Commanding Wind and Cloud
chapter-371

The Iron-arm Mantis Bloodline used to rank fifth among the top ten bloodline warrior families while the Griffin Bloodline constituted the three strongest branches among all, together with the Hydra Bloodline and the Titan Bloodline.

It was said that Griffin Bloodline Warriors would ascend as the all-mighty Golden Griffin King so long as they reached the Heavenly Awakening.

The fourth place went to [Silver Straight Horn] Ji Minfeng of Grade Three, coming from the Unicorn Bloodline Family, with a height of one hundred and seventy-three centimeters and an uncertain wingspan. Strength: unknown. Special fighting techniques: unknown…

"Unicorn Bloodline?" Qian Jin's hands trembled a little. The diaries of the deceased ultimate bloodline awakening warriors of the Qian Family talked a lot about the Unicorn Bloodline, holding that was it not for the limited proliferation of its descendants which stopped it from becoming a populous family, this bloodline would have long ranked first among the ten bloodline families, secondary only to the three ultimate bloodline warrior families.

The Unicorn Bloodline Warriors were in scarce existence. Generally, to have ten or a dozen among one generation could be deemed as sheer luck. Just as the legend went, the fertility of this bloodline family was as low as the unicorns in the wild.

The ancient books and the diaries of the Zence Empire, the Barbarians and the Demons all kept genuine records of the unicorn as a high-level demon beast.

Taking on the shape of a white horse, the unicorns had a spiral-shaped horn on their foreheads, an elegant, remote and candid temperament, a mild character and super demon beast's strength. However, upon being attacked, they would also display a ferocious nature, and thus stood as the nightmare for all powerful men. But their fertility was extremely low.

With time elapsing, no more stories or records about the unicorns emerged ever since, and many people thought that this species had gone extinct.

The same tragedy that befell the demon beasts seemed to have befallen the Unicorn Bloodline Family. It was said that among the Unicorn Bloodline Warriors of the last generation, only five awakened the bloodline power...

All of a sudden, Qian Jin noticed several warrior students' names from Grade One, which shocked him a lot. Some of these newly enrolled students had already got a ranking of seventh place.

[Colossus] Titan Tsemo, Grade One, Titan Bloodline Warrior, with a height of two hundred and twenty-three centimeters…

Titan Tsemo? Qian Jin blinked and doubted whether he was mistaken. He used to hear the name of Titan Tsemo during his time in the Qian Family, which was crowned as one of the Dual Geniuses of Titans Bloodline Family of this generation.

As a young warrior from the Titan Bloodline Family who had won the attention of the Qians, he must have enormous potential and capabilities.

"Dear Principal, you are really amazing." Qian Jin raised his head and uttered this acclamation. Usually, the force with which the Punitive Expedition Academy held a close relationship was the Griffin Bloodline Family. But this time, the Principal managed to have Titan Tsemo enrolled in her school with her amazing abilities.

Each of the top ten bloodline warrior family boasted a strong sense of honor and pride, upholding the goal of crushing the other nine bloodline warrior families and eventually defeating the three ultimate bloodline warriors. In this case, they wouldn't tolerate joining an academy which had already allied with another family.

However, Titan Tsemo, coming from the Titan Bloodline Family, registered at the Punitive Expedition Academy.

"Sure I am." Instead of showing the stereotyped modesty, Isabella raised her delicate and lofty chin slightly. "I have made up my mind to win the coming New Generation Warrior and Mage Competition. The ranking of Punitive Expedition Academy bears will increase indefinitely."

Looking over the pamphlet, Qian Jin couldn't stop wearing a bitter smile and nodding his head. Though he wasn't sure of the genuine strength of these bloodline warriors, the introduction about them as recorded in the pamphlet was really intriguing. However, the other warrior academies were also nurturing their own bloodline warriors, and it was impossible to predict who would be the champion until they made a real fight against each other.

"Plankton Bloodline…" Qian Jin again flashed a light out of his eyes, as he saw the name of one the Plankton Bloodline Warriors among the top fifteen. He felt speechless at the ranking of this Plankton Bloodline Warrior, who came from a bloodline family which didn't stand out in quantity nor quality of bloodline power.

"Top fifteen?" Isabella once again leaned on her chair and crossed her arms over her chest. "In some days, his ranking might ascend. Generally, people regard the Plankton Bloodline as the weakest, though they might gather stronger power under the water. It is really surprising for him to have such a rank."

"The Thunder Eel Bloodline ranks only twentieth?" Qian Jin shook the pamphlet in his hand and chuckled. There were limited bloodlines related to the aquatics, among which the Plankton ranked at the bottom level. However, the Eel Bloodline stood as a notable one, especially for the Thunder Eel Bloodline Fighting Technique which was said to be capable of emitting electric currents and was thus regarded as the strongest aquatic bloodline.

"The ones ranking top possess incredible power, making those ranking below weak." Isabella picked up the cup of coffee placed on the table and took a light sip. "The Thunder Eel Bloodline is relatively eye-catching."

The ninety-ninth ranking was occupied by [Water Boss] Kaweli Bloodthirsty Shark Bloodline Warrior, who had a height of one hundred and ninety-two centimeters and a wingspan of one hundred and ninety-five centimeters.

The last one of the Hundred Battle Ranking List went to [Son of Wind] Tence Matten.

Qian Jin was fully drawn to the last one in the Hundred Battle Ranking List. [Son of Wind] Tence Matten? It was really unimaginable that the young warrior who worked as his tour guide today was the last bearer of the Hundred Battle Ranking List.

"[Son of Wind] Tence Matten." Isabella rose up, lifted up her curving backsides and sat on the table. Contrasted with her skirt, her legs appeared extremely slender, fair and elastic. "He has been ranked last on the Hundred Battle Ranking List ever since the list came into existence. However many changes there took place in the Hundred Battle Ranking List, his ranking remains the same, just like the one in the first place, Linguan Skylan."

To remain at the bottom wasn't any easier than maintaining the first place. The challenges for first place were few, as no one had the guts or abilities to dream of becoming the champion without defeating the person ranked second.

However, things were different for the one-hundredth ranked spot. The resources one could get before and after squeezing into the Hundred Battle Ranking List had too big a gap, in that even the last one in the Hundred Battle Ranking List would be granted much more resources than those of the first winner of the Young Talent Ranking List.

Generally, to defeat the person ranked last on the Hundred Battle Ranking List might be easily attainable, which had thus become a goal of many. However, the last place of the Hundred Battle Ranking List had been occupied by [Son of Wind] Tence Matten from the very beginning.

Qian Jin wondered whether the [Son of Wind] Tence Matten was doing it on purpose, or for remaining a low key. However, to remain in last place didn't accord with the goal of remaining a low key. To Qian Jin, it was more likely that he was trying to leave others a mysterious impression by having his name listed on the Hundred Battle Ranking List, though with the last ranking.

"Get the Challenge Plate in order to challenge the Hundred Battle Ranking List within one week, or else…" Isabella pointed to the gate of the school, "You will just have to get out of here and return to your Torrent Battle Fort."

The Challenge Plate? Qian Jin looked at the illustration of the Challenge Plate in the pamphlet and felt a sense of familiarity.

Every warrior student in the academy would be given a plate from the school. Those who already possessed some plates would be given no more pieces, while those who lost their plates would be given a new one.

Anyone who had collected three plates would have the right to challenge the bottom ten places in the Young Talent Ranking List. If he successfully took over one of the plates from the bottom ten warriors, he would be empowered to challenge anyone up to ten ranks ahead of the loser.

If the loser of the battle was one of the top fifty spot holders of the Young Talent Ranking List, the winner would be given the right to challenge the last ten rankings in the Hundred Battle Ranking List. Of course, they could continue challenging those ranking before them in the Young Talent Ranking List, as the Young Talent Ranking List also conducted the allocation of resources in line with the rankings.

This looked so familiar to him. Qian Jin felt for his brows, and lifted up his head to look at Isabella in surprise, "Dear Principal, did one of your relatives assume the post of the Principal in Oakland Mage and Warrior Academy?"

"Alas? How do you know this?" Isabella chuckled and answered, showing no surprise or curiosity at all, as if she had already guessed this, "That is one of my distant relatives."

That was it… Qian Jin shook his head. Though he had heard about the list of top ten talents formulated by other academies, today was his first time seeing such a meticulous listing as done by Punitive Expedition Academy, from which he extracted some inklings of the old Principal.

"This is your plate." Isabella shook her wrist softly and threw the plate at Qian Jin. "Remember that you only have seven days."

Seven days? Qian Jin took a sigh. But since he had made up his mind to stay in Punitive Expedition Academy, he would try all means to achieve his goals. As it seemed that this female Principal attached heavy importance to the students' strength, there was no need for him to hide his strength. What was left for him to do was challenging the members of the Hundred Battle Ranking List one by one. He started to wonder how strong Linguan Skylan could be.

"Gabriella, what about dining together tonight." Qian Jin took the plate and walked out of the door with Gabriella. "By the way, I want to discuss the magic core I just gave you."

"No problem." Gabriella kept nodding her head while walking outside.

Isabella wore a faint smile on the face and wondered why Gabriella, who remained remote to all, got along with Qian Jin so intimately.

"One more thing, boy." Isabella looked at Qian Jin who happened to turn back and pointed at Gabriella at her back. "Someone reminded me to say thank you to you."

Qian Jin felt shocked for a short moment and then nodded his head. It turned out that the generally greedy and mean Principal had met with Gloria, or else she couldn't have treated Gabriella so nice and generous. The existence of Gloria was the best motive pushing the Principal to treat Gabriella as nice as she could.

Dusk had finally arrived after the one hundred laps punishment and the talk. Qian Jin looked up at the sun and made a gesture at Gabriella inviting her to dine together. Gabriella hurriedly walked toward the school gate.

It was at dusk. Everywhere on the campus, you could see crowds of warrior and mage students, who hung and around after accomplishing a whole day's study.

Qian Jin found that though the Principal had drawn two confronting camps of the mage division and the warrior division in the academy, there were still a large number of medley groups on the campus. Well, the influences of the well-known families were really unpredictable, to push certain groups to serve as the retinue to other groups.