49 Display of Prowess (1/2)

The stone-faced young man's countenance turned frosty. His figure looked aloof and the air of supremacy born from being an unparalleled existence among his generation made him stood out like sore thumb amidst his fellow disciples.

His subordinates that silently stood five steps away from him stared at Jiang Tian as if they were looking at a foolish commoner that knew nothing about the identity of the Emperor. Daring to provoke their Senior Brother, he must be courting his death!

”Foolish brat, don't you know about the identity of the man standing before you?” An Inner Disciple spoke from behind with mocking laced within his tone. Jiang Tian merely smiled towards his questions and paid no heed to his mocking.

As someone who once reached the peak of existence, he couldn't be bothered with dealing against these bunch of arrogant young masters. Only those that dared to stand against his way shall be decimated.

The stone-faced young man lifted a palm and the Inner Disciples behind him stopped their conversations. Staring at Jiang Tian in amusement, his eyes gleamed with the same light as those that observed animals in the wilderness. It was filled with fascination to those beings with lower intelligence.

”Stand up...” He said with the same indifferent voice and Jiang Tian obliged.

But since his knees were still on Xia Hanzo's chest. When he stood up, the force from his feet and his weight crashed against Xia Hanzo's chest and made him spat a mouthful of blood once again.

If Xia Hanzo tried faking his fainting earlier, then right now, there's no way that he could still remain conscious after Jiang Tian's stomping.

”Guaaahhh...” A gurgling cry came out of Xia Hanzo's throat as Jiang Tian remained standing on his chest. Jiang Tian remained indifferent all this while as the stone-faced man lifted an eyebrow and said.

”What are you doing?” He asked and Jiang Tian shrugged.

”Didn't you asked me to stand up?” Jiang Tian replied with a defiant tone. If he was just an average disciple, then he may have already kneeled on the ground and asked for forgiveness.

The stone-faced young man's amusement turned into rage when he heard Jiang Tian's defiant voice. In his eyes, someone of Jiang Tian's cultivation wasn't even worthy of mention but such an insignificant existence actually dared to talk back at him. How could he let such a humiliation go?

”Interesting, to think that someone from the Outer Disciples actually dared to talk back against the strongest Inner Disciple of the Xia Clan. Hahaha, should I praise you for your defiance or should I laugh at your stupidity?”

The stone-faced young man finally changed expressions and laughed out loud. His voice rang loud and clear and it transformed into an intangible pressure that assaulted the souls of the Outer Disciples as all of them subconsciously kneeled on the ground.

”J-J-Junior Brother...” Xia Lei tried pushing himself off the ground but the pressure from the stone-faced young man proved too difficult to counter as Xia Lei mumbled these words amidst his desperation.

Jiang Tian maintained his calm smile, the tempest that formed around the stone-faced young man that attacked his soul were forcefully absorbed by his Ghost Emperor Scripture. If Jiang Tian claimed second as the strongest expert regarding souls, no one would dare to claim first!

The stone-faced young man witnessed Jiang Tian's nonchalant smile and he felt challenged. Pointing at Jiang Tian, he mumbled an incantation and the tempest transformed into a sharp and intangible beam of concentrated energy that assaulted Jiang Tian's sea of memories.

Jiang Tian knitted his eyebrows, as someone who stood at the peak back in his previous life. It was the first time that someone dared to challenge him and it was even in a battle of souls!

Lifting an amused smile, his Ghost Emperor Scripture rotated and as soon as the stone-faced young man's attack landed on his body. It immediately disappeared like a rock falling into the ocean.

”Eh?” Before he could comprehend what just happened. An abyssal black beam exploded from Jiang Tian's body and flew towards his head. He didn't even have the time to react as it pierced the center of his eyebrows and infiltrated his sea of memories.

His figure in the outside world turned rigid as Jiang Tian maintained the composed smile on his face. Xia Lei who saw the stone-faced young man's attack closed his eyes in despair and hopelessness but after realizing that nothing happened to Jiang Tian even when several breaths of time has passed, everyone turned to look at the former with astonished eyes.

”What just happened? Didn't Senior Brother attacked that brat? Why is he still standing there like nothing happened? Shouldn't be squirming in pain on the ground right now?” An Inner Disciple said amidst the silence and everyone around him started discussing.

”Someone actually survived Senior Brother's charged soul attack? How could he possibly do that?” Another Inner Disciple chimed in prompting the reply of his comrade beside him.

”Could it be that he has an Artifact that protects him from soul attacks?!” The voice of this particular Inner Disciple rang loud and clear and those disciples that heard his voice turned to look intently at Jiang Tian.

Scanning his body, apart from his Outer Disciples robes he didn't really have anything that resembled an Artifact. And those broken-down Rattan Straw Flipflops couldn't possibly an Artifact, right? They all thought in their heads.