47 Silver Moon's City Competition (3)

BANG!

BAM!

BOOM!

As the competition kicked off, every cultivator quickly locked onto a target and started their attacks.

Yet, Yan Shun found himself in a different situation. Due to his weaker cultivation, nobody paid him much mind, thinking he could be defeated with a mere flick of their finger.

So, he decided to observe Jiang Cheng's movements, knowing he'd have to figure out a way to deal with him.

On the flip side, Jiang Cheng became the focal point for many.

His high cultivation drew the attention of many cultivators.

And immediately, a huge wave of various superpowers, and a barrage of attacks, including elemental assaults and weapons, came his way.

However, he effortlessly handled them all.

Waving his hands, a faint green flame emerged, dispersing every oncoming attack. In a matter of seconds, like a phantom, he appeared behind an opponent and swiftly ended them by snapping their neck.

But that was just the start. He retrieved a halberd from his spatial ring, cloaking it in the same green flame before unleashing a slashing attack toward the cultivators.

Desperately, the cultivators created a barrier with their strength to fend off his assault.

"Damn! He's too powerful!"

"Ugh! My Qi is running low, I can't hold on much longer..."

"The barrier is about to break!"

CRACK!

The barrier shattered, and the wave of qi successfully swept through, turning the cultivators into ethereal wisps.

At that moment, Yan Shun's eyes narrowed as he noticed a white string heading toward Jiang Cheng's chest.

Simultaneously, he observed the injury on Jiang Cheng's arm healing.

'What's that?'

[He's absorbing their origin.]

'Huh? So, he's a Demonic Cultivator like me?'

[Nope. His Hongmeng Dao Body has the ability to "devour" things, and that's his power.]

'That's a relief.'

Suddenly, as if sensing Yan Shun's gaze, Jiang Cheng turned and flashed a deep smile.

Yan Shun looked into Jiang Cheng's eyes, which seemed to burn with an intense flame as if recognizing his arch-enemy.

'Ah... He knows you're here, right?' Yan Shun sighed.

[Yeah.]

'Then, it's time to take him down... or at least give it a shot.' Yan Shun began walking towards Jiang Cheng.

Jiang Cheng did the same and approached Yan Shun. They stood a meter apart from each other, their gazes locked.

"Damn, you're beautiful." Suddenly, Jiang Cheng opened his mouth and exclaimed with a defeated face.

"Huh?" Yan Shun tilted his head in confusion.

SWOOSH! 

Without warning, Jiang Cheng threw a punch at Yan Shun's face. Quick on his feet, Yan Shun dodged it, activating the Seven Stars Drifting Clouds technique.

"Huff, that was close," Yan Shun teased with a smirk.

Jiang Cheng smiled in response. "I didn't expect you to dodge that despite your cultivation level."

"She must have spoiled you quite a lot..." He added.

"Hmm? Yeah, she really did. But it's kinda weird when you realize you're essentially the same person..."

"Because I'm a man, and she's a woman?" 

"Exactly."

"Hah. That's just how the Universe works. Yin and Yang are like 'twins,' but one represents a woman, and the other represents a man. That's why we're not both male or female." Jiang Cheng explained, shaking his head with a faint smile.

"Yeah, yeah. I'm so fucking tired of hearing her saying... 'That's just the way of the universe'. 'A balance must be kept' and blah blah blah, it's getting fucking tiresome, you know?" Yan Shun remarked.

"There's a lot you don't know, Yan Shun. It's normal for you to feel that way. But for me, someone who lived through it firsthand—"

"Damn!" Yan Shun abruptly interrupted.

"Now that I noticed, you really sound like an old man... Oh, wait! You are an old man, probably a few trillion years old at least." He added as his lips curved into a mocking smile.

Jiang Cheng chuckled in response, "That's the truth. My soul is probably a few trillion years old."

"Besides, trying to annoy someone that old isn't easy. Being called old is a compliment for someone like me!" He said with a smile.

After hearing his words, Yan Shun froze directly like a statue of stone. Why the fuck was he proud of being old?

[No comment.]

"Ah... you really are old." Yan Shun shook his head with a faint sigh.

"Listen, Old man. I'll need to eliminate you." Yan Shun warned him.

In response, Jiang Cheng also looked at him.

"Come on then!"

He brought out his huge halberd from his spatial ring and pointed at Yan Shun.

Seeing this, Yan Shun took out his sword—Dawn Of The Night, and dashed towards Jiang Cheng.

"Let me taste your power firsthand!" Jiang Cheng smiled.

BOOM!

Meanwhile, in the audience, Yaochi looked at Yan Shun's figure with a pondering expression.

She was how Yan Shun evenly matched Jiang Cheng with his power, but despite that, it was obvious that Yan Shun would lose as time passed.

His Qi was being depleted at a very fast rate, and he was using his movement technique too many times.

And despite the amount of flames Yan Shun controlled in his fight against Jiang Cheng, he didn't do much damage.

And Jiang Cheng didn't even seem to be using his full power, because he still didn't invoke his Dharma Figure.1

"Mhm... I might take that kid as my disciple. Despite having such a low cultivation, he's actually holding on against a Great World King." One of the sect maters commented.

"Really? I was also thinking of taking him as my disciple. After all, his Qi isn't fully developed, so it seems that he came from one of the Lower Realms. However, he still has so many heavenly flames!"

"Hehe, right? However, that other kid is also pretty good. His power surpasses most of the genius here."

"Mhm... However, there's something about that Divine Transformation kid... when I look at him, my instincts tell me to run away!"

"Ah... you too? He also gives me a faint murderous aura. Do you think he's cultivating the Dao of Killing?"

"Huh? Probably not, look at his huge amount of Heavenly Flames. He must be cultivating the Dao of Fire."

"But, isn't he using a sword? Maybe, he's cultivating the Dao of the Sword!"

"Ah, whatever. I'll be taking him as my disciple!"

"No, he's going to be my disciple!"

"No, he's mine!"

"Never! He's going to enter my Qiankun Holy Land!"

"Shut up both of you. Nobody will be taking that little guy as his disciple!" Yaochi's words reached their ears.

They got up from their seat and cupped their hands.

"I'll obey Yaochi's orders." Both of them said and got back into their seats.

However, they started talking between gazes.

'What is this? Is she perhaps interested in the talent of this kid?'

'Are you sure about that? I think she might have fallen in love with him! That kid is unusually beautiful!'

'Will he be the first male disciple in the Yaochi Holy Land?'

'I don't know... Yaochi hates me, however, her words were a bit... possessive. As if she didn't want us to take him as our disciple.'

'Yeah... we should stop talking about him, maybe she'll get mad!'

Ignoring the dialogue between the two sect masters which she heard, her gaze remained on Yan Shun's figure.

'Will he show his Demonic Cultivation?' She asked herself.

At that moment, when she was looking at him fighting, many questions popped on his head.

Does he have a trump card on his hands?

Will he be able to reach the top ten?

And mainly... why is he smiling so much?

Yaochi simply couldn't figure out Yan Shun's intentions.

Why was he even here?

Didn't he have Nyx to help him with his cultivation?

Or perhaps does he want to forge his own path?

She didn't know what to say about Yan Shun, he was such a strange and mysterious person.

She could also see that Yan Shun was a bit annoyed with Nyx being so clingy to him, which was pretty unusual.

Normally, if men have such a beautiful and clingy girlfriend they would be very happy, right?

However, Yaochi quickly dismissed those thoughts, after all, she had bigger things in her mind.

Like... finding someone who would love her.

Her curse has been bothering her for a lot of time, and she's been searching for thousands of years for someone who actually loved her.

But, she never found him... She even went to the mortal world and everyone treated her as a witch, so she ended up burning the entire mortal world, ahem.

BOOM!

Suddenly, a huge explosion reverberated in the arena and Yaochi dismissed her thoughts.

At that moment, her gaze was drawn to the arena, where Yan Shun stood.

His face was delicate, like the finest jade, and his eyes were deep like pools, drawing you in.

A black robe clung tightly to his body, stained with blood, outlining his well-proportioned figure.

In his right hand, he held a black sword, pointed toward the ground, with drops of blood trickling down the blade.

Looking at Jiang Cheng, Yan Shun wore a faint smile, but his dark eyes exuded a strong sense of killing intent, along with that, a faint scarlet smoke seemed to drift from his gaze.

Meanwhile, Jiang Cheng only seemed to have a few scratches on his body, his clothes were a bit torn, but that was just it.

"Ahh..." Yan Shun's brushed his finger against his lips, wiping the blood that was painting them.

He looked at Jiang Cheng with a faint smile, however, that same smile deepened as the scarlet smoke got more intense.

He raised his sword up, his blade close to his delicate face. He brought his finger and then painted the black sword with his own blood.

A huge amount of Qi enveloped him, as he whispered to himself.

"Fifth Ancient Sword—Killing Primordials!"

—KABOOOMMMM!