Previously, every match of Long Ding would draw lots of cheers from the clansmen.
From the beginning, he had not lost any of the matches.
However, now that he was defeated, the cheers were replaced with a deadly silence that weighed down on his heart.
Long Ding's face was very pale. His whole body was drenched in cold water that also hid his sweat. The area surrounding him had a huge palmprint and that was caused by the hand of water.
"I thought that with my cultivation, no one in this city would be my match. Looks like I was a little too overconfident…" He laughed in self-derision and walked away in a crestfallen manner.
Shen Mo's expression changed drastically when he saw the result of the battle. He understood that whatever the girl said was most likely true.
"Damnit! Little girl, you revealed a weak aura to make me underestimate you while in reality, you just wanted to act like a pig to eat the tiger!"
When looked at the other sister sitting beside him, he felt even more aggrieved. "Umm Little sister, I just remember that I have to go somewhere. If you could give me my payment…"
The older girl shot the man a fierce glare that made him swallow his next words. As far he was concerned, if the little girl was this strong, then her older sister was no pushover either.
He didn't know that he wasn't the only one who was feeling worried. The older sister was also in a similar position.
"Jingyi, why is it so hard for you to keep a low profile? If we offend that senior in any way, aunt's efforts will be in vain…" She felt a huge headache coming her way when she thought of this.
Contrary to other's feelings the girl was standing with a nonchalant expression on her face.
Although she didn't say anything, when she looked at the clan's other youths without showing any signs of getting off the arena, they understood that she still wanted to fight.
Long Sheng, who was one of the top ten contestants, jumped on the arena when he saw the others hesitating.
"Please instruct me!" He bowed and took out his sword. From his statement and stance, it was evident that he was extremely wary of her.
As soon as the match started, he unsheathed his crimson sword that glowed with a fiery light.
"Since she likes to play defensive, then I'll just unleash my strongest spell in one go!"
Raising his sword in an overhead strike, he gathered a stream of crimson flames in it.
With a low shout, he sent the 30 metres tall fiery sword slash towards the girl.
"This isn't all! Fire Force!" Making a hand sign, he spat out a mouthful of Qi that turned into a fireball as tall as him and rushed towards the girl.
While the others found his power impressive, the girl was unfazed by any of it. She casually raised her hand and delivered a punch forward.
The silk band in her hand liquefied and took the form of a fist and rushed towards the incoming flame arc.
When the sword arc touched the hand, it split the fist in two and immediately destroyed the middle finger. Once the sword arc severed the palm, the fireball clashed with the severed palm which turned more than half of the water into a fog.
"Hmph, do you think I can only defend?" The girl pointed a finger forwards and caused the forefinger of the water fist to turn into a dragon and rush forwards towards her opponent.
Long Sheng's face filled with fear as he saw the water dragon rushing towards him. He quickly raised his sword and pierced towards the incoming dragon with a flaming thrust.
"Futile!" The girl sneered and consecutively opened the fingers of the fist. Since the middle finger was destroyed, four water dragons were created out of the remaining fingers.
As soon as Long Sheng destroyed the first dragon, the other three dragons hit him directly in the chest and threw him off the stage.
"Son!" A woman quickly rushed forwards towards him.
Because he had inhaled a lot of water, Long Sheng violently coughed for a minute. "I'm alright mom…"
After standing up unsteadily with the support of his mother, he looked at the girl and asked, "What was I lacking?"
"Your sword relies more on fire than the sword itself!" She replied nonchalantly.
Long Sheng nodded and clasped his hands towards her. "Thank you for your guidance!"
He possessed a sharp sense of hearing. Hence, he could hear the words she had spoken to Long Ding about his use of force.
While the others were shocked by this development, it was a different case for the Long Clan's elders.
Long Ling'er looked at the scene with a sharp gaze. "Did you notice it too?"
"Hmm." Long Fang who was sitting beside her nodded. "This girl's cultivation base is very weird. If I'm not wrong someone has sealed it so that she appears at the eighth level of Qi Condensation. I can't even figure out the number of acupoints she has activated."
"Nevertheless, we can't deny that the girl is indeed talented. Changsheng, go and check that girl's background and report to me." Long Qiansheng ordered a cultivator beside him and creased his brows.
After thinking for a while he sighed with a bit of disappointment. "Seeing her powers, we can safely assume that one in the current generation is her opponent. Although it's a bit unfortunate, we should end the competition now."
He was feeling a little disappointment in his heart while saying that. It had been decades since an outsider had managed to defeat someone of their clan, much less so easily. "Oh well, since she took the trouble to perform in the arena, she must be wanting to join the clan. Talented youngsters like her are indeed rare."
Just when he was about to announce the ending of the competition, Long Zheng who hadn't spoken till now voiced his opinion. "Are we really letting an outsider win against our top prodigy?"
"Long Zheng, what do you mean?" The question was so abrupt that others felt something was wrong.
Long Zheng casually replied, "An unknown girl beating our geniuses one after one…when was the last time something like this happened? Not to mention that this girl's cultivation seems to be at the great circle of Qi Condensation. Her battle experience would automatically put her above the others. In short, this entire exchange is unfair and is only making short of our clansmen."
He continued, "Send one or two more cultivators to fight against her. When her spiritual Qi is diminished, we'll send in my daughter. Her cultivation base is high and being an alchemist, her spiritual strength is also refined. This girl's lack of spiritual Qi and Qingxue's lack of battle arts… it should be a fair fight."
The elders became silent and looked at the youths participating in the competition. It was clear they were moved by the proposal.
Although the method proposed by him was a bit shameless, there was indeed some logic behind it.
After hesitating for a moment, Long Ling'er gritted her teeth and said, "Cangyue, bring Qingxue to the arena!"
"But she's a…" Ji Cangyue was about to say something when Long Zheng shot her a calm look that made her suppress her words. With a sour mood, she nodded and excused herself.
She needed to fetch Qingxue as the latter was actually cultivating in her room instead of observing the competition. However just as she was about to step outside, her body froze.
"Since when did we start forcing alchemists to fight?" A cold voice belonging to a female resounded. A strikingly beautiful woman with an expression just as cold as her voice appeared in the room.
Meanwhile, in the arena, the girl named Jingyi was getting impatient. She had clearly felt the gazes of Jade Core experts on her. However, there was still no response from them.
Her mood fell. This wasn't how she thought things would play out. Seeing that no one was trying to challenge her, she pointed at a person and called out. "Who among you will spar me?"
Although her words seemed polite, her tone wasn't. It was because she wasn't used to using such speech. If not for her appointment, she wouldn't have wasted her time fighting such useless battles.
Just as a look of derision appeared on her face, a gust of wind blew across her face that forced her to close her eyes. When she opened them again, she saw a white-haired figure suddenly appear on the stage.
Black robe, tanned brown skin and a head full of ashen white hair. Even though the number of pretty boys she had seen was uncountable, her heart still skipped a beat when she looked at his handsome face and demonic features. This person was naturally Tianlong.
"Let's fight!" As soon as he stood on top of the stage, he unsheathed an iron sword and pointed towards her.
His words which were filled with calmness snapped her out of distraction. "Impossible!" Even she couldn't believe what just happened to her. "Moreover, where was he till now? With his looks, he should be easily noticeable in the crowd!"
It wasn't only him but also many members of the audience. His looks were too eye-catching.
While most people didn't recognise him, the eyes of the younger generation's lit up. "Brother Yun!"
Many of the competitors excitedly spoke his name at the same time. They all recognised him.
Tianlong smiled and nodded at them while still maintaining eye contact with the female.
When the girl tried to see his cultivation, she found to tell his level at all. Everything seemed to be covered in a layer of fog.