by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
Just as the two of them thought they had killed her, she suddenly struck. Were it not for Luo Bing’s interference, the two of them would already be dead.
But even so, after her first attack hadn’t struck, she had immediately targeted one of them who had already lost his head out of fear, directly sending a wind blade out with her Spiritual Strength.
The wind blades that filled the sky all had Tang Wan-er’s spiritual imprint on them. She could send them out for sudden attacks at any time.
Of course, such an attack was rather weak. Previously, such an attack was unable to cause injuries to Favored.
But now Tang Wan-er’s wind blades had changed, and they had become incredibly powerful. Just one random attack was able to slice open that Favored’s abdomen.
In fact, if he had been one step slower, he would have been directly cut in half.
In any case, he was now screaming, blood overflowing from his wound. He quickly went to run off the martial stage, holding his injury closed as best as he could.
“If you want to run, then leave your life behind!” Tang Wan-er’s icy shout rang out. Her hatred of these two had already reached a pinnacle. They had humiliated and insulted her comrades, and then they had attempted to kill her just now. She naturally wouldn’t be merciful.
The entire martial stage was surrounded by her wind blades. This region was her domain. She didn’t even need to personally raise a hand. With just her Spiritual Strength, hundreds of wind blades surged over to that man.
That person’s soul almost fled his body in fright. He hastily raised his shield. But that shield could only block one side.
Just as he was about to be cut to pieces, his twin rushed over, and the two of them tightly merged their shields again.
These wind blades were once again not able to pierce through these special shields formed by a Forging Master.
But this was only defending. The instant they had attempted to launch a sudden attack on Tang Wan-er, she had almost cut them to pieces.
Now they were in an extremely awkward position. Tang Wan-er had already been sneak attacked once, so she definitely wouldn’t fall for it at all if they tried it again.
All the wind blades Tang Wan-er had condensed were now crashing onto their shields. As soon as they split apart, they would immediately be hit.
Currently, they were like a tortoise that had shrunk back into its shell, not daring to peek its head out. If they were to peek their heads out, their heads would be cut off instantly.
The two of them were already completely terrified. Tang Wan-er’s attack had completely restrained them. They had no way to defeat her anymore.
With their shields forming a sphere around them, they began to roll over at Tang Wan-er in an ‘attack’. They hoped she would strike their sphere and send them rolling out of the martial stage.
That way, even though they would lose, they could at least have an excuse that they had accidentally rolled out and hadn’t really lost.
But Tang Wan-er already predicted that intention of theirs. How could she let them do as they pleased?
No matter how that ball tried to roll, her wind blades would force them back. After all, within that sphere, they were unable to bring out much strength.
Everyone’s expressions were strange as they watched this scene. A ball of metal was rolling around continuously on the martial stage. Everyone’s gazes were all glued to that ball.
Luo Bing was frowning slightly. She didn’t know that much about these two twins since most of their time was spent in seclusion as they familiarized themselves with their bizarre weapons.
But there was one thing that she knew. Their cooperative strength was incredible, and in a group battle, the two of them working together were capable of blocking four or even five Favored at once.
In a two vs two, the two of them had always been unbeatable within the same realm.
Other than a certain disciple, these two were the highest ranked disciples in their monastery. The monastery had placed high hopes on them for the upcoming opening of the Jiuli secret realm.
At first, seeing them rolling around defensively in that ball without attacking, she had thought they were just adjusting themselves or perhaps thinking of a plan to use against these attacks.
But after an hour, even the people watching the battle were getting tired.
Guo Ran finally sighed. “This pair of brothers were foreordained to have a tragic end. This is all the will of the heavens!”
Song Mingyuan didn’t understand what he was talking about. “Why?”
“Do you remember what those two brothers were called?”
“I think one was called Bo Shidong, and the other was called Bo Shixi.”
“Correct. One called Bo Shidong, one called Bo Shixi! Combine them together and you get: worthless good-for-nothing[2]. Don’t you see them rolling left and right without going anywhere? Could it be that their parents had predicted this day would come? As expected, experts are everywhere.” Guo Ran explained with admiration.
Everyone: “...”
That ball continued to roll around. The people outside were fine, but the two inside were already completely dizzy.
As for the one whose abdomen had been split open, although he was doing his best to hold his wound closed, some of his intestines had already spilled out. That kind of scent was disgusting for both of them. Then adding on the spinning, they were both ready to puke.
Both of them knew that just continuing like this wasn’t a solution. But they also didn’t dare to leave their defense. Now they were both thinking of ways to concede.
If they directly conceded, their endings would definitely not be good. If they dared to do so, then with Luo Bing’s vicious nature, she would definitely make the two of them eat their own crap.
The two of them began to wildly curse as viciously as they could. They wanted to infuriate Tang Wan-er. In any case, they had absolute confidence in their defense. Only if Tang Wan-er lost control of her fury would they have a chance of being launched out of the martial stage.
In the beginning, Tang Wan-er hadn’t really cared to try to cut open their defense. But as soon as they began to curse her crazily, she was completely infuriated.
Forming a hand seal, the wind blades behind her congregated into a single body, forming a huge wind blade that had to be over three hundred meters long.
As soon as that wind blade appeared, it was as if space had completely frozen. A terrifying pressure shot out in all directions.
A certain man, who had remained at Luo Bing’s side this entire time with his eyes completely closed, suddenly opened his eyes.
A trace of shock appeared in his originally apathetic face. He stared tightly at Tang Wan-er’s huge wind blade.
“Torrential Rain Slash!”
[1] A ‘flying claw’ is a real weapon similar to a chained sickle with multiple blades.
[2] Of course, this is a play on words. Their names Bos Shidong and Bo Shixi sound like Bu Shi Dong Xi, meaning good for nothing. In case you want, here’s the Chinese for reference.
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Chapter 295 Fledgling Chosen
“Torrential Rain Slash!”
Following Tang Wan-er’s shout, that huge wind blade behind her slashed down on the ball, looking as if it was a heavenly blade cutting through space.
The instant Tang Wan-er’s attack was condensed to its peak, Luo Bing and the man behind her were shocked.
Even Tu Fang was shocked. Long Chen had also stood up from his chair, pleasantly surprised.
“Will!”
Long Chen’s heart pounded. He was certain that this attack of Tang Wan-er’s contained her will.
That so-called will was a very profound and mysterious word. It was an even higher realm than just imposingness or confidence.
Attacks containing will were practically alive. They contained the attacker’s entire mind and spirit.
The reason Long Chen was so shocked was because
the only two people he knew of whose attacks contained will were Mo Nian and Yin Luo.
Those people who could use will like this were generally all Chosen. He hadn’t expected Tang Wan-er to have unconsciously advanced to this level.
BOOM! That huge blade smashed heavily onto that sphere.
That sphere, which had yet to break even after all her previous attacks, instantly burst apart, two figures shooting out like cannonballs.
Although those two had been inside the sphere, they were able to sense what had been happening outside. Seeing Tang Wan-er become infuriated, they had actually been celebrating.
Their hope was for Tang Wan-er to strike them in her fury and send them flying out of the martial arena. Then they could emerge from their shields with an ‘unwilling and dejected’ expression, sighing that they had ‘lost slightly due to luck’.
They had been completely confident in their shields. But the instant Tang Wan-er’s attack, which shockingly contained her terrifying will, had struck them, they had immediately become terrified.
At first, they had been worried about whether their shield would be able to hold out against her attack, but then the impact from her powerful attack might shake them inside their ball so hard that they became imbeciles. However, they had clearly been worried for nothing.
Tang Wan-er’s one attack immediately shattered their shields, and the two of them were smashed to pulp.
With that kind of powerful impact, their bodies had literally changed shape, becoming two formless lumps that tumbled across the martial arena.
With two final bangs, the two of them landed outside the martial arena. They were vomiting out blood, and the blood was filled with broken pieces of their organs. Their auras were quickly fading.
Luo Bing’s expression changed, and she quickly rushed over to them. They were paper-white and about to stop breathing. She saw their Dao-marks appear on their foreheads.
Those innate Dao-marks could only be kept with those possessing strong enough karmic luck. But when Favored were about to die, their Dao-marks would automatically respond by leaving.
They would either go find another owner, or they would disappear back into heaven and earth. Seeing her two Favored about to breathe their last breaths, Luo Bing was terrified.
She placed her hands atop their foreheads, and her enormous Spiritual Strength poured into their souls, helping to stabilize their souls that were about to leave their bodies.
With Luo Bing’s assistance, their Dao-marks gradually faded back into their bodies, allowing Luo Bing to relax.
If two Favored had died here, she would be done for. Her big brother, the thirty-sixth monastery’s sect leader, would definitely curse her to death.
Once their souls stabilized, she also fed them spirit pills. Now the two of them definitely wouldn’t die. But their injuries were too severe. Most likely, it would require at least three months before they could even get out of bed.
She had no assurance that the two of them would be recovered in time for the opening of the Jiuli secret realm. Thinking of that, Luo Bing’s expression became icy, and her eyes were like two sharp swords that glared at Tang Wan-er:
“What a vicious girl.”
Tang Wan-er didn’t even bother glancing at Luo Bing. She was neither overly obedient nor overbearing as she said, “Compared to senior, this junior still needs to properly cultivate much more.”
Although her words didn’t contain the slightest curse word, the ridicule in them could not be more clear: no matter how vicious she was, it was much better than how despicable they were.
Tang Wan-er didn’t even glance at Luo Bing before jumping off the martial stage and returning to Long Chen’s side.
Long Chen was incredibly excited. If there weren’t too many people, he probably would have hugged Tang Wan-er tightly.
“Old boss is mighty!”
Long Chen stood up straight and gave her an extremely deliberate salute.
The other monastery disciple also followed along with Long Chen.
Tang Wan-er was blushing. This scoundrel was also doing things outside people’s expectations, and she had no idea how to reply.
“Wan-er, congratulations, you’ve become a fledgling Chosen-level expert! As long as you can continue to remain undefeated and maintain a steady Dao-heart, you’ll definitely become a true Chosen in the future!” said Tu Fang excitedly.
Tang Wan-er didn’t actually know what had happened, but seeing him worshipfully looking at her, she really felt too awkward
Luo Bing’s expression was extremely ugly as she watched Tu Fang celebrate. Her goal had been to display a show of strength to the 108th monastery and humiliate them in order to make a good show for the first monastery.
But now the ones being humiliated were their thirty-sixth monastery. Of nine rounds, they had only won two, and furthermore, one of them had only been won shamefully with a despicable action at the end.
Additionally, because of their provocation, the 108th monastery had somehow managed to give birth to a fledgling Chosen. Luo Bing had practically asked to be humiliated, causing her both resentment and fury.
Seeing Tu Fang and them surrounding Tang Wan-er, she was incredibly vexed. She directly threw her badge to Tu Fang.
Tu Fang received it and once more drew out eighty thousand merit points.
In total, they had gained a total of four hundred thousand merit points. However, Gu Yang had also lost his precious golden spear. This victory wasn’t that perfect.
“Leave the final round to me.”
Following that indifferent voice, a man lightly jumped onto the martial stage.
That man appeared to be just over twenty years old. His face was average, but his eyes were eagle-like, almost looking like sharp blades.
That person hadn’t drawn any attention before this. But as soon as he jumped onto the martial stage, he became like an unsheathed sword, and it was as if he was an entirely different person.
An extremely odd aura came from that person’s body. It was as if he were a grand emperor looking down on them all. And yet, no one could form any desire to resist him.
Even Tu Fang’s expression changed slightly. He had actually made an oversight. Originally, he had thought that this person was just an ordinary Favored.
But now that he jumped onto the martial stage, just from his arrogant will, he could immediately see the shocking truth.
“Chosen-level disciple!”
It was obvious that this person was a powerful Chosen, or there was no way he would possess such a powerful aura.
“Let me introduce myself. I am Jiang Yifan, a Chosen. You should properly remember my name, as just knowing it will be your greatest honor in the future.”
His voice was extremely indifferent. Somehow it didn’t seem to contain any contempt or ridicule, yet still gave him a grand and high feeling that made them feel even more uncomfortable.
“I must admit that you are a bit stronger than I thought. But that still won’t change the reality.
“Although one of you has just awoken a Chosen’s power, it’s still just an initial stage. It’s still far too early to be considered a true Chosen.
“Within my monastery, I heard a certain joke. When I heard it, I laughed so hard I half died. I heard that some person made up some phony lies to try to gain a Chosen disciple position. What a laughable joke. What do you think, mister Long Chen?”
The 108th monastery’s disciples’ expressions sank. Although they didn’t know about the matter of the first monastery blocking Long Chen’s Chosen disciple position, they could clearly tell that this person was targeting Long Chen.
“First of all, don’t call me mister, as I’ve never taught you how to read and write. Second of all, I’m very regretful you didn’t laugh yourself completely to death. If you had, we wouldn’t have to see your pretentious little act here today.” Long Chen shook his head.
This person was definitely strong. But it seemed that his show-off abilities were
even stronger.
However, Long Chen could guess his goal, and so he deliberately mocked him back tit for tat. You want to stand out? Big bro will accompany you.
“A trash cultivation base but a pretty savage mouth. Could it be that your entire cultivation is focused on your mouth? With me standing here already, how long are you planning on refusing to face reality?” Jiang Yifan finally looked at Long Chen with a trace of contempt.
“Did you run out without taking your medication? Or did you take the wrong drugs? You, a mid stage Tendon Transformation Chosen, have the face to challenge me, someone at the Blood Condensation realm? I really wonder, just how did you manage to make your skin so thick?
“Then according to what you say, let me tell you that our sect leader is standing on the mountain, challenging you to battle. Go on and fight him. Do you believe me when I say our sect leader can crush you with a single fart?” said Long Chen disdainfully.
“Long Chen, don’t talk drivel.” Tang Wan-er stealthily pulled on Long Chen. This scoundrel really never had any misgivings.
Ling Yunzi, who was observing from a hundred miles away, shook his head. How did this little fellow end up so cheeky?
Jiang Yifan was stunned for a moment. He hadn’t expected Long Chen to turn down his provocation and still retort so incisively. For a moment, he had no idea what to say.
“So you don’t dare to come up to this stage? I hadn’t expected that you, Long Chen, someone who dared try to trick the supermonastery into giving him a Chosen’s resources, would not have the courage to just have a simple duel with me. As expected, the rumors are true. Your 108th monastery is just a pack of destitute cheats,” sneered Jiang Yifan.
“You can put away this little act of yours. Previously it was said that these ten rounds would be fought by people on the same level. Do you think I’m an idiot on the same level as you?” Long Chen didn’t even bother with him and just left him standing on the martial arena. You like showing off? Then this stage should be big enough for you to keep acting.
“Then fine, if you don’t want to, I won’t make it hard on you. That girl who just became a fledgling Chosen, I’ll challenge you. I won’t make it hard on you either. As long as you can receive ten of my blows, you’ll win. But if you lose, you’ll leave with me. How’s that?” Jiang Yifan directly set his intentions on Tang Wan-er when he saw Long Chen refuse to fight.
