Clash

The entire crowd was silent. Everyone was agape. The once undefeated and untouchable king had been touched and almost defeated. Hell, he was even injured.

" Lan'er what the hell was that technique he used. Do you have any idea?" The Sect Master Ren Tianyou looked at Min Lan and asked. Behind him the elders also peeled up their ears to listen.

" I-I don't know. I've never seen such a technique before and I'm sure the Huo God clan he comes from does not even have such a technique in their arsenal. My guess is that he was taught by that spiky- haired brat." Her eyebrows furrowed and said after deep thought.

" Sigh. Get him to come see me after this." He spoke once more and averted his gaze. Behind him, an old man in black robes was contemplating something. His entire figure oozed selfishness and cunning, as he continually glanced at Yang Chen's figure.

" Sigh. Who knew you'd get this strong Mo Ling. I'm almost impressed." Mu Chen smiles as he walked towards an unconscious Mo Ling. With every step he took, a green energy seemed to burst out of his body completely healing his wounds instantly.

" Seeing that the winner hasn't been announced, let's end this." With a crazed smile, under the shocked gazed of the audience, he opened his mouth once more, about to cast another technique.

" Die!" With a low whisper, a hundred feet large rune of the word death appeared behind him, before mighty shockwaves burst out, rippling the void and destroying the remaining piece of land. A huge crater was formed, that spanned tens of miles. " Hmmm?" Mu Chen's smile immediately turned to a frown, as he noticed something amiss.

" Just to lure me out, you decided to harm a fellow disciple. Should I be honored or disgusted?" Suddenly a chuckle rang out, before the his gaze fell on a figure with spiky hair.

Mu Chen immediately turned around and saw Yang Chen holding Mo Ling in his arms.

" You're his teacher? Hehehe, Fight me." Mu Chen smiles ferociously as his profound energy billowed like waves around his body.

" I wasn't planning on interfering, but how can I call myself his teacher if I don't avenge him. Let me show off a little." Yang Chen immediately teleported Mo Ling to Su Mu which caused Mu Chen to frown. An opponent who could manipulate space was a tricky one.

Yang Chen cracked his knuckles, before an incomparably ferocious green Qi burst out of his body like an a raging inferno. Large Craters formed all around him, as he released more and more energy from his body.

" Is he a demon? How can his energy be so pure and ferocious, not just that it's so much!!!' An elder exclaimed behind the sect master who continually glanced at his adopted daughter. Perhaps it wouldn't be a bad idea to get her and Yang Chen together.

Mu Chen's eyebrow scrunched together as he felt completely outclassed for the first in terms of energy. He wasn't just outclassed in quantity, the purity and ferocity even frightened him.

" Alright that's enough for now. You two will have the opportunity to duke it out later. Now it's time for the next match. Su Mu vs Lin Langtian." The judge immediately reacted and got both of them to calm down.

Yang Chen retracted his energy cleanly, without any hussle and carried Mo Ling away expressionlessly.

Mu Chen smirked, however his back was drenched with sweat. The overwhelming pressure he felt from Yang Chen was almost equal to the one he felt from the three core emperor disciples. However he staled his resolve.

" Have fun out there, and don't lose too badly. I don't plan to save your ass if you get whooped." Yang Chen whispered to Su Mu who shrugged and walked to the arena.

" Senior brother Mu, can you win against him? " A white robed handsome man with a sword strapped to his waist looked at Mu Chen worriedly.

" The truth is, I'm completely outclassed in every way, and I'm 80% sure I'll get my ass whooped. But the good side is, at least I'd get a massive improvement after this, since my cultivation has been stuck for so long. If I manage to breakthrough during the fight, the fight could go either ways. Who knows?" Mu Chen shrugged nonchalantly.

" Be careful of that Su Mu. If I'm right then he should be another student of his." He patted the white robes man's back and walked away.

" Sigh. " He sighed and walked to the stage under the watchful eyes of many.

" Su Mu right, you're not my match. Walk away and leave in one piece." The white robes swordsman aka Lin Langtian immediately drew the silver sword sheathed to his waist and spoke. An unknown energy that possessed an unparalleled sharpness, that seemed to be able to even cut through the sky shine is his eyes.

" Wait? Is that sword intent? That brat has comprehended sword intent?" An elder of the Heavenly Sword Mountain exclaimed in shock.

There are levels in comprehending concepts of the world. The first and lowest is intent, divided into seven stages, the second, a law and the third a domain. Even though intent was the lowest, the probability of comprehending it was less than 1% for the average cultivator.

It was quite rare to see a young man less than 18 comprehend an intent, much less that of the sword, one of the rarest intents ever.

" He's the second person to comprehend sword intent apart from that monster, and Mo Ling has also comprehended bow and arrow intent. Two abstruse intents at the same time." Min Lan smiled, while Ren Tianyou burst out in laughter .

The disciples and elders from the other sects were all dumbfounded and had frowns in their faces.

" Sword intent huh, that's quite powerful. But lemme show you something cool." Su Mu chuckled, before his eyes immediately widened.

" Boom!!!" An incomparably ferocious energy burst out of his body almost comparable to Yang Chen's, however this energy was gloomy and the wails of ghosts and souls could be heard. Su Mu stood at the epicenter with a murderous smile, while Lin Langtian was pushed back several steps.

" Is that death intent !!??" The entire audience was silent, as the sect master and elders immediately stood up from their seats.

" He has comprehended death intent to the second stage !!" Sect Master Ren Tianyou couldn't believe his eyes. He couldn't help but glance at Yang Chen, because he knew he had a role in this.

Min Lan couldn't help but sigh. In her time in the inner court, there were three people with such amazing talents. One comprehended space intent, another sword intent and she had an alchemic bloodline which was a rare as intent. It seems the younger generation is not to be trifled with.

" Damn if I knew this guy was going to show off, I wouldn't have helped him out." Yang Chen facepalmed, though his face was full of smiles.

" It seems this batch of the Ming Battle Sect is talented." An envoy from the Profound Origin Sect grimaced, as a murderous light flashed across his eyes.