'Sword devil,' the name sounds ominous, but it was such a name that gave the cultivators of the Sundai region light.
Twenty years ago, the Sundai region was on the lower end of the grade eight region, being looked down upon by fellow grade eight regions as one of the weakest regions among them, but it was from this region an extraordinary genius appeared.
Cultivators do not know his name, they only call him Sword Devil
Sword Devil was true to his name because his sword art is like the devil itself, very trickish, elegant, and above all, very suicidal; he has no regard for his life.
"But I thought sword devil was killed in that battle? how can he have a son?" Said a chubby elder in reply to the elder who mentioned the sword devil's name
"Yes, sword devil was killed; I saw it with my own eyes; he was-." An elder was trying to agree with what the chubby elder said, but he was stopped by the sect head.
"Enough!, Elder Chao da and Elder Gui Fu will have six months of their allowance cut off from them". Said the sect head.
"But sect hea-." Both elders tried to interject. "Enough!, I have spoken". The sect head spoke to them with a strict visage.
""Ah!"". They sighed.
"How unlucky". Chao da said while shaking his head.
Elder Lei looked at both elders and thought (fools, how can you bring up that battle? Don't you know that battle was the shame of the Sword River sect? How did you expect the sect head to react).
Elder Lei then looked towards Rale, who was among the audience and thought.
(So Sword Devil is alive, he also has a son, the boy is so courageous to admit that the sword art was taught to him by his father, maybe he is not aware that 'one sword end it all' is Sword Devil's uniqueness, didn't sword devil tell him to be cautious outside, regarding the number of enemies he has, he should be more clear on that point than me, but he still allowed his boy to be careless. Anyway, as long as he is in the Sword River sect, no one can harm him under my watch, hmmph! I hope he will be as brilliant as his father).
Elder Lei twirled his beard as he removed his eyes from Rale and focused on the ongoing matches
The competition was a feast of laughter for the older disciples as they watched new disciples embarrass themselves.
Some disciples were just ordinary people before becoming cultivators; when they faced former martial artists who were now cultivators, they could not even put up a fight; they would be defeated easily and embarrassingly.
Some of the more weak-hearted disciples would even piss on their bodies when exposed to killing intent and murder momentum by former martial artist disciples.
There was an exception to this, which was Sake and the other high-class quality spirit root.
Sake is in the completion of the skin refining stage, a thin line from the muscle tempering stage.
Half of the new disciples with high-quality spirit roots are in the muscle-tempering stage, while the rest are only a thin line from the stage.
They had their battle easy, even if some of them were not experienced.
Sake came from a family of martial artists, so he did not fear his opponent's killing intent when he was matched with a former martial artist, but he was able to fight calmly and defeat his opponent.
Most noteworthy was the boy with superior class wind attribute spirit root and Jiao Dayu because they both were the new disciples with the highest cultivation so far.
The boy with the superior class spirit root is in the bone-tempering stage, while Jiao Dayu's level of cultivation is inestimable, but she is in the body-refining rank.
The competition continued to various rounds around the ten groups. It started getting intense.
No competitor wanted to lose because it might kill their chances of qualifying out of the group stage,.
The strong-hearted disciples were able to put up an exciting performance when they fought.
"Zeron versus Kogee". Eldest senior sister Sonia Lee announced.
(So it's my turn now). Zeron thought as he walked to the top of the stage, and opposite him was his opponent 'Kogee', a dark-skinned boy who looked like he grew up in the desert.
What was most attention-grabbing about Kogee was his sharp eyes and evil visage. He looks like an evil person.
"Oh, that guy wants to fight that evil guy; hope he isn't going to get broken." Said someone among the new disciples.
"Yeah, yeah, I saw that evil guy during the recruitment exam; man, he was damn scary; I think he is a real killer." Interjected another new disciple who was standing close to the first person who commented on the fight
"Yes, yes, really a dangerous guy; sorry to the other guy".
Most of the new students was whispering among themselves.
"You guys don't know what you are saying; my brother Zeron has defeated worse guys than him, people that are more scary looking, you will see". Said Sake while huffing, hating the fact that they were underestimating Zeron.
On the stage.
"Draw your sword". Kogee said.
Zeron faced Kogee and smiled, saying, " I don't need it".
"Huh?, You!". Kogee was enraged, he thought Zeron was looking down on him
"Just because you have a superior quality spirit root does not give you the right to look down on me; I will show you that it's bad to underestimate your opponent."
"Haa!" Kogee screamed and then attacked with a punch, which created a Sonic boom in the air with two rings.
Zeron looked at the approaching fist and thought.
(Sigh, I did not want to use my sword not because I am looking down on you, but because I don't find it necessary to do so.)
The moment Kogee's fist approached Zeron's face, he shifted his face to the left, which made the fist pass through him and counter-attacked with a straight punch to Kogee's chest.
"Arrgh!". Kogee held his stomach with his right hand as he moved backward.
He was gasping for air as Zeron's punch was very strong.
Kogee half kneeled as he faced Zeron. He said. "No wonder you don't need to use your sword, you are very strong. But no matter what, I am a cultivator of the muscle tempering stage, I will not be defeated easily"
"Haa!". He screamed again as he attacked Zeron; he gave Zeron a kick to the face, which Zeron reacted by blocking with his right hand; Kogee then changed his kick to a roundabout kick, which Zeron ducked, followed by a furious storm of punches, which Zeron either blocked or evaded.
....
After five minutes, Kogee was gasping for air.
"Huff! Huff!, You are very str-ron-g". His shortness of breath did not let him complete his sentence fully.
After a few seconds, Kogee's breath returned to normal.
Zeron looked at Kogee and said. "Now it's my turn to attack, be careful".
Kogee faced Zeron with a serious look on his villain appearance and nodded his head. He straightened his body and stood in a fighting posture.
"I'm ready".
That was the last thing Kogee could remember saying before he was knocked out cold