Chapter 72 - I give up!

All of those people who were ridiculing the Blue Wind Profound Palace in secret because they took only 2 disciples had the same reaction… Pain and cringe for their own self

It was as if someone slapped their faces, and then kicked their balls while proceeding to steal their clothes...

Spectators: Is… Is this an out-of-season april fool joke? / Maybe the Profound Assessing Stone is broken… / I think so, it's impossible for a 17 years old kid to be a Sky Profound Cultivator… / Maybe this is the reason they brought only 2 disciples… / If that's so, then only Dennell Jean was necessary, why bringing Fen Juechen too?

Ling Wugou faked some coughs, making everyone silent.

Ling Wugou: Maybe the Profound Assessing Stone is broken, please forgive this old one for the inconvenience, however, I can ȧssure you that he is really a Sky Profound Cultivator, someone brings an Age Assessing Stone to see how much is bones are old…

Ling Wugou believed that Jean was a 1st Sky Profound Practitioner because he could sense it, however, he had some doubts on the age.

Some disciples of the Heavenly Sword Villa brought a small spheric stone to Jean, who laid his hand over it…

17 years

6 months

Jean made the spectators gasp for air once again, Ling Wugou's eyebrows furrowed and descended in front of Jean.

Ling Wugou: I'm sorry, but I would like to check your body for any artifact, please don't resist.

Jean nodded and retracted his Profound Energy, then he let Ling Wugou check his clothes and what was inside, when he was sure that there was nothing abnormal, his expression turned in shock.

Ling Wugou: He… He's really 17 years old…

Spectators: *Gasp* / A 17 years old Sky Profound Cultivator?! / Is this even possible?! / Maybe he got there too fast and he is weaker than a normal Sky Profound Cultivator… / I hope so, otherwise the 1st place will be his… / And I thought the ace on their hand was Fen Juechen…

Ling Yun: He… He actually became so strong…

Ling Jie: As expected of Boss! Shocking everyone with his strength!

Ling Yuefeng: You two know this person?

Ling Yue: He's that person Little Jie described to you that time with a delighted smile. The last time we saw him was half a year ago. At that time, his profound strength was only at the 4th True Profound Realm, but he had actually blocked three of Little Jie's strikes, and struck him down in a single attack.

It has only been around half a year since then, yet he is actually already at the 1st Sky Profound Realm. This kind of advancement rate… It's absolutely abnormal…

Ling Yuefeng: What?! Being able to block three strikes from the Ling Jie in the 3rd Spirit Profound Realm at the 4th True Profound Realm, his strength, absolutely cannot be measured by his revealed profound strength.

Either he always hid his power… Or… Nevermind.

Ling Yun: Could I know what father was thinking?

Ling Yuefeng: If he was really at the 4th True Profound Realm back then… Then right now… How many levels higher is his actual combat prowess?

Ling Yun: Ah!

Ling Jie: Amazing! Boss is the most fantastic person!!

Cang Yue: Hehehe, Junior Brother Jean already made them silent, and he didn't even start to fight.

Fen Juechen: That is the most obvious thing, there is only one person at the Earth Profound Realm, and Junior Brother Jean surpassed him of 8 whole realms.

Jean: Heh, stop ȧss-kissing and try to resist until Fen Juebi.

Fen Juechen: I will! I will take my revenge on him for humiliating me, about fights, what number did you get? Mine is 424.

Jean: 1505.

Ling Wugou: ...When fighting, a person loses when he falls onto the ground for more than ten breaths of time or when he concedes the match!

No matter for what reason, any competitor who takes more than thirty breaths of time to go up on stage will be seen as admitting defeat… Now, this old man declares that the Blue Wind Ranking Tournament has officially begun!

After Ling Wugou's voice fell, a large area of profound energy fluctuation came from all around. On top of the thirty small Sword Discourse Arenas, transparent profound energy protective screens appeared simultaneously.

These profound energy barriers could isolate the two competitors such that their profound energy would not affect the surroundings when both parties were in combat. At the same time, to a certain extent, it also sets a restriction on the area in which both parties would fight.

Qin Wushang: What?

Jean: Nothing.

Some time later, Jean's gaze rested on a screen that showed Xia Qingyue fighting against someone called Han Yunzhi from the Illusory Sword Clan, well… He was defeated in a blink of an eye.

The next one was Fen Juechen, he fought against another member of the Illusory Sword Clan, and the two fought for some time, but thanks to Fen Juechen's combat prowess that surpassed his profound strength, he beaten the opponent who was at the 6th Spirit Profound Realm.

Referee: Group 15, fifth match, Blue Wind Imperial Family's Dennell Jean versus Southern Jade Cloud Faction's Fu Yanjie!

Cang Yue: It's Junior Brother Jean's turn!

Fen Juechen: Junior Brother Jean, don't kill him, otherwise you might be disqualified.

Jean: Hahaha, who do you take me for?

Spectators: Hurry, look! The guy from the Blue Wind Imperial Family's up! / Tsk tsk, that Fu Yanjie's truly unlucky to be going against this monster in the first match. / Thanks god I am not in the 15th arena…

But he was paying attention at how the guy was trembling like an oversized dildo…

Referee: Match, start!!

Fu Yanjie: I GIVE UP!!!

The moment the referee spoke, Fu Yanjie shouted those words and threw away his machete before running out from the arena, leaving everyone speechless.

Spectators: He ran away… / What would you expect? No one can beat a Sky Profound Practitioner, the only one that has a small chance is Young Master Ling Yun, and that is only if he is fully prepared and Dennell Jean weaker than a normal Sky Profound Cultivator… / Yeah, but it's a shame, I wanted to see Dennell Jean fight…

Jean just turned back to his seat after shrugging.

The first round of group stage matches proceeded like a raging fire. A mere 3 hours had passed, and the average number of matches that proceeded in each Sword Discourse Arena had already surpassed thirty.

There were matches that ended quickly, as well as matches with dragged on bitter battles. Yet when faced with someone from the Four Major Sects, most would forfeit right away. Especially when met with super raid bosses like Ling Yun, Xiao Kuanglei, Yan Jin, and Shui Wushuang;

Referee: Group Fifteen's thirty-fifth match: Blue Wind Imperial Family's Dennell Jean, versus, Southern Jade Cloud Faction's Fu Yinjie!

Jean: Pfft…

What's this, a joke? However, when Jean was in the arena, no one was at the other side… 30… 29… 28… 27… 26… 25...

...3… 2… 1…

Referee: 30 breaths passed, Fu Yinjie is eliminated! Blue Wind Imperial Family's Jean, wins!

Jean turned back to his seat, with a bored face, then he looked at the other arenas, Fen Juechen was fighting against someone 2 realms lower than him, and easily won.

Jean: This will be pretty boring…

Referee: Group Fifteen's forty-ninth match: Blue Wind Imperial Family's Dennell Jean, versus, Divine Cloud Isle's Wui Fen!

This time, Jean's opponent wasn't running away or trembling, instead, he was flaring at him, he held a heavy sword just like him, but it was enormous, as big as his body, and it had a jagged edge, it was a Spirit Profound Weapon, from Jean's eyes, one would see that it wasn't even that heavy, maybe around 1000 kilograms.

The man, Wui Fen, yelled while glaring daggers at him.

Wui Fen: Don't think you can trick me! I know that you hid your real power somehow! Maybe you ate pills that could conceal one's profound strength and show a dummy profound strength.

Jean sighed, he summoned the Overlord's Colossal Sword, and…

Referee: Match start!!

*Woooosh…*

Jean lightly threw the sword at Wui Fen, he tried to slam it away with his own heavy sword, but…

*Crack*

Wui Fen: Oof!

The Overlord's Colossal Sword broke Wui Fen's heavy sword in half and slammed on him, sending him fly against the barrier made from many Sky Profound Cultivators.

Wui Fen's head was bleeding and he fell unconscious while Jean walked towards him and picked up his weapon, before leaving.

Referee: B-Blue Wind Imperial Family's Jean, wins!