Peerless Battle Spirit **Chapter sponsored with thanks to Alucard and Svdean**

The atmosphere at the scene, in an instant, had become serious and intense, as if a terrifying thunder was about to explode.

From the disciple intake this year, both super geniuses were the only ones that possessed ninth-grade Huang ranked Martial Spirits. This caused the five elders to have high expectations for their results and now, these two super geniuses Huang Long and Ling Zixiao were finally going to compete with each other.

Even though they were not competing with one another in terms of cultivation, a duel of Martial Hearts was quite precious to see too, causing the crowd to be excited.

At last, the atmosphere—which had frozen for a moment—exploded as the entire place was covered in noisy discussions. The faces of the disciples flushed with excitement.

“Oh my god, Huang Long and Ling Zixiao are going to compete with each other. I’ve been waiting for this for a month!”

“HAHAHA, I would place my bets on Senior Brother Huang Long, he will surely win.”

“Hehe, Senior Brother Huang Long is too fast-tempered, his Martial Heart is surely unsteady. On the other hand, Senior Brother Ling Zixiao has the appearance of a gentleman and is polite to the people around him. This is a sign of a firm Martial Heart.”

“Pfft, your interpretation is definitely a joke.”

“Shut the f**k up guys! Those two were both super geniuses, who gave you the right to comment here?”

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Meanwhile, Xu Qian—an inner disciple that had achieved the Martial Emperor Realm—was quite interested in the duel too. This was because a duel between two super geniuses with ninth-grade Huang ranked Martial Spirits was considered a rare sight for him too. He smilingly said, “The duel between the duo, what a rare sight. As a Senior Brother, I’m willing to contribute a thousand Xiantian Pills as the prize for the duel.”

Xu Qian’s words caused the scene to explode once again.

A thousand Xiantian Pills was considered a great fortune.

“Thanks, Senior Brother!”

Huang Long and Ling Zixiao gave Xu Qian a respectful bow, before exchanging glares filled with battle lust and murderous intents.

The two—almost at the same time—emitted extremely powerful auras, before their two figures became blurry as they vanished into the Mind-Seducing Ancient Bamboo Woods.”

The noisy crowd fell silent immediately. Everyone held their breath looking at the scene before them.

As Huang Long and Ling Zixiao entered the Mind-Seducing Ancient Bamboo Woods, they immediately displayed the reason why they were considered super geniuses; they sprang forward like two enraged beasts among the bamboo woods at an incredible speed.

A hundred steps!

Two hundred steps!

Three hundred steps!

In just a brief moment, Huang Long and Ling Zixiao were both on their five hundredth step. Even after surpassing the results of Xiao Yunhe and the others, they continued to advance forward with no sign of slowing down.

At that instant, every disciple felt their hearts jumping out from their throats as they clenched their fists tightly, feeling extremely thrilled.

A period of ten breaths had passed and Huang Long and Ling Zixiao had achieved eight hundred steps!

However, the pace had finally slowed down as they continued to move forward.

As they reached eight hundred and fifty steps, they both came to a stop and let out deafening roars. Nine golden rays suddenly appeared behind them, with a murderous sword behind one and a flute encapsulated in flames behind the other.

The two had unleashed their Martial Spirits at the same time!

Despite that, the force of the Mind-Seducing Ancient Bamboo Woods was at last evident. Even after unleashing their ninth-grade Huang ranked Martial Spirits, both Huang Long and Ling Zixiao were advancing forward at a speed slower than a person walking—like an old man walking slowly, or a man running out of energy carrying a huge boulder on his back.

As the two pushed out their eight hundred and ninety-ninth step, a furious roar could be heard from the Mind-Seducing Ancient Bamboo Woods and a figure was sent flying out from the woods.

The figure was none other than Huang Long.

At that instant, Huang Long’s face appeared to be pale white and his strength was greatly weakened. He no longer had the imperious appearance of a super genius, but rather it seemed like he was severely injured.

Meanwhile in the Mind-Seducing Ancient Bamboo Woods, continuous sounds of a flute could be heard, producing a pleasant melody. At the same time, Ling Zixiao struck out his final step, which summed up to a total of nine hundred steps!

The whole crowd fell quiet as everyone received a huge blast to their minds.

Nine hundred steps!

Ling Zixiao had achieved nine hundred steps!

Did that mean that Ling Zixiao was the winner of the duel?

“HAHAHA.” Ling Zixiao’s figure slowly floated out from the Mind-Seducing Ancient Bamboo Woods with a forceful aura and a prideful expression, like an emperor sitting on top of his throne. He glanced disdainfully at Huang Long not far from him and said, “Huang Long, see this? You’re no match against me—your Martial Heart is nowhere close to mine. Remember what has happened today, as you’re no longer my opponent after today!”

Hearing this, Huang Long’s expression changed greatly, as his aura weakened further.

Ling Zixiao words served like a sharp blade, penetrating into Huang Long’s heart and planting a nightmare inside it.

At this moment, the crowd finally burst into an uproar after they collected their thoughts.

“HAHAHA, Senior Brother Ling Zixiao won!”

“Senior Brother Ling Zixiao is the best! He is ranked first among the new disciples!”

“So terrifying, even Senior Brother Huang Long is no match against him. It seems like Senior Brother Ling Zixiao is the king of the new disciples!”

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At that instant, every disciple was extremely excited. Their gazes toward Ling Zixiao were no longer filled with mere respect, but endless worship.

Those geniuses who submitted themselves to Ling Zixiao, like Xiao Yunhe, were enlivened too, who all burst out laughing joyfully. As Ling Zixiao had defeated Huang Long, it also meant that they would receive tremendous benefits by following Senior Brother Ling Zixiao, which would then allow them to improve to greater realms.

Who among the new disciples was able to compete with him?

Xu Qian was quite astonished too, who then decided to befriend Ling Zixiao as he declared, “Now, as a representative of the Mystic Spirit Sect, I declare Ling Zixiao to come first in the trial with nine hundred steps. Does anyone have anything to say about that?”

It immediately grabbed the attention of the crowd, which caused the disciples to exchange glances with each other, and shook their heads after.

What comments could they have?

Ling Zixiao had proceeded forward nine hundred steps, beating Senior Brother Huang Long—what could they even say?

At that moment, Ling Zixiao was positioned in the spotlight of the crowd. A prideful expression appeared on his face as he smiled, enjoying the worshiping gazes from the crowd, as if he was now considered the first-ranked genius among all the new disciples.

“Thank you, Senior Brother Xu…” Ling Zixiao let out a satisfying smile and brought his fists together.

However, before he could finish his sentence, a calm voice could be heard all of a sudden; “Wait.”

The voice was even more outstanding and annoying in the current situation.

Everyone’s expression was replaced by anger as they immediately turned around. They could not wait to find out who the person was, to be so ruthless at this crucial moment and disrupt the atmosphere.

With a glance, everyone was stunned.

The one speaking was none other than Qin Nan, who had remained silent the entire time.

Xu Qian did not expect anyone to reject his declaration at this moment; he immediately became mad, as a forceful murderous intent arose within him. Despite that, he could only restrain his anger as he said in a cold tone, “The disciple with a seventh-layer Body Tempering Realm cultivation—what do you have to say?”

“You’re right,” Qin Nan nodded his head, with a calm face, as if he was not aware of Xu Qian’s anger, and said in a clam tone, “Senior Brother said it right. I do have something to say, an important thing indeed. I just want to ask, since I have yet to enter the Mind-Seducing Ancient Bamboo Woods—have yet to do the test—why would he be ranked first?”

Toward the end of his sentence, a scornful tone could be felt from his words!

Translator: XephiZ

Editor: DOCuinn