Chaotic Sword God

Chapter 52

Chapter 52: Class 4 Monster Core (Two)

After the appraising elder finished his statement, everyone inhaled sharply in shock. The whole arena instantly became so silent, that one would’ve been able to hear a pin drop.

This number made even the vice headmaster Chang Bei En speechless. His gaze locked onto the huge pile of Class 2 Monster Cores on the table with an expression of astonishment. This number far surpassed the amount of monster cores that the previous first place winner, Bogadi, had.

A while passed before a student couldn’t help but shout out, “No way, that’s definitely impossible. How could he, who isn’t yet a Saint, be able to gain so many monster cores in the 3rd region, and have even way more than the school’s top-ranked expert. Bogadi? This is definitely impossible. He definitely brought these monster cores from an outside source.”

The single input raised a flood of responses. As the student finished speaking, more and more cries of protest rang out. Jian Chen’s nearly 100 Class 1 Monster Cores had already made many people jealous, and had made them feel that it was unfair. Now that he had taken out 118 Class 2 Monster Cores, which was an amount even greater than his Class 1 Monster Cores, the students were no longer able to accept it.

Under the platform, the currently number 1 expert in Kargath Academy’s rankings, Bogadi, was staring at Jian Chen’s back in shock as he murmured, “His strength is obviously not yet at Saint level; how could he have gotten so many Class 2 Monster Cores? Could it be that these monster cores really were taken from an outside source?” Bogadi also couldn’t help but think the same way as the others. However, this assumption was immediately rejected by him, since before entering the forest, the school administration had completely confiscated all of the students’ Space equipment, and the students had all gone through very strict inspections. In addition, the forest only had one entrance, so there was no chance for someone to sneak monster cores in from the outside.

Moreover, even if someone really did manage to bring them in, Bogadi believed that nobody would be stupid enough to present 100+ Class 2 Monster Cores at once. That would undoubtedly make the entire school shocked, and the administration would definitely hire people to investigate the situation.

Nearby, a gorgeous girl in tattered clothes looked absentmindedly at Jian Chen’s figure on the platform and muttered, “How could that be? A freshman like him who isn’t yet a Saint actually managed to get 100+ Class 2 Monster Cores?” The girl’s melodious voice was filled with shock and incredulity.

On the other side, when he heard the appraising elder announce Jian Chen’s monster core amount, Cheng Mingxiang gaped in shock as he stared disbelievingly at Jian Chen. However, his expression soon became gloomy, and eventually became completely replaced by wrath. This was because the person in third place for the monster cores competition received rewards. Although these rewards were not worth that much to those born in major clans, like him, instead it seen as a great honor, a verification of strength. Originally, Cheng Mingxiang had been placed as third, but now with Jian Chen in the picture, he had been forcibly pushed out of the top three. This made him extremely angry; what was even harder to accept was the fact that Jian Chen still wasn’t even a Saint.

“Changyang Xiang Tian…” Shifting his gaze, Cheng Mingxiang’s face became beyond gloomy as he looked at Jian Chen with a glare full of poisonous malice.

In the crowd, Luo Jia’s expression was equally gloomy. He glared hatefully at Jian Chen, as if he could eat Jian Chen alive with his gaze alone.

Although Jian Chen’s current strength was still quite weak, his “Spirit” was extremely powerful. Perhaps he wouldn’t be able to notice an ordinary gaze, but once a particularly severe gaze was pointed towards him, his Soul could immediately detect it. Thus, Luo Jian’s and Cheng Mingxiang’s malice filled glares were immediately sensed by Jian Chen. He turned around and used the aid of his powerful Soul to track the glances’ sources, and easily found Luo Jian buried in the crowd.