"No! He's not flying but floating or rather gliding! He's making use of the forces of the wind to pull off this incredible feat, his talent for the Wind is not inferior to that Dai Lin's talent for Lightning." Fei Tan replied as he stood beside Xuan Lie.
"When did Shu'er advance his jade wind arts? What is this Dark Jade Wind? Did he customize it himself?" Xiang Tian asked puzzledly.
The Golden Dragon Empire, Midnight Temple, Southern Wasteland and other major influences each continued to observe the scene with surprised looks on their faces, while the woman in white robes observed silently.
Zang Xu, Xia Rou, Ye Wang, Wuqi Shouzhi, Feng Yu, Dai Lin, Hui Ying, Xin Qing and the southern wasteland youth each had a profound expression as they felt a strange power surrounding Xiang Shu's form.
Feng Junling who had been observing for a while now finally shook his head and an intense light shone in his eyes as he spoke, "I am certain now... after seeing his use of their family technique and feeling this presence shrouding his form."
As the individuals and influences continued with their thoughts, the battle scene was about to shake up wildly.
Xuan Bei who had now been forced to stop his movement technique looked up at the hovering form of Xiang Shu in shock and anger.
"You damn coward! Get down here now!" He roared and started to gather his strength to perform his
Bang! His bright fiery initial stage 9 Tier Body Training essence-energies burst forth surrounding his entire form, soon flowing towards his finger which he aimed towards Xiang Shu who was hovering in the sky like a hawk looking at its prey.
As Xiang Shu saw Xuan Bei's technique, he looked down calmly at Xuan Bei's form as he stretched his palm out and spoke indifferently.
"Dark Jade Wind Arts: Dark Wind Palm!" Xiang Shu yelled as clusters of dark wind energies began to gather from the surrounding environment. Including the dark clouds scattered about, soon, his palm became covered in dark-windy energy which he launched towards Xuan Bei while remaining hovering in the air.
Swoosh! A terrifying wind pressure shot towards Xuan Bei, filled with a cold and dark energy that seemed capable of draining the life of all living things.
Xuan Bei feeling this energy was shocked, he quickly finished gathering his power into his flaming finger and fired the essence-energies towards Xiang Shu's form.
"Bright Fire Serpent Arts: Flaming Finger!" He roared as the bright fire essence-energies rushed towards Xiang Shu's attack quickly colliding with the assault.
Bang! An explosion followed soon after which scattered many bright flames within the region of the golden square burning around the entire battle platform, the dark and chilly winds further added to the fire causing a chilly blaze to expand around the platform.
Xuan Bei stood within the center of these flames with a dark expression as he tried to fight off this cold burning aura, he then raised his head still saw Xiang Shu's form that floated proudly in the air.
"You son of a bitch! I dare you to get down here and..." Before he could finish his words suddenly his vision began to get blurry, as his footsteps started to grow unstable, blood could be seen flowing from the corner of his lips.
"What, what's going on?" Xuan Bei asked in a panic, as he seemed to have no idea what just happened. Soon, he could only feel a chilliness growing inside of his body.
"You want to know what's happening inside, don't you?" A dark and chilly voice coming from behind Xuan Bei said.
Xuan Bei looked as around in shock, as he saw Xiang Shu's form that now stood behind him and the after image that was hovering above the sky slowly fading away.
"When did you---?" Xuan Bei felt so shocked he couldn't even think straight and began to ask a different question, however before he could finish another stunning scene happened.
Puchi! The sound of flesh being pierced through resounded throughout the battle platform.
Pat. Pat. Droplets of blood could be seen falling onto the ground from the tip of the finger belonging to hand that was plunged through the heart of Xuan Bei from behind.
Xuan Bei tried to move his head to look at the form again, but his life had already started to fade away, and he could speak in a soft, lifeless tone, "I... how could I fall here? How can you... do... this?"
As he spoke up to here, the hand that was plunged into his back was violently removed.
Puchi! Puff! The instant it was removed, a wave of blood then shot towards the sky soon scattering around Xuan Bei's entire form.
Thud! He collapsed on the floor losing all signs of life, as his blood trickled about slowly spreading across the battle stage.
The spectators which included the common practitioners, chosen candidates and major influences looked at this scene in shock.
Xiang Shu who now stood silently within the field waved his bloodied arm flashing off all the blood onto Xuan Bei's corpse as he spoke in an emotionless and indifferent manner, "You ask too many questions! So just die already..."
As he said this, he turned his back to Xuan Bei's corpse and looked towards the Ancient Dragon with a strange light shining at the depths of his eyes.
Flash! A flash of light occurred soon sending both forms away to their current positions, only this time the corpse of Xuan Bei was sent directly towards Madam Xuan and Xuan Lie.
"Bei... Bei child!" Madam Xuan broke into tears as she saw the dead body of Xuan Bei, which now appeared before her.
"Ahh!" Her voice reached towards the sky as she grabbed his clothes and sobbed in a miserable state.
Xuan Lie eyes shone with a cold light as he looked at Fei Tan and spoke, "Tend to my wife…"
"Yes! Your Excellency..." Fei Tan replied as he moved beside Madam Xuan and started to comfort her while looking at Xuan Bei's corpse with pity. A strange light then flickered in his eyes for a short moment before vanishing.
Xuan Lie looked towards the form of Xiang Shu who stood quietly and indifferently on the outer square.
"Do you know what you've done?" He said in a deep voice that spread coldness to any who listened.
Xiang Shu smiled and responded, "I've claimed a token from a useless talent and have now become the first to advance as a Pseudo Chosen! Is something wrong?"
The crowd hearing his words were stunned, even the top-class chosen candidates along with Feng Yu, Hui Ying, and Dai Lin looked towards him with a different light.
Huan Mang smiled with a cold light shining at the depths of his eyes as he saw the scene before him, as the town lord and his wife looked on with shocked gazes.
Xiang Tian who heard this was suddenly awoken from him dazed state as he muttered in a flurried manner.
"Oh, Shit! What has this stupid brat done? I have to stop it now!" he said as he looked towards the extremely angered Xuan Lie and sputtered.
"Your Honoured Excellency! Please forgive this foolish brat of mine as he does not know what he's saying! I would like to take this chance to make an announcement! Xiang Shu! From this day forward, we are no longer father and son, you will have nothing to do with the Xiang Family ever again!" Xiang Tian roared with all his heart, the major influential characters who heard his words looked with a hint of pity in their eyes as a few had gazes filled with schadenfreude.
"Your son? Good! Good! Good!" Xuan Lie replied derisively.
Xiang Tian instantly felt that the situation was not right he wanted to speak once more but soon was interrupted by Xuan Lie's next words.
"I Bright Flame King! Will swear to you that from this day forward there will be no Xiang Clan within the entirety of the Bright Flame Kingdom!" Xuan Lie roared in a deep voice.
Swoosh! A dark wind blew as a striking tension filled the air, as the night continued to grow darker and the battles continued...
Chapter 60
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The Ten Pseudo Chosen, Brothers Conflict!
With the rise of Xiang Shu claiming the Pseudo Chosen Title, so followed the remaining top-class geniuses. The battles were i
ntense as most of these individuals were of the same league of strength. However, only a few individuals were proven to stand far above the pack.
Feng Yu, Dai Lin, Hui Ying, Xin Qing, Zang Xu, Xia Rou, Ye Wang, Wuqi Shouzhi, and the southern wasteland youth each defeated all of their opponents with relative ease, displaying a crushing might that deterred all remaining foes.
Now, each of them had successfully gained a bronze token and was currently standing within the outer square looking at the Ancient Dragon for signs of change.
The major influences and rogue practitioners remained in silence as they felt a strange atmosphere lingering in the air. While the Feng Clan and Divine Prophet's group stood on high alert for any moments of unexpected change.
Buzz! A loud buzzing sounded throughout the area, and the eyes of the Ancient Dragon Construct started to glow once more in a bright white and black light.
Soon the voice of ancient times resounded throughout the battle arena once again, "The War for Pseudo Chosen has now been completed! Now the War for True Chosen shall begin, each Pseudo Chosen will regardless of their defeat be allowed entry into the Ancient Dragon Battlefield and your tokens will allow for you and ten individuals to enter the outer regions of the battlefield. If you win your opponent and become a 'True Chosen,' you shall be allowed to enter the inner regions with 100 individuals. Lastly, for the 'Chosen One' Title, you will be allowed to bring a maximum of 1000 individuals to the central battlefield regions."
The Ancient Dragon Construct said as its eyes glowed seeming to be looking around at everyone's reaction.
As the major parties heard this, a bright gleam shone in many of their eyes, as the Xun Yanshan, Xin Zhu, the Midnight Temple, the Southern Wasteland and the Feng Clan observed in silence.
"Allowed entry with ten times the individuals for each token, it seems that this battlefield is as the rumors say, a very ruthless place..." Feng Yunlong muttered as he thought about the details.
"No matter, where there are risks there are also good opportunities. With the resources stored in this Pre-Calamity Era Mystic Realm, we should be able to recover most of our strength at a fast rate," Feng Junling stated while calmly standing at the side.
As the powers discussed amongst themselves, the Ancient Dragon Construct continued to speak once more, "Good! Present your desired titles and the True Chosen Wars will commence!"
It said as its voice resounded inside of the minds of the Pseudo Chosens, quickly they each willed their thoughts to the Ancient Dragon. After which, there was another change in the battle arena.
Rumble! The Chosen Battle Arena started to shake once again as the Pseudo Chosens were now placed to stand on top of a bronze square surrounding the five silver squares and golden square.
Phew! A bright light then shone from each of the bronze squares which then began to draw a new chart above the battlefield, soon a series of lines interconnecting with each other were depicted as the battle match ups were finally revealed for all to see.
The major powers and rogue practitioners couldn't help but grow tense as they saw the current battle matchups.
"It's... it's actually that faction from the south!" A man said in shock as saw the title regarding the Southern Wasteland Group.
"A Star Body Practitioner! To think that clan from the Golden Dragon Empire is also here! Who would have thought?" A famous character said in shock.
"That girl, no wonder her fighting style was so strange. It turns out she was a mage after all..." Another individual said as he observed a female’s name on the listings.
"Such a terrifying set of matches, I don't know who will claim the top in this kind of listing!" A rogue practitioner said.
"I would have never thought that the geniuses belonging to those major powers were actually those famous characters…" An influential figure said as looked in shock at the names displayed.
The Town lord also looked at the names with fear in his heart, as did the affiliate powers such as the Sheng Imperial Clan and Xuan Imperial Clan only the Xin Clan and Tang Clan did not feel too many deep oppressions from the names.
Of course, the Feng Clan remained indifferent to all as they calmly observed their surrounding along with the white-robed men seated around the white-robed woman.
She turned her gaze towards the Feng Clan, with a deep look in her eyes.
"Un. This will be an intense bout far above the level of the previous wars..." The scholarly looking man said as he observed the listings.
They were as follows:
[Unknown Hui Ying vs. Weapon Prodigy Wuqi Shouzhi]
[Spear Child Zang Xu vs. Shadow Child Xin Qing]
[Blue Thunder Dai Lin vs. Southern Revolution Faction's Nei Dongyuan]
[Red Haired Sword fiend Feng Yu vs. Star Body Ye Wang]
[The Ghostly Xiang Shu vs. Arcane Mage Xia Rou]
Feng Yu looked at the names in surprise as he didn't think that everyone would reveal their details so suddenly.
Dai Lin who saw the names on the list couldn't help but grip his fists in excitement as he spoke, "It looks like this is where the true battle begins..."
He said in a soft but deep voice.
Hui Ying remained in silence as he observed the paring at the top of the list, as each of the Ten Pseudo Chosen scoped out their competitions.
After a while, the Ancient Dragon Construct's eyes glowed with a bright light once more filling its voice in the area, "True Chosen Wars commence!"
Phew! Quickly, the bronze squares of Hui Ying and Wuqi Shouzhi began to move towards a silver square, soon combining with the silver square creating a large battle platform.
"Oh!! It’s the genius from the weapon clan fighting once more so soon," An influential figure said.
"This unknown youngster he's up against is called Hui Ying, I've never heard of such a clan before," An individual said.
As these influences and practitioners conversed, the two individuals finally faced each other.
They stared at each other as if they didn't need to speak to convey words, however soon the silence was broken.
"A dog who left its home is not a good dog but a mutt that needs punishment! Do you know how angry father was when he found out you had disappeared?" Wuqi Shouzhi questioned through voice transmission message, as he looked at Hui Ying with a hint of hatred.
Hui Ying hearing this smiled with a trace of mock on his face, "What do my matters have to do with him? And when was it your place to tell me about my position?" He said with indifference.
"It became my place when you came into our clan as nothing more than sheltered trash, renegades of some eradicated unknown clan from distant lands. Nothing more than stragglers eating away at my family’s resources. You should know your place and your standing as you and that vagabond sister of yours are now properties of the Wuqi Clan," Wuqi Shouzhi said with a smile on his face.
"Say what you will about my family, but it will serve you no good! I have my own matters to handle, as such, it is not your turn nor the clan’s to tell me what I need to do!" Hui Ying replied with a firm and indifferent look on the face.
"Hahaha! Is that so, very well then, I suppose you do not care about what will happen to that adorable little sister of yours then am I correct?" Wuqi Shouzhi then replied with a sly tone.
A terrifying, murderous intent quick arose from Hui Ying's body quickly surrounding the body of Wuqi Shouzhi.
"Such terrifying, murderous aura!" A common practitioner exclaimed.
"Why did he suddenly release such a dark intent? Could it be they actually have some sort of grudge?" An influential character said.
The major influences observed the battle platform with interest as they saw the two Pseudo Chosen standing in silence as if they were discussing amongst themselves until the sudden release of murderous intent.
Feng Yu and Dai Lin looked at the scene with a deep gaze as they observed the rage-filled expression of Hui Ying and the mocking expression of Wuqi Shouzhi.
Hui Ying looked at
Wuqi Shouzhi with dense killing intent as he spoke out in a loud and terrifying voice, "What have you done to my sister?!"
As he roared a powerful aura released itself from his body, in an instant his cultivation base soared to the peak of Body Training with wisps of Aura scattering from his body. His muscles bulged as his hair became longer making him take on a strange change.
Wuqi Shouzhi looked on with a trace of fear. However, he soon recovered his expression and spoke once more, "Haha! What good will come from trying to fight me? You think we wouldn't be able to find where you hid your sister if we could so easily trace your whereabouts? You are truly naive, you have two options, return to the family or accept a punishment which naturally will be applied to that sister of yours as well."
Hearing this Hui Ying recovered his state of mind, calming himself down as his powerful energies receded into his body changing back to normal.
The rogue practitioners and major influences looked on in shock.
"What? What kind of strange power is this?!" Xun Yanshan exclaimed as he looked at Hui Ying in shock.
The Midnight Temple strange man and Southern Wasteland elder's eyes were stunned as he looked at Hui Ying.
Zang Xu gripped his spear firmly as a sharp light shone in his eyes filled with the excitement for battle, as the other Pseudo Chosen felt a tinge of fear in their hearts.
Feng Yu and Dai Lin were also shocked by the scene.
"Brother Ying, it seems you've hidden your strength really well..." Feng Yu said as a looked at Hui Ying.
On the side of the Feng Clan, Feng Junling, Feng Yunlong, and Feng Xingyu looked at Hui Ying with a deep gaze.
"This brat is of no ordinary lineage, that was the true War Saint Prestige. How could this be?" Feng Junling said as he looked at Hui Ying in surprise.
Back on the battle platform, Hui Ying who had finally calm down his emotions spoke, "Haha! You did well, and you came fully prepared too. Well done. However, you've also underestimated my own preparations,"
As he said this, he took out a strange looking talisman emitting strange fluctuations in the void and crushed it to pieces.
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