Chapter 81 - The Champion of Blue Wind Empire (1/2)
[Next day]
Today, there were originally two battles scheduled in the Sword Discourse Arena. The first battle was the fight for the 3rd and 4th places, but this fight had directly concluded when Ling Jie conceded the match in advance. Ling Yun, who had originally been expected to take 2nd place, thus ranked 3rd.
Before the Ranking Tournament, everyone had made a great deal of predictions as to which competitors would become the top three, and the only unanimous prediction was that Ling Yun would take 1st place.
But then Jean came out from nothing, with a heaven-defying cultivation strength, at least in the Blue Wind Empire's point of view.
Ling Wugou: ...The final battle of the ranking tournament: Blue Wind Imperial Family's Dennell Jean, versus Frozen Cloud Asgard's Xia Qingyue. May both contestants ascend the Sword Discourse Arena!
Jean stood up and walked to the arena with a smile on his face, under the gazes of several 1'000 of people. Xia Qingyue was still wearing a veil on her face, hiding her appearance, but it was obvious that when yesterday the veil fell down, her appearances was engraved on everyone's mind.
Jean: Qingyue, you never thought about seeing me here, did you?
Xia Qingyue: Honestly, yes.
Jean: Anyway, remember to go all out, I'm not going to be merciful… I'll show you who wears the pants between us.
Ling Wugou: Blue Wind Imperial Family's Dennell Jean against Frozen Cloud Asgard's Xia Qingyue… Battle start!!
Xia Qingyue's profound energy exploded and a ribbon flew towards Jean, taking him on surprise, it wrapped around his arm and tried to bind it behind his back, but his arm didn't moved of an inch.
Jean: As expected of a Sky Profound Weapon, even if the difference of strength is abyssal, I needed to use a bit more strength to resi-
Jean was suddenly encased in a ice cube, which was getting thicker and harder the more time passed. After Jean was sealed in a house-sized ice cube, Xia Qingyue took deep breaths and looked at Jean.
But something strange happened… The temperature of the atmosphere wasn't cold, instead, it was getting hotter and hotter, and an orange glow appeared at the center of the ice cube.
Cracks appeared all over the ice, and the arena started to slightly melt.
Jean: Ok, you got me, I shouldn't have talked that much…
The people from the Burning Heaven Clan was getting surprised that a ”Low-Level flame” could produce such heat, but the elder, Fen Moli, spoke with shock.
Fen Moli: P-Phoenix Flames…
The elders and important peoples that heard him looked with great shock the man encased on the ice.
Jean: Boom.
*BOOOOM!!!*
The ice exploded and the atmosphere's temperature skyrocketed to really high temperatures, it was so high that it even sealed Xia Qingyue's Frozen Cloud Arts.
Jean's phoenix flames were the second strongest, followed only from the phoenix itself, it was because his body had not 1, not 3, but a whopping 12 drops of phoenix blood.
Fen Moli: Those flames… They are too strong to be coming from the Divine Phoenix Sect!
Jean swung his arm, using a light Phoenix Break, Xia Qingyue tried to erect a thick wall of ice, but nothing happened, the Phoenix Break hit Xia Qingyue, sending her flying away, unconscious, but her clothes didn't burned, why would he burn his wife's clothes?