57 Challenging Xue Wei (2/2)
Some youngsters jumped to the podium right away, and the sparring started. It was two Ninth layer Ordinary Warriors, and their strength was equal in every aspect.
They exchanged pointers in an orderly manner, taking turns to display their might, but in the end, they had to acknowledge that it was a tie and they left the stage.
Others jumped on stage and displayed their martial arts; all of them were doing their best to show off in front of the Crown Prince. They wanted to be handpicked by him to be groomed into becoming a new Primordial Beast Hunter or a pillar of strength for the royal family.
Unfortunately for them, the Crown Prince was not observing the sparring on the podium. Instead, he was deeply focused on a conversation with Xue Wei.
”Your uncle has been out hunting for a long time this time,” he commented, and Xue Wei nodded his head. ”Your Highness, Uncle informed me that he would be busy for some years, might even be a full decade before he returned. He has gone hunting Primordial Beasts after all.”
”I understand that it is impossible to know where to find these Primordial Beasts and that one can at most hope to encounter them. I expect that he is killing a whole lot of Fierce Beasts too. If he can diminish the numbers of Fierce Beasts with strength equivalent to Heavenly Warriors, then that, too, will be a great accomplishment.”
Xue Wei nodded his head, ”Your Highness is too kind. I am sure that Uncle would be honored to know that even Your Royal Highness is worried about his well-being.”
”Still, I know the strength of Uncle, and he is not one to be easily done in. As long as he hunts in the Kingdom of Heping, he will be absolutely safe.”
Xue Wei was completely certain when he spoke. To him, Xiao Lei was the mountain that held up the sky and ensured that no matter what the world would not collapse over him.
Since this was the case, then it was clear that he would be able to survive anything that the Kingdom of Heping had to offer. He had hunted Primordial Beasts many times before, and he had always been successful.
Xue Wei's certainty affected the Crown Prince. ”He has nothing to fear in the Kingdom of Heping?” He muttered to himself before his eyes turned bright.
”There is a rumor that Xiao Lei has long since transcended the Heavenly Warrior stage, perhaps this is so?” he muttered to himself so low that no one heard him, but his lips rose into a great smile. Getting a good relationship with Xue Wei was paramount now.
Many of the youngsters in the group were unhappy. They wished to strike up a relationship with the Crown Prince, but he was busy chatting with someone who they did not deem special in their eyes, and thus anger roared in the minds of many.
”I would like to challenge Xue Wei!” someone suddenly called out. The entire place went silent, and the Crown Prince frowned. On one side, he was pleased with the fact that Xue Wei would be trialed on the podium. He too wanted to see if he had any special abilities.
On the other hand, he was very displeased with the fact that he was being interrupted in the middle of a conversation with someone. It was a lack of respect towards him as the Crown Prince, but his curiosity won over. He smiled at Xue Wei.
”Someone has challenged you. The expert is a ninth layer Ordinary Warrior, and you are the same age. You have no reason to decline the challenge.”
Xue Wei laughed too. He did not fear anyone of the Ordinary Warrior rank, and thus he just shook his head and moved to the stage.
He could have activated the Forbidden Rush movement technique and arrived on the stage with flair, but he was not willing to display his Forbidden Rush technique anytime soon.
If he wished to have a chance against a second layer Earth Warrior, then he needed to depend on Forbidden Rush, which was his trump card.
Walking steadily up to the stage, Xue Wei looked at his opponent. It was a young man; his hair was tidy and neatly tied up on top of his head with a small hairpin made from gold that kept it in place.
He wore a set of clothes made from Fierce Beast hide, and his body was burly and filled with strength. It was clear that he had trained his body alongside his Qi.
It was quite rare for someone to train their bodies alongside their Qi, as it was something that took time, and in the end, it was a pointless activity as one's body would be enhanced the more Qi one absorbed. Eventually, even though someone had cultivated their bodies, they would be overtaken by others in the form of physical strength too.
This young man held absolute confidence in himself. He was currently the expert in the capital with the most physical strength beneath the Earth Warrior rank. His muscles bulged under the Fierce Beast Hide.
”You can always give up before we begin.” He grinned at Xue Wei, who just shook his head. Comparing physical strength? This was something that he was actually quite interested in.
”I heard that you have a strength to match thousand Ordinary Warriors,” the man continued as he looked at Xue Wei, ”but looking at your frail figure, you cannot have trained your body. Compared to me, you are just a weakling who has only cultivated Qi!”