Chapter 46 - Who is Dennell Jean?

The next stage was the Combat Strength Assessment, the same instructor of before glanced at the number of people that passed before and said with an expressionless face.

Instructor: It should also be clear to you that this first round of examination can't even be considered an examination. It was merely to weed out those people who had obviously not reached the standard, yet still wanted to muddle through.

The Combat Assessment of the second round, is the real examination.

The level of profound strength does not represent the level of combat strength. What we Blue Moon Profound Palace need, are the most outstanding of profound practitioners throughout the empire.

Not only must an excellent profound practitioner possess profound strength of a high enough rank, what's even more important is their ability to to fully utilize their profound strength! Not only can a true genius easily prevail over an opponent of the same rank, it is also possible to challenge someone that's two ranks, or even four ranks higher!

Yet for someone who only possesses profound strength but do not know how to apply it, one will only remain a piece of trash in the end, no matter how high their rank may be. This second round of examination is to test your ability in handling your profound strength.

This strength, will directly display your talent of handling profound energy; and this talent, will determine how high of a height a profound practitioner can reach in the future!

Don't think that everything is already well just from passing the Profound Strength Assessment. Within the 29 of you, at most half would be able to pass this Combat Strength Assessment.

If you want to stay in the Blue Moon Profound Palace, then display your profound strength to the best of your abilities… The second round of examination, starts now!

The examination's content is very simple. Every one of you will exchange 7 blows with 1 of your future senior brothers. Victory or defeat does not matter in this exchange of blows, and it's impossible for you to win anyways.

What we wish to see is the extent of your ability to unleash profound strength in a real battle. I'll be watching from the side and will also make the final decision. Those who pass, will become our Blue Moon Profound Palace's disciple. Those who fail, will have to leave. Feng Yue, it's your time to enter the stage.

As the elderly man was speaking, a slightly pale faced man who appeared to be eighteen or nineteen walked out with a smile on his face. He stopped before the elderly man, and slightly nodded at him.

Feng Yue: Don't worry Instructor Qi, leave it to me.

He stood before everyone with a smile on his face and said.

Feng Yue: Feng Yue, 19 years old, 3rd True Profound Realm. I hope to receive a lot of advice from all of you Junior brothers.

Instructor Qi: Now, let the second round of examination officially begin. Whoever I call, come up and exchange seven moves with Feng Yue. Number one, Li Mo

Li Mo walked out of the line and stood before Feng Yun.

Li Mo: Senior Brother Feng Yue, I hope that you'll… be lenient.

Feng Yun: No need for superfluous nonsense, let's start already!

…

Instructor Qi: Seven moves have passed, you can stop now. You flinch a little when you attack, but your profound energy control is still quite okay, you've passed, but bȧrėly. Tomorrow morning, you can report to the Outer Palace.

Next: Chen Lu!

…

Next: Ao Yan!

After Ao Yan went up, immediately, he displayed his profound energy substantially. In an imposing manner like the gathering of large winds and dark clouds, his first move actually forced Feng Yue back by a small step, inciting large applause and surprised exclamations from the audience.

Within seven moves, Ao Yan responded calmly; forget about getting injured, he wasn't even beaten back by Feng Yue even once.

Feng Yue: Oh, pretty impressive. Instructor Qi, this is a rare genius. Not only does he have uncommon profound strength, even both his presentation and control of profound energy are superb. To reach such a state at this age, he can be said to be one among millions.

Ao Yan: Senior brother's praise is too absurd.

Instructor Qi: Indeed, he's an uncommon talent. Ao Yan, you've also passed, report at the Outer Palace tomorrow.

Jean:'It's fuċkɨnġ clear they are together… But…' Yun Xiaofan, when it's your turn, be careful. I think Ao Yan and Feng Yue are together.

Yun Xiaofan: Mn, I'll be careful.

Yun Xiaofan stepped forward and said.

Yun Xiaofan: Senior Brother Feng Yue, please give me your guidance.

Feng Yue: Oh? Yun Xiaofan? Looking at you, you should be only fifteen, it's really such a pity… Show me your moves and let me see what you're worth.

Yun Xiaofan had an idea about what Feng Yue meant with that sentence and crossed his arms in front of his body, profound energy surged from his entire body, and on both of his palms, two lumps of purple light slowly gathered and sizzled.

Feng Yue: Oh, you actually have lightning attribute profound arts, not bad.

Both of Yun Xiaofan's palms clapped into one as a traditional family lightning attribute profound art combined with a lightning attribute profound skill and crashed straight for Feng Yue.

Yun Xiaofan: Rolling Thunder Palm!

Yun Xiaofan's profound energy was only at the 2nd Nascent Profound Realm, falling short of Feng Yue by 11 whole levels. To practitioners at the same level as him, this attack was definitely uncommon, but to Feng Yue, it didn't even pose the slightest bit of a threat.

Just before Yun Xiaofan approached Feng Yue, Feng Yue's figure suddenly shook and neared in front of Yun Xiaofan out of his own accord. With his elbow, he knocked aside Yun Xiaofan's protective profound energy and heavily knocked on his ċhėst….

In the split second of impact, the corner of his mouth revealed a trace of evident malicious smile.

*Crack*

A clear sound of breaking bone rang out beside everyone's ears. The condensed bright lightning in Yun Xiaofan's hands immediately vanished as his body flew out like a thrown sandbag. Blood spurted from his mouth in midair and he fell heavily outside the stage.

Jean's expression turned solemn as he rushed hurriedly to Yun Xiaofan's side, lips full of fresh blood, and three of his ribs were broken on the left side of his ċhėst. He can't stand up alone.

Jean: Tch… What the fuċk, Feng Yue! This was just an examination!

Feng Yue: How would I know that his profound energy would actually be so low? I saw that he had lightning attribute profound arts and thought that he would be quite resilient. But it turned out that…. Tsk tsk, it's really such a disappointment.

Ao Yan, who was on the other side, grinned and laughed coldly.

Jean: ...Alright, you didn't knew how strong was his body constitution… My name is Dennell Jean. I'll accept your "assessment". 'I'll fuċkɨnġ use your body to make strike on the whore behind you.'

Feng Yue: Oh? So you are Dennell Jean, number one in this group's Profound Strength Assessment?

Jean: That's right.

Jean came in front of Feng Yue and waited there. Since he wasn't making any move, Feng Yue shrugged and attacked first with a vicious palm strike on his ċhėst.

*Clang*

Jean didn't moved an inch and looked at Feng Yue's face with a cold gaze.

Jean: The fuċk was that?

Jean's eyes turned red as he used for the first time Evil Soul, and to commemorate this first time…

Feng Yue: Wha-

Jean: 'Evil God's first move, Falling Moon Sinking Star.'

*BOOM!!*

Everyone gasped in shock about what Jean just did, especially the Instructor Qi.

Instructor Qi: Such power… It is comparable to someone at the late stage of True Profound Realm!

Everyone shock turned in disbelief towards Jean, ignoring the severely injured Feng Yue. At that moment, suddenly someone clapped their hands. Everyone turned towards him after snapping out from the shock. and they got surprised again.

?: Look at his armband, that is… that is the sign of an inner palace disciple! My heavens, AN INNER PALACE DISCIPLE!

??: "It's the 39th senior brother on the Heavenly Profound List, Sikong Du! Crap, it's really him! These Senior brothers and sisters from the inner palace usually stay in the inner palace, and are rarely seen, but he actually came here.

???: I've heard that Sikong Du's profound strength is already at the 10th True Profound Realm! Within a year, he'll be able to break into the Spirit Profound Realm. If I could reach his current stage by the time I'm thirty, I'd be laughing even in my dreams.

?: But why would Senior Brother Sikong come here?

Jean: Sikong Du…?

Jean turned around and finally seen a young man younger than 20 years walking towards him with a smile on his face and clapping his hands.

Sikong Du: You're called Dennell Jean, right? Don't worry about me, I just started to admire Junior Jean, if I can call you so.

Jean: Yes, you can just call me Jean.

Sikong Du: Fantastic! Probably you have heard a bit of me from my father…

Jean: Yes, is Brother Sikong's father Sikong Han from the New Moon Profound Palace?

Sikong Du: Yes, right him. Instructor Qin told me that you were one of those people with the most unexpected way of thinking, and he indeed wasn't wrong. Being able to release a power compared to someone at the late stage of the True Profound Realm, I've never seen one like you. Truly a rare treasure.

Jean: Uhhh…

Sikong Du: Oh, sorry for those unexpected compliments, I just didn't know how I could have a good opinion of you.

Jean: Oh, Senior doesn't need to worry then, being Sikong Han's son already makes you good in my opinion.

Sikong Du: Great. Then I hope Junior Brother Jean can accompany me for a small chat while I give a tour to the Profound Palace, I doubt that the Instructor would not let you pass with what you showed before, right?

Sikong Du looked at Instructor Qi, who gulped and nodded, Jean lightly chuckled and said.

Jean: Alrig-

?: Out of the way! Which one's Dennell Jean, get your ȧss out here!

Someone forcefully split apart the crowd, revealing a tall and brawny man around twenty years old. Behind him, shockingly, walked Murong Ye. The entire right half of Murong Ye's face wasfull of medical bands.

Once he saw Jean standing on the stage, his eyes stared wide and reached out to point at him. He screamed.

Murong Ye: Cousin! It's him, he was the one who hit me!

?: That person's armband… he's also an Inner Palace disciple!

??: He's Murong Yi, ranked seventy-third on the Heavenly Profound List! What's happening... These Inner Palace disciples who are gone for most of the year, two of them actually appeared today!

???: I heard this Murong Yi's father is the Northern Field Marshal! Not only is his talent frightening, his influence is also monstrous... It looks like he came for Jean. Jean couldn't have offended him, right?

?: Offending an Inner Palace disciple, who is also the son of the Northern Field Marshal; he'll have his fair share of trouble later.

Murong Yi looked at the direction that Murong Ye pointed and eyed Jean coldly.

Murong Yi: So you're Dennell Jean?