Chapter 369: The Top Sixteen List (1/2)

Chapter 369: The Top Sixteen List

Translator: OneshotwonderEditor: Hitesh_

Michaux didn't seem wanting to attack either. There were many ways of fighting a battle with sound waves, and both Michaux and Qin Yue had decided not to go with a physical method.

Qin Yue was a quiet and elegant-looking girl. She slowly plugged the harp and made a few notes. The attack of the soul-devouring harp was pervasive; the victim wouldn't even realize he or she was under attack.

Michaux stood quietly and listened attentively, as if he were enjoying the music. The music was indeed soul touching; slowly, Michaux could feel that he was getting younger, and in a few seconds, he had to become a kid that he used to be. In front of Michaux stood a haughty figure. The man patted Michaux's head and asked, ”Child, would you like to be the new divine master?”

Michaux nodded, and then, just like that, he had become the young divine master; it was as simple as that.

Since then, he had learned that this man's name was Divine Path, and he had followed him so closely that Divine Path had become all that he cared for in his life.

”But, who exactly are you?”

”What do I want?”

”Why do I follow you?”

One question bade another, and Michaux could answer none of them. To follow the Divine Path, he had forsaken kinship and friendship, and forgot about love and hate. Even after he had finally grasped the Divine Path, then what? The answer was simple: emptiness…boundless emptiness.

Michaux was not alone in his feeling, as Qin Yue's music had driven the emotions of all audiences up and down.

Qin Yue was not here to fight but to return a favor to the Divine Sect for her master. The former divine master had enlightened Qin Lanyue, and the enlightenment had helped her make the breakthrough in her cultivation. Although Odin was a genius in cultivation, he knew practically nothing about living a normal life. Qin Lanyue reckoned that his nativity in real life would ultimately hinder his cultivation, and therefore she had sent Qin Yue to enlighten him.

Michaux Odin felt lost in his blind pursuit of the Divine Path, and he also felt something more primal pushing him from the inside. Michaux had kept a celibate life voluntarily, since the Sect had never banned the cardinal knowledge. Right then, Michaux felt the burning of an unnamed desire for the first time while looking at the beautiful girl in front of him.

The harp also drew all the audiences deeper into their memories, memories filled with grievance, craze, and bliss.

Unlike the thunder drum, the soul-devouring harp's attack was much more personal, as it was tied directly to one's memories, the building blocks of the soul.

If the instrument practice could be counted as one type of cultivation, the music would be the tactics. When the instrumentalist finally reached the deepest layer of his or her soul using music, it was considered the equivalent of a cultivator having reached the Divine Path.

Michaux's face changed through a series of expressions, and perhaps it was the first time he had ever felt so many feelings and emotions bundled all together, toiling inside him.

After a while, Michaux slowly opened his eyes, and the music stopped as well.

”Much appreciated! ” Michaux's voice held the edge of a calm that threatened to explode. No one knew what the music had done to the young master.

Qin Yue put away the harp and bowed. ”You are more than welcome. My master wanted me to tell you that be prepared for the path you have embarked, for it is a lonely one. ”

Michaux cracked a smile and replied, ”At least I have loneliness accompanying me.”

Qin Yue was slightly shocked by the answer she got. She hesitated for half a second and then turned to the referee. ”I concede my defeat.”

If one understood the two's fight, they would perfectly understand the outcome. Otherwise, the fight and the result would be outright preposterous. Although many people came to the tournament to seek glory, not everyone was here with that same goal.

”The winner is —Michaux Odin!”

In the third section, Li Ruoer used ”Rosy” and defeated Lei Long, while in the fourth section, Lie Jian sent Mo Xie home with only one single punch.

In the seventh section, Li Xin, the thunder blade, had defeated a strong opponent, Youla.

In the eighth section, Zhang Buyu took the victory with ease.