Chapter 50 - Never Learning From His Mistakes (1/2)

"He improved that much in just two months time?"

A few miles away, Shui Qinghe lied on the ground. His body was covered in injuries, and his clothes were torn. Zhong Yue's attack severely hurt him. Additionally, he had received even more injuries when he fell from the sky. After a few moments of resting, he barely managed to get up.

"Zhong Shan Clan's Zhong Yue! In terms of training, I may not be your opponent, but one's strength is not purely based on training!"

Shui Qinghe looked at the top of the mountain from a distance, and his clothes suddenly fluttered. The sounds of metal clanking could be heard and eight tiny swords the size of needles appeared!

These silver swords were only four inches long and had tiny blades and hilts. One could barely notice the little silver rays in the air if they did not pay attention.

These eight silver swords were Shui Qinghe's soul weapons. Just now, he did not have the chance to cast out his soul weapons as everything had happened too fast and he was not prepared at all.

He had not obtained these eight soul weapons easily. They were a soul weapon set crafted in a few months by the elder of Shui Tu Clan, Shui Zian. There were also eight types of totems carved onto the swords as well, making it very valuable. This soul weapon set was named the Bazhen Sword Set.

A few years ago, Shui Zian had the Shui Tu Clan's disciples fight each other to decide the ownership of these swords when they entered the Swords Gate. After defeating all of his opponents, Shui Qinghe had managed to claim ownership of this soul weapon set.

The Bazhen Sword Set was very flexible. It could be stored on the skin beneath one's clothes and in a person's sleeves. It could also be hung at the sword hilt as the tiny swords looked like decorations.

However, these eight harmless-looking tiny swords could be very lethal. After being cast out, they would become extremely difficult to notice and could also form a water sword array. These eight swords would produce an even greater power when used in synchronization with the visualization art of Shui Tu Clan. With their tiny sizes, they would be even harder to notice with the cover of ice the crystal swords, the water sword energy and the river formed with the Shui Tu Clan's visualization art.

Initially, Shui Qinghe had not taken Zhong Yue seriously and treated him like any other ordinary disciple. As such, he did not use this soul weapon set at all. However, he had never imagined that he would be sent flying far away by Zhong Yue with just one clean strike. He now felt anger consuming him, and he wanted to use this soul weapon set to regain his ownership of the stage from Zhong Yue's hands!

He looked at the stage located far away on the mountain and saw the calm atmosphere around the stage. While the other disciples fought intensely around the other stages, the arena where Zhong Yue stood remained silent because of that one strike he had delivered.

After that, one after another, the upper house disciple started to retreat off the mountain and head to the other paths. They acknowledged Zhong Yue's strength and they knew that they stood no chance against him. As such, they headed to the other mountains.

Shui Qinghe hesitated, and he turned to another mountain. He thought, Zhong Yue is incredibly strong. Even with the help of the Bazhen Sword Set, I'm afraid that I will need to pay a steep price even if I win. If I suffer heavy injuries while fighting him, I may not be able to gain the upper hand in the top hundred disciples battle later. My aim is to get the qualification to enter the Ethereal Palace, not to win against Zhong Yue.

After another four hours, the stage beneath Zhong Yue's feet trembled as there were no more challengers. It flew to the Five Pine Summit while carrying him.

In order to win the Lawless Battles, one would have to succeed in occupying the stage for two hours.

There's actually some who are even faster than me in winning.

Zhong Yue looked around as the stage landed on the Five Pine Summit. He saw that there were already five stages that had flown back, each carrying one upper house disciple.

The five upper house disciples looked at him and nodded with a smile. However, Zhong Yue could feel that they have raised their guards. They must have seen him defeating Shui Qinghe with only a single strike. In turn, they viewed him as a formidable foe.

Zhong Yue nodded with a smile in return. He thought, These guys are Yu Zhenlong from Yu Clan, Tao Yanran from Tao Lin Clan, Nanzhen from Nan Lu Clan, Tian Yanfeng from Tian Feng Clan, and Jun Qingyue from Jun Shan Clan. They're the core disciples of the top ten clans, and they have built up their reputations for a very long time. The reason they won so fast must be that the other upper house disciples did not even bother to challenge them. They knew they could not defeat these core disciples. If that is the case, why isn't Senior Martial Sister Li here yet? She is the core disciple of the Li Shan Clan.

As this thought came to his mind, a stage could be seen flying toward the Five Pine Summit with Li Xiuniang standing atop. There were a few small holes in her clothes, and her grooming appeared to be a little bit messy. Her hair was slightly untidy, and there were even some blood stains on her face. All of these factors suggested that she must have met a strong opponent, only winning with great difficulty.

"That crazy Yu Feiyan! She just had to fight with me. Hmph, either way, she was still defeated by me. Junior Martial Brother Zhong, it seems like you and I will be facing each other in the top hundred disciples battle!"

Li Xiuniang did not show any surprise when she saw Zhong Yue. Instead, she felt that it was natural that he was here. She then laughed and said, "I was defeated by you last time. When we face each other again in the top hundred battle, I'll make sure you won't get away so easily again!"

Zhong Yue nodded with a smile and said, "I beg of your mercy at that time then, Senior Martial Sister Li."

Yu Zhenlong, Tao Yanran, and the others were shocked, and they looked at Zhong Yue again. Their awareness of him had grown even stronger. They thought in their minds, Li Xiuniang was defeated by this guy? This unnamed Zhong Shan Clan actually defeated two core disciples from the top ten clans in a row…

"Junior Martial Brother Zhong, I have a trump card waiting for you. I will definitely not hold back when we fight each other later!"

Li Xiuniang's battle intent grew very strong, and she said, "Going easy on you means I'll embarrass myself by losing easily!"

Not long after, Yu Feiyan stood on another stage and flew toward the Five Pine Summit. Her grooming also appeared to be untidy, and she had some injuries as well. It seemed like the fight with Li Xiuniang was not very easy for her either.

The two girls then stared angrily at each other from their own stages. It seemed like they wanted to fight again.

As time passed, more and more stages flew toward the Five Pine Summit. Aside from Zhong Yue and the core disciples from the top ten clans, the ordinary upper house disciples' appeared to be similarly competent. This made their fights even tougher; the ownership of the stages had changed numerous times. It seemed that the winners only barely won as they had injuries all over them.

Zhong Yue looked around and saw Shui Qingyan fly to the summit with a stage as well. He had barely any injuries.

The battle lasted for a day, from the morning to the afternoon and from the afternoon to the night. As the upper house disciples continued their fight, the number of remaining stages were reduced, and the battles grew even more intense.

Finally, the battle ended on the second day.

Ting Lanyue had also managed to acquire the title of top hundred, but Tao Daier eventually failed. This made her very disappointed and upset. There were quite a number of girls who gathered around and comforted her.