24 Chapter 24

Chapter 24 — Clan Gathering (2)

Ning Rongrong and Chen Xing returned back at the clan.

They went inside the mansion and were quickly startled to see an unfamiliar boy.

Chen Xing widened his eyes as he stared at the youth.

"Ning Chen, you're back!?" He asked in disbelief.

Ning Chen nodded and smiled faintly, "I've recently returned back home after completing my training."

"Oh, I see! It's good that you're back!"

Chen Xing was indeed truly glad about Ning Chen's return.

Ning Rongrong stared dazedly at Ning Chen and currently wore a puzzled face.

She had forgotten about his brother's face since he had left when she was at a young age.

Ning Chen turned to look at her and his face quickly morphed into delight. He rushed toward near and quickly hugged her tightly.

Ning Rongrong was of course shocked and tried to get away from Ning Chen's embrace. However, she couldn't escape in the end.

"Who are you...?" She asked in puzzlement.

Ning Chen was surprised and stepped back. He looked toward her deeply and questioned.

"Rong'er, do you not remember me?"

He wasn't bothered about Ning Rongrong forgetting about him. He had left when she was very young and it was normal to forget his face.

Ning Rongrong examined him very closely and noticed his face slightly resembling her along with his long glossy pink hair.

Many memories started to surfaced inside her mind and played like it was a movie.

It was about her dearest brother who played and spoiled her frequently in the past, but a fog blocked his face.

But seeing the man's face in front of her that fog slowly disappear.

Ning Rongrong managed to remember it all although some were still vague.

But she still managed to remember the precious time she had spent with her brother.

"Brother...?" Ning Rongrong asked with her eyes getting red.

Ning Chen' eyes brighten and he nodded hardly.

"That's right. It's me, your brother."

It was a good thing that his sister managed to quickly remember him.

"Brother, I have missed you!" Ning Rongrong cried out and hugged him this time.

Ning Chen slowly patted her back as he smiled gently.

Not another words were spoken with them only hugging each other, but it was enough to express their whole feelings and thoughts to each other.

Ning Chen spent the next few days recovering and strengthening his relationship with his family.

He didn't trained for a single time and just spent the majority of his time with his family.

Although he promised to not stop training diligently to his master, Ning Chen thought that his master would be much more happier to see his decision to focus on his family.

...

One week later...

The clan's gathering was gonna be held on the large training area located somewhere inside the clan.

The clan gathering was also gonna be quite different from the past.

It was gonna focus more on testing Ning Chen's strength by having him compete with the other younger generation.

Ning Chen's opponents were mostly from the second branch of the clan because the main branch of the clan didn't have any strong fighting capabilities.

The training area had a large stadium built at the center and this where they were gonna fight.

The first match was between Ning Chen and a 15 years old guy called Ning Dao.

He was currently rank 28 and had a tool type spirit called Blazing Heat Sword.

"Brother, I wish you good luck! Defeat them all!" Ning Rongrong cheered happily toward him.

Ning Chen patted her head and nodded his head.

"I'll make sure to return as the victorious."

He then started to walk toward the stadium and saw there was many elders gathered around them.

Ning Chen also saw his parents at the side and seemed very curious about his growth after many years had passed.

The two protectors of the clan seemed to be currently away.

Ning Chen looked at his opponent and then at the nine more people standing below behind him.

Although they were all quite formidable, he couldn't feel the slightest danger from them.

"It's a great honor to fight against you. I hope we can have a nice match," Ning Dao said as he took a fighting stance.

"It's the same for me, but it's quite troublesome to fight against all of you one by one," Ning Chen said while smirking.

"Pardon?" Ning Dao was confused hearing those words.

The elders and his parents were also confused.

Ning Chen's lips curled upward as he explained, "I've thought of an easy solution. I want all of you guys to fight me at once."

He pointed his finger toward the ten people in front of him.

The entire placed descended into silent.

They were all dumbfounded hearing Ning Chen's declaration that sounded very arrogant to their ears.

"What are you planning?" Ning Fengzhi and Ning Xiao'er were puzzled at their son's decision.

"Do you guys dare to agree?" Ning Chen asked as he beckoned.

"Are you mocking all of us?" Ning Dao frowned heavily as he asked.

"Don't underestimate us!" The nine people behind him also refuted angrily.

Ning Chen's eyes became extremely sharp as he took a deep breath.

"Mocking you guys?" He laughed lightly and continued, "I'm certainly not and even kind enough to give you guys the opportunity to defeat me."

They became very infuriated upon hearing that and started to climb the stadium one by one.

"Fine, we will fight you all at once! Make sure to not regret it later!"

They all released their martial spirit and spirit rings, causing a powerful suppression force to surround Ning Chen.

All of them possessed two spirit rings with all of it being yellow.

It was slightly better than average at best.

"Kel'al, it's time to wake up once again," Ning Chen muttered as he grinned toothily.

A brilliant light covered his left hand and a dragon roar reverberated through the air.

A crystal sword placed inside a scabbard appeared within his hand.

Two spirit rings appeared behind him, causing the suppression force locking at him to swiftly vanish.

"A purple spirit ring!" Ning Fengzhi was shocked to his core seeing Ning Chen's second spirit ring.

It was normally impossible to have a purple spirit ring for the second spirit ring.

The elders were also astonished seeing this and were all in awe.

"As expected of the one who inherited the famed nine-color..." The elders mumbled to themselves.

"Crush everything!" Ning Chen raised his sword and pointed it into the air.

Roar....!

A faint dragon cry rang out within his body as his eyes glowed brightly in crimson color.

His body and muscles also appeared to grow significantly.

Ning Fengzhi felt Ning Chen's spirit was similar to the original pagoda spirit. The only change was it buffing the user instead of the others.

He then suddenly felt his Seven Treasure Pagoda spirit reacting strangely.

He summoned it on it's mini-state and saw the first floor glowing in deep crimson color as if reacting to Ning Chen's sword.

It didn't just occurred to him. It also happened toward Ning Rongrong and the others who possessed it.

Ning Chen's ten opponent suddenly started to feel a terrifying chill spreading throughout their spines.

A dense and powerful aura radiated from Ning Chen's body.

Ning Chen didn't attacked them immediately and just scanned his opponents cautiously.

Seeing him not attacking first, a boy with a big and round figure rushed toward him.

His entire body was suddenly covered in turtle's scales that looked very durable.

Huff....

"Flame Stance: Extreme Sun."

Ning Chen inhaled a dense amount of air and quickly drew his sword, slashing it diagonally in a blinding speed before placing it back at the scabbard again

Pwishhh!

A small amount of blood splashed across the air as the boy's turtle scales were destroyed in an instant.

A large and visible wound appeared on his chest.

His eyes showed fear before he fainted on the floor.

He couldn't react at all.

Ning Chen showed some mercy and only lightly injured him—enough to make him faint due to pain and shock.

He lifted his head to look at the remaining nine with his cheeks slightly stained with fresh blood.

"One down, nine left."

As soon as his words drifted toward the air, Ning Chen suddenly vanished from his spot.

"Wind Stance: Dance of the wind god," Ning Chen appeared next to a girl who was near him and his sword swiftly knocking her out.

He then flickered away to the next one and then another one who was close to make them unconscious in the most quick and efficient way.

Only a small amount of blood were spilled.

Ning Chen appeared to be dancing beautifully as he swinged and slashed his sword at his opponent.

In just a mere few minutes, there was only one guy remaining.

It was Ning Dao.

Ning Dao held his sword while trembling slightly and sweating profusely.

Ning Chen looked like a demon on his eyes.

No, he was the demon himself.

Ning Dao's sword flashed with a brilliant golden glow as he used his second spirit ring.

"Incinerating Beam."

He slashed his sword forward and sent a wave which was extremely hot toward Ning Chen.

"Solar Flash," Ning Chen's legs tensed up as he leaped forward, cracking the floor made out of stones underneath him.

He became a crimson streak of light and clashed against the extremely hot sword wave and cut it down with ease.

Ning Chen didn't stopped and continued to move forward toward Ning Dao.

His sword turned into a dazzling sword crescent arc that seemingly slashed Ning Dao into half.

Ning Chen flickered behind Ning Dao and quietly sheathed his blade back.

"Thanks for the fight."

With that words, Ning Dao fell to the ground on his knees and fainted.

The elders were all frozen on their seat as they watched Ning Chen.

The result was something unbelievable.

Ning Chen had won with ease even though he was outnumbered by people of the same rank.

They could no longer doubt his capabilities.

Ning Fengzhi was shocked seeing his son's strength that surpassed his peers.

It was like he was seeing a monster.

....

I'm pretty lazy when writing this, I don't know why >°~°<

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