"Brother Wei, you’re truly a genius. You will certainly join the Zhenhai Army."
Wei Chen shook his head, "Brother Ouyang, you flatter me. When it comes to passing this training, I have some confidence, but being called a genius is not something I can accept. There are many who are stronger than me."
"How many?" Ouyang Song was indeed straightforward, directly asking.
Wei Chen thought for a moment, "As far as I know, at least twenty to thirty people are stronger than me, most of them selected by the Tiger Flood Dragon Army."
"Next are the Fierce Sun Army and the Xuanjia Army."
"I was chosen from the Night Owl Army within the Pacifying Barbarian Army. When the Tiger Flood Dragon Army was selecting people from different places, they also came to mine. At that time, I saw the geniuses selected by the Tiger Flood Dragon Army from elsewhere. Their selection method was quite unique."
"What was unique?" Ouyang Song asked.
"During the selection phase, they began to screen. Every time they reached a place, they would have the geniuses they had already chosen fight against the local army’s geniuses. The winners would enter the training list, and the losers would be eliminated and sent back."
Wei Chen sighed, "I’m not afraid of your laughter, Brother. At that time, the Capital Commandant of the Tiger Flood Dragon Army was considerate. He let me pick any four opponents, and if I could even draw one match, I would be accepted. Yet, facing opponents of the same Ninth Grade, I lost all four matches."
"What?!" Ouyang Song was shocked. He thought Wei Chen was already very strong. After all, the Military Minister of Agriculture Officer could see some aspects from experience alone. Yet, Wei Chen arrived here without any trouble and could even chat with him casually.
He didn’t expect that Wei Chen said there were others of the same level who were stronger than him.
"Mr. Wei, do you know..."
"Enough, Brother Ouyang. Three days have already shifted off position, the timing is rare. I must go! Farewell!" Wei Chen stepped on a rising cloud, using the Wind Magic to clear the way, suppressing the Earth Fire’s erupting columns and directly leaping nearly a hundred meters to the opposite bank.
This time, the conversation was still unfinished, but Ouyang Song was not annoyed. He just stared blankly at Wei Chen’s direction and cupped his hands: "Thank you."
Thunder roared along the wind as Zhao Xing stood on the hill, looking from a distance.
He saw a black line suspended at the edge of the sky, stretching endlessly, almost with no end in sight.
"That is the Ten Thousand Leich. Luckily, it’s only horizontal for ten thousand miles. Vertically, I only need to cross about ten miles." Zhao Xing looked at the terrifying Thunder Cloud.
At that moment, the three days were gradually moving off position, and the timing was rare. Zhao Xing immediately cast the Wind Summoning Technique, stepping on the rising cloud and rushing towards the Thunder Cloud.
The sky gradually darkened, and just as he was about to enter the Thunder Cloud region, he noticed that there were seven to eight figures on both sides also heading toward the Thunder Cloud region.
"There are so many experts! So many people have already reached this Ten Thousand Leich, and they are all seizing the heavenly and earthly advantage."
"It is obvious that they know the three days’ deviation impacts the Thunder Pool and discovered that this part of the Thunder Cloud is weaker." Zhao Xing glanced around and saw that everyone’s target was the valley ahead.
Zhao Xing knew that a competition was inevitable, so he immediately increased the intensity of his Wind Summoning, and the clouds under his feet became thicker.
As soon as he increased his speed, the people on his left and right, as if they heard a starting gun, also began rushing madly.
Some even started using cloud traversal ahead of time, clearly aiming to seize control.
"My intermediate Wind Skill is Yin Wind. For traveling, I only have the initial Wind Summoning, making me slower. They will soon catch up." Zhao Xing immediately assessed the situation. This was also why he chose to go through the Ten Thousand Leich. His intermediate Wind Skill, Yin Wind and Yang Wind, he had only learned Yin Wind and hadn’t had the chance to learn Yang Wind yet.
"Strike first to gain the upper hand!" Zhao Xing saw the fifteen people on both sides starting to edge towards him. Even if he went all out, he wouldn’t shake them off. So, he decided to take the initiative.