Mystical Journey

Blackboard Academy

A few young ladies dressed in yellow with metallic bracelets on their wrists were standing in front of the central classroom building.

It may be hustling and bustling, but regardless, whoever who passed by would stole a glance at the ladies, but not daring to look straight at them. Not because of their beauty, but because they exuded a presence so strong that made people uncomfortable and flinch, yet somehow would not dare to look straight at them.

"Rumors had it that five elites had recently emerged from the Blackboard Academy. I wonder if we will be able to meet them officially during this trip." One girl in yellow dress said while toying with her curly hair.

"Apart from the Little Three Marshals and One Star, there's nothing else to explore in the Blackboard Academy right?" Another girl asked.

"Our Zero Gun elder sister will deal with Black Star Diofie but from the way I see it, other than Diofie, the rest are all losers. We, as one of the Nine Phoenix, have already reached the outer court but no one is here to welcome us."

"That's right, the Blackboard Academy's people is really proud that they don't give Nine Phoenix face. They knew we sneaked in, but did not even bother and even pretended to not know about it. Why don't Elder Sister directly challenge the inner courtyard training tower?"

The few girls kept chatting but a girl standing in the middle amongst them kept her face straight and cold. She had short eyebrows, slanted high on both sides above her eyes.

She kept looking at her wrist watch and seemed to be searching for information from it.

A moment later, she looked up and said quietly.

"Let's not wait any longer. No one is going to greet us when we are the ones sneaking in. Other than the Little Three Marshals and One Star, are there any other people who are that good?"

"There is, Elder Sister. The three big organizations here have some elites. They even made a ranking so the people up there should be quite good. They should conform to the standards of our objectives."

Just as she finished her sentence, several people wearing student uniforms came down. They looked grim and dark.

The few girls also suddenly found out that without them realizing, they had been surrounded by the outer court students who gathered around as if to watch a show. The students surrounding them even had a kind of three layers by three layers formation.

The students of Blackboard Academy were not fools. These people had stood for so long in front of the general classroom building and they did not looked like they were here to tour the Academy, albeit sometimes they do get visitors who do just that.

Those who were observant noted the uniforms the girls were wearing. The unique uniforms belonged to the Maria Region, and could only be found from the true elite of Maria Academy. This was the real reason that more and more people were gathering to see what was happening.

Why were the Maria Region's people here? The Maria Academy and the Blackboard Academy never got along with each other.

More and more people were gathering, and the sound of whispers grew louder. Most of the crowd were there to see what was going to happen; whereas some people went off to inform the other elites as it seemed like these girls were here to cause trouble.

"Ladies, who is Rapid Gun Leanna from the Nine Phoenix?" The young man in front asked.

He had a scar on his nose that originated from a burn, adding on as a little flaw to his good looking features. The moment he opened his mouth, he was asking for the leader of the party straight away.

One girl stepped forward and replied in a polite tone.

"The reason we came here this time was due to the rumor that the Blackboard Academy recently had talented students which include Red-Eyed Medero whose name had spread wide and far. Elder sister Leanna coincidentally passed by this region and wanted to come and see how excellent the students here are."

As soon as she finished speaking, sounds of booing immediately broke out among the surrounding crowd.

"Rapid Gun Leanna? We have never heard of her? You want to compare with our Sir Medero, you have to see how much you're worth!" Someone in the crowd sneered out loud.

"That's right! How random for a 'rapid gun' to just walk in and challenge our Sir Medero anytime? When will he have any time to rest?"

"Sir Medero is not someone a random mob can challenge!"

The crowd suddenly got into a commotion.

Leanna raised her eyebrows slightly and gave a cold smile.

"You all have a point. If that's the case, then I will just casually challenge an inner court elite other than Medero. Let me see if there is someone worth looking for from Blackboard Academy."

She stepped forward.

"I will stand here and accept any challenge. If there is anyone who can win against me, I will give away Silverlake Alloy on the spot, how about it?"

Silverlake Alloy!!

This was a material that was a lot more precious than the engine materials like Blood Silver. There's a high price for it but there are no sales as not everybody would be able afford it as one Silverlake Alloy at its lowest standard purity would be priced at 2.5 billion for just a mere one kilogram!

The crowd fell into a dead silent.

Even if the Academy is a place where all rich children from the Blackboard Region gathered, it is still shocking to know and face somebody who could just throw out a few billions just like that as part of a bet.

A group of guys who were walking past the crowd also heard Leanna's proclamation. The leading guy in blonde hair had a sudden thought in mind and instead of heading to the dormitory, he turned around instead and strode towards the crowd.

"There is no need for Sir Medero to come out. I, Kanasien, ranked twenty-sixth will challeng you!" Greed flashed in the eyes of the blond guy. He was gathering materials to construct his own Exclusive Mech and the materials came right on time!

Leanna curled her lips.

"Alright, you'll do. Whether it's Willpower combat or martial arts, pick whichever you want. Of course, if you want, you can also choose resonance degrees Mech combat." She flipped her long hair and said.

Just as her voice faded away, Kanasien's complexion suddenly change, resonance degree??

This opponent was an elite who had at least reach the New Moon Level!

At the same time, those in the crowd who were fast to catch on also now realized something amiss.

This group of ladies led by Leanna came here not for some friendly interaction…they were either here to cause trouble or here with some other agenda!

"Let's begin!" Leanna smiled and stepped forward, the remaining girls behind her sneered at the dumbfounded Kanasien.

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Radiation Belt

Garen and Anda both looked at the two elite Mechs flying in the sky getting closer.

"Together or separate?"

Anda smiled helplessly. "Let's separate and joined up at Flying Batoid City, any problem?"

"Alright."

Garen did not say another word. He turned around and flew to the right side as the legs of the Mech leapt.

With a bang, black soil and grass flew around everywhere. The Mech also used this recoil force to fly and shot towards the distance.

Anda on the other side was close to the ground and gaining speed faster and faster. Soon, a trace of faint silver light appeared on the surface of the Mech. Just as this trace of light glittered, Anda's speed suddenly increased much more.

However, inside the cockpit, Anda was enduing an intense pain. His face was flushed with veins popping out on his face as if his blood was going to explore from his body anytime.

"Chase them!!" Windling and the other pilot split up and chased after them.

Garen looked at the ground that was increasingly speeding back behind and his heart grew calmer.

After a long journey and without sufficient rest, parts of the Mech Body were now highly fatigue. Adding on to the toil was the radiation that seeped through the erosion damage which was inflicted on parts of the Body. Thus, energy consumption was higher and speed was not up to par.

Black Wind had not recovered yet and the Nameless Level Five Willpower was not there. Now he did not have the capability to confront a New Moon Level. With only the Crouched Eagle Talons, he was far from being the opponent for the people chasing close behind. He had gone for a simulation battle with a New Moon Level opponent in the training room before. Without the Mech, he could confront them and it was a tie on the battle. However, with the Mech, he was far from being a match. It was due to the resonance which provided large amount of support in the manipulation.

"Coming out this time, as long as I can keep this batch of Mastery Energy Ore and the Blood Silver, all will be worth it!" Garen calculated in his mind. He activated the rear sensor and swept through the Mech chasing behind. The opponent's speed was faster than his and was about to catch up!

"I have to think of a solution."

Garen narrowed his eyes and worked his brain furiously.

Suddenly, the grass in front of him appeared wet and the ground seemed to be soft.

Garen's mind lighted up.

The Body suddenly rushed out and stomped on this area. He stepped on the area that was harder compare to others.

One second after his Mech Body passed by, the white Body behind also shot out at a high speed and stepped on the area which he had just stomped on.

Both of them were trying to preserve energy in the engine that was used for the flying and relied on running with their legs. This allowed Garen to formulate a plan.

Suddenly, Garen's Mech Body in front seemed to twist slightly and lost a little balance. This balance, in the eyes of the powerhouses, only needed a moment to adjust back but the common pilots generally were not able to detect it.

However the white Mech behind chose this moment to increased its speed explosively.

A sinister laugh came out from inside the Mech.

"Still thinking of running! Gale Claw!!"

His Mech Body stretched out its hand and brought out greenish energy blades which formed a large green hand extending out to press upon the back of Garen's Mech.

Garen staggered and swerved to avoid the claw in the nick of time before landing on the right side of the grass.

The white Mech laughed and stepped forward.

Chi!

Suddenly the leg of his Mech unexpectedly sank into the ground.

A quagmire!! Not good!

The white Mech was startled and suddenly a bright light flashed in front of his eyes, and a strong, black line struck down.

Wu…!!

The black line flashed and split the quagmire, hitting the white Mech on its hands which it raised up in a haste.

With a loud clanging sound, golden sparks came out from the clash between both Mechs. The sword slipped from the claws and sliced in the same direction towards the white Mech.

"What, again?!" The white Mech was not able to take action fast enough and stomped on the ground instinctively wanting to borrow the force to get out of here, but its Body was sinking deeper.

Although this guy had resonance degree and belonged to the New Moon Level, he was far from the people he met previously. His combat experience was so bad!

"Resonance skill! Poison Vine!!"

The white Mech seemed to have blew his top. He was forced by a guy with no resonance skill into this chaotic state. A roar came from the cockpit.

Garen's complexion remain unchanged and stepped back. His legs condensed a small piece of ice on the quagmire, just enough to borrow its force.

Traces of invisible Cold Chaos Field came out and seeped into the opponent's Mech.

There was no one else here. Even if he released Cold Chaos, no one would realized.

At that moment, a large amount of illusory twisted green vines spurted out from the white Mech's surroundings and flew out in all direction. At the same time, his overall speed, dexterity and power had increased by at least 30%!

Noticing the change in speed, Garen quickly retracted his sword and retreated but a large amount of vines followed him closely. Each of the vines was as thick as his Body's waist and wherever it passed by, it released a green gas which corroded the grass into black puddles. The poison was horrendously evil.

The white Mech released five large vines and more than ten small vines as though it had turned into a mutated creature. It bared its claws and let out a roar.