Peerless Battle Spirit
chapter-21

The gaze itself was completely ordinary, as if it were just a random occasion.

However, Qin Nan could sense an indescribably terrifying force from it. It felt like the force could crush him into pieces at any time.

“Such a terrifying strength…”

Qin Nan bit the tip of his tongue to calm his emotions before he took a closer look at the person looking at him.

The woman had a fair skin tone, while her thin eyebrows curved like crescents. Her eyes were incredibly attractive as if they had been drawn with a pen. Furthermore, she was wearing a long purple dress that was tightly fitted on her waist. The dress twinkled under the sunlight, perfectly matching her fair skin.

Qin Nan was instantly astonished by her beauty, leaving a blank expression on his face.

“Mm?” The woman seemed to be startled, who carefully inspected Qin Nan’s figure.

Qin Nan immediately collected his thoughts. He could only feel the gaze from the woman like sharp swords poking in his flesh, preventing him from hiding any secrets.

The feeling left Qin Nan in an uneasy state. Fortunately, the woman only gave him a glimpse without purposely trying to peek at his secrets. Qin Nan let out a sigh of relief and immediately switched his focus.

His gaze landed onto the second figure on the white jade platform.

Furthermore, the middle-aged man showed no intention of covering up his formidable aura.

“These two elders of the Mystic Spirit Sect are extremely powerful. They are at least at the peak Xiantian Realm, especially that woman. It’s possible that her cultivation is beyond the Xiantian Realm…” Qin Nan mumbled to himself. His desire to join the Mystic Spirit Sect grew even stronger.

Two random cultivators from the Mystic Spirit Sect were already this powerful. How powerful exactly was the power of the Mystic Spirit Sect?

However, Qin Nan had not realized something weird. He was able to observe the cultivation of the two elders with his mere cultivation of the fifth-layer Body Tempering Realm.

Not to mention that his speculations were pretty accurate.

Qin Nan had yet to realize this. Since the extraordinary change that had occurred to his Divine Battle Spirit, not only had his eyesight improved significantly, it also had new capabilities.

Meanwhile, the Qin Clan had entered the venue and sat opposite the Fang Clan, resulting in an intense atmosphere.

As the people of the Qin Clan and Fang Clan stared at one another with hostility, most of the crowd were looking at the platform instead.

Obviously, similar to Qin Nan, they were incredibly curious about the two elders that had been sent there by the Mystic Spirit Sect.

At that instant, Fang Li leapt onto the ring and faced the crowd with a reddened face in his excitement, “Everyone, allow me to introduce to you the two elders of the Mystic Spirit Sect—Elder Xiao Qingxue and Elder Bai Heng.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the crowd instantly let out deafening claps.

The disciples’ faces were filled with utter excitement. Their gazes toward the platform were filled with respect and passion.

Elder Xiao nodded her head slightly without saying anything.

On the other hand, the middle-aged Elder Bai Heng seemed to be enjoying the moment. A proud expression could be seen on his face, as he rose from his seat and said in a loud tone, “It’s your pleasure to be allowed to participate in the selection of the Mystic Spirit Sect. That’s all I have to say. Fang Li, let’s start.”

In just a brief sentence, his disdain toward the people of Linshui City and his pride were displayed completely.

However, the crowd did not feel uneasy at all, apart from Qin Nan who frowned his eyebrows.

Fang Li immediately said, “Right, the first round begins now. I believe everyone knows what the rules are. You will take turns to draw your number. The way your opponents are assigned will be: number one against number sixty, number two against number fifty-nine, etc. The one who draws the number thirty will be disqualified immediately.”

The crowd immediately took turns to draw their numbers on the ring.

Qin Nan took his time and drew his number in an indifferent manner. He ended up drawing the number ‘one’.

“What number are you?” Qin Tian and Tie San immediately came up to him and asked.

“Number one.” Qin Nan waved his hand and said calmly, “It looks like I will be the first to battle.”

Qin Tian and Tie San nodded their heads without saying anything. Qin Nan’s expression remained calm instead of becoming nervous despite being first in the draw. He proceeded to the ring.

“Qin Nan...why is it you!” A voice filled with despair could be heard all of a sudden.

Qin Nan turned his head around and was stunned in place. He did not expect his opponent to be one of the geniuses of the Qin Clan—Qin Hai.

Qin Nan was quite familiar with this Qin Hai, as he had always tried to defame him in the Qin Clan, who even uttered mocking comments to him when they were on their way to the Fang Clan.

Having this thought, Qin Nan’s face was filled with a weird expression. Was this what karma was?

Qin Hai’s expression became unpleasant.

The crowd of the Qin Clan—including Qin Changkong and Qin Tieba—glanced at Qin Hai with sympathy.

Although Qin Nan only possessed a first-grade Huang ranked Martial Spirit, even Qin Changkong was no match against his cultivation of the fourth-layer Body Tempering Realm. How could Qin Hai stand a chance with his mere fourth-grade Huang ranked Martial Spirit and cultivation of the second-layer Body Tempering Realm?

Besides, this Qin Hai had troubled Qin Nan couple of times. There was no way Qin Nan would let him go easily.

“Stop wasting time. Hurry up.”

Bai Heng had no interest at all in spectating battles at this level. Even though the duels were aimed to observe the capabilities of the participants’ Martial Spirits, the most important factor in recruiting new disciples is the rank of their Martial Spirits.

As long as your Martial Spirit’s rank was high enough, you would be recruited by the sect.

Besides, in this tiny Linshui City, apart from Qin Changkong of the Qin Clan and Fang Rulong of the Fang Clan, would there be anyone else that could be considered qualified?

Therefore, Bai Heng had always treated the untalented disciples as rubbish, as he would not waste his feelings on them.

“Qin Nan, you…” After hearing Bai Heng’s words, Qin Hai’s heart skipped a beat, but he still did not dare to make his move, as he clearly knew that he was no match against Qin Nan.

As a genius with a fourth-grade Huang ranked Martial Spirit, he had the chance of being recruited as a disciple of the Mystic Spirit Sect. However, if he were to lose to Qin Nan in the duel, how could he possibly advance to the next round?

Upon having this thought, Qin Hai felt depressed. If he missed this chance, he would not be able to join the Mystic Spirit Sect.

“Calm down, even though my cultivation is no match against him, there must be some other way…” Qin Hai mumbled to himself while he quickly thought. His eyes flickered suddenly as he came up with the perfect plan.

His whole body became relaxed while his face turned calm. Instead of making his move, he let out a yell, “Qin Nan, could you surrender in this duel? If you do so, once I became a disciple of the Mystic Spirit Sect, I promise to give you great benefits that would allow you to live a luxurious life.”

The words caused the crowd to be startled.

Qin Hai was asking his opponent to surrender?

Qin Nan was slightly startled as well. He had not expected Qin Hai to say such words. However, he soon collected his thoughts.

Qin Hai ignored the gaze of the crowd. That being said, he panicked when Qin Nan did not reply to him, “Qin Nan, in terms of cultivation, I’m no match against you, but you only possess a first-grade Huang ranked Martial Spirit. There is no way you could join the Mystic Spirit Sect. You should give me the chance instead, and I promise to pay you back in the future…”

“Shameless! Get the f**k out of my sight!”

Before Qin Hai could finish, a thunderous voice sounded out.

Qin Nan’s expression became icy. This Qin Hai dared to mock him despite the fact that he was the one asking him to surrender. As a result, Qin Nan had no reason to show any mercy. A tremendous saber intent burst out from his body and locked onto Qin Hai’s figure.

At that instant, Qin Hai’s expression changed tremendously. His figure began to shiver uncontrollably.

Qin Hai could only feel his surroundings turn cold suddenly, as his figure was surrounded by a murderous intent, as if a shiny saber was hanging right above him, and would descend at any time to take his life.

“I...I...I…”

Qin Hai opened his mouth wide while his face was filled with fear. He kept on repeating the same word, as if he had lost the ability to think. The only thing remained in his heart was the growing terror.

At that instant, the crowd became silent as their faces were filled with great astoundment.

What was going on?

What was with this terrifying icy aura?

How did Qin Nan unleash such a powerful aura?

Even Elder Bai Heng who wore an impatient face was taken by surprise. He could not help but wear a shocked look, “Is that…a cultivation of the fifth-layer Body Tempering Realm? Greater Success Stage of One with the Saber?”

Behind him, Elder Xiao’s eyes glistened too.

The selection this year was pretty interesting!

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