I Can Fix My Talent in Hundred Lives-Chapter 400 - 327: Xihua Makes His Entrance
"I concede!"
"I concede!"
Time slowly passed in the examination hall of the thirty-third floor.
Most of the cultivators entering thereafter had just stepped into the Small Realm. Upon seeing the motionless figure of the red-robed Daoist Soldier, they paled and loudly conceded.
They didn’t dare to delay, fearing they might end up like the earlier Thunder Cultivator, who was turned into a mist of blood with a single palm strike from the Daoist Soldier.
There was a mid-stage Divinity Transformation cultivator who intended to hold on for a moment. But just as he had summoned his defensive magical treasure, it cracked under the wind from a casual palm strike by the Daoist Soldier, scaring him into tumbling out of the Small Realm.
Standing at the end of the crowd, Chen Sheng watched this scene and couldn’t help but frown, thinking to himself:
"If they select a thousand people this way, the worth of this quota is indeed too low."
Some cultivators clearly have strong power and dare to confront the Daoist Soldier but find the outcome decided in an instant.
Some, lacking strength but blessed with good luck, manage to hold on longer and achieve results better than many powerful cultivators.
This strange situation was not unique to the thirty-third floor. On the ninety-nine light screens in the viewing area, most displayed similar scenes. Occasionally, a cultivator dared to make an attempt but could not last beyond ten breaths before conceding in embarrassment.
The cultivators watching went from initially shocked to gradually losing interest, with only a few light screens still attracting attention.
The sixty-sixth floor was one such screen, as it was about to feature the Xihua Sword Cultivator, who had once fought Venerable Wuyue to a draw.
"Seventy-ninth, Venerable Xihua, enter!"
As the voice of the Black Armor Commander of the sixty-sixth floor fell, a cyan grey figure emerged from the group of cultivators.
Chen Xihua, dressed in a cyan grey Daoist robe, carried an ancient longsword on his back. The sword scabbard was engraved with intricate void runes; it was his lifebound sword, the "Taiyue Void-Slaying Sword."
His steps were steady, surrounded by faint void ripples. Though he did not intentionally release his aura, it made the surrounding cultivators subconsciously hold their breath.
"It’s the Xihua Sword Cultivator!"
"It’s said he fought Venerable Wuyue to a draw!"
"Finally, something worth watching. I want to see if he can last two incense sticks!"
Not only was there a buzz among the cultivators on the sixty-sixth floor but a crowd also quickly gathered before the light screen in the viewing area.
Even the Refining Void Great Powers in the Observatory Hall at the top of the tower directed their attention to the sixty-sixth floor, with a hint of anticipation in their expressions.
As soon as Chen Xihua stepped into the Small Realm, the red-robed Daoist Soldier abruptly opened his eyes. His golden rune-filled eyes locked onto Chen Xihua’s figure as golden light surged around him, clearly regarding him as a formidable enemy.
Before the Daoist Soldier could act, Chen Xihua moved first, his figure flickering into several cyan grey shadows. The void dao principle was operated to the extreme, causing the shadows to flicker continuously in the Small Realm, sometimes solidifying, sometimes vaporizing, engaging in a high-speed skirmish with the Daoist Soldier.
The Daoist Soldier concentrated golden light in his palm and continuously struck out with palm winds like thunder, sealing all the escape routes.
Yet Chen Xihua’s figure always managed to merge into the void at the last possible moment, causing the palm winds to strike empty air, stirring only the clouds and mist of the Small Realm.
Occasionally, he would counter with a sword stroke, slicing through the void with cyan grey sword qi aimed at the Daoist Soldier’s vital points. Although blocked by the golden light, it slowed down the Daoist Soldier’s offensive for a moment.
"Impressive!"
The cultivators on the sixty-sixth floor watched, dumbfounded, while exclamations of amazement erupted in the viewing area.
In the Observatory Hall at the top of the tower, Fire Cloud Ascendant put down the spirit fruit in his hand, a glint of light flashing in his eyes:
"Combining the Void Destruction Dao Principle with the Sword Dao in such harmony, he has already reached the Third Realm Perfection of the top-level dao principle. With such talent, whose disciple is he?"
The surrounding Refining Void Great Powers shook their heads, their gazes involuntarily turning to Mansion Master Bai at the main seat—if there was a background, they would need to make greetings with the mansion master.
However, Mansion Master Bai merely held his teacup peacefully, without responding.
"Could he possibly be a Loose Cultivator?"
A Great Power speculated in a low voice, only to be rebutted immediately:
"How could a Loose Cultivator train a top-level dao principle to such a realm? Perhaps he’s a cultivator who ascended from the Lower Realm."
Upon this statement, the eyes of several early-stage Refining Void Great Powers began to flicker.
At this moment, Inspector Guan He suddenly snorted coldly, his voice carrying a faint pressure:
"Everyone, stop imagining things! Venerable Xihua is now a participant of the Dao Assembly, under the protection of our Antarctic Immortal Mansion. Anyone who harbors ulterior motives is an enemy of the Immortal Mansion!"
Saying this, he retrieved a gilded token from his storage ring, engraved with four ancient characters, "Jiuli Mansion," circled by the official insignia of the mansion.
Motioning to his attendant beside him, he said in a deep voice, "Send this token down as a gift to Venerable Xihua and enlist him in the mansion’s key cultivation list."
With the token released, the expressions of the Refining Void Great Powers in the hall immediately turned respectful—this openly marked Chen Xihua as part of the mansion’s protection, leaving no one daring to have improper thoughts.
Meanwhile, within the Small Realm, Chen Xihua and the Daoist Soldier’s confrontation had lasted for three incense sticks.
He was acutely aware of the Daoist Soldier’s strong defenses and the futility of prolonged battle, focusing his gaze as he finally prepared to unleash his finishing move. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮
"Void Inversion, Strike!"
The void within the Small Realm suddenly roiled violently, with cyan grey void power surging like tidal waves, sometimes contracting like needles, sometimes expanding like the sea.
Chen Xihua’s longsword slashed out, integrating sword qi into the void tide, transforming it into a long river of the Void Destruction Sword Dao across the Small Realm.
As the river surged forth, countless small void rifts appeared, sweeping toward the Daoist Soldier—this was the finishing move he comprehended from the "Four Seas Void Atlas"!
Sensing the lethal threat, the Daoist Soldier’s golden light burgeoned to the extreme, forming seals with both hands, attempting to resist.
Yet the void river embodied the power of destruction. Under its wash, the golden light barrier first developed fine cracks, then shattered like glass.
The river engulfed the Daoist Soldier unimpeded, eroding his body bit by bit. For the time it took to burn ten incense sticks, the golden runes flickered uncertainly in the void tide before finally dissipating utterly.
"Well done!"
Inspector Guan He’s eyes lit up, unable to resist applauding and praising.
The other Refining Void Great Powers also collected their thoughts—able to defeat a Nine Refinement Daoist Soldier with a finishing move head-on.
This level of strength could definitely break into the state competition, with even a chance to join an Immortal Mansion, implying limitless future prospects, no longer daring to harbor any trace of disregard.
The projection of General Tu Lie appeared in the center of the Small Realm, his voice echoing throughout the ninety-nine-floor tower:
"On the sixty-sixth floor, Venerable Xihua defeated the Nine Refinement Daoist Soldier, completed in thirteen incense sticks and seventeen breaths! Record set, currently ranked first!"
"He really defeated it!"
Thunderous cheers erupted in the viewing area, and the news shook the participating cultivators across the floors.
On the thirty-third floor, Chen Sheng heard the news and a smile curved at his lips.
And in the forty-ninth floor, Venerable Wuyue watched Chen Xihua’s figure on the light screen, muttering to himself:
"Fellow Daoist Xihua’s progress is not minor."
When the two fought decades ago, neither he nor Chen Xihua could defeat a Daoist Soldier.
"But my progress is even greater!"
