I Can See Your Combat Power

Longzhou Calendar 1784, September 11, early morning

Outside Bifang Mountain, Divine Fire Hall

The day had finally arrived for the third round rankings to be posted, and once again the participants of the Longzhou Youth Martial Arts Tournament gathered outside the great hall, waiting for the list to be displayed.

Unlike previous years, although this year’s rankings had yet to be revealed, everyone knew that today a scion of a noble clan would squeeze into the top ten, which should have belonged solely to sect disciples.

This cast a shadow over the expressions of those sect disciples, as if they had been insulted, and the already pronounced division between the factions now had an even more oppressively low atmosphere.

“Look quickly, the hall doors are opening, the Arbitrator is coming out to post the list!”

With a “creak,” the doors of the Divine Fire Hall, which had been sealed for a full day and night, opened once more, and the Arbitrators filed out.

The leading Arbitrators held a long scroll in both hands, and with a jolt of spiritual power, unfurled it like a banner to hang outside the great hall; the bold and enlarged characters were clear even from a distance.

The one hundred sixty-seven participants had been split into four large scrolls, with every scion of a noble family looking for their own name to see how their secret technique combinations had ultimately scored.

In contrast to the noble scions eager to find their names, the group of sect disciples had gathered early around the first scroll where the rankings were being posted.

In truth, they only wished to see if the most outstanding senior brothers from their own sects could crush the secret technique combinations of other sects. The thought of losing had never crossed their minds.

Yet when they finally saw the list on the first scroll, not a single clanner could muster a smile; the name hanging at the very top seemed to jeer at them.

“First place, Tang Luo from Longxi, 166 wins and 0 losses,” a sect disciple muttered as he read the information at the top of the list, dazed, “What is this? How could such secret technique combinations exist, how is it possible!”

“How could it not be possible? My team leader is that awesome!”

An abrupt voice followed the stupefied gasp of the sect disciple, drawing furious glares. The burly man who had spoken quietly stepped back, retreating behind another muscular young man.

“Excuse me, please move aside.” Tang Luo said to the glowering sect disciples before him, “You’re covering up half of the list.”

Because they were so shocked, the sect disciples pressed forward even more, blocking nearly half of the long scroll hanging from the beam. Although it didn’t hinder Tang Luo’s view of his own ranking, it did obstruct the view of the other twenty or so names, among which the names of the other two from Longxi could very well be.

This was a perfectly ordinary request, but to the proud and arrogant sect disciples, it sounded like a show of force.

Lu Liangliang from Yulin Pavilion crossed her arms and said coldly, “Hmph, it seems that Young Master Tang is not only the youngest strongest fighter in Fierce Realm on the whole continent, but his martial prowess is also extraordinary. However, Lu would truly like to witness and understand, what exactly this unbeatable combination of secret techniques is, could Young Master Tang perhaps enlighten us?”

“Lei Dong of Qiyao Temple is also quite curious.” Lei Dong parted the crowd and stepped forward to ask Tang Luo, “What combination did Young Master Tang use to overcome the five great sects of Longzhou? Although the 360 secret techniques in the ‘Secret Technique Atlas’ vary in strength, there is a limit to their compatibility. The secret techniques chosen by the Qiyao Temple, Evil King Palace, Wuji Mansion, Beast Taming Sect, and Yulin Pavilion cover the combinations of Yin and Yang Harmony, Life and Death Silence, Five Qi Toward the Origin, and Four Controls Over Heaven, which nearly reach the limit. Yet Young Master Tang was able to dominate with just one combination. Did you perhaps revalidate the Great Way of Primordial Chaos with these five secret techniques?”

Perhaps for the vast majority of martial artists, the 360 secret techniques are already dazzling enough, but for disciples of the sects, these 360 secret techniques are just a corner of the vast Scripture Pavilion. They are adept at matching and combining these compatible techniques, only choosing five with extreme levels of power that, at most, tally around a hundred.

And once the extreme limit of strength is reached, it is the properties of creation and destruction that matter. So, no matter how you combine them, there shouldn’t be a single secret technique that could dominate everyone, unless cheating is involved.

As sect disciples who have dedicated over twenty years to the art of martial cultivation, they would never be arrogant. They know how vast the world is.

But at the same time, they would not blindly worship. A combination that could revalidate the Great Way of Primordial Chaos with just five secret techniques simply cannot exist. Therefore, the Yin and Yang Harmony is the apex of all combinations.

In such circumstances, asking them to believe their perfectly compatible secret technique combinations were all defeated amounts to challenging their martial arts cognition.

“Is this the attitude you have when seeking guidance?” Cui Haoran, standing behind Tang Luo, shouted angrily, “Yin and Yang Harmony, Life and Death Silence, Five Qi Toward the Origin? These combinations you take pride in are just second-class to our team captain and were discarded. What’s so surprising about them being defeated? If you truly have grievances regarding the rankings, you may seek validation from the Grandmaster and not flaunt your sect’s prestige outside the hall. Right now, we want to look at the other rankings for Chapter One, so please make way and don’t block those behind us!”

Their argument attracted a large crowd of noble family sons, and at this moment, all 167 competitors gathered in front of Chapter One. Seeing a potential conflict brewing, the Arbitrators immediately intervened to mediate.

Yet the pride of the sect disciples couldn’t be so easily dispersed by the personnel of the peripheral sanctum. Dressed in the Beast Taming Sect’s robes, Cao Changqing coldly said to the Arbitrator who came to preside, “You are no longer in a position to handle this matter here. Go to the Divine Fire Hall and request the Grandmaster’s presence, saying that Cao Changqing, a disciple of the Beast Taming Sect, has doubts about the third stage rankings and cannot accept them without an explanation.” ꭆＡΝỔBƐȿ

“Lu Liangliang of Yulin Pavilion cannot accept it either!”

“Lei Dong of Qiyao Temple seconds the motion!”

“Duan Longshu of the Evil King Palace seconds the motion!”

“Tong Senyu and all disciples of Wuji Mansion have doubts about the third stage rankings!”

Representatives from all five great sects expressed their dissatisfaction with the rankings, making the Arbitrators, who had never experienced such a situation, sweat profusely and forced them to turn around and re-enter the hall.

Atop the hall, the three grandmasters seemed to have anticipated this, with Bu Chun even smiling at Master Wei, “Master Wei, you have lost. Even with the three of us grandmasters overseeing the trial, those sect youths don’t necessarily see it as fair. They would rather trust their martial arts judgment than believe in our impartiality. Such is the human heart.”

“Master Bu is correct. Master Wei didn’t expect this generation of sect disciples to be so self-important, especially that Cao Changqing from the Beast Taming Sect.” Master Wei, with crane-like hair and white eyebrows, shook his head, “Such a heroic figure, Beast Lord Cao, and yet his direct descendent is so arrogant and conceited, truly lamentable.”

“Heh, may I ask Master Chen to take the trouble once more to show these youngsters why they were defeated?”

“As the elder master wishes.”

Chen Menglu channeled his spiritual power to activate the Illusionary Dream Space, and on the dome of the Divine Fire Hall, he unveiled a massive realm of water and moonlight.

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