Chapter 600: Chapter 597: Let Me Truly Experience the Gap

Jiangnan Base City, Giant Fern Mountain and Steppe Border.

This boundary land is also the battlefield for this year’s University Competition.

Xili Institute of Technology, as the host school of this year’s University Competition, needs to provide the venue. However, Xili Institute of Technology’s foundation is too weak, and they do not have a suitable mid-level boundary land, so even the daily training for the school team is held at a cultivation field rented from Bai Pu at the Giant Fern Mountain Range.

This time is no different, as Xili Institute of Technology rented the Giant Fern Mountain Range site from Bai Pu for use as the competition field.

Playing at home gives an advantage, and the team members of Xili Institute of Technology are most accustomed to the spiritual particle intensity at Giant Fern Mountain. This is also one of the reasons why Amaterasu, Mountain Hermit, and others have performed well in the previous rounds.

This competition has another special aspect, with the appearance of three Advanced Awakened participants. Normally, Advanced Awakened individuals cannot enter mid-level boundary lands, but Bai Pu, as the first generation master of the boundary land, can freely enter and exit the Giant Fern Mountain Range.

With Bai Pu’s permission, Blood Spider and Skywalker, two Advanced Awakened individuals, were also granted temporary access.

Only the first generation master of a boundary land has such authority. If the boundary land is passed down, the second-generation master would not be able to do this.

This is also the reason why the official venue for the competition was set as the Giant Fern Mountain Range—most other boundary lands have lost their first-generation masters, and only the newly emerged boundary land at Giant Fern Mountain has Bai Pu, the first-generation master, to provide special consideration.

At the same time, Bai Pu must relinquish his advantages at Giant Fern Mountain under the notarization of Spirit Realm Will, such as the extra recovery speed of professional energy and significantly reduced skill cooldowns.

At the peak of Giant Fern Mountain.

Today is the final of the University Competition, once again pitting Western Capital University against Xili Institute of Technology, replicating last year’s schedule.

However, Fenghuo and others from Western Capital University have graduated, and now Skywalker Wan Zhen leads a new team as challengers, confronting Xili Institute of Technology, the defending champions.

The first four solo matches ended in a 2-2 draw. Shiyi and Blood Spider each won a match, while Mountain Hermit and Amaterasu both lost.

There was no need for a fifth solo match; they went straight into the team battle.

Almost as if it was pre-arranged, the four members of Western Capital University pushed their captain Wan Zhen to the front during the preparation stage before the final whistle, shouting across to Bai Pu.

Wan Zhen looked at Bai Pu with complex emotions, realizing that even a form of address required careful consideration.

"Captain Gangxin."

Wan Zhen ultimately decided to address him as an equal, saying loudly, "I watched your live broadcast of the Celestial Being Qualification Battle. Frankly, given your current strength, I’m certainly not your match. However, I hope you can give me a chance to measure the gap in strength between myself and a peak powerhouse!

"I’ve already agreed with my teammates; they won’t intervene, giving me a space for a one-on-one battle! I wonder if Captain Gangxin is willing to offer some guidance?"

Amaterasu covered her lips with a delicate paper fan, laughing charmingly, "Captain Skywalker, if you lose, you’ll be transported out of the battlefield, leaving Western Capital University with a four-on-five situation, wouldn’t it be more hopeless?."

"We didn’t have much hope of winning the team battle anyway."

Wan Zhen was quite candid, "I hope Captain Gangxin can give me a chance, to bring out the strength that defeated Candidate Nine Netherworld, so I can truly experience the disparity!"

"Alright." Bai Pu didn’t waste words, stepping forward several meters and raising his hand to thrust out a short spear.

The Doomsday Blade Short Spear, imbued with Bai Pu’s Prismatic Demon Fighting Qi, transformed into a massive fighting qi spirit arrow shooting forward.

Wan Zhen’s figure flashed as he activated the Celestial Horse Soul Power, extending a pair of substantial wings behind him, soaring into the sky.

If Bai Pu used magic sand for long-range attacks, relying on his spiritual power and energy strength, he could easily knock Wan Zhen down. However, Bai Pu did not want to reveal too many of his cards for this match.

He rotated slightly, and the Doomsday Blade Short Spear in his hand was thrown like a javelin.

Helical Throw - Desperate Gamble!

Boom!

The sound of a sonic boom rang out as the short spear accelerated, breaking the sound barrier, shooting forward at a speed almost indistinguishable to the naked eye, targeting Wan Zhen directly!

Wan Zhen’s eyes contracted as he wanted to dodge, but his vision was filled with the spear’s tip, making it seem too late to evade no matter where he moved.

Helplessly, Wan Zhen could only defend with all his might. The Celestial Horse wings behind him folded, activating the "Wings of Shelter" skill he had recently learned in the Professional Plane.

[Wings of Shelter: Forms a physical pair of wings using Celestial Horse Soul Power to encircle yourself, blocking the actual damage of the next attack. Completely blocks damage not exceeding 700 points; for damage exceeding 700 points, it will be reduced at a tiered rate. The higher the single instance of damage, the smaller the damage reduction rate.]

Swish!

The Doomsday Blade Short Spear penetrated the Wings of Shelter, dimming the glow of Wan Zhen’s wings and causing the energy feathers to fall! 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Wan Zhen’s body was directly pierced by the residual force of the short spear, falling diagonally like a struck wild goose.

Bai Pu had already calculated it, and the moment the short spear was thrown, he opened his palm, launching a Lasso Strike, predicting Wan Zhen’s falling point and pulling him over without suspense.

At the same time, Bai Pu drew out the Hand Guarding Staff with his left hand.

Since the short spear had already been thrown, it didn’t count as equipping two King-level Purple Weapon Accessories simultaneously, so the equipment requirement had not reached the full version level.

The Hand Guarding Staff swung three times, finally striking the ground, transforming into a powerful Eye of the Storm to capture Wan Zhen’s body.

Wan Zhen tried to escape, but was restricted by Bai Pu’s Prismatic Domain. Upon seeing the message "Your Flying Swallow Dash priority does not exceed 9 points and cannot be executed within the Prismatic Domain," Wan Zhen could only smile bitterly, shaking his head and conceding on the spot.

As Wan Zhen disappeared into light, the remaining four from Western Capital University launched a desperate charge at Bai Pu.

Of course, Bai Pu’s teammates were not to be outdone, charging forward to assist Bai Pu in eliminating the remaining four opponents and ending the match.

This team battle was probably the fastest match of this year’s University Competition. The commentary’s warm-up hadn’t even finished when the climax abruptly came to an end.

Helplessly, the commentator announced that Xili Institute of Technology successfully defended their title.

The focus shifted to the post-match interview, where, due to the courtesy of being the host, Bai Pu made a brief appearance on stage.

However, Bai Pu had informed the host beforehand that he would only answer one question.

The host asked a question that countless students were eager to know—

"We all know that Captain Gangxin is only a sophomore, and you still have the eligibility to participate in the University Competition next year and the year after. May I ask, Captain Gangxin, will you participate in the University Competition next year? For a master like you, at the peak of the Awakened, do these competitions lack challenge?"