Chapter 130: Gods in High Martial Arts (Part 6)

War Martial Academy
In this life, Su Chen's father, grandfather, and great-grandfather all graduated from the War Martial Academy... generation after generation, they graduated from the War Martial Academy and died on the battlefield.
Su Chen still chose the War Martial Academy.
Su Chen was somewhat surprised, yet it was also understandable, that the ten major martial academies had come to recruit him.
Such a powerful force wasn't stupid.
His single-handed annihilation of the Black Tiger Gang was probably no secret to those big shots.
A 'sixth-tier' expert, even if not truly 'sixth-tier,' single-handedly destroying the Black Tiger Gang already signified limitless potential!
The War Martial Academy was built within a celestial cave, whose inhabitants had been completely slaughtered by the War Martial Academy's experts.
As one of the top three martial academies in the Dragon Xia Kingdom, it possessed a profound foundation.
Large and spacious islands of varying sizes floated in the sky, quite impressive.
The War Martial Academy assigned Su Chen the island with the most abundant spiritual energy for his cultivation.
Su Chen met the Academy's Master.
"I didn't expect Old Man Jiang's grandson to be so grown up..."
The Academy Master was a middle-aged man, appearing to be only around thirty years old.
His actual age was probably several generations older.
"If Old Man Jiang knew his grandson was still in my War Martial Academy, he'd probably fight me to the death!"
The Academy Master gave a self-deprecating laugh, his eyes filled with both satisfaction and reluctance.
Su Chen shook his head: "If Grandpa knew my choice, he would only be gratified."
The War Palace Master smiled: "Child...good child...it's my War Martial Academy that owes your Jiang family."
"Don't worry, even if it costs me my life, I will never let your Jiang family line end!"
"From now on, you will be a member of my War Martial Academy. Here, you will have the best teachers to teach you the best techniques, the best nutrient solutions for cultivation, and the strongest teachers to take you to the Heavenly Cave for training!"
Su Chen nodded.
Although he didn't really need these things.
His willingness to join the academy
was still for his own purposes.
Soon, an instructor led Su Chen to choose a cultivation technique.
Ancient stone pillars appeared before Su Chen, carved with strange runes. These runes were the cultivation techniques collected by the War Academy, somewhat similar to the Xuanling Ancient Stele of the Xuantian Holy Land. One needed to enter and comprehend the techniques based on their aptitude.
However, Su Chen was surprised to find that he didn't recognize the strange runes. He was quite familiar with items from the ancient era, yet he couldn't identify these strange runes... This could only mean that the stone pillars looted by the War Academy came from an era even older than the ancient era!
Su Chen closed his eyes. Although he didn't recognize the runes, with his understanding at the Dao Realm level, he could instantly perceive everything simply by touching them. No cultivation technique held any secrets for him.
To Su Chen's disappointment, the strongest of these cultivation techniques was only at the eighth rank.
The techniques were ancient, but still somewhat inferior to those of the Heavenly Profound Domain.
Below the Saint rank, countless millennia had passed, and the powerful forces had improved them over those millennia, making them stronger with each subsequent era.
Above the Saint rank... there hadn't been much change.
Su Chen comprehended an eighth-tier cultivation technique, causing the ancient stele to tremble and once again alarming the higher-ups of the War Martial Academy.
Su Chen didn't hide anything and informed the War Martial Academy's leadership of the news of the eighth-tier technique.
The eighth-tier technique wasn't of much use to him, so Su Chen didn't hesitate to make a copy and donate it to the academy. He even thoughtfully patched up the technique's flaws, bringing it infinitely close to the Nirvana-level technique of the Heavenly Profound Domain.
From his first day as a student, he was promoted to Major General.
Su Chen then cultivated the Heaven-Suppressing Technique.
However, less than two months later, Su Chen's seclusion was interrupted.
"That's Jiang Chen? Uncle Jiang's son?"
Su Chen looked curiously at the young man who had come to his door. He looked only sixteen or seventeen years old, yet exuded heroic spirit.
"My name is Long Tianxing. I joined the War Martial Academy with the highest score in the national martial arts examination."
"Just to challenge you!"
Long Tianxing blocked the way outside the island.
Su Chen nodded, "Oh."
He then activated his energy barrier, shielding Long Tianxing.
Long Tianxing's strength was quite impressive; at such a young age, he already possessed fourth-tier strength, a prodigy born with an awakened soul spirit.
However, Su Chen had no intention of accepting this challenge.
Four months passed.
Su Chen successively broke through to the peak of the Spirit Soul realm. At this point, his cultivation resources were exhausted, and one-tenth of his Heavenly Body had been activated.
Su Chen planned to personally descend to the Heavenly Cave to find cultivation resources. The Divine Body was consuming far too many resources; if he continued, he feared he would deplete the entire War Martial Academy's cultivation resources.
Su Chen looked outside and saw that Long Tianxing, whom he had met four months earlier, was still there.
"Jiang Chen, you're finally out!"
Upon seeing Su Chen, Long Tianxing's previous dozing demeanor vanished instantly, replaced by a fierce fighting spirit: "I've waited for you for 122 days, 13 hours, 34 minutes, 47 seconds, and finally you've come out!"
"I challenge you! You can't refuse me this time!"
Su Chen: "..."
This time, Su Chen didn't refuse Long Tianxing's challenge.
He saw pure martial arts intent in Long Tianxing.
This impressed him greatly.
"Make your move!"
Long Tianxing's eyes lit up, and he roared. His body was covered in purple scales, and behind him emerged a terrifying divine dragon crackling with lightning power.
This was the first time Su Chen had ever seen a human and a spirit merge into one.
Long Tianxing's figure flashed by, transforming into a streak of purple light, appearing before Su Chen and unleashing a series of attacks. The terrifying power caused a celestial phenomenon.
It was in no way inferior to some powerful martial arts techniques.
This made Su Chen somewhat change his view on the Path of the Soul.
It still had its merits.
Facing Long Tianxing's terrifying attack, Su Chen neither dodged nor evaded, but lightly slapped him, sending Long Tianxing crashing to the ground like a cannonball.
The difference... was simply too great.
Su Chen took two steps into the air, arriving in front of Long Tianxing.
Long Tianxing struggled to his feet, staggering, but his eyes showed no disappointment, only boundless excitement and fighting spirit: "Jiang Chen, from now on you are my target, Long Tianxing's target! You are too powerful; I have never seen anyone who could withstand a single blow from me, but I couldn't even withstand a single blow from you!"
"With you as my target, I, Long Tianxing, will definitely become stronger!"
Su Chen tossed a round, spherical object, which Long Tianxing caught effortlessly. He looked at the object curiously.
"Eat this, and it will heal your injuries."
Long Tianxing swallowed it whole, without doubting that Su Chen would harm him.
"From now on, you are my follower."
Long Tianxing: "???"