C161 Arrive in Time

After helping Little Ying with her tribulation, Li Yi inadvertently discovered that he could use the heavenly tribulation to quickly raise his cultivation. Naturally, he did not care about the problem of the cave's spiritual energy being thinner.

Speaking of which, even if he didn't find this method, Li Yi wouldn't care about the matter of Little Ying shedding his spiritual energy. At most, he would only spend a little more time, and his cultivation would only increase a little more slowly.

"Little Ying, I will have to trouble you to stay in the immortal estate for a period of time."

Time was limited. He had to hurry back to the Darknorth Academy. Bringing along a person naturally wasn't as fast as Li Yi travelling alone, so he had no choice but to allow Little Ying to return to the Five Elements Immortal Manor.

"Darling, there's no need to say it like that. Little Ying understands, hurry up and set off, don't delay the ranking tournament."

Little Ying smiled in understanding. Li Yi nodded in gratification and kept Little Ying in the Five Elements Immortal Manor. Afterwards, he soared into the sky and turned into a streak of light as he rushed towards the Darknorth Academy.

Seven days later, in the Darknorth Academy's training field.

"It's already the day of the ranking tournament. Why isn't Little Yi back yet? It would be terrible if he missed the ranking tournament. Everyone is still waiting for him to fight his way into the inner courtyard!"

From time to time, Ji Yao would look in the direction of the academy's gate with an anxious expression on her face.

"Brother Li isn't someone who doesn't know his limits. Could it be that he encountered some trouble?"

Dugu Ming guessed worriedly. The outer sect disciples had already begun to draw lots, which he could do for Li Yi, but if Li Yi still hadn't appeared during the match, then he would be considered to have given up.

"Forget it, Dugu, go and help Little Yi draw the lots. Right now, we can only hope that Little Yi will be able to come back in time!"

Ji Yao sighed. She let Dugu Ming go and draw the lots for Li Yi while she went to comfort the disciples of Heaven Breaking Union. Since Li Yi still hadn't arrived, the hearts of the people in the alliance had become a bit unstable.

"Eldest senior brother, that brat Li Yi did not appear. It was Dugu Ming who drew the lot for him."

Other than Ji Yao, Dugu Ming, and the disciples of Heaven Breaking Union, Sima Zong and the others were also paying attention to Li Yi's movements. The matter of Dugu Ming drawing lots for Li Yi was quickly discovered by the disciples that Sima Zong sent out to investigate.

"Oh, he didn't appear?"

Sima Heng had some doubts, "Could it be that I'm overthinking things? That kid died in the Wilderness like Ou Shaoqun?"

After pondering for a moment, Si Ma Zong waved his hand and said, "Continue to investigate and report back if you have any news!"

"Yes, eldest senior brother!"

As the disciple in charge of investigating left, everyone couldn't help but start discussing amongst themselves.

"If Li Yi did not appear, could something have happened in the Wilderness?"

"That's possible! "Maybe that brat has already been killed by Ou Shaoqun. It's just that Ou Shaoqun was unlucky and stumbled into some danger, so he died."

"It could also be that the two of them broke into some dangerous place when they were chasing each other, or that they alarmed an unrivalled existence, causing both of them to perish!"

"It's hard to say!" The people from Heaven Breaker Union didn't have much of a reaction. Maybe this Li Yi just got delayed because he had something to do.

"That's possible!" Eldest senior brother, do you want to take photos of a few disciples guarding outside the academy? If Li Yi comes back, stop him for a while as long as he can't catch up to the competition. "

"That's right. As long as we can delay it and make him miss the match, he'll have to wait ten years before he can enter the inner courtyard."

"Furthermore, if Li Yi is unable to enter the inner courtyard, his bullsh * t [Heaven Breaker Union] might just disband. A new organization's worst is stability!"

"Makes sense!"

"You two go to the gate of the academy to guard him. If you see Li Yi coming back, think of a way to hold him back for a while, as long as he can't make it in time to participate in the competition."

The two disciples nodded and turned around to leave. In any case, before the outer court disciples could determine the top ten, the inner court disciples temporarily did not use the competition. Besides, it was just to delay Li Yi's time and not to risk their lives.

"What do you think, Dugu, what number did you pick?"

Ji Yao hurriedly asked when she saw Dugu Ming come back. What she was most worried about was Li Yi being selected for the frontline competition, especially the first competition. If that was the case, then it would be terrible!

"You're pretty lucky, you got number 46!"

Dugu Ming laughed while Ji Yao heaved a sigh of relief.

The number of disciples in the Darknorth Academy had always been fixed. There were one hundred disciples in the inner courtyard and ten times the number of disciples in the outer courtyard. In other words, there were one thousand disciples in the inner courtyard.

Disciples who joined the Darknorth Academy would only be able to stay within the academy for at most a thousand years.

After a thousand years, no matter what kind of cultivation he reached, he would have to leave the Darknorth Academy. Of course, if his cultivation reached the stage of tribulation, then even if he successfully graduated, he could still proclaim that he graduated from the Darknorth Academy. This was a supreme honor even in the Central Region, and even in the entire Tian Ji Continent.

Of course, there were also those who had left the Darknorth Academy ahead of time for various reasons. Some had died, some had reached the tribulation phase early, or for some other reason.

Every time this happened, Darknorth Academy would open up a special entrance for the year after the ranking tournament to fill in the missing people.

It was precisely because of this fixed number of students that the method of battle in the ranking tournament had always been fixed in the Darknorth Academy.

The thousand outer sect disciples were divided into ten groups, each group would have two matches, the first group would fight with number one against number one, the second group would fight with number ninety-nine, and so on, the victor would enter the next round. Each group would decide the top two, and then the top ten would be decided by the twenty people in each group.

Dugu Ming had helped Li Yi draw the number forty-five, which meant that Li Yi was competing for the forty-fifth match. Although this wasn't the last match, it was still a far cry from the last match.

"Now, I can only hope that Little Wing can make it in time!"

"..."

"Crap, it's still too late to be hasty. I hope it's not my turn to compete!"

Outside the Darknorth Mountains, a ray of light was shooting towards the direction of the Darknorth Academy. It was Li Yi, who was rushing back at full speed.

Looking at the time, today was already the day of the competition. It was unknown if it was his turn to compete, but if he were to miss it, it would truly be terrible!

"Eh, someone is coming to the academy. Could it be that kid Li Yi?"

"Who cares if he is, let's stop him first!" I would rather kill a wrong person than let him off! "

The two inner court disciples that were in charge of intercepting Li Yi outside the Darknorth Academy saw the flowing lights rushing over. They looked at each other, blocked it, and shouted loudly.

"Who are you? Why did you barge into the Darknorth Academy?"

Li Yi frowned. His figure flashed and tried to avoid the two of them. At the same time, he replied, "I'm Li Yi, an outer court disciple. Right now, I have to rush to the Ranking Tournament.

The two of them both had the identity tokens of inner sect disciples. Li Yi could tell at a glance. They should have stopped to greet each other, but Li Yi didn't have the time to do so!

"Stop!" You said that you're an outer court disciple, take out your proof for us to see first! "

It really was Li Yi! The two of them looked at each other, raised their hands and shot two attacks at Li Yi, wanting to stop Li Yi.

"Bastard!"

Li Yi's outer court disciple identity token was hanging on his body, and he could see the identity tokens of these two inner court disciples. There was no reason for these two inner court disciples to not see him.

It seemed like the two of them were looking for trouble with the intent of stopping him and preventing him from rushing to the tournament in time.

"Myriad Manifestation Heaven Breaking Fist!"

Li Yi didn't have any time to waste with these two fellows. He immediately struck out with the [Myriad God Fist]. The two attacks collided and a violent explosion occurred. The surrounding space trembled, and it felt like it was about to tear apart.

"Divine ability, Penetration!"

Li Yi's body trembled as he resisted the huge backlash and activated his teleportation sacred art. He appeared behind the two of them and threw out another punch. Without even looking at the result of that punch, he turned around and shot toward the academy's gate.

Because he had made his move in a hurry and Li Yi was only trying to stop the two to not let them get in his way, he did not use much strength. Although the two were caught off guard by the fist power, their blood boiled and they were unable to pursue for a short period of time.

"What happened? Why did that brat appear behind us just now? Did he use Teleportation?"

"Impossible!" Using teleportation in a situation like this one where space was fluctuating, wasn't that courting death! But, it's not teleportation, how did he teleport through space? "

The two of them looked at each other, but did not give chase. Not to mention that their vital energy and blood were roiling, they were completely powerless to chase after him. Even if they could, Li Yi had already flown into the Darknorth Academy, and even if they chased after him, they would not be able to attack him.

"Number 45, Li Yi, please come up and compete!"

"Number 45, have you arrived?"

"Forty-five?"

On the Beiming Academy martial arts practice field, the instructor in charge of registration reported three times, but still no one answered.

"Why hasn't the chief appeared? Did something really happen?"

"If this goes on, the Alliance Master will be deemed as forfeiting the competition. What should we do?"

"If the Alliance Master is disqualified from the competition, then he won't be able to enter the inner courtyard. Then, what should we do, [Heaven Breaking Alliance]?"

The disciples of Heaven Breaker Union became anxious as they discussed amongst themselves.

"There's nothing we can do. Little Yi hasn't even arrived yet. He probably won't make it in time!"

Ji Yao helplessly shook her head and sighed.

"There's no other way. We must rely on the two of us to fight our way into the inner courtyard and obtain a good ranking. Otherwise, [Heaven Breaking Alliance] will very likely fall apart just like that!"

Dugu Ming's brows creased together as he stared in the direction of the academy's gates, his fists clenched tightly.

"Eldest Senior Brother, it seems like that kid surnamed Li is not going to make it in time!"

Contrary to Dugu Ming and Ji Yao, Sima Zong and the others were feeling quite happy. This was because the instructor of the inner courtyard had already raised his hand.

"Number forty-five Li Yi is absent. I declare that the winner is …"

"Wait a minute!"

A roar came from afar, coming from the academy's gate. The next moment, a figure appeared on the battling platform.

"I'm Li Yi, I'm here!"