Chapter 155 – Regularity (2/2)
Ye Xiao Lian was shocked to the point of being speechless and didn’t show any signs of making another move.
Chen Chang Sheng didn’t continue either, he continued to hold onto the string of bells and looked towards the second floor.
The room on the second floor was still secluded and serene; unknown as to if it was due to shock from Chen Chang Sheng’s display of inhuman strength or some other reason, no one said a word.
Mo Yu had a look of indifference as she said: “Do all you really think he’ll humiliate a little girl? It’s not like he’s Tang Tang.”
Those words exposed some sort of hidden intention, and made a decision.
A Li Palace clergy member appeared behind the second floor balustrade, looked at Ye Xiao Lian and asked: “Concede?”
Ye Xiao Lian nodded her head, her eyes a little red.
Chen Chang Sheng placed the Bells of Mantra on the sand near his feet, then turned and headed out of the tower.
He didn’t humiliate this girl who had once ridiculed him, nor did he pay her any attention.
Ye Xiao Lian blankly followed his footsteps with her gaze, feeling a little helpless.
Previously, she had already prepared herself to being struck down and then humiliated by Chen Chang Sheng, she never expected that he wouldn’t do this.
Leaving the tower, Chen Chang Sheng returned to the woodlands.
Ye Xiao Lian returned to her senior’s side, lifting her own sleeve and wiping away her tears.
“Pitying the damsel are we?”
Tang Thirty-Six looked at Chen Chang Sheng and gave a sardonic smirk while saying: “What kind of person does that make me?”
Chen Chang Sheng asked in return: “If it was you, what would you do?”
Tang Thirty-Six gave it a thought, finding that he couldn’t think of anything he could do.
He didn’t like that little girl called Ye Xiao Lian; using callous words was fine, because quarrels relied upon the art of words, spouting nonsense, and shamelessness, but in the end, you couldn’t really give her a beating; wouldn’t that just be bullying the weak?
The next one to enter the stage is Luo Luo.
Out of the four scholars from Scholartree Manor that participated in the examination, there only remained two, her opponent was the remaining person after excluding Zhong Hui.
She entered the tower along with the scholar from Scholartree Manor.
Sounds of footsteps could be heard from the second floor.
Some of the personages walked by the window to observe the match. They were all very curious as to what Her Highness’ current ability was, to the extent of being able to prompt the Council of Divine Ordinance to update the rankings to the Proclamation of Azure Clouds.
For the first round, the opponent Luo Luo had was too weak, in the second round, Tian Hai Sheng Xue had outright conceded; for this round, will she finally have to fight?
Luo Luo released Rainfall Whip from her side, stared at the scholar from Scholartree Manor and said: “Make the first move.”
At Orthodox Academy, towards Chen Chang Sheng, she was polite, respectful, genteel and cute, occasionally acting spoiled; towards others however, her manner was completely different.
At the Ivy League gathering, whether towards Heavenly Academy’s instructor or Li Mountain’s Elder Xiao Song Gong, they were all looked down upon, let alone at this moment, towards this scholar from Scholartree Manor.
She did not intentionally look down upon him, belittling him, she was only being natural and calm, using an indifferent tone of voice, yet there existed a sort of nobility and might behind it.
The expression of the scholar from Scholartree Manor changed slightly, he slowly drew his longsword from its scabbard.
His movements were very slow, but the sound of his blade leaving its sheath was very piercing.
A sound rung out.
A flash of a blade’s edge instantly cut through the distance of 30 odd metres, arriving before Luo Luo’s eyes.
Luo Luo didn’t even blink; her lashes didn’t even flutter.
Rising Flurry.
Rainfall Whip, within her hand, wildly danced.
Zhong Shan’s Sword of Wind and Rain carried with it boundless True Essence, easily dissipating the blade’s gleam, it then struck towards the scholar opposite.
The Education Palace is a miniature world, the response between Heaven and Earth was especially sensitive, following her usage of Zhong Shan’s Sword of Wind and Rain, a phenomenon appeared in the deep blue skies above.
Unknown as to where it came from, a dark cloud enveloped the Tower of Purging Dust.
Then, it began to rain.
As with before the match started, the black eaves of the tower were cleansed once again.
She used Rainfall Whip, the raindrops were its tip.
The raindrops fell upon the eaves and fell upon the sand, letting out a pattering sound.
The same sound as a whip cracking upon a person’s body.
The rain increased, becoming a torrential downpour; within the tower, rain blanketed the area, making it no longer possible to see clearly.
Occasionally a blade’s gleam would flash out, but would immediately be engulfed by the rainstorm.
Momentarily after, an incredibly sharp sound resonated within the tower.
*CRACK*
The rainstorm abruptly stopped.
The scholar weakly collapsed in a corner, his entire body covered with wounds, blood and rain pooled together.
His face was deathly pale, his pallid lips softly trembled and his eyes were full of despair.
That was the despair of being crushed by an absolute strength.