Sitting at the table, Mr. Feran's eyes glistened, it was obvious that he was overjoyed. To find such a talent was incredibly rare, even in the capital, she would be among the top of the younger generation! With geniuses like this, they would be able to represent their Empire in front of the Shadow Sect with dignity. He realized that if she had already absorbed the Flame of Fire Sakura, then this girl was a future Alchemist.
Alchemists were valued throughout the world and any Sect! If they could introduce such a genius to the Shadow Sect, their Moon Shine Empire would definitely get their benefit!
- Unbelievable! Very good! Such a good seedling! - Mr. Feran, even praised this girl several times in a row.
- It's safe to say that I didn't come here for nothing! Young Lady Taemi, with young masters like you, we definitely have a future! You are definitely the one to be selected, we will definitely have to thank the Flowering Garden Clan for raising such a genius in our Empire. - The official solemnly announced.
- Young Lady, in a few days we will be traveling back to the Capital, and we will be waiting for you and your escorts. These few days should be enough time for you to inform your Clan. I think they will be very happy to hear the news! - The man explained with a smile.
- Thank you for the praise Mr. Feran! - Taemi bowed and left the makeshift arena. And everyone was still in shock and discussing her strength and the beauty of her techniques.
- Well, let's continue! Who's next? - Feran asked loudly.
At this moment, many people hesitated, for they were afraid that in contrast to a talent like Taemi, they would look pale and lose out on the spectacle... Many people wanted to wait for a few challengers to perform and then go after them. It went on like this for a few minutes until a guy jumped out at the price.
- ''Seen from the Enchanting Sword Family, 16 years old, Cultivator Sphere! - He proudly declared.
Pausing, he was silent for a bit, but then he opened his mouth and continued onward:
- ''Master, in order to demonstrate my skills, I need a real fight, so I want to challenge this guy to a fight... This guy right here! - With an evil look, he pointed the tip of his sword directly towards Kai.
It was the same guy who was trying to talk to Taemi when she tripped. Apparently he still held a grudge in his heart, and decided that he would kill two birds with one stone. He would perform right after Taemi, destroying the scumbag who was rumored to have recently groped her, while showing off his incredible skills.
In his head, he was already dreaming of going to the tournament among the empires with Taemi, and how grateful she would be to him for punishing the asshole. Now he was gritting his teeth in anger.
- You dare to accept my challenge?! - The boy shouted angrily.
At this moment, Kai stood there and smiled.
"I'm lucky today!" - He thought to himself.
All this time he was thinking about how he could do the best thing and what skills to demonstrate. At the same time, he also needed to get closer to Flick. He needed to be within a ten meter radius to get close to him lightning fast with the Shadow Tag Dance! But then, this clown pops up and gives Kai such a great opportunity! He even began to berate himself for not thinking of challenging someone to a fight. Thinking about it Kai slowly walked out to the center of the hall. He had become the center of attention again.
- Boy thank you! Your stupidity has already done me a favor twice today, hahaha! - Kai said loudly and started laughing.
The whole crowd was taken aback by this, although they didn't understand what Kai was talking about, but he calmly called Viden stupid in front of everyone, this kind of behavior is rarely seen in nobles. Even during arguments, they try to subtly prick the opponent's self-esteem and do not stoop to swearing. Kai, on the other hand, didn't give a damn about all the formalities and contrived politeness.
- Kai, 14 years old, Cultivator. - Calmly voiced Kai, consciously lying about his age.
Delivering the daggers, he calmly said:
- So, are you attacking, or are we going to continue admiring each other? - Kai asked with a smile.
At this moment, a cloaked figure laughed in the room from where the Lord and Official was coming out.
The boy named Viden already wanted to spit blood from anger, from such insolent words.
- I don't know how to hold back boy, you better be careful or you'll die inadvertently! - Viden shouted angrily and rushed at Kai with his sword. At this moment, a white mist seemed to appear near him, which began to obscure his presence a bit.
- Enchanting Sword Technique! - He shouted and began to attack.
He seemed to split into two and attacked from different directions. The observers couldn't tell where was illusion and where was reality! If you made the wrong choice, you'd just get cut! They had to defend themselves from all the attacks at once, both real and illusory. It was a very formidable technique in battle.
But alas, it was useless against Kai, now black smoke was stealthily coming out of his eyes, he saw through all the illusions of this angry guy and calmly blocked every blow. But from the looks of it, he was just retreating little by little, it seemed like Viden was crowding him! The entire crowd began to discuss Kai contemptuously.
"Was so arrogant and uneducated, but look at him now! Pfft..." - The conversations around them could be heard. But Kai was calmly backing away, interestingly enough he was approaching towards Lord Flick!
- You're not so tough anymore! - Shouted the guy with the sword.
Kai completely ignored what that clown was shouting and moved towards Flick. He realized that things were going much better than he expected! At this rate, he would be able to get so close to them that he could kill him without techniques. Then he would still have the opportunity to instantly use the Shadow Mark Dance to evade the official in the Cloud Sphere!
Everyone was now quietly watching the fight, and no one even suspected anything, Kai was almost near the Lord's table!
Viden decided to deliver a fatal blow and poured all of his energy into his sword. More fog began to rise, it became hard for the people around him to make out what was going on there....
"This is just miraculous, thank you guy!" - Shouted Kai in his head. The idiot didn't even realize that he was incredibly helping him right now.
The moment the energy-soaked sword carried towards Kai, he immediately became completely serious and all his senses instantly sharpened! A suffocating murderous aura instantly appeared in the air!
The cloaked figure stood up abruptly, suspecting something wrong!
With a single dagger, Kai abruptly parried the sword, placing his foot on Viden's chest. Tensing his muscles and pushing off very hard, flew towards Lord Flick! Right now, even Lord Feran didn't have time to react to such a quick change of events. He hadn't even expected that something like this could happen.
Kai was already two meters away from Lord Flick, from his murderous aura he was frozen like a statue and couldn't move even a millimeter, he saw his death approaching! Kai smiled evilly, thinking in which direction it would be better to start retreating after one blow would blow the head off the scum's shoulders....
But then...!
"Duuum!" - An unbelievable roar rang out, echoing everywhere.
An incredible aura covered the entire hall! It was so terrifying that even the air was trembling! All the fog instantly dissipated, and almost the entire younger generation fell to their knees from such a force, some even spitting out blood! And the epicenter of this pressure was Kai!
He didn't even realize at what moment, but in a second he was pressed to the ground with incredible force, so much so that even all the tiles under him cracked, he couldn't even move! Now he was just lying two meters away from Lord Flick, but it was obvious that the pressure was making him unable to move either!
Everyone was now completely terrified and didn't understand what was happening! Kai's mind was working at full speed, he was thinking about what he should do. What he was feeling right now was an overwhelming force. And it was much stronger than that of the official who was also under that pressure now....
A tall, muscular man slowly walked out of the room, slowly removing his cloak. He had black hair and a scar running across his entire face, his aura was simply tyrannical. Kai began to guess that he was probably even taller than the Cloud Sphere!