Chapter 95 - A Devious Plan Being Hatched (1/2)

Back to a minute earlier, inside Mesa's mind.

['JARVIS, help me out here! Is there any way to release the Bankai right now?']

[”Yes sir. You can pay 500,000 system credits to forcefully release it. This Bankai release is just a one-time only event and until you have unlocked the Bankai in the way that you should have, you will have to pay 500,000 system credits every time you want to release a Bankai.”

['JARVIS, do it!']

”Not…yet! Ban… kai! Zan… ka… no… Ta… chi!” Whispered a very strained Mesa who was frozen solid. And then, a tornado of energy threatened to explode out of Mesa. But quick use of the Power Stone absorbs all of the energy that exploded out of him and kept the Infinity Gauntlet hidden as much as possible. Without it, everyone on the Profound Sky continent would have the outburst of energy and it would have drawn in the Sacred Grounds like moths to a flame. But everyone at the Mighty Heavenly Sword Villa did feel the enormous outburst of power that came from Mesa and were shocked silent at it. Xia Qingyue, who was at ground zero, even started trembling at the power and the heat that came of Mesa. Everything that was frozen just earlier was now either burned or had all its moisture evaporated. The intense heat was so bad that everyone used their most powerful abilities, just to shield themselves. The Elders of the Four Major Sects and even Ling Kun came down to help with the barrier.

Back at the arena, Mesa had transformed. His left hand was still the Boosted Gear, but now, he wore a shihakushō. But the most eye-catching thing off all, was his clothes and sword. They were both releasing smoke and looked like they were scorched with fire.

Xia Qingyue was looking at Mesa wide open eyes and taking steps back. The amount of heat that he emitted right now, was far greater than anything she felt earlier. All of her ice was being sublimated in front of her and nothing she did could stop it. Raising his sword to the sky with one hand, Mesa looks at Xia Qingyue with a dead look in his eyes as he whispers the name of his attack: ”Zanka no Tachi, Kita: Tenchi Kaijin.

BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST!

TRANSFER!

And then, he slashed downward. It was a slash of such great power and heat and so incredibly thin, that it slashed through anything in its path.

Xia Qingyue's instincts were screaming at her to dodge Mesa's attack. They were screaming at her that this attack would kill her. So in an act of total desperation, she shielded herself using every ounce of Profound Energy she had and put it all in her Ice Phoenix Snowflower Ribbon, that she used as a shield in front of her. And using the Frozen Cloud Asgard's movement skill, the Frozen Snow Dance Step, she tried to create as much distance as possible between her and Mesa.

But try as she might, Mesa's slash still arrived and she closed her eyes tightly in an instinctual response. After a second went by and she felt nothing, she carefully opened her eyes and was shocked to see the results. Her Ice Phoenix Snowflower Ribbon was cut in pieces, clearly showing that it did nothing to stop Mesa's slash. But looking at her body, there wasn't a single scratch on her. But when she looked to her right, that's when she saw it. The very ground itself was slashed and this slash continued on for many, many miles. A mountain that stood in the distance was even cleaved in half, vertically. The very fact that the audience were seated in two half circles around the arena with two walkways for the contestants to come to the arena where there was no one, made it a miracle that Mesa didn't hit anyone.

Looking at Mesa himself, he still held his sword to the ground and was trembling. But he himself was bleeding out of his mouth, nose and eyes, which themselves were bloodshot. With trembling hand, he shakily lifted his sword and pointed it towards Xia Qingyue and said in a very hoarse voice: ”Come… I still… got more… left.”

”I… surrender…” Said Xia Qingyue in a very faint voice, that was barely audible.

Ling Wugou, who was still processing everything that happened, still managed to hear her. Putting his hand in the air and with a loud voice, he announced the results: ”Xia Qingyue has admitted defeat, the champion of the Ranking Tournament is…Blue Wind Imperial Family's Mesa Uchiha!”

As Ling Wugou declared the conclusion of the finals, the ranking tournament was finally over. Shortly after, the atmosphere around Sword Discourse Arena became rowdy. Before the Ranking Tournament, nobody had even expected it to end like this. It was impossible for them to expect this outcome. If someone had proclaimed that the overall winner would be from Blue Wind Imperial Family, everyone would regard that person as a crazy retard.

Blue Wind Imperial Family. Originally, this name should have carried majestic might, but it had been ridiculed and insulted in the profound cultivating world. Today, for the first time in history, it had become the champion!

And immediately after the results were announced, Mesa collapsed to the ground and his shihakushō disappeared, leaving him in his regular shirt and pants clothes. His Boosted Gear on his left arm was deformed and these bulging veins formed on his left arm, just above the Boosted Gear. It was even so bad, that he started bleeding from various spots on his body.

Ling Yuefeng immediately sprang into action and had the medical staff take Mesa with them for immediate treatment.

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