Chapter 202: Sword to the back (1/2)

Chapter 202: Sword to the back

Translator: Sparrow TranslationsEditor: Sparrow Translations

With the tense atmosphere, no one noticed that this frail youth’s clothes were impeccable and clean.

Everyone was focused on Ping Yang and Xing Qingsui.

Ping Yang was attacking manically...

However, even the wildest of storms had to break sometime.

After all, Ping Yang was only at the pinnacle of the Star Conglomerate State. There was a limit to how much she could attack with the Blazing Qilin Spear.

”Boom!”

The two figures parted.

Ping Yang fell back.

She did not want to fall back, but Xing Qingsui’s sword had impacted her arm.

So she fell back.

Even so, thanks to her Red Flame Flower Armor, she was unhurt.

When Meteor impacted the armor on her arm, a flash of red light ensured that she took no damage. Even so, she was forced backwards.

She began to pant as beads of sweat formed on her forehead. The arm holding onto the Blazing Qilin Spear began to tremble.

Xing Qingsui was also panting heavily. His breathing was hastened as he began to sweat even more profusely. Despite all this, his sword arm was still extremely stable.

”How powerful!”

”It is no wonder their constabulary leads the thirteen. It is extremely admirable of him to continue to charge forward in the face of the Blazing Qilin Spear.”

All of the candidates began to discuss the battle, focusing their gazes on Xing Qingsui. They momentarily forgot about the sealed sword on the rock.

”You’ve... lost!” Xing Qingsui looked at Ping Yang and gasped for air.

Ping Yang did not speak. Even though she knew that it would be difficult for her to raise her spear, she did not believe that Xing Qingsui could raise his sword either.

This notion was dispelled quickly.

Xing Qingsui raised his sword.

The Meteor was raised and pointed at her. Xing Qingsui’s sword arm did not shake.

Ping Yang bit her lip. She was silent for some time. Then, she walked to Fang Zhengzhi, ”I’ve... lost, so I’m... about to be eliminated. However, I am curious... what did you see in the stone... stone house?”

”Hallucination!” Fang Zhengzhi looked at the panting Ping Yang. He could not describe what he had seen, so he used the simplest possible explanation he could think of.

”Hallucination? I see that it is testing... your character! Hang on, in the hallucination... were...were there any ladies?” Ping Yang suddenly thought of some of the character tests using hallucinations.

There were usually some unspeakable scenes.

Fang Zhengzhi did not understand why Ping Yang would ask this. He wanted to ignore her, but, after recalling her understanding of the Twin Stone Tablets, perhaps she had found out something about the stone house?

He began to think, then recalled that he had seen her after coming out of the door.

”Mm, I saw you.”

”You saw me?! You’re... completely shameless!” Ping Yang’s face flushed as red as an apple.

She immediately thought of the time when Fang Zhengzhi had saw her naked. She simply could not understand why Fang Zhengzhi would say something so shameless in public.

Even though Fang Zhengzhi did not mind being called shameless. However, this was a little too much. She had asked if there were any ladies and he had just replied honestly. Yet, he was being scolded for that?

Was it possible to be even more wronged?

”You son of a b*tch!” Fang Zhengzhi replied rudely, his voice having the accent of a northern villager.

”You... you f*cking hillbilly. How dare you scold me?!” Even though Ping Yang did not understand the slang, she knew that the phrase was definitely not nice.

”So what if I’m scolding you? Do you want to fight it out with me? Do you even have the energy?” Fang Zhengzhi looked at Ping Yang’s trembling arm with condescension.

”You, you...”

”Why aren’t you out yet?” Fang Zhengzhi stared into the sky, ignoring the fuming Ping Yang.

He had found it a little weird.

He had his doubts from the moment the candidate fell off the rock.

That candidates wounds made it impossible for him to continue participating in the combat examinations. He should have been immediately evacuated for treatment.

But now...

That candidate was still lying on the ground, in a puddle of his own blood.

Right now, Ping Yang had already admitted defeat.

Why was she still able to stand here and argue with him?

Fang Zhengzhi’s question pissed Ping Yang off. Just as she was about to gather her last bit of energy to attack him, she stopped.

She realized the implications of Fang Zhengzhi’s question.

Fang Zhengzhi was right, this was the combat examinations...

Why was she still here?

”Han Zhangfeng, are you sleeping? Why aren’t you letting me out?!” Ping Yang stared into the sky, knowing that Han Zhangfeng would be looking down at this.

The other candidates also began to react after hearing what Ping Yang said.

The intense battle atop the rock had caused serious injuries to a few candidates. They should all have been eliminated.

But...

They were still here.

The sky was still silent, and no candidate was eliminated.

”What’s going on?”

”Have the rules changed? Are there no more eliminations?”

”How is that possible?”

All of the candidates looked at each other in doubt.

Then, they all thought of the same thing.

Previously, they were all too attracted by the sword to think of the issues that stemmed from its appearance.

Now that they thought about it, there were way too many issues...

Xing Qingsui and Nangong Mu had already advanced to the fourth round.

Why are they still here?

Furthermore, what was up with that feeling of crumbling? It was almost as if the World of the Sage was completely smashed, then reformed.

Advancing into the fourth round should not have had such a strong sensation.

”Where is this?”

”Is this still the World of the Sage?”

”Why is everyone here at the same time? Where... did the blades come from?”

Questions began to surface in everyone’s mind. No one could figure out what was going on. None of them had ever experienced something like this.

They were all here to participate in the Combat Examinations.

But now...

The rules seemed to have changed.

There was no voice in the air, the injured candidates were not eliminated. Everything seemed strange and unexpected.