Chu Kuangren had been keeping a low profile for the past few years.

As long as no one provoked him, he spent the last few years in the Scripture Sea, burying his head in studying all kinds of knowledge.

He had read almost all the ancient archives in the Scripture Sea now.

Hence, he felt the need to find other things to do, such as suppressing the Heavenly Champions.

Since he was in the academy, he thought he should gain some status and power for himself.

Be a Heavenly Champion?

No, that was not enough.

Only eighteen out of nineteen Heavenly Champions were left, and he was just one of them.

He aimed to be the indispensable one to the Hundred Academy!

Therefore, he must… show his strength!

“Would all of you like to attack me individually or all together?” asked Chu Kuangren as he looked at the Heavenly Champions before him.

He stood with his hands behind his back and his white clothing fluttering. However, he did not reveal his aura.

On the contrary, the bodies of the Heavenly Champions opposite him were overflowing with aura so domineering that it gushed out like a flood!

In front of their domineering aura, Chu Kuangren seemed as insignificant as an ant facing the might of heaven and earth.

However, none of the people present dared to think that way.

His sword attack just now had already shown all Heavenly Champions his overwhelming strength.

“I can’t tell his cultivation level. When he killed Scholar Yao with a sword attack just now, did he reveal himself as a Sixth-grade Earthen Immortal? Or perhaps Seventh-grade? It’s difficult to figure out.”

“This shows that he did not use his full strength just now!”

“He’s powerful, probably more powerful than any of us here. The only question is, just how powerful is he?!”

All Heavenly Champions had different thoughts.

Eventually, Li Wangchen, the Elegant Gathering’s organizer, took the lead and stepped forward. “Let me taste your power.”

He was a sword wielder, and when he noticed Chu Kuangren’s sword attack just now, he felt afraid yet excited.

With a clank, Li Wangchen unsheathed the longsword at his waist. Sword intent immediately gushed out toward Chu Kuangren along with his sword qi.

“Grand River Sword Qi!”

Instead of holding back, he unleashed the sword attack with all his strength!

The sword attack was as ferocious as a surging river with countless Daoist patterns interweaved, vaguely revealing a river as long as thousands of kilometers.

Chu Kuangren stood still and pointed out a sword hand sign. The moment he made a slash across the void, Heavenly Intent transformed into a sword intent and then sword qi.

The sword qi then tore the river and split it into two!

One slash had split open the river!

Nevertheless, Li Wangchen continued to attack. He waved the longsword in his hand, and countless sword shadows interweaved into a dense sword net.

“Vast Tidal Sword!”

Sword qi was flowing through the sword net, emitting the sound of waves ranging in the sea.

The river just now had turned into a vast ocean that set off a boundless tsunami!

“No matter whether it’s a river or ocean, in my eyes, it’s nothing but a pond. How big of a storm can it cause?” Chu Kuangren said indifferently.

Then, he pointed his sword hand sign toward the sword net before him.

As the sword hand sign landed on the dense sword net, the surrounding sword qi roared toward it like a tsunami. However, the sword hand sign devoured the sword qi in the next instant, and the boundless sword net was torn apart mercilessly!

“Oh no!”

Li Wangchen’s eyes widened in horror, and he resisted the attack by holding a sword in front of his chest.

Chu Kuangren’s sword hand sign and Li Wangchen’s sword collided with a clang.

Majestic sword qi gushed out in all directions!

The Immortal sword in Li Wangchen’s hand bent down until he was blasted hundreds of meters backward by Chu Kuangren’s sword hand sign.

The Immortal sword in his hand was buzzing non-stop.

He looked at Chu Kuangren with horror in his eyes. “He broke my sword art so easily, and I couldn’t even hurt him!”

Cultivators who were watching the battle gasped.

After all, they saw Heavenly Champions as superior.

However, he now seemed insignificant in front of Chu Kuangren.

“Come on. Attack me together. Perhaps that will make me a little more interested,” said Chu Kuangren.

When the rest of the Heavenly Champions heard that, they looked at each other grimly. Then, they took a deep breath and rose into the air, releasing their aura to the ultimate.

“Heavenly Champion Chu, have a taste of my strength!”

“You’re fighting against all of us alone. Do you think you can defeat a joint attack?”

As the Heavenly Champions released their cultivations, terrifying Immortal’s Core energy fluctuation gushed out, shaking the entire Cirrus Academy.

Even a few nearby academies noticed the energy fluctuation.

“What powerful auras.”

“These are the Heavenly Champions’ auras, and they’ve released their powerful auras at the same time. What are they up to?!”

Countless Immortal Consciousness dashed over to pry on what was happening.

Soon, they saw the situation at the Elegant Gathering and were stunned by the scene before them!

“Are all the Heavenly Champions targeting Chu Kuangren?”

“What’s going on?!”

All Heavenly Champions channeled their aura to the ultimate, their gazes solemn. They dared not be careless in the face of the mighty Chu Kuangren.

On the other hand, Chu Kuangren stood proudly against the Heavenly Champions who had joined forces.

“Great.” He chuckled lightly.

The next moment, a domineering and mighty aura erupted from his body, revealing his full cultivation level. His Immortal’s Core energy fluctuation spread like a tide, one wave after another.

He was a Ninth-grade Earthen Immortal!

Further away, in the Famed Master Pavilion, Mister Lu and other Famed Masters were also following the progression of the battle. They could not help but gasp when they saw Chu Kuangren’s cultivation. Mister Lu, who was always calm, jerked up.

“A Ninth-grade Earthen Immortal?!”

“This aura is of a Perfected Ninth-grade Earthen Immortal!”

“H-How is this possible?”

They were not shocked because of how powerful Chu Kuangren’s cultivation level was, but because when they met Chu Kuangren a few months ago, he was only a Seventh-grade Earthen Immortal.

Yet, Chu Kuangren’s cultivation level had soared to the Perfected Ninth-grade Immortal Realm!

Previously, they were guessing how many years Chu Kuangren would take to catch up with the rest of the Heavenly Champions in terms of cultivation.

However, it now seemed like he did not need to take a few years at all.

He had managed to catch up and surpass the rest of the Heavenly Champions in just a few days!

“Freak!”

“He’s no doubt a cultivation freak. I’m afraid that even White Deer Academy’s Cao Yun is far inferior to him.”

Cao Yun was recognized as the first Heavenly Champion of the academy by the Famed Master Pavilion administration.

He was a Ninth-grade Earthen Immortal and had a powerful Immortal Physique. In addition, he had inherited a Holy Late Teacher’s strength, which made his combat strength extraordinary.

However, Cao Yun spent more than ten years getting to the Ninth-grade Earthen Immortal Realm from the Seventh-grade.

How long did Chu Kuangren take? No more than one month at most.

“Cultivation level doesn’t equate to combat strength, so we can’t jump to a conclusion. He might not be as powerful as Cao Yun,” said a Famed Master.

“Let’s continue watching. Him facing all Heavenly Champions now is an opportunity for us to observe his actual combat strength.”

On a mountain peak in Cirrus Academy, all Heavenly Champions were not surprised when Chu Kuangren revealed his Ninth-grade Earthen Immortal cultivation level.

After all, it was normal for him to possess such a cultivation level if he could kill Scholar Yao with one sword attack. They, too, had a few Ninth-grade Earthen Immortals among them.

“What’s more concerning is his combat strength.”

“No matter how powerful his combat strength is, it’s impossible to surpass his cultivation level too much. A Ninth-grade Earthen Immortal’s cultivation level isn’t that of a Heavenly Immortal yet. We can win for sure!”

“Attack!”

A Heavenly Champion took the lead.

He raised his hand to cast an Immortal Technique by unleashing a palm attack, which contained the Five Ways energy within and formed a colorful palm sign.

Chu Kuangren did not retreat. Instead, he pointed out a sword hand sign and slashed forward.

He broke the Five Ways energy with a sword attack!

The rest of the Heavenly Champions also took action, releasing various Immortal Techniques, and Immortal’s Core energy fluctuation filled the entire void.