Top-tier Unruly Master-Chapter 1587 - 1624: Eight Points, Nine Points

At this moment, Ding Fan saw Lu Ferng’s performance and couldn’t help but admire him. Lu Ferng’s strength was indeed not bad, but it was impossible for him to defeat the middle-aged examiner. This disciple had already exerted seventy to eighty percent of his strength, but the middle-aged examiner only used half of his power to easily defend against the opponent’s blade technique, indicating the examiner’s formidable prowess.

Ding Fan could see that the middle-aged examiner not only had Spirit Severing Middle Stage cultivation but also possessed excellent swordsmanship. Although Ding Fan was confident in his own Wind-like Sword Technique, he was unsure how he would fare against the examiner’s sword technique.

On Long Ren’s side with the thirty-six sect leaders, they watched Lu Ferng’s match, everyone nodding in approval. Lu Ferng, this disciple, was quite impressive. If he were to ascend to the Spirit Severing Stage, the outcome of a fight with the middle-aged examiner would be hard to predict.

"Lu Ferng, this disciple is quite impressive!"

"Indeed, though he is currently at the Nascent Soul Late Stage, his abilities rival the Spirit Severing Initial Stage, which is quite rare..."

"Yes, indeed, quite rare..."

...

All Sect Masters couldn’t help but look at Lu Ferng with a hint of admiration, feeling very satisfied with this disciple.

Long Ren, observing this disciple’s performance, couldn’t help but say to the Great Elder beside him:

"How about this disciple, Great Elder?"

The Great Elder heard Long Ren’s words and, looking quite satisfied, said:

"He is quite good. If there wasn’t the presence of the elder brother among these contestants, this disciple would surely take first place."

The Great Elder paused briefly and then continued:

"Although Lu Ferng is quite impressive, the young man favored by the Lake Master should not be underestimated either. Given the time, that fellow should be arriving soon!"

"Oh, you mean Ah Du? Although his strength doesn’t compare to the elder brother, he isn’t far behind Lu Ferng either!" Long Ren said with great satisfaction.

Previously, during visits to his sects, Long Ren discovered several promising seedlings, one of which was Ah Du. Therefore, Long Ren decided to allow Ah Du to train in the Xuantian Secret Realm during its opening, hoping he could receive a fortunate opportunity, which would be a rare chance for Ah Du and highly beneficial for the future development of the thirty-six sects.

...

At this time, under Lu Ferng’s persistent attacks, the middle-aged examiner became more and more composed and calm, defending skillfully. The gap in abilities had become apparent. Lu Ferng also understood that he still had a considerable gap compared to the opponent. However, what made Lu Ferng somewhat satisfied was that despite the gap with the middle-aged examiner, they had exchanged nearly one hundred rounds, and he had lasted the longest in the examiner’s hands.

In this round of competition, Lu Ferng’s achievement was undoubtedly the highest, and everyone was shocked that Senior Brother Lu Ferng had managed to endure such a long time in front of the middle-aged examiner, which was quite unbelievable! Furthermore, everyone knew that in this competition, Senior Brother Lu Ferng would undoubtedly rank first.

After all, Senior Brother Lu Ferng’s cultivation was at the Nascent Soul Late Stage, just a step away from the Spirit Severing Stage. His cultivation was the highest among all the disciples, making it very difficult, if not impossible, for the subsequent disciples to surpass Lu Ferng’s performance.

The middle-aged examiner skillfully defended against Lu Ferng’s increasingly fierce attacks and finally turned defense into offense. The middle-aged man could see that the opponent had reached his limit, so there was no need to continue further. The middle-aged examiner wielded his sword continuously, and the entire martial arts venue was soon shrouded in countless sword blossoms.

Lu Ferng witnessed this scene, feeling a bit shocked. He then swung his blade horizontally with the power to cleave heaven and earth. A massive chill blade gleam fiercely slashed towards the middle-aged examiner, instantly tearing a large opening among the sword blossoms in the sky, directly aiming at the middle-aged examiner.

"Very impressive! With this move, you deserve nine points!"

The middle-aged man watched the scene with some admiration and said, being impressed that the opponent could still counterattack in a moment of urgency. This was entirely beyond his expectation. If he hadn’t trained for decades more than the opponent, he might have really been defeated by him.

The opponent truly lived up to the title of the first among the juniors of the thirty-six sects.

Then, the middle-aged examiner suddenly released a surge of True Qi from within his body, instantly forming a bell-shaped True Qi Shield around him, firmly encasing the middle-aged man inside. Subsequently, Lu Ferng’s large blade gleam fiercely struck the bell-shaped shield.

Rumbling...

After a loud explosion, dust rose all around, and the air oscillated violently.

A moment later, the middle-aged examiner’s bell-shaped shield remained intact, but Lu Ferng’s blade gleam had vanished. However, Lu Ferng’s situation wasn’t hopeful. His clothes were in tatters, with several injuries on his skin caused by the sword blossoms. Holding his blade to support himself, a trickle of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, his expression pained and grim, looking rather disheveled.

Meanwhile, the bell-shaped shield around the middle-aged examiner had somehow vanished without a trace, leaving him with neatly intact garments, clearly indicating the distinction between victory and defeat. The middle-aged examiner took out a few healing medicine pills and handed them to Lu Ferng, patting Lu Ferng on the shoulder with some appreciation, saying:

"Take the healing medicine pill. You’ve done very well. At your age, I wasn’t as capable as you!"

"Lu Ferng, nine points!"

The middle-aged examiner announced Lu Ferng’s score to the crowd after speaking to him; such a high score of nine is well-deserved.

"Thank you, elder!"

Lu Ferng said gratefully, with a few traces of appreciation on his face. The middle-aged man nodded slightly and then turned to continue the competition. Lu Ferng took a medicine pill and returned to his seat under the envious gazes of the crowd to begin healing.

"Oh my god, Brother Lu Ferng actually got nine points, that’s incredible!"

"Yes, achieving such a high score of nine is not easy, Brother Lu Ferng is truly remarkable..."

"I fear that in this round of the competition, Brother Lu Ferng is definitely going to be first place!"

"For sure... is there anyone who could score ten? Scoring ten means being able to defeat the examiner!"

"But the Lake Master’s big brother hasn’t competed yet, I wonder what score Ding Fan will get?"

"Although the big brother’s strength shouldn’t be lacking, it’s not easy to defeat that examiner, considering the examiner is at the Spirit Severing Initial Stage, while our big brother seems to only be at the Emergence Stage; it’s impossible to defeat the examiner!"

"Yes! This is in line with Brother’s opinion; in this round of the competition, Brother Lu Ferng is definitely first place!"

"Brother Lu Ferng is really amazing..."

"..."

At that moment, people were discussing fervently, with tremendous admiration for Lu Ferng. However, many cultivators also had high expectations for Ding Fan’s performance in this round, given his prior performance in the last two competitions. But still, no one believed that Big Brother Ding Fan could defeat that examiner.

After Lu Ferng’s competition, the participating disciples clearly lagged behind, and all of a sudden, the whole competition venue returned to a relatively calm state...

In no time, the crowd of disciples became very excited again. Although not as intense as during Lu Ferng’s competition, many disciples still paid attention. The disciple entering the scene now was none other than the muscular man from the Qinghe Sect, Leng Jian.

Because Leng Jian stood out in the second round as well, he attracted the attention of most disciples. At this moment, Leng Jian’s eyes were exceptionally sharp, his face icy, showing no joy despite the cheers from the disciples. His mental state was very calm, although before entering the arena, his eyes glanced in the direction of Ding Fan, but Ding Fan was still meditating calmly.

Although Ding Fan didn’t see the other party, he sensed the gaze. Ding Fan was slightly startled but found it somewhat amusing in his heart, thinking silently about how he had defeated the opponent before and even guided him.

Later, the disciple not only didn’t appreciate Ding Fan’s kindness but also attacked him. Ding Fan had spared his life, yet Ding Fan didn’t expect the other party to hold a grudge, which was a bit much. It seemed the other’s cultivation wouldn’t improve much.

Ding Fan sensed a trace of killing intent in the other’s gaze. He noted this in his heart, knowing that if the person repaid kindness with animosity again, he would not show mercy next time.

...

At this moment, Leng Jian and the middle-aged examiner were already battling. The middle-aged man’s tactic was the same: to let the disciple unleash their strongest power, then give a score based on their strength, and finally defeat them. This time, the middle-aged man didn’t expend much effort; in just a moment, he directly defeated the muscular young man, Leng Jian.

"Your strength isn’t bad, although a bit lesser than that disciple Lu Ferng. If you emphasized more kindness and less sharpness in your cultivation, you would progress faster."

After praising Leng Jian, the middle-aged man gave some feedback. He sensed the animosity in Leng Jian’s heart, which wasn’t beneficial for his cultivation, though it was none of his business. As an elder of the Thirty-Six Caves, it was his duty to remind the other party, despite not liking this disciple very much himself.

"Yes."

Leng Jian replied coldly, not saying much more.

The middle-aged examiner sighed slightly upon hearing this, not expecting such stubbornness. Having said what needed to be said, the rest was beyond his control, and then he announced Leng Jian’s score to the crowd:

"Leng Jian, eight points!"

The crowd was amazed and excited upon hearing Leng Jian’s score, not expecting him to get eight points. Before, apart from Brother Lu Ferng’s high score of nine, not even a notable score of seven had been achieved. In the disciples’ minds, eight was an outstanding score.

"Brother Leng Jian is also impressive, achieving a high score of eight!"

"It seems Brother Leng Jian should securely enter the top three of this selection competition..."

"Yes, yes..."

The crowd whispered, discussing Leng Jian. Knowing his mood didn’t seem great, they only murmured briefly. Compared to Brother Lu Ferng, Brother Leng Jian didn’t have a very good or amiable impression.