Divine Emperor of Heavenly Destiny

Then, they saw the students from Dragon Flame Academy... WHOOSH, WHOOSH, WHOOSH.

Led by Fake Lu Chao, they leaped down from the cliff one by one. A quick count revealed there were still only ten of them.

Everyone’s gazes then shifted to Zhongyue Academy...

Students from Zhongyue Academy also leaped down one by one, over forty in total. But everyone knew it wasn’t over. They all quickly looked toward another cliff, where students from the academies eliminated in the first round were standing.

All the cliffs surrounding Battle Valley had been assigned to spectators.

In the next instant, a unified shout came from the cliff where the eliminated students were: ”Everyone, move out!”

The students from Wind Wolf Academy, Weihu Academy, Xiaolong Academy, and the other nineteen University Institutes all leaped from the cliff at almost the same instant, landing in a dense crowd behind the students of Zhongyue Academy.

Some still bore injuries, the very ones inflicted by Lu Chao and his group the day before.

But even with their injuries, they still joined the battle. They wanted revenge. They wanted to tear Fake Lu Chao limb from limb.

Among them, Yan Jun shouted, ”Zhongyue Academy is full of charisma! We have been recruited by them to help them pass the second round.”

Such high-sounding words!

Everyone present knew what was really going on. No one responded.

In the blink of an eye, the people on the cliffs saw a scene of over a thousand people facing a mere ten. The ten from Dragon Flame Academy suddenly looked like pitiful wretches in a storm, liable to be crushed into dust at any moment.

On the cliff of the Seven Great Inner Courtyards...

Wu Yiyi spoke in a low voice, ”He really has no... other arrangements?”

She found it incredible. She thought Wu Caicai would have found some young people from somewhere to give to Dragon Flame Academy.

But there was nothing at all.

On the highest cliff...

Among the higher-ups from Beast Flame, Li Wumian said with a cold smile, ”I thought Fake Lu Chao would have some trick up his sleeve. To think he’s really going to fight a thousand men with just ten, and on horseback at that.”

Zheng Liyuan replied grimly, ”Perhaps they’re just overconfident? Maybe they think that after experiencing a real war, ten of them can take on a thousand... No, they must just be biting the bullet and forcing themselves into it.”

Almost everyone at the scene was having similar conversations, until Zeng Quan gave a low shout, ”Release the warhorses!”

RUMBLE...

The ground suddenly trembled. The sound was coming from the forest behind the thousand-plus students from Zhongyue Academy and the others. In a flash, over a thousand warhorses charged out of the woods, heading toward the students of the twenty University Institutes.

In the forest on the other side, however, there were only ten lonely warhorses.

They were released from the woods, and then everyone saw that as these ten warhorses got within several dozen meters of Fake Lu Chao’s group, they all suddenly widened their eyes.

They stopped dead in their tracks, startled.

Of course, it was because they were intimidated by the thousand warhorses on the other side. They were too scared to go forward!

This scene silenced the entire crowd for a moment, and then... HAHAHA!

The people on the various cliffs, and of course the students in Battle Valley, all burst out laughing.

The scene was simply too comical.

”Looks like these ten poor souls from Dragon Flame Academy won’t even get warhorses in the end.”

”Poor souls? They brought this on themselves. This is the fruit of the seeds they sowed in the first round.”

”Exactly. Those who don’t know their own limits can only bring about their own destruction.”

Similar comments echoed from the cliffs, with most people jeering relentlessly.

They believed that Dragon Flame Academy had brought this upon themselves.

Only those from academies like Sky Cliff Academy, who had been led through the first round by Lu Chao, were not laughing. Instead, their faces showed only looks of helplessness and resignation...

There was nothing they could do about it.

In the air...

Marquis Longyin was still riding his Flying Bird Demon Beast, leading his Order Enforcement Team Members as they monitored the entire field.

An Order Enforcement Team Member said, ”Marquis, I’m afraid Fake Lu Chao has overestimated himself.”

Last night, Marquis Longyin had said Fake Lu Chao was full of confidence, but now all anyone could see was that he probably wouldn’t even have a warhorse.

Marquis Longyin didn’t reply. He just stared intently at Lu Chao, thinking, ’What will he do?’

On a certain mountaintop...

A stooped, skinny old man gazed at Battle Valley from afar and said in an aged voice, ”Beast Flame Academy is a reeking cesspool.”

He was none other than Dongfang Ren.

”My time is short. Can I really find the successor I’m looking for in this cesspool?”

Dongfang Ren muttered to himself, his sunken eye sockets holding deep, yet deathly still, black pupils. He spoke again, ”This Fake Lu Chao performed very well yesterday, but it’s a shame his Bone of Myriad Stars is only at the Earth Bone Level... Alas!”

Indeed, during the first round yesterday, Dongfang Ren had also hidden himself, just as he was now, to observe the students’ competition.

Fake Lu Chao, charging alone, then blocking the path alone...

It had left a deep impression on him, but the Heavenly Destiny Bone was far, far too poor. He was not the successor Dongfang Ren was looking for.

On the cliff where Dragon Flame Academy was located...

Yu Fei couldn’t help but ask, ”Young Madam Lu, why aren’t you worried?”

The scene in Battle Valley was making everyone from Dragon Flame Academy worried sick. Even Cheng Chuming was so nervous that sweat kept beading on his forehead. But Cheng Yunsu, Lu Chao’s wife, wore an expression of utter calm.

Following Yu Fei’s question, Sun Shijin and the others also looked at Cheng Yunsu, hoping to find a sliver of hope in her words.

Cheng Yunsu smiled faintly and said softly, ”Those ten warhorses will soon forget their fear.”

Her short sentence stunned Sun Shijin and the others. What did she mean, ’forget their fear’?

Before they could react...

Lu Chao’s voice was already ringing through the valley. ”You have no need to be afraid. In a moment, I will lead you to slaughter our enemies. Come.”

The words were spoken softly...

Everyone saw that Lu Chao had, at some point, turned around. He had actually spoken those words to the ten warhorses that didn’t dare to approach. They were all dumbfounded.

And then... HAHAHA!

A roar of laughter once again echoed across the entire area...

”Fake Lu Chao actually told the warhorses not to be afraid? He’s telling them to come over? Has he lost his mind?”

Someone shouted—it was unclear who—and the voice carried across the whole field, making the laughter even louder.

At the same time, the thousand-plus people from Zhongyue Academy’s side had all mounted their horses, many of them laughing as they did so.

Yan Jun couldn’t help but chuckle. ”Fake Lu Chao, warhorses have spirit. They aren’t stupid.”

A certain woman from Fox Flame giggled. ”Did you play the part of Great Wu Lu Chao so long you’ve become a fool? Do you think you can command any warhorse you see?”

Such comments were endless.

However, Lu Chao paid them no mind at all. Just two breaths later, a miraculous scene unfolded.

DONG! DONG! DONG!

The ten warhorses, which had been terrified, suddenly found their spirit and began galloping wildly toward Lu Chao and his nine companions.

The laughter across the field came to an abrupt halt. Everyone was dumbstruck.

’The warhorses... they actually obeyed?’

Immediately after, everyone watched as Lu Chao and his men quickly vaulted onto the warhorses.

Then, they saw Lu Chao take out a mask and slowly place it over his face.

He finally turned to face the thousand-plus students from Zhongyue Academy and the others, his voice emerging slowly from behind the mask...

”You were right. I’ve been playing the part of Great Wu Lu Chao for so long... I’ve grown addicted to it.”