Tang Zhong discovered that he seemed unable to approach the Heart of the Wild Stone, but now the Dragon-breaking Staff seemed able to.

On the golden Dragon-breaking Staff, there erupted a golden yellow light.

The Heart of the Wild Stone was already closer to the Dragon-breaking Staff.

Initially, Tang Zhong hoped to absorb the Heart of the Wild Stone himself, but now it wasn’t possible. Fortunately, now the Dragon-breaking Staff was absorbing it, and that was acceptable!

Sure enough, countless rays of light released from the Heart of the Wild Stone directly enveloped the Dragon-breaking Staff.

Once the light entered the body of the Dragon-breaking Staff, it was completely absorbed.

Afterward, the Dragon-breaking Staff began to grow larger!

The Dragon-breaking Staff was originally the weapon of his master Dragon, and now it resonated with Tang Zhong’s mind and spirit, so Tang Zhong could naturally feel that the Dragon-breaking Staff was getting stronger.

He felt a bit troubled, as the power of the Heart of the Wild Stone was a great supplement, but he couldn’t absorb it himself—it could only be given to the weapon!

"Ah!"

The entire power of the Heart of the Wild Stone was infused into the Dragon-breaking Staff!

Immediately, the Dragon-breaking Staff gleamed with golden light!

Tang Zhong reached out and grabbed the Dragon-breaking Staff in his palm, then swung it forward!

A sharp golden blade shot out toward the cave wall ahead.

That blade went forth!

Boom, the so-called cave wall was directly shattered into fragments.

With that strike, Tang Zhong found himself still in the current state.

He was overjoyed; the power of the Dragon-breaking Staff had returned to normal!

Now, even if he met someone stronger than himself, he might be able to fight.

After that, Tang Zhong stowed away the Dragon-breaking Staff.

The biggest gain this time was this, and who knows if there are other treasures in the Spring Autumn Pavilion!

Now there’s still time for the Spring Autumn Pavilion trials, and Tang Zhong has to make haste!

But in the following Spring Autumn Pavilion trials, Tang Zhong gained nothing.

Only some ordinary wild stones.

Of course, Tang Zhong absorbed all these wild stones himself, leaving nothing for the Dragon-breaking Staff!

Soon.

The Spring Autumn Pavilion trials ended.

Tang Zhong followed the other Spring Autumn Academy students and left the Spring Autumn Pavilion!

A massive light gate vortex appeared above the dome!

The Spring Autumn Pavilion opens for a limited time, and when the time is up, the light vortex will absorb humans not belonging inside the Spring Autumn Pavilion!

Tang Zhong was now together with many Spring Autumn Pavilion students.

However, those students looked at Tang Zhong coming out with fear in their eyes, unable to believe what they saw.

One must know that even before entering the Spring Autumn Pavilion, there were many rumors outside that this person named Yi Zhong was doomed!

First, Peng Chaolin had a grudge with this person, and then this person offended the Star Sword Association!

So they said he was absolutely doomed.

And now seeing Tang Zhong still alive, everyone was stunned.

And they couldn’t believe it!

Maybe this guy hid well and wasn’t caught by the enemy.

"What luck, truly!"

"If only I had such luck, that would be great!"

People nearby were all staring at Tang Zhong.

But Tang Zhong didn’t care at all!

At this moment, the giant rotating light in the sky tore open, followed by a strong pulling force.

Tang Zhong felt his body now rising lightly.

He slung the Dragon-breaking Staff on his back.

Then he flew up.

Not just him, others, too, rose up with him.

Soon, everyone entered the rotating light gate.

The next second, Tang Zhong felt a brightness ahead.

When he opened his eyes, he had already left the Spring Autumn Pavilion and now stood in the Spring Autumn Academy square.

Just as Tang Zhong opened his eyes, Ding rushed over: "Yi Zhong bro, are you okay!"

Tang Zhong shook his head and said, "I’m fine!"

"I was so worried; I thought something would happen to you. I heard that Star Sword Association sent Liu Feng, one of Peng Chaolin’s men, against you. I searched for you in the Spring Autumn Pavilion for a long time but couldn’t find you; seeing you safe now, I’m so happy!" Ding said excitedly.

He was very grateful to Tang Zhong. If it weren’t for Tang Zhong, he might have been killed by Lin Long and Lin Hu inside, and Tang Zhong also helped him achieve his first gain from the Spring Autumn Pavilion trials—a wild stone. For so many years, he’d never gotten anything from the Spring Autumn Pavilion trials, always coming back empty-handed.

But this time, he gained a wild stone!

Before Ding could finish speaking, Qin Chuchu also ran over, looking Yi Zhong up and down: "You... you’re alright!"

"Why would anything happen to me!" Tang Zhong grinned.

"I was scared to death; it’s good you’re alright!" Qin Chuchu said.

"What, you wished something happened to me?" Tang Zhong countered.

"Of course not, I just didn’t want anything to happen to you. If something did, I wouldn’t know what to do. After all, you’re considered my friend!" Qin Chuchu replied.

Tang Zhong said, "Being your friend, I’m truly lucky!"

Qin Chuchu laughed.

"How did you manage to evade their pursuit?" Qin Chuchu asked Tang Zhong with curiosity.

"I remember all those people were from the Star Sword Association. I saw so many from the Association chasing you. At the time, I was really worried about you. Seeing you’re safe now, I’m just so happy!"

Tang Zhong couldn’t very well say he had killed Liu Feng!

But Tang Zhong hasn’t explained yet, suddenly, a large group of people approached Tang Zhong’s direction.

Looking closely at these people, they were all from the Star Sword Association, coming with an aggressive aura, certainly for other matters!

"Yi Zhong... where’s Liu Feng?"

"Yi Zhong, you better speak up!"

A large group from the Star Sword Association shouted towards Tang Zhong.

Some from the Star Sword Association also entered the Spring Autumn Pavilion, led by Liu Feng. Normally, when the Star Sword Association enters the Spring Autumn Pavilion, they return safely. But this time, something strange happened, and many from the Star Sword Association did not return, including Liu Feng.

This made the whole Star Sword Association upset because they remembered Liu Feng and others had gone to kill someone named Yi Zhong.

So now they’ve come straight to Yi Zhong, wanting to find out what happened.

Ding and Qin Chuchu saw the Star Sword Association people coming and showed no fear towards them. Inside the Spring Autumn Pavilion trials, they may have been very scared, but here, they felt no fear because this is the Academy, and no matter how fierce they are, they wouldn’t dare to start killing.

"What are you doing?"

"You’re asking about members of the Star Sword Association, aren’t you joking? How could we possibly know where your people are!"

The leader of the Star Sword Association ignored the two and turned to Tang Zhong, saying: "Tell me, Yi Zhong, what happened, where are Liu Feng and his people?"