Chapter 88 - The End of the Mercenary Selection. (2/2)
Ao and Arlan retreated their attack forms and looked at their swords, both of the swords couldn't resist the other's sword intent and broke in half, they will need to buy a new one now, they looked at each other with weird faces and then started to laugh.
”Amazing attack, really an amazing attack!”
Ao nodded.
”I agree, to think that our swords would break together, what's the chance of something like this happening?”
But then Ao looked at his sword and sighed.
”I admit defeat.”
Arlan was taken aback.
”Why? It is more like a draw in my eyes.”
Ao just laughed after hearing that.
”We both know that it's not true, I used everything I knew about Sword Intent, but it was obvious to me that it wasn't your limit, if I'm not wrong, you could have gone one step further, am I right?”
Arlan looked at Ao in surprise and became a little embarrassed.
”Sorry.”
Ao shook his head.
”There is no need for that, although you haven't gone all out, I reckon that you were very close to that, let me guess, 90%?”
Arlan shook his head.
”80%.”
This time it was Ao who was surprised, he didn't think Arlan was lying, just like himself, Arlan was the type who put everything in his sword, it was beneath himself to lie about it.
”I see, seems like I have a lot to improve still.”
”I don't see it like that, even if it isn't directly related, remember that your cultivation is lower than mine, our spiritual energy has a very big impact in our Sword Intent when you reach the peak of the 9th stage, you will probably be no weaker than me.”
Arlan said that not to comfort Ao, but because he really thought that it was the case, and he believed that to be increadible, after all, he has a Pure Yang Body, but Ao's control over the fire element is just as strong as his, it was then that he remembered something and sent another Divine Sense message to Ao.
”Between us, if I and Krune fought seriously, who you reckon that would be the winner?”
Ao was surprised by that question, but out of respect, he decided to answer anyway.
”If Krune stays in his human form, he should have an 80% to 90% chance of winning against you, if he goes back to his real form, I doubt you would have any chance at all.”
Arlan was taken aback, no chances at all? Is this some joke? But after looking at the serious face that Ao was showing, something told him that Ao wasn't trying to scare him or lying, he then took a deep breath and asked.
”Then what kind of demon beast is him? I haven't seen him using his true form even once during this selection.”
Ao shook his head.
”I can't tell you that, sorry.”
There was another reason why Ao said this much, that's is because Arlan definitely wasn't the only one curious about Krune's real form, since he was this strong, people even thought that Krune could be a demon beast with a Divine Beast bloodline, but they immediately discarded such idea, the rare and stronger the demon beast, the higher their cultivation needs to be for them to change into their human form, any demon beast with a divine beast bloodline definitely wouldn't be able to change into their human form before the Divine Soul Realm at the very least, since that is the case, just what kind of demon beast could Krune be?
All they know is that Krune is definitely more common than the Thunder Hawn Tasier or the Water Dragon Drorne, several of the Divine Soul Realm cultivators tried to force their way in with their Divine Senses to find out what kind of demon beast Krune is, but not a single one of them was successful, all thanks to the Race Cover Technique.
Ao couldn't help but think what kind of faces everyone would show if they found out that Krune is just a wisp, that would be a real sight to behold.
In the end, the referee came forward and announced the five slots winners.
”Seven Victories, Arlan Rosier.”
”Six Victories, Krune.”
”Five Victories, Ao Sulian.”
”Four Victories, Thunder Hawk Tasier.”
”Three Victories, Lofa Harcken.”
”The five mentioned cultivators and demon beasts will be able to join the Martial Gathering two months from now, go back and talk with your Guild Heads for more information.”
Krune heard that and felt very happy, he won a slot without lifting a single finger, he wished his life could be this low key more often.
Fortunately, no one heard his thoughts, otherwise, the other contestants might have already pounced at him together.