Chapter 245 - 242: Giving You a Chance
It came without warning, without pause.
By the time they could react,
that terrifying sword light, which seemed to pierce through space itself, had already descended. Its terrifying power split open a long gash, nearly cleaving the entire plaza in two!
In an instant,
the entire plaza fell deathly silent,
so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
The attack had come too fast, its power too immense!
It made everyone present ask themselves, ’If that sword had been aimed at me, could I have blocked it? Could I have even dodged it?’
The answer, they feared, was no.
Just the aura it emanated was almost enough to drive them to despair!
And that was indeed the reality.
Between the speed of its instantaneous descent and the terrifying power that had nearly split the plaza in two,
they feared that even if they used every trick they had, they wouldn’t have been able to resist it in the slightest!
And so, at this moment,
while the crowd in the plaza was utterly shocked, many questions also arose.
’With such a terrifying technique, who on earth is this person?’
’Is his Cultivation at the Qi Introduction Realm or the Soul Emergence Realm?’
’The aura he just unleashed was clearly still at the Qi Introduction Realm level; it hadn’t transformed into that of the Soul Emergence Realm. So how could he deliver a strike that was in no way inferior to the full-power attack of a True Cultivator of the Soul Emergence Realm?!’
The unease that had originally permeated the plaza had completely vanished.
In its place was a profound shock and a mind full of questions.
After this one sword strike,
Shen Changchuan made no further moves.
But no one in the plaza had the slightest doubt anymore that Shen Changchuan belonged here, or that he was qualified to enter the Heart Inquiry Gate with them.
With such a technique,
they feared that no one present was qualified to be his opponent.
If he wasn’t qualified to stand here,
then who was?
Shen Changchuan’s figure stood quietly on the high ground at the far end of the plaza.
The sheer force of his presence seemed to crush the aura of everyone present!
Some of the weaker Cultivators in the crowd,
for a moment, didn’t even dare to meet Shen Changchuan’s gaze!
"The reason I didn’t participate in those assessments wasn’t because I couldn’t pass them or was afraid to try. It was simply because those assessments are meaningless to me..."
"Perhaps after surviving a competition against thousands and crossing that narrow bridge to stand here in this plaza, you see yourselves as geniuses in the eyes of many."
"But I’m sorry. Being a genius is merely the price of admission to stand before me."
Shen Changchuan folded his arms across his chest, his gaze sweeping over everyone in the plaza.
His voice was level, and his expression showed no trace of emotion,
as if he were calmly stating a fact.
And it was, indeed, a fact.
As someone capable of killing a True Cultivator of the Soul Emergence Realm, Shen Changchuan’s strength was already leagues beyond that of any Cultivator in the Qi Introduction Realm.
Having mastered Soul Emergence Divine Sense ahead of time, he could clearly sense that there was almost no one present who was a match for him.
It was just that his words were a bit arrogant.
But he had no choice.
The root of this whole affair was mostly his fault.
If he hadn’t been two days late,
there probably wouldn’t have been so much trouble.
Shen Changchuan had never been one to enjoy troubling others.
What’s more, Wu Tianhao had helped him a great deal and had even saved his life.
Shen Changchuan didn’t want his own issues
to cause the other man to be reprimanded.
So he simply took all the responsibility upon himself.
"If anyone feels I am unworthy, they are welcome to challenge me. Whether now or in the future, I will be ready at any time!"
"I am giving you the chance to face me."
"But know this: once you lose to me, I will no longer consider you my rival. I will give you time to chase me, until I disappear beyond your sight."
Shen Changchuan turned and left,
without the slightest hesitation,
and stepped into the vortex of the Heart Inquiry Gate.
From beginning to end,
the countless eyes in the plaza watched it all unfold, but no one made a move.
They quietly watched Shen Changchuan leave.
Of course, there were some who were indignant
and wanted to make a move.
But when they saw the sword gash that nearly bisected the plaza, they remembered the flash of light that had made the very world seem to lose its color. The flicker of angry courage they had managed to summon instantly vanished.
The gap in strength was just too vast.
Even if they rushed forward, they would only be humiliating themselves.
Some were crushed by this,
lamenting that such a person existed in the world and losing all will to try and catch up.
But for others, it ignited their fighting spirit instead.
’What a majestic display! A true man should be just like that!’
’Once we enter the Mountain Gate and learn the profound Techniques of the Yuqing Immortal Sect, we’ll surely be able to surpass him!’
All of this,
was witnessed by Wu Tianhao off to the side.
Watching the crowd’s reactions,
he was momentarily speechless.
Those words... they were just too... too damn cool!
But at the same time, they made one’s blood boil with excitement!
"’Being a genius is merely the price of admission to stand before me...’ ’I will give you time to chase me, until I disappear beyond your sight...’ HSSS... ’This guy, what kind of brain comes up with lines like that?!’"
Feeling the overwhelming, intangible charisma radiating from those words,
Wu Tianhao couldn’t help but suck in a sharp breath.
Although he was a "senior" in the Soul Emergence Realm,
he wasn’t actually that old. Among those in the Soul Emergence Realm, he was still a spirited and vigorous young man.
Young people are full of spirit and have energetic personalities, so naturally, they resonate more easily with words filled with such grandiose drama.
And Wu Tianhao was just like that.
That earlier scene,
those words,
made him feel an urge to jump into the fray and take his place!
"Truly incredible!"
"That presence... it’s simply terrifying! ’Even the senior brothers and sisters I’ve met, or the other geniuses in the Sect, none of them have that kind of aura, do they?!’"
Wu Tianhao couldn’t help but marvel inwardly.
Don’t be fooled by Shen Changchuan’s seemingly ordinary appearance and plain demeanor.
But the bearing he displayed just now was something that even his own senior brothers and sisters lacked!
It was a feeling,
as if on some stylistic level,
he had surpassed everyone else!
This made him sigh with emotion again and again, his Heart Spirit stirred.
It was just a pity
that Wu Tianhao was not a Transmigrator,
so he didn’t know the word for that particular kind of ’swagger.’
Otherwise, he would have definitely known what that intangible charisma radiating from those words was,
and he might have even gone up to Shen Changchuan and demanded a royalty payment...
...
At almost the same moment,
high up in the sky,
in a space no one had noticed,
Master Wandering Dragon, who had seen everything that transpired below, chuckled and smiled.
"...What an interesting little fellow!"
"But... a Cyan Wood Sword Light at the Perfection level... I suppose that gives him the right to be so arrogant."
"It seems we won’t be short of good shows to watch in the future!"
Master Wandering Dragon smiled and shook his head slightly.
With a flick of his sleeve, his figure vanished into the void.