250 No More Than Three Moves (1/2)

”Would the Thunder Knife Sect suggest something like this if they were not extremely confident?”

Zhou Donghuang shook his head with a smile after he heard what He Mengxi said.

Before he arrived, He Mengxi had told him the details of what had happened. He knew that what was unfolding before him was the suggestion of somebody from the Thunder Knife Sect.

If they were not confident, why would they suggest something like this?

If things were going as planned, then the four from the Thunder Knife Sect who had come down this time were undeniably the sect's four strongest adepts who were at the mid Dharma stage.

”Cheng Yanyang, core disciple of the Thunder Knife Sect.”

There were still two people from the Thunder Knife Sect who had not yet stepped forward. Of the pair, the young lady stepped forward as the crowd watched. She descended, her robes billowing softly in the wind like butterflies. There was something curiously enchanting about her every move.

The moment she opened her mouth to speak, the crowd was instantly frightened.

The Thunder Knife Sect originated from the Lightning Sword Sect, so whatever was going on in that sect was essentially just a replication of what the Lightning Sword Sect had going on.

For example, the Lightning Sword Sect had five external halls and four internal valleys. The Thunder Knife Sect did, too.

The Lightning Sword Sect had the Lightning Peak. The Thunder Knife Sect had the Thunder Palace.

The assessment criteria for the core disciples of the Thunder Knife Sect were also aligned to those of the Lightning Sword Sect.

The Cheng Yanyang lady standing right in front of them now was a core disciple of the Thunder Knife Sect, but she was also an adept at the mid Dharma stage. This was testament to the fact that she was not necessarily any less competent than core disciple Hu Jian of the Lightning Sword Sect.

”A female disciple? A core disciple who's at the mid Dharma stage?”

The higher-ups of the Lightning Sword Sect, who were under the leadership of Sect Leader Yu Yucheng, looked towards Thunder Knife Sect Leader Luo Yuanqiu, only to find that the smile on Luo Yuanqiu's face seemed to be growing more and more radiant, as if in appraisal of the female disciple.

”Sect Leader Luo.”

At this time, Autumn Valley Lord Lian Kun looked at Luo Yuanqiu and asked curiously, ”Of Thunder Knife Sect adepts who are at the mid Dharma stage, who is stronger, this female core disciple or the one you've recently accepted?”

As Lian Kun spoke, his gaze subconsciously shifted to Han Yuzheng who had been standing behind Luo Yuanqiu.

”Haha…”

Luo Yuanqiu chuckled as he said, ”That girl Cheng Yanyang, she will lose within three moves when she goes up against Yuzheng.”

Lian Kun's eyes constricted when he heard what Luo Yuanqiu said. Lian Can, who had since returned to his side, was also so frightened that his face paled.

In the next second, the crowd's gaze turned once again towards the Thunder Knife Sect core disciple, Cheng Yanyang, and everyone become a little more somber.

”Please.”

After Cheng Yanyang's feet touched the ground, Hu Jian nodded at her.

He did not let his guard down just because the opponent standing right in front of him now was a woman. He knew that it was equally difficult for one to become a core disciple in the Thunder Knife Sect before one reached the Primordial Soul stage just as it was in the Lightning Sword Sect.

The lower your training level, the more difficult a feat it was.

It was more difficult at the late Dharma stage than it was at the ultimate Dharma stage, and it was even more difficult at the mid Dharma stage than it was at the late Dharma stage!

He was, to date, the only disciple of the Lightning Sword Sect who was at the mid Dharma stage. This was proof enough of how difficult for a Lightning Sword Sect disciple to become a core disciple while they were at the mid Dharma stage.

The only exception was if one were extremely lucky and landed themselves in a unique situation, like the situation that had unfolded earlier.

The Lightning Sword Sect Leader had promised that the Summer Valley disciple, Lian Can could move to the Lightning Peak ahead of time to become a core disciple as long as he could defeat the Thunder Knife Sect inner disciple.

If Lian Can won, he could become the Lightning Sword Sect's second core disciple who was at the mid Dharma stage.

The thing was, he had failed.

Of course, the fact that he even had this opportunity at all after landing in such a situation was due to luck, but it was also mostly due to the fact that he was the foster son of the Summer Valley Lord, Lian Kun.

If he were any regular Summer Valley disciple, there was no way the Lightning Sword Sect leader would have made such a promise.

”I'm not one to strike while my opponent's still down, so you can take some time to heal,” Cheng Yanyang said.

”I didn't expend a lot so it's not going to affect much.” Hu Jian shook his head.

”Just heal. I don't want to be condemned,” Cheng Yanyang said again.

Hu Jian, hearing what she said, could do little but to sit with his legs crossed. He took out a high-quality spirit stone, absorbing its inner Yuan to recover the Dharma power in his body that he had expended.

After a few breaths, he was done healing. He stood up immediately. ”All done.”

”Please.”

Cheng Yanyang had obviously wanted for Hu Jian to make the first move.

Hu Jian, on the other hand, did not want to be careless. Since she was offering to have him make the first move, he made no move to decline the offer. After all, this was on the home court of the Lightning Sword Sect.

If he handed the right over to her only to lose, he would have killed the Lightning Sword Sect's last hope.

Of course, he was only having such thoughts because he did not hear what the Thunder Knife Sect leader, Luo Yuanqiu, had said to the Lightning Sword Sect's Summer Valley Lord, Lian Kun.

Within the Thunder Knife Sect, the strongest mid Dharma adept was not Cheng Yanyang… It was the mid Dharma adept who was only 24 years old, Han Yuzheng!

Whew!

Hu Jian's Dharma power manifested in the form of a huge blade ten-meters long. It followed behind him as he flew at full speed, charging towards Cheng Yanyang.

Buzz!!