"Urgh.... It hurts!" Lin Wu grunted in pain as he clutched his chest, the spear in his hands was fine but unlike his spear his body wasn't fine.
His hands were quivering and shaking from the strong attack he received.
"As expected from someone at the peak of the fourth stage." He said so while kneeling before getting up from the ground.
As he stood up he brandished his spear and prepared to strike at his opponent. Seeing him get up, Jing Pu smiled.
"So persistent, but it still wouldn't change the fact that you will lose."
Jing Pu charged ahead at Lin Wu and once again used his technique but to his surprise Lin Wu didn't move and closed his eyes.
Suddenly the aura around Lin Wu rose and Jing Pu felt danger as he unconsciously stopped his steps.
Jing Pu paused but he continued. He didn't want to give his opponent a chance to attack. Also the rising energy from Lin Wu made him feel a sense of danger.
"Lin Wu! You've lost!" He shouted hoping to distract Lin Wu but to no avail. As he neared Lin Wu, his opponent's mouth suddenly opened along with his eyes.
Eyes filled with determination to win and an overbearing voice resounded around the stage.
"Sword Emperor's Strike!" Lin Wu shouted and all of the Nyxavor around him gathered in the spear.
Then, he thrusted his spear at his incoming opponent.
"Flowing Spear technique!" Jing Pu's voiced out as he unleashed his technique, his Nyxars suddenly rising to an incredible amount.
From 59.... to 60.... 63.... Then finally it stopped at 68.
Seeing the increase in strength Lin Wu frowned but he did not stop his attack instead, he charged forward to meet his opponent.
Boom!
Their energies clashed and a loud boom resounded in the stage causing a shock wave to reach the spectators.
"Kyaaa!" Some of the female disciples let out a scream, while some disciples wondered about the results as they could not see through the smoke that came out of nowhere.
"The winner of the first match....." Ling Mei announced but she paused and waited for the smoke to clear.
Thud!
One of them fell to the ground and their silhouettes could finally be seen. The one who fell was...
"Jing Pu!"
It was Lin Wu, he was defeated by the overwhelming advantage of cultivation, though it was not that Jing Pu wasn't injured by his strike.
Jing Pu received a heavy wound in his right shoulder which was now dripping with blood.
"Bring him to the medicine peak!" Ling Mei ordered and two disciples carried the unconscious Lin Wu before another guided Jing Pu towards someone and bandaged his shoulder.
"He lost but looking at the technique he used, if he was at the same level as Jing Pu he would've won but unfortunately he joined too early." Siphyr shook his head as he shrugged his shoulders.
The disciples near him couldn't help but agree with his words and they wondered who Siphyr was as they hadn't seen him before.
"Lin Mu, Hu Wang, get on the stage and ready your weapons."
The two came up on the stage and each brought out their spears.
Naturally the two of them had their own treasures as you could also exchange your luminesce points for them.
However, Hu Wang's weapon was Spirit Grade unlike Lin Mu's. His spear was only essence grade as his family didn't bother to give a weapon to a disgrace like him.
"If only I was treated better, but because of my talent they didn't even use much resources on me as they waited for Lin Wu to cultivate." Lin Mu mumbled cursing his family.
This was the reason he turned out to hate his brother, he was jealous and envious of him.
Resources that were meant for him were halved because they were stored in for Lin Wu.
"I can't wait to finally have the chance to feel superior to him." Or so he mumbled as he got on a fighting stance.
He lowered his body and focused on his opponent, carefully observing him.
To Hu Wang's surprise he felt a threat coming from Lin Wu.
"He's strong..." Hu Wang thought as he also formed a fighting stance.
"Ready?" They nodded at her words
"Then, begin!"
This time no one moved and made the first strike as they both waited for a moment of opening, and striking first would lead to having an opening.
However after a while Hu Wang made a move contrary to what they guessed. They thought that Lin Mu would be attacking first but he was more patient than they thought.
"You know even someone as talented as me could have a fortuitous encounter."
"Spear technique... Thunder Strike!" He shouted inwardly not to his opponent and he disappeared from his spot.
As he reappeared purple lighting formed a line from where he was before until where he appeared.
Crackle!
The sizzling sound of lightning resounded and Lin Mu smacked the end of his spear to the ground, cracking it before looking from behind.
"You've lost, Hu Wang."
He said to which Hu Wang who paused his movement mid way fell to the ground with a thud.
He coughed out blood grasping his chest which was now leaking with blood.
As to how this happened, when Lin Mu approached closer to Hu Wang he spun around to his right and slashed his spear like a sword against his chest.
This all happened in an instant which greatly shocked the disciples and they grimaced at the results.
Lin Mu's cultivation then rose to the 6th stage reaching the numbers of 83 Nyxars.
"Lin Mu... Wins the match!" Ling Mei shouted the results but there was a clear hesitation to her words.
She was clearly not happy with the results and even frowned but remembering who Lin Mu will be fighting in the finals she regained her calm.
"Everyone, listen! I have something to announce, and the sect elder had also already agreed with this decision."
"Truth be told, I already have a candidate to appoint as the next head disciple." She paused and the crowd went noisy before she continued,
"Silence! As much as I want to appoint him directly it wouldn't be fair to the ones who fought for the position, that is why the elder and I agreed on this."
She glanced at the top of the mountain where the elder stayed, even though it was said that the elder will be on the choosing, she will only be watching from above.
"That's why the one who will win between the two, Lin Mu and Jing Pu will fight against the one I choose." Ling Mei announced and no one disagreed.
Ling Mei was someone they respected even though she always had a cold and scary expression on her face.
That's why even the contestants couldn't refute, especially Lin Mu who didn't mind as he was confident with his skills.