EBE Chapter 109: Strength
Chapter 109: Strength
Chapter 109: Strength
Silence descended upon the pavilion. The ones closest to the aftereffects of Tianyi’s slash all felt sweat drip down the back of their necks. When they saw the black sword light near them, they felt as if time had slowed and their life past before their eyes. Only after Tianyi walked down from the stage did they feel the release of death’s shackles. They turned towards the gash with trembling bodies and saw a thin black membrane continuing to erode the cut.
One person suddenly stepped back away from the abnormal scene. Like a signal, everyone else all moved away from where Tianyi had slashed. Tianyi’s attack did not cause a single death, but that didn’t help those who felt themselves brush against death. After calming down their erratic hearts, they turned their gazes towards Tianyi. Those gazes held fear, admiration, apprehension, and veneration.
It wasn’t just those who were almost struck by Tianyi’s attack that held those emotions within their eyes but all the spectators.
“That attack, it must have reached the threshold of Unity Realm at least, right?”
“I think so...”
“Xi Tianyi only reached the Nascent Soul Realm a few months ago, right?”
“He’s not even thirty years old either!”
“Frightening, for an early Nascent Soul Grandmaster to have the power to unleash a Unity Realm threshold attack.”
“Earlier when I heard Xi Tian-Daoist Xi- said only those who have the power to unleash a Unity Realm level attack to hurt him, I thought he was bragging. But now...”
“Right, right!”
“That Dong Chifan must have some means then. Earlier, weren’t you laughing at Senior San’s choice of picking him?”
“Hmpf, he’s still just a Core Formation Master. The only thing worth mentioning is his spatial techniques. If he doesn’t have that, his martial body wouldn’t be much of a threat in a real fight. I’m more interested in Longwei.”
“You’re right. I once saw my grandfather’s friend use saber intent. That Longwei seems to have condensed his saber intent!”
“Is what you said accurate? I thought he just used a secret technique to increase his power for an instant.”
“If that really was saber intent, how old is Longwei? For him to condensed saber intent, Senior Brother He hasn’t even finished condensing his sword intent!”
“I’m not sure, but he can’t be over a hundred years of age; otherwise, he would not be able to attend this gathering.”
Tianyi wanted to stop it, but he couldn’t reach inside his inner cosmos with his hands, and his natural control of it wasn’t enough to prevent the pill from absorbing his true qi of chaos. He felt helpless, although he was the master and creator of his inner cosmos, but he didn’t have the power to prevent a thief from stealing it. If he could manifest tribulation lightning powerful enough, he would definitely teach that pill a lesson!
Tianyi even ordered his clone to do something, but the clone, having memories of how Tianyi had been bashed half to death during their first encounter, ran away instead! Tianyi wanted to spit a mouthful of blood. He had never heard of such a disobedient clone before!
In the end, when Tianyi felt that over half of his true qi of chaos had been absorbed, the pill popped out, and his wounds fully healed. The pill was pitch black, and not a hint of color could be seen. It looked like a hole in reality with how black it was. Tianyi sighed as he placed the pill back into his robes. His mother said that he should continue to feel the pill with his blood and true qi, and the payout would be worth it.
Afterward, the spars continued. But just like the previous day with the climax of Tianyi and Longwei’s “spar,” none of the following clashes of skills could attract the same attention. Tianyi himself also went up on stage a few more times and properly sparred against his opponents. He felt very satisfied, unlike during the Three Heaven’s Connection Gathering, where he kept being challenged by weirdos.
But near the end of the day, a small incident occurred.
“Junior Brother, I suggest next time you open your eyes. There are some people you can’t touch!” The speaker was a disciple of the Bright Ascenion Sect; his clothes were littered with light scratches and cuts.
And the person he was speaking to was also a disciple of the same sect and the cultivation. But his clothes were roughed, and various scratches and cuts littered his body even worse than the person standing looking down on him from above.
Rather than disciples of the same sect, the two appeared closer to archenemies, the either you die or I live type.
The fallen disciple didn’t yield in spirit and harshly glared back. “Whether I can’t touch or not, Senior Brother doesn’t have the right to decide!”
“Hmpf, then don’t blame Senior Brother for being harsh!” The disciple drew his sword and prepared to pierce his sword into the fallen disciple’s body, but a woman ran up the stage and grabbed his hand.
She only had an early Core Formation Realm cultivation and ran up the stage to prevent the senior disciple from injuring the junior disciple. She couldn’t be said to have peerless beauty, but her facial features were upright, and coupled with her milky white skin, she had a clean and pure aura.
“Senior Brother, don’t...” Tears leaked down from the girl’s face making her look pitiable.
The senior disciple softened his face and sheathed his sword before taking the girl’s hand into his own and walking down the arena. But before one final warning. “Lai Wu, this is my final warning, stay away from Weiwei.”
Lai Wu only laid there on the ground in a despondent manner. His hand stretched out towards the girl, Weiwei, but no sound came out from his mouth.
Tianyi felt his gossipy soul blaze alight. “Brother Su, help me find out what the source of the conflict is.”
Su Bojing looked surprised that Tianyi would be interested but left to gather information. After bidding Su Bojing away, Tianyi turned back towards the stage but stopped as his gaze connected to a look full of hatred.
Who else could the owner of those eyes be but Longwei? His appearance was wretched, and he sat alone with no other people near him. Despite this and his injuries not fully healed, he still had time to glare at Tianyi.
Tianyi, in response, waved back in a mocking manner.