"Who that he is that little brat being so arrogant? Hey! Get out of there and let the fight continue already. Tsk, such an arrogant brat, why is the academe letting him stay under their wing?"

"That's right, why the hell is he holding up the tournament with his ridiculous demands. If you have a death wish then take it somewhere else!"

"But, what if this student actually have the ability to fight everyone in set A? Isn't that actually quite an interesting scene to watch? Why not let them approve of this fight? It seems interesting enough."

"You know what, I'm with you on this one! Let him fight! If he gets beaten up then that's good and if he actually wins then that's also good in its own way."

The audience were split into groups as there were many who had differing opinions regarding Wang Ling's bold and confident statement. For one student to act so arrogantly was something distasteful, but on the other hand, it was also interesting enough to make people wonder if he could really do it or not.

Soon, the differing chants of the audience rocked the colosseum. Such cheers were unthinkable in the early stages of the fights.

Amidst the loud and ear splitting cries and cheers of the audience, the various representatives of the academies were all looking at the situation with great interest.

One of the men from the True Devil Academy observed Wang Ling with squinted eyes.

"Who's the person?" a young saint from the True Devil Academy suddenly asked the person who was beside him.

"Why? Do did you take interest in him?" the man who was with the young man answered with a question.

The young saint who asked the question rested his chin on one of his arms atop the armrest of his chair and spoke, "His looks is oddly similar to Wang Hong. I heard he's the second son of the Wang family so can this man be his older brother?"

"…I could see it, but do you really think that Wang Hong's older brother will be mediocre? That Wang Hong is currently one of the rising Dragons of the central regions and this man before us is someone who has yet to even reach nascent soul stage even though he's already twenty. Xie Hai, I think you're being overly sensitive."

Xie Hai, frowned and said, "We can't say that for sure." He then became quiet. And observe Wang Ling and the more he observed, the more he found similarities.

At the moment, he was only waiting for Wang Ling's name to be announced. If this man in front has the surname of Wang, he is sure to have some connection with Wang Hong.

Xie Hai was one of the people who launched that sneak attack on Wang Hong that day.

He was one of the two great rising geniuses of the True Devil Academy and his character was proud, cautious, and meticulous.

This Xie Hai was a devil cultivator and just like most devil cultivators, he was scheming. Wang Ling might just be a member of the Wang family, if he really was a member then it was worth keeping this man in his mind.

Who knows, he might just be able to use him in the future.

Aside from Xie Hai, the other envoys from the seven great academies was looking at Wang Ling with interested gazes. That is excepting the ladies of the Ancient Scriptures Academy.

They looked at Wang Ling's wanting to display his power to show off as distasteful. In their eyes, what he was doing was simply posturing. In fact, they couldn't wait to see him fail miserably.

That is except for one.

"Ha ha, what a find. Who would've thought that I would find someone so good in this place? I think I might have found someone good." It was a beautiful lady with flowing red hair and a set of sharp teeth.

The student with red hair and sharp with from the Ancient Scripture Academy looked at one of her fellow students in the area and continued, "He has spunk, if he can beat everyone in set A in a splendid manner, do you think he's going to be worthy of me?"

"Sister Yan Renhuo, you best stop those ideas. The Flame Mistress said that you are to choose only the most suited for your status and strength. Choosing someone here is distasteful."

An elegant lady who was sitting beside them said with a cold tone.

Yan Renhuo frowned and said, "Bah, what I think and what you think is different." She was discontent with the elegant lady's word, but Yan Renhuo did not say anything any further.

Wang Ling had no idea what was going on in the areas of the seven great academies. He was only here to end this whole charade so his time won't be wasted. He didn't want to see any insignificant characters fighting before him so he directly went up and challenged everyone.

Right now, he had no idea what is happening in the seven great academies but he was well aware of the students who was a part of set A was feeling. For the number one public enemy of the academy to challenge them, one can just imagine their mix emotions.

They were eager to fight, yes. But they were also slightly fretful at the thought of fighting this man who almost decimated everyone on the Martial Hall.

Jiang Wen looked at Wang Ling with a heated stare as he angrily spoke, "Wang Ling, go down and wait for you turn to be called. If you are to disobey this order, your right to enter the tournament is going to be rebuked."

"Why? Didn't the emperor said that to perform a good show that everyone would enjoy? I am just going to give them that. Just send the other thirty nine students up here and I will fight them all by myself. If they manage to beat me, then I'm out but that is not likely to happen."

Jiang Wen frowned at his words, "But that is not up to me or you to decide. His majesty the emperor and the elders are the only ones who have the right to do so."

Wang Ling turn over to the area where Chang Shi was seated and gave him a 'respectful' bow and asked, "Emperor Chang Shi, may I ask for a chance to perform a wonderful and entertaining show to you and the beloved citizens of the Piercing Heaven Empire?"

Wang Ling asked the emperor in a bold and open manner.

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"Chang Yun, is this Brother Shu Qing's son?" Chang Shi watched Wang Ling with curious eyes and asked Chang Yun.

Nodding his head, Chang Yun began explaining with a smile, "The First Young Master of the Wang family is really interesting. I don't if you already read my report, but he had improved tremendously in the past months without a problem. From sky root stage, he's now a full pledged pinnacle energy palace stage cultivator. In terms of cultivation speed, he seems to be far more terrifying than his younger brother."

Chang Yun was also surprise to see that Wang Ling was already so strong. As for his statement earlier, he had no thoughts regarding it other than being mildly interested to see how his challenge would result in.

While he was wondering about it, Chang Yun saw that Wang Ling had two hands rather than one. He looked at it with interest and couldn't help but ask Chang Shi, his father who was close to Wang Shu Qing about it.

Chang Shi noticed this and explained what he knows about the matter, "That arm of his redrawing is something that is provided by Brother Wang Shu Qing, he scoured the entire realm to collect the medicines needed to concoct the pill."

Chang Yun was enlightened. But after a while, it was Chang Shi's turn to be enlightened.

"Isn't he the master of your sister? Wasn't he the one who made her want to travel the continent? Is he really that amazing?" Chang Shi asked.

"I haven't seen his mastery of the sword but it is apparently unparalleled. For Chang Png to say those praises, I think he has the qualifications to be 'amazing', well, if you really want to see if he is good or not, I suggest for Imperial father to have a talk with the Elders of the academy and…" Chang Yun need not say anymore as Chang Shi had already called out to the long beard elder to pass his oh-so-wonderful orders.

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The long bearded elder arose from his seat and recited the orders of the emperor.

"The emperor has allowed for your challenge to continue. From the words of the emperor, he wishes to see if you have the capabilities or not, Student Wang Ling."

The audience that was against the idea of Wang Ling's challenge grumbled but many rejoiced and drowned their displeasures. The displeased people got swept up in the midst of the excitement and even started cheering.

The students that was on set A all started getting up to the platform. Jiang Wen flew into the air and called for the assistance of other teachers to help him act as the referees of the match.

With these many students, at least three teachers were needed to observe them and ensure that no one dies. There were forty students atop the platform.

Two sides were made. One side consisted of the thirty-nine students while the other was the lone Wang Ling. Stretching his body and joints, Wang Ling took out a spear and held it with both hands.

This action of his made others extremely surprise in more ways than one.

Wang Ling was someone who had mastered three weapons. Although his major was the sword. He have two other minor masteries that he also trained to the pinnacle.

One of these weapon masteries was the spear. The spear on his hands was a pseudo grade-1 artifact. He looked at the thirty-nine students and began to calm himself.

"Everyone! Get ready!"

Wang Ling waited for the announcement. He was serious but on the back of his head, his thoughts were, "It is time to start my left arm's rehabilitation."

"Start!!!!"

Wang Ling dashed forth with the intent of destroying his opponents.