters of progress cost her a considerable amount of time."

"During her absence, the balance of power on the battlefield was lost. Without Kuang Tianqing's intervention, we were able to pick off the powerhouse students of the Four Heavenly Demon Academies one by one."

"After capturing several of them in quick succession, the students of the Four Heavenly Demon Academies began to scatter and flee. We chased them down and captured a few more, and were originally preparing to return and join forces to subdue Kuang Tianqing."

At that moment, Yan Qianji stepped up to another pit and analyzed, "Kuang Tianqing likely noticed the shift on the battlefield through the Four Academies communication channel."

"Realizing that returning would not only fail to turn the tide but might even result in her being surrounded, she swiftly altered her course of action."

Yan Qianji's ocular relic scanned the data within the pit, continuing his analysis, "Judging by the excavation marks, her change of mind was both rapid and resolute."

"She still didn't waste any more time on you; she quickly determined her retreat route and began breaking through the earth."

"Of course, this was also partly because she believed you were already dead."

Zhang Yu nodded silently to himself, understanding that for Kuang Tianqing, it was far better to hurry and retreat than to waste time desecrating his corpse.

Otherwise, once surrounded by Dao Qiankun and his men, it would inflict catastrophic losses upon her physical body and Dharma Corpse.

And being taken captive would deal a severe blow to her reputation.

Even so, Zhang Yu couldn't help but marvel at Kuang Tianqing's composure and decisiveness, easily picturing her furiously digging through the earth, swallowing her frustration and resisting the urge to desecrate his corpse...

Just then, Zhang Yu suddenly asked, "Is the match still going on?"

Ye Xingli nodded. "It ends in a few minutes."

Zhang Yu immediately shouted at the top of his lungs, "Kuang Tianqing!"

"You lost again!"

"This is the second time you have fled before me!"

"Did you hear that, Kuang Tianqing!"

As Zhang Yu unleashed his furious roar, a visible shockwave of sound surged from his lips, rippling outward across heaven and earth.

Yet in the wake of that mighty shout, his frail body was instantly seized by aching pain, the strain tearing at his organs and forcing Zhang Yu to spit out a mouthful of blood.

Yet to Zhang Yu, it was all worth it; bellowing at the top of his lungs during the final live broadcast of the match would bring him a surge of popularity and viewership, greatly amplifying his triumphs and elevating his immortal potential.

After this battle, Zhang Yu understood even more clearly that to catch up with Kuang Tianqing and Dao Qiankun, he had to seize every fraction of an opportunity to make money and grow stronger.

Meanwhile, Zhang Yu muttered inwardly, "Besides... that scheming old bastard might be lurking nearby right now, waiting for a chance to strike."

Several kilometers away, Kuang Tianqing, who was observing the battlefield, heard the distant roars echoing one after another, and the cold light in her eyes grew even more sinister.

She had lingered there simply to see if any opportunity might arise—perhaps the students of the Four Schools of Myriad Laws would let their guard down in their arrogance, granting her a chance to free a captive or snatch one away.

Yet she never expected that at this very moment, just as the match was drawing to a close, she would be met with this roar from Zhang Yu.

"Immortal dregs..."

At this moment, Zhang Yu's priority on Kuang Tianqing's list of those she must devour had skyrocketed, second only to Dao Qiankun.

In Kuang Tianqing's eyes, Zhang Yu had become a dark stain on her past, a blemish on her reputation, and a stumbling block dragging down her investment value, advertising appeal, and immortal potential.

Zhang Yu... had become an enemy blocking her path to the Dao.

Only by devouring him could she recover her losses to the greatest extent.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the battlefield.

The forces of Heavenly Demon University and Cauldron University stood locked in a standoff.

A student with a dragon's head and a human body glared at the Cauldron University students before him, snapping in annoyance, "You scum... you've stalled us until now. Are you satisfied?"

The other party merely smiled and replied, "When the human race fights amongst themselves, those of demon descent shouldn't meddle."

...

In the blink of an eye, the final minutes of the match came to an end.

Beams of divine light descended, whisking all the students and captives back to the northern encampment.

No sooner had Kuang Tianqing alighted upon the mountain peak than projections descended from the sky, surrounding her with placards bearing the insignias of various news outlets.

A youth of demon descent spoke up, "Hello, Kuang Tianqing. I am a reporter from Pengpai Immortal News. Do you have any comment on fleeing from Zhang Yu not once, but twice?"

Kuang Tianqing's face darkened; too lazy to answer, she turned her gaze to the other side.

There, a human spoke, "I am a reporter from the Xuntian Records. Miss Kuang, what are your thoughts on the Civil Engineering department?"

"Damn it all," Kuang Tianqing gritted her teeth, ignoring all the projections as she walked away.

Immediately after, the reporters swarmed toward Dao Qiankun, who had just arrived.

Watching the reporters' projections close in, Dao Qiankun waved toward the weakened Zhang Yu behind him, saying, "Come here, Zhang Yu."

Feeling the continuous flashes of light before his eyes and looking at the projections staring at him, Zhang Yu suddenly felt a surge of nervousness.

At the same time, a reporter asked, "Student Zhang Yu, do you have anything you'd like to say?"

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