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Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range, Withering Spring Swamp.

This was a huge region, situated at the edge of the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range.

Of course, this was also a deathly still area. The reason why this place was deathly still could be seen from the name of the Withering Bloom Swamp.

The Withering Bloom Swamp was a huge swamp. Here, the towering trees were extremely lush, and the branches were luxuriant. However, underneath the trees was an incomparably corrupt aura.

Furthermore, the trees in this place were not green in color. Instead, they were the same red as blood, giving off a horrifying appearance.

At this moment, the students of the north, south, east, and west branches of the academy were also arriving.

Not too far away from the Withering Bloom Swamp, there was a huge temporary residence. This was also where the students stayed.

Not too far away from the encampment, on a high mountain peak, was a huge arena. At the same time, it could also be considered a spectator stage.

The Freshmen Rites will officially begin tomorrow. Today, the students will be brought to take a look at the situation here, and the next thing to do is to wait for the arrival of the guests.

Every year's Freshman Competition was a grand occasion for the Azure Province Academy. For grand events like that, the other four big academies would send people over to watch and the imperial family would also send people over.

Naturally, the headmaster of the Azure Province, Gu Qingyuan, would also come.

"Hehe, I knew it. All of you came with ill intentions …" When the king saw that there were a few students standing beside Jian Chi, Su Qiu Shui, and even Luo Tiannan and Wang Zhan, he smiled and said.

The king clearly understood their intentions. This time, the king had forced all of the headmasters of the four academies to come together. Originally, the Azure Province Academy's Freshmen Rites wasn't enough for them to be invited, but since the king had spoken, they didn't dare not come.

However, when they arrived, the Headmasters of the four great academies did not hesitate to bring the disciples of their academies with them.

In addition, these students were also the top geniuses of their four great academies.

Their purpose in bringing these students naturally went without saying.

Thinking of this, the king's gaze flickered. He then turned to an attendant and said, "Go, find the First and Ninth Prince and have them follow me …"

That attendant quickly left and went to look for the First and Ninth Prince.

Upon hearing the king's arrangements, the other chairmen all exchanged a look. However, they were still a bit doubtful, as they didn't know why the king would let the two princes go with him.

They all knew that the king had locked down the second prince because of a boy called Lin Tian. And now, it seemed that if the second prince wanted to be released, it would be a distant date. The king seemed to have forgotten about this matter.

Then right now, the only contenders for the Tian Luo Kingdom's throne were the First Prince and the Ninth Prince.

Could it be that the king wanted both the princes to go with him this time?

But that was only their speculation. As for the king's true thoughts, they could not see through them, but the ones who had their doubts were not only them. Even the two princes who were called could not see through their father's true thoughts.

Originally, it was only the Azure Province's new student ceremony. Originally, sending any of their princes over felt that it was very normal, because such things happened before.

But this time, the king personally came. He even called over the other four academies who had a competitive relationship with the Azure Province to spectate the battle. This made it hard for them to understand what was going on.

What exactly attracted the royal father to the Azure Province, or perhaps the royal father went there to spectate the battle, could he have some sort of motive?

However, they did not think too much about it. However, this time around, they felt that this matter was not that simple. Thus, the two princes had secretly thought about it.

If this matter really had something to do with the storage, then it would be wise to ponder over the king's thoughts.

The news that the king and the other four great academies' principals would all come to watch the battle also immediately spread to the ears of every student of the Azure Province Academy.

This made everyone even more excited, but at the same time, there were also some doubts. This was because once one performed outstandingly in the Freshmen Rites, it was very likely that they would be directly favored by the king.

What they were puzzled about was that even though the king himself had personally come, they didn't know why. For minor characters like them, it was unlikely for the king to personally pay them the attention to spectate the battle …

However, they didn't think too much about it. After all, dealing with the following matches was the most important.

The king and the other chairmen of the four great academies had personally arrived the next day and were seated in the spectator stands. Tian Luo and the other two princes who had raised their voices were also present.

As the host, Gu Qingyuan naturally accompanied her.

As for the head, it was led by the heads of the four big branch academies of the Azure Province.

The dean of the East Branch, Zhou Tianzheng, was the first to preside over the first round.

After Gu Qingyuan indifferently started, Zhou Tian Xing directly stood in front of all the students.

"New students of the Azure Province!" After clearing his throat, Zhou Tian Xing spoke to everyone.

"This year's Freshmen Rites will be held in three rounds. The first round will be held." Zhou Tian Xing gave a simple sentence, outlining the competition rules of this year's Freshmen Competition. He then said, "The first round will naturally be a competition to compare the potential of each and every student."

"Besides the efforts of the Pre-Sky Realm, the Upper Sky potential of any warrior is also extremely important. Therefore, judging the potential of a student is extremely important for the future cultivation and nurturing of the student."

"Therefore, the first round will be a contest of potential." Zhou Tian Xing's gaze swept across the crowd before slowly opening his mouth and said: "This first round of the competition is rather simple."

"Do you see the dense forest behind me?" Zhou Tian Xing asked.

"I saw it!" All the students answered in unison.

"Yes, the first round of competition is very simple. In the Withering Bloom Swamp, there is an exclusive region, and this exclusive region is the area that the Headmasters of the other three academies and I have jointly set up our power restrictions. In there, your strength, combat strength, and even your reactions will all become extremely weak, completely not at your current level …"

"In there, you will still have to endure the suppression from the power restrictions at all times, but there will still be some demon beasts. Of course, the strength of those demon beasts will not be restrained, and the strength of these demon beasts are generally above the first rank of the third step. There are high and low levels, the highest being the third step eighth level, which is equivalent to the strength of a martial artist at the eighth level of the Aurous Core stage …"

Among these new students, not a single one of them was actually at the eighth level of the Aurous Core Stage. No, there was only one Gu Yan'er, but it was useless like this, because in there, their own strength will be limited. Even if they had the strength of the eighth level of the Aurous Core Stage, they would still not be able to defeat a third stage eighth stage demonic beast …