Editor: Anuv
“ *Bang—* ”
Su Yu’s white, smooth, and creamy right hand slowly reached out. With a faint flushed palm, a voice that was akin to a ferocious beast stepping on the heavens resonated.
“ *Boom—* ”
Su Yu took a step forward. Although she was still a charming and graceful woman, her steps sounded like that of a ferocious beast!
A serious and envious expression appeared in the eyes of all the students as they looked at the scene. Su Yu had obviously urged her Secret Art of Body Tempering, the Astral Body to the extreme. Such an attack was definitely as powerful as a bolt of lightning!
It was likely that the outcome of the battle between the two parties would be decided at this moment!
Wang Mo’s face was filled with nervousness, while Liu Qingmeng, who had always been full of confidence in Ye Chong, also had a much grave expression on her face. After all, Su Yu’s strength was not something an ordinary noble clan’s younger generation could handle. Even the students of the Great Zhou Dynasty’s two martial houses would not be able to match up to the disciples of the Xingxiang Sect.
“Younger Brother Ye Zhong, if you can take on this move of mine, I will agree to your conditions!”
Su Yu took another step forward. This time, the huge Feihong Platform seemed to be buzzing. She smiled sweetly at Ye Zhong. However, that gentle smile had a hint of fierceness.
“ *Woosh—* ”
As she finished her sentence, Su Yu’s figure flashed like a ghost towards Ye Zhong. She struck out with her palm, and the fierce power that was coursing through her body converged through her fair and tender palm, and mercilessly struck towards Ye Zhong.
“Phenomena Swallowing Palm—”[1]
The violent palm was like a gust of wind, blowing against Ye Zhong’s clothes. However, even in the face of such violent attacks, Ye Zhong’s expression was still indifferent, without the slightest hint of panic.
“Brother Ye Zhong, aren’t you giving me more face? You don’t even know how to be afraid?” Su Yu was also taken aback by Ye Zhong’s indifference. She started laughing, but her movements quickened her pace.
“Actually, I’m quite scared!”
Ye Zhong looked at the incoming palm and smiled. In the next instant, he raised his right hand and pointed in front of him.
“Unreturned Sword!”
“ *Swish—* ”
As Ye Zhong thought of this, an aura as sharp as an unsheathed sword emerged suddenly from his body. The moment Ye Zhong pointed his finger, the violent sharp aura condensed together in that instant.
“What kind of Spiritual Secret Art of Body Tempering did this kid cultivate!?” On the other side Mo Hai and the instructors watched the scene with astonishment in their eyes. Although Ye Zhong’s Spiritual Secret Art of Body Tempering was not as domineering as Su Yu’s Astral Body. But, it was like a hidden sharp sword, displaying its peerlessness at the final moment!
“Is it actually a low-grade Common-rank Attack Spiritual Secret Art? The Unreturned Sword!?”
At that moment, cries of surprise and laughter could be heard from the audience as well. Against an opponent like Su Yu, Ye Zhong had actually used a move under the Feihong Martial House, probably with only a few people willing to look through the low-grade Common-rank Attack Spiritual Secret Art? He’s joking!
Ye Zhong did not urge the Spiritual Qi that was circulating within his body, but the one that was flowing out of his body like a stream filling a pond, gathering at the index finger that he pointed out. At that moment, Ye Zhong’s finger had already gathered all his potential and power. The finger was no longer an ordinary finger attack, but a sharp sword!
This was just a low-grade Common-rank Attack Spiritual Secret Art. No student would even bother looking through it. Now that it was executed by Ye Zhong, it was like a cyan blade-edge being unsheathed, and the sword Qi was terrifying!
The finger attack, under Su Yu’s slightly changing gaze, collided with her palm attack and instantly collided fiercely!
“ *Bang—* ”
A low and muffled explosion took place within the arena. A cyan and a red light fiercely collided eyeball-to-eyeball with each other. The shockwave caused the surrounding field shaking.
Regardless of what thoughts they had in mind before, their gazes were all gathered at the point where the palm and finger met. At that spot, cyan and red lights flickered, and soon after, the two bodies parted upon contact, before each taking a few steps back.
“Impressive—”
Mo Hai heaved a sigh of relief as a complicated look flashed across his eyes. These two brats both had cultivations below the Nines Layer of Body Tempering and had yet to step into the Innate Martial Dao Realm to cultivate Spiritual Power. But even so, the physical strength of these two was strong enough! The thing that surprised him the most was Ye Zhong. With his Third Layer of Body Tempering strength, he was actually able to fight against Su Yu, who was at the Fourth Layer of Body Tempering, to such an extent! With such talent and body, he could be called a monstrous genius!
Two figures were standing on the Feihong Platform at this moment. They were vaguely facing each other. One of them had a charming smile on her face while the other had a calm expression.
Could it be? Was this a draw!?
Everyone looked at each other. They all thought that the final outcome would be decided in that fierce clash, and Ye Zhong would definitely not be a match for this female disciple from the Xingxiang Sect.
However, both sides actually had a draw!?
When did Ye Zhong become so strong that it was hard to imagine!?
At this moment, an unbelievable feeling surfaced in quite a lot of people’s hearts, causing them to feel as though they had lost all strength and were unable to breathe.
While everyone was astonished to the point of disbelief, on the Feihong Platform, Su Yu’s beautiful smile suddenly turned somewhat pale. When she saw her body tremble slightly, she took half a step back and a trace of blood flowed out from the corner of her mouth.
A small amount of blood trickled out of the corner of Su Yu’s mouth. Her charming face added an aura that caused people to feel even more pity for her. However, at that moment, no one was surprised by her appearance and temperament. Instead, all of their expressions instantly changed!
Su Yu lost!?
Looking at Su Yu’s bleeding mouth and Ye Zhong’s calm face, no matter how incredulous the crowd was, they could not help but admit that the battle had finally come to a conclusion!
“How is this possible!?”
“Ye Zhong actually won!?”
“Oh my god! That Senior Sister of the Xingxiang Sect is at the Fourth Layer of Body Tempering!”
“This is crazy! This is crazy!”
Below the platform, countless people were in shock, as if they had lost their souls. Such an outcome made everyone feel as if they were in a dream. It was unbelievable that Ye Zhong was so strong!
Wang Mo and Liu Qingmeng were both excited. They had confidence in Ye Zhong from the beginning, and Ye Zhong did not let them down.
“It’s actually Ye Zhong who won!?” When Mo Hai and the rest saw this scene, they felt their scalps go slightly numb. Such a monstrous genius actually appeared in the Feihong Martial House. Why didn’t they notice it earlier?
To be able to defeat a Fourth Layer of Body Tempering expert from the Xingxiang Sect, even half of the instructors in the Feihong Martial House wouldn’t be his match, right?
Ye Zhong stared at the pale-faced Su Yu on the platform, then suddenly smiled lightly and said, “Senior Sister Su Yu, I don’t think we need to fight anymore, right?”
Su Yu raised her head and stared intently at Ye Zhong, a strange look flashing across her eyes. Ye Zhong’s strength was beyond her expectations.
“What kind of Body Tempering Spiritual Secret Art do you cultivate?” After a moment of hesitation, Su Yu asked this question.
“Oh, does Senior Sister interest in the Tyrant Body Secret Art of our Spiritual Secret Arts Pavilion?” Ye Zhong smiled.
The Tyrant Body Secret Art was a low-grade Common-rank Spiritual Secret Art. Basically, everyone had seen it. Hearing Ye Zhong’s words, Su Yu knew that Ye Zhong would not speak the truth. She rolled her eyes at him and said lightly: “You win!”
“ *Woosh—* ”
The moment she finished her sentence, Su Yu casually flung out two beams of light in Ye Zhong’s direction.
Ye Zhong raised his eyebrows slightly, and with a wave of his right hand, he kept the two beams of light into his palm. He looked through them and found two half-palm-sized plates floating in the center of his palm. The two tag plates had the same design. On the body, there were a word “Heaven’s Roar” (啸天: xiàotiān) above the big “Xiang” character (象), and the specks of starlight surrounding. However, one of them was golden while the other was silver.
“This is?” Ye Zhong tossed the two tag plates in his hands around and asked.[2]
The corners of the eyes of many knowledgeable students twitched when they saw his actions. They were almost unable to hold back and rushed up the platform to snatch it away.
“These are our Xingxiang Sect’s Spirit Value Tokens. That golden piece represents an Inner Disciple status and that silver piece represents an Outer Disciple status. From now on, you are our Xingxiang Sect’s disciple!” Su Yu casually took out a Medicinal Pill and swallowed it before smiling at Ye Zhong.
“Spirit Value Token?” Ye Zhong smiled, and with a flip of his hand, stored the gold piece into the Universe Ring. He flicked the other one, and under the envious and resentful gaze of the crowd, the silver Spirit Value Token flew towards Wang Mo.
Wang Mo extended his hand and grabbed the Spiritual Value Token in front of countless gazes. Excitement is all that can be seen on his face. Although his clan was considered strong, with his status in the clan, he didn’t have the qualifications to enter the Xingxiang Sect. However, Ye Zhong relied on his astounding performance and forcibly won a spot for himself as an Outer Disciple of the Xingxiang Sect. One had to know that even if it was an Outer Disciple spot, the great clans would still fight for it with all their might in the past.
“Thank you, Senior Sister Su Yu!” When Wang Mo accepted the Spirit Value Token, Ye Zhong cupped his hands and greeted Su Yu respectfully.
Su Yu wrinkled her straight nose and snorted, “You guys can go and report to Wanxiang City yourselves. I still have a mission to complete for the sect.”[3]
As she was saying that, Su Yu turned to leave, but the moment she turned around, she seemed to have thought of something. She turned around and glanced at Ye Zhong, and a seductive smile appeared on her face, “Oh right, little Junior Brother Ye Zhong, are you interested in earning some Spirit Value with me?”
TL notes:
[1] The “phenomena” was derived from one Chinese character of the “Xingxiang” sect’s name, also one same character of the “Four Symbols” or the “Four Phenomena”.
[2] This is what the tag plate looks like: https://imgur.com/ugisKOy
[3] 万象 (wànxiàng) literally means “myriad phenomena”.