by Dragon King
Standing on the viewing platform, Qin Shaoyang’s white face turned purple instantly.
“Are you afraid… Are you afraid…” Hao Ren’s words echoed in Qin Shaoyang’s ears and resonated around the arena.
As a powerful main examiner, he was now insulted by a Gen-level cultivator!
Although the cultivation strength Hao Ren showed in the battle far surpassed Gen-level, it didn’t mean that he was powerful enough to challenge the main examiner who was a Kun-level cultivator.
“Mr. Qin, this kid is too arrogant. Let’s disqualify him,” a deputy examiner by Qin Shaoyang’s side suggested.
It was indeed outrageous for an examinee to challenge the main examiner!
“Humph!” Qin Shaoyang returned to his armchair, feeling that he didn’t have to lower himself to fight a Gen-level cultivator. After all, it wouldn’t reflect well on him even if he won the match.
“Examiner Qin, did you forget that you just got back your natural dharma treasure from me?” Hao Ren yelled again.
“Wow!” The cultivators in the east exam area gasped again.
Losing the natal dharma treasure was the most shameful thing for a cultivator, especially when the main examiner got back his natal dharma treasure from a Gen-level cultivator.
“You…” Qin Shaoyang felt the fury rise in his chest.
It was a slap on his face! Hao Ren’s words touched Qin Shaoyang’s most sensitive nerve.
After thinking about how Su Han tried to protect Hao Ren all the time and how much she disliked him, Qin Shaoyang stood up abruptly while the armchair behind him shattered into pieces.
In a golden beam, his golden weaving shuttle suddenly shot in Hao Ren’s direction.
Bang!
The stone pillar was shattered into dust.
Standing on the sideline of the arena, Su Han’s body shifted, and she rushed over.
However, Hao Ren was prepared. He flew up into the high sky on his sword energies the moment the stone pillar exploded.
“What? Are you trying to flee? You think too highly of yourself!” Qin Shaoyang clenched his fists in resentment. “Since you challenged me, I’ll teach you a lesson so that you’ll know your place!”
Bang!
Two deep holes appeared on the ground under Qin Shaoyang’s feet as he stomped his feet and shot toward Hao Ren!
The cultivators in the audience all looked up, surprised and excited at the fact that Qin Shaoyang decided to fight.
On the one hand, they didn’t expect the Kun-level main examiner to lower himself and fight with a Gen-level cultivator. On the other hand, they wanted to see how long this Gen-level cultivator could last in the battle!
They didn’t know that Qin Shaoyang was trying to settle old and new accounts with Hao Ren in this battle.
What Qin Shaoyang hated Hao Ren the most was the fact that Su Han showed favors to Hao Ren and even gave him her rare smiles!
“Wait!”
Stepping on sword energies, Hao Ren flew up another dozen meters.
“It’s too late for you to ask for mercy!” Qin Shaoyang rushed toward Hao Ren on his golden weaving shuttle.
“If I win, you must promise me one thing!” Hao Ren yelled in a loud voice.
All the cultivators in the east exam area turned their eyes toward Hao Ren.
Under the gaze of so many eyes, Qin Shaoyang had to contain his urge to hit Hao Ren. He paused to maintain his dignity and said, “What is it?”
“If I win, I will take one thing from the Dragon God Shrine!” Hao Ren locked his eyes on Qin Shaoyang. “Can you promise me that as the main examiner?”
Whoosh! All the cultivators turned their eyes toward Qin Shaoyang.
“As a main examiner, does Qin Shaoyang dare to accept such a condition? Does he have the authority to accept it?” people thought, “Choose one thing he wants from the Dragon God Shrine… What treasure will he pick?”
Although they were just watching, the cultivators were full of excitement and wanted to see if this main examiner could accept such a big bet!
“Humph!” Qin Shaoyang couldn’t lose face now. “If you can defeat me, I will accept any conditions you set!”
“Ok. Let’s begin,” Hao Ren said coldly.
Seeing Hao Ren’s calm expression, Qin Shaoyang got alerted.
‘No! At Gen-level, he couldn’t possibly win against me! He used tricks to defeat Zhao Kuo, and I can’t fall into his traps!” At this thought, Qin Shaoyang’s golden weaving shuttle flew out swiftly from beneath his feet.
The golden weaving shuttle emitted dazzling white light which was the purest metal-elemental nature essence!
Not wanting to waste time on the battle, Qin Shaoyang launched his most powerful attack!
Standing on the ground, Su Han put her hand on the handle of her longsword, ready to interrupt Qin Shaoyang’s attacks at any moment.
Hao Ren was indeed impulsive in challenging Qin Shaoyang, but she wouldn’t allow Qin Shaoyang to kill Hao Ren!
The golden weaving shuttle flew toward Hao Ren with an overwhelming aura.
The natal dharma treasure of a mid-tier Kun-level cultivator!
Such pressure would have crushed an ordinary Gen-level cultivator!
While all the cultivators watched with fear for him, Hao Ren suddenly took out a black sword from his necklace.
An overwhelming amount of murderous spirit came from the surface of the black sword!
This was the sword that the old dragon king, Zhao Haoran, gave Hao Ren! Black Dragon Spike!
Peak Qian-level!
Instantly, Qin Shaoyang sensed a pressure thousands of times greater than Gen-level!
He lost his balance and almost fell from the sky.
With the overwhelming murderous spirit of the Black Dragon Spike came the power of peak Qian-level!
This powerful aura permeated the entire east exam area and immobilized the low-leveled cultivators. It even spread to the south exam area and the north exam areas which were on the two sides of the east exam area.
Sensing the presence of a powerful master, the cultivators battling in the other arenas withdrew their dharma treasures in astonishment.
Su Han widened her beautiful eyes as she looked at Hao Ren in astonishment.
Peak Qian-level was her dream realm, and Hao Ren was there already?!
At mid-tier Kun-level, Qin Shaoyang was hundreds of times stronger than the mid-tier Gen-level, but he was nothing before the realm of peak Qian-level!
Even ten Qin Shaoyang couldn’t defeat one peak Qian-level master!
Dang!
Hao Ren’s Black Dragon Spike hacked into Qin Shaoyang’s golden weaving shuttle.
The golden weaving shuttle was knocked back hundreds of meters away since such a dharma treasure was no match for the Black Dragon Spike which contained the essence dragon soul of Zhao Haoran!
Suddenly, Qin Shaoyang spat out a mouthful of blood. Hao Ren’s attack almost cut him off from the golden weaving shuttle, his natal dharma treasure.
Holding the Black Dragon Spike with his right hand, Hao Ren turned his left hand toward the ground and exerted a slight force.
Hualala… All kinds of debris were drawn toward his feet by the suction force from his palm, and they piled up into a rock tower as high as one hundred meters.
Removing the sword energies from beneath his feet, Hao Ren landed steadily on top of the rock tower and looked down at Qin Shaoyang overbearingly.
“If you admit defeat now, I’ll spare your life!”
Each of his words resonated in the east exam area like thunder.
Bang! At the same time, the aura of the peak Qian-level was rereleased.
Crack! Crack… The chipped rocks around the rock tower were shattered into dust under this aura!
Pale-faced, Qin Shaoyang summoned back his golden weaving shuttle.
Outside of the arena, Oldman Zeng was even paler in the face.
“This Hao Ren is terrifying!” he thought.
T
hinking back to the times when he messed with the East Ocean Dragon Palace and Hao Ren, Oldman Zeng had chills running down his back.
Suddenly, he felt like the most fearful thing was not being beaten back to Zhen-level by a grandmaster but looking at Hao Ren’s aura…
“Humph! You are playing tricks on me!” With his golden weaving shuttle, Qin Shaoyang flew toward Hao Ren to hit him.
“No Gen-level cultivator can instantly elevate himself to peak Qian-level. He can only achieve such illusions with certain secret elixir pills!” Qian Shaoyang thought, “I know that the West Ocean Dragon Palace has such secret elixir pills, but I didn’t expect the East Ocean Dragon Palace to have them as well!”
“You think too highly of yourself!” Hao Ren said to Qin Shaoyang.
He struck with the Black Dragon Spike while he remained standing on the rock tower!
The overwhelming murderous spirit formed a solid black beam, hitting the center of the golden weaving shuttle before pushing the golden weaving shuttle onto Qin Shaoyang’s chest!
Crack… Qin Shaoyang felt like all the bones in his body broke, and he had no strength to even block half of the attack!
Not able to move, Qin Shaoyang was pushed back by dozens of meters!
Whoosh! Dense sword energies shot out of Hao Ren’s body.
1,000, 2,000, 3,000, 4,000… There were tens of thousands of sword energies circling Hao Ren!
428 What I Need……
Tens of thousands of sword energies!
Hum… Hum… The sword energies spread around Hao Ren and blinked.
The nature essence fluctuation suppressed the power of the cultivators around the arena.
If so many sword energies formed a sword array, even the Daluo Golden Immortal could not escape from it!
The low-leveled cultivators almost cried when they imagined the scenario where the sword energies trapped them.
Hua… Tens of thousands of sword energies turned their tips toward Qin Shaoyang.
Looking up at Hao Ren, Qin Shaoyang’s face was now ashen.
He felt like he could get the chance to experience the feeling of being pierced by tens of thousands sword energies in the heart.
Hao Ren’s right hand casually pointed forward.
The east exam area was empty since all the arenas had been turned into ruins. Having no place to hide, Qin Shaoyang couldn’t flee from these tens of thousands of sword energies.
His expression was even worse than crying.
As ambassadors of the Dragon God Shrine, the inspectors could send signals for help with their tokens when they were in danger, so the nearby inspectors or masters from the Dragon God Shrine could come to their rescue. Usually, inspectors could only send such signals when they were in deadly dangers or when they couldn’t get out of traps.
However, Qin Shaoyang was fighting a one vs. one battle with Hao Ren on the platform of the Dragon God Shrine, which was the home base of inspectors. It would be a disgrace for him to send out a signal for help.
Besides, he declared himself that this competitor had no limits.
Directed by Hao Ren’s finger, tens of thousands of sword energies suddenly moved.
Su Han squinted and counted; there were roughly 40,000 sword energies under Hao Ren’s command!
The 40,000 sword energies moved simultaneously; it was a magnificent sight.
It felt like giant mountains and seas that were made from sword energies were moving.
If the sword energies moved at high speed, they could turn Qin Shaoyang into a beehive.
Su Han gripped her longsword and thought, “I’m no match for the sword energies since my White Jade Sword isn’t that top-tier.”
However, Hao Ren didn’t move the sword energies at high speed; instead, he lowered them meter by meter!
Standing on his golden weaving shuttle, Qin Shaoyang lowered himself from the sky one meter at a time as well.
If he fled, he would lose, but if he didn’t, he was no match for the tens of thousands of sword energies!
He only hoped that the surrounding inspectors could offer help.
However, the six deputy examiners were no fools, and none of them dared to make a move against so many sword energies. As to the level 1 and level 2 inspectors who were responsible for keeping order, they were holding their breaths in fear.
The black Dragon God Shrine was also silent.
Standing on the rock tower made of debris, Hao Ren raised his hands.
The tens of thousands of sword energies pulled back meter by meter.
The overwhelming nature essence suppression decreased as that happened.
Landing on the ground, Qin Shaoyang was about to heave a sigh of relief when Hao Ren suddenly whipped down his arm.
The retreating sword energies suddenly stabbed toward Qin Shaoyang!
Each of the sword energies released a dazzling light.
All the cultivators in the area, including Su Han, couldn’t open their eyes.
Boom!
The sword energies cut out a square crater with a depth of one meter, a length of 500 meters, and a width of 500 meters!
The entire east exam area shook!
In the middle of this square crater was a small piece of flat ground.
It was about the size of one square meter, and it looked like a lone island in the huge crater.
Holding his head, Qin Shaoyang squatted on the ground while his golden weaving shuttle rolled to his feet.
“Hu…” Zhao Hongyu heaved a sigh of relief.
If Hao Ren wounded or killed Qin Shaoyang, the main examiner of the east exam area, on the territory of the Dragon God Shrine, he would be in big trouble.
“Examiner Qin, did I win the competition?” Standing on the tall rock tower, Hao Ren asked casually.
Qin Shaoyang stood up, and his face was still pale.
Although Hao Ren’s sword energies didn’t pierce him, the violent nature essence and sharp sword blades shocked his spirit and mind, just like how an ordinary person narrowly missed a flying rocket. How could a person look good in such a situation?
At this moment, the nature essence in Qin Shaoyang’s body was rushing aimlessly, and he even couldn’t jump over the 50-meter ditch surrounding him.
“Will you fulfill your promise, Examiner Qin?” Hao Ren continued to ask.
Qin Shaoyang tried his best to smooth out the nature essence in his body and wanted to answer.
It was a great disgrace for him to lose to Hao Ren, and it would be more shameful if he went back on his words.
Hao Ren put the Black Dragon Spike back into his necklace and jumped down from the top of the rock tower.
Hualala… The rock tower that was piled with debris collapsed instantly.
Hao Ren walked directly to Su Han and asked, “Am I an official inspector now?”
Looking at him with her bright eyes, Su Han was at a loss for words.
Standing by Su Han and Zhao Kuo’s sides, Xie Yujia and Zhao Yanzi looked at Hao Ren in amazement.
“I can’t continue with the rest of the combat exam,” Hao Ren told Su Han.
“Ugh?” Su Han froze for a moment before nodding. “Ok…”
Since he defeated Qin Shaoyang in a challenge, Hao Ren was now already an official inspector, and it was not important for him to continue with the remaining exams and enter the top three.
“Please collect the thing Qin Shaoyang promised me,” Hao Ren placed the identity token, ‘Ren Yin 246’, into Su Han’s hand and said.
“What do you want?” Su Han finally regained her composure and asked.
“The thing the East Ocean Dragon Palace wants,” Hao Ren said.
“That…” Su Han hesitated for half a second and said, “I can’t do that, and neither can Qin Shaoyang.”
Hao Ren had expected this, so he paused before saying, “Then, I want another thing from the Dragon God Shrine, Seven-Core Five-Color Lotus.”
“Seven-Core Five-Color Lotus…” Su Han repeated in her mind as
if she had never heard of it before.
“Uncle, Auntie, let’s head back,” Hao Ren said to Zhao Guang and Zhao Hongyu.
“Ok…” Zhao Hongyu immediately took out her River-Mountain Qian-Kun Painting and spread it out.
Zhao Yanzi helped Zhao Kuo onto the painting, and the others stood on it as well.
Hua!
Under the envious stares of many cultivators, the painting carried them away.
Riding her flight dharma treasure, Zhao Hongyu was very satisfied with the fact that Hao Ren had made a great show of East Ocean’s strength!
In a black secret chamber in the Dragon God Shrine, a burly cultivator faced the wall, showing his large back.
“What’s the background of Ren Yin 246?” A deep voice sounded.
“He’s the Fuma of the East Ocean Dragon Palace, the Commanding General of the East Ocean, and Su Han’s assisting inspector,” one of the nine cultivators who was sitting in the secret chamber answered.
“Oh? He’s Su Han’s man?”
“Yes, Shrine Master.”
After a few seconds of consideration, this mysterious person raised his hand slightly and said, “Demote Qin Shaoyang to a level 3 inspector for acting impulsively and promote Ren Yin 246 directly to a level 3 inspector as we do with the usual top three cultivators. His performance is excellent.”
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The River-Mountain Qian-Kun Painting flew out of the Dragon God Shrine and headed toward the East Ocean Dragon Palace.
Little White turned into its puppy form, and it bit Hao Ren’s heel and made a series of excited squeaky noises. Even though it was excited, it still made sounds to complain to Hao Ren about not including it in such a tense battle.
It hadn’t developed its full intelligence yet, but it was much Congminger than other pets. It knew that Qin Shaoyang was the bad guy and was happy for Hao Ren when he defeated Qin Shaoyang.
Premier Xia also threw Hao Ren an admiring look. But since he stood beside Zhao Kuo who just lost to Hao Ren, he couldn’t really praise Hao Ren at the moment.
Although it was the first time they attended the Dragon God Shrine’s general exam, Hao Ren had won the East Ocean Dragon Palace a lot of pride. Zhao Hongyu was so excited that her face was flushed.
