Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“This Jing Yan is reckless, indeed!”
“Exactly. How dare he accept Brother Tianlong’s challenge? He really has no idea who he is, does he?”
“In three months, almost all the young warriors in the family will attend the family’s Great Competition. Then, everyone will get to witness Brother Tianlong one-shot Jing Yan.”
After Jing Tianlong and his group left Jing Yan’s yard, the Jing Clan warriors following him all started kissing Jing Tianlong’s *ss.
“Tianlong, why did you give Jing Yan three months? The way I see it, we might as well force him to accept the challenge today. If he refused, we could simply make him kneel and bow to apologize.” Jing Yuqin sounded a little disappointed.
She had planned to humiliate Jing Yan on the spot, but now, she had to wait for another three months. If Jing Tianlong hadn’t agreed to the deal, she would have jumped in to stop it.
Jing Tianlong gave Jing Yuqin an expressionless glance.
“You don’t understand!” Jing Tianlong slightly shook his head.
“Over the past ten years, Jing Yan has been the top genius of the Jing Clan. Of our entire city, actually. Although his rank has fallen recently, and some people now have a poor opinion of him, many in the Jing Clan still have expectations for him.” Jing Tianlong’s tone was flat and calm.
He was suggesting that among the senior Jing Clan members, especially the Elders, some still had hope for Jing Yan.
“Jing Yan has been showing signs of regaining his rank. I know that last month’s test showed that his rank was at the Third Heaven, but this month it’s reached the Sixth Heaven. At that speed, it won’t take long before his rank goes back up to Precelestial. By then, it would be challenging to stop him.”
“Three months, however, won’t be enough for him to regain his Precelestial rank. Nobody on the continent could do that. As long as he isn’t a Precelestial, he will be nothing to me. Crushing him in front of the numerous Jing Clan warriors will make his Mind of Dao lose balance. If I succeed, he will probably never be able to reach the Precelestial rank for the rest of his life,” Jing Tianlong said. His words showed that his heart was the darkest of all.
He was well aware of the importance of the Mind of Dao to a warrior.
In history, many talented warriors had lost their status and become mediocre after one big failure due to the instability of their Mind of Dao. There had been too many examples of this.
“I think I understand now,” Jing Yuqin said, eyes glistening.
“Okay, now you guys can go spread the news that in three months, Jing Yan and I will have a fight at the family’s Great Competition,” Jing Tianlong said, turning his gaze to those behind him.
“Yes!”
“We will go do that now.”
They left instantly, heading in different directions.
…
In Jing Yan’s little yard.
“Jing Yan, are you alright?” The Fourth Elder, Jing Tianying, came over as soon as his guard told him what had happened. He was glad to see that Jing Yan was safe.
“I’m fine. But in three months, I will fight with Jing Tianlong,” Jing Yan said with a smile.
“What? You and Jing Tianlong?”
Jing Tianying was shocked by the news.
He knew very well how strong Jing Tianlong was.
Besides, Jing Yan only had three months to prepare. If it was three years, Jing Yan might still have a shot. But what could he possibly do within three months?
Jing Yan was currently at the Sixth Heaven of martial arts. Three months from now, it would be incredibly extraordinary if he had risen to the Seventh or the Eighth Heaven. But how was he supposed to fight with Jing Tianlong at a rank like that?
“Fourth Elder, taking the challenge was my only choice.” Jing Yan let out a tired sigh. “But, it won’t be that easy for Jing Tianlong to make me his step stool!”
“Well…” Jing Tianying had knitted his white eyebrows so tightly that they seemed to be tangled together. He studied Jing Yan for a long while before he let out a sigh and continued, “Then I don’t want to interrupt you. Jing Yan, I will let the Patriarch know about this.”
Jing Tianying turned around and left.
Now Jing Yan was alone in his room.
“Three months… That’s a lot of pressure, indeed!” Jing Yan said, his eyes lighting up.
Jing Yan took out the Soul Crystal, and something brilliant flashed across his face.
“Jing Tianlong, you will regret giving me the three months. We will meet again soon!” The corners of Jing Yan’s lips pulled up into a smile as his Vital Qi started surging through his body.
Hunkering on the bed, Jing Yan launched the Arch of Heaven.
The energy inside the Soul Crystal instantly flooded into Jing Yan’s body.
The power within the Soul Crystal was so terrifyingly strong!
Using Soul Crystals for cultivation was considered a luxury for Precelestials, let alone for Sixth Heaven warriors like Jing Yan. Even a Low-ranking Soul Crystal was incredibly valuable.
One day later.
“This is the screening shield, the last obstacle!”
Jing Yan could feel the shield within him. He knew breaking through it would be the last step for him to enter the Seventh Heaven.
As long as he could break that shield, he would be at the Seventh Heaven.
Using the strength of the Arch of Heaven, Jing Yan was devouring the power from the Soul Crystal. Part of the energy replenished Jing Yan’s Vital Qi, and the rest he directed to strike the martial arts shield between the Sixth and the Seventh Heaven.
Boom!
Boom, boom, boom!
As he guided the power to strike the shield again and again, the adamant shield started to tremble.
Jing Yan concentrated his entire awareness on breaking the shield. At this moment, he couldn’t risk being distracted at all. If he failed to break through the shield, it would be a massive waste of both time and the Soul Crystal’s energy.
Failure would require that Jing Yan take a long time to recover and regain enough energy to launch a second attempt to break the shield. The recovery process alone would take more than three months.
So, success was Jing Yan’s only option. Failing was out of the question. Time was the most valuable resource he had right now.
“Almost there!” Jing Yan sensed.
“Wait, what’s that feeling? No, that’s not good!” Jing Yan frowned as he felt a sudden burning pain inside his martial arts veins and vessels.
The Soul Crystal was too powerful. He had absorbed too much energy from it within such a short time.
In other words, if it hadn’t been for the Arch of Heaven, Jing Yan would have exploded a while ago. He was only at the Sixth Heaven. Even Precelestial warriors probably wouldn’t dare to absorb a Soul Crystal’s energy like that.
“D*mn it… The Soul Crystal is just too powerful!” Jing Yan tried his best to control the power in his martial arts veins and vessels that seemed about to burst.
He was pushing the Arch of Heaven to the very edge of his current abilities. He still wasn’t experienced enough when it came to the Arch of Heaven. He had only learned the basics of its use.
“Ah!” Jing Yan could feel the blood surging upward into his face, and he could feel the pressure building up in his head as if his nose was about to start oozing blood. His whole body was trembling. The pain of his martial arts veins and vessels screaming to break was so intense that he could barely endure it.
If there had been someone else watching him, that person would have been so startled by Jing Yan’s appearance.
Around Jing Yan, ripples of Vital Qi formed that were powerful enough to grind rocks into powder. The part of Jing Yan’s bed that came into contact with those ripples turned into ashes.
This was horrifying!