The Peerless Emperor

After Lin Qian and the others finished their cultivation, news of their appearance outside the portal of Sea Spiral Saint Land quickly spread, and Overlord Hall also received the news promptly.

Almost the instant they left the Saint Land, Lin Qian and the Huaxia Alliance already received the challenge message for the Holy Academy war.

The array power belonging to the Sea Spiral Holy Institute immediately enveloped them, rushing to Lin Qian, forming into a page of battle invitation.

The Holy Academy war can only be accepted; Lin Qian had no way to refuse this battle invitation.

However, Lin Qian didn't intend to refuse this battle invitation in front of him. He directly reached out and grabbed it.

"Holy Academy war, decided, seven days later, Sky Fighting Star's Saint Institute battlefield."

When Lin Qian took the battle invitation, every person in the Huaxia Alliance heard a voice in their mind, indicating when and where the Holy Academy war would start.

Immediately following, the rules of the Holy Academy war appeared in their minds.

"In this Holy Academy war, each side will send five people; it doesn't matter if they're students or followers."

"Nine people to spar in battle, disregard injuries."

Upon learning the rules of the Holy Academy war, Liu Shimin secretly shook his head: "It seems that this Overlord Hall's plan is to send their hall's top nine with thunderous methods to deal with us."

Of course, Lin Qian knew which nine people the Overlord Hall would deploy.

Overlord Hall is a derivation of the Overlord Alliance. Apart from the Fierce Hunting Clan's people who are not among them, the strongest nine students of the original Overlord Alliance are the selected candidates for this battle.

After the Holy Academy war was established, it was immediately announced on the war list. Every student of the Sea Spiral Holy Institute could check the war list using their Identity Jade to see the details of this Holy Academy war.

Overlord Hall and Huaxia Alliance were already the focus of attention for many within the Sea Spiral Holy Institute.

Upon receiving the news that the Huaxia Alliance had left the Saint Land, almost everyone took out their Identity Jades to check the war list to see if their Holy Academy war against Overlord Hall had been formed.

Sure enough, not long after, the war list revealed the message of the Holy Academy war between the two sides.

"Tsk tsk, only nine can fight; this Overlord Hall is really crafty."

"Indeed, the biggest advantage of Huaxia Alliance is their numbers. Limiting it to nine people means Overlord Hall surely has the upper hand."

"But the Huaxia Alliance people have cultivated in the Saint Land for a hundred years; their realms must have improved a lot. I heard they all reached the World Realm."

"What? All World Realm, that's impossible, right?"

"Even if they are all World Realm, what use is it? They can only send nine people."

"Not so. Haven't you forgotten? The challenged party has the right to decide the conditions of the Holy Academy war. If the Huaxia Alliance applies for a change, wouldn't that solve it?"

"If so, then why did Overlord Hall make such a demand in the first place? They'll just end up shooting themselves in the foot if it's going to be changed."

Soon after, another piece of news spread that Overlord Hall had issued a straightforward challenge to Huaxia Alliance, daring them not to change the conditions of the Holy Academy war for a nine versus nine battle.

If the Huaxia Alliance members want to be cowards and rely on numbers to overpower the few, then let them change the conditions.

At that time, even if Overlord Hall loses, they would hold their heads high despite the defeat. If they win, Huaxia Alliance should just disband early to avoid embarrassment.

A provoking tactic.

The action of Overlord Hall in issuing their statement was very clear, exposing their intentions transparently.

Many people believed that the Huaxia Alliance would not fall for this provocation and would directly modify the conditions, allowing all their students and followers to fight.

Only in this way would the Huaxia Alliance have a chance at victory.

And only a slim chance at that!

At least in the eyes of the crowd, it was like this.

Though the Huaxia Alliance's students had cultivated in the Saint Land for a hundred years, in many people's eyes, they still fell short in many ways.

Overlord Hall's students had long entered the World Realm; their battle power was formidable, and their experience abundant.

Overlord Hall's students were exceptionally talented and were no ordinary individuals.

The Huaxia Alliance narrowly possessed the qualifications to fight Overlord Hall by relying on their numbers and location within the Saint Land.

"If that's the case, then let's fight like this." However, the Huaxia Alliance's response surprised everyone.

Strangely, the Huaxia Alliance decided to forgo their right to modify the conditions, agreeing to Overlord Hall's demand for a nine versus nine match, regardless of whether they were students or followers?

Upon realizing this, everyone found it laughable, questioning whether the Huaxia Alliance had gone insane.

The brilliance of Overlord Hall's condition lay in the limit of nine people.

The nine of them had formidable battle power and could be considered the most elite within the outer academy, with hardly any weak links.

In a nine versus nine fight, the Huaxia Alliance has no one capable of matching them.

After all, they had just broken through to the World Realm, only at the First Level of World Realm.

Even if the followers could exhibit the peak battle power of World Realm Ninth Level, could their followers match Overlord Hall's nine?

Overlord Hall's nine were students of Sea Spiral Holy Institute, paragons of talent, their strength robust.

Unless the Huaxia Alliance could deploy eight members with talents comparable to Overlord Hall's nine, with battle power to match.

But it's unlikely; if they had such talent and battle power, would they still serve as followers?

Moreover, in the Holy Academy war, it isn't possible for all nine to be followers; there must be one student among them.

Even if by a long shot, the Huaxia Alliance had followers as formidable as Overlord Hall's nine, sending eight into battle results in eight ties, and the one student competing would certainly lose.

Thus the scenario equates to Huaxia Alliance facing Overlord Hall in an eight versus nine situation!

Inevitably doomed to failure.

"How foolish, falling for such a simple provocation, giving up their right of modification!"

"Sigh, if they had modified it to allow all members on both sides to fight, they would have a fighting chance, with some probability of success. Now, it's almost devoid of any prospect of winning."

"Huaxia Alliance will regret this."

"The stakes in the Holy Academy war have been revealed, Overlord Hall aims to seize the Huaxia Alliance's cultivation grounds!"

"Should they succeed, Huaxia Alliance would lose their area to cultivate within the Sea Spiral Holy Institute and may only find a neighboring planet to practice, with sparse resources, impacting them greatly."

"This Overlord Hall is truly ruthless; such a contest is essentially cutting off their foundation."

"But have you considered that if Overlord Hall loses, their cultivation grounds will have to be used by Huaxia Alliance?"

"It's laughable, do you think Overlord Hall will lose?"

Many were silent; it was evident that they believed victory in this Holy Academy war was destined for Overlord Hall, and for Huaxia Alliance, the prospects were bleak.