Paradise of Demonic Gods

by Stayrr

“Obtaining the topmost degree of talent in sword arts in the world requires giving up 72 years of lifespan, which leaves you with only five more years of your life. At the same time, you will never be able to feel love, kinship, and friendship, and you’ll end up leading a lonely life until your death, unable to procreate, or to have any descendants. “From now onwards, everything r

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Chapter 97 Mounting a Tiger

Two hours passed, yet Fang Xingjian had still not said a single thing. Not only that, he had not even moved, and if it had not been for the rising rhythm of his chest indicating that he was breathing, Charlie would have probably thought that he was dead.

Finally, Charlie lost his patience. Signalling to his assistant with his eyes, the air around him started to circulate as he spread out his Reduced Force Field.

The assistant stepped forth, moving behind Fang Xingjian.

And just as his arms were about to close in on Fang Xingjian's throat, Fang Xingjian's eyes snapped open.

"Were you sent here by the First Prince?

"I understand that you guys wish to ingratiate yourself with the First Prince, but do you really feel that the whole Empire already belongs to him? He hasn't ascended the throne yet, and not only that, this place is the Kirst Royal Academy and not the Imperial Capital. I can understand that you guys wish to perform well and obtain good results in front of your master, but in this struggle of power among the top echelons, why are you guys so excited to be cannon fodder?

Fang Xingjian stared into Charlie's eyes as he spoke, in a composed tone. "Don't do something that your entire family would live to regret."

Charlie's eyes narrowed, "Are you threatening me?"

"I'm just giving you a friendly reminder," Fang Xingjian replied. "You guys feel that the First Prince has full advantage over me, but what if the people behind me decide to take revenge against you? Would you be able to fend them off?"

"You don't have to worry about this. You're better off worrying for yourself instead. Do you think that after transitioning into a Windstorm Sword Hero everyone would have inhibitions when dealing with you? The Empire has never been short of one or two geniuses." Charlie coldly laughed, and said, "Do it."

But even though he had given the command, the assistant behind Fang Xingjian remained motionless. Charlie glanced at him furiously, asking, "What are you doing?"

"Sir…" The assistant laughed bitterly. He was not a Conferred Knight like Charlie. He was merely a first transition Knight, and a Class Two Investigator.

And he knew that Fang Xingjian was right. Regardless of how this matter ended, the rage of those important characters was certainly not something that small fries like himself would be able to take.

Hurting a Windstorm Sword Hero? How could he possibly do such a thing?

Not only that, looking at Charlie who was in front of him, that assistant could not help but sneer in his heart, 'Damn it, you're afraid of offending the other party, and so you asked me to make a move becauses you won't dare to do it yourself? You think I'm out of my mind?'

Charlie glanced at him coldly, then exhaled slowly, saying, "Very well, Fang Xingjian. You wish to test my patience, right? Then let's have a good chat from now."

After which he said to his assistant, "Go and take a break." Charlie glanced back to Fang Xingjian and coldly stated, "I have a total of eighteen people here. We'll take turns to have 'a good chat with you'."

From then on, Charlie broke off all forms of communication Fang Xingjian had with the outside world, only giving him a cup of water and a porridge meal before unceasingly bombarding him with threats, pressure, and fatigue for over twenty-four hours.

Do not look down on these little methods. One must recall that Knights were only humans, after all. Although they were incomparably powerful, they also needed to eat and replenish their nourishment, as well as to rest in order to replenish their stamina.

Any living thing, if put through spending a long period of time without nourishment, would weaken, in particular the muscles, the internal organs, and the bone structure.

It was the same for Knights. If they only ate porridge and vegetables for a few days, or for over ten days in a row, their muscles would weaken, and their attributes and specialties would degrade as well.

And mental fatigue would make people less resolute, and more easy to force into a confession.

However, Fang Xingjian continued to cultivate as he circulated the Ice Age Meditation Technique in his mind. From beginning to end, he showed no reaction to Charlie's offense. Moreover, he had eaten countless ferocious beasts and had taken countless specially prepared medicinal food so far, so the the nutrients, vital energy and blood in his body were all incomparably profound. The current situation would not affect him much if it was only for a couple of days, but if it dragged on for over ten days, no one could tell what would happen.

By then, his vital energy and blood would definitely weaken, and his body could even become atrophied.

Outside the small black room, Charlie stood there, frowning. A heavily bearded assistant walked out and closed the door, shaking his head at Charlie and saying, "It's no use. Nothing we do has any effect. It's as though he's sleeping."

Charlie stomped into the room, glaring at Fang Xingjian, saying, "Fang Xingjian, are you sure you still want to be so obstinate? We have already investigated the place where you first appeared. That old man has already confessed everything. You came here by sea, right? You're not a citizen of our Empire."

At this moment, Fang Xingjian actually opened his eyes. Staring at Charlie, he coldly asked, "What do you want to say?"

At this moment, his heartbeat surged. His identity as an Earthling was an absolute secret in the Miracle World. He could not begin to imagine what these people would do after they knew the truth.

Seeing the slight fluctuations in Fang Xingjian's countenance, Charlie continued, "Your teacher Huang Lin already confessed as well. He was the one who conspired with you and doctored the submitted reports about you. Since he has already confessed, what more do you have to say?"

Hearing Charlie's words, Fang Xingjian's mind regained his earlier calm. It was because he had never conspired with Huang Lin, and this was also the first time he had heard that Huang Lin had doctored the reports about him.

This was obviously a trick. Huang Lin had not been caught, so where could the confession have come from?

Seeing from Fang Xingjian's lack of reaction once again, Charlie snorted coldly. The reason he had come here upon receiving the news was because there had been reliable information. Fang Xingjian was someone without an identity, despite them having undergone a meticulous investigation.

According to the Empire's laws, people with unknown origins would never be able to become Knights. After all, Knights were the Empire's great weapons, who received the dedicated nurture of the Empire. There had to be checks at least three generations back for someone who wished to become a Knight, let alone for someone with unknown origins.

As for those with unknown origins, this matter could either be big or small. It was not as if there had not been any prior examples. With Fang Xingjian's talent, the Empire's upper echelons might have chosen to close on eye, unless Fang Xingjian had done something disadvantageous to the Empire.

Hence, Charlie wanted to quickly interrogate Fang Xingjian to see if he could discover anything. Even if he could not, this resonated with the First Prince's desire, namely to make things difficult for Fang Xingjian.

At that moment, a knock came from the door behind Charlie. An assistant swept a bizarre glance at Fang Xingjian before replying, "Sir, there's something that you have to know."

Charlie furrowed his brows, "Haven't I said it before? Don't disturb me during an interrogation."

The assistant could only smile bitterly as he replied, "It's something very important."

Charlie glared at him, but still he walked out. Before closing the door, he stared at Fang Xingjian and waving his finger at him, saying, "Fang Xingjian, you had better think about this properly. There's no benefit in continuing to refuse cooperating."

After exiting the room, moving past several corridors, and finally into another room, Charlie impatiently questioned, "What is it?"

"Sir, we've missed a piece of information," the assistant bitterly smiled, saying, "The day before we arrived, was the day when Class 256, Fang Xingjian's class, had just participated in the inter-class competition."

Charlie paid no heed to that. "I know that. Yes, they've taken part in the inter-class competition. It's just a bunch of young Knights competing with each other. What problem is there?"

"But… During the competition, Fang Xingjian displayed supersonic movements and sword techniques."

After the assistant finished his sentence, only silence was left between them. After a long while Charlie blinked, in a bit of a daze, asking, "What did you say? He's only sixteen, but he has reached supersonic speed?"

The assistant bitterly smiled as he continued, "I heard that the instructors in the academy have already reported this up to the Great Western Region's Governor."

The Governor, the one who had authority over all the academies, the Knights' promotions and over the Regional Selection in a region. It was clear how significant his status was. He could be considered the lord of a region.

But of course, the most important point was still that Fang Xingjian, being only sixteen, had already transcended the speed of sound. How astonishing was this? The future of such a character would definitely be unlimited, and one could not even dare to guess how many influential characters would look upon him with favor.

Instantly, Charlie had a feeling akin to having just stabbed into a beehive.

Do not look down on the achievement of having reached supersonic speed. This was just like a border. If Fang Xingjian had only transitioned into a Windstorm Sword Hero, then many people would just sit still and watch as the First Prince took his action. As long as Charlie did not go overboard, no one would say anything.

However, a Windstorm Sword Hero who had achieved supersonic speed in slightly over a month's time was a different thing altogether. It was sufficient for many influential characters to only wish to lay their hands on him.

Charlie saw clearly that he needed to grasp the limits with great care.

Charlie was utterly frustrated as he spoke, "Damn, why didn't you guys tell me this earlier?" If he had known that Fang Xingjian had reached supersonic speed at the age of sixteen, even if the First Prince had spoken, he would not have dared to come and create trouble for him.

The assistant smiled bitterly yet again and continued, "We've only just learnt of this as well. It just so happened that this occurred just one day before we arrived." But he was thinking to himself with contempt, 'You, bootlicker… In order to please the First Prince, you've offered to come forward. Now that you've stabbed into a beehive, you're blaming us?'

Charlie grabbed his hair, instantaneously entering a state of contradiction.

If he were to continue with the investigation, it would mean that offending Fang Xingjian and the ones backing him up was a done deal. Especially considering the fact that Fang Xingjian had not only transitioned into a Windstorm Sword Hero, but had also attained supersonic speed at the age of sixteen… The value of such a genius was truly extraordinary.

However, if he chose to abandon the investigation and return crestfallen to the Imperial Capital, what would become of the association's reputation? What would become of his stand in the association in the future?

Charlie suddenly found himself in a situation akin to mounting a tiger, and finding it incredibly difficult to get down.

Swiftly, however, a hint of ruthlessness flickered in his eyes as he said, "I shall pretend that I don't know of this, and then make good use of this time to interrogate others… This Fang Xingjian has monstrous talent, and has improved at an astonishing speed, but his origins are still unclear. I refuse to believe there's nothing wrong with him."

At the same time, another thought surfaced in his heart. 'Even if nothing comes out of the interrogation, as long as I can accomplish the First Prince's mission…"

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Chapter 98 Investigating One By One

In a small office, Jack sat behind a table, fidgeting about uncomfortably.

Charlie glanced at the assistant beside him, then with eyes akin to that of a hawk, stared at Jack and asked, "With regards to Fang Xingjian, we've already heard.

"What you did amounts to assistance in treason, and is punishable by death, but taking into consideration the fact that your background is clean and that you're still a young Knight, we've decided to give you a chance to confess."

"What? Treason?" Jack said anxiously, "Xingjian committed the crime of treason? How is this possible? But... but he is not to blame for this. This, this is really not his fault. It's... it's my own idea."

A chance?

They looked at each other, and Charlie's gaze revealed a glimpse of excitement.

"Whether he is to blame, what the final sentence will be... that's our problem." He spoke with a ice-cold expression, "What you need to do now is to confess everything."

Jack revealed a troubled expression, "I wished to let my daughter recognize Xingjian as her adopted father, and to let him be my daughter's teacher to introduce her into martial arts. But I had never thought to let Xingjian teach her the academy's sword techniques. I know that it's a crime of treason. How would I dare to harbor such thoughts?"

Charlie frowned. While it was not the clue that he was thinking of, secretly imparting the academy's martial techniques was also a serious breach of confidential information.

Therefore, he continued to ask, "When did Fang Xingjian start to teach your daughter martial arts? What has he taught? Oh right, where is your daughter now?"

"He hasn't." Jack replied, "He really hasn't. I've only just thought of it, and you guys have already discovered it. Right, how did you guys find out about this? I haven't even told my wife about this."

Charlie exchanged a glance with his assistant, and then look at Jack and coldly said, "Are you trying to be funny?"

With a slap, his Reduced Force Field brushed against Jack's chest, pushing him onto the ground, and caused him to spew out a big mouthful of blood.

He was still having hesitations about Fang Xingjian, but how would it be possible for him to think much of an ordinary Knight like Jack? In the association, he had dealt with countless such Knights.

Anthony sat comfortably on the chair, his face wearing a peaceful and calm expression.

Charlie had yet to ask before Anthony took the initiative and said, "You guys want to investigate Fang Xingjian, right?

"I'll talk, I'll talk about everything.

"Fang Xingjian is headstrong and self-opinionated, with no regard for the bigger picture, doing whatever he wishes with no care for order nor regulation. This kind of person should have long been removed from the ranks of a Knight. I raise both my hands in agreement to your investigation."

Charlie furrowed his brows, what was that about being headstrong and self-opinionated, what was that about no order or no regulation? Even if these were all true, it was nothing more than a fart. He reminded, "Say the main point."

"Yes, yes, yes." Anthony put on a solemn face but randomly said, "He has a serious disposition towards violence and has been beating up classmates for a long while now."

"Especially Jack and myself. We need to receive a beating from him daily. He would curse as he bashes us up. You can ask the others. Which one of us in Class 256 has not been bashed up by him before? How could we let such a hot-tempered fellow continue to be a Knight?"

Charlie said impatiently, "We know all of this. Do you have any other information?" He untiringly tried to lead him on, "We need information that other people are unaware of. Don't worry, if you're able to provide us with any useful leads, the association will not treat you shabbily."

"Mmm." Anthony nodded, and started to speak out even more, unrestrained, "I feel that this Fang Xingjian, could possibly like guys."

Charlie's and the assistant's face both twitched. Anthony continued to say, "When he was giving guidance for our sword arts, he liked to touch our body all over. Don't you think that's weird? There were a few times when I felt a bit embarrassed from his actions."

Charlie smiled angrily and said, "This is your information?"

"That's right." Anthony also smiled, "A Knight who likes guys, isn't he an embarrassment to the Empire? I strongly support for Fang Xingjian to be expelled."

"Very good, you are very good. Who do you thinking you are talking to? The Royal Knight Association supervises all the Knights in the world. Do you think that we are an existence that you can provoke?" Charlie coldly nodded. With a palm, the Reduced Force Field slapped against Anthony's face, causing it to turn red.

Looking at Anthony, blood trickling down the corner of his lips, Charlie said, "I'll have another good chat with you at the end."

With that, he said to the assistant beside him, "Bring in the next person."

With a slap, Lilia shattered the table, shouting loudly, "My father is a second transitioned level 24 Knight! Kirst's City Lord! A viscount! My grandfather is the Royal Knight Association's Honorary Representative!"

Charlie wiped off the sweat from his forehead. Even if it was him, he was also not willing to rashly offend those Conferred Knights with the rank of nobility, who had actual authority, and countless backers.

He put up a forced smile, saying, "Lady Lilia, don't be nervous. We're only inviting you to cooperate with our investigation..."

"Cooperate your head!" Lilia bellowed angrily, "Release my teacher immediately! Do you know how much of my sword practice time is wasted on this nonsense of yours? You're holding up a future Knight, do you know that?"

The muscles and bones throughout Lilia's body rang out, her bellow was like a thunderous explosion, spreading through the whole building.

"Lady Lilia, you can be assured, we're just conducting a routine investigation. If there's no problem with Fang Xingjian, then we will naturally release him." Charlie suppressed his fury and smiled to his assistant, saying, "It seems like Lady Lilia doesn't know anything. You can bring her back first."

Long after Lilia left, Charlie stood in the meeting room, staring at the ten plus assistants present, saying, "Are you all idiots? Who brought this lady here?"

An assistant raised his hand weakly, saying, "Sir, you were the one who had said to bring everyone who was closely related to Fang Xingjian."

"Why don't you look at how it went? Was I interrogating her? Or was she the one interrogating me?"

"Such a countryside," Charlie stomped on the chair behind him, shattering it into dust, "How do they expect us to do our work here?"

"And you guys, I know you are not interested in stirring up trouble or offending other people. Each of you just want to get by in life and wait for death to come, for there to be peace in the world.

"Do you guys still have any shame? Do you carry the Empire's responsibility and the association's glory in your heart?"

He threw a glance towards the assistants who were wearing different expressions and thinking of different things, lamenting in his heart, 'A bunch of good-for-nothings who know little but eating and drinking, not knowing how to repay the grace of those who made them who they are today.'

On the other side, once Lilia reached home, she immediately ran to her father's study.

Kirst's City Lord was seated at his office desk, drinking a cup of milk tea when he head a loud bang. The door was sent flying, and it smashed against the wall, as Lilia dashed in infuriated.

"Father, my teacher has been locked up! Quickly get him out of there!"

He smiled bitterly, shaking his head, "Lili, your temper is really..."

"Quickly get them to release teacher! I've gone through so much to find myself such a good teacher, and have been able to improve at a tremendous pace every day. Do you want to see our clan losing a Knight?"

Lilia charged in, grabbed his arm and kept shaking it. Kirst's City Lord almost could not take it anymore. He held on Lilia's shoulders and said, "Alright, Lili. Your teacher is fine."

"How is he fine? He's been locked up till now!"

"Hehe, a sixteen year old first transitioned Warrior who has exceeded the speed of sound." Kirst's City Lord smiled, "Now, the ones who should be panicking isn't your teacher, but those investigators.

"Fang Xingjian's news came too sudden. This bunch of people must have either taken action before they managed to accumulate all the information, or they must be a bunch of complete hotheads.

Kirst's City Lord smiled calmly and said, "But regardless which it is, it's going to be hard for them to back off now.

"They're still too young. To be in such a hurry to step forth, they are really not mature enough."

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Chapter 99 Judgement

Seeing how at ease Kirst's City Lord was, Lilia angrily said, "Then, are you not going to do anything? How much longer do we have to wait?!"

"Not very long," Kirst's City Lord said, "Fang Xingjian is no ordinary person. With his talent, no matter where he goes, he will have friends and enemies as a matter of course, even without doing anything.

"Because there will be those who admire his talent and hope to be his friend, and there will be those who are fearful of his talent and hope to exterminate him before he progresses."

Kirst's City Lord was very clear about the value of a genius like Fang Xingjian. A genius like him, so long as he was given great nurture, would become the Empire's future pillar, a leading militant in the current generation.

And because so, he understood that even if he did not take action, there would be many people stepping forth to save Fang Xingjian.

Moreover, he understood very well who was behind Headmaster Jackson and Huang Lin.

'Hehe, I wonder… After so many years, what level has the one who was so gloriously radiant back then reached now?'

Just as Kirst's City Lord was thinking to himself, Lilia who was at the side smashed his office desk into pieces with a bang.

"Are you going to help or not?!"

"Sigh, Lili, this is made from top quality ancient wood." Kirst's City Lord shook his head. However, he had doted on this youngest daughter the most. Moreover, she had the inborn speciality, 'Monstrous Strength'. Her strength was constantly at its peak, so she would often make damage. He was used to all this.

Looking at Lilia's puffed up face, he helplessly said, "Alright, alright, alright. I'll write a letter right away and send it up to the higher authorities."

In a residence in Kirst City, a middle-aged man with a rectangular face, brown-colored hair, and a short skinny build was listening to the reports of the situation in the academy from his subordinate, seated.

The man with a rectangular face seemed to be short and skinny, but even when he was seated, he still gave off an imposing aura, a feeling like the majesty of a great mountain.

When he had heard from his subordinate that the Investigator Charlie had started to interrogate Jack, Anthony, Lilia and the others, a cold light gleamed in his eyes as he mumbled, "These people are truly retrogressing. I personally complimented this Charlie when he passed the Regional Selection, but now, he isn't showing any political sensitivity at all.

"Are matters concerning the royalty something that a small-fry investigator like him can meddle in?"

The one who had spoken was the the Governor, Devitt, a person at the Empire's pinnacle, and a second transition level 29 Conferred Knight.

Furthermore, compared to him, Huang Lin was only a second transition level 25 Conferred Knight.

Do not underestimate a four level gap. At the second transitional phase, each additional level would require one to go through hurdles of hardship; each additional level would be accompanied with a tremendous improvement in powers.

And in fact, there were a total of eight Governors across the Empire's eight regions, each of them in charge of all the Knights of a region. Each of them were all Warriors at the pinnacle of the second transition and the supporting pillars of the Empire as well.

Seated next to Governor Devitt was Huang Lin, who had gone on a search for a master who could forge the Superior Remains Divine Weapon.

Hearing Devitt's words, Huang Lin furrowed his brows and said, "I'd never have thought that the First Prince would be so anxious."

"Of course he is anxious. While the Empire seems very calm now, the whole Imperial Capital is filled with an undercurrent of hostility. He urgently requires new powers and resources, but it's a pity that he is too anxious." Devitt sighed and said, "Being overly unyielding makes one fragile. The First Prince has always been arrogant and domineering. If this goes on, it can not spell good for the Empire."

"That is what important characters like yourself need to consider." Huang Lin asked, "I only want to know when you'll be able to get my disciple out."

Devitt smiled and said, "Don't be anxious. Your disciple will definitely be safe. It's still early. I want to see if there's any other clowns who will be jumping out."

"Your knife is already polished." Huang Lin said.

Devitt shook his head, "You guys look at the problem too biasedly. I see every Knight as a person with great potential, as the Empire's wealth. However, it's impossible for there to be no conflicts between people forever. As long as competitions are kept within a certain limits, I will not kill.

"But... I won't tolerate idiots rising to ranks and undertaking important positions, not even if they are extremely strong.

"People who are not even able to see through Fang Xingjian's value, I will not get rid of them. But obviously, they are more cut out for battle and are not of leadership material. If such people are given leadership roles, they would only cause havoc in the Empire.

"Therefore, I'll pick them all out, and send them to be on the frontline or assign them duties as instructors."

After saying that, Devitt's face broke into an unfathomable smile, "Your disciple will come out safe and sound from the association's investigation and wait for me to forge the Superior Remains Divine Weapon for him.

"By then, there would probably be no one in Kirst who would be able to hold him down.

"But this time around, the association's interrogation will be able to keep his temper in check."

Huang Lin flatly said, "He isn't one who would cause trouble."

"We'll see," Governor Devitt said, "It's undisputable that he is a talent, but most talents are only skilled in combat and are the top-notch combat prowess of the Empire.

"Therefore, if he is also qualified to take up important positions, it will be even better."

The Great Western Region's Governor Devitt was not only a top-notch Warrior amongst the Conferred Knights, he was also a great master in forging Divine Weapons. This time around, the person Huang Lin was looking for to help forge Fang Xingjian's Divine Weapon was this top-notch character from the Great Western Region.

In the end, Devitt once again smiled coldly and said, "Moreover, I've just written a letter to the Imperial Capital. After all, it's still better for the matters of the association to be solved internally."

Many days passed by. Charlie sent people to take turns interrogating Fang Xingjian, regardless of whether it was day or night. Each day, he only gave Fang Xingjian two cups of water and two bowls of porridge, hoping that by continuously exerting pressure, the latter would give in.

Most of the time, no matter how firm an ordinary Knight's determination was, one that had been cut off from connections with the outside world for such an extended period of time and constantly depleted of his physical strength and mental energy would gradually give up on resisting in the end, or even start to suspect that their allies outside had given up on them.

But Fang Xingjian was totally fine. He continued to cultivate his sword arts daily, bringing his Nurturing techniques to the maximum level one by one. His blurred speciality was turning increasingly clear, and he could now see the first part, 'Un'.

He seemed to be very calm and reserved, doing what he usually did without the slightest care for what was happening around him. Charlie and the others had no concrete evidence, and judging from how they had been acting throughout this time, he was very certain that Charlie and the others could not do anything to him.

Compared to Fang Xingjian's calm, Charlie was anxious like ants on a hot pan.

An assistant reported, "Kirst's City Lord has reported to the Regional Chief that we have falsely accused an official Knight, persecuted Kirst's civilians, and caused all of Kirst's aristocrats to be extremely jittery."

If the Governor was said to be the number one person in the whole region, in charge of governing all the Knights in a region, then the Regional Chief was the Regional Office's person in authority. He was in charge of overseeing the civilians and was the number two character in the whole region. However, the Regional Chief would only slightly lose out to the Governor in comparison.

Hearing Kirst's City Lord's actions, Charlie cursed in his heart as his assistant continued, "Headmaster Jackson had also reported to the Governor saying that we are freely framing and torturing students, destroying the tranquility in Kirst Royal Academy and affecting the order of their education system."

"Those two old, ignorant fools." Fury flashed past Charlie's face. The other party's report sounded simple, but it basically meant that they were waving a blade towards him at point-blank, determined go against him to the end. However, he had failed to find out anything yet. If this were to go on, he would be labelled as an incompetent fool who was unable to see the bigger picture.

This would mean that, implicitly, there would no longer be a spot for him in the association, and even his future political path would turn extremely grim.

Before he coming here, he had only known that this fellow was a rare Windstorm Sword Hero, but one that was a commoner with no powers backing him up. On the other hand, he himself was supported by the First Prince!

Who would have thought that only after coming did he then discover that this was a great trouble.

Thinking of this, a tinge of viciousness appeared on Charlie's face, "Immediately bring Fang Xingjian for questioning. This time around, I'll take action myself."

"Take action?"

Charlie said coldly, "It's the last day. It'll be fine if we can make him spew it out. If not, we'll end it." After saying that, he shut his eyes, feeling a bit tired.

'The respective powers in the Empire are overly protective. It's too hard for the association to do our work.'

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Chapter 100 The Last Gamble

The association's work was truly not easy. Especially when they came across troublesome characters like Fang Xingjian, Charlie better sensed all the obstacles coming at them from all directions.

Putting aside the fact that the academy and the local officials were not cooperating, even his subordinates were getting increasingly useless.

Charlie suddenly headed to the office Fang Xingjian was in. He sat down, staring at Fang Xingjian.

'There's definitely a problem with this Fang Xingjian.

'Unknown identity, exceptional talent. He's obviously come from an unusual background.

'Someone from another country? An occult believer? Orphan from a fallen faction? Or is he a demon from another dimension?'

All these days, the more he investigated, the more Charlie felt that Fang Xingjian was definitely hiding secrets.

A person without any records other than in the past year, and Charlie was unable to find out where he was from. He had suddenly soared after appearing, accomplishing what countless others could not. What were the chances of being no problems with someone like him?

For such a person to enter the Empire, and even become a Knight... How could Charlie possibly feel that it was safe?

Charlie's judgement was not wrong, but he was looking in the wrong direction.

It was because he had thought all along that Fang Xingjian might be someone from an opposing country. He could have been the descendent of a faction which had been wiped out, or a descendent from some fallen aristocrat clan. In short, he must be the descendent of someone from an opposing force of the Empire. If not, how could it be that his identity was not revealed?

He would never have thought that Fang Xingjian was simply not someone from this world.

Therefore, no matter how much he investigated, as long as Fang Xingjian did not say anything, he would have no leads at all.

Seeing Fang Xingjian still keep his eyes tightly shut and not saying a word, a cold gleam flashed past Charlie's eyes.

Fang Xingjian had been unceasingly cultivating his sword arts and Waves. Even if his body was not replenished with various nutrients, heavenly and earthly treasures, and even though he was going through a deficit of vital energy and blood, he continued to cultivate.

Without the replenishment of ferocious beasts, various medicinal foods, and heavenly and earthly treasures, Fang Xingjian continued to cultivate even though his body was unable to take it anymore. Of course, it was harming his body, causing his muscles, flesh, and blood vessels to work under extreme fatigue, unable to rest properly.

Therefore, while his sword arts were improving and his attributes were being tempered, his vital energy and blood were being depleted, his muscles and bones were increasingly strained, and even the thinnest channels in his body were getting destroyed, unable to recover.

Even if such cultivation brought damage to his physical body, he did not give up.

It was because he already had very little time left. He could not afford to waste the slightest bit of it.

It would take losing his consciousness to get him to stop, or going through a further extended period of malnutrition that could cause him irreversible damage if he were to continue cultivating.

Charlie, of course, did not know that Fang Xingjian could still continue with his cultivation despite being interrogated like this daily, when he could not even fill his stomach. Moreover, he was cultivating at great speed. Having gone through endless sword arts cultivation day and night for the past few days, he had almost brought all of his Nurturing techniques to the maximum level, and that blurred speciality was getting increasingly clearer as well.

Now, Fang Xingjian could already clearly see the first word, 'Unparalleled'.

"Fang Xingjian? Are you still unwilling to speak up?" Charlie asked, calmly. "So many days have passed. You should also understand that there's no one who can save you."

He put up a calm front and said, "In fact, I do quite admire you. Within such a short one year, you've been able to find so many people to help you.

"You've seen the result yourself. They've really be jumping around a lot for the past few days, but it's useless. The Royal Knight Association supervises all the Knights in the Empire. If you go on like this, sooner or later, your status as a Knight will be removed.

"Not only that, you will also be maimed of your martial techniques and Waves.

"If you want to be saved, there's only one way out.

"Which is to confess. Tell your secret and plead for the association's understanding."

Fang Xingjian smiled, "Confess my secret, become a prisoner, then wait for the First Prince to save me, and sign on the Devil's Note?" Today Charlie had come in alone, and Fang Xingjian knew what he was planning. Having unceasingly applied pressure and interrogation for the past few days, going to such an extent to overwhelm him, was it not just for this?

"Charlie, remember what you've done the past few days. You'll regret it."

With that, he looked at the other party as if he were looking at a dead man. Killing intent soared within him, pushing towards the other party, then all of a sudden he shut his eyes, not saying another word as he fully focused on cultivating his sword arts.

"Regret? We'll see who will be the one to regret it."

Charlie coldly said, "The First Prince is wise and great, unparalleled in both civil and military skills. It's only a matter of time before he attains the Divine level, and he becomes the King of the Empire.

Even if you escape this time, what about next time? What's next? What will happen after the First Prince ascends the throne to become the King? Will you be able to run for your whole life?

"As long as you refuse to budge, then no matter how big the world is, there'll be no place for you.

"Now, with me alone, you've lost all your standing and reputation. How many people are there under the First Prince? How many of them are stronger than me, have a higher status than me, have a even more terrifying identity than me?"

Fang Xingjian continued to keep his eyes closed, unceasingly cultivating his sword techniques in his mind. His sword arts seemed to have reached a crucial point, so he directed all his attention to them.

From then on, no matter how much Charlie threatened and baited him, Fang Xingjian did not react at all. More and more of his sword techniques had reached the maximum level, and his cultivation had entered a never before encountered state of focus. It was as if, in his mind, the whole world had started to change.

Charlie did not know about this at all, and only thought that Fang Xingjian was still putting up a fight. Therefore, he rolled up his sleeves, slowly starting to move behind Fang Xingjian and exerting pressure on him. It was Charlie's Reduced Force Field.

"You're better off not retaliating. I have 107 points in strength. Even if it's only the Reduced Force Field, it's not something you'll be able to face."

Seeing that Fang Xingjian was still not reacting or making a sound Charlie let out a cold laugh, and gradually started pressing down on Fang Xingjian's shoulders.

Fang Xingjian ignored him, or rather, he had already lost all his senses relating to the outside world. His mind continued cultivating his sword arts. There was just one more Nurturing technique to be brought to the maximum level, and the blurred specialty was getting increasingly clearer as well. The next word 'Sword' had already appeared.

An entirely new feeling forced Fang Xingjian to continue to search for it, fully immersing him in cultivation.

Charlie's wrist was like cast iron, gradually increasing the strength applied on Fang Xingjian's shoulders.

His face revealed a brutal expression. "We have a lot of time, you can think about it slowly."

If not for the news that Fang Xingjian had transcended the speed of sound was too astonishing, he would have applied certain means on Fang Xingjian. But now, he was also left with no choice. No matter if it was a success or failure, it was his last interrogation.

And although Fang Xingjian had broken through the sound barrier, it only proved that he had great talent. While breaking through the speed of sound could mean that he could have his way amongst those in the first transition, when facing a Conferred Knight, the gap was very large.

Just as Charlie was gradually grabbing onto Fang Xingjian's shoulder with more and more force, Fang Xingjian's mental sword practice got increasingly faster, increasingly faster.

Creak creak. His shoulder was suddenly grabbed so hard that it started making creaking sounds, as if it would break at any moment.

The experience for the last set of Nurturing technique soared, and was nearing the maximum level.

Finally, with a huge boom in Fang Xingjian's mind, the last set of the Nurturing technique reached the maximum level. That new speciality finally appeared. Fang Xingjian only felt that ten thousands of swords had appeared, as if something had changed and was just taking shape. All the sword techniques gathered together and then exploded with a boom. At the next moment, he suddenly fainted.

Seeing Fang Xingjian's head slant, Charlie's heart suddenly leapt and he immediately let go of his hand.

"Hey, Fang Xingjian, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing that there was no reply, Charlie furrowed his brows and said, "Don't think that you'll be fine just because you're putting up a fainting act."

He tested the other party's breath and heartbeat. They felt that normal. But no matter how much he pushed or pulled Fang Xingjian, or even splashed water on his face, Fang Xingjian still appeared to be as if he was asleep, without any reaction.

Charlie started to panic. 'Could it be that Fang Xingjian has reached his limits? But he doesn't look so weak.'

He attempted to lay Fang Xingjian on the ground and then took a closer look. He realized that the other party still had no reaction, as if he was really asleep.

'What's going on?'

Just as he was feeling troubled, the door was kicked open with a bang. Charlie was just about to curse out, he kept his mouth shut when he saw who it was. His paled face turned pale.

Huang Lin was the first to dash in. When he saw Fang Xingjian on the floor, he immediately went up to check out the situation.

Governor Devitt also walked in. Seeing Fang Xingjian unconscious on the floor, his brows furrowed.

Entering with Devitt was an elderly man dressed in black. He wore almost the same clothes as Charlie, but with an additional rim of gold at the sides, making him appear even more dignified.

"Sir, why... Why are you here as well?" Charlie said, stammering.

The old man glared, saying, "Have you forgotten the association's regulations? We always stay neutral, and do not take part in the internal strife within the Empire." He threw a glance towards Fang Xingjian and asked, "What happened? What did you do?"

In that instant, a feeling that great trouble had fallen came to him. Charlie's smiled turned extremely bitter, "I really did not do anything. He just fainted by himself."

However, Huang Lin noticed that Fang Xingjian would not wake up no matter what. He looked at Charlie and said, brimming with killing intent, "Devitt, you were the one who had assured me that my disciple will definitely be fine. What now? This matter will not end here."

Devitt also furrowed his brows and said, "Let the doctor take a look first." He looked towards the elderly at the said, "Seems that there's a lot of problems within the association. Some investigator's characteristics are also worrying. I'll definitely be reporting this to his Majesty.

"And if I were to find out that something has happened to Fang Xingjian, hmph hmph..."

Although he did not say anything in the end, cool air seemed to float around the whole place. Frost formed in the corners of the room.

A second transition level 29 strong Warrior. Even if it was just a slight killing intention, it was sufficient to make anyone tremble in fear.

The old man's face was extremely grim. His gaze towards Charlie was as if he wanted to devour him.

Charlie's countenance turned extremely bad. He opened his mouth and said in a bitter voice, "I really haven't done anything yet!"

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Chapter 101 Consequence

Outside the ward, Huang Lin was sitting on a chair, his expression showing great annoyance. Headmaster Jackson was next to him, as if preventing him from drawing his sword with the intention to kill at any moment.

Governor Devitt had already left. After all, with his status, it was impossible for him to wait here, no matter how much of a genius the student was.

Charlie wore a mournful expression, standing in the corner and feeling perplexed. He tried to recall the details in his mind.

'It's impossible. This can't be. I really didn't do anything.

'Could it be the food? That's not right. I already checked all the food...'

At that moment, the door to the ward was opened, and a doctor came out.

Huang Lin and the others went up and ask, "How is it?"

"It doesn't look good." The doctor shook his head, "The tissues of the muscles throughout his body have sustained great damages. His collar bone is also slightly cracked. It seems to be the due to pressure from Reduced Force Field.

"And there's problems with his internal organs. He seems to have suffered from malnutrition for an extended period of time, yet continued to undergo vigorous training, which caused his internal organs to show signs of deterioration." Saying that, he subconsciously looked towards Charlie, who was wearing a slightly grim expression.

When Huang Lin and the others heard it, they did not say anything, but just put on a cold smile as they looked towards Charlie.

The doctor continued, "But we've already prescribed the medication for these. With his physique, he should recover within one to two weeks.

"Moreover, his blood, breathing, and heart rate are all normal. It's just that he's not waking up, as if he's in a coma.

"To be honest, a weird condition like this, I've only heard of it before."

Huang Lin frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"

"It's said that there were others who had experienced a similar condition in the past as well. After suffering from physical or mental trauma, their brain failed to work normally, and they ended up sleeping all the way until their lives ended." Seeing Huang Lin's agitated gaze, the doctor quickly added, "It's a mere personal conjecture. In short, ordinary treatment methods are useless. I think it's better to look for Knights who have healing abilities. In this case, there might still be hope.

"Or think of other solutions. It's likely that the patient received a tremendous impact to his mental state."

Jackson sent the doctor off, saying, "I've got it. Thank you."

Huang Lin had already turned around, his eyes fixed on Charlie as he coldly said, "This is a Windstorm Sword Hero who took only three months to complete the transition, a genius who took only one month to transcend the speed of sound... To have fallen here... What on earth have you done?"

"I..." Charlie felt aggrieved and wanted to say something, but no words came out of his mouth.

Looking at how Huang Lin seemed as if he was about to kill, the Headmaster patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't be rash."

Just then, another Knight dressed in black walked in. He was also a member of the Royal Knight Association, and his gaze on Charlie was filled with pity.

It was obvious that when he had been outside earlier, he had already asked the doctor for his diagnosis.

He looked at Charlie and said, "Come with me, Charlie. The lord has requested to see you."

If it were as usual, as a Knight, he would definitely not dare to speak to Charlie, a Conferred Knight, like this. But now, how could Charlie care about such things?

Charlie looked at Huang Lin, bowed, and said, "This thing is really not my fault. But I'll definitely find out who did this."

With that, he left with his colleague.

No matter how perturbed or uneasy he was, Charlie still entered the temporary office the association had in the academy.

On the way, tens of members of the association's staff gathered around. They were all looking towards Charlie with gazes filled with pity, and some as if they were staring at an idiot.

As for the people that Charlie had brought along, they were all led to different rooms to be interrogated.

A sixteen year old Windstorm Sword Hero, a genius who had transcended the speed of sound, stabbed in the back just like that. Even if the Head of the Royal Knight Association was still in the Imperial Capital, everyone present could imagine his fury.

Moreover, there were definitely not just one or two important characters behind Fang Xingjian. Just the previous appearance of the Governor stood witness for how much he was being valued.

When he reached the office door, Charlie's feet could not help but start trembling. A colleague at the side laughed and said, "Don't be nervous, go on in."

Charlie inhaled deeply, circulating his mental cultivation method in his mind, and forcefully suppressing the anxiety in his heart.

Pushing the door open and entering, he saw, under the ray of sunlight from the window, that old man dressed in black, with golden seams at the rims, standing upright, looking out the window.

After entering, Charlie did not dare to speak up, but just stood there, head facing the floor, as if he was staring at a flower on the ground.

As time passed by, the old man continued to look at the scenery outside the window, as if there was something nice to look at. The room was drowned in silence, and Charlie could only hear the sound of his own breathing.

Droplets of sweat started to appear on Charlie's forehead. He felt the pressure in the room getting increasingly strong. He knew that the other party was deliberately ignoring him, but at this moment, he did not dare to have any kind of thoughts.

Finally, after about twenty minutes had passed by, just as Charlie felt that the air was turning viscous, the old man finally spoke up.

"Charlie, do you still remember the association's regulations?"

Charlie swallowed, and bitterly said, "Absolute neutrality."

"That's right, absolute neutrality. The Knight Association oversees all matters concerning Knights in the Empire. It represents countless powers which could break through into the enemy ranks, powers which could be used to destroy cities and eradicate countries.

"Can you imagine, once internal strife starts to occur within this power, what would be the consequences?"

Charlie did not speak, but lowered his head even more.

The old man continued to speak, "What on earth have you done to Fang Xingjian?"

Charlie spoke up in with a bitter face, "I... I really didn't do anything."

The old shook his head. "The association's work is not suitable for you, there's no need for you to carry on with it. But as a Conferred Knight, you can't sit around doing nothing. Go make your preparations to join the Southern Crusade."

The Empire's Southern Crusade was an army of Knights which was in charge of suppressing the Empire's southern region.

The southern borders were full of various pests, minority tribes of all sorts, and various dangerous wild beasts. It could be said to be the most chaotic, most dangerous, and most rundown area.

And the Southern Crusade, located in the southern borders, was the toughest army to be in. Being sent off to the southern borders was equivalent to being banished, to being condemned to death in a faraway land, never to return.

Moreover, even if he could put up with it with his Conferred Knight's physique, what would happen to his wife, his son, and his parents?

Charlie's face turned extremely pale, as if he was a ghost, as he looked at the old man.

He opened his mouth, and the coarse voice that came out shocked even himself, "Sir, I beg of you to give me a chance."

"If you want a chance, then you had better give me a good explanation." The old man paid him no heed, but continued, "I'll give you one month's time. The association will investigate what nonsense you have been up to in the academy this time around. But mind your mouth, don't land yourself into a situation where you will need to pay with your life."

Charlie's face looked as if he had aged ten years in just a short moment, his spine bent, as if all the vitality in him had been sapped away.

The southern borders were scarce in land, resources, and population. Moreover, they were far away from the Imperial Capital. If he was sent there, he would probably be forgotten in a mere few years.

That place did not even have a proper Regional Royal Knight Academy.

Going there would not just snap off his path of progress, it would also kill off all possibilities of him attaining breakthroughs in his martial arts.

Without an academy, without resources, and with incredibly few people he could mingle with, it would be extremely tough t to rely purely on his talent to achieve any breakthroughs.

As if he had expected Charlie's reaction, the old man shook his head, let out a sigh and said, "A sixteen year old Windstorm Sword Hero... A sixteen year old swordsman at the speed of sound... What a good seedling...

"Do you know how much such a genius could contribute to the Empire once he progressed?"

The next moment, his tone turned cold, "Certain people's hands have really stretched out too far."

"The First Prince's hand has stretched out too far," Governor Devitt coldly said. "For the past few years, he has been increasingly tyrannical, seizing and taking in talents as he wishes. In order to complete his Devil's Note, he caused the ruin of countless families and great discontent amongst the people."

Besides Devitt stood an elegant-looking black-haired man. He was Devitt's aide, Westerner Li Hong.

Hearing Devitt's grumbles, Li Hong nodded, saying, "It can't be helped. I heard that back then, the First Prince had chanced upon attaining the State of Dominion, and thus he has been increasingly direct with the way he does things – those who submit will prosper, those who oppose shall perish. There's no tolerance for the slightest disobedience.

"Although the First Prince's powers have soared in leaps and bounds through this, gaining authority in the government, and even getting him great chances of attaining the Divine level..."

Devitt let out a cold laugh. If such a First Prince were to ascend to the throne, it would probably lead to groups of Knights going on a rebellion.

But of such matters even he did not dare to blatantly speak out loud. He only frowned and thought to himself, 'What is His Majesty thinking? Especially for the past few years… The period of time that His Majesty has been cultivating for in seclusion has been increasing each time, and each time he comes out, his aura is increasingly unfathomable.

'But his control in the court is diminishing. Could it be...'

Suddenly, a possibility flashed in Devitt's thoughts, making him tremble.

He shook his head, chasing the thought out of his mind and murmured to himself, 'It's a pity about this good seedling, Fang Xingjian… A genius who has managed to transcend the speed of sound at the age of sixteen. If he'd been able to progress quickly and eventually support that person...'

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Chapter 102 Respective Reaction

In the ward, Fang Xingjian's consciousness was extremely active. Countless sword moves were demonstrated in his mind, and an indescribable aura churned around in his consciousness, making him focus like never before, and keeping him unconscious, unable to bring his infatuated consciousness back to awareness.

At the same time, on his Specialty Window, the words 'Unparalleled Sword Intent' got increasingly clearer, as if it would be fully completed in a few days' time.

Now, Fang Xingjian's consciousness was condensed into this Unparalleled Sword Intent. when he woke up, the level of cultivation for his sword arts would once again reach a new height, and his powers would surge at a greater scale.

In another place, in an extremely splendid manor which was three times bigger than Fang Xingjian's villa. A silver-haired neat-looking man who gave off a feeling similar to mountain spring water was seated at the dining table, eating and casually replying, "Is that so? That Fang Xingjian has been crippled?"

This man was the Prefectural Champion from Class 248 of the Knight Academy, the great genius Hamil. He was also known to be the strongest amongst all students, with high hopes of getting through the Regional Selection in another one to two years.

Hearing his words, his steward said, "That's right. It's said that he might have lost his consciousness forever, never to wake up."

"It's such a pity. I originally wanted to defeat him fair and square before everyone, and let everyone know who is truly the strongest in Kirst Academy. To think that he could not even get through a small interrogation. It just shows that he can only go so far."

Hamil shook his head, "No matter how talented a Knight is, without a strong will, he will never be able to accomplish great things.

"It's a pity, it's a pity. I'd thought that it would finally be more exciting in this academy. To think that he fell before he even started rising."

With that, Hamil inhaled deeply, his tone filled with extreme loneliness.

A barefoot Knight was feeling the earth with his skin as he continued to sense the tremors in the ground. Baring his upper body, he waved his sword again and again in the air.

With each wave of his sword, a tremendous amount of perspiration appeared all over his body, completely drenching his feet.

This person was Class 249's genius, Ralph, who was just a tad weaker than the academy's strongest student Hamil.

He was also equally talented, a swordsman with a will as firm as rock. He went through tough training sessions day and night, which ensured him an extremely strong foundation.

"The body is one's capital.

"A person's physique and attributes are the crux.

"Because, regardless what skill or Killing technique it is, one needs high attributes to fully display it.

"One's attributes determine one's future."

Beside him, a younger Knight who was practicing sword arts with him nodded furiously at his words, and started putting even more effort in his training.

After a while, a servant came in, handing the Knight a letter.

With a casual glance, he threw away the letter and continued his practice.

That young man glanced over curiously, unable to hold it in and asked, "Elder Brother, what is it?"

"Fang Xingjian has been crippled."

"Ahh, that sixteen year old Windstorm Sword Hero? I heard that he's a hot favorite in this year's inter-class competition."

Ralph snorted coldly and said, "He's just a chap who relies on his talent and job speciality to bully novices, a genius made by flattery. Even if he had not been crippled, I would have definitely defeated him."

The young man smiled and said, "That's true. Elder brother's goal is Hamil, after all. After defeating him, you'll have the confidence to participate in the Regional Selection, right?"

"Regional Selection?" A faint gleam flashed in Ralph's eyes.The Regional Selection was his actual goal. Those whose goals were the inter-class competition and getting into the academy could not understand how far his goal was.

Five hundred meters away from Kirst Academy, in an enormous active volcano.

The whole volcano was making slight tremors every now and then. Thick smoke came out the top of the volcano, as if it would explode at any moment.

In this extremely harsh environment, deep in the volcano, a man was training completely naked, revealing great chunks of muscles as large as slabs of marbles.

Countless light flickers from the fire around him shone on his body, tempering his physical body just like it would temper steel, and making his physique increasingly stronger, increasingly terrifying.

The man abruptly opened his eyes wide, and blood-red light surged from their depths. He suddenly stretched out four arms from his back, each of them covered with black scales, brimming with a strong evil aura, as if they were the hands of demons coming from the very depths of hell.

"Not bad, not bad." From a distance, a man made of fire and light walked over to him, looked at Kaunitz and said, "You've already reached level 5 of the Inferno Indestructible Physique. With me using the Divine Flames of the Earth's Core to temper your body, you'll be able to reach level 10 in this Killing technique after maximum another month.

"By then, this coupled with your Six-Armed Asura job, and the Divine Equipment I've bestowed on you will be sufficient to increase your battle prowess over tenfold."

Kaunitz immediately knelt before him, gleams of fury flashing in his eyes, "Thank you, First Prince, for your kind grace." He was still harboring an inveterate hatred towards Fang Xingjian.

Seeing this, the First Prince's clone shook his head, and suddenly tossed a bottle of medicine to Kaunitz.

Kaunitz caught it, and at the next moment, he immediately sense a strong fragrance coming from it. In an instant, all the fatigue in his body disappeared, and he was once again brimming with limitless strength and spirit.

He opened his eyes and noticed that it held ten queer-looking medicinal pills which looked like glaze or stardust, simply floating in the bottle and shining bits of starlight.

"This... This is..."

The First Prince said with indifference, "These are medicine pills concocted from dragon's blood, which I've brought from the Imperial Capital. Each of them can change one's blood and marrow, completely modifying a person's physique, and allowing one to be half human, half dragon. They can raise a normal person's potential by 10,000 points."

"What?!" Kaunitz was stunned, and at the next moment, he was looking at the medicinal pills in his hands with an extremely greedy gaze, with the strong urge to immediately take them all at once.

The First Prince continued, "At most, each person can take ten of these Dragon Blood Pills which can change one's blood and improve one's physique. After eating them, one will turn into a half human, half dragon being. Taking any more than that would simply be useless.

"I've initially brought this for Fang Xingjian, hoping to nurture him quickly so that he can assist me to charge into the enemy's ranks and fight for me."

Suddenly, his expression turned extremely subtle, as he turned towards Kaunitz and said, "Are you jealous?"

Kaunitz anxiously knelt down, "Your subject wouldn't dare." But at the next moment, a series of horrifying cries came out from his mouth, and he fell to the ground, convulsing unceasingly, feeling as if his attributes were starting to drop.

"Hmph hmph, haven't you learnt your place yet?" the First Prince coldly said, "After signing the Devil's Note, your each and every move is within my grasp. Any actions which go against my commands will reduce your attributes by half, and you'll experience the most painful agony in the world.

"Defying orders, naturally, also includes lying to me."

As he said that, he pointed towards Kaunitz through the air, putting a stop to Kaunitz's agony. "This is the last time. In the future, if you do anything to cause a backlash of the Devil's Note, I won't help you again."

Kaunitz anxiously said, "Thank you, Your Highness. Your subject would not dare to do so again."

The First Prince shook his head, saying, "Take the medicine."

Kaunitz was stunned, and then heard the First Prince continue, "Fang Xingjian has already been wasted. Sigh, it's a pity. I'd originally only wanted Charlie to apply some pressure on him, making things easier in the future. I would never have thought that he would not be able to put up with such a small setback.

"But it's good as well. Finding out that his will is so weak earlier saves me the trouble of him spoiling my future plans."

With that, his silhouette darted, and he entered Kaunitz's body.

"There's going to be a huge change in this world. You better begin your cultivation quickly. This way, you'll be able to assist me in defending the Empire, and help in taking charge of the situation."

Kaunitz started his cultivation once again, but no matter what, he could not hide the hint of a smile on the corner of his lips.

"Fang Xingjian, you're already wasted?" Naturally, he would not doubt the First Prince's source of information. It was just that he felt both extreme satisfaction and disappointment.

"It's a pity that I could not defeat you myself. But this also proves that I'm the best!"

A few days later, just when everyone thought that Fang Xingjian would never wake up again, his eyelids twitched, and he slowly started regaining his consciousness.

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Chapter 103 Waking Up

During the days when Fang Xingjian had been unconscious, Charlie had experienced the darkest moments of his life.

In the small dark room, he had been the one seated in the interrogation chair this time around.

His ex-colleague coughed and slowly said, "Charlie, I won't say much. You know our regulations. Confess honestly, it'll save you from having a hard time, and it won't make it harder for our brothers either."

Charlie furiously shouted, "I did not do anything!"

"Haha, you didn't do anything, but a Knight is lying down in sickbed, with injuries all over?" His colleague's eyes narrowed as he smiled and said, "We all know everything inside out, as well as the available means and methods. What's the point of telling me this now?"

With that he stood up, looking at Charlie extremely coldly and said, "This time around, you've thrown away our association's face. Do you really think that you'd be able to reach the south borders at ease?

"You had better confess honestly. What have you done to Fang Xingjian? Why is it that he hasn't been able to wake up until now?"

Indifferently, he asked, "Was it poison? Remains Divine Weapon? Or was it some unique speciality or ability? How on earth did you do it?"

Charlie's face seemed to have aged ten years as he sighed and said, "I've already said that I haven't done anything."

The colleague opposite him only smiled coldly, obviously unable to trust Charlie's words.

He spoke out, "Seems like you don't want to say it. Then let us continue our chat tomorrow."

With that, he left, leaving Charlie alone in the small dark room, pulling his hair and frantically trying to think.

'What on earth is happening?'

Just like that, time passed by day after day. News of Fang Xingjian's being in a coma gradually spread throughout the academy.

The one in the most agony was Charlie, since for the past few days, he had eventually received an even more severe interrogation than Fang Xingjian had.

Although there was no torture and no violence, the forceful coercion had borne down on him with the weight of Mount Taishan. With just a slight pressure from the Empire's higher management, he already felt extreme despair. In addition, having been given only a small amount of drinking water and diluted porridge daily, his eye circles had turned increasingly dark, his body had got increasingly weak, and even his cheeks had sunk in. He was turning thin and feeble at an astonishing rate.

A whole seven days passed by, and the whole academy had heard the news that Fang Xingjian was now wasted. Charlie had also spent the darkest seven days of his life.

Until today, when the colleague who was interrogating once again walked in, looking at Charlie pitifully as he said, "Fang Xingjian has woken up. Today is your last chance. You'd better confess. What on earth have you done?"

Hearing this, Charlie's face turned grim, his eyes ravishing with joy, "What? Fang Xingjian is awake? Let me meet him! I beg of you, please let me meet him! Let me have a confrontation with him directly. I've really not done anything!"

The two colleagues exchanged glances and said, "Let's ask the lord."

In the ward, Fang Xingjian was already awake. His physique was really good, and coupled with the treatment the academy had provided for him, disregarding the amount of money they spent, his injuries had already recovered.

However, he did not open his eyes immediately, but simply looked at his Attributes Window.

All this time, he had first cultivated in his villa, and had secretly stolen Nurturing techniques during the competitions, followed by twenty-four hours of unceasing cultivation in the small dark room. Other than the increase in attributes provided by his potential, he had also gained additional increase in attributes thanks to the Nurturing techniques which did not overlap with the ones he had already learnt.

Of course, because he had also cultivated unceasingly, day and night, he had gained another level. Level 4 Sonido Sword Zephyr Waves allowed his strength, endurance, reaction and flexibility to increase by 4 points, while his agility had increased by a full 8 points.

His daily potential had increased yet again, since he had acquired a few more sets of Nurturing sword techniques which did not overlap with his previous ones.

Although it seemed as if the increase had not been significant, since the gaps between each additional point of increase got wider and wider, Fang Xingjian's powers had increased by a great degree.

But with the decrease in the number of Nurturing techniques that he could gain attributes increases from, he could only rely on using his potential points to increase his attributes. Thus, the speed of the increase in attributes had also got slower.

Name

Fang Xingjian

Age

16

Occupation

Windshadow Sword Divinity

Level

10

Strength

544

Agility

834

Reaction

53

Endurance

46

Flexibility

46

The attributes above come into effect once the Sonido Sword Zephyr Waves is activated.

Due to Perfect Muscles, 4 in strength and agility (10% of the endurance attribute)

Nurturing Sword Techniques

45 sets

Training Sword Techniques

5 sets

Supreme Mistwind Sword

Level 20

Specialities:

Genius Swordsmanship,

Elementary Survival Instinct,

Internal Healing，

Internal Training，

Sword Specialist,

High Agility Motion Vision,

Heightened Reflexes,

Perfect Muscles

Elementary Berserkness

Unparalleled Sword Intent (50/100)

Potential

10,000 point increase/day

Waves

Level 4 Sonido Sword Zephyr Waves

Mental Cultivation Method

Level 2 Ice Age Meditation Art

Fang Xingjian looked at the new addition on his Stats Window, the Unparalleled Sword Intent. He started thinking to himself.

The progress indicator behind it clearly showed that this Unparalleled Sword Intent could still evolve, and it was currently at 50/100. Fang Xingjian gave it some thought, and the only thing which made sense was that he had now cultivated a total of 50 sets of sword arts to their maximum level. The only other one was his Supreme Mistwind Sword, which he had not been cultivating for the past few days, and thus had yet to reach the maximum level.

'It's that harsh? To think that this speciality requires 50 sets of sword techniques at their maximum level... Ordinary people can never dream to complete this in all their lives.'

Curious, Fang Xingjian started to look at its description.

Unparalleled Sword Intent: Innate Sword Bones, formed from repetitive tempering; uses intent to counter moves; unrivalled worldwide.

Any sword arts in the world will be picked up at a single look; tremendously increases the practitioner's speed of picking sword techniques, and can see through all techniques in the world; the success rate of seeing through the opponent's moves is affected by gap between the practitioner's speed and his opponent's speed; the faster the opponent's agility and reaction attribute, the lower the success rate.

This speciality, Unparalleled Sword Intent, had further increased Fang Xingjian's speed at which he picked up sword techniques. Now, by simply closing his eyes and contemplating a little, thousands or tens of thousands of sword moves would appear in his mind. All fifty sets of sword techniques had granted him his own perception towards sword arts, allowing him to create his own system.

Most of the sword techniques in the world, after disassembling them, breaking them apart and crushing them, then finally breaking them down to their most basic moves, would not be far from these fifty sets of sword techniques. Therefore, he could now learn any sword technique faster than if he were to learn anything else.

The ability to see through moves was obviously an ability to see through the flaws in the opponent's moves, but Fang Xingjian would only be able to experience the actual effects after having tried it for himself.

What he was more curious about was what effects the Unparalleled Sword Intent would have if it progressed even more.

At that moment, Huang Lin was the first to dash in and come to Fang Xingjian's bedside, asking, "Xingjian?"

Fang Xingjian opened his eyes, looked at Huang Lin and said, "Teacher, why are you here?"

"It's all because of that dratted Charlie." Huang Lin gritted his teeth and said, "Tell me, what on earth has he done to you? I want him to pay back in ten folds."

"He..." Fang Xingjian turned silent for a moment, obviously digesting the information in Huang Lin's words.

But Huang Lin thought that he was trying to recollect what had happened, and thus did not disturb him.

Fang Xingjian gave it some thought, and then suddenly saw the Unparalleled Sword Intent on his Stats Window. He immediately said, "Teacher, I've suddenly got the speciality Unparalleled Sword Intent." With that, he looked around the room, look at Huang Lin, and felt an intriguing feeling surging from within him. It was as if the whole world had changed, but he could not tell what was different.

"Unparalleled Sword Intent?" Huang Lin's face revealed an extremely astonished expression, "To think that you've comprehended a mental state."

A mental state referred to an extremely unique specialty, all Knights having the possibility of attaining it, but at the same time, it was not guaranteed that they would be able to attain in a lifetime. It was because the mental state that each person could attain was different, and so was their comprehension and means to improve it.

Therefore, this was something which could not be passed down, and which could not be used as reference for others. A person could only rely on oneself to attain it.

Even as Kirst's sword master, Huang Lin had not yet comprehended the mental state. It was because luck and affinity played a part in this as well.

Due to the difficulty in comprehending the mental state and its progress, once it was attained, the specialty would be able to raise one's powers tremendously.

For example, Unparalleled Sword Intent, or the First Prince's State of Dominion.

Now, hearing that Fang Xingjian had also attained the Sword Intent, Huang Lin immediately felt great astonishment.

He said, "Therefore, you don't have to tell me what your mental state is. You hold the secret to yourself, and it's best that you don't ever tell anyone else. This will be your trump card."

Fang Xingjian nodded, expressing that he understood.

Huang Lin said once again, "Then how do you wish to deal with Charlie?"

"Charlie?" Fang Xingjian furrowed his brows and said, "Teacher, what are the plans you guys have for him?"

Huang Lin immediately shared their plans to chase Charlie out of the Royal Knight Association and to send him to the southern borders. "He is after all, a Conferred Knight, and is of great use to the Empire. Therefore, it's impossible to sentence him to death.

"Sending him to the southern borders, would not only allow him to render service to the country, but would also make it impossible for him to ever return again."

"I understand. We'll settle it as such."

Not long after Huang Lin had left, Anthony, Jack and Lilia also rushed over to visit Fang Xingjian. They surrounded Fang Xingjian, chattering non-stop, concerned over how Fang Xingjian was feeling.

"Teacher! Did those b*stards torture you?" Lilia asked, her fists clenched. "Is it that eccentric person called Charlie? I'll get my father to give him a thrashing."

Fang Xingjian shook his head and said, "It's fine. The association will handle this."

Just then Class 256's instructor, Dick, brought along Ferdinand, Barbara, Robert and the others to visit Fang Xingjian as well.

Looking at Fang Xingjian who was lying on the bed, Dick made a strange expression. Ever since Fang Xingjian had enrolled in the academy, he had found him disagreeable. But from the transition, to the competition, to the association's interrogation this time around, the way things had developed were all far from his expectations.

Now, he could not help but feel admiration for Fang Xingjian.

Ferdinand and the others felt the same as well. All of them stood around Fang Xingjian, consoling him.

Ferdinand looked at Fang Xingjian and said, "I'm sorry. Without you, we lost badly in the following rounds of the inter-class competition."

Robert said, "It's fine. After all, they were the top two classes in the academy. Even if Fang Xingjian was around, with us holding him back while he fought against ten senior Knights by himself, it would have been impossible for us to win the competition."

"That's right," Jack interrupted and said, "Those are senior students who have all been transitioned for seven or eight years. Even if Xingjian were able to win against one or two of them, how would he be able to fight against ten of them?"

Fang Xingjian only listened silently, his body continuing to circulate sword techniques and Waves unceasingly twenty-four/seven, his mind cultivating the Supreme Mistwind Sword. Therefore, he only listened silently, not saying a word.

While his visitors were talking, the Headmaster also walked in.

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Chapter 104 Follow-up

"Headmaster!"

Jack and the rest bowed immediately and went to the side, acting reserved. After all, they could not imagine themselves speaking like before while in front of the Headmaster.

Only Lilia was unconcerned and remained beside Fang Xingjian.

The Headmaster took a look at Fang Xingjian in his bed and asked, "Are you alright? The Governor asked me to pay you a visit on his behalf. Sigh, if it wasn't that something had suddenly come up, he would have come to pay you a visit himself."

"I thank Headmaster and the Governor for your concern."

"Sigh, I'm to blame for what happened this time. I didn't think that Charlie would be so insane that he would almost cause you great harm. I'm to blame if anything were to have happened to you," Headmaster Jackson said. "Don't worry, this isn't over. Charlie will be severely dealt with."

Saying these from a Headmaster position obviously implied that Jackson had made up his mind to deal with Charlie viciously. Saying these with his status and contacts clearly meant that he had great confidence in it too.

Hearing the word Governor, Jack and Anthony clicked their tongues at the same time. What kind of character was the Governor? He was a major character in charge of the Knights' promotion, learning, Prefectural Selection and Regional Selection within a region, and arguably the top character of a region. To think that someone of such status would send his regards to Fang Xingjian...

There was now even more admiration in the way those two looked at Fang Xingjian.

Dick, Ferdinand and others' eyes contracted. They had not expected that this matter would alarm even the Governor, and that the Governor had almost come to pay Fang Xingjian a visit.

If such a thing really had happened, Fang Xingjian would be able to throw his weight around not just in Kirst, but in the entire Great Western Region.

This moment, in the hearts of Ferdinand and the others, Fang Xingjian's name was once again stamped with the tag 'not one to be trifled with'.

Robert and Boris were less sensitive, but knew how honorable the position of a Governor was. He was the man who ruled over thousands of Knights in the Great Western Region. One word from him – and they would be as good as dead.

Lilia was also extremely shocked. She had not expected the Governor's concern to be extended to Fang Xingjian. Although she was innocent, being born as an aristocrat, and with Kirst's City Lord as her father, she had a better understanding of what a Governor was.

Being in charge of the Knights of a region meant that he was equivalent to a commander on the frontier, and the lord of the region. Fang Xingjian's case could be said to have reached the emperor's ears [1].

Every one started their own silent tribute for Charlie. Offending a Governor never ended well, even for the Royal Knights Association who was responsible for all Knights.

Just as the Headmaster was extending his regards to Fang Xingjian, a knock sounded on the door. Charlie walked in with his face apparently perturbed. Behind him, there were the two Conferred Knights who had been in charge of his interrogation.

Everyone looked at him in surprise, and the Headmaster's brows furrowed, saying, "Scram."

"Headmaster Jackson, listen to me," Charlie begged for mercy, "I know that I'm to be blamed for this, and I just hope to have a chance to make amendments."

The Headmaster squinted at Fang Xingjian, who nodded and waved at Charlie.

Charlie walked up hurriedly and said softly, "Brother Xingjian, I know I was rash, but don't worry, I'm not here to seek for your forgiveness. I just want to make some amendments."

He had thought it through on his way here. It was clearly impossible to directly ask Fang Xingjian to say that he was innocent. Therefore, he decided to be more obliging, to ease the tension they had between them.

Fang Xingjian smiled coldly, glanced at Charlie and said, "Brother? Are you worthy enough to be my brother?"

With that, his right leg moved in a sequence of flashes. Two loud bangs sounded from Charlie's knees, and he was forced to his knees.

It could be that the distance was too close, or that Charlie did not expect Fang Xingjian to lash out at him directly, or even that the seven days of interrogation had reduced his mental and physical state to almost nothing, but whatever the reason was, combined with Fang Xingjian's speed, Charlie did not even have time to react before he took the two kicks from Fang Xingjian.

The fact that he could become a Conferred Knight went to show that he had outstanding aptitude, and had never in his life suffered such shame. His face blushed red immediately as he stared daggers at Fang Xingjian, blood-red veins popping in his eyes.

He stood up abruptly, gritted his teeth and said, "You!"

The Headmaster stepped out and walked up to him and Fang Xingjian, staring at him coldly. His murderous glare was well understood without explanation.

Fang Xingjian asked, "You what?"

"You...you…" Green veins were popping from Charlie's forehead, the huge muscles on his arms trembling continuously as he clenched his fists. His chest heaved up and down, and after a few seconds, he squeezed out a few words from between his gritted teeth. "Did a good job, did a good job.

"Xingjian, it seems that you're not in a good mood today. I'll come again in a few days. But your coma truly had nothing to do with me."

With that, he turned around, and could almost see the taunts in everyone's eyes.

Deep in Charlie's eyes were a torrent of murderous intents. His entire self turned into a shadow, taking his leave. Clearly, he did not wish to stay there a second longer.

Everyone around stared at the scene before them in a daze.

Fang Xingjian, a level 10 Knight with first job transition, had actually brought a Conferred Knight to his knees, and that Conferred Knight could only dare to scamper off after that?

In that instant, Zhou Yong and Carter made eye contact, their eyes full of fear. They had yet to apologize to Fang Xingjian.

Barbara suddenly thought of how the Governor had sent his regards to Fang Xingjian. Her expression then changed, a tinge of regret in her eyes.

Only Lilia laughed out loud as if nothing happened, "Nice one, it was such a good vent of anger! Teacher, you were so cool just now."

The Headmaster shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly, "Those two kicks of yours made it difficult for me to make take any further action. And to have beaten up a Conferred Knight, that gut of yours is really…"

At that moment, Fang Xingjian only felt a gush of coolness in his mind, a peacefulness like never before. Calm befell, giving his thoughts a clarity he had never experienced before.

Looking at his Stats Screen, after the training that his Ice Age Meditation Art had gone through, plus the two recent kicks had just brazenly increased a large amount of his experience points. Only a little more experience was needed for it to reach level 3. At that point, his cognition, ability to plan, and memory would once again be enhanced.

The Headmaster mumbled softly, "If that chap had retaliated, he would be just a common guy. But seeing that he can even take this lying down, we can't let him off now."

What he doubted even more was, Charlie was afterall a Conferred Knight, with strength, speed and physique of more than 100 points. How could it be possible for him to have been knocked down to his knees by Fang Xingjian so easily?

And, if Charlie had deliberately succumbed, it went to show his level of tolerance. Such a person was even more dangerous.

Charlie obviously did not think about it like this. Not only had his behavior not reduced his punishment, it had also triggered the Headmaster's murderous intent, thus making his journey to the southern borders one filled with great dangers.

Following that, commotion rose in the group, and the Headmaster waved his hand, saying. "Alright, alright. Everyone should be heading back. Let's not disturb Xingjian's rest."

Everyone left, but before Lilia left, she was called back by Fang Xingjian who asked, "So who was in first place for the inter-class competition?"

Lilia waved her small fist and replied, "It's the people from Class 248 (the class who had trained the longest, 8 years more than Class 256)."

"The Headmaster had initially wanted to suspend the competition and continue only after you were released by the association. But you eventually went into a coma and the competition was continued.

"Those rascals were annoying. When they came across teacher's class in the semi-finals, they acted pompously even though they knew fully well that you weren't present. They could have won immediately, but they deliberately bashed up Jack, Anthony and the others. Even Barbara had intentionally dislocated bones and almost got taken advantage of…"

As she said these, Lilia got even more furious. She had watched the entire competition from the side. It had been a downright oppressive and tyrannical play.

Jack and the others were afraid that they would disturb Fang Xingjian's rest, and thus had not mentioned it. But Lilia did not think of that.

She got angrier as she shared the stories of the humiliation the others had suffered during the competition, especially the part where Barbara's arms had both been dislocated as she was repeatedly flung around, being taken advantage of while she was being tossed around like a ball.

As the only female Knight in Class 256, the other party had deliberately went out of their way to provoke them.

Fang Xingjian understood that the opponents had acted with such great lack of restraint because they knew that he had been taken away by the association and had also fell into a coma. Thus, they crushed their opponents overwhelmingly, fully displaying their own abilities.

He sneered coldly. Looking at his Ice Age Meditation Art which was just about to level up, he asked. "Do you know where they are?"

"I don't know." Lilia gave it some thought and replied. "But I heard that they're having a gathering tonight to celebrate them having gotten first place again."

With that, she looked at Fang Xingjian, stars brimming in her eyes, a red tinge of excitement flashing across her face.

"Teacher, are you going to bash them up? Bring me along, I'll help you keep a look out."

But the next moment, hesitation reflected in her face. "Teacher, why don't you focus on recovering first? Those guys have been official Knights for seven to eight years. I heard from my father that the Prefectural Champion among them, the strongest fellow, is probably similar to you in abilities."

Fang Xingjian revealed a smile filled with confidence. Others had thought that not only had he not improved during this time, his physical strength could have actually deteriorated.

Little did they know that he had been cultivating everyday, and not only had his martial arts not deteriorated, but they had also been brought to greater heights. He had even comprehended the specialty Unparalleled Sword Intent. His overall abilities had become much stronger than during the competition.

[1] Reaching the emperor's ears is a saying suggesting that the matter has been submitted directly to extremely high authorities, without having gone through the usual routes of assessment.

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Chapter 105 Barging In

In a large manor, brightly lit with dazzling lights, up to a hundred servants were darting around, changing the dishes and cutlery.

Occasionally, there would be piercing laughters in the dining hall, sounds of glasses toasting, and of people digging into food and drinks.

Another servant once again brought up a large serving of steak and entered the dining hall. The whole dining hall was lit up by a thousand candles, casting a light as bright as day. The enormous dining table, over ten meters long, was placed in the middle of the dining hall.

Over ten guests sat along the table, sounds of chatter and laughter resounding non-stop.

A man with silver-colored short hair who looked like a small hill sat quietly at the table. His hands were put together, supporting his chin, revealing an inviting smile, and quietly looking towards the rest of the people who were heartily digging into the food and drinks.

The silver-haired man's appearance was very ordinary. If one had to say whether there was anything special about it, it could only be that it looked very clean. No, his entire look was very clean, as clean as a piece of white paper.

Regardless if it was his face, his neck, his hands, or any other parts of his body, they were all as clean as mountain spring water.

Just then, another series of laughter broke out. A strong and burly man stood up, wine glass raised, and looking towards the silver-haired man he said, "Let us toast to our leader, the mighty Hamil, celebrating our victory in the inter-class competition!"

"To the mighty Hamil!"

"To the mighty Hamil!"

The more than ten men and ladies at the dining table all stood up, raising the wine glasses towards the silver-haired Hamil. The latter smiled and stood up, wine glass raised, toasting, "To our tomorrow!"

"To our tomorrow!"

"Cheers!"

Everyone shouted out, and emptied their glasses.

These people were the celebrating victors of the inter-class competition, Class 248. Currently there were eight students in Class 248 who were still learning in the academy. Other than those eight Knights, their respective partners and family members were also present.

Another red-browed burly man laughed out loud. The man's skin was extremely tanned, and he had a muscular physique. However, the most eye-catching thing was his pair of brows, which looked like burning flames.

As he laughed out loud, he said, "Hehe, it's like I've finally got to throw it up after the past few days. What of that Windstorm Sword Hero? It had only been a month since he had transitioned, and the whole academy ended up treating him like some treasure, giving him the best. To ensure that his supply of ferocious beasts was sufficient, they even deducted from our share. What nonsense. Isn't he wasted now?"

Another person spoke up, saying, "To hell with being wasted! I'm disappointed to have lost the chance to spar against him and to win against him fair and square. No matter how strong he was, would it really be possible for him to win against all of us by himself? Moreover, boss is here too."

"Of course he would be unable to win against us all, but a Windstorm Sword Hero is truly strong. Have you actually seen a sixteen year old who can transcend the speed of sound before?" a lean young man said.

"Douglas, do you really like going against me that much?" the red-browed burly man asked with anger.

The lean young man by the name of Douglas replied, "Did I say anything wrong? A sixteen year old with supersonic speed. Even if he can't win against us now, it's very likely that he'd be able to surpass us in a few years' time. Such talent is worthy of our admiration."

"Admiration my foot!" the red-browed burly man laughed out maniacally, "He has now been crippled by those mad dogs from the association. No matter how talented he is, what use is that?"

It was obvious that regardless if it was the Governor Devitt, or the association's management, their whereabouts were all top secret. Most of the people in the academy were not aware of the turnaround in the events of the past two days.

A lady wearing a leather suit frowned and said, "Actually, it's truly a pity. If it's a genius like Fang Xingjian, I wouldn't mind making friends with him. But I'd never thought that that even a genius like him would be done in by that bunch of mad dogs."

When he heard the words of the lady dressed in leather, a young man with sea-blue-colored hair, casual and elegant, like a dignified young master argued, annoyed, "So what if he's a sixteen year old with supersonic speed? So long as there's boss's Killing technique, it's useless regardless of how fast he is.

"Moreover, transcending the speed of sound is only something valuable during the phase of the first transition. When everyone moves on to the second transition, with their agility attributes breaking through 100 points, coupled with some speed enhancing specialities and techniques, which Conferred Knight would be unable to transcend the speed of sound easily?"

As he spoke, his tone was brimming with disdain and slander towards the Windstorm Sword Hero. He seemed to detest the Windstorm Sword Hero extremely.

The lady wearing a leather suit smiled and said, "Hehe, Hylong, I know your girl's family is thinking of approaching Fang Xingjian. You're being moody here. No matter how bad a Windstorm Sword Hero is, it is still a strong and rare job. It is truly a great feat to transcend the speed of sound at the age of sixteen. If you're unconvinced, you can try it out for yourself."

This dignified-looking young man with sea-blue-colored hair was in a relationship with the instructor's (white-bearded examiner) daughter.

Hylong smiled coldly and said, "Hmph, so what if he transcended the speed of sound? Has there been a shortage of first transitioned Knights with exceptional talent? Those who can truly live on are the true geniuses. As for Fang Xingjian? He's already crippled. So what if he was a great genius before?

"Moreover, getting nervous and fainting just from just an interrogation... This is simply a joke. Such a weak-willed person, no matter how strong his talent is, is useless."

Saying that, he flashed a mysterious smile, asking, "And do you know who Fang Xingjian has offended?"

The red-browed burly man curiously asked, "Who? Could it be a certain important character from the Imperial Capital?"

"It's someone from the royal family!" Hylong took a big bite off a lamb leg, and continued, "Therefore, he's dead meat now. It'll be useless even if he were to wake up. The association can do him in once, so why couldn't they do it a second or third time?

"Hmph, a dead genius is only a dead man, no longer a genius."

Everyone's gazes immediately filled with clarity. Previously, they were curious how Fang Xingjian had offended someone from the Knight Association. But after hearing what Hylong said, they finally understood what had happened. If the opponent was from the royal family, then it would not be impossible to mobilize the Knight Association.

At that moment, in their hearts, Fang Xingjian had been sentenced to death.

Just as everyone was discussing endlessly about Fang Xingjian, the silver-haired Hamil, Class 248's leader, knocked on his glass and said, "Alright, Fang Xingjian is just a joke. You guys should just stop discussing about this outdated topic. I've got something to say."

Everyone immediately turned silent. The dining hall which had been bustling with activity and noise a moment earlier was immediately filled with silence. It went to show how much weight Hamil held in Class 248.

Hamil smiled. His face, as clean as mountain spring water, now let out a clashing sound akin to colliding metals, as if his whole body had been forged of metal.

"I've already mastered level 12 of Embodiment of the Gargantuan Mammoth.

"I plan to participate in next year's Regional Selection. One month later, I'll leave the academy and start the preparation for the search for the last few medicinal herbs required for the specialty, Platinum Sage Qi."

"Boss, you're going to leave?" the red-browed burly man shouted out. "But with your abilities now, there's already no room for you to progress should you continue to stay in the academy. Other than the senior instructors who have been in the first transition for decades, there's no one else who can be your opponent. However, the instructors' talents are at their limit, and have no hope for the Regional Selection. There's no point in you staying here. You should really be leaving."

The lady in the leather suit also smiled, "Boss, with your abilities, you'll definitely succeed in the Regional Selection next year. We offer you our congratulations in advance here."

"Haha, that's right, boss. After you've become a Conferred Knight, we'll also get to bask in your glory."

Just as everyone was raising their glasses for a toast, the door to the dining hall exploded with a loud boom, as if it had been blown away by a bomb, shattering into countless tiny pieces which shot out in all directions.

But all the eight Knights were experts at level 19 of the first transition. How could they possibly get hurt by such a small thing?

In an instant, numerous Reduced Force Fields surged forth. All the splinters gradually came to a stop midair, then slowly dropped down.

"There's no need to leave."

Fang Xingjian walked in, holding a sword. Lilia came bouncing behind him, looking at the scene and feeling both excited and worried.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, Fang Xingjian nodded. "Very good, everyone's present. You've hurt someone from my class. Of course, you'll need to pay it back a hundredfold over. All of you can just lay on the bed for a couple of months.

"As for the Regional Selection, there's no need for you to participate."

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Chapter 106 Suppression, One by One

Hearing Fang Xingjian's words, everyone's countenances turned grim, waves of killing intent surging from them and locking onto Fang Xingjian.

Class 248's leader Hamil wore an unfathomable smile, calmly staring at Fang Xingjian as if he were looking at a mischievous younger brother.

The red-browed burly man who had already been displeased with Fang Xingjian to begin with was the first person to stand up, bellowing furiously, "Fang Xingjian, do you know what place this is?! Has your brain been damaged?"

"Looking for a beating."

Fang Xingjian's voice spread to everyone's ears. The next moment, strong gales surged, and Fang Xingjian pierced through the air like a flash of lightning, appearing before the red-browed burly man in but a moment.

The burly man's mouth was still agape, saliva splattering from his words. Fang Xingjian gently slapped with his palm, and then returned back to his original spot at the speed of lightning.

His actions had been as fast as lightning, and he had done so in less time than it would take one to blink. The red-browed burly man had been unable to react in the least. He had only felt a tremendous energy coming at him, and his head uncontrollably twisting to the side. The next thing he felt was a burning pain on his cheek.

He felt as if half his face had turned all numb.

But the next moment, an endless surge of fury came up. Blood vessels covered his eyeballs, and with a wave of his hand, an enormous hammer came to him, brought by his Reduced Force Field.

Pointing the hammer at Fang Xingjian, he revealed a brutal smile. "Draw your sword. Today, you die."

Fang Xingjian coldly replied, "You're not fit to receive an attack from my sword."

Now, everyone in Class 248 was standing, looking at Fang Xingjian as if they were looking at a lunatic, at a dead man.

Hearing Fang Xingjian's words, the red-browed burly man laughed like a maniac and said, "Then you're just courting death." With that, mouth agape, he gradually started glowing red. First it was his eyebrows, then his mouth, eyes, nose and ears, all glowing like a scarlet-red fire. He seemed to be burning up like a giant made of flames.

With a thump of his feet, he made streams of blazes which darted out in all directions, as if they would turn the whole manor into ashes at the next moment.

This Killing technique, Purgatory Flames, allowed the red-browed burly man's body to exude hundreds or even thousands of high temperature flames. Just by going near those the opponent would be burnt and turned into a dried up corpse, let alone those who attempted to touch him! This was the reason why he dared to pick a fight with Fang Xingjian.

But just as the streams of flames darted out from his body, Fang Xingjian moved.

And with that movement, it was as if time had slowed down in the whole world.

Actually, it was not that time had slowed down, but rather that Fang Xingjian's speed had reached extreme limits in that moment. Therefore, in his eyes, it was as if the whole world had slowed down.

Being confined for such a long period of time had not caused Fang Xingjian to regress, but rather, because his level of sword cultivation had improved, his attributes had been further tempered, and his Waves had been brought to greater heights, and because his abilities had once again improved in leaps and bounds.

The flames moved with slight flickers. There were people who had just started to blink, but their eyelids were moving micrometer by micrometer, as if they would never be able to close.

During this phase of extreme speed, Fang Xingjian had already dashed up before the red-browed burly man.

The other party still kept a savage expression, head covered in flames. And only now did the air current waves caused by Fang Xingjian's dash hurl out in all directions, starting from the point where he had passed by earlier. Their viscosity was like the surges of sea waves, yet unable to collide against any obstacles.

At the next moment, Fang Xingjian gradually stretched out two fingers, gently pressing on the red-browed burly man's eyelids, and then with a finger, tapped on the burly man's throat, chest, and stomach.

Fang Xingjian then left the phase of extreme speed, and time once again turned back to normal.

With a boom, the air currents created by Fang Xingjian's body hurled out in all directions. Countless glasses were shattered to dust. The red-browed burly man yelled out a tremendous roar, his voice filled with extreme agony. He only felt that his eyes were in great pain, his throat was sore, his chest was stuffy, and his stomach was in so much pain that it felt as if his intestines had been torn. Grabbing his eyes, he started screaming with terrifying cries and dropped to his knees.

"Fang Xingjian!"

"B*stard!"

Amongst those who had witnessed this scene, there were those who immediately wanted to take action against Fang Xingjian. They activated their Reduced Force Fields and sent them towards him.

But with a loud explosive boom, the spot where Fang Xingjian had originally been standing was left empty, in his place only a strong swirl of air currents making explosive booming sounds under the pressure of the Reduced Force Fields.

Boom boom boom!

During the time in which Fang Xingjian had disappeared, another three softer sounds rang out. Three Knights, one after another, had received the flick of a finger on their foreheads, and immediately lost consciousness.

Everyone was staring at Fang Xingjian in disbelief, as if they were looking at some demon or monster. He was standing there, unmoving. Hylong, who had slandered Fang Xingjian earlier, had the muscles all over his body twitching violently, big drops of perspiration endlessly forming on his head.

Even Hamil, who had stayed the most calm, finally stood up. His eyes, akin to an eagle's, were fixed on Fang Xingjian.

Silence spread throughout the manor, and only Lilia, who had followed Fang Xingjian here, broke out in loud laughter. She shouted out provocatively, "Now you guys should know! My teacher is the strongest! Didn't you guys feel that you were very amazing during the competition? Why don't you show how amazing you are now?"

Fang Xingjian stood there, not giving a damn, lightly flicking his fingers. His fingers, although they appeared to be white as polished jade, and with skin as soft as a baby's, made a loud metallic ringing sound, sounding like metal objects colliding with each other.

This was because his attributes had reached a level far beyond any ordinary man's. The flesh, bones and veins throughout his body were all extremely compact, firm, as if they were made of steel.

Fang Xingjian then calmly threw a glance at Hamil and said, "You're the only one in Class 248 who uses a sword, right?"

Seeing how Fang Xingjian had fought earlier, the silver-haired Hamil's brows furrowed together. 'This Fang Xingjian is like a demon. How much time has passed? And to think that he has gotten even stronger than he was during the competition...'

If Hamil knew that just in the area of tempering attributes, Fang Xingjian's agility was already ten times that of a normal person's, and that the hard work of the past ten or so days was equivalent to that of a normal person's for three months, what would he have thought?

Moreover, even in the area of sword arts cultivation and Waves cultivation, Fang Xingjian was much faster now.

In all, his hard work for over ten days was comparable to an ordinary person's several years of cultivation.

If Hamil were to know about all these, he would probably be so astonished that his eyeballs popped out.

Even if he did not know about it now, he knew one thing, which was that if he were to fight against Fang Xingjian one-on-one, he no longer had absolute confidence in winning.

He only said, "Fang Xingjian, it is forbidden to have fights in the academy. I'll be reporting this to the Headmaster. As for the reason why you're here looking for me today, I'm not interested."

Fang Xingjian looked at his fingers and said, "Then we'll talk after we fight."

Before his words ended, his fingers formed into a sword which he pointed outwards. Countless raging gales appeared from his fingertips, and when his fingers moved, the countless raging gales turned into a stretch of sword Qis, encompassing Hamil.

Hamil had yet to react when he was covered up by the stretching sword Qis.

But having been a transitioned Knight for eight whole years, Hamil's five major attributes all exceeded 85 points. If Fang Xingjian did not activate his specialties and Killing techniques, his speed would only be a tinge faster than Hamil's.

If Fang Xingjian were to attack someone else, Hamil would not be able to stop him. But if Fang Xingjian were to attack him, he was fully able to retaliate.

Silver light exploded into the skies, and an enormous figure swelled up, smashing the sword Qis, and agitating the air currents.

"Fang Xingjian, you've asked for it. Have a taste of the prowess of my level 12 Embodiment of the Gargantuan Mammoth, and then forever live under its terror and be in awe of these powers."

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Chapter 107 Too Weak

The Killing technique Hamil cultivated – Embodiment of the Gargantuan Mammoth – had been created through mimicking a level 27 ferocious beast, Gargantuan Mammoth.

After activating the Embodiment of the Gargantuan Mammoth, the muscles and bones throughout his body started tremoring at an extreme speed, and with the fast support from ether particles they continued to multiply endlessly, swelling up. In an instant, he transformed into a small giant over five meters in height, his body covered with silver-colored skin.

With a loud boom, a big hole was smashed through the ceiling of the dining hall due to his sudden growth. With a sweep of his hand, Hamil tore apart the ceiling, revealing the second level of the manor.

However, at this point, no one was concerned about the manor. All of the Knights from Class 248 quickly retreated, looking at the transformed Hamil fearfully.

Fang Xingjian's face also revealed a surprised expression as he gently drew out the longsword at his waist.

Hamil smiled, saying, "Fang Xingjian, it's useless. Level 12 Embodiment of the Gargantuan Mammoth not only bestows me with a defence comparable to a steel city wall, it also increases my strength, agility and stamina many fold."

Amidst his fanatical laughter, with a light throw of his fist, a series of explosive sounds rang out in the air, and visible ripples spread out from his palms in all directions, making small holes in the walls.

"Haha, transcended the speed of sound?

"What use is that?"

Boom!

Hamil's body created a long stream of white air as he knocked into Fang Xingjian, just like a block of cement. A great wave of Reduced Force Field surged towards Fang Xingjian, and it felt as if a big hunk of mountain had come crushing down on Fang Xingjian's head.

The speed at which Hamil acted had already reached the level of subsonic speed.

Fang Xingjian had only managed to draw out his longsword in time when, with a light bang, he was sent flying.

With a loud roar, Hamil followed. A series of boom boom boom boom resounded, and the whole manor collapsed. Everyone rushed to their escape, only to see that on the lawn outside the manor there were two silhouettes crashing against each other, flashing, and colliding.

With another boom, the two silhouettes paused for a moment, strong waves of air currents surging out from where they had crossed their swords. Hamil was like a hunk of mountain, standing quietly, unfaltering, while Fang Xingjian had only managed to come to a stop after flying backwards for over ten meters.

He looked towards his right hand, and saw that his arm presented an unnatural bend. His shoulder had been dislocated.

Without a change in expression, he used his other hand to move the shoulder, relocating it.

On the other end, a hideous smile curled up the corners of Hamil's lips. It was unclear when, but a great sword like a large iron rod had appeared in his hand. The sword had no sharp edges, as if it was meant to be used for smashing against opponents only by relying on brute force.

Hamil said, "Fang Xingjian, if you'd have approached me in a few years, I might have been more serious. But you're overly arrogant. In just a month's time, you're thinking of challenging me, the strongest in the academy. You're overestimating yourself. Do you really think that when you're at the first transition level, being able to transcend the speed of sound would make you invincible?

"People are only astonished considering your age and the duration of your cultivation, not because of your actual abilities."

Fang Xingjian shook the longsword in his hand. The longsword had been entirely smashed. He threw it away and signalled towards Lilia, who threw him another ordinary-looking metal sword.

Hamil did not stop the whole process, but simply coldly looked at Fang Xingjian, as if he was looking at a sheep who was waiting to be slaughtered.

Fang Xingjian waved his longsword, looked at Hamil and said, "You're not bad." He smiled, saying, "There's so many people here, but only you are fit to receive a few attacks from my sword."

"Arrogant."

Hamil laughed coldly, making a long screeching sound and dashing towards Fang Xingjian like a train.

But this time, Fang Xingjian, who was still encompassed by countless strong gales and sword Qis, managed to dodge each of his attack by just a little bit.

Each slash from Hamil's sword was like the overthrowing of mountains and rivers, the air surging as if heaven fell and earth were crumbling. However, because of the strong gales blowing and the sword Qis sweeping about, they could not get within three inches of Fang Xingjian.

'This fellow... What is going on?!'

In Fang Xingjian's eyes, the Unparalleled Sword Intent had been fully unleashed. Right now, to him, Hamil was full of flaws. Each circulation of sword move, each second of his vital energy's and blood's movements appeared to be full of flaws and faults in his eyes.

The duo's movements were extremely fast in the series of quick attacks. After a few hundred moves had been exchanged in the blink of an eye, Hamil got increasingly astonished. It was because up until now, he had yet to lay his hands on Fang Xingjian in the least. Regardless if it was his sword moves, his steps, or even his intentions, it seemed as if he was permanently being seen through.

And with the support from the Supreme Mistwind Sword, Fang Xingjian's speed had accelerated more and more; the next moment, Boundaries Negation was activated.

"Too weak."

Fang Xingjian's words resounded in his ears. Hamil shouted out loud in his heart, 'What?!'

At the same time, it was as if myriad thunders had started ringing. Countless sword lights clashed and sword Qis exploded outwards, the two of them in the center. Amidst the myriad thunderous sounds, the earth was split into several layers by the sword Qis which eventually dissipated, revealing Fang Xingjian and Hamil.

With a series of light fizzy sounds, countless slits appeared on Hamil's body. He suddenly felt an intense pain in his knees and dropped with one knee on the ground.

The gigantic body with, over five meters in height, dropping into a half-kneel shook the surroundings with loud booms.

'How is that possible?

'He saw through the flaws in my Embodiment of the Gargantuan Mammoth in an instant? And then broke through them one by one?'

'And why is his speed so much faster than mine?!'

The Embodiment of the Gargantuan Mammoth was able to agitate one's vital energy and blood within a short period of time, changing one's body's structure, increasing the layer of dead skin cells on one's body, and most of the body's surface along with them. However, such enhancements had their strengths and weaknesses as well.

Hamil had many joints and muscles in more concealed areas, namely the points through which vital energy and blood flowed. There were important joints which muscles and layers of dead skin cells were unable to cover with many layers.

Thus, they became weaknesses to his impenetrable body. And Fang Xingjian had managed to discover them easily.

He himself had never told anyone about these flaws.

So how could he not be astonished, surprised, and dejected?

Fang Xingjian skook the longsword in his hand, and the blade cracked into many pieces, turning into countless shatters that floated in the air.

Fang Xingjian shook his head at Hamil, "Although you use the sword, the level of your sword arts cultivation is completely worthless..."

When he had sparred with the other party earlier, he had not managed to pick up any sword techniques. It was because he realized that the opponent had relied on the Embodiment of the Gargantuan Mammoth to battle, and all the sword techniques he had used were the basic sword techniques which could be easily found in the academy. Although Hamil had reached the maximum level for these sword techniques, they were useless to Fang Xingjian.

Hamil had obviously spent all his time on cultivating his other areas, prioritizing his attributes, without putting much effort in his sword practice.

"Too weak."

Shaking his head, he waved his hand at the same time and said, "Lilia, let's go."

Lilia made a funny face at the people from Class 248, and then quickly followed behind Fang Xingjian.

Hylong dropped to the floor, and shouted out, unable to hold it in, "Fang Xingjian, remember this, this matter..."

"Mmm?" Fang Xingjian turned his head, looking at the people from Class 248 whose faces are filled with fury. Looking at their anxious and scared, yet furious and vengeful gazes, he calmly replied, "Don't let me hear your crap. For every line, the person who said it gets slashed once."

His sharp gaze, akin to sword light, brushed across everyone. They all felt cold air surging from deep within them. Only then did they once again recall how Fang Xingjian had cleanly defeated four of their comrades, and had even bashed Hamil to the extent that he was now unable to stand up. Only now did they recall his voice, so much like that of a demon's.

Hylong, like a strangled duck, swallowed his unfinished sentence. Only after Fang Xingjian and Lilia had disappeared from their vision did he then started bellowing.

"This matter is definitely not over!

"This is simply stepping on us!

"If we leave this be, how will we have the face to go out in the future?!

"We'll become the joke of the academy!"

Hamil, on the other hand, looked at his two hands in a daze, as if he could not believe that he had been defeated like this.

'How could this be?

'Within half a month's time, he was able to surpass me, who has been transitioned for the past eight years?

'How could there be anyone in this world with such monstrous talent?!'

The next moment, his internal injuries worsened and he spewed out a big mouthful of blood and fell unconscious, making everyone panic yet again.

But after a few seconds, Fang Xingjian once again returned, saying, "I forgot. I'd said that I'll send all of you to go lie in bed for a few months, right?"

With a boom, Fang Xingjian dashed up, sword light filling the skies. Hylong spewed out a mouthful of fresh blood and was sent flying. The other Knights who were still standing all fell to the ground one after another, with terrible cries, suffering from various fractures. They could only watch as Fang Xingjian slowly walked away, disappearing into the darkness.

Hylong stared at Fang Xingjian's fading back, his expression full of hatred. Although his injuries were very serious, he had the specialty 'High Speed Regeneration', which allowed his injuries to recover at a rate visible by the naked eye. After a few minutes, he was already able to stumble to his feet.

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Chapter 108 Uninhibited

Lilia followed behind Fang Xingjian, agitated. She lugged a big basket of steel swords on her back, saying, "Teacher, you're really awesome! It's too satisfying!" She looked at Fang Xingjian and said with stars gleaming in her eyes, "Where are we headed to next?"

Fang Xingjian threw a glance towards his Stats Window. After the battle earlier, his Ice Age Meditation Art progressed once again. It had finally broken through a barrier and reached level 3.

Now, he only felt that his mind was extremely empty; his thoughts and consciousness were extremely clean and clear, even the speed at which his contemplated problems were much faster. All his past memories now seemed clearer by many folds over.

His memories were clear to the extent that even details of the food he ate and drinks he drank for the past over ten days were remembered clearly.

After such a contented battle, the progress for his Ice Age Meditation Art was raised to be much faster.

Such acts of single-handedly challenging opponents with his sword in hand allowed Fang Xingjian to express his feelings frankly, venting the frustrations accumulated from the days of investigation he had just been through.

Hearing Lilia's question, Fang Xingjian replied cooly, "Look for Class 249."

Since he had started it, since he would have to face up to the academy's punishment anyway, he decided to make good use of time and challenge everyone he could. Not only would he be able to steal sword arts, he would also be able to increase the experience gained for his Ice Age Meditation Art.

Thinking of how he could challenge the various experts single-handedly, even his mental cultivation method seemed to circulate even faster, leaving him feeling delighted.

'When I, Fang Xingjian, does things, I will be uninhibited, seeking only for peace of the heart.'

A cold gleam flashed in Fang Xingjian's eyes as he dashed off, carrying Lilia.

Class 249 was the class whose period spent in cultivation was second only to Class 248. Currently, there were only eight students as well. The Prefectural Champion was an aristocrat by the name of Ralph, who was also a swordsman.

There were many Knights in the Empire, with countless martial arts factions of all kinds. But within the five main categories—which include the Sword and Saber, Staff and Rod, Bow and Arrow, Bare-handed, and Miscellaneous—the Sword and Saber category was naturally the one with the most number of people, taking up at least half the number of Knights there were.

Sword and Saber had always been the one to rule it all.

But the current Class 249 was not gathered together like Class 248 did. Therefore Fang Xingjian directly headed for the Prefectural Champion Ralph's villa.

At that moment, Ralph was in his training room cultivating his sword arts. His back was bare and perspiration ran down like rain. Even though the movement between each of his moves and each of his stances was extremely slow, they would create terrifying trembling sounds in the air. These were the faint shockwaves formed by the muscles and bones in his body which were trembling crazily, causing tremors in the air.

Just then, his body suddenly paused, his longsword slanted, and his Reduced Force Field was like a force field shield, blocking before him.

In the next moment, amidst explosive booms, countless air cyclones knocked down the villa's walls, brazenly sweeping through every single room in the villa.

In mid air, Fang Xingjian was grabbing on to Lilia's neck as if he was holding on to a little puppy. Encompassed by sword Qis all over, he gently lowered himself down and landed before Ralph.

"Fang Xingjian?" Ralph furrowed his brows and asked, "What do you mean by this?"

Each Prefectural Champion was all chosen from amongst Kirst, each of them had amazing talent and brilliance. Moreover, Ralph had devoted a lot of his time in his cultivation for the past seven years. Regardless if it was in terms of his attributes, level, Waves, or Killing technique, they were all in the best condition.

All along, his actual goal had been to defeat Hamil and then participate in the Regional Selection.

Amongst those who were also in the first transition, only some of the senior instructors in the academy who had transitioned for decades, or the old freaks like Rebecca who were from reputable clans, could win against him easily.

In fact, if it was not because his teammates were slightly weaker than Hamil's, they would definitely be able to win against Hamil's class.

Therefore, even if he knew that Fang Xingjian had transcended the speed of sound and had displayed astonishing talent during the competition, Ralph was still very confident.

It was because, if his opponent was a first transition Knight, he had the confidence to defeat them with his sword regardless who it was. If he did not even have this much confidence, who was he to call himself a Knight, a Prefectural Champion?

It was just like a student from junior high or high school. Even if one was left with nothing and was the last in the level, one would still have the confidence to be able to step over the rich, or even to punch the president of a country in the future. They would not feel inferior to anyone else. Such was the vigor of youth. Such was the vigor of a Prefectural Champion like Ralph.

Hearing Ralph's question, Fang Xingjian first let go of Lilia. Then, with a point of his index finger, a longsword jumped up from the basket behind Lilia, landing in his hands.

"Receive an attack from my sword first.

"You better buck up, don't be so unprepared such that you can't even receive an attack from my sword."

After finishing his words, Fang Xingjian swung down his sword from a distance, creating a cyclone with a width of about four to five meters. It then instantaneously transformed into an enormous a tornado of sword Qi, swirling towards Ralph.

"What?!" Dick's eyes were wide opened in disbelief. "Fang Xingjian tore down Hamil's villa, injured Hamil and the people from Class 248, and then knocked out Class 249's Ralph?"

"That's right!" Class 248's Hylong said. "Teacher, quickly keep your class's Fang Xingjian in check! He's now headed to look for the people from Class 250. He's wreaking havoc in the whole academy!

This is too unreasonable, too outrageous! It's simply the act of gangsters! What right does he have to bash up people like this in the academy, ignoring the regulations?!"

'What right?' Dick thought of the Governor and the Headmaster. He thought of Charlie who had been given a slapped in front of everyone, yet did not even dare to retort and had left feeling crestfallen. He smiled bitterly and said, "Let's go, let's go. We'll go take a look at the situation first."

Hylong had yet to notice the change in Dick's tone. He only nodded furiously and said, "Teacher, such students without any discipline that blatantly infringe the academy's regulations must definitely be harshly punished!"

'Punished?' Dick let out a cold laugh and threw a glance towards Hylong as if he was looking at an idiot. He had want to give him a reminder, but after some thought, he just shook his head.

The two of them quickly headed for the villa of Class 250's Prefectural Champion, meeting many workers, servants and students who had come out as well. Some of their faces were filled with anxiety while others were brimming with curiosity and astonishment.

"Have you heard? Fang Xingjian single-handedly challenged Hamil and Ralph in a row."

"Damn, this Fang Xingjian is too arrogant."

"He's not only arrogant, he is overly strong as well, to be able to win against Hamil and Ralph. Wouldn't that mean that his cultivation for one and a half month is comparable to our years of cultivation?"

"Wasn't he brought in to be investigated by the association? Why is he out again?"

The more Hylong heard, the more infuriated he felt. On the contrary, Dick appeared increasingly calm. From back when he was hostile towards Fang Xingjian to how he looked upon him coldly and unconcerned, Dick now knew well what Fang Xingjian's value was.

It could be said that the current Fang Xingjian was the Headmaster's and Huang Lin's treasure. Even important characters like the Governor's level had valued Fang Xingjian greatly. And the greater the problems he created, the more people he defeated and the stronger they were, it would only be a display of his talent and potential. Not only would he free from severe punishment, he would only be valued even more.

Of course, he still might be given minor punishments to put up a front for ordinary students. Towards this, Dick had already thought nothing of it.

And when he followed the crowd to the villa of Class 250's villa, he could only see a land of ruins with countless craters in the ground, fallen buildings, destroyed lawns, and over ten longswords which were pierced into the ground.

"Look, that's Class 250's Genovieve! Damn it! She lost too!"

Dick followed the crowd's gaze, only to see a brown-haired beauty in red armor kneeling down on the ground. A big puddle of blood was under her feet, and trails of blood were trickling down from her face, neck, and stomach as well.

However, they were all just superficial wounds and were not fatal. With a Knight's calibre, it would only take a few days for her to recover.

But at least for now, she no longer had the ability to battle anymore.

Just then, an earth-shaking explosion came once again from the far distance in the academy. Rays of piercing light soared into the skies, and almost every Knight could feel the extreme agitation of the ether particles in the far distance.

"It's the villa of Class 251's Prefectural Champion, Rota!"

"Has the fight started again?"

"Quick! Go and have a look!"

Dick looked towards the rays of light soaring into the air in the distance, smiling bitterly as he shook his head.

Hylong anxiously said, "Teacher, let's go quickly! If not, there's going to be even more injuries!"

"Damn this Fang Xingjian. Does he still give a hoot about regulations? Does he still have any sense?!"

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Chapter 109 Discuss

About a few minutes before Fang Xingjian started to move, in the villa of Rota, the Prefectural Champion from Class 251 (the class who had enrolled five years before Fang Xingjian's class), four silhouettes were seated down quietly.

Sitting at the head was naturally Class 251's Prefectural Champion, Rota, who had transitioned into the job Spear of Death. She was amongst the strongest three in the academy and lost out only to Class 248's Hamil and Class 249's Ralph.

It was a beautiful lady with black long hair hanging down like a waterfall, and eyes blue as the sea's water. Her skin was snow white, her legs long and slender, and her every movement revealed a mysterious charm.

She was Class 251's Prefectural Champion, Rota. She was both a Prefectural Champion and an aristocrat, allowing her to nourish her body with an overwhelming amount of resources.

Her four limbs were all slender and strong from the many years of cultivation, and she had a wonderful figure. Countless medicinal cuisine and essence had made her skin to be extremely exquisite, smooth and silky like milk. Each of her slight movement had exuded an astonishing seductiveness and charm.

And respectively, the three people before Rota were the ones who had lost to Fang Xingjian.

Renault was from Class 252, possessed archery that transcended the speed of sound. So was Tresia's Xiu Yi.

Claude from Class 253, had grown up in the Netherworld Valley since young, yet was not skilled in poison arts. He had transitioned into the job Death Vortex.

Amongst those present, aside than Rota, they were all Knights who had all been defeated by Fang Xingjian. Although, Xiu Yi was not exactly defeated by Fang Xingjian. He originally had the confidence to defeat Fang Xingjian since he had the Ring of Lightning, but to everyone, he had undoubtedly lost to Fang Xingjian. This was also something which had pissed him off even more.

Moreover, the Ring of Lightning had already been taken back by Rebecca.

Seeing that everyone had remained silent and were quietly sitting there, the one with the biggest physique, Claude, shifted in his seat and caused the chair to let out a creaking sound.

Seeing that no one had still spoken up after a few minutes, he impatiently clenched his fist and became the first to break the silence.

"Rota, you're truly very beautiful, but we are not in the habit of having three people against one. If you've nothing to say, then I'll be taking my leave."

An hint of annoyance flashed past Rota's eyes as she said coldly, "You're mouth has really gotten increasingly stinky, Claude. Of course there's a reason that I've looked for you guys today.

"The three of you had all been defeated by Fang Xingjian, right?" Rota said unhurriedly. "Don't you guys wish to win back against him? Or are you going to treat it like nothing has happened, letting people look down on you and point fingers behind your back?"

Fang Xingjian had defeated students of a higher seniority and thus, had received countless commendations and admirations. On the contrary, those senior students he had defeated were seen as useless and received malicious treatments.

Claude and the other two were all proud talents in their own batch, and each of them had on an air of arrogance. How could they be content with this result?

But when Fang Xingjian had displayed the sword technique which transcended the speed of sound, it eliminated all thoughts they had of it being just a fluke.

Even Xiu Yi, the one who had the most confidence amongst the three of them, was also well aware that if he did not rely on the Ring of Lightning, it would have been impossible for him to defeat Fang Xingjian.

Hearing Rota's words, Renault said with a hypocritical smile, "Fang Xingjian has transitioned into a Windstorm Sword Hero, being able to transcend the speed of sound despite not having reached the maximum level for the first transition. How fast will he become after he has reached the maximum level in a few years time?

"Of course I want to defeat him. I want to step over him!" Renault said viciously. "I want to see him begging for mercy on his knees, begging me to forgive him. But it's enough to just think about it. I know my own talent. I'll be hard for me to catch up to him in this lifetime."

Saying this, he laughed coldly again, "And now that Fang Xingjian has been taken for investigation, e's now crippled. He has also offended a member of the royalty. He can't even save himself now. Why would I need to make things hard for a dead person?"

"Haha, Renault, if you really think that Fang Xingjian would let that hold him down, I can only say that you're too childish and that I've overestimated you." Seeing the fury reflected on Renault's face, Rota could understand his feelings. "A sixteen year old Windstorm Sword Hero, a sixteen year old Warrior who had transcended the speed of sound... How could those important figures give up on him so easily?

"Moreover, I have someone working in the wards and have just gotten news that he has already woken up.

"Therefore, I'm pretty sure that regarding the matter of Fang Xingjian being brought away by the association, he is not only fine, he will even be released without a scratch. By then, there would probably be no one in Kirst who could be able to hold him back."

Renault was silent. Xiu Yi frowned and said, "What are you trying to say? If Fang Xingjian is really released, then all the more we can't do anything to him. If such a genius was done in by someone else, the Knight Association would definitely investigate it thoroughly."

"Who said that we're going to do him in?" Rota smiled, saying, "Don't you guys understand? As long as Fang Xingjian remains in this academy, he would naturally pose a threat to our status. Similarly, he would also be a source of pressure.

"You guys have been living too carefree of a life. Now that there's such a strong opponent, why don't we use him to encourage ourselves to attain new breakthroughs? Breakthroughs which exceed our own limits."

Claude said impatiently, "What on earth are you trying to say?"

Rota continued, "Originally, our classes are all competitors. But now that Fang Xingjian has appeared, the pressure that he brings should be sufficient to unite us all together."

Claude, grabbing his chin, said, "You mean that we should gang up on him and give him a thrashing?"

"Idiot." Rota reprimanded. "What I mean is, we can form an alliance and exchange our resources and martial arts experience, progressing together."

She looked towards Claude and said, "Claude, you're able to get the secret medicine from Netherworld Valley at a cheap price, right? I know that quite a few of the secret medicine in Netherworld Valley are only provided to internal members. Not only can they increase one's potential, it can also hasten one's vital energy and blood flow, allowing one's body to undergo a second growth stage and increase in attributes once again.

"And you, Xiu Yi. Tresia Academy's Body Tempering Ointment has always been an extremely valuable and highly sought after product. I also know that there are a few secret Nurturing techniques which can be used to temper the internal organs, as well as circulate one's vital energy and blood just by knowing the approach, even if one is not trained in the path of the sword.

"Renault, your clan has always been secretly running a business with regards to weapons and equipments, right? They can even connect to black markets outside of our country to buy or sell, or even to forge Remains Divine Weapons."

Rota looked at the three Knights before her and said, "It's because there's Fang Xingjian acting as an external source of pressure that we can thus unite together. Or would you rather to be tortured by him every month in the following inter-class competition, losing face before the other students?

As long as we can consume even more medicine vials and ferocious beasts, even be equipped with Remains Divine Weapons, would we still not be able to defeat Fang Xingjian with ten members in each of our classes?"

Renault smiled coldly, saying, "You make it sound so easy. How much interests are involved in this? Are the Elders in your clan agreeable to this? And what about Hamil and Ralph? They have even more good stuff. Why aren't you getting them to take those out?"

"Those two idiots are too arrogant." Rota said. "People like them, before they experience defeat from Fang Xingjian, they would not admit that they were no match for him. That's why I haven't invited them at all. Wait till they lose to Fang Xingjian next month, then we can go and approach them.

"As for our clans' opinions, how would it be more important that improving our own abilities? Fang Xingjian is a threat, but he is an opportunity as well. It will therefore make it easier for us to get more stuff from our clans than usual. As long as we unite together, we'll be able to get multiple folds more resources than before. Our attributes, Waves, Killing techniques, and armors would all be able to improve by leaps and bounds.

"And Fang Xingjian is just one person alone, with only the academy supporting him. I heard that even the Empire's Divine Weapon he had applied for has been rejected. Therefore, as long as we unite together and share our resources, it's not impossible for us to attain new breakthroughs, or even defeat him.

"The greater the pressure, the greater the rebound.

"I'm sure all of you wish to be promoted and become Conferred Knights. If you don't strive for breakthroughs under Fang Xingjian's great pressure, the chances of being promoted would be even less."

After voicing her thoughts, Rota looked at the three people in front of her, observing their tempted expressions. A smile curled up at the corner of her lips, and as she gave a look of calmness and great intelligence, her charms increased even more.

Following that, the four of them began to discuss the details regarding the exchange of resources and experience. Over ten minutes later, a strong gale swept by, and the entrance to the villa was knocked opened with a boom. Fang Xingjian held onto Lilia and walked in.

Seeing the four of them, he smiled lightly, saying, "Not bad, not bad. All four of you are here. Saves me the trouble of looking for you one by one."

He looked at what was nearly a 10% worth of experience points in increase for his Ice Age Meditation Art after he had challenged two people consecutively, calmly saying, "Come together with me. The instructors are after me. I have at most half a minute for you guys."

Defeating many great Warriors in the academy, Fang Xingjian's aura grew increasingly strong. His mental cultivation method circulated increasingly faster as well.

He had felt that all the haze in his mind were cleared. It was the first time since he was born to be in such a state, coming and going as he wished, uninhibited at the least.

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Chapter 110 One Against Four

"Fang Xingjian, what do you mean by this?" Rota said, puzzled. "We've nothing against each other. I don't understand why you're here to look for me. Moreover, private duels are forbidden in the academy. Are you violating the regulations knowingly?"

Fang Xingjian knocked on the longsword in his hand, saying, "I've made achievements in my sword arts, so it's natural that I want to look for someone to test them out.

"I'm not afraid to tell you that I've just defeated Hamil, Ralph, and some others before coming here. I'd not expected that all four of you are here. This really save me a lot of effort.

"Moreover, if I don't defeat you guys today, my heart will not be at peace."

After saying this, Fang Xingjian felt a great sense of satisfaction. As his thoughts changed, his mental cultivation method had also progressed.

Hearing Fang Xingjian's words, which seemed to be like the sharp edges of a sword, Rota's expression changed. Her pupils contracted as she said coldly, "Fang Xingjian, you're violating the regulations knowingly. Do you have no care for the academy's regulations, for the Headmaster, nor for the Knight Association? To be so blasphemous, are you thinking of rebelling?!"

Fang Xingjian shook his head and said calmly, "Don't talk to me about regulations.

"If everything in this world can be worked out by bringing out rules and regulations, I wouldn't be here to learn sword arts.

"The reason for me to pick up sword arts, is all for the sake of being able to ignore any rules and regulations.

"So, when I, Fang Xingjian does things, I have no inhibitions."

"Arrogant." Renault's gaze was extremely cold and vicious, looking at Fang Xingjian as if he was an idiot. "Today, four of us are here. Could it be that you're thinking of going against all four of us single-handedly?"

Claude also laughed, "Fang Xingjian, after being unconsciousness for a few days, is your brain spoilt now? Do you know what you're talking about?"

"Fang Xingjian, do you really think that you alone can defeat all four of us?" Rota spoke up again. With a cold snort, Fang Xingjian dashed up with his sword in hand, rays of sword Qis were as if hundreds of flowers had bloomed, turning into countless sword Qi tornadoes, heading towards the four people at the same time.

"Let's stop the crap. We'll talk if you able to receive these few sword attacks from me."

All four present were top notch Warriors amongst the first transition Knights. Regardless of whether it was their reaction or their agility, they were far above that of normal Knights. However, the sudden outburst from Fang Xingjian's Supreme Mistwind Sword was akin to a raging thunderstorm, and countless sword Qis came slashing down like rain. The four of them let out a furious bellow as they all tried to deal with the sword Qis. However, they felt as if the sword Qis were omnipresent, piercing in from every single gap and breaking through their defences.

"Damn!" Claude let out a loud bellow, vital energy circulating throughout his body as he activated his Mystic Armor Golden Body. He waved his axes, scattering the sword Qis in the surrounding.

However, he was feeling great terror in his heart.

'This Fang Xingjian, how could he improve so quickly? It's only been half a month and yet his sword Qis' speed and prowess are greater than before.'

The other three were feeling the same too. Amidst the dense sword Qis, they were surrounded by extremely compressed air, which formed sword Qi tornadoes that continued to surround them. It was as if in that instant, there were up to a hundred Knights surrounding and attacking them, making them unable to even touch Fang Xingjian himself.

The four of them knew that it was not the time for them to conceal their abilities, and all of them brought forth their Killing techniques together.

First was Xiu Yi. Within his Reduced Force Field, countless force field shields suddenly appeared, pushing out against the sword Qis in the surroundings as if they were a gigantic aerial cover, encompassing himself and the other three as well.

Next was Claude. The muscles on his arms swelled up like balloons, and then, like a spring which had been compressed to its limit, the two flying axes shot out together like two rays of lightning with a piercing sound cutting through the air. Wherever they passed by, regardless what kind of sword Qis there were, they were smashed by the axes. It cleared up a piece of space in just an instant.

Renault followed with a holler, drawing his bow to the extent that it appeared to be a full moon. After a crisp bang, five Homing Arrows were shot out, releasing a series of sharp cries, tearing through the atmosphere, and chasing after Fang Xingjian's silhouette.

On the other side, a small silver spear appeared in Rota's hands. Just as the sword Qis were dispersed by Claude, Fang Xingjian's silhouette was revealed and the small silver spear in her hands started spinning at a very fast speed like a drill. At the same time, her body also started spinning, and with her graceful floating figure, the small silver spear cut through the air at the speed of lightning, the spear's sound passing through the void.

As the spear disappeared, silver light appeared behind Fang Xingjian, and the high-speed spinning spear head brought along a series of twirling air currents that pierced fiercely towards Fang Xingjian's back.

It was Rota's Killing technique, Void Penetrative Divine Spear, an extremely powerful secret arts which allowed one to directly pass through the gaps between spaces, attacking with disregard for distance.

While this Void Penetrative Divine Spear did not come equipped with any extraordinary powers, each spear attack came and go like an elusive shadow; even ghosts or gods would find it hard to detect.

Moreover, while the spear itself was only equipped with Rota's physical strength, this attack had garnered the energy from the rebound of the muscles throughout her body and had the leverage from the small silver spear, as well as that twisting piercing force.

Wherever the small silver spear passed by, even the air would seem as if it was penetrated, and the tip of the spear would also have a surge of cone-shaped wave.

With this attack, Rota would even be able to pierce through the armor of the Earth's tank.

The Homing Arrows shot towards Fang Xingjian from his front, while Rota's full-powered thrust of the Void Penetrative Divine Spear was coming in from behind.

Facing such attacks, even if it was Hamil, the student who was previously the strongest in the academy, he could only choose to put up a tough resistance, then eventually suffer from internal injuries.

And with Fang Xingjian's defensive abilities and physique, what awaited him would only be serious injuries if he were to receive it forcefully.

Thus, at the critical moment, Fang Xingjian finally displayed his terrifying powers once again, which allowed him to hold his weight amongst the first transition Knights.

His Reduced Force Field was like many ripples that accurately encompassed the five Homing Arrows, as well as the small silver spear.

In the first place, Fang Xingjian's strength was not comparable to theirs. Therefore, the Reduced Force Field he displayed at this moment was also unable to fend off the two attacks. However, no matter how weak the power was, it had at least delayed the attack of the arrows and sword by a little.

With this delay that was less than 0.1 of a second, Fang Xingjian had already twisted his body and sprouted out sword Qis. He stuck close to the tip of the small silver spear and dodged this attack.

At the same time, the longsword in his hand flashed repetitively and the five Homing Arrows were all smashed into powder at the same time.

However, how could Rota's and Renault's attacks just stop there? Just as Fang Xingjian broke through their first round of attacks, another five Homing Arrows shot out, and Rota once again thrust out the swift and elusive attack.

The tip of the spear drilled closed to an inch away from Fang Xingjian's skin but was dodged by him at an extreme speed.

Jingle jingle, swish swish.

The sounds of the arrows being smashed up rang out repeatedly, and and dense spear shadows appeared an inch all around Fang Xingjian. They chased after Fang Xingjian and were hard for him to shake off.

And Claude continued to waved his two axes, repeatedly crushing the sword Qis Fang Xingjian created.

Xiu Yi remained still and unmoving, but he was encompassing all four of them with his force field shield. He was prepared for Fang Xingjian's advancements, which were quick as lightning.

The four of them combined seemed to have completely suppressed Fang Xingjian, and it even seemed as if they had a chance of winning.

It was just then that more and more instructors and students rushed to the scene, looking at the battlefield that appeared as if a tornado had passed by. All of them were struck dumb with amazement.

But looking at Fang Xingjian who was gradually suppressed, they were even more astonished.

"Haha, this Fang Xingjian goes out for wool and come back shorn. Did he not expect to come across three Prefectural Champions at one go?"

"Three Prefectural Champions, and one who was in second place. With there being four strong Knights altogether, even if he loses, he shouldn't feel bitter about it."

An instructor shouted out, "All of you, stop right this instant. Have you all forgotten that it is forbidden to have private duels in the academy?"

But at that moment, Rota and the others had gotten heated up and was not willing to stop. On the contrary, they stepped up their efforts, hoping to be able to stop Fang Xingjian as soon as possible.

Just then, a series of loud eruptions rang out in the air. Fang Xingjian's speed suddenly was brought up to a higher notch once again.

He activated Boundaries Negation and immediately broke away from the attacks of the Homing Arrows and the Void Penetrative Divine Spear.

With a wave of his longsword, Fang Xingjian's body was once again encompassed by sword Qis. He said coldly, "You guys have to be careful from now on. Don't die from the slash of my sword and waste your many years of hard work and effort."

When everyone was stunned, Fang Xingjian's long sword flashed repeatedly at a speed which transcended the speed of sound, slashing out a series of high speed sword Qis as if hundreds or thousands of atmospheric dragons were created in an instant. They were all moving towards the four.

And this time, once they had come into contact with the sword Qis, everyone felt that something was wrong. It was because each of the sword Qis were all headed for the flaws in their moves.

Roar roar roar roar!

The atmosphere was wrecking havoc, swords and blades were groaning, and in that instant, Rota and the other three felt as if their situation was suddenly being overturned for the worse. They became the ones trying extremely hard to run for their lives and was focusing all their efforts on defence. It was because they were no longer able to not defend themselves, and if they did not, their bodies would be torn into pieces by the sword Qis.

They felt as if each stream of sword Qis were targeted at the weaknesses when their movements changed, as well as the crucial points at when the exertion of their forces changed.

Xiu Yi's force field shields was continuously attacked at their weakest points, and within a few seconds, it was pierced so many times that it was like a sieve.

Claude's flying axes were surrounded by over tens of sword Qi dragons, unable to return to his hands no matter how hard they struggled.

Losing the close range protection from the two, Renault and Rota were fully exposed to Fang Xingjian's attacks.

They continued to fend off, dodge, and move around, only to discover that Fang Xingjian's sword Qis were like the many strands of spider's threads that attacked them from every direction. Each of them attacked the safe spots they were moving to, and in a short period of time, they space they had to dodge around in became increasingly lesser. As Fang Xingjian got increasingly used to their attacks, there were many times when they were in the midst of performing a move but Fang Xingjian had already been waiting for them at the flaws in their moves.

Finally, with a series of three bangs, Rota's small silver spear, Renault's Sacred Bow, and Xiu Yi's longsword were all knocked out of their hands and brought to Fang Xingjian through the sword Qis.

Fang Xingjian shook his head, "This is nothing great."

The four's faces immediately turned extremely pale, as if they could not believe what had happened right before them. In the next moment, they were overwhelmed with brimming fury.

To have been defeated despite them having fought together. This was a great humiliation like never before.

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Chapter 111 Humiliation and Punishment

Boundless fury attacked the four.

At the next moment, however, feelings of disappointment arose in Claude, Renault, and Xiu Yi.

So what if they felt angry? So what if they felt jealous? The difference in their abilities was laid out right in front of them. No matter how angry they felt, it was impossible to change this fact.

What had made them felt even more despair was the talent Fang Xingjian had displayed. How long had it been? Fang Xingjian's abilities had already, yet again, undergone such astonishing progress. They felt that even if they were to combine the resources from all the classes and clans, they would never be able to catch up to Fang Xingjian in their entire lives, forever doomed to stare at his back as he continuously advanced.

But on the other side, Rota let out a loud bellow. The agitated ether particles rippled out from her body, surging out towards all directions. Her long, pitch-black hair flew up as if they were strong flames burning in the air, making her appear as if she was a goddess in the night sky. She revealed her tender skin, her thin waist, and her slender long legs, exuding a breath-taking charm.

At the same time, a burning gaze shot out from her eyes and her hair was ageing at a speed the naked eye could see. While her beauty was being shown, it gave her an additional heroic spirit unique to what female Knights had.

Claude was shocked and said, "Rota! What are you doing!"

The other party was obviously using a Killing technique which was very damaging to one's foundations.

Rota's eyes turned blood red as she stared at Fang Xingjian who was holding a sword, saying coldly, "Fang Xingjian, after giving us such humiliation, you're now thinking of leaving?"

Fang Xingjian threw her an indifferent glance, saying, "Amongst so many Knights in the academy, it turns out that you, a female, has the most guts.

"However, my fist is bigger than yours, tougher than yours. So what if I had humiliated you? What can you do?"

A hint of killing intent flashed across Rota's face, and she said a word at a time, "I started picking up spear techniques from the age of five. For the past over twenty years, it was as if I was was treading on thin ice, trembling with fear, maintaining my best condition at all times. I racked my brains, not daring to slack for even a moment. All this effort was so that I could get recognized. I want there to be no one in this world who could bully me or humiliate me.

"Fang Xingjian, you have extraordinary talent. You can defeat me, but you cannot humiliate me, nor my spear arts.

"Because while a Knight's flesh could be defeated, a Knight's honor cannot be easily humiliated."

With each word she said, the fluctuations of the ether particles on her grew even stronger. The light in her eyes became increasingly bright, as if they were two beams of ionic light beams that continuously shot out.

After finishing her last words, Rota grabbed towards the space and the omnipresent ether particles started gathering at a speed which could be seen by the naked eye. Countless Waves piled up together, creating a crimson red long spear.

'Effulgence Weapon！'

'To think that she could perform it when she's only at the Knight level!'

Renault, Xiu Yi, and Claude all abruptly lifted their heads to look at Rota, whose black long hair continued to gray, and eventually white. Their eyes brimmed with guilt and awareness.

When Rota had finished her words, Fang Xingjian's eyes were wide-opened for the first time. He sized up Rota and said, "You're Rota? Alright, I've remembered you. You spoke well. Because while a Knight's flesh could be defeated, a Knight's honor cannot be easily humiliated.

"You're right. I'll remember this.

"But..."

When he was saying starting saying "b-", Fang Xingjian was still standing where he was. But when he finished the word with "-ut", Fang Xingjian was already standing next to Rota, his hand over her shoulders.

Amongst everyone who were present, no one was able to see how he had done that.

"No matter how passionate one is, it would not be able to change the actual gap. A person's abilities would not be improved just because of a few words.

"But Rota, I'll remember your name." Fang Xingjian's finger tapped lightly on her forehead, creating a soft sound. And so, the other party's brain had already been concussed. She very quickly lost consciousness.

The fluctuations of the ether particles throughout Rota started to weaken together with her consciousness. The last words she heard was Fang Xingjian saying, "You can try to work a bit harder and see if you can catch up to me."

Rota only felt that his words were filled with endless cold and loneliness. At the next moment, her body turned limped and she was completely knocked out.

Fang Xingjian casually caught hold of her and placed her on the ground. He then turned to look at Renault and the other two and asked, "Do you guys want to continue?"

Claude was the first to stand out, speaking undisturbed, "Fang Xingjian, it's your win this time. After I've attained the Hundred Toxin Battle Physique, I'll come challenge you again."

With that, he left without looking back. Strong gales blew against his hair and revealed his bare chest. It looked as if he was a lion in the wilderness.

Renault and Xiu Yi exchanged a glance and left without saying a word, their gazes brimming with fury and shame. Although they were shaken by Rota's pride, their feelings of resentment and envy towards Fang Xingjian could not be expressed in just a few words.

Fang Xingjian casually dispersed the sword Qis, throwing the weapons belonging to the four of them on the ground.

At that moment, two loud, piercing whistles rang out, accompanied by two black lines in mid-air. The Headmaster and Huang Lin appeared once again.

Looking at the two of them, Hylong, who was behind Dick, stood up and shouted, "Headmaster! Master Huang Lin! Fang Xingjian recklessly attacked students in the academy, injuring over ten people! He has no respect for any law and regulations and had disregarded the academy's regulations! He had even torn down three villas, and tens of servants were injured because of this! "

Looking at this scene, Dick laughed coldly in his heart, 'Idiot. To be the first one to charge up, the Headmaster would definitely remember you.'

As expected, Headmaster Jackson was still thinking about how he could get Fang Xingjian out of the situation when Hylong had stood out, causing him to frown. This was simply an act of coercing and threatening the leadership.

Of course, he could not immediately and blatantly reprimand Hylong. However, he took a long look at him and bore in mind who he was before he slowly said, "Fang Xingjian, is what Hylong said true?"

Hylong said in elation, "Headmaster, there are both witnesses and evidences. So many teachers and students here have seen him assaulting Renault and the other three students, even beating up Rota badly. You must punish such an arrogant fellow heavily!"

Jackson's brows furrowed even more after seeing that Hylong did not know any better and was still shooting his mouth off.

Jackson had already given his judgement about him, 'While his talent is not bad, he isn't very bright and has zero sensitivity. He's only suitable to be a fighter.'

Only when Fang Xingjian threw a glare at Hylong did he then shut his trap, subconsciously taking three steps backwards. He then realized that with the Headmaster besides him, how would it be possible that Fang Xingjian would dare to bash him up?

He blushed and said harshly, "Fang Xingjian, now that the Headmaster is here, are you still not giving in? You still want to attack me?"

"Long-winded." With a flash, Fang Xingjian disappeared and reappeared from his spot. Hylong had not been able to react at all when he was already sent flying with a spin. An immense pain appeared on his cheek, and when he was in mid-air, he spit out two teeth.

He looked at Fang Xingjian, face all red, unable to believe that he was being so arrogant. He shouted, "Fang Xingjian!"

Hylong flew out once again, and this time around, this other side of his cheek swelled up as well. He wanted to continue to shout out, but was stared down by Fang Xingjian's gaze which was sharp as a sword's blade.His voice seemed to be pinned down to his throat.

Hylong could only look towards the Headmaster with a pleading look.

The Headmaster did not even look towards him, but frowned and asked Fang Xingjian, "Fang Xingjian, you recklessly assaulted other students in the academy, tearing down the dormitories. What more do you have to say?"

"I have nothing to say. Headmaster, I'm willing to accept the punishment."

Huang Lin, on the other hand, was brimming with smiles. To him, it was natural for his disciple to be so arrogant and strong, to be able to challenge and defeat the few strongest students in the academy single-handedly with his sword. Huang Lin was very proud of him.

It had also shown how monstrous Fang Xingjian's talent and potential was.

Jackson moodily stared at Fang Xingjian and Huang Lin, saying, "Since that's the case, your punishment would be to have no allowance for the next six months and to stay in the Reflection Chamber for a month."

Seeing that the punishment was so simple, Hylong stood there in a daze, watching as the Headmaster, Fang Xingjian, and the others all leave. Holding his cheeks with his hands, he seemed to have realized something as he gazed towards the direction the Headmaster had left in.

Only now then did he realize how much the Headmaster had favored Fang Xingjian.

In that instant, a hint of anxiety and bewilderment was reflected in his eyes.

'That won't do. I need to look for Lier's father (the white-bearded instructor), and get him to put in a good word for me.'

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Chapter 112 Teaching

In the academy's Reflection Chamber, Fang Xingjian sat cross-legged on the floor, unceasingly practicing the Nurturing techniques he had learned when he had consecutively challenged the other Prefectural Champions.

This time around, he had learned another four sets of Nurturing techniques, and with the aid of his Unparalleled Sword Intent, the speed at which he was learning sword arts had gotten faster and faster.

So much so that, as soon as he started to learn them he could master them right away, with very little required practice. In less than a day, he had brought all four Nurturing techniques to level 10. It was a pity that these techniques were overlapping with some of the Nurturing techniques he had previously picked up, and thus were unable to provide him with attribute increases.

But even so, he still continued practicing them, bringing them to the maximum level in the hope of increasing the progress of his Unparalleled Sword Intent.

Despite the fact that Fang Xingjian was in the Reflection Chamber, the academy had not reduced the food sent to him. Under the Headmaster's arrangements, a massive amount of ferocious beasts and high quality medicinal food were unceasingly brought in for him, allowing him to replenish the vital energy and blood he depleted with his training. Of course, there was also the Body Tempering Ointment won from the bet with the Tresia Clan.

All these items would raise his potential points by at least 1000 points every day, which was an absolutely extravagant number.

Just like that, everyday, he would cultivate sword arts in the morning, and in the afternoon Lilia, Jack and Anthony would rush over to the Reflection Chamber to receive his guidance on the other side of the metal grill window. Fang Xingjian would also review his own sword arts through this process.

Lilia and the other two stood a distance away from the metal grill window, continuously practicing the martial arts Fang Xingjian had previously given them guidance on. All three of them were extremely serious in their practice.

It was because time and time again, Fang Xingjian had proven that he was right. Especially after he had challenged six Prefectural Champions in a row. It stood as proof for how much authority he had in sword arts.

Fang Xingjian's eyes were like sharp gleaming sword light, occasionally brushing over the three of them. With his Unparalleled Sword Intent, he was able to see each of their movements very clearly. In his eyes, their flaws were magnified. Each incomplete use of force, each little waste of energy, each circulation of vital energy and blood which was not as smooth as it was supposed to be immediately stood out to him.

With a flick of his fingers, sword Qis swept through the Reflection Chamber. He formed a sword with his fingers to control the atmosphere, creating streams of sword Qis that hit only Lilia's body.

The latter's body shuddered, a hint of red flush flashing across her face. At the same time, she felt an energy force enter her body. She closed her eyes to feel the circulation of the energy in her body, appreciating the sensation.

A moment later, when she started cultivating her sword arts once again, she was able to feel many sensations which she had never felt before in her sword arts.

As Fang Xingjian guided them, he would concurrently try to get used to the existence of the Unparalleled Sword Intent and to increase the experience with his Nurturing techniques, at the same time practicing the Supreme Mistwind Sword.

Lilia and the others on the other hand, could feel that after receiving guidance from Fang Xingjian for the past few days, they were progressing in leaps and bounds. They had no need to think hard in order to understand the principles behind their martial arts, only to follow Fang Xingjian's guidance, learning and simulating by appreciating the force Fang Xingjian sent into them. By doing so, their familiarity with the techniques surged crazily. One day of training this way was comparable to ten days of training in the past.

The moves in a set of martial technique was the same for everyone, but everyone's physique were different, so each person had minor differences when they performed the same move.

However, with regards to using the body itself and its strength, Fang Xingjian could be considered to be at a grandmaster level, the topmost authority, with the capability of providing guidance to get one to move towards the right direction.

Such an invigorating cultivation was very addictive, and they wished that they would be able to be next to Fang Xingjian for twenty-four hours a day, receiving his guidance at all times.

Just as they were making the most of this, Ferdinand, Zhou Yong and Carter came to the Reflection Chamber as well.

Ferdinand did not say anything, but handed him two books and said, "Xingjian, I've heard that you're collecting Nurturing sword techniques? Although our Aristocrat Academy is not known for its sword arts, we do have some sword arts in our collection. I've gotten someone to send them over. You can take a look to see if they are suitable."

Zhou Yong and Carter also walked up. They were now completely convinced of Fang Xingjian's strength, and respectively handed him the Nurturing sword techniques they had gotten, together with fifty gold coins in apology.

With a sweep of with his sword fingers, all four manuals were brought before him, encompassed by over ten sword Qis. The manuals flipped very quickly with the blowing wind, and after a short half an hour, he had already learned all the sword arts written in the books. Another four sets of Nurturing sword techniques appeared on his Stats Window.

Ferdinand looked towards Lilia and the others who were receiving guidance from Fang Xingjian, an envious gaze reflected in his eyes. He tried to gather his courage and asked, "Xingjian, can I also get you to help give me guidance in my martial arts?"

He was not envious of the rapid progress Lilia and the others were going through because he was not aware of the effects of Fang Xingjian's guidance. He was just envious of how close they were with Fang Xingjian.

Now, in the academy, even a fool knew that Fang Xingjian had a bright future before him.

After all, he did not have only extraordinary talent. He had also transitioned into a Windstorm Sword Hero, had even transcended the speed of sound, and had managed to obtain the backing of many important characters. Even the Royal Knight Association was helpless.

Ferdinand thought to himself, 'Now is exactly the time for Fang Xingjian to rise. With his talent, even if he's unable to become a Divine level character in the future, he is bound to become a major pillar of the country, and to attain at least level 29 of the second transition. He would be of a status similar to Governor Devitt's.

'If I find a chance to forge a good relationship with him now, I'd be able to profit greatly ten years or more down the road.'

Fang Xingjian threw him a glance, and then Zhou Yong and Carter, saying, "That's fine. You guys can go tell everyone in the academy, that anyone can come to receive guidance from me. But everyone must bring at least a sword technique, regardless if it's Nurturing techniques, Training techniques or Killing techniques."

Fang Xingjian knew that the Unparalleled Sword Intent took into consideration sword techniques which were at the maximum level. Even though he wished to gather even more Nurturing techniques to increase the amount of potential points he could accumulate each day, he did not have any qualms about learning other sets of sword techniques to improve his sword intent.

It was a pity that although Fang Xingjian had sent news out, the next day, other than Lilia, Jack and Anthony, only Ferdinand had also come.

Zhou Yong cultivated sword arts to begin with and, naturally, was willing to try out Fang Xingjian's guidance. Even if the guidance was ineffective, it could relieve the tension between them. However, he belonged to Tresia Clan, and bringing the secret manual the day before was already the limit for him. How could he possibly look for Fang Xingjian to provide him guidance with his sword arts?

As for Ferdinand, he was purely there in a bid to get closer to Fang Xingjian. His clan had already spoken with him, requesting him to do his best to build a good relationship with Fang Xingjian.

Similarly, after bringing the manual yesterday, Carter did not come by again. He cultivated spear arts and furthermore, he found it too embarrassing to attempt getting closer to Fang Xingjian. In other words, he could not set his pride aside.

After all, they were all youngsters, and everyone was young and aggressive at this age. How many people were able to admit their inferiority to others when they were not even at the age of twenty?

Only people like Ferdinand, who had been brought up to be the successor of his clan, and was well-versed in the ways of the world, would be able to do something like that.

Seeing how Lilia, Jack and Anthony had started to practice their martial arts and that occasionally, sword Qis would shoot out from Fang Xingjian's fingers, hitting on their bodies, Ferdinand smiled and said, "Xingjian, what do you say? Do I do the same as them, while you use your sword Qis on me?" Ferdinand originated from an aristocratic clan in Kirst, and appeared very gentlemanly with his fair skin and white clothes alongside his Knight attire.

When he smiled like that, he appeared even more friendly.

Of course, although he appeared so, Ferdinand did not feel that Fang Xingjian was actually able to give him proper guidance. After all, he was training in the longspear, while Fang Xingjian was training in sword arts.

It was just like a boxer attempting to give guidance to a wrestler on Earth. The latter would naturally ignore the former, and the two might even end up in a fight.

Looking at Ferdinand, Fang Xingjian nodded. He was also considered the second generation of a renowned clan back in Demonic City. And even though he was not thought highly of, he had come across many outstanding youngsters who were of similar status. He had to admit that at least Ferdinand looked very outstanding in appearance.

Especially when compared to Jack, Anthony or even Lilia, Ferdinand appeared to be very polite, with good disposition and appeared to be well-bred.

Wearing a suit of white, he had the disposition of a fine gentlemen, but the longspear he was carrying on his back had a hint of killing aura, making him seem more like an intelligent warrior in the battlefield.

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Chapter 113 Sword and Spear

Hearing Ferdinand's question, Fang Xingjian shook his head.

Of course, he could not directly used sword Qi to give guidance right from the start. After all, sword Qis were air; more specifically, the attacks he had created by lashing the air.

It could be use to transmit force, but it was impossible for him to sense the movement of one's internal muscles through this method.

The Reflection Chamber he was in now was made from rocks, with only a few small windows showing the lawn outside. Although he could use the windows to observe how others practiced their martial arts and then send out sword Qis to guide them, it was impossible for him to go through close combat unless he did not had any qualms and tore down the chamber.

Therefore, Fang Xingjian said, "I'll go out for a while and spar with you directly. If not, I won't be able to grasp your energy flow."

"Come out?" Ferdinand was stunned. He looked towards the guard who was standing at the side. It was a white-haired old man about fifty to sixty years old. As a defender of the academy's regulations, , not many would dare to force their way through the cell when he was around, even when he was not even at the level of a Knight.

Fang Xingjian looked at the old guard and said, "I'll spar with him for a while just right outside."

That guard hesitated for a while, but after considering Fang Xingjian's background and talent, he knew that the other party would be able to chase him out of the academy with just a few words. He did not dare to offend such a character. Thus, he immediately smiled and said, "You're too modest. If you really wish to go out, even if there were a hundred of me, I still wouldn't be able to stop you."

He smiled and opened the big metal door to the stone chamber. Fang Xingjian walked out slowly. As he walked out, the bones throughout his body let out explosive and crisp crackling sounds. It was as if chunks of firecrackers had exploded in his body.

He was actually just channeling his internal energy and circulating his vital energy and blood before the battle.

Even so, Fang Xingjian created strong gusts of wind around him, displaying a strong brutal force which caused Ferdinand's eye to twitch.

Usually, only those Knights who had cultivated for three years or more would be able to display such authoritative powers. Since when had Ferdinand seen it on someone from the same year as him?

On the other end, Lilia and the others seeing that Fang Xingjian had walked out, immediately stopping what they were doing as they looked towards Fang Xingjian with gazes full of expectation.

Lilia was especially excited, her eyes squinting as if she was a kitty enjoying itself. The muscles on her slender long legs were also tensed up as she shouted, "Teacher is going show his skills again? I feel that teacher is appearing increasingly dignified."

"Lilia, lend me your sword for a while."

Hearing that, Lilia immediately tossed her sword over. Fang Xingjian received it and waved it for a while, causing a series of loud sounds to ring out as the blade sliced across the air, .

He turned towards Ferdinand and said, "Come at me. Don't use extraordinary strength, just use the strength from your physical body. No need to hold back either, come at me at full force."

Ferdinand was also stunned for a while. However, he was not one who dragged his feet either. Considering Fang Xingjian's abilities, he knew that it was impossible for him to deal heavy injuries to Fang Xingjian.

Therefore at the next moment, he said with his longspear already in hand, "Alright, here I come then."

In that instant, his white clothes moved, and with a dash, the longspear in Ferdinand's hands had already brought along an extremely strong spiralling force, as if it was a big drill thrusting towards Fang Xingjian's chest.

The immense force was channeled from Ferdinand's body to his longspear, and during that dash, a hint of ripples from the twisted air had even appeared on his longspear, as if it was a dragon who had transcended the void and was swallowing Fang Xingjian.

This spear attack was fast, furious, and violent. It could penetrate an elephant from its head all the way to its tail. The strength from all over his body was perfectly condensed into this attack, and it was the the most truthful display of Ferdinand's physical strength, as well as spear technique.

But facing this spear attack that was like a dragon trying to swallow him, Fang Xingjian's face did not even twitch.

Under his vision, he could see too many flaws in this extremely condensed attack with his Unparalleled Sword Intent, .

With a flash of sword light, Fang Xingjian thrust his spear and lightly tapped on the pole of Ferdinand's spear. The latter's strength was scattered as a feeling of being unable to advance or retreat enveloped him.

His face turned grim and he immediately changed his move. Flicking up the tip of his spear, he snapped it towards Fang Xingjian from bottom to top.

Not only did this flick tap into Ferdinand's own strength, but also 70% of the speed and strength from the earlier thrust, reflecting the principles of a lever.

If this flick was used on a modern day battlefield, it would be able to send a tank flying.

Facing this attack, Fang Xingjian still thrust his sword from the side. With the flash of sword light, Ferdinand could only feel that the longspear was moving crazily, as if it was an anaconda which was struggling fanatically and trying to escape from his hands. He then felt the weight in his palms dissipate as the weapon had already been sent flying.

'What? How could this be?' Ferdinand looked at the longspear on the ground in disbelief. 'I've started practicing spear arts from the age of six and the first thing I did was to firmly hold onto my longspear. Now, my grip on my spear is very strong, and unless I'm willing to, even ten wild bulls would not be able to take it away from me. How on earth did he do that? I didn't feel any immense strength surging over.'

Looking at the dazed Ferdinand, Fang Xingjian said with composure, "Regardless of whether it's a fist technique, sword technique, or spear technique, their principles lie in how to use the muscles, bones, vital energy, blood, and internal organs. There would naturally have many connecting similarities.

"Your spear technique from earlier was like that of a dragon, and you had displayed more than half of your powers, but there would still be flaws.

"From what I see, your attack was to first thrust, then flick. You focused on penetrating force, which requires you to twist your strength from all over your body into the form of a dragon before unleashing it as an attack.

"In this attack, you've used the strength from your legs, your waist, your shoulders, your arms, your internal organs, as well as the strength from the circulation of your vital energy and blood.

"Putting efficiency aside, while your muscles and bones are sufficiently condensed, the strength from your vital energy and blood still has some small flaws. But this is not a problem with the technique itself. It's just that your chest is slightly broader than normal people, and your heart is slightly more towards the left."

Hearing this, Ferdinand was once again astonished. He also knew of the flaws in his spear arts, which was that he was slightly weaker in his control of his internal organs, vital energy, and blood. This was also what the elders from his clan and the instructors in the academy had mentioned to him before.

But he would never have expected that from just one spar, Fang Xingjian would be able to tell this much. He was even able to point out that Ferdinand's heart was located slightly to the left. What kind of judgement did he possess?

However, being able to discern was one thing. To truly change it, he could only rely on gradual training by slowly channeling his force throughout his body—both internally and externally—and truly grasping the respective internal and external forces.

This was a long-term project, and many Conferred Knights whose strength attributes had exceeded 100 points were still not truly able to fully grasp each hint of strength throughout their bodies, both internally and externally.

However, looking at his expression, Fang Xingjian did not say anything. In the blink of an eye, sword light flashed out, and he had already slapped his sword at Ferdinand's waist.

At first, Ferdinand was stunned and was about to dodge and retaliate. But after the force entered his body, he was stunned once again.

Fang Xingjian's voice rang out next to his year, "Carefully appreciate this force."

This force directly flowed through Ferdinand's internal organs, blood vessels, all the way to his arms, and even led along the circulation of the strength from his muscles, thrusting out from his arms and releasing an explosive bang.

"This... this is the circulation of the strength from the attack earlier." Astonishment flashed past Ferdinand's eyes.

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Chapter 114 Interlinked Forces

Ferdinand knew that Fang Xingjian was extremely talented. If not, how could he have transitioned into a Windstorm Sword Hero? How could he have transcended the speed of sound at the age of sixteen?

But he had never thought that the other party would be able to guide him in his spear arts.

However, the scene before him smashed through his common sense. The force that Fang Xingjian sent into him was not only extremely precise as it flowed through his body via his vital energy and blood and his tendons, but it also did not hurt his body in the least!

The most horrifying thing was that this energy was exactly the force his earlier attack was meant to unleash. Its strength was not only profound, it was actually perfect! The grasp on his vital energy and blood suddenly became better tailored for his body, as if he had practiced this move for decades. It could be used by Ferdinand as a standard to refer to, and it was something that even he was unable to display.

He looked at Fang Xingjian and asked in astonishment, "You've practiced the Hundred Blossoms Spear Technique?"

"I haven't practiced spear arts before." Fang Xingjian let out a light thrust of his longsword with a terrifying whizz, making a crisp explosive sound, as if an enormous dragon had pounced out and onto a lump of air before it.

Feeling the air blowing and pressing against his face, Ferdinand felt even more astonished than before. He pointed to Fang Xingjian's longsword and said, "This... Is this still the previous move?" Ferdinand had, after all, practiced spear arts for over twenty years, and had managed to sense the fine difference right away.

"The sword arts and the spear arts have some subtle differences. The distance from the target and the weight of the weapon lead to a certain degree of difference in the moves used for each. However, as with the previous thrust, there are many similarities between the two," Fang Xingjian said. "I used the longsword to display your spear technique from earlier was because I understood the application of the force in that move. Knowing how the force circulates makes things easier."

"Knowing how the force circulates makes things easier?" The gaze Ferdinand was looking at Fang Xingjian with was now very much different. It was because he recalled something his grandfather had told him earlier.

"Ferdinand, there's a type of genius in this world who will be able to pick up any technique the moment they start to learn, and master just when they start to practice it. It's because they have grasped the circulation of force in the human body. So no matter what Nurturing technique or Training technique it is, nothing is hidden from their eyes. They can even tweak the moves depending on the differences of the human body, displaying the martial technique in the way best suited for them.

They have already reached a level of Interlinked Forces that they're able to master anything, without exception. When you come across such a genius, you must definitely not make an enemy out of him. If you've already made an enemy out of him, then you must immediately escape, and never turn back."

Ferdinand looked at Fang Xingjian, already treating him as a super genius who was able to achieve Interlinked Forces. He said respectfully, "You've gone through great trouble to guide me today."

Fang Xingjian did not pay any heed to the change in his attitude. It was because with his abilities and talent, it was natural for him to receive respect and admiration.

Especially after he had gotten Unparalleled Sword Intent – there was nothing in normal physical moves which could hide or be hidden from him. He could identify all the connecting similarities they had with sword arts. No matter the moves and means, he was able to identify the flaws with just one look, enough to display the move with just a quick spar.

Of course, this did not mean that he had picked up the technique. It was just that he could imitate the movement of the force in his sword arts.

It was like how the jab of a fist was similar to that of a longsword or longspear. Or the swing of a saber was similar to that of a sword or staff. They all had similarities in the force exertion.

Due to his Unparalleled Sword Intent, and due to having the world's topmost sword talent, Fang Xingjian's sword arts had reached the level of Interlinked Forces. So, regardless of whether it was martial arts in the swords and sabers category, staffs, or even hand-to-hand combat, he was able to display a similar style of force exertion.

And even if he were to learn other styles of martial arts now, he would also be able to pick them up very quickly. However, it would mean that he would have to start all over again. There was no need for this.

And because his Nurturing techniques and Training techniques already covered every part of his physical body, even if he were to pick up other martial styles, they would definitely be repetitive and basically a waste of time.

However, having such means to guide others was too scary.

Therefore, for the next hour, Ferdinand continued to display various Nurturing, Training, and even Killing spear techniques to Fang Xingjian. Each time, Fang Xingjian would easily see through them and tell him the flaws in his performance. Fang Xingjian would then send a force into his body, allowing him to carefully inspect it.

"So that's how it is, that's how it is. I've always thought that my Hundred Blossoms Spear Technique had already attained perfection, but was unable to understand why I hadn't been able to reach level 10 after so long. So it's because I was short that bit of force from my heart. But the heart is inside the human body, and is extremely weak and delicate. If force is channeled here, if one is not careful, it may cause internal injuries or even death.

"Only someone like you, who has attained the state of Interlinked Forces, would be able to grasp the circulation in my body so easily, and even be able to demonstrate the ideal strength."

Ferdinand looked at Fang Xingjian, astonished. His gaze towards Fang Xingjian now had a hint of clarity, free from inhibitions. Being guided by Fang Xingjian like this, he had managed to find the ideal force circulation in just a moment. To a martial arts practitioner, this was extremely satisfying.

It was like a high school student solving biology questions with someone doing the same questions beside him and explaining the solution to him, in detail. He would not have to fumble around by himself.

Hearing Ferdinand's words, Fang Xingjian nodded, saying, "When one practices martial arts, one must be very careful with the standard movements for Nurturing techniques and Training techniques, as well as with the circulation accuracy of the muscles, vital energy, and blood.

"Only then will you be able to gain the maximum potential points and the greatest amount of experience points, thus achieving the best training results.

"Otherwise, it'll just be twice the work with half the results, and it may even be harmful to the body."

Ferdinand nodded in agreement, "It's the same for Killing techniques. Regardless if it's for sword arts or spear arts, when it boils down to the basics, they all require one to display the most fundamental moves such as stab, flick, point, and parry.

"Even if it's a battle between Knights, once they get into close combat, other than the extraordinary strength from Killing techniques, the physical strength used to circulate the Killing techniques is also very important. If one is able to perfectly grasp the circulation of forces required for Killing techniques, then that one will become extremely terrifying."

At the mention of the word 'terrifying', Ferdinand took a long look at Fang Xingjian, thinking that the Fang Xingjian now was the one who was truly terrifying.

Early morning the next day, Ferdinand brought along Carter, who was also cultivating in spear arts, just like himself. Other than that, there were also three other Knights from other classes. They were all seniors from the same academy as Ferdinand.

Ferdinand called out towards Fang Xingjian, saying, "Xingjian! Could you see if you're able to spar and give guidance to these three seniors of ours?"

The corner of Fang Xingjian's lips curled up slightly and calmly said, "It's fine as long as each of them provide me with a sword arts manual not available in the academy."

Although these Knights all practiced spear arts, with their respective status and power, it was not that difficult for them to look for a sword arts manual which was not available in the school.

Moreover, they had long heard about the prerequisite from Ferdinand, and had brought it along with them today.

Keeping the secret manuals, Fang Xingjian walked out slowly, receiving Lilia's longsword, and told the three of them, "All of you can attack at once."

The three of them were aware that Fang Xingjian was very strong, since he had single-handedly challenged six Prefectural Champions. However, they still held some doubts regarding what Ferdinand had said, that the other party had attained the realm of Interlinked Forces, and could now provide guidance for other people's martial arts, be it saber, spear, or even the staff.

No matter how talented Fang Xingjian was, no matter that his speed was unparalleled, but having attained the state at which his sword arts could be linked with other styles of martial arts... How unbelievable was that? How could a person who had not taken up the sword less than a year before be able to accomplish this? They were extremely doubtful about it.

Hearing Fang Xingjian say this, they exchanged a glance and nodded.

"Then we'll seek your guidance."

The next moment, three cold gleams lighted up, as if three flood dragons were overturning seas and rivers, with a might as if meteorites had fallen from the skies, making a smell of burnt metal. They thrust it towards Fang Xingjian.

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Chapter 115 Rationale

Facing the concurrent attacks from the three longspears that were akin to three shots of stinger missiles, Fang Xingjian creased a series of cold light everywhere with the longsword in his hand, as if it was a counter-missile system, pointing respectively on each of the three longspears at the very last moment.

The longspears rushed in his direction, their speed comparable to that of stinger missiles; the circulation of force from the tip of the spear was akin to flower buds, trembling unceasingly and causing the enemies to mistake where they would be landing.

The whole process tore through the air and brought about a tremendous sound wave attack, as if they would overthrow an ordinary man with a strong build just from the trembling.

It was as if these three spears had transformed the moves into dishes, bringing both the appearance and taste to their limits.

It was as the saying went, ruling a big country was like cooking a small fish—the control over every step in the process was very important. And now, these three had brought their level of cultivation in their spear arts to the stage where every single detail was carefully controlled. Such prowess and achievements were truly astonishing.

Lilia, Ferdinand, and the others stood at the side as they gazed upon the scene, each of them feeling that it was an extremely dangerous scene. If they were in Fang Xingjian's shoes, they would not even be able to dodge any attacks, let alone fend them off. It was because these three spears were too dangerous and violent.

These three spear attacks seemed to be demonstrated with great mastery and were fast as the blink of an eye. They trembling unceasingly and even confused their opponent with sound waves. However, Fang Xingjian could, in the blink of an eye, pinpoint the three longspears with extreme precision, scattering the forces circulated by the spears. It was done with great precision and speed.

Almost at the same moment, Fang Xingjian pointed his sword thrice and the three longspears became like tremendous dragons that had been stripped of their tendons and skin, dropping to the ground as if they had lost all their energy.

The three of them let out an astonished cry and quickly retreated, looking at Fang Xingjian as if they were looking at a freak.

One of them, a man with a beard, said, "You're good. You've learnt our Welkin Spear Arts before?"

Fang Xingjian shook his head, saying, "I haven't."

Another Knight with a handlebar moustache said, "Then how could you instantly see through the flaw in our spear technique?"

Fang Xingjian thought about it and said, "It was just right there, and I saw it."

The three nights turned silent and exchanged a glance. In the next moment, the tip of the spears moved again and the three of them attacked from where they stood once more, creating a myriad of cold stars with the tip of the spears that encompassed Fang Xingjian like the milky way.

Facing such a majestic and overwhelming attack, any ordinary person would panic, not knowing where to defend against. Even Lilia, Ferdinand and the others who were standing at the side could only think of retreating first and not getting involved.

However, Fang Xingjian's expression did not change. Looking into the sky that was filled with stars, he once again tapped his sword three times. With that, all but three stars disappeared, leaving the three stars to fall like shooting stars, unable to move.

The leader with the beard looked at Fang Xingjian in astonishment and said, "You're even able to identify the flaw for this attack?" With that, not waiting for Fang Xingjian to react, he shook his head, "Your sword is not only fast, but also firm, and it seems as if you don't have a single flaw with your muscles, bones, vital energy, blood, and internal organs at all. With such great stamina and strength, you must have quite a few sets of basic sword techniques which have been brought to the maximum level?

"While the primary effect of Nurturing and Training techniques is to temper the attributes, they also encompass the most basic methods of force circulation required in all martial techniques.

"And in a battle between Knights, the focus is on the Killing techniques which has two parts. First, a clash of extraordinary powers, and secondly, a close range combat. But to be strong in close combat and have firm foundations, one must fully comprehend Nurturing and Training techniques, to be able to move the muscles and bones, fine tune the activation of vital energy, blood, and internal organs, and to apply these into the close combat with Killing techniques. Only this would be truly terrifying."

With that, he shook his head, "But it's a pity that we've only understood this rationale a year ago, while you've already gone so far ahead of us. It's a joke that everyone thought the reason you're able to throw your weight around is because of the unparalleled speed that comes with the Windstorm Sword Hero.

"But only when you slow down would we then be able to understand how terrifying your sword arts is."

That was truly the case. Fang Xingjian's speed in his past battles had been simply too fast, and in the battles which was fast as lightning, his opponents tend to not be able to understand what had happened before they were already down.

And now, he was using the pretext of guiding others in their training to collect sword arts, he would naturally slow down his movements to exemplify the level of cultivation of his sword arts.

A slight considering expression appeared in Ferdinand's gaze. While he understood that Fang Xingjian's Interlinked Forces was very strong, he could not explain what was so great about it. Only when the bearded man said this did he then understood.

The Knight with a handlebar moustache said, "To be able to see through the flaws in our techniques with just one look, your level of sword arts cultivation is truly amazing. We would also like to exchange pointers and train in our spear arts together with you."

Fang Xingjian nodded, "You're very welcome."

Lilia pouted unhappily, "Why are there more people now? Wouldn't this mean that the time that teacher has to guide me will become shorter and shorter? Does these people not have their own teachers?"

Ferdinand smiled, "Lili..."

"Don't call me Lili." Lilia shouted as if she was a young tiger baring out her teeth and claws. Seeing that Ferdinand was not bothered, she pouted and smashed her fist towards his stomach.

Ferdinand had not thought much of Lilia's punch at first. After all, she was not even a Knight, so how much strength would she have?

But at the next moment, seeing the strong winds that started blowing, his expression immediately changed. However, as Lilia was really too close from him, he could not react in time to block with his hands, and could only display the Reduced Force Field, encompassing Lilia's fist like a spider's web.

That small delicate fist seemed as if it was made from jade, but when it hit Ferdinand's stomach, he felt as if a maniacal elephant had knocked him down.

Ferdinand let out a weird cry, his face green, and his eyes bulging as he looked at Lilia in disbelief. He felt as if his intestines were torn.

'What on earth did Kirst's City Lord that old bastard feed his daughter with? A dragon?'

It was thanks to his good physique that he could receive this punch when he was unprepared. If it was someone else, the person would probably be smashed into pieces.

Jack and Anthony snickered. It was not the first time they had suffered from Lilia's monstrous strength. Seeing that Ferdinand was experiencing the same thing as they did, they could not help but gloat.

Lilia let out a cold laugh, blow on her fist and said, "If you call me by weird names again, I won't be hitting the same spot next time." She then threw a glance towards the area below Ferdinand's stomach.

Ferdinand broke out in cold sweat, while Jack and Anthony also subconsciously felt that cold on their lower part of their bodies.

Ferdinand coughed a few times to cover up his embarrassment, "Lili..." Looking at that murderous gaze, he immediately changed, "Miss Lilia, although I don't know why he is doing this, I've only brought up the suggestion of him providing guidance in martial arts to gather people here because I saw that your Master wishes to collect sword techniques. This would not only allow him to collect sword arts manuals, he would also be able to learn and benefit from others' strong points.

"While I don't know what's his reason was for doing so, I feel that it might be because your Master has reached some sort of a bottleneck in his sword arts and would like to take a look at the sword arts from other factions as a reference.

"Of course, there's a greater possibility that Xingjian wishes to establish his powers, confirming the powers in the academy..." However, Lilia was no longer paying attention to what Ferdinand was saying.

"Oh," Lilia suddenly slapped on a thigh and said, "There's plenty of sword techniques in the library we have at home. I'll bring them to Master at once."

Ferdinand on the other hand, gasped as he dropped to the ground. He touched his thigh and asked, "Why did you slap my thigh?"

Lilia rubbed the back of her head, laughing straightforwardly, "Sorry, sorry. You guys wait right here. I'll go get the secret manuals from the library at home."

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Chapter 116 Longspear

Ferdinand shook his head and a smile broke out on his face upon seeing the interaction between Fang Xingjian and those three Knights.

These three Knights were spear practitioners and the one in the lead was named Sandroux. All three of them were not only his seniors back then in the Aristocrat Academy, they were also the top few experts. Not only that, the reason why they were so powerful was primarily because of their comprehension in the field of spear arts.

Removing the advantages they had in terms of their attributes and extraordinary strength and just looking at their mere close combat techniques alone, they could be ranked in the top ten in the whole academy of over eighty Knights. They were widely-acknowledged as close combat experts, as well as techniques specialists.

Ferdinand guessed that Fang Xingjian had intended to borrow the prestige of having defeated six Prefectural Champions in consecutively to establish his own dominance within the academy and turn all the students into his own supporters.

Naturally, he did not know that his guess was off and that Fang Xingjian had merely wanted to collect more sword techniques. However, this did not stop Ferdinand from thinking of ways to aid Fang Xingjian.

He used his own connections and invited Sandroux and the two others because he firmly believed that Fang Xingjian had the capabilities to guide and even suppress the three of them in terms of martial techniques.

As long as he build up his reputation, the people who approach Fang Xingjian for guidance would also naturally increase.

As someone who had personally experienced Fang Xingjian's profound sword arts, Ferdinand firmly believed that as long as the other students in the academy had experienced it for themselves, there was no way for them resist the temptation of receiving guidance from Fang Xingjian.

This blatant feeling of growing unceasingly stronger and that everything had suddenly connected together was something that, he would feel intoxicated for as long as he was a Knight.

In fact, it was as what Ferdinand had thought. As the reputation of Fang Xingjian's sword guidance spread out, especially after even spear arts experts like Sandroux and the other two had admitted that Fang Xingjian's sword techniques were all unfathomably profound and surpassed that of any student and instructor by far, more and more people had come to receive guidance from Fang Xingjian outside the Reflection Chamber.

But this also affected the students in many areas.

In a vast training room, over ten students who were Knights each wielded large steel spears of two meters long, unceasingly shaking. Each of the large spears were akin to giant pythons trembling about, wavering the air and releasing buzzing explosive sounds.

Their bodies moved in tandem with the spears, sometimes hacking, sometimes bursting, sometimes piercing, sometimes springing; exhibiting the basic fundamentals of spear arts.

As for the few of the most senior Knights, the spears in their hand were like thunderbolts, and every time they vibrated the spears, it resembled a thunderstrike from the heavens that created layers of air ripples.

An instructor with a goatee, who seemed to be about over fifty years of age, was walking to and fro around the students and surveying the Knights who were waving about their large spears. He occasionally nodded or shook his head.

He was the instructor for the spear arts tuition class. Similar to what it was like in modern day Earth, with there being instructors who wanted to earn additional money, as well as students wanting to increase the skills and proficiency, tuition classes were born. And for a top notch instructor like this person with the goatee, each student would have to pay a tuition fee of two gold coins per month.

On average, he could earn several tens of gold coins every month.

"When practicing spear arts, the trembling of the spear is one of the most fundamental skillset. Your waist and hips must be as one, your eye and hand coordinated, your breathing like the thunder while your spear like a dragon. Only by remembering these four points would you then be able to grow your body's strength and increase your proficiency in the martial techniques."

Just like that, they practiced for another half an hour before the instructor stopped and said, "Alright, the warm-ups will be stopped here for today. Next, all of you take turns to spar with me using your spear."

Sparring with spears was one of the most cruel methods in spear arts practice. After all, both parties would each be holding a two metre long steel spear. It was unlike sparring between bare fists or with sabers and swords, where the opponents would still show mercy. While sparring with the great spears, each penetration would create a huge cavity in the opponent's body, which would lead to either death or heavy injuries.

Only people like this instructor with the goatee who relied on their abilities to act tyrannically over students, whose only opponents were all extremely talented official Knights, and who had overwhelming physique and attributes would dare to practice like this.

If ordinary soldiers were to train in this method, there would definitely be 50% dead every year.

But only through such intrepid training sessions would one's physical attributes and reaction be ignited, tempering one's ability to withstand pressure and allowing one to be able to maintain a calm and unflustered temperament when in actual combat or even death.

As the instructor with the goatee finished his words, the spear in his hand trembled violently, emitting a vigorous energy and causing each and everyone of the students to feel as though they were in a bloody atmosphere. They felt as if they were the middle of a battlefield, together with a magnificent army of soldiers and horses.

Evidently, not only was this goatee instructor extremely powerful and highly proficient in spear arts, he was also a Knight who had retired from the battlefields.

However at this moment, he was frowning, his face filled with balefulness. "Where's Paro? Where has he gone? Why hasn't he turned up for the spear arts classes since yesterday?"

The students exchanges glances, not daring to reply. The goatee Instructor pointed his spear's tip directly at a student, "Seid, you're on good terms with Paro. Do you know where he went? Why hasn't he been coming for the spear arts lessons?"

With this tap of his spear, the air boiled up and the body of the spear trembled immensely, creating an explosive sound which was akin to a great hammer slamming down onto metal. It manifested into a sonic boom.

Naturally this sonic boom was not as shocking as when Fang Xingjian had created it back then. After all, it was very natural for an instructor who had decades of experience to transcend the speed of sound. How could it be compared to Fang Xingjian's breakthrough at the mere age of sixteen?

The surrounding students had long since known of their instructor's strength and was not surprised.

However the student whom the spear tip was pointed at still felt that his ears were numb, as if he had just received a punch in the head out of nowhere and his legs could not even stand straight.

His face turned white as he spoke, "Instructor, Paro has went over to where Fang Xingjian is."

"Fang Xingjian again?" The goatee Instructor frowned. He naturally knew about this Fang Xingjian. This guy had obtained victory after going against ten people single-handedly in the inter-class competition, then consecutively challenged six Prefectural Champions in one go. There was no one in the academy would had not heard about him.

But recently, Fang Xingjian had started to guide the students on their martial techniques, causing many of them to skip their martial technique classes in favor of Fang Xingjian's guidance.

'Hmph, this Fang Xingjian only practiced the sword for less than a year. Even if he has monstrous talent and has transitioned into a Windstorm Sword Hero, he would only have an an advantage in terms of his attributes, speciality, and Killing technique. What would he know about sword arts at such a young age? He's only depending on his fast speed and great strength.' The goatee instructor disdainfully snorted in his heart, yet he showed no fluctuation on his face. 'And even if he really knew about martial arts, it would be for sword arts. Paro was learning the spear from me. Why did he look for him on guidance on spear arts? This is utterly nonsensical."

Of course, what he hated most was that Fang Xingjian had snatched his student away.

He collected tuition fees and taught here, while Fang Xingjian casually recruited students by accepting any random sword technique's secret manual. He was obviously snatching his rice bowl! One must know that Knights had to eat as well, and the tuition fees they earned was a large part of their income. So how could he give up so easily?

Although these highly experienced instructors in the academy may not be comparable against many Prefectural Champions in terms of their talent, each of them were engrossed in their respective selected fields for decades, tempering their attributes and Waves for many years. They would surpass ordinary Prefectural Champions in almost all aspects, and even more so when compared to the majority of the students.

Naturally, the abilities of first transition Knights could be divided into several levels. Unless there was a great disparity in their talent, there would naturally be a great difference between those who had cultivated for a year or two compared to those that cultivated for seven to eight years.

For example, Hamil, Ralph, and Rota had mostly met the goals they had set out for the attributes, specialities, and Killing techniques for the Knight phase. They could be considered the first-tier in powers among all first transition Knights.

Meanwhile, people like the goatee instructor, who had accumulated decades of cultivation at the first transition level and still continue to train hard, were of an even higher level and belonged to the group that was considered to be the pinnacle of all first transition Knights.

And further up would be people like Tresia Clan's Rebecca, first transition Elders from major clans and factions. They had not only accumulated experience through decades of cultivation, but had also consumed countless heavenly ingredients and earthly treasures, as well as cultivated many secret manuals passed down internally. They could even defeat Conferred Knights who had just completed their second transition.

And these senior instructors like the goatee instructor were those at the pinnacle amongst the first transition. They were sufficiently strong, but they had reached the end of their potential. Thus, they could not pass the test of their talent during the Regional Selection. If not, they would definitely participate in the Regional Selection instead of staying here as an instructor.

Even though their potential had been fully exhausted, considering the fact that they had gone through decades of cultivation and had all already become experts in their respective selected fields of martial techniques—including the spear, sword, staff and fist—they would naturally look down on someone like Fang Xingjian who, with his monstrous talent, relied on his attributes and specialities in order to suppress his opponents with his sword techniques.

They might have admired Fang Xingjian's talent and envied his aptitude, but there was no way they would really looked up to someone who had only a year of practice in sword arts.

No matter how outstanding those Knights who had merely cultivated for a few years were, in their eyes, they were merely students.

Moreover, these instructors secretly felt that Fang Xingjian would need at least a few more years before he could surpass the attributes, specialties, and Killing techniques which they had been cultivating for decades.

This was especially true for someone like the goatee instructor, who was one of the top notch characters amidst the senior instructors. Back then, he was also the Prefectural Champion and was the trump of the Sharp Sabre Squadron back when he was in the army. It was only that he did not pass the Regional Selection and could not break through to the second transition. Thus, he could only let the years slip by till he no longer had a chance to break through to the second transition.

But even so, his current five attributes were all above 90 points, and he had learnt over ten sets of spear techniques, had over twenty specialities, and had three Killing techniques. Even the strongest amongst the students, Hamil and Ralph, were naught but small kids in his eyes. He even had the confidence to be able to defeat them without the use of his extraordinary strength, but with just the use of surprise attacks, followed by a close up kill.

Fang Xingjian might be able to surpass him in the future, but at least for now, he would never believe that Fang Xingjian had already surpassed him both in terms of his extraordinary strength and close combat. He was very confident that he would be able to suppress Fang Xingjian, especially in terms of his level of martial techniques.

However, Fang Xingjian currently was the most popular character in the academy, and he even had the support of the Headmaster behind him. Although the goatee instructor, a retired militant, had an explosive temper, he would never easily say anything nor make an enemy out of his opponent.

But to think that Fang Xingjian had actually affect his source of income, snatching away his livelihood. He had already decided that he would report this to the Headmaster straight away after the lesson. He was not going to let this matter be brushed aside so easily.

Hence, he only let out a cold laugh, pointed to a student, and said, "Come, attack me with your full strength."

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Chapter 117 A Contest

A Knight who was holding a longspear nodded, suddenly rocketing off as if there was a galloping horse under his foot. The tremendous force from his four limbs gathered to his longspear, as if a stream of shooting stars formed from electricity and fire, thrusting towards the instructor with a goatee in a straight line.

Although this attack could possibly pierce through an armor plate, the longspear the instructor with a goatee was holding seemed to have bloomed, drawing a semicircle, slashing through the air, and creating a sound that seemed to be like the wails of ghosts and howls of wolves.

It was also like a falling meteor from the skies, creating a protective barrier.

In the next moment, two spears collided as if Mars had crashed with Earth, creating a series of loud sounds as if a temple's bell was knocked repeated. The student's attack was pushed aside and he was pinned to the ground. The instructor with a goatee then followed with a kick, sending the student flying.

"B*stard." He said with a furious expression, "The Galactic Stance requires one to consecutively tap with the spear's tip to become like the milky way. How many times have I said that? Do you think that these feint moves are useless? Is that why you decided to simply incorporate all your strength to complete a simple thrust?

"You're really ignorant and incompetent. This stance is not for you to use against your enemies, but it is for to be used for your training. Only when you can truly connect them to form a series of stars, releasing at least nine cold gleams or more, would it then show that you've fully grasped the control of your longspear. Only then would it prove that you are able to circulate the force from your body unceasingly and achieve the effect of tempering your muscles, bones, and skin.

"How many times have I said it? The spear technique that I'm teaching has been passed down for generations, and are the stances that must be repeatedly trained and polished. Every detail and every movement comes with complicated rational and principles. You're not allowed to change anything at all.

'Go practice this stance a thousand times. You're not allowed to leave before you're done."

While that student appeared to be a bit scared, he still braved it and said, "But instructor, when I went for Fang Xingjian's class, he said that stances which are tangible are more inferior while superior stances focus on one's consciousness, and the body only moves after the consciousness."

"When one first starts to practice martial arts, the initial focus is on the accuracy of the movements, to set the foundations.

"For people like us who had been training for very long, after we've gotten the ideal movements down, we need to revise them gradually, slowly changing them to our own.

"It's because everyone's body is different. So when one performance various stances, regardless of whether it's the strength exertion or it's the training to nurture the body, they must all be adapted based on the individual's condition.

"Only when one calms his soul and thrust out the attack based on his inspiration would one then be able to circulate vital energy and blood through one's thoughts. To control the body's vital energy and blood, as well as the great strength from the internal organs, it doesn't require one to intentionally pursue the minute differences in the stances."

This speech seemed very reasonable and there were even some students who nodded, as if they had felt that it was very true.

However, the instructor with a goatee glared, his eyes like two lightbulbs, as he said furiously, "Alright, alright, alright. It's Fang Xingjian again. You're saying that he can do a better job than me, and even give me guidance to my spear arts?"

That student was shocked and immediately lowered his head, saying, "I wouldn't dare." He had no intention of wanting to instruct the instructor with a goatee, but it was just that he felt that what Fang Xingjian had said and demonstrated the day before seemed very reasonable. That was why he had wanted to verify with his instructor to see what he thought about it.

However, it was apparent that he was too naive and was lacking in worldly wisdom.

It was because martial arts was something which was hard to be explained through words. Even if an instructor had a hundred mouths to explain his rationale, there would still be those who did not agree with what he says.

What would one do when encountering a contradicting rationale? Most people would naturally fight it out. The winner would be the one who was right.

And if the instructor was not able to settle this case at the speed of lightning, he would probably lose his reputation amongst his students and would no longer be able to teach in the future.

In this case, Fang Xingjian was not directly engaging him when he said this, and if the instructor was unable to refute, who would listen to his teachings in the future?

This was not an act of snatching his job, but rather, smashing his job, stopping his path to earning riches.

At that moment, the instructor with a goatee looked at this student before him with so much anger that he was smiling coldly. He felt great hatred for Fang Xingjian in his heart.

'Fang Xingjian, you're good. You're really arrogant. If I were to let you go on like this, the rest of us won't be able to make a living.'

He let out a cold smile as the longspear trembled in his hand, releasing a thunderous bellow, "Alright, since you feel that Fang Xingjian's words are reasonable, then I'll look for him right now and fight it out. We'll see who's the one who's right."

This instructor really was one with bad temper. He carried a large metallic spear on his shoulder and left just like that, rushing at the speed of the wind towards Fang Xingjian's location.

In that instant, the remaining students all burst into commotion.

"Teacher Zadeh will be fighting with Fang Xingjian?"

"Quick! Let's go and have a look! We can't miss out on this battle!"

That was right. The number one spear arts instructor in Kirst Royal Knight Academy against the Windstorm Sword Hero, who was a rare talent, hard to come by even in a hundred years, who had challenged six Prefectural Champions in a row. Just the mere thought of this battle would instantly caused the blood of those present to boil.

Both parties could fight at supersonic speed and were extremely profound in their respective sword and spear arts. They were both first transition Knights with abilities greater than Hamil and the others. How exciting would this battle be?

Thinking about this, everyone could not wait and ran in the direction of the Reflection Chamber.

Outside the Reflection Chamber, there were over ten students who were Knights sitting on the lawn, demonstrating different moves respectively. Occasionally, there would be streams of sword Qis hitting on them from the Reflection Chamber's window, correcting their moves.

The most eye-catching on amongst them was Lilia, who stood right at the very front swinging her greatsword.

The tip of the girl's nose was filled with perspiration; her ponytail swung about unceasingly each time she waved her sword; her slender but muscular long legs continued to unleash great powers, creating large dents in the ground.

The scene of a young girl who was exercising let out a unique charm, and it had attracted the gaze of many male Knights.

However, in the next moment, the ground seemed to tremble as dust over hundreds of meters away flew in the air. Grass and plants swaying about, as if there were ten thousand horses galloping at once or countless groups of beasts charging over together.

That overwhelming and terrifying aura was reflected into everyone's heart, causing them to stop in their tracks and become fully guarded against the person who was heading in their direction.

At the next moment, a human silhouette shot over like a sharp arrow. There were neither amazing steps nor any fanciful moves. It was just repetitive steps taken in a straight line, but with unparalleled speed, causing for the person to appear before everyone in the blink of an eye.

It was Instructor Zadeh, the number one in spear arts in the Knight Academy. Alone with a spear, he had the disposition of ten thousand galloping horses. If such a person was in ancient China, he would be able to fend off ten thousand enemies and would have an existence in the army akin to that of a god.

Sweeping a cold glance across everyone, Zadeh let out a low bellow. His chest was pumping and his throat was trembling as sound waves were sent gushing out.

"Hmph, what a foul atmosphere. Fang Xingjian, get out here right now!"

Ferdinand furrowed his brows, smiled and said, "Teacher Zadeh, why have you come? Fang Xingjian is now in confinement and is not able to come out for now." The other party's seniority was very high and was top notch in spear arts amongst those in the first transition. He had even guided Ferdinand on his spear arts before, and thus, Ferdinand knew well that he was not a person to be trifled with.

Zadeh cast a cold glance at him, then took a look at the others who were still training. He let out a cold snort and said, "Ferdinand, this is no place for a junior like you to talk.

"Where's Fang Xingjian? I heard that he has something to say about the way I teach spear arts? I must really have a good, long interaction with him."

Ferdinand's heart sank. Just as he was still thinking of how he could pacify Zadeh, Fang Xingjian's voice came from the stone chamber.

"I wonder how Teacher Zadeh would like to interact?"

Zadeh let out a cold laugh, sweeping the big spear in his hands as if it was a sharp sword which could cut through gold and slash through jade. It was splitting through the air, creating a big circle in the ground with a diameter of five meters.

Pointing the tip of his spear to the circle, Zadeh spoke out, "Since we're exchange pointers in spear arts, it would naturally be a sparring session with the spear. Both of us will stand in this circle, each with a spear in hand. Whoever is killed or steps out of the circle would be considered to have lost.

"Fang Xingjian, if you were to lose, you must admit that your level of spear arts is below mine, and you'll be forbidden from misleading the others astray and from teaching any students any spear arts."

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Chapter 118 Sparring

The moment Zadeh spoke, a huge commotion immediately unraveled among the students who were present.

As a highly experience academy instructor, there was no need to doubt Zadeh's strength. The decades of cultivation had already caused his attributes, specialties, and Killing technique to be tempered to their limits, reaching the pinnacle of first transition Knights.

Unless it was those Elders from the major clans, a majority of first transition Knights could not possibly be his match.

In the entire academy, maybe only Conferred Knights like the Headmaster and Huang Lin would be able to suppress senior instructors at Zadeh's level.

And now, such a powerful Knight had requested for a spar with Fang Xingjian.

Especially the conditions of the spar, requiring the two of them to use spears against each other while standing in a circle a few metres wide. Whoever died or stepped out of the circle would be considered the loser.

These rules were equivalent to the simplest close combat killing, causing Fang Xingjian to lose the advantages of his quick movement speed and the long range attacks from his sword Qis.

On the contrary, Zadeh had practiced the spear for over decades. Within the circle, his spear could simply hit where he dictated. With 92 points in strength, he was able to crush Fang Xingjian in terms of the strength attribute. In a close combat sparring like this, Zadeh possessed all the advantages.

Hence, everyone around felt extremely shocked, followed by agitation, then excitement. Two top notch Knights engaging in a close combat spar... If they were not careful, it was possible that they could kill their opponent. How blood-boiling this was? How could one not feel agitated?

If it was in the modern society, such a behavior would surely be reported.

But in this world of steel and blood within the Knight Academy, Knights would only feel satisfied and delighted. This was what it meant by actual combat training.

If one was afraid of death, why become a Knight?

But at that moment, Lilia frowned and said, "Old fellow, what do you mean by this? My teacher is a Windstorm Sword Hero. You want him to have a close combat par with you in such a small circle? You might as well ask him to tie his four limbs and fight you."

After Zadeh heard this, he remained calm and composed. With a turn of his spear, he continued, "The reason why I'm here is to have a spear arts exchange with Fang Xingjian.

"It won't be interesting at all for us to chase after each other and fight it out. I'm not interested in such nonsense. Fang Xingjian, if you truly want to have an exchange, fight it out with me using a spear within this circle here.

"Of course, if you're afraid of death, it's also fine for you to admit your defeat now."

Although Zadeh had a fiery temper, he was not an idiot. Although he transcended the speed of sound with the speed of his actions, his movement speed was naturally incomparable to Fang Xingjian, who was a Windstorm Sword Hero. Even if he knew of secret arts which could allow him to both abruptly unleash sneak attacks and far distance attacks, he did not have absolute confidence to defeat Fang Xingjian if they were in the process of a chase.

It would be truly unsightly if, during the spar, Fang Xingjian relied on his quick movement speed such that his attacks were not able to reach him, resulting in a draw.

Seeing how composed he looked, Lilia was so angered that her tooth itched. However, she could not think of any words to refute.

At that moment, Fang Xingjian had already come out from the Reflection Chamber. He stepped into the circle drawn by Zadeh and with a burst of strength from his hand, he had already snatched a longsword from the hands of one of the students with the force field created by ether particles.

"Having an exchange is not a problem, but compared to using a spear, I still prefer the sword. Today, I shall use a sword in the place of a spear to have a spar with you, Instructor Zadeh."

"Using a sword in place of a spear?" Zadeh's eyes narrowed, as if the edge of a sharp blade was flickering in his eyes.

As the saying goes, an inch longer is an inch stronger. In such a small circle, a two meter long spear could basically attack wherever the user wanted. But to think that Fang Xingjian had actually wanted to use a one-meter plus longsword to spar against Zadeh. Would he not be putting his opponent into an even more advantageous position? It was truly, extremely dangerous.

"Very well, Fang Xingjian you're truly excellent. In such a small circle, neither running nor escaping, you would use a steel sword to fight against my long spear. Your spirit is truly great. If you don't die here today, your accomplishments in the future would definitely surpass mine." "For us Knights, we only emphasized on a single thing during cultivation. Similar to the ferocious stab of a huge spear, we emphasized on advancing courageously never looking back. Once you set your mind onto something, even ten thousand horses do not have the power to pull it back.

"Since you are not afraid of death, how could I be afraid of stabbing you to death?

"If you managed to win this battle today, I'll admit that I'm not your opponent, and regardless of what you do in the academy in the future, I will not stop you."

After saying that, Zadeh's eyes snapped shut as his eyes and face sank in. His killing intent from earlier vanished completely in an instant. He had gathered all his killing intent and will to battle together, waiting for an opportunity to unleash them explosively in the next moment…

It was akin to a quiet volcano when it had yet to explode, such that people could even travel there and live in the vicinity. It was akin to the calm before a storm, where not even a single ocean wave could be seen on the water's surface.

But the moment the explosive force was unleashed, be it a volcano or storm, it would destroy everything in the vicinity.

However, at the same time, Zadeh closed his eyes. Ferdinand interjected from the side, "Instructor Zadeh, you came here just like that, one-sidedly calling for a fight without any warning, declaring that if you were to lose, you won't come looking for trouble in the future. Isn't this a bit unfair?"

Zadeh coldly stated, "What do you want then?"

Ferdinand smiled, "Although Xingjian did not charge us anything for guiding us in our martial arts, he had made it a requirement for each of us to give him a sword technique manual not found in the academy. Instructor Zadeh is one of the senior instructors in the academy, a top notch Knight...Your status is something which cannot be compared with us students.…"

Ferdinand obviously was betting heavily on Fang Xingjian's victory. Not only did he know that Fang Xingjian's sword technique had already reached the state of Interlinked Forces, during this period when Fang Xingjian had guided him on his martial arts, Fang Xingjian's had a disposition which was exuded from within his body.

The reason he was stepping out now was to vie for more advantageous conditions for Fang Xingjian. It was evident that he, as well as his clan, had already decided to stand by Fang Xingjian side completely.

Zadeh impatiently spoke, "I don't ever collect sword techniques manuals nor, do I have such things in my possession. How about this, if I were to lose, I will give you an Empire's Divine Weapon?"

Ferdinand had wanted to bargain for more, but Fang Xingjian shook his head, saying, "Alright, Ferdinand, that's enough. There's no need to be so calculative over the minor gains or losses. Instructor Zadeh, make your move."

Zadeh's countenance suddenly turn grim. He had obviously closed both his eyes, emanating no trace of killing intent, but he had given the surrounding spectators an incomparably oppressive feeling, as if it was the final few seconds before the start of a battle between two armies.

The next instant, it was as though lightning struck from the heavens. Zadeh's longspear emitted a chilly glow, piercing towards Fang Xingjian as if it was a rocket.

As this spear thrust out, a sonic boom manifested, creating a white-colored wave of air current. Layers of Reduced Force Field enveloped the spear, pushing the longspear as if they were a rocket booster.

The distance between the two of them was not even two meters, and the speed of this spear attack was extremely fast as well. Almost no one around could even react when the distance between Zadeh's spear tip was just less than an inch away from Fang Xingjian's chest.

If this spear really penetrated through, a huge cavity would appear in Fang Xingjian's body, utterly destroying his entire internal organs. Neither the Reduced Forced Field nor the Knight attire would not be of any help.

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Chapter 119 Thrilling

The momentum of Zadeh's spear was completely powered by the strength of his body and his Reduced Force Field. Although it had not reached a level where he could execute the strike with extraordinary strength, the power was exceptionally ferocious. It was extremely terrifying, especially within such a short distance…

Faced against this move which had come with extreme ferocity, Fang Xingjian could feel a sharp sensation gushing towards him. All of his nerves tightened as a sense of impending doom flooded his brain.

It could be said that, despite having gone through so many spars and exchanges in the academy, this was the only fight which had made Fang Xingjian felt threatened by death. From this, one could see how powerful the level of cultivation Zadeh's spear arts had reached.

However, Fang Xingjian's speed was unrivaled and he had comprehended the Unparalleled Sword Intent as well. How could it be possible that he was not even able to defend against a single spear strike from Zadeh?

Sword light continuously flickered as if there were seven beams of laser shooting towards Zadeh's large spear, breaching through the seven points of his force exertion and causing Zadeh to instantly feel that his spear was being obstructed.

To be able to see the flaws in his spear arts in just an instant, even attacking such flaws with a longsword… How precise was Fang Xingjian's vision and sword arts?

The sharpness in Zadeh's gaze intensified as though the sharp rays of cold light were going to leap out from his eyes. Since his longspear faced obstruction, he decided not to pierce directly anymore, but instead, moved the longspear along with the flow of force that it was being subjected to from the attack. The spear's tip cut across the skies like the trajectory of a shooting star, slashing towards Fang Xingjian's stomach.

Not only was this attack unrestricted by the earlier obstruction, it even borrowed the energy of the counterattacking force to boost it. This proved that that Zadeh's spear arts had already reached the standard at which he was able to move it as he desired, being able to freely control it.

This strike, with two consecutive forces combined, was sufficient to slice Fang Xingjian's lower body apart and even pulling out his large intestines.

Faced with such a ruthless and sinister strike, Fang Xingjian was unflustered as he took his time to move his body backwards while simultaneously using his longsword to tap against the spear's body. He then pressed the spear down with violent strength.

Now, not only was the sword pressing upon the weakest point of the spear, it had a stance akin to the overbearing weight of Mountain Tai, causing the air in the short distance to erupt and release explosive crackling sounds.

WIth extreme speed, they clashed twice, and as the spear and sword slammed against each other, they released relentless explosive sounds. The speed and strength from both sides even caused a string of fiery sparks to fly from the two weapons.

Under these circumstances where his strength was weaker than his opponent, Fang Xingjian depended on his Unparalleled Sword Intent and unrivaled speed, targeting his opponent's flaws and negating Zadeh's spear arts.

Zadeh's narrowed his eyes even more, looking at the longsword which was pressing down against his spear. He did not summon strength to resist, but rather, he followed through with the force applied by Fang Xingjian, allowing his own spear to be pressed down towards on ground.

If he resisted, he would have to fight against an incoming force from above, allowing Fang Xingjian to take the advantage. On the contrary, if he allowed his spear to continue to be suppressed, he could borrow the springing force of the longspear and turn the defeated move into a killing move.

An explosive sound thundered out as the spear's tip was pushed to the ground under the combined strength from both parties. The might of that attack shattered a large piece of the earth and even started bending the spear's body.

One must know that Zadeh's spear was as thick as the arms of an ordinary human.

To be able to bend this spear's handle that was manufactured from steel… How violent was the power exerted? When such a power borrowed the momentum of the springing force and rebounded up, then incorporated with Zadeh's own strength… How ferocious would it be?

Almost within the blink of an eye, a muffled sound resounded in the air as if someone was using a large hammer to pound against mercury.

The longspear had reached the extreme limits of speed and strength. It had yet to even straighten fully when the spearhead ferociously stabbed towards Fang Xingjian's face. The friction created when the extreme speed came into contact with the air actually created a burning sensation.

Faced against such a terrifying attack, Fang Xingjian kept his mental cultivation method circulating, remaining calm and unflustered. The longsword in his hand resembled a peacock fanning out its feathers, creating a three feet wide barrier with his sword as he soared skywards and borrowing upon the energy of the longspear's attack.

Hmph!

Upon seeing how Fang Xingjian flew up in order to negate his killing move, Zadeh let out a cold laugh. He took advantage of the opportunity and, with a push, pierced his longspear towards Fang Xingjian who was in mid air.

The longspear created countless dots of cold light. It was the Galactic Stance that was transforming into the milky way and encompassing Fang Xingjian.

However, even Zadeh's Galactic Stance appeared to be full of flaws in Fang Xingjian's eyes.

When faced against Fang Xingjian, who had comprehended the Unparalleled Sword Intent, all feints were useless. One must apply the greatest speed, incomparably tyrannical energy, and unfathomable extraordinary strength against him face-to-face, crushing him with overwhelming force.

However, Zadeh did not know about this at all. He only heard incessant ringing sounds as countless fiery sparks flickered into existence when their weapons clashed. Fang Xingjian and Zadeh fought against each other, pitting speed against speed. Regardless of whether it was the longspear or the steel sword, both weapons attacked with increasingly greater speed. Within a short ten plus seconds, they had already transformed into a series of black afterimages.

Both the longspear and steel sword had transcended the sound of speed, attacking each other with supersonic speed. Violent sound waves swept over as the surrounding Knights felt as though a hammer was pounding in their brains every time the spear and sword clashed against each other.

A majority of the Knights had no choice but to cover their ears as they retreated, only feeling better after they had retreated tens of meters away.

In the circle, the combat between the two had already reached its climax.

Zadeh's spear was akin to a flash of black lightning, circulating slowly around the circle and pervading the entire space within it. On the other hand, Fang Xingjian was like the omnipresent air currents, his sword repeatedly clashing against the longspear despite facing its continuous attacks. He broke through the flaws in his opponent's technique time and time again, defeating the stronger force with a weak one, using slow speed to counteract his opponent's great speed, and negating his opponent's attacks.

The light in Zadeh's eyes grew colder and colder as he noticed that his continuous killing attacks had failed to defeat Fang Xingjian. Finally, with a flicker of lightning, the longspear in his hands erupted forth a continuous flow of white lightning. He had chosen to use Killing Technique – Thunder's Punishment.

Under the thunder's stimulation, his entire body's speed increased by onefold and his longspear created a trail of sparks as if a series of lightning was flashing. His longspear hacked towards Fang Xingjian.

Fang Xingjian let out a low bellow and also executed a Killing technique – Supreme Mistwind Sword. Sword Qis swept across the entire space unchallenged, as though there were over tens more of Fang Xingjian. Streams of three-feet sword lights amalgamated together within the hundreds of sword Qis, then clashed with the Thunder Longspear.

At the same time, the level 30 Supreme Mistwind Sword's special effect was activated. Hundreds of condensed sword Qis spread out over tens of meters. The over ten Knights in the surrounding who wielded longswords discovered that the swords strapped to their waist were vibrating madly, and at the next moment, the swords were all swept away by the sword Qis.

All the muscles throughout Fang Xingjian's body expanded intensely, his vital energy and blood circulating with frenzy. The longsword in his hand created a three-feet sword light, sweeping out in a incomparably marvellous trajectory, aiming for the flaws in Zadeh's Thunder Killing technique.

With a loud bang, the violent energy force Fang Xingjian's sword away, but the next sword attack encompassed the sword Qis had once again struck against Zadeh's longspear. Attack after attack from the swords pierced forth, each and every one of them locating the flaws in Zadeh's attacks, giving him no choice but to defend against each attack and devote his energy in escaping.

The series of continuous attacks left Zadeh no room to breathe. Receiving each sword attack, Zadeh's aura would grow increasingly weaker, his strength diminishing. After thirteen consecutive strikes, the power of his spear had weakened to its limits.

On the contrary, under the support of the Supreme Mistwind Sword, Fang Xingjian's speed had been enhanced by threefold.

Finally, as a crisp ringing sound echoed, Zadeh's palm loosened its grip and the longspear in his hand flew out in the air.

Zadeh let out a cold laugh, and at the next moment, executed his Reduced Force Field in an attempt to grab it back.

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Chapter 120 Victory Or Defeat

As the spear left his hands, Zadeh immediately wanted to grab it back, but he discovered that over ten streams of sword Qis were charging over and targeting the flaws throughout his body.

These attacks were aimed at spots that Zadeh definitely had to protect. If he were to ignore them and continue to executing his Reduced Force Field to grab his longspear, he would definitely be pierced by the high speed sword Qis.

Because the sword Qis were simply too fast and too close.

Left without a choice, he could only unleash his Reduced Force Field, using it to first block the sword Qis.

With a boom, Zadeh was left without his longspear and the Reduced Force Field was unleashed, directly smashing the condensed sword Qis in the air.

Just when he was thinking about grabbing back his longspear in the next moment, the Reduced Force Field erupt forth again with another boom, only to grab thin air.

It was because, as he was blocking the streams of sword Qis, the other streams of sword Qis had directly slammed onto Zadeh's longspear, sending it further away from him.

It could only be said that Fang Xingjian's attack was way too quick. Zadeh only suffered setback from a single move, but it had resulted in him being suppressed by Fang Xingjian's continuous attacks.

Since he could not get back his long spear, Zadeh chose to attack instead of retreat. His whole body felt as though it had transformed into a longspear, charging and thrusting towards Fang Xingjian who was surrounded by layers of sword Qi.

With a howl of rage, Zadeh directly released his Reduced Force Field with no intentions of holding back, vibrating the countless streams of sword Qis in front him into pieces.

With a strength attribute of 92 points which was far higher than Fang Xingjian's, if Zadeh were to perform Reduced Force Field and suppress Fang Xingjian, he would be able to gain an even greater advantage in such a setup where they were having close combat in a circle.

But if he were to emerge victorious just by overwhelming his opponent based on his attributes and disregard the profoundness of his techniques, he would surely be mocked by others for the unfair victory.

However, with his longspear currently knocked out from his hands, it was not the time to talk about manners. At this moment, Zadeh depended solely on his Reduced Force Field and strength attribute to face off against Fang Xingjian with a direct suppression. All the sword Qis were smashed off by him through space as he followed up with a punch, enveloping Fang Xingjian with his Reduced Force Field and slowing him down.

Zadeh then violently thrust out with his arm that was akin to a steel longspear, penetrating through the air and piercing towards Fang Xingjian's body.

Zadeh's series of attacks were totally dependent on using his strength to suppress others rather than using the profoundness of his moves.

In a real battle, this was the tactic a majority of the Knights would use when they fought against enemies weaker than them. They would only talk about the profoundness in techniques if they came across opponents who had attributes at a similar level as theirs.

But just as Zadeh's lips curled up into a smile and his spear-like hand was about to pierced into Fang Xingjian, his smile abruptly froze in place.

Under the violent onslaught of energy, he could not help but retreat three steps before coming to a stop. At that moment, Zadeh was already out of the circle.

'Afterimages? His speed is actually this fast?'

Zadeh inclined his head and saw Fang Xingjian standing quietly in the circle. However, Zadeh did not continue his attack. If this was a real combat, it would not be considered his loss yet. But according to the agreement of their spar, he had already lost since he had stepped out of the circle.

Shaking his head, Zadeh coldly remarked. "Fang Xingjian, your sword techniques are profound indeed. If I didn't use my strength to suppress you, it would truly be tough to win against you. However, don't be too smug. If we were to be engaged in a real battle, as long as I can get within ten meters near you, I can have you killed within ten moves if I were to use my Reduced Force Field and Killing technique to suppress you right from the start."

Fang Xingjian remained silent. He quietly stared at the longsword in his hand as though he had silently acknowledged Zadeh's words.

Lillia, who was at the side, unhappily stated. "Old fellow, how long have you cultivated for? To think that you want to bully my teacher who had merely transitioned less than two months ago? How shameless can you be? Just one word, do you concede or not?"

"Hmm, based on the conditions of the spar, it's naturally considered my loss since I've stepped out of the circle. But if in an actual battle I would surely have won. Hence I'm not convinced." Zadeh pointed to Fang Xingjian as he spoke, "Fang Xingjian, what do you say? Shall we compete for another round?"

If they were to fight again, Zadeh decided that he would not show any mercy, and would instead crush his opponent with brute force right from the start. He would rely on a higher strength attribute coupled with his Reduced Force Field to defeat Fang Xingjian in an instant, not allowing him any chance to execute his advantage in speed or sword techniques.

Lillia angrily retorted, "Damn it, old fellow do you still have any face?!"

Ferdinand also furrowed his brows, planning to speak up.

But when Fang Xingjian heard this, he shook his head, revealing an expression of disinterest. He turned and walked back, saying, "You're not my match."

Hearing Fang Xingjian's words, the rage on Zadeh's face intensified. He took a single step forward and was about to rush up, "Fang Xingjian, don't you dare to compete with me again?"

But before he finished his words, just as he took this one step forward, crisp sounds of tearing echoed forth from his body. The Knight attire he was wearing was instantly shredded, turning into tens of fragments, lying on the ground.

Zadeh, who was now half naked with only his pants left behind, was totally thunderstruck. Afterwards, he was struck with fear, feeling as though his heart was doused in ice cold water.

'He used the sword light to slice apart the Knight attire directly?'

In the lightning quick battle, when faced against Zadeh's overwhelming spear attack, Fang Xingjian had used the three-feet sword light to slice apart his opponent's Knight Attire, but yet not harming an inch of Zadeh's skin.

How fast would one's agility need to have caught the other party unaware? How precise must one's sword techniques be to be able to slice apart one's clothes without hurting him? How profound must one's cultivation be in order to see through the flaws in Zadeh's spear arts?

'If he had wanted to kill me, he could have already killed me seven or eight times earlier.'

As this thought flashed past Zadeh's mind, cold sweat drenched his head.

Without saying another word, Zadeh cupped his hands together before leaving silently. At this moment, all his thoughts about competing against Fang Xingjian were totally extinguished.

Fang Xingjian's talent and level of cultivation were already something he could no longer compete against.

Everyone in the area all gasped at this scene.

'He could even defeat him with that?' Ferdinand's eyes widened ferociously and a thought suddenly hit him. 'If even Zadeh's spear was unable to stop him, wouldn't that mean that my spear techniques appear to be like tofu in his eyes, and would be smashed with just a slight poke?' At this moment, he was extremely thankful to have befriended Fang Xingjian.

Lillia rapidly ran up and tugged on Fang Xingjian's arm, shaking it furiously, a red blush of excitement could be seen on her face.

"Teacher, how did you manage to do that earlier? Can you teach me that?"

The gazes of the crowd were all filled with admiration when they looked at Fang Xingjian. Now, they were all thoroughly impressed and had already treated Fang Xingjian as the authority of martial techniques.

Even Jack and Anthony started to wonder if there was still anyone in the first transition who could defeat Fang Xingjian.

Anthony shook his head, "I don't know. But at the very least, I don't think that anyone else would be able to defeat Fang Xingjian in our academy, other than Headmaster Jackson and Sir Huang lin."

News of Zadeh's defeat spread out like wildfire. Hence, with the exception of the few Prefectural Champions who were defeated by Fang Xingjian and the people from their classes, even more students who were Knights came to the Reflection Chamber to seek his guidance.

This also sped up Fang Xingjian's accumulation of sword techniques even further, and he got closer to leveling up the Unparalleled Sword Intent.

The first level of Unparalleled Sword Intent had already made Fang Xingjian almost invincible in terms of close combat. He was very curious as to what effect the Unparalleled Sword Intent may bring after it had levelled.

On the third day, Zadeh had sent someone to deliver the Empire's Divine Weapon he lost in the bet.

It was an entirely silvery-white dagger, forged from repeatedly tempering the Hundred Tempered Refined Steel. This dagger was incomparably sharp was even able to slice apart metal and jade with ease.

This was also the first Empire's Divine Weapon Fang Xingjian received, the first weapon that was not ungraded.

Holding the Empire's Divine Weapon in hand, a Window abruptly appeared in front of Fang Xingjian, showing the information regarding this Empire's Divine Weapon.

Silver Dragon: level 7

Extraordinarily sharp, able to slice through any weapons and equipments of a lower level.

Zadeh had obviously prepared this dagger for himself. During actual combat, if an opponent took him by surprise and got near him, he would use this dagger instead if the longspear was too unwieldy.

Starting from Empire's Divine Weapon all the way to Inferior Remains Divine Weapon, Superior Remains Divine Weapon, and Divine Remains Equipment, all of them were classified in levels.

Empire's Divine Weapons were from level 1 to 9, Inferior Remains Divine Weapons were from level 10 to 19, Superior Remains Divine Weapons were from level 20 to 29, and Divine Remains Equipment were from level 30 and above. All of these possessed different levels of might.

They were different from ordinary weapons. Description Windows would not manifest when one holds onto ordinary weapons, nor would they have any levels.

Fang Xingjian tested the sharpness of the dagger. Other metallic swords were all similar to paper in front of it, breaking apart the moment they were sliced through.

But daggers were different from swords. If Fang Xingjian wanted to use the Silver Dragon, he would have to wield a sword in one hand and dagger in another before he could utilize the Supreme Mistwind Sword and the Single Sword Subjugation.

Normally, he would just attach the Silver Dragon at his waist, only taking it out when he needed to use it.

Many days passed by again. Fang Xingjian's collection of Nurturing sword techniques had reached an unprecedented seventy-nine sets, and he also learnt Zhou Yong's Killing technique of Zhou Yong, Radiant Light Sword Technique.

Regretfully, the time he had was still much too short. He had not even max out all of his Nurturing sword techniques. But even so, he had improved tremendously during this period of time. The level of his sword arts cultivation also soared in parallel. He could pick up any sword techniques as if they were just at his fingertips, and any martial techniques would appear to be heavily flawed in his eyes, unable to withstand a single blow.

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Chapter 121 Waiting For Someone

Fang Xingjian's powers soared again. His attributes became:

Name

Fang Xingjian

Age

16

Occupation

Windshadow Sword Divinity

Level

10

Strength

565

Agility

895

Reaction

55

Endurance

49

Flexibility

51

The attributes above come into effect once the Sonido Sword Zephyr Waves is activated

Due to Perfect Muscles, 5 in strength and agility (10% of the endurance attribute)

Nurturing Sword Techniques

79 sets

Training Sword Techniques

12 sets

Supreme Mistwind Sword

Level 25

Radiant Light Sword Technique

Level 6

Specialities:

Genius Swordsmanship,

Elementary Survival Instinct,

Internal Healing，

Internal Training，

Sword Specialist,

High Agility Motion Vision,

Heightened Reflexes,

Perfect Muscles

Elementary Berserkness

Unparalleled Sword Intent (75/100)

Potential

11,000 point increase/day

Waves

Level 5 Sonido Sword Zephyr Waves

Mental Cultivation Method

Level 3 Ice Age Meditation Art

Now, to become even stronger, there were three things he could do.

First was to temper his attributes and raise the level of his Waves, thus firming up his foundation even more.

Second was to pick up sword techniques, raising the the mental state of the Unparalleled Sword Intent.

Third was to bring his Supreme Mistwind Sword to the maximum level. By doing so, his damaging prowess and maximum speed could be once again be raised.

Another five days passed as Fang Xingjian devoted most of his efforts into cultivating the Supreme Mistwind Sword, finally bringing it to the maximum level of 30. Other than the three feet sword light and the two way control between the sword and the air currents, the level 30 Supreme Mistwind Sword brought about another special effect.

It was able to control the strong currents in the atmosphere, allows one's sword Qis to be condensed and dispersing only after a hundred meters away.

Fang Xingjian's sword Qis could only reached out to over ten meters away and would reach at most over twenty meters away. Now, with this sword Qi condensation effect, he could directly attack a target which was a hundred meters away, the powers greatly magnified. It had the effect of an impacting wave and increased the prowess of his attack, which made it similar to switching from a gun to a cannon.

However, now that his Supreme Mistwind Sword had been brought to the maximum level, there was no way that he would bring it a notch higher anymore. Now, he could only rely on tempering his attributes, Waves, and mental cultivation method to increase his abilities. The other thing was to cultivate more sword techniques in a bid to strengthen his sword intent.

On this day, there were over thirty Knights cultivating martial techniques together outside the Reflection Chamber, and occasionally, a ray of white light would flashed across the sky, hitting on their body like a flying sword.

Each Knight who was hit would stop their movements, revealing a contemplative and appreciative expression. Not long later, they would once again return to their training with excitement and joy reflected upon their faces.

The ones closest to the grilled window was Lilia, Jack, and Anthony.

Their progress during this period of time had been terrifying. Under Fang Xingjian's guidance, it was as if they all had talent comparable to Kaunitz. To think that they had, within a short over twenty days, each brought one of their martial technique that they had been cultivating previously to the maximum level, level 10.

This made them even more excited, and everyday, they were almost always the first to arrive and the last to leave.

Lilia simply got her servants to set up a tent outside the Reflection Chamber, spending her days there, even when eating or sleeping. From this, one could tell that she had determined character. Although her talent in swords art was mediocre, with the guidance of an expert like Fang Xingjian, she had the chance to soar into the skies.

Lilia had on a serious and solemn look as she waved the longsword in her hand. Every hack and slash caused tremors in the air, releasing a sound akin to thunder.

She had fully comprehended the force exertions for the whole set of the sword technique, twisting all the energy from all over her body and unleashing them out in a instant explosively.

The effect of this method of training for her Nurturing techniques was exemplary. If she were to use this method of channeling force in close combat, it would be terrifying.

It was a pity that Fang Xingjian had offended Renault, Xiu Yi, Rota, Hamil, and a few other classes. Now it was already considered quite good that over thirty Knights had come to learn from him.

But just as everyone were extremely focused in their training, some noises came from afar.

Charlie gulped, walking over in Fang Xingjian's directions. Behind him, there were two members of staff from the association who were clearly on guard.

When the students in the area saw Charlie, emotions of despise, hatred, and fury flashed in their eyes.

This investigator from the association, who had taken away Fang Xingjian for interrogation and caused him to fall into a coma, had become the male lead of the scandal in the academy recently.

It was just that, the students now seemed to be bounded by a common hatred. In addition, all of them had received from Fang Xingjian the kind favor of guidance in their martial arts recently.Now, all of them hated Charlie.

Of course, facing the people from the association, they did not dare to have to actions that were too radical. However, if it was just to glare at him with vengeful gazes, everyone dared to do that.

Charlie seemed to completely ignore these vengeful gazes, smiling as he approached the stone chamber. But when he got near, he was stopped by Lilia, Jack, and Anthony.

Lilia pointed to his nose and scolded, "You still have the face to come? Have you not harmed my Master enough?" With that, she raised the greatsword in her hand, shouting, "You better scram! Don't force me to raise my hands against you!"

Jack and Anthony also looked at Charlie with animosity, having no intention to let him pass through.

Charlie's expression was a bit stiff. In the past, as a Conferred Knight, as well as a Class One Investigation in the association, when did he ever need to consider other people's thoughts? Dashing through them would be easy.

But now, he could only cup his hands together and say, "I'm sorry, I've very important matters that I need to speak with Fang Xingjian. Could I trouble you to make way?"

Lilia let out a snort, waved her greatsword as if she was about to do something when Fang Xingjian's voice sounded out, "Lilia, let him come."

Lilia looked at Charlie and said unwillingly, "I'll let you off this time around. You better be careful!"

Charlie let out a bitter smile, walking into the room. The two members from the association also followed after him.

In the darkness, Fang Xingjian was seated cross-legged in a corner, the white colored sword light in the surroundings unceasingly slashed through the air, encompassing his body as they moved about.

It was many streams of heavily condensed sword Qis, each of them were as if no different from a normal metallic longsword, and it was as if they would be able to pierce through a person just by casually brushing against him.

Seeing this scene, Charlie's eyes twitched slightly. Fang Xingjian's rate of progression was simply terrifying.

But he knew that this was not the time for him to think about this. He took a look at the two colleagues beside him, saying, "Could I trouble the two of you to step out for a moment? I have some things to discuss with Xingjian."

The two of them hesitated. Just then, Fang Xingjian spoke up, "It's fine, the two of you can step out for a moment. While he's a Conferred Knight and is stronger than me, there's still no way for him to kill me within a short moment of time, even if he wishes to."

The two of them exchanged a glance, nodded, and said, "Then we...we'll stay outside the room. If anything happens, just call out for us."

After the two of them left, Charlie immediately used the Reduced Force Field to condense the air near the window and door to prevent their voices from being overheard.

Seeing that there were no problems, he looked towards Fang Xingjian and said, "Aren't you afraid that I'll kill you now?"

"You can't kill me." Fang Xingjian waved his finger, saying calmly, "So if you wish to negotiate, then stop wasting time here. I've been waiting for you for so many days. You're finally here."

"Speak up. For your future, what can you offer me?"

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Chapter 122 Effulgence Weapon

Charlies eyes were fixed onto Fang Xingjian's, and it was hard to tell what he was thinking a amidst his ice-cold eyes.

Fang Xingjian appeared as if he did not mind at all as he merely closed his eyes and continued with his sword arts cultivation.

"Good, good, good." Charlie took a long look at him, and at the next moment, he became decrepit, saying, "You're truly deserving of the title of the super genius that is hard to come by in a hundred years. Whether it is your talent, courage, or mentality, they are all much stronger than the average person. It's no wonder that the First Prince values you so much."

His level was at the second transition, and if given the option, he would be able to kill Fang Xingjian within a few minutes at most. However, he was forced to bow down to the other party.

"Save your crap. Bring out your bargaining chips."

Charlie let out a bitter laugh, taking out half a manual and chucked it to Fang Xingjian.

"I had been picking up martial arts in Spiritual Weapon Hall since young. After I became a Knight, I learnt the ultimate Killing technique in the sect, "

"I don't have much interest in Killing techniques." Fang Xingjian casually picked up the half-manual and took a look. His interest in Killing techniques were really not that high.

Charlie nodded, saying, "Of course. Killing technique is the art of killing and destruction. It would be sufficient for a normal person to pick a few Killing techniques in their lifetime. But the from our Spiritual Weapon Hall is different. It's unique. This is a technique which can be used by any job in this world and incorporated with any experts' Killing techniques. It's because it's use is not to directly kill enemies, but rather, provide the practitioner with a killing weapon."

As Charlie introduced it, Fang Xingjian was looking through the content to the . Just a quick look through it and he was attracted by the amazing content written in it.

"Everything in this world exists in ether particles!"

Ether Divine Art spoke about restraining ether particle waves through one's Waves, continuously stacking them up and forming them into a weapon like a light beam.

A first transition Knight could transform the powers from the ether particle into light, heat, electricity, magnetism, and radiation, and from there, create damages.

A second transition Conferred Knight could communicate with ether particles to change one's intrinsic qualities, breaking through the limits of one's body.

Ether particles were a type of special waves, and so is light; the Ether Divine Art was a Killing technique which transformed the two.

This was only the principle. The Ether Divine Art could also be categorized as a type of weapon.

Firstly, most of the weapons forged by the Empire's masters from commonly used rare ingredients were known as Empire's Divine Weapon.

Further up, weapons which were forged from the remains of strong, deceased first transition Knights were known as Inferior Remains Divine Weapons.

And weapons forged from the remains of second transition Conferred Knights were known as Superior Remains Divine Weapons.

Furthermore, the strongest ones of them all were the weapons forged from the remains of Divine level strong Warriors, known as Divine Remains Equipment.

These categories were all further separated into 30 levels, like how the human body was.

Empire's Divine Weapons belonged to level 1 to 9, Inferior Remains Divine Weapons belonged to level 10 to 19, Superior Remains Divine Weapons belonged to level 20 to 29, and the Divine Remains Equipment belonged to level 30.

To condense waves of the ether particles and light through one's Waves, forming Ether Effulgence Weapon, was a powerful Killing technique which only could only be accomplished after completing the second transition, having experienced the stage of 'Heaven's Perception', and being able to communicate with ether particles.

Almost every Conferred Knight had their own Ether Effulgence Weapon to power up their weapons.

And the Ether Effulgence Weapon cultivated from the 'Ether Divine Art' offered by Charlie could allow the practitioner at the level of a Knight to learn the means of obtaining a Conferred Knight's Ether Effulgence Weapon. This could be said to be the secret manuals amongst secret manuals.

How advantageous would it be for someone in a battle amongst people of the same level to be able to grasp skills of Conferred Knights while still a mere Knight.

The cultivation of Ether Effulgence Weapon started at the level of a level 1 Empire's Divine Weapon and could be gradually cultivated to become stronger, even being cultivated to the level of a level 10 Inferior Remains Divine Weapons. It could then be cultivated to the level of a level 20 Superior Remains Divine Weapons, and eventually to the level of a level 30 Divine Remains Equipment.

It was just that such training was even tougher compared to the cultivation ordinary people went through, and it was much more time consuming as well.

With the point of Charlie's finger, a green-colored light glow extended from the tips, continuously stacking together until a longsword made purely from light waves appeared in his palms.

This longsword was formed from the stacking of countless green light and was about one meter long. The light rays over a meter away got increasingly faint until they moved over ten meters away, after which they completely dispersed.

Charlie casually grabbed this green-colored light sword and, with a light wave, induced a slight dizziness on Fang Xingjian.

"This Ether Effulgence Weapon of mine is called Green Fantasy, an Inferior Remains Divine Weapon which had reached level 10. Although it is not tangible and is unable to defend against physical sword blows, its poisonous damage could be a threat to level 10 Knights.

"Of course, because Ether Effulgence Weapon are formed from repeated layerings of waves of ether particles and light, they are not tangible and are only able to provide only special effects. Therefore it could not be comparable to a Divine Weapon of an equivalent level.

"However, the Ether Effulgence Weapon had another unique trait, which was to be able to adhere onto a physical object. It was a Killing technique which could strengthen as your abilities strengthened, continuously raising the prowess of one's weapons.

"Moreover, the Ether Divine Art from our Spiritual Weapon Hall is a training method which can allow one's Effulgence Weapon's level to be raised all the way to level 30. Not every training method for Effulgence Weapon can do this."

A satisfied smiled appeared on Fang Xingjian's face. With a slight movement of his palm, white colored light gradually flashed as if they were forming into something, yet were similar to a recorder with poor reception, unable to do much.

'So this is Effulgence Weapon?' Fang Xingjian suddenly recalled that when he had battled against Rota and the other three, Rota, the female Knight who was more than a match for most men, had suddenly unleashed an explosive force towards the end. The longspear that she had formed from red light should also have been a Effulgence Weapon as well. However, while her method was also one which would allow even a Knight to be able to perform it, it was much coarser compared to the Ether Divine Art from the Spiritual Weapon Hall and could even cause inflict great damages onto one's body.

Fang Xingjian lifted his head and asked, "Where is the next half of the manual for the Ether Divine Art?"

Charlie said calmly, "If you promise to testify for me, saying that I had not secretly inflicted harm on you during the interrogation, I'll naturally pass you the second half of the manual for the Ether Divine Art."

Fang Xingjian nodded, saying, "No problem."

Charlie said, astonished, "You've agreed?"

"Why? You're not agreeable?" Fang Xingjian let out a cold smile and said, "After all, even if I were to testify for you, you still won't be able to ever be valued by those in leadership. Even if you were not sent to the southern borders and are allowed to remain in the association, you'll just be a * character in the future.

"And my progress will only get increasingly faster. I'll soon be able to surpass you. So why do I need to spend so much time on you?

"But are you so sure that after I've testified, they would just let you go like that?"

"You don't have to worry about this." Charlie nodded, saying dejectedly, "However, it's not so easy to break through and become a Conferred Knight. There has been countless Knights in history who were unable to make it past the stage of Heaven's Perception, and thus were unable to go through the second transition all their lives. Hehe.

"Alright, someone from the association will be coming to ask you some questions in a while. You'll just need to be careful of what you reply. Latest by tonight, I'll send you the later half of the manual for the Ether Divine Art.

"Remember, after you're done with it, burn it immediately, and don't let anyone find out that you've cultivated the Ether Divine Art. Otherwise, the people from Spiritual Weapon Hall will not let you off."

As long as Fang Xingjian attested for Charlie, the First Prince's powers would naturally be able to pull Charlie out from the fix.

And Fang Xingjian obviously understood the importance of the sect's most treasured manual. Although he did not know what the consequences were for Charlie to have secretly imparted it to him, it was still better to keep it to himself.

As for what price Charlie had paid to make up for his mistake this time around in the other areas, Fang Xingjian was not concerned. It obviously must have been a very painful price to pay.

That night, Fang Xingjian looked at the completed set of manual for the Ether Divine Art and started analyzing it excitedly.

As long as he grasped this Ether Divine Art, he would be able to perform the Effulgence Weapon as a Knight when only Conferred Knights were able to do so. This allowed him an additional effect with his weapon as his abilities accumulated a slight growth.

Moreover, this was a treasured manual of a sect which could be trained to attain a level 30 Effulgence Weapon. The Effulgence Weapon's cultivation methods from most sects were already seen as very valuable.

Of course, an Effulgence Weapon could only increase the effects of a weapon and increase Knights' damaging prowess. It was a Killing technique which pursued destructive force and damaging prowess. It had no effect towards the nurturing and strengthening of the human body.

He sat down cross-legged, Waves circulating non-stop throughout his body. In his hands, streams of twisted light rays were jumping and flashing, but did not form together.

Because of the unique traits Waves in the human body, each person would only ever be able to have one of it. The special effect each individual managed to cultivate would vary based on their character, Waves, and mental cultivation method. It was basically very hard to accurately forecast what one would get. And every time a person tried to form a new Effulgence Weapon, their Effulgence Weapon's level would be reset to zero.

Therefore the first step of forming a Effulgence Weapon with regards to the style and type was to create was especially important.

Thus, each Conferred Knight would be extremely careful and think through a lot when they were trying to create their own Ether Effulgence Weapon.

Rather than saying that it was a weapon, it could be said that this was a special effect for weapons which could be used anytime, at any place, and could even be alternated through different weapons.

Now, what Fang Xingjian wanted was to firm up his foundations, condensing the best Ether Effulgence Weapon to be used as a powerful enhancer for his Divine Weapon in the future.

In his palms, countless white light gradually formed into the shape of a longsword, but at the next moment, the light rays scattered, his longsword was dispersed. Fang Xingjian shook his head, "This one won't do."

Then, new light started to jump and flash about again between his two palms.

That night, Fang Xingjian created countless Ether Effulgence Weapons in the shape of a sword, and then crumbled them.

It was a pity that this technique was not one for sword arts, but rather it had to do with one's comprehension of ether particles and Waves. This was why Fang Xingjian's progress for this particular technique was unprecedentedly slow.

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Chapter 123 Pursue

Fang Xingjian was condensing an Effulgence Weapon, chasing for an even higher breakthrough.

As he did so, a lady, dressed in purple, with purple hair, was running at high speed on the snowy plains in the far north.

With each step she took, it was as if she was strolling on the clouds, not leaving a single trace as she gracefully and easily moving forward for over thirty meters.

Just like that, her feet connected into a line as she brought out a long air current, advancing at a condition where she was at ten times supersonic speed. Wherever she passed by, waves of air currents were sent out, either pushing away countless snow and water or blowing them up into the sky. Her steps had even created fire sparks, leaving a track of traces similar to meteorites. It evaporated a large amount of snow and water and created a whole stretch of fog.

However, even if she was progressing at such a high speed, her face was still that of shock and panic, as if some tremendous prehistoric monster was chasing after her.

Just like that, she ran across a distance of hundreds of kilometers. Suddenly, the sky turned dark as countless black-colored light rays descended from the heaven, surrounding thousands of meters around the purple-haired lady.

Seeing this canopy of darkness which had come down from the heavens, a hint of desperation flashed past her face.

"George Krieg! Do you have to be so ruthless?!"

Just then, the black-colored light cracked and scattered as if they were turbulent, black smoke. Two men and one female walked out.

One of them was a guy in suit of black armor and a crimson red mantle. It was obvious that he was a Conferred Knight.

The black-armored Knight exuded turbulent black fog endlessly, forming into one with the canopy of darkness in the surroundings. It was obvious that the canopy which surrounded a kilometer around them was his work.

The countless spacial gaps in the surroundings were completely sealed by his ability, turning into a maze which one would never be able to exit from.

It was a top notch Killing technique used to trapped opponents, Hell's Labyrinth.

The lady was dressed in palace clothings, and although it was a snowy plains of below zero degrees, she still revealed her snow white thighs and tender arms, not seeming to be affected by the cold at all.

In front of these two, it was a middle-aged man dressed in a suit of gold with golden-colored armor, emitting a thick feeling of aristocracy as if he was a deity who had descended from the heavens.

The man had a rectangular face and his expression was one of great authority. His every movement exuded a great sense of nobility and supremacy, his eyes revealing incomparable authority and dominance, as if he was going to tightly grasp and control everything in the world.

"Surrender, Li Zi, as long as you sign this Devil's Note, I can guarantee that no one in the whole of the Empire would ever pursue matters concerning you."

"Matters concerning me?" Li Zi's face revealed a hint of deep killing intent as she stared viciously at the First Prince and said, "Kreig Clan broke faith and reneged on obligations, destroyed One Intention Style Dojo, wrecked our holy grounds, dug up our ancestral grounds, forged weapons and armors with my ancestors remains, and now you're even so ruthless as to drive me to the corners. Hahahaha, everyone in your Krieg Clan will all die horrible deaths eventually!"

Her words were brimming with hatred, as if she was a female ghost comprised of wrath and vengeance, cursing the living while dwelling in the darkness.

The First Prince shook his head as vicious coldness flashed in his eyes. He said calmly, "One Intention Style Dojo hoards the mountain, self-declares itself as the reigning lord, hoards land and properties, gather people to create havoc, threatens the government bodies... Your crimes can't even be pardoned even in death.

"I've taken into consideration of your exceptional talent and am giving you a chance to live and to serve the country, to seek pardon for the crimes that you've committed. Why are you not giving your thanks?"

As he said that, the First Prince reached out his palm, slapping Li Zi gently from the top. With this palm, the wind and clouds changed in that instance, as if everything in the world lost colors in this one moment. There were crisp squeaking sounds in the air, as if it was shattering little by little. The First Prince's palm also seemed to have filled up the heaven and earth, covering the whole sky and finally transforming into a stretch of world that fell down towards Li Zi.

In that instant, Li Zi's eyes revealed endless terror. It was because in her eyes, somehow, a world appeared in the First Prince's hand. It was a world of mountains made from swords, along with seas of flames and endless bloodied corpses. It was a world brimming of despair and hardship.

There were people being tortured and interrogated everywhere in that world. There were some who were chopped off at the waists, some who were fried in oil or roasted over fire, some who had their limbs chopped off, and some who were pierced in the heart. The world which had appeared in that palm was like hell itself.

And when Li Zi was focused on looking at it, she had noticed that those who people who were being tortured all appeared to look exactly like her.

To be bringing hell to earth, to be crushing one with a world.

Purgatory Demonic Compendium – Overturned Hell.

This palm by the First Prince had turned the world upside down and brought one to a world of hell, a world that reflected a grim and heavy prospect. It did not just contained boundless strength which shattered the air, it also brought out a dominance which could crushed one mental status completely.

And the most horrifying thing was that within this one move, the surrounding snow-capped mountains, snow plains, as well as people, all seemed to be stretched out or compressed. It was obvious that there was a strong surge of power which compressed space, causing it to appear stretched out or bent like noodles.

Space was extremely firm and was indestructible even if all the Divine level experts in the world were to gather together. However, space was also the most malleable and could be stretched or bent.

This was a state hidden by the move 'Overturned Hell'. It was able to twist the world, allowing one to be able to control the whole world, twisting, flattening, or moulding it to one's wishes.

Facing this extremely horrifying move made by the First Prince, Li Zi displayed the real prowess of an absolute genius.

Her expression was one of fierce struggle as she broke out from the endless illusion of hell. Then, with a shudder, three silhouettes leaped out from her body.

The three silhouettes appeared exactly the same as her, not just in terms of appearance, but also in terms of equipments, power, and aura. There was not a hint of difference.

Li Zi appeared to be three times more powerful. Letting out loud roars, trembling all the muscles throughout her body, and fanatically circulating her Waves and mental cultivation method, she squeezed out every single ounce of potential within her.

In the next moment, each Li Zi formed signs with their hands. It was as if different elements sprouted out from the extremely fast motions of their hands which seemed so chaotic.

One Li Zi formed signs, seeming like a flower made of water.

Another Li Zi formed signs with her hands at very great speed, as if they were a ball of strong, explosive flames.

Another Li Zi formed signs quickly with her hands, creating a series of after images with them and appearing to be like strong gales.

The last Li Zi, the person herself, formed fists with her hands and moved towards the other four hand signs with a feeling of great ease and boldness.

The four hand signs combined together. The four types of powers represented the four types of powers which had created the world as said in the legends, earth, water, fire, and wind.

The First Prince crushed down using his attack with the powers that brought about descendent of hell, twisting the world. Li Zi attacked back against the splitting world with four times her original power, splitting through the world and reinventing the meaning of the four elements!

'Since you want bring the descent of hell and to twist the human world, I'll smash this hell of yours, creating a new world!'

This move of great ingenuity made even the First Prince's eyes brim with joy. He bellowed, "What a good Four Seals of World Creation, One Intention Style Dojo's Palm Imprint of Genesis and One Man Four Transformation. Since you've already mastered 70% of it, I won't be holding back either."

A tremendous boom sounded out! With the First Prince's words, the sky cracked, causing countless gaps.

No, those were not gaps from the sky splitting, but rather space being compressed by violent powers, thus revealing the gaps between space. Even the black-armored Knight's Hell's Labyrinth was broken through.

Although space was very firm and unable to be smashed through, the natural gaps between spaces could still be used by strong Warriors.

And with the First Prince's attack coming down, not only was the Hell's Labyrinth broken through, it even revealed the spatial gaps such that ordinary people would be able to see as well. What a brutal force this was... What a horrifying attack...

As if the weight of Mountain Taishan was bearing down, mountains and rivers were collapsing. Within a thousand meters, the whole place appeared as if it had been smashed by a gigantic palm, causing the ground to sink down a depth of several meters.

Much longer later, all of the smoke completely dispersed. The First Prince looked at the silhouette who had fallen in front of him, saying calmly, "Black Ghost, bring her back."

Hearing the command, the black-armored Knight stretch out one of his hands, encompassing the unconscious Li Zi with black smoke and placing her into the Hell's Labyrinth which was covered with a canopy of black light.

The lady dressed in palace clothes said, "Congratulations to Your Highness for taking in another peerless talent. The completion of the Hell's Map will be very soon."

The First Prince shook his head. "It's still too slow. Based on the records from the Book of Universal Truth, those devils will be coming here very soon. Time is still too tight."

The lady in palace clothing consoled, "Why does the First Prince need to force yourself so hard? The 'arrival' isn't something that concerns only one city or one country. As long as they are under the starlit skies, no one will be able to escape. By then, everyone will understand."

"I just cannot bear for these vast rivers and mountains, for the vast lands to all be destroyed." Saying that, the First Prince's countenance turned grim and the domineering aura once again flowed out from his body. "Let's go. There'll be turmoil in Church of Universal Truth very soon. The situation is very serious. The three great Mage Kings are becoming restless and getting ready to make their moves. We can't continue to wait anymore."

The Church of Universal Truth was the number one religion in this world, predominant in the three kingdoms in the north. Their influence was superior only to the Empire which was located in the southwest.

As they spoke, the lady in palace clothes frowned. After pressing down on the point between her eyebrows, she said, "Your Highness, this is with regards to the Great Western Region. Charlie has failed. Fang Xingjian has the backing from the Governor in the Great Western Region. There's probably no one who can do anything to him now."

"Hmph, I've also not expected second brother to have taken in Devitt without any warning. Hmph, the person who lords over the Knights in a whole region, with thousands of official Knights as his subordinates. How awesome.

"These old fogies and young diehards are getting increasing impossible. They really are treating things that belong to our family as theirs.

"But it's fine, there's no harm. Now that he's revealed Devitt for Fang Xingjian's sake, there's more gains than losses.

"In the end, the Windstorm Sword Hero is merely a first transition job. Now, the most important thing is the Church of Universal Truth and my Devil's Note.

"Only after my Devil's Note is completed and I've attained the Supreme Purgatory Path will there be a chance for everyone in this world to survive."

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Chapter 124 Tremors

Finally, Fang Xingjian's one month in the Reflection Chamber was up and he returned to his villa.

During this period of time, Fang Xingjian had gone through tough training day and night, unceasingly tempering his attributes and cultivating his mental cultivation methods, Waves, and sword arts. Of course, he continued to throw in all his potential points into raising his agility, thus increasing his powers. His attributes were now:

Name

Fang Xingjian

Age

16

Occupation

Windshadow Sword Divinity

Level

10

Strength

565

Agility

915

Reaction

55

Endurance

49

Flexibility

51

The attributes above come into effect once the Sonido Sword Zephyr Waves is activated

Due to Perfect Muscles, 5 in strength and agility (10% of the endurance attribute)

Nurturing Sword Techniques

79 sets

Training Sword Techniques

12 sets

Supreme Mistwind Sword

Level 30

Radiant Light Sword Technique

Level 6

Ether Divine Art

Level 1

Specialities:

Genius Swordsmanship,

Elementary Survival Instinct,

Internal Healing，

Internal Training，

Sword Specialist,

High Agility Motion Vision,

Heightened Reflexes,

Perfect Muscles

Elementary Berserkness

Unparalleled Sword Intent (79/100)

Potential

11,000 point increase/day

Waves

Level 5 Sonido Sword Zephyr Waves

Mental Cultivation Method

Level 3 Ice Age Meditation Art

Currently, Fang Xingjian had reached the maximum level for seventy-nine sets of sword techniques. His sword arts cultivation was progressing in great strides as the days passed by. It was almost as if just one swing of his hand would turn into various wonderful sword arts. But at the same time, the sword arts he could acquire from the other students and from the library were only these.

'It's a pity that the academy keeps the Killing techniques secretly stashed away. Demonic Dusk and Eternal Divine Sword are not mere sword arts, but sword techniques which rely on Waves and ether particles to release special powers, and they are closer to Ether Divine Art.'

Fang Xingjian would probably take longer to level these types of sword techniques as compared to the Supreme Mistwind Sword, and might not even contribute to the Unparalleled Sword Intent when he had attained the maximum levels for these techniques.

Thus, Fang Xingjian's plan was to gather other Nurturing and Training sword techniques. These two types of sword arts were the safest and fastest option for him.

'Waves and potential can raise attributes and can only be trained slowly. There's still ten plus days before the academy will be starting on actual combat practice. By then, I'll go all out, raise my level, and increase my powers.

'But for my mental cultivation method and Unparalleled Sword Intent, I can still think of ways to progress them a little.'

As a strong Warrior in the area of speed, Fang Xingjian's current speed was already very fast because of his high attributes and the specialty, Single Sword World Subjugation. If he were to come into contact with strong foes, he could even perform the Supreme Mistwind Sword. Coupled with Boundaries Negation, it would bring his speed to even greater heights and he would be able to battle at supersonic speed.

Such great speed, coupled with the ability to see through other's moves with his Unparalleled Sword Intent, allowed for Fang Xingjian's attack prowess to be extremely strong.

Now, what he needed was to continue strengthening these advantages, including tempering his physical attributes daily, cultivating Waves, and training sword techniques to improve his sword intent.

Now, his biggest problem was his weapon.

Normal steel swords were not able to support him in his high speed battles. His speed had gotten even faster, especially after he had experienced progress recently. The rate at which his steel swords go to waste was also faster. Many times, when he was dealing with weaker Knights, he could very well have wiped them all out with his sword Qis directly.

However, the problem with the weapon was not something he could settle easily. The only two things he could do was to wait for the Governor to complete his Divine Weapon, and work hard to cultivate his Ether Divine Art.

This martial art from the Spiritual Weapon Hall given to him by Charlie was truly profound and worth studying closely.

Thinking about this, Fang Xingjian gently opened his palms and trickles of light flowed out from his arms, forming a white-colored light blade on his palm within a short period of time.

Fang Xingjian then slightly flicked the index finger on his other hand, making a steel sword from afar as if it was a string puppet. It flew in his direction and landed in his palm.

He gradually encompassed the light blade onto the steel sword and it very quickly submerged within.

The Effulgence Weapons created by Ether Divine Art actually had no tangible forms and were purely weapons formed from magnetic waves. Despite that, they could increase and reduce the temperature through magnetic waves, making flaming or ice-cold attacks, inflicting poison damage through radiations, and even causing electrifying damages through electric fields. They could have various special effects.

Especially after one's weapons were combined with the Effulgence Weapon, the latter would thus be granted a physical form, and could pass on the attacking effects to the physical weapon.

This was what Fang Xingjian was doing. After the light blade entered the steel sword, the whole steel sword tremored. As if it had on a faint layer of fog, it turned blurry.

Fang Xingjian did not choose any weird special effects like high or low temperature, poison, or electricity. It was because he knew what he needed most.

'With the Earth's technology, the sharpest blade which could be created, the High Frequency Blade, was made from magnetic pulses.

'No matter what material, there would be inconsistencies, and magnetic pulses could make use of this to store the fatigue of the materials, thus being able to slice through them.

'And the ability of my Effulgence Weapon is just call 'shock'.'

The reason that the longsword Fang Xingjian was holding had a blurry feeling was because the blade itself was trembling at a very quick speed of five hundred times per second. But at the next moment, the steel sword shattered and the Effulgence Weapon dissipated. Fang Xingjian's Ether Effulgence Weapon had failed once again.

'While the prowess of high speed trembling is tremendous, it also meant that it is unstable. If I want to condense such a Ether Effulgence Weapon, I'll still need more time.'

Fang Xingjian had obviously wanted to condense an invincible and indestructible high frequency Effulgence Weapon. However, the process was much harder than creating one with either high or low temperatures, electrifying or poisonous effects.

But this was normal. It was the same for all Conferred Knights. The stronger the effects of the Effulgence Weapons they wanted to create, the higher the level of difficulty, It would also be increasingly tougher for the Effulgence Weapon to attain the Divine level in the future.

Although his high frequency Effulgence Weapon itself had no damaging prowess, once it was loaded onto a physical body and could undergo high frequency tremors, then theoretically, as long as the rate of the tremblings were high enough, there would be nothing it could not cut through.

There was nothing it could not slash, and nothing it could not cut through. This was the weapon that Fang Xingjian, who had the ability to move at extreme speed, truly required.

It was a pity that after Fang Xingjian had attained level 1 for the Ether Effulgence Weapon, he had not been able to truly create such an Effulgence Weapon till now. He could only be patient and precise, working to slowly stabilizing his Ether Effulgence Weapon and gradually allowing the time that the Effulgence Weapon could be maintained to increase. At this rate, he had no idea how long it would take for him to succeed.

However, other than the level of the Effulgence Weapon itself, the sturdiness of the physical weapon was also a crux to controlling the rate of the tremors.

Fang Xingjian took another longsword, once again condensing the Effulgence Weapon and immersing into it. He then slashed out. Hundreds of sword Qis shot out, and at the same time, the steel sword in his hand could no longer keep up with that pressure and shattered inch by inch. It turning into countless shards, landing on the ground.

However, immediately after, another steel sword was sent to his hand by sword Qis. Fang Xingjian let out another slash, the longsword shattered, and another steel sword came.

Just like that, Fang Xingjian performed the Supreme Mistwind Sword with the Ether Effulgence Weapon. With each slash and each condensation of the Effulgence Weapon, the longsword would immediately shatter and the Effulgence Weapon would dissipate. He would then use the sword Qi from the Supreme Mistwind Sword to bring him a second steel sword, once again condensing his Effulgence Weapon and slashing out.

While hundreds of sword Qis were circulating around him, tens of steel swords were also circling around him in the air.

Each time he performed a sword stance, the longsword in his hand would be changed, allowing him to constantly be able to apply the Effulgence Weapon to the longsword in his hand and demonstrating an astonishing sharpness. However, each attempt would also sap him of his physical strength, and he furthermore had to unceasingly condense the Effulgence Weapon.

Very quickly, Fang Xingjian appeared like the descent of a typhoon. Hundreds of steel swords shattered and left countless sword trails in the ground, each of them with a depth of countless meters, displaying damaging and penetrating prowess unlike anything ever seen before.

'It's a pity that Ether Divine Art is not a type of sword arts, and the tremors for the high frequency Effulgence Weapon I want to create makes it very unstable. If I wish to succeed, I can only work on it slowly and patiently, hoping that success will come when the conditions are ripe and the Effulgence Weapon will be formed.

'However, on the secret manual for the Ether Divine Art, there was method which smelts and casts materials to quickly form Ether Effulgence Weapons. Maybe I can try that out.'

Fang Xingjian sat down cross-legged, putting the last steel sword on his feet. With each of his breath, faint white light flashed out.

He noticed that ever since his Ice Age Meditation Art reached level 3, he no longer needed to sleep. This allowed him to be able to cultivate the Ether Divine Art every night.

With that, other than cultivating sword arts and Waves while constantly tempering his attributes, the rest of the time was spent on his Ether Effulgence Weapon.

'I'm left with ten plus days before the academy's external combat training. Since I've learned almost all of the sword techniques in the academy, then it's time to learn other sword techniques outside to allow my Unparalleled Sword Intent and mental cultivation method to progress. It would be even better if I can search for some materials for casting, and see if there's any materials which can help aid the formation of Effulgence Weapon.'

With the progress of his mental cultivation method, his ability to think, plan, and remember had all improved greatly, and he did not even need to sleep anymore. It was obvious that the constant leveling of the mental cultivation method was very effective, and it could also raise his efficiency in the other areas.

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Chapter 125 War

The next morning, Fang Xingjian, who was seated cross-legged in the training room, opened his eyes. The sword in his hands turning into dust, scattering into the air. His Effulgence Weapon could not form, and while he had learnt it and reached level 1 in this skill, no matter how much he cultivated, he was not able to gain additional experience points.

Only after the Effulgence Weapon took shape would one be able to gain more experience points and level up.

Now, Fang Xingjian could only continue to train patiently, hoping that his Effulgence Weapon would be able to form one day.

'It seems like I'll have to start from using materials and see if I can use the method recorded in the manual for the Ether Divine Art to smelt and incorporate materials, thus giving form to my high frequency Effulgence Weapon.'

Fang Xingjian now understood the path he needed to take to become stronger as well: to cultivate his Waves, Effulgence Weapon, as well as to temper his attributes. All of these required one to train very, very slowly, taking all of eternity to train.

But his mental cultivation method, sword arts, and sword intent could all do some brushing up.

Early this morning and after breakfast, Fang Xingjian put on his blue and white Knight attire. Similar to how he had decided the day before, he brought along the small sword pendant exclusive to Knights and headed for Huang Lin's office.

On the way, however, he saw many servants rushing about everywhere in the academy, and there were even many soldiers whom he had never seen before setting up barricades in numerous places.

It was as if they had changed from a period of peace to war overnight.

However, to Fang Xingjian, these soldiers did not have much use. They were not even official Knights and could only be there to guard the place and protect ordinary people.

In fact, Knights were the main force in the Empire's armies. An official Knight had the powers to defeat a thousand-man army of ordinary people, and just ten of them would be able to bring down a city guarded by ordinary people.

If there were one hundred Knights, then no matter how many ordinary soldiers came, they would not be able to win.

Thus, the Empire's main force tended to be an army of Knights formed from either three to five people, over ten people, or at max, a hundred people.

It could be said that the wars across this world would be one with over tens, or at the most, just over hundreds of such Knights.

In history, there were only a few wars which truly activated thousands or tens of thousands of Knights. All of them were able to shake heaven and earth.

And once Divine level experts appeared, just a few of them would be able to determine the flow of the war.

Therefore, the wars in the Miracle World comprised of the battle histories of the strong. Ordinary guards were only used to defend the territories and suppress ordinary commoners.

No one would be so moronic as to use an army of thousands or tens of thousands to face off Knights.

What really determined the victory or defeat was the results from the fights between the Knights.

Most ordinary soldiers not only have lousy equipments and mediocre skills in martial arts, most of them did not have any experience in war and would only have chased off wild beasts or hunted ferocious beasts.

It was because they were not required at all in war. Even if they were to fight, they would only be lambs waiting to be slaughtered by the Knights. Although they could sneak sudden attacks on the enemy's' troops who were not Knights, it would not affect the battles between the Knights, even if they were to win.

The victory or defeat to wars were almost not dependent on them at all. It was why the Empire's echelon had never thought highly about the construct of the troops at the lowest level of the army.

On his way, Fang Xingjian suddenly saw a familiar-looking Knight and grabbed hold of him. That Knight was also an official student in the academy who appeared to be angry until he saw that it was Fang Xingjian. He immediately broke into a faint smile.

"Oh, Xingjian, it's you."

Fang Xingjian nodded and asked, "Why is the academy suddenly so heavily guarded? Did something happen?"

"Oh, you haven't heard? That's right, you've been focusing on your cultivation all the while and must have not received the news yet." Suddenly, that person showed a hateful expression, "It's those Black Devils, those people from the small island in the West Sea. Don't know what's with those people from the Western Garrison, letting those Black Devils get past them. I've heard that they've even gotten through to Kirst's territory."

In the past, about a thousand kilometers away from the Empire's west coastline, there was a huge island. Many black skinned humans stayed there, calling themselves the descendents of the Sun God. They formed a country called Garcia.

Garcia had been plundering on the West Sea and had been even more arrogant in the past ten plus years. They had, from a few years back, started to land on the Empire's coastline to plunder, kill, and set the places on fire, sparing no living thing, not even a fowl or dog.

While the Empire was very strong, it was impossible to let the Knights split up and separately guard along the endless coastline.

Therefore for the past two years, they had started to fortify the defenses and clear the lands, evacuating the many villages located near the coastline.The Knights from the Western Garrison would focus on their attacks, wiping out the enemy's primary force.

It was said that a few months ago, the Western Garrison had eradicated one of Garcia's main force. This time around, Garcia amassed their troops and had over three hundreds Warriors, who were at least of the level of Knights, to charge through the west coastline. Caught unaware, the Western Garrison had let many of the small troops to break through them.

With so many strong Warriors who had been coming with extraordinary strength, ordinary villages and cities were not able to fend them off. Within a short period of time, countless citizens died horrible deaths under the blades of the foreigners.

That Knight continued to say, "There's news that someone had seen Black Devils outside Kirst, and someone from the Western Garrison had wrote to us to request for the academy to send assistance. We will probably need to join the Western Garrison for the combat drill this time around and fight against those Black Devils."

Saying that, hints of killing intent appeared on that person's face. "Hmph, this is for the best. I've long got tired of waiting. To think that those Black Devils, despite coming from such a tiny country, would dare to create disturbances on our borders, killing our people..."

Fang Xingjian did not continue to listen to him. He knew that the time he had left was even shorter now.

'Has the war started?' Fang Xingjian knew that with his current abilities, there were not many Knights who were his match. Only those core disciples from great aristocratic clans or factions could potentially be his match.

But what kind of place was the battlefield? With hundreds of Knights clashing against each other, there would definitely be the appearance of enemies who were at the level of Conferred Knights. He needed to a strengthen his prowess very quickly.

After he had consecutively challenged so so many Prefectural Champions and threatened Charlie, his Ice Age Meditation Art had improved tremendously and his sword intent was also just a little bit away before it leveled up.

'I must attain another breakthrough before the war starts.'

Fang Xingjian knew that as long as he maintained an attitude of doing as he wished, without inhibition, the cultivation for his Ice Age Meditation Art would get increasingly faster. This was especially so if he did not succumb to pressure, maintaining his initial will each time he faces pressure, threats, or difficulties. Each time he managed to maintain his initial will, it would mean that he had managed to made it through another door, allowing his mental cultivation method to progress even further.

Cultivating the Ice Age Meditation Art, Fang Xingjian's heart could not stand unfairness.

Therefore he planned to enter Kirst to plunder sword arts, taking whatever he wanted and answering to his heart's call without any inhibitions. He would not go about any detours. Moreover, he had no time for all those. It was another ten plus days before his first year was up. Fang Xingjian had only four years before he reached the end of his life.

Of course, there must be a limit towards all these. If not, it could not be considered true to his heart and and extinguishment of unfairness, but rather foolishness and recklessness. The fine differences between these two proved to be another crux to the cultivation of his mental cultivation method.

With that, not only would he be able to strengthen his mental cultivation method, he would also be able to accumulate sword arts. Only then would Fang Xingjian be able to achieve a breakthrough within a short period of time.

Just as Fang Xingjian was thinking about this, he had already stepped into Huang Lin's office. A few Knights who exuded a strong presence and had blood stains on their Knight attire was just leaving Huang Lin's office.

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Chapter 126 Conspiracy

Just as Fang Xingjian was on his way to Huang Lin's office...

At the foot of a volcano far away, thick fumes and ashes unceasingly sprouted out from the volcano, occasionally causing huge tremors across the land. The villages in the area had all evacuated.

Rebecca stood at the foot of the volcano looking at this natural might. She furrowed her brows and asked, "Kaunitz is cultivating here? This time, he had gotten us to come here in such a hurry. What would it be for?"

A servant next to her shook his head and said, "Young Master did not say. He only mentioned that it is a grave issue and that I must definitely invite these few seniors of his to come and meet up with him."

There were two other elders who had came at the same time with Rebecca, a man and a woman.

The old man looked to be in his seventies or eighties, but had a simple and unsophisticated appearance and lean and skinny body, as if he was a villager living in the mountains and plains.

Contrary to the old man, the old lady next to him was dressed in luxurious-looking clothes and covered in splendid jewels. Her display of wealth and power was even greater than Rebecca's.

However, she also had an air of arrogance, as if she did not a care about anything in this world.

This old lady had been Rebecca's close sister when she was young, an aristocrat from the Great Western Region's Green Jade City, Cynthia. The person next to her was her husband, a man who was very fearful of his wife, Zhakov.

Hearing the servant's words, Cynthia frowned, saying, "Rebecca, this nephew of yours is really too outrageous. As his elders, we've come to meet him from such a long distance away. It's one thing for him to come out to greet us himself, but to think that he's even putting on airs and getting us to wait for him. This disrespect for seniors is truly ridiculous."

That servant explained in a soft voice, "Madam, it's not that Young Master Kaunitz has no respect for his elders. It's just that his cultivation has reached a crucial point and he's not able to leave as he wishes."

"Hmph," Cold eyes gleamed in Cynthia's eyes. She was deeply ingrained with the concepts of having to show respects for seniors, clan regulations, as well as how aristocrats were of a different class from commoners. What she detested the most was others showing her disrespect. Hearing the servant's explanation, she let out a cold laugh and sent a slap over through the air. Her Reduced Force Field sent the servant rolling on the ground and spewing out blood.

She was also a Knight; no, she, her husband, and Rebecca were all Knights. Moreover, they were all Knights at the pinnacle of the first transition, having come from aristocratic families and cultivated for decades, eating numerous good food.

They could be considered the batch of people at the very top of all first transition Knights.

After beating up the servant, Cynthia said slowly, "Rebecca, why is it that the Tresia Clan is getting increasingly unruly? To think that even a servant would dare to be so rude. We're having a discussion here, who is he to speak?"

That servant covered his face in pain and quickly said, "I deserve to die! I deserve to die! Please spare my life!"

Rebecca said, annoyed, "Scram. We'll wait here by ourselves." She then turned to speak to Cynthia, "Sister, don't be angry. Kaunitz, this child has now gotten the appreciation of the First Prince and has reached a crucial stage in his cultivation. As his seniors, let's just wait a little while."

"Hmph." Cynthia shook her head. "You are still too soft-hearted. If a junior had asked me to wait for him back in Green Jade City, I'll definitely punish him.

"I heard recently that there's a Windstorm Sword Hero genius who had even beaten Kaunitz up right in front of you?" While saying that, she showed a look of despise. "The youngsters these days are getting increasingly disrespectful. Only in Kirst would you see such a crude person becoming a Prefectural Champion."

Just then, the air in the surroundings suddenly twisted violent and the temperature increased over ten degrees. It continued to increased without stopping until it almost exceeded a hundred degrees.

The scorching heat was strong enough to scald a person to death. But to three senior Knights, it was the equivalence of soaking in a hot spring.

As the temperature rose, a gush of sulphur smell surged towards them. A nefarious feeling surge within them, and it was as if the three of them came to hell from the human world in just an instant.

"Haha, Aunt Cynthia is right. That Fang Xingjian is disrespectful towards those of greater seniority, goes against human ethics, and doesn't give a hoot to us aristocrats. If we were to let this beast progress, he will only bring disaster to the Empire, causing endless slaughters."

As he said that, Kaunitz gradually walked up to the trio. His body was covered in a layer of dark black scale armor, with two long winding horns pointing towards the sky. He held onto a longsword with each of his six arms, ether particles rippling violently from every single sword.

This caused him to appear very evil and extremely horrifying. He seemed more like a vicious spirit from hell than a human.

Rebecca also received a huge shock. Her expression the quickly turned into one of delight. "Kaunitz, this... this is the Inferno Indestructible Physique the First Prince had imparted to you?"

"That's right." Kaunitz appeared very proud of himself. "I've taken the Dragon Blood Pill and has changed my blood vessels and bone marrows, becoming half human, half dragon. I've also brought the Inferno Indestructible Physique to an unprecedented maximum level of 13.

"Now, I don't just have the powers of dragons, I've also gained several specialties including the Demon's Nerves (increases reaction and movement speed), Heart of the Land (extraordinary recovery abilities, able to absorb geothermal energy, stamina will never dry up), and Fiend's Muscles (under the situation where one's physical strength is reduced many folds quicker, increases one's explosive force and the rate at which muscles contracts).

"Now, although my five attributes have all just hit 50, the effects are comparable to a Knight with 50 or even 80 points in their attributes."

It was obvious that the earlier news of Fang Xingjian having been crippled had resulted in the First Prince devoting all of the resources he had intended to nurture Fang Xingjian with into Kaunitz.

Just those ten Dragon Blood Pills had allowed Kaunitz to gain an increase of over 20 points in his attributes.

Even if it was the First Prince, he would not have been able to bring out so much resources casually. However, the effects were truly tremendous. It had merely been a short one month and Kaunitz had already experienced tremendous growth, comparable to five year of his usual level of hard work.

Hearing his words, even the arrogant Cynthia nodded in agreement, saying, "As expected from a member of the royalty, to have spent such a great fortune. Even if we combine the efforts of multiple clans in Green Jade City, we may not even be able to match up to this. Seems like you are already close to attaining the Divine level. In a few years' time, our Empire will probably have another Divine level character.

In Kaunitz's body, the First Prince's clone frowned slightly, sending a message to Kaunitz cooly, "Alright, cut the crap. Get down to business."

Kaunitz smiled and said, "The First Prince is person of great spirit and means. This is but a small case to him. This time around, the reason I've invited you three elders here is to discuss about Fang Xingjian.

"The First Prince hopes that we can make use of the opportunity of hunting down the Garcia people to have the three of you help me raise my level and quickly reach the pinnacle of level 19 as soon as possible. Also, there's another thing, which is to suppress Fang Xingjian, forcing him to sign the Devil's Note."

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Chapter 127 Leave

"You're here?" Huang Lin lifted his head and took a look at Fang Xingjian, fatigue brimming in his eyes.

Fang Xingjian asked, "Teacher, are we going to war?"

"Mmm." Huang Lin nodded. "Western Garrison requested for us to work hand in hand with them to wipe out those Black Devils from Garcia.

"We'll be taking action at the end of the month. You should go prepare yourself too."

"End of the month?" Fang Xingjian did some calculations. If that was the case, there would only be another eight days before they made their move.

Thinking of that, he said, "Teacher, I'd like to take a few days leave and make a trip to Kirst."

Huang Lin asked, surprised, "To go into the city? What do you want to do?"

Fang Xingjian had already thought up an excuse for himself. "I've reached a bottleneck with my mental cultivation method. I would like to have a change of environment to change my mood and see if I can have any new comprehensions."

"Oh, it's your mental cultivation method." Huang Lin nodded. "Everyone needs to work on their mental cultivation method themselves. Even I'm not able to help you with this. Go ahead and have a walk around in Kirst." He believed that with Fang Xingjian's current status, not one person would dare to offend him. Even if he were to go to Kirst, there should not be any problems.

Therefore, Fang Xingjian went through the academy's formalities that afternoon and left with a sword in hand, heading straight for Kirst.

He had three objectives this time around. To gather sword techniques, to brush up his mental cultivation method, and to find a suitable casting material which would be a good match with his Effulgence Weapon.

The mental cultivation method Fang Xingjian was cultivating, Ice Age Meditation Art, required a calm and peaceful mind with no inhibitions. However, for Fang Xingjian, he did not adjust his mental state and calm himself like any ordinary people. He relied on exterminating external demons, eradicating all the things that could perturb his mind and emotions in order to remain calm.

And while he was stripped of the feelings of love, kinship and friendship, he still maintained vengeance, fury, and a concept of what was right or wrong.

Thus, when he came across different things, he would still frown upon them, and still feel fury.

And so, he took off his Knight attire that night, changed into his tattered clothes, attached the Silver Dragon at his waist, held onto a steel sword in his hand, and headed for the commoner district.

In this world, the poorer the place, the messier it would be, and the higher the number unfair occurrences; unlike how it was in the academy with no one daring to offend Fang Xingjian.

And this time around, Fang Xingjian wanted to test something out. He wanted to see if his mental cultivation method would progress if he were to take the initiative to offend other people and then exterminate the external evils with a calm mind.

However, even after he had made a few rounds in the commoner district, no one came to provoke him. Most people would be on their guards upon seeing the longsword he was holding, so who would freely provoke him? This was a world where every single citizen cultivated and countless people made their way to the level of Knights. Who would know if the person holding a sword would be Wei Xiaobao or Ximen Chuixue? Therefore, most of the time, no one would deliberate provoke people carrying weapons.

However, the commoner district was the commoner district. Fang Xingjian took a few rounds around, and while there were not one person who provoked him, he could hear the sound waves from the air with a slight twitch of his hears. It was the sound of crying and begging which came from a lady.

"No!

"I beg of you, please don't do this!"

With a shift, Fang Xingjian disappeared.

In a small little house in the commoner district, a girl who was about the age of fourteen or fifteen years old had her hands tied up, and another lady was holding onto her legs. A man around forty plus years old touched her face, revealing an extremely excited expression.

At the next moment, he started tearing off the girl's clothes, feeling all over her body.

The little girl continued to cry and struggle, but stopped and fell into a daze after the man gave her five to six consecutive slaps.

The man grinned and tore off the girl's clothes. As he stared at her bare chest, he was just planning to have his way when two streams of sword Qis swirled in, knocking off the man and woman who had been holding down the girl's legs.

The man's physical attributes were quite good. After all, he was from the Miracle World. If it was in the modern Earth, with his physique, he would be able to become an olympic champion.

The man jumped to his feet, drawing out a small knife and pointing at Fang Xingjian who was at the door. He asked, appearing threatening but was actually cowardly at heart, "Chap, what are you doing? How dare you spoil the fun for your grandfather, Teru. Do you want to have a few more holes on your body?" He had yet to understand how he had fell down earlier.

Fang Xingjian swept a glance towards him, then at the lady behind him. He noticed that the lady was pregnant and had not been able to get to her feet after he she had been swept to the ground by his sword Qi.

Hearing the man's voice, sword light flashed in the air. The man let out a terrifying cry and one of his ears dropped onto the floor.

"I'll kill whoever dares to make another sound."

In that instant, the whole room quieten down. The man looked at Fang Xingjian with a horrified expression, and even the victimized girl stopped crying as she looked at Fang Xingjian, terrified.

Fang Xingjian pointed to the young girl and asked, "You, speak up. What's going on here?"

The young girl took in a few inhales and under Fang Xingjian's Knightly pressure, she was no longer nervous. She broke into tears, saying, "I came across that pregnant lady on the streets and she suddenly squatted down, saying that her stomach was in so much pain that she couldn't walk. I sent her home... but... but..."

Saying this, she once again broke down into tears.

Cold gleams of light flashed in Fang Xingjian's eyes as he stared towards the man and woman at the side. The woman looked frightened, and the man anxious and wanted to lie and argue, but his teeth clattered under Fang Xingjian's gaze and not a single word came out from his mouth.

Fang Xingjian let out a cold snort, and with a few consecutive flashes of sword light, the man's arms was chopped off.

It caused the man, who had been in tears, to let out agonizing cries. Fang Xingjian then cast his glance on the pregnant lady, saying coldly, "On the account that you're pregnant, I'll not punish you today. But you'll need to redeem yourself. In the future, if I find you that you commit more evil deeds, I'll definitely get rid of you and your whole family."

That woman immediately knelt down, kowtowing unceasingly. Fang Xingjian let out a cold snort and dashed out as if he was riding on clouds.

As for the girl, she would naturally leave by herself. Fang Xingjian reckoned that the couple would not dare to try anything funny anymore.

Moreover, Fang Xingjian had only hatred; hatred towards evil. He did not have the feelings of love towards acts of kindness. The reason he had killed people and eradicate evils was just so that he could wipe out external demons, cleaning his heart of all unfairness. It had absolutely nothing to do with benevolence or kindness at all.

If one had to compare, his condition was closer towards complete annihilation; an uncompromising castigator, Rorschach [2, not a Superman or Batman [3] who would save both the good and the evil.

The night sky in the Miracle World was different from the Earth's. Other than a bright moon, there were no stars at all. The sky was completely pitch black, as if an endless darkness had covered the world.

Fang Xingjian thought about the event from earlier and took a look at his Stats Window. He noticed that his mental cultivation method had progressed by 0.01%. He then killed a few more thieves, bandits, and hoodlums. While he cleared the gloom in his heart, he further gained about 0.02% of experience.

But it was also then that he gradually began to notice how uncivilized the Miracle World was and how much it had fallen behind in times. The lower middle class in society were filled with too much darkness and viciousness, causing him to feel extremely unsatisfied. Even if there was a progression for his mental cultivation method, he still did not like the feeling.

As long as a person had an normal understanding of the concept of right and wrong, they would not feel happy even after seeing those cases of rapes, robberies, blackmails and extortions.

Anyone from the modern society would not have felt happy if they were to come to this world akin to dark middles ages, seeing the hideous side of the human nature.

While Fang Xingjian had lost his emotions of love, kinship, and friendship, his concept towards right and wrong had not gone through a tremendous change yet.

'Most of the Knights and Conferred Knights in the Miracle World are gathered in the academy and army. The reason most of them try to raise their abilities is so that they could fight for more privileges, more resources, and more wealth. How many of them would turn their gazes towards the darkness in the world?

'If I'm the same as them, cultivating only for the sake of becoming stronger and taking revenge, then wouldn't I also become a person who swarms shameless around the rich and influential, a person who chase only after name?

'If the world is not peaceful, how would I be able to feel at ease? How would I be able to calm my heart?'

Fang Xingjian frowned, the mental cultivation method in his mind circulating extremely quickly. Ideas unceasingly popped up in his mind, yet constantly disappeared as well.

'Then what good would my sword arts be?

'I had been suppressed for sixteen years in the Fang Clan and had not been able to gain freedom of my heart and soul at all. If I continue to be like this in the future, how different would I be from Fang Clan?'

Thinking of Fang Clan, thinking of his grandmother, thinking of that black woman who had wanted to harm him, the flames of fury flared up even more in Fang Xingjian's heart.

'If I cannot use this sword in my hand to clear away all the feelings of unfairness in my heart, ridding the world of unjust, what good would it be if my sword arts standard is very strong? What good would it be even if I were to grow stronger?

'If a person is useless to the world, to society, then no matter how long he survives, no matter how strong he is, he would just be a great b*stard.'

As he thought about this, Fang Xingjian's empty mind seemed to explode, as if streams of silvery thunderbolts had struck it. As he focused on the mental cultivation method in his mind, countless thoughts drowned him, giving him the strong urge to raise the longsword in his hand and eradicate all the evil-doers in the world.

[1] Wei Xiaobao: Protagonist in the novel 'The Deer and the Cauldron', who was not an adept martial artist, but rather, an anti hero who relies on wit and cunning to get out of trouble. https/en./wiki/The_Deer_and_the_Cauldron

Ximen Chuixue: Close friend of Lu Xiaofeng, who is the protagonist in the series Lu Xiaofeng Series. Nicknamed "God of Sword", he is the best swordsman. https/en./wiki/Lu_Xiaofeng#Ximen_Chuixue_.28.E8.A5.BF.E9.96.80.E5.90.B9.E9.9B.AA.29

[2] A fictional character and an anti hero of the acclaimed 1986 graphic novel miniseries Watchmen, published by DC Comics. A ruthless crime-fighter, his beliefs in moral absolutism—good and evil with no shades of grey—have driven him to seek to punish evil at all costs. https/en./wiki/Rorschach_(comics)

[3] Well-known superheroes published in comics by DC Comics.

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Chapter 128 Metamorphosis of the Mental Cultivation Method

Whenever Fang Xingjian thought about the varying injustice and darkness in the world, his mental cultivation method would start to circulate at an increasing rate.

Letting out an exhale, he seem to want to swallow down the accumulated feelings of depression in one breath.

"If I cannot eradicate the evil and wipe out the feelings of unfairness in my heart, I won't be satisfied no matter how high my level of sword cultivation is, or how much power and authority I wield."

At this moment on Fang Xingjian's Stats Window, the Ice Age Meditation Art appeared blurry, as if it would undergo a transformation at any moment.

Unlike the physical body, the mental cultivation method corresponded to one's spirit and thoughts. It was something that could be comprehended.

To succeed in training the physical body, one would need to plough through long hours of tough training day and night, unceasingly training each and every muscle, each and every bone.

But one's consciousness was akin to nihility; something that could be changed at will.

Therefore, while a person could develop different views due to the accumulating years of environmental and situational influences, a person could also gain instant comprehension when subjected to certain stimulations from events or from having certain ways of thinking.

This was why Fang Xingjian had taken over one month to change his Waves while cultivating it, turning the Mistral Windgod's Waves into the Sonido Sword Zephyr Waves.

And now, with a change of his thinking, his Ice Age Meditation Art had started to go through a change. When the thoughts in his consciousness settled down, his mental cultivation method could go through a metamorphosis.

There was still a chance of turning back the changes to one's physical body and Waves, but if one's thoughts were to change, it would be extremely difficult to reverse the changes.

Take for example, a monk that had broken the Buddhist rule of abstinence in lust, it was simply impossible to get him to forget about * and revert to his initial innocent state.

Another example would be when a serial killer had killed hundreds of people. How difficult would it be for him to forget about all about killing and repent?

With mental cultivation methods, it was hard to reverse any changes once the first step was taken.

However,Fang Xingjian did not regret this at all. He had to start from a different way of thinking to be able to begin his cultivation in the Ice Age Meditation Art. If he had to wipe out all of his desires and retain all the disturbances he had in his mind, what meaning would there be to stay alive?

Although he calmed his heart by eradicating external disturbances, which allowed for his experience gained to soar very quickly, it was a natural flow for his mental cultivation method to experience an eventual change as long as he persisted.

But how could it be possible that Fang Xingjian would have any regret?

'If I must follow the way the Ice Age Meditation Art is supposed to be cultivated, turn myself into a cowardly tortoise, an ice mountain, I'll be better off dead.'

At that moment, Fang Xingjian had fixed his goal of travelling around, eradicating evil-doers to wipe out external evils and attain a peace of mind, thus improving his mental cultivation method.

Thinking about this, Fang Xingjian started to feel as if all his body was at ease. It was as if every single muscle, every single bone, had turned active and free.

The mental cultivation method on his Stats Window started to turn blurry, as if it was going to undergo a change at any moment.

Looking at the transformation to the Stats Window, Fang Xingjian thought to himself, 'Oh well, I'll lend you a helping hand. I'll complete my mental cultivation method before I look for sword arts and materials.' In the next moment, he dashed to the back alley behind a restaurant. He saw three burly looking gangsters who were carrying weapons.

Kirst's gangs were all people who had cultivated some form of martial technique, but were unable to pass the Prefectural Selection. Thus, they were stuck between the aristocrats and the commoners, forming organizations who exploited the commoners for a living.

The three of them felt as if their vision blurred for a while before Fang Xingjian appeared before them.

The three of them got on their guard, and a young man who appeared to be the leader spoke up, "Brother, may I ask what matter you have with our Fire Crow Gang?"

This Fire Crow Gang was considered a small gang in Kirst, with only over ten people. They took charged of two streets and charged for protection fees in exchange for protecting the businesses in the area from the harassment of hoodlums. Sometimes, they would also help with catching thieves or hounds after creditors.

While they were a gang, they were not considered a big evil.

Fang Xingjian nodded, and with a flick of his finger, sword Qi cut across the faces of all three of them. They froze in their tracks. To be able to create strong forces and sword Qi with just a flick of a finger was something that only strong Warriors at the Knight level were able to accomplish.

The three of them immediately broke into a pacifying smile and asked, "May I know which Lord Knight you are? What matters do you need us Fire Crow Gang to help with?"

Fang Xingjian said coldly, "In Kirst City, what evil-doers and evil gangs are there? Tell me."

The three of them were stunned and had yet to react when they saw Fang Xingjian gently flicking his nails, creating a crisp metallic sound. They immediately broke out in cold sweat.

The three of them quickly said, "If we're talking about evil-doers and evil gangs, it'll have to be the Venomous Serpent Jerry and his Venomous Serpent Gang."

The three of them spoke in greater detail, "This Jerry from the Venomous Serpent Gang is a martial arts practitioner who been cultivating for over thirty years and will be turning forty years old soon. His martial arts is amongst one of the better ones in Kirst. But of course, he can't be compared to Lord Knights such as yourself."

Back then, Jerry had also devoted all his focus on the pursuance of martial arts and wanted to take the test to become a Knight. After many failing attempts, however, he became dejected and led his Martial Brothers to form the Venomous Serpent Gang. It quickly got out of hand and they soon became the biggest gang in Kirst.

"There are many gangs in Kirst, but everyone are locals. Therefore, most would only take some protection fees or get some money from people who are unlucky.

"But Jerry and the Venomous Serpent Gang are different. They would often force young girls into prostitution and deal with human trafficking. They had also raided homes and plundered houses, committing acts of murders and arson as well."

Fang Xingjian frowned, "Even though you've said this, are there any actual cases?"

"Of course." That person continued, "We don't know where they just bought a bunch of young kids from. Recently, they've made them beg in the aristocratic district. They even broke their feet and dug out their eyes, just so that the kids would look more pitiful and could get some money from the aristocratic ladies. Who in Kirst does not know about this?

"Last year, there was a couple that came by and found their kid, causing a huge ruckus. They wanted to bring the case to the City Lord, but, hehe, the next day, they were already buried. Now, the wild grass before their tombstones should already be higher than a person's waist."

"Not just that." Another person spoke up. "There's also the Harrison family at the east of the city. Their youngest daughter was born a beauty and was well-liked by many. But the hoodlums from Venomous Serpent Gang came to ask for her hand in marriage and dragged her away directly. When she returned the next day, she hanged herself."

Fang Xingjian listened as they listed out the evil deeds committed by the Venomous Serpent Gang. Each event seemed very coherent, not like some fabricated lies.

And because of this, the cold gleam in his eyes became increasingly stronger. He could not pacify the fury that he was feeling inside.

Fang Xingjian asked, "Is there no one who will step out to stop the Venomous Serpent Gang?"

"Hehe," someone let out a weird laugh and said, "They have someone backing them up. How could ordinary commoners stop them?

"Hmph, since when have those aristocrats cared about our lives? Even if there are thousands or tens of thousands of lives like ours, to them, it would not even be comparable to a single finger of theirs."

"That's enough. I'll go ask around to see if what you guys have said are true. If there's a single lie in it, I'll return and chop off all your limbs."

When Fang Xingjian said this, it was as if icy-cold wind was coming out from the gaps between his teeth. The three shivered, but stopped very quickly and said, "Sir, please feel free to verify what we had said. There's not a single lie in what we said. These Venomous Serpent Gang hold a candle to the devil, and have committed heinous crimes. No matter how many we list, it would just be 10% of what they had done. "

Fang Xingjian's eyes narrowed. In the next moment, his silhouette disappeared with the wind as if he had not been there in the first place, leaving the three men staring at each other.

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