The spear wielding blue haired boy and Gao Liehu both stepped on the arena as the hosting instructor declared the start of the fight.

Gao Liehu carried a big dark blue shield that was half his size on his left hand and was specialized in defensive battle skills.

His protection was unpenetrable throughout the competition and his opponents had no choice but to give up or get exhausted enough for Gao Liehu to ruthlessly pummel them .

This far he was very successful in his fighting plan yet he felt very nervous about this match as he looked at the cultivator overlooking the battle.

"If he freely grants this guy a victory against me, i won't take it low. I will protest until the end even if i have to get beaten up... i won't allow him to belittle me!" Thought Gao Liehu with fervor and actually, even the onlookers believed the same.

"He's just going to give him the win without fighting like the other times, what's the use?"

"He should directly give him the number 1 position and end the competition, that would be faster..."

Some even had the idea he might be the Tiger Martial Institute dean hidden son, but of course no one would dare give this thought a voice.

The bells rang and immediately the unknown boy got in stance and lightly thrusted with his spear, a weapon made of refined iron.

Gao Liehu injected qi in his shield and a great blue light barrier appeared in front of him covering his body.

Earthen Rock Body!

He simultaneously used a defensive art, at once his skin turned and was completely covered in deep brown rocks.

The spear wielding boy raised his eyebrows and added a bit more strenght in his thrust.

Bang!

Instantly, a loud crash was heard as the blue light of the shield was smashed to bits like broken mirror fragments dancing in the sky before vanishing.

After going through the barrier, the remaining spear energy collided with the rock skin penetrating Gao Liehu body as numerous small rock fragments flew out.

"Argh!" intense pain flared up in Gao Liehu's mind as he lowered his head to look at the injury.

On his right chest was a hole the size of a duck's egg and through it you could see the tongue-tied expression of the spectators in the bleachers.

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Gao Liehu looked haggard as he tried to take a step but he directly collapsed on the stone tiles drenching the stage with blood.

The hosting teacher announced the youngster victorious as he flew in a hurry towards Gao Liehu.

"I thought, he, at least, should be able to take one hit, damn it!" The instructor mumbled under his breath before catching Gao Liehu.

The healing instructor urgently treated him but his wound was too severe and he couldn't be saved. Gao Liehu succumbed to his injury.

"What the f*ck!" The spectators stood up from their seat dumbfounded.

"What happened, is it a joke?"

"One hit for this much damage, i can't believe it!"

Most of them only saw the young boy thrust out with his spear and the next moment, on the other side of the battle stage, Gao Liehu defenses shattered and his chest was perforated.

"Mister Hong, do you know who's this kid?" The Gao clan elder asked gloomily. One of the promising new generation Gao clan member just died in front of his eyes. He wasn't in a good mood.

"Of course i know, he's the Jin clan young lord from Crow Black Town, Jin Hao Tian."

"Crow Black Town from the Floating Carp Region? But it's thousands of miles away, how could he be here?" The elders were surprised by this piece of news.

Now they understood why they couldn't recognize the young man. Crow Black Town was a small city deep inside the Floating Carp Region which was on the west right beside the Cloud Region.

Although they couldn't recognize their members they heard of the reputation of the Jin clan. It was a clan that focused in the mastery of the spear. They had many arts pertaining to this domain and created multiple experts.

Even though Crow Black Town was smaller and less powerful than Azure Water City, the Jin Clan was the sole power dominating the area and as such, all the ressources transiting in the city ended up in their hands. Different to Azure Water City which divided them between the four clans while the scraps were left to the rest.

Currently, the Jin clan didn't lose out to the four clans at all.

"I was being told he left his town alone on the back of a tamed blood beast months ago in the direction of Azure Water City. Apparently he wanted to explore the world a bit and hone his skills while experiencing new things in the way before getting to destination and participating in the competition."

"Crow Black Town has only one institution and it can't compare to ours so it's understanble he would want to come here. Being able to go all the way without his clan protection speaks for himself." Hong Li explained, amused.

"Crossing a whole region by himself as a young Qi Gathering cultivator, i don't know if i should call this courage or foolishness." Han Zhen Jun commented on the side. He had a favorable impression of the young man.

In the meantime, many understood why the hosting instructor interrupted all Jin Hao Tian's battles since now. That he was in the known of his identity or not wasn't confirmed but as a Foundation Establishment realm cultivator he could easily sense the cultivation and strenght of Qi Gathering juniors.

Every time Jin Hao Tian was about to attack, the instructor immediately understood his opponent wouldn't survive this strike and decisively stopped the fights.

However, this time he still underestimated Jin Hao Tian causing Gao Liehu's death. After all, even if you knew someone cultivation and could more or less determine their strenght, it was impossible to understand how much experience they had, which cultivation technique and battle skills they trained in or how talented was someone at first glance.

All theses characteristics could positively or negatively affect the battle strenght of an individual.

"Im curious to see how strong this city young masters are compared to me." Jin Hao Tian left the stage, a smile hanging on his face.

The second fight contained nothing shocking and the onlookers were able to calm down slightly.

It ended in the victory of a Yan clan member.

"Ye Mo vs Ha Jun!"

Eventually it was Ye Mo's turn once again. His opponent was a rather famous youth.

He was the disciple of a vagrant cultivator currently settled in a neighboring city and came all the way here to participate in the recruitment competition.

As for why he was famous, he was no less than one of the few body refining cultivator.

"A fight between two body refiner haha, it's gonna be fun."

"Two of them in the same competition is really uncommon, i wonder who's gonna win."

"Ha Jun broke through the third stage of the Iron Skin Body a week ago, the kid stands no chance."

"He has the strenght to fight one layer higher than himself, there's no doubt about the victor for me."

Ha Jun stepped on the arena. His arms and waist were thick and his skin gave off a metallic luster.

He had black hairs and a growing mustache. Ye Mo looked tiny compared to him.

His arduous and time consuming cultivation of the Yellow Class mid tier Iron Skin Body was shown on the surface as he was already 15 years old and still at the 5th stage of the Qi Gathering realm.

Although it could be considered pretty good outside the institute, among the remaining participants, he was one of the worst regarding Qi cultivation.

However there was no doubt in everyone's mind that if Ha Jun was opposed to Li Cheng, he would easily crush him.

Bong!

The bells echoed out across the arena. It was time for the match to begin!