Chapter 166 - Old Vs New

The palace guard brought them towards a huge hall. 'This place must be the meeting hall of the imperial palace.' Cale remained unperturbed but he admired the architecture of the building. It looked grand and imposing, even his Tyrannical Tower back on Earth was nothing in comparison.

The palace guard who led them here whispered something to the guards protecting the meeting hall. They then opened the door and allowed the two of them to go inside. 

When they both stepped inside the huge hall, they saw more than a several dozen personages glancing at them with curiosity. 

They were the top experts of the Celestial Sword Empire and all of them were also Immortal realm level experts. 

Seira felt a bit pressured after sensing the gazes of the empire's top experts, but Cale remained calm and collected.

"This must be the new first rank mercenary in the Mercenary Guild. The guild leader said that you are already at the peak stage of the Immortal-Class level. But after seeing your appearance, I feel quite uncertain." A man with a ferocious appearance and athletic physique spoke after snorting in doubt. He glanced at Cale's youthful face and shook his head.

This man's name was Cellan, and he was also the former number one in the Adamantine leaderboard before Cale took his place. He was dissatisfied that someone claimed his rank without even fighting with him, but he didn't dare blame the guild leader. Of course, that does not mean that he would just accept it silently. 

Cale remained silent despite the man's remarks. He may look calm, but he was definitely annoyed at the man's way of looking at him. He then glanced at the man and flashed one finger at him. "If I can't defeat you in one sword strike, then you can consider it as my loss." 

Cellan laughed loudly when he heard Cale's words. He thought that he was the arrogant man in the empire, but today, he finally saw someone who more arrogant than him. He glanced at Cale in appreciation and chuckled. 

No matter how strong Cale was, can he defeat an expert at the level of Cellan in one move? In fact, everyone did not believe that he can accomplish it. Not because they doubt his strength, but because Cellan's strength was already engraved in their minds. As for Cale's strength, they did not even see his fight with Tiger, so they were unaware of his level of strength. 

Even the emperor, Aventus Doomblade who was seated in his throne frowned. He also doubted Cale's claim. Only the old guild leader who was standing beside the emperor was smiling lightly. "Your majesty, we might see the birth of a genius today." The old guild leader said with a hearty smile on his aged face.

Emperor Aventus glanced at the old guild leader and was surprised at his confidence regarding Cale. "Old Zhang, are you really confident about his claim? Even I would find it hard to defeat Cellan in one move. Unless if I wield my Divine Soul Harvester Warblade."

The old guild leader smiled gently while looking at Cale with admiration. "Your majesty, that kid was destined to shatter the void. How could someone like him be unable to defeat Cellan in one sword strike?"

The emperor was once again stunned. He had already heard the old man's praises towards Cale for the past few days. But he was still surprised that his opinion about the young man was so high that the old man even said that Cale was destined to shatter the void. 

What does shattering the void mean? It means that you can ascend to a greater world and break the shackles of mortality to become a full-fledge Earth Enlightenment Realm expert! 

Although their current realm has the word 'immortal' in it, they were not truly immortals. 

But it was a different case for an Earth Enlightenment Realm expert. They already formed their Nascent Souls making it very hard for someone to kill them. Unless if their Nascent Souls were destroyed. If not, then they can still slowly rebuild their bodies by acc_u_mulating enough elemental essence.

"Old Zhang, don't talk nonsense. How could it be easy to shatter the void? There are already beings at the Earth Enlightenment Realm, but even someone like them failed to shatter the void..." The emperor sighed and shook his head.

"Your majesty, I also didn't think he had the qualifications after seeing him for the first time. But this kid is full of mystery and up until now, I can't even sense his exact cultivation base." Old Zhang smiled and said.

'Right! I also haven't realized it until now. Even I was unable to gauge his strength. Perhaps Old Zhang is indeed right..."

"Do you dare accept my challenge?" Cale said in a calm tone as he took out his Void Wolf Immortal Sword. 

Seeing his menacing-looking sword, everyone was stunned. They thought that it must be a Saint weapon at the very least.

Cellan furrowed his eyebrows and grabbed the halberd strapped in his back. The moment he wielded it, the halberd's size doubled. "No one dared to act arrogantly in front of me, Cellan. You are the first one and I admire your courage for doing so. If you can defeat me in one sword strike, I am willing to follow you. But... Are you strong enough to defeat me one strike?" Cellan spoke with great confidence.

Cale smiled and hefted the Void Wolf Immortal Sword in his shoulder. He then said in a matter of fact tone. "Of course. If not, then would I dare say that I could?"

After hearing his words, Cellan laughed heartily. "Hahaha! I like your attitude. Come, show me your sword skills."

Cale smiled and said. "As you wish."