Chapter 417 - Lu Tianzis Submission (2/2)
After all, this was originally a contest between Grandmaster Xiqin and Lu Tianzi. Having seen Grandmaster Xiqin's incredible submission, it was not totally unexpected that Lu Tianzi would be afraid to face reality.
Since there was no reaction to be seen from Lu Tianzi, everyone's attention quickly moved towards the stage where the judges were about to start their assessment.
Once again, the Iron Fist Overlord simply passed the dagger on, and the meticulous Grandmaster Dongkuang began his close examination of the dagger.
”From the looks of it, the dagger has risen from the Primary Origin Core rank to the Advanced Origin Core rank,” Xuan Qinshang commented. ”That is quite remarkable.”
”Advanced Origin Core rank? But Grandmaster Xiqin's dagger rose to the Peak Origin Core rank…” Ruan Ling muttered under her breath after hearing Xuan Qinshang's words. ”Oh, but I don't mean that Brother Tianzi has lost just yet!”
”Don't worry about me,” Nanlan Qianxue replied with a carefree smile. She knew that Ruan Ling was being overly conscious of her presence.
Ruan Ling only felt more guilty when she saw Nanlan Qianxue's smile. To her, it almost felt as though Nanlan Qianxue was acting nonchalant just to make her feel better.
”It's okay, Brother Tianzi only needs to be in the top eight. As long as he can get into the next round, he will get the chance to challenge Grandmaster Xiqin again!” Young Master Xuan Hao clenched his fists in nervousness.
That's right.
As long as they entered the next round, everything would be reset.
It would not matter how well someone did in the first round, the only thing that would decide the victor of the Inscription Meet would be the submission of the second round!
He was still lost in his thoughts when a commotion suddenly broke out among the audience.
That was because Grandmaster Dongkuang had left his seat, and thus far, there had only been one reason that would make him do so.
This submission possessed an inscription skill that he needed to test out!
The audience felt their blood boiling in anticipation.
That's more like it!
No matter what, Manor Lord Lu was still one of the two main characters of the Inscription Meet. It would be extremely disappointing if he could not at least do this much.
Would it be a stealth art like Grandmaster Xiqin's?
Or would it be something to confuse the enemy like Grandmaster Xingyu's?
Or could it be something that aimed to boost yet another aspect of a dagger user?
Under everyone's curious gazes, Grandmaster Dongkuang raised the dagger and channelled his Origin Force into it.
Boom-!
A bright light instantly shrouded the entire arena, blinding the eyes of the audience who had been watching without daring to blink.
This intense light was not part of a concealing skill, and neither was it some sort of illusion skill.
Instead, it was a more primitive form of light, something that naturally accompanied what was to come.
The temperature within the arena soared as a huge ball of fire erupted from the dagger
It was like the sun itself had descended to the mortal world.
In its presence, the earth would burn, and rivers would run dry.
Its searing heat could massacre tens of thousands of mortals in passing, and even weaker martial artists would not fare any better.
The majority of martial artists present instantly felt a huge pressure weighing down upon them, as though they were being suppressed by the world laws themselves. There was no doubt that if they were forced to face this ridiculous ball of fire in a direct confrontation, they would be reduced to ashes in mere moments.
Perhaps the only saving grace was that the huge ball of fire was shot towards the sky, where Grandmaster Dongkuang had been aiming the tip of the dagger.
The speed of the ball of fire was not slow by any measure. In a matter of seconds, it had already parted the clouds and disappeared into the distance.
However, a deafening silence remained shrouding upon the arena as everyone took this time to slowly digest what they had just witnessed.
A dagger was mainly used for its stealth and swiftness.
That was the reason why both Grandmaster Xiqin and Grandmaster Xingyu had opted for inscription skills that helped in these aspects.
Yet Manor Lord Lu seemed to have headed in the complete opposite direction.
The loud sound…
The intense light...
His inscription skill could not be considered as merely attention seeking. Rather, it was flashy to the extreme!
This was an inscription skill that was all about wanting to directly overwhelm any opponents with pure and absolute power!
In terms of suitability, it definitely could not compare to the submissions by Grandmaster Xiqin and Grandmaster Xingyu.
However, there was one exceptional point that only the sharp eyed ones among the audience managed to notice.
As a judge as well as an experienced appraiser, Grandmaster Dongkuang would never have infused his own comprehensions of the world laws into the dagger for fear that it would influence the true might of the inscription skill. Yet when the ball of fire appeared earlier, it had clearly brought along with it a wide area suppression that possessed traces of the world laws.
That only meant one thing – the earlier inscription skill had given birth to an attack that was either of the Overlord rank, or one that was at least infinitely close to it!
For Grandmaster Dongkuang who was a Ninth Cycle Origin Core realm martial artist, wielding an Advanced Origin Core rank weapon should never have resulted in an attack of this level.
In other words, this was actually an inscription skill that could allow Grandmaster Dongkuang to jump ranks, and obtain the power to directly challenge Overlord realm powerhouses!