The Gao Ling City was different than other cities. It is known as one of the four vanguard cities serves as a primary defense before the heart of the Blue Wind Empire itself, the Blue Wind Imperial City. From above, bustling sounds of pedestrians walking around the city as today marks the day the Moon Empress Tomb selection was going to take place.The city was quite large than New Moon City itself and houses the three largest sects in the Empire. Aside from the main clan, the city houses the branch clan of the Xiao Clan, Burning Heaven Clan and the Heavenly Sword Villa. The Frozen Cloud Asgard was known as the only sect that doesn"t have any branch clan or outer territories. They only occupy the region of Extreme Snow where it Is currently known as the coldest place in the Empire.
The city was covered with ancient Chinese houses and buildings with different sizes and heights. The streets are arranged well and it was bustling with people from various places. Even in the distance, one can still see the towering structures in the distance where the structures are built near the great wall that covers the whole territories of the Imperial City. When one looking at the great wall, they can see it stretches as far as the eye can see presuming that it connects the Gao Ling City to the next vanguard city. One can imagine how many work force or cultivators required to build such a long distance wall connecting between the four cities. If the city is large enough to serve as a vanguard, then how big actually the Imperial City of the Blue Wind Empire?
The gate serves as a security checkpoint for outer area of the Gao Ling City if they wish to enter the Imperial City of the Empire. Despite not having any Tyrants of Monarchs, there are Sky Profound Realm captains and commanders protecting the airs.p.a.ce from any infiltration from the air. However, the city was fortified and had their security increased the moment those white mask beasts known as hollows attacked two years ago.
Against the beasts as well as humans themselves, these vanguard cities kept guard to avoid any unwanted incident happening around the territories of the Blue Wind Empire. However, visitors from outside converging on this city since morning to witness the clan that will have the honors of entering the tomb of the Legendary Moon Empress herself. Various elders and warriors escorted by their clan members as well as disciples entered the city with honored convoy into the heart of the Gao Ling City itself. Each and every one of them bears a haughty expression as if this moment of truth was made for them.
As the guests were settling themselves, they didn"t notice that a lone figure was walking from the distance towards the main gateway of Gao Ling City. The figure"s appearance was enough to arouse curiosity to the people despite many similar cultivators have entered the city.
Thud…Thud…Thud…
The lone figure of a man slowly walked along the road while other people and cultivators giving way to him. Judging from the appearance, this man is not to be underestimated like the rest of the guest despite coming here alone. People of this world doesn"t recognize the appearance of such man as he wore strange clothing that anyone hasn"t seen in the empire. Moreover, the one obvious enough to cause people to look twice was not actually his clothes but ...….
"What kind of sword is that man carrying?"
"I"ve seen ma.s.sive hammers, axes, great swords and bizarre looking sword but this man is carrying that kind of sword? Who is this man?"
"How in the world he actually uses that thing?"
The surrounding guest and disciples saw a ma.s.sive sword stretches behind the man"s back. The sword is an ornately decorated with blue and green jewels as well as a big blue jewel at the end of the grip. The grip however was wrapped with some kind of white cloth all over it. On the hilt of this blade is a gold cross guard, though the bars between the blade and the hilt are much longer than average. Technically, the hilt was larger compared to standard hilt. Besides, how on earth that man is going to enter any tight s.p.a.ces?
Another thing shocked the others was the long seven feet blade itself. It was pitch-black with a very strong sheen, along with a slight curve at the end of the blade. By the looks of it, it seems to be at least a full head taller than the man himself when it is placed on his back. Moreover, the sword does not possess a sheath, so the man simply keeps it strapped to his back.
As the people observed the blade, many of them whispered about the bizarre sword the man was carrying. Technically, a heavy sword is much bigger than Yoru but if properly wielded, Yoru can cut almost anything. Even a heavy sword.
"Hmph, that man seems showing off carrying a sword that"s bigger than him. He is no different than those other sect elders came for this selection." One of the disciples scoffed at him as if the man was here to show off.
As the man pa.s.sed them, each of them was unaware that they were shaking not from excitement but with a slight fear. "I don"t know why but that man"s appearance kind of intimidating."
"You too? I thought I was the only one feeling the that…"
The whispering people observed the incoming man closely. What they could see that the man himself is a tall lean man with black hair, a short beard, mustache and sideburns that point upwards. His eyes were not seen as he wore some kind of strange wide-brimmed black kind of hat with a large white plume. The strange head wear covers his entire upper face with the headwear"s shadow and only his nose and his facial hair were seen.
His clothing was even stranger than any clothing they"ve seen before. He wore a long, open black coat with no clothes underneath it showing his well-built body. Despite being a middle age man, this man has a body that cause female pedestrians, disciples and cultivators look twice as he was bare underneath that coat. However, the coat"s sleeves were donned with a strange red, flower patterned along with the color. Not a common outfit among cultivators.
His hands were inside the pocket wear as he wore a light purple pants held up by a decorated belt. The pants however were tucked inside with a pair of boots with some kind of brown straps. What the guest and disciples could see that the man wore some kind of dagger as a necklace. It was almost similar to the sword behind his back but this one was covered with a black hilt with golden edges.
As the man approaches the gateway to the city, the city guards immediately think twice about stopping him as they knew the man was here for the selection. It means his strength is at peak of Sky Profound Realm and way stronger than any of their captains and commanders. But they still have to do their job.
"Halt, what business do you seek in Gao Ling City?" The city guards immediately stop him but doing so would require extreme cautious.
The man was looking down with the strange headwear"s shadow covering upper part of his face. As he lifted up his face, the city guards immediately tensed up as they could see the man"s stoic expression but more importantly his yellow eyes. The guards immediately felt goose b.u.mps all over their body as they observed the man"s expression especially his yellow eyes. It felt like it was a hawk staring deeper into their soul….
Unaware to the man that these eyes will the one people known him as "Hawk Eyes"
The nearby guest observes the man"s stoic expression before whispering to his companion.
"What kind of eyes are those?"
"It"s like staring into a hawk"s eyes." He simply replied while keeping his eyes on him.
"Yeah, I feel like he is going to kill all of us with only that stare."
As the people nearby started to tensed up, the city guards were also keep their guard up. But before they could react, the man suddenly spoke with a cold tone.
"Tomb"s selection."
A simple word phrase answer but it was enough to keep the guard"s mouth shut from asking anymore question. The guard"s reaction was solid fear as this man felt even more dangerous than any other guests in the city. But, the man seems to follow the rule of survival as well as the main rule of Profound Sky Continent. The rule that say "If I don"t offend you, you won"t offend me."
"Right, please proceed into the city sir." The man simply walked by pa.s.sed the guards at the gate but one of them decided to ask his name.
"Wait, can I have your name sir? So I can inform the city lord on the list of guest entering our city." The guards spoke arousing interest among the guest. For such an uncommon kind of people were here, wonder which clan this man is from?
The man turned around slowly and looked at the guards with the corner of his eyes before speaking an unfamiliar name.
"Mihawk….Dracule Mihawk" The man spoke without even looking back at them before went on his way.
Much to the guards" shock, the man just went through the gate carrying a weird shape sword. However, no man and woman actually knew the man"s true ident.i.ty. Even the name was weird enough to cause a sensation. The guards having trouble p.r.o.nouncing the words even write it in their language.
"Ju…ra…cu..le Mi…hawk? What kind of name is that? Is that man somewhere from the empire? Why haven"t we heard about him before?" The spectators whispered among one another trying to p.r.o.nounce his name.
"Wait sir, which clan are you from?" Another guard asked him.
The man known as Dracule Mihawk stopped before answering "No.. I am here all by myself. Anymore questions?"
"No…thank you for your cooperation."
The man simply nodded before he walked through the street towards the heart of the city.
As he walks, the guards whisper to each other once more. "There"s no one in the Empire with that name before. Is he from an extinct clan? Or clan exist without the knowledge of the empire?"
As the guards figure out a way p.r.o.nouncing his name, Dracule Mihawk walks through the crowd with glances all over him. It was normal for him to gain such reaction as other cultivators or elders before him had similar situation where they wore bizarre outfits and carrying weapons. But none of them actually using his kind of style. As he walked, people gave him a sharp look before opening up a way for him. Some of the people revered him as such but some just wanted to avoid that sword hilt of his.
"Of all the man you chose, you chose this man? He doesn"t look like much." A female voice suddenly sounded in his mind as he walked through the crowd of people. The female"s voice was quite common and always spoke if the situation requires. She is none other than Jasmine.
The man known as Mihawk kept a straight face as he spoke internally. "He doesn"t look like much you say? This man is one of my idols back then. I wasn"t kidding when I told you that he"s The Strongest Swordsman in the World. The swordsman that stood above all swordsman." The man was just a persona from by the original man who wanted to enter the selection as a thirty-year-old man. However, since his age was insufficient, he created an alternate persona to match the age as well as he can use it as a method to divert the world"s attention from him. The man was none other than Yun Che himself.
"The World Strongest Swordsman? It is bold self-proclaimed t.i.tle I should say." Jasmine replied.
"Yeah, but he had the skills to back it up. Even fighters from my world think twice before engaging him. Right now, I am sure I will be able to fulfill his t.i.tle in this world as well. The sword"s feeling is the same as using Zangetsu. His sword techniques is almost similar to my Getsuga Tenshou just the sword waves merely emphasize on the sharpness." Yun Che explained a brief history on Dracule Mihawk himself. Good thing his techniques are similar to him but he still needed some practice improving his sharpness.
Jasmine nodded in understanding but there"s one thing that bothers her while seeing him in this form. "But you"re really different when you"re using this persona. It is almost like you"re a different person…how did you do it?"
"Oh that, I was getting there. Well….."
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Two days ago (Wasteland of Death Entrance Town)
"System, renamed the sword to "Yoru (Night)"" Yun Che spoke with confidence.
[Ding…. Host"s sword is now renamed to Yoru.]
After completing the sword, Yun Che renamed the newly a.s.sembled according to the sword he designed. He made them as he wanted to personified himself as Dracule Mihawk, the Strongest Swordsman in the world of One Piece. He was the perfect candidate to cause some ruckus in this world rather than using his original self. Besides, Mihawk stoic expression was perfect in playing cool.
He made Mihawk"s feature the same as he was in the world of One Piece but he did give the impression of bringing a Spanish Swordsman into the Chinese oriented world but he didn"t mind as there"s a lot of weird cultivators out there.
When the designs and clothing was done, he immediately a.s.sumed the persona of Dracule Mihawk immediately as the system saves it as a template to change his appearance. As the light illuminated the entire room, Yun Che"s appearance was transforming into Mihawk while dressing as his own original outfit. He immediately looked at the mirror and look at Mihawk"s feature closely.
"So this is how I look like as Dracule Mihawk? A bit older than my original Sasuke look but d.a.m.n. Is he always made his moustache this way?" He said in his heart as he caresses his newly made cheek. In this form, the system has set his age to thirty years old and was able to fool any age measuring pearl.
In this form, he didn"t possess any perks just like his Dragon Transformation. He didn"t even possess any of Mihawk"s original skill or experience. It just changes his appearance into a template persona just like a disguise. Since he didn"t have any of Mihawk"s original skills or sword arts, he had to recreate it on his own.
"So cool, this is your so called idol?" Kon sounded while observing his newly attained persona.
"Yeah, I made the designs just like this. Nothing more nothing less." Yun Che replied using Mihawk"s voice however he seems a lot calmer than his usual idiotic and happy go lucky self.
"Is it just me or it seems that you"re a lot different than your usual, man." Kon spoke after hearing him speak his words just now.
"Is that so? System, any reason such things occurred?"
[Ding… System has added a new feature to the host"s persona feature called "Personality Codex". To ensure a successful personification, the system design the persona according to the original character of the persona based on the host"s memory. This is to ensure host can act or think accordingly depending on the personality codex.]
"So it suppresses my persona"s emotion just like Dracule Mihawk? But why am I still the same in my mind?"
[Ding…the personality codex only affects the host"s outer appearance and personality but retains the host"s original personality.]
"No wonder when I talk as Mihawk, I felt much calmer and surprisingly cool. It"s better than seeing the original me being Mihawk. It"s a little off." He could imagine how weird it might be if he talk just like himself with Mihawk"s persona.
He discovered that his persona mode as Dracule Mihawk doesn"t have any time limit as it just changes his appearance and he can switch it by simply changing the setting in the system"s console. After waiting for one hour, Yoru"s a.s.sembly was complete and Dracule Mihawk"s primary set was now in motion. Using the other leftover materials, he built a small Kogatana dagger but he designed it based on the game based dagger rather than the original crucifix. The system also masked his aura and transform its colour into bluish green like Mihawk"s original aura rather than his usual red Shinigami aura or blue Quincy aura. This way, he won"t have to worry unleashing any energy attacks that can be traced back to him in the future. If situation desires, he can use his Zanpakuto as Mihawk.
When the sword was done, he tried lifting Yoru in the air and its weight was basically the same as Dragon Fault before but it"s much lighter compared to Zangetsu. The black blade was far stronger as it was infused with a lot of sword materials he gained from disa.s.sembling the treasures he got or stole. He even felt the baby dragon"s soul in it.Although it wasn"t the real Yoru but this Yoru is far stronger than any powerless sword and he could upgrade it anytime as long as he had sufficient materials. If he personified as Mihawk, he won"t have to worry using his Zanpakuto as him unless if situation requires him. After giving it a few swing, he was able to get used to Yoru"s weight and was able to store them properly behind his back.
He reverts back to his original form before pa.s.sing out on the bed. Designing tend to take a lot of mental energy especially keeping the feature on and exploring his memories once more. He decided to spend the whole day tomorrow getting used to Mihawk"s persona, clothing and sword before departing towards Gao Ling City on the day after tomorrow. He needed also to get used of using Yoru as his weapon.
Morning came by as he woke up feeling refreshed but his body was a lot heavier than last night, especially on his arms and upper body. It didn"t take an expert to figure out why his body is like that.
"Sigh, these girls…looks like locking the door was useless after all." He woke up feeling Retsu dressed in her sleeping yukata lie on his left arm while Mio was on the other dressing in a black yukata. Cang Yue however was even bolder as she slept on top of his chest. He was hoping to be alone for once but it seems having these girls will never allow him to be in that state anymore. He admits seeing them this beautiful up close really brings joy in his heart.
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"So you spend the whole day training to use this Mihawk"s persona?" Jasmine askee him again.
He nodded in his mind before replying "Yeah, I need some time to get used to his body his physique and as well as created some sword skill for me to use but his techniques were much the same as using Getsuga Tenshou. Also, his slashes are merely mastered form of sword energies and waves. Which I have no problem in using. His sword skills and strikes are basically faster than ordinary sword cultivators allowing him to strike with much precision compared to them."
"Basically, he spent his whole life with a sword?"
"Yeah, dying to see a successor surpa.s.ses him. So mastering Yoru took some time as I needed to watch the hilt of the sword but I was used to it. Old man Zangetsu taught me some tricks in sharping my sword waves faster so I think I am ready. But, I am more fighting using my own style rather than adapting Mihawk"s. Even his sword techniques I created while infusing my own style. Made it much stronger than it used to" Yun Che explained again. Its true that he improved every Mihawk"s original sword techniques and made it much sharper as well as improving his own sword style. Killing two birds with one stone.
Jasmine nodded before saying "So I"ve seen. I hope you were able to use his persona well. I don"t wish for you to make the Strongest Swordsman in your world a joke in this continent."
"Don"t worry, I won"t choose him if I intend to do that. I did plan to become to strongest swordsman above all swordsman but I don"t want that kind of attention. But as this guy…." He never intend to embara.s.s the great swordsman himself. If that guy had the OPness before, he"ll make him even more OP.
"Hmph, speaking of which, where are Kon and the others? Kind of miss the little guy. My punches are left untrained for a while" She slowly said while punching her fist on her palm.
"If you keep that up, you"ll scare the little guy to oblivion. I"ve send them early after giving them several instructions before coming here. I am sure they"re keen on mastering their new ability." Yun Che spoke while trying to get Jasmine"s attention on something.
"You taught them a new ability? Why wasn"t I informed? Now, spill it. As your master I demand you to teach me this new ability." Jasmine demanded. Any skills obtain from Yun Che interest her the most. Whatever they learnt, she wants to learn as well.
"Woah, calm your t.i.ts. Let me focus on the event but I can tell you later while we"re waiting. I promise. Besides, now who"s the master?" He quietly formed a grin on Mihawk"s face.
"Hmph....." Jasmine simply dismissed him as she went quiet before observing him again.
Yun Che or his current form Mihawk slowly walked through the street my maintaining his persona as him. It means he has to keep his personality and refrain himself doing what he would normally do. As for all the guest present, he slowly makes his way towards the heart of the city where the selection is taking place. The Xiao Clan had the city secured the location of the teleportation formation until the selection is complete. As he approaches the heart of the city, he can see a lot people converging towards the central arena in front of the city lord"s palace.
From the system, this place is the place where all fighting events are taking place. Usually all kinds of tournament, banquet or fights are being held here organized by the city"s clans as a method to introduce the younger generation to the city. However, today and for the first time ever. Man and woman above thirty years old are competing for a spot in entering the tomb. As for Yun Che had read countless of novels before, he knew where this is going and what are the effects. People and cultivators might be friends in the arena but once they are in the tomb. Betrayals are to be expected. But, none of these people matter if it involves the treasure of the Blue Wind Empire itself, especially the tomb of the first ruler that is The Moon Empress.
"Honored guest entering the selection can proceed to the arena using the designated path." sounded the city guard nearby. As he heard that announcement, he breathes a breath of relief as it was hard enough to move from around with Yoru behind his back. Especially with its ma.s.sive hilt. Back to the story, From the crowd, he can see various cultivators of the Peak of Sky Profound Realm escorted by their clan members towards the arena. Normally, in Blue Wind Empire. Peak Sky Profound Realm cultivators can be a sect master, clan elders or honored elders. These people are considered the strongest as well as the backbone of their clan. He"s quite sure that most of the guests partic.i.p.ating, all of them are somewhere outside of the Blue Wind Empire.
"It seems that not all clan partic.i.p.ating in this selection." Yun Che made his remarks as he saw very little paetic.i.p.ants took the designated path.
"As to be expected. These people are the backbone of a clan. If they died or crippled in the selection it spells instant doom for the clan. So, I am sure those smaller clans backed away from the selection and the ones came are from a big shot clan with a lot of Sky Profound Realm elders." Jasmine made her remark as well.
Then, she continued "Judging from their looks, the small clans in this empire won"t stand a chance. However, it doesn"t mean those from outside won"t be partic.i.p.ating as well."
"Let"s just wait and see. These people are perfect in carrying Mihawk"s story back to their empire." Yun Che replied internally as he made his way on the path.
As he moved towards the path, he noticed that the guests using that path and partic.i.p.ating had escorts around them and being treated as honored guest. However, for him. He was the only one standing there with no escorts, guards or anything. As if he was a n.o.body. Seeing a lone cultivator like him, some people were already disgusted as this selection for honored guests and clans. Even with his bizarre outfit and weapon, it looks like status is the most important thing after that.
"Wonder who is that swordsman?" One of the spectator asked.
"Aside from his weird outfit and that sword of his, he doesn"t look anything special."
"Does he really think he"s one of the honored guests? Is this selection being merely a joke to him?" One of the clan members who is also a partic.i.p.ant turned around and spoke to him in a haughty voice. It appears he is a middle age man but slowly ascending towards the forties. Judging from his appearance, it seems that this man is an elder.
He continued "Hmph, some lone and unknown cultivator you are. Its best for you to leave. This selection is obly for honor and distinguished clans like us. Not for a weird and n.o.body like you. Go on, scram."
Yun Che wanted to pull a smug reply but in the end he replied it as calmly just like the original Mihawk would say. "Shut your mouth. Rules doesn"t say I must partic.i.p.ate in a clan."
"You… Do you know who we are?" As someone who was used being bathe in respect, the haughty elder was furious hearing his reply.
"No, I am not interested to find out."
"You…" The elder was furious and wanted to approach the disguised Yun Che but before he could move, he was stopped with another hand.
The elder turned around and saw another middle age man but he was kind of respectful to this man. "Sect master."
"What are you doing? There"re be plenty of time in the arena and you"re already causing trouble? Do you wish for us to be humiliated and barred from entering?" The elder"s sect master spoke to him. The elder regained back his cool before shooting a glare towards the disguised Yun Che. Not only him but the rest of the guests as well. Every one of them shot him a look that people would gave when a n.o.body stepped into the arena. Imagine how shock they"re going to be if he managed to foil their plans later on.
"Hmph, looks like status really does important to survived in this world. Being stronger makes them arrogant. Let"s show them how a swordsman above all swordsman act." He continued to walk despite hearing the comments on the others about the matter just now.
After the other clan elders had partic.i.p.ated, it was finally his turn but the receptionist seems to have similar reactions as the rest of them. It seems that only big shots clan worthy enough to register themselves even though it sounds like an open selection. Seeing him all by himself without any ties to any of the big shots clans makes the receptionist seems reluctant to register him. In the end, there"s no rule that partic.i.p.ants must have a clan behind them to register. So he was given a pa.s.s to enter the selection.
"Who is that swordsman and what is this "Dra.... cule Mi…. hawk"? How does one p.r.o.nounce such a name?" One of the elders from another clan saw his written name.
"Hmph, whoever he is. He could never match all those clans. Without anyone backing him, his life will as good as gone if he offended any of them." One of the clan leader spoke to his disciples.
As Yun Che went in, he was soon being confront with an age measuring pearl similar to the New Moon Palace disciple selection from before. However, this pearl is quite different as it also displays the strength of the person holding it preventing any unwanted cultivator from entering this selection with stronger state. Age measuring pearls is foolproof enough to sniff any older and stronger cultivators. With the system"s protection, his persona was a green light so he managed to pa.s.s the testing zone and entered the arena.
The arena was bursting and full of spectators from the city and the outside. Many of them are here to witness the top eight that will join the other two Xiao Clan Sky Profound Realm elders to enter the tomb. The event was not as large as the Blue Wind Empire Ranking Tournament but this was a once in a lifetime event. No wonder everyone will not miss such an event. After the age and strength site was done, a total of sixty-four partic.i.p.ants finally registered themselves including him.
The arena was built in a square shape arena large enough to sustain a large scale battle as this is the battle between Peak Sky Profound Realm cultivators and it was surrounded by a profound formation protecting the spectators from any cast battle skills. Near the formation itself, a special seating area was prepared for the partic.i.p.ants of the selection mainly for distinguished guest.
A small seating area large enough to put all their escorts together but a special seat was prepared for the partic.i.p.ants themselves. Yun Che immediately jumped and dissappeared towards the seating area before he sat on the special seat prepared for him putting his leg above the other. At the same time, he lowered his head covering his eyes with the hat"s shadow before extending his haki to the surrounding. He modified the seat slightly so he can sit with his sword towering behind him. However, all eyes seem to be on him the moment he sat on the special seat. All the special seat area was either perfectly fit or full by the partic.i.p.ants" escorts but for not for him. He was the only sitting there in his zone with his hands on each other above his legs just like how the original Mihawk would sit. Seeing him as the only one in that big s.p.a.ce, the other clans were either envious or glaring at him. Not that he mind at all.
From there, he saw familiar clans like Burning Heaven Clan, Xiao Clan and the Heavenly Sword Villa judging from the crest they displayed. The rest of them were either new or unknown and he didn"t bother to know more. The spectators seating area was not empty as there"s no more empty seats are seen. It was full of people.
However, he didn"t see any cultivators from the Frozen Cloud Asgard but he did saw another cultivator seem to be all herself on the partic.i.p.ants seating zone. As for how he knew this one"s a female, he just saw the lumps on the cultivator"s chest. Seeing this woman is the only female cultivator among all of them.
The cultivator seemed to be dressed and fully cloaked in black. Even her head was hooded and her face was hidden behind a mask she wore. Looks like she intend to hide her features unlike him. So far, only him and her are the ones without an escort entering this selection. Seeing the only female cultivator in such a ma.s.sive selection, he couldn"t help but feeling a little bit curious about her. A thirty-year-old woman entering this selection on her own. Same as him, he can feel the spectators" jealousy or mockery against her for not being someone from a distinguished clan. Well, all might change the moment he chose to display his skills.
Despite the cheering came from the spectators, all of them immediately stopped once a voice sounded in the air. "Welcome distinguished guest to the Selection for the Moon Empress"s tomb and welcome guests to the Vanguard City of Blue Wind Empire, the Gao Ling City." A middle age man suddenly spoke from the balcony of the palace. From the people"s reaction, it seems that the middle age man is the city"s lord.
He continued "As we all know, the Tomb of the Moon Empress was founded by the Xiao Clan by accident underneath the ruins of an old temple in their training zone. However, what they found is not the tomb itself but the teleporting formation leading to the tomb. The formation is protected by an ancient profound formation possibly created by the Empress herself. It was set back then that only men and women above thirty years old and the cultivation of Peak of Sky Profound Realm will have the privilege of entering the tomb. However, the tomb cannot support too many cultivators and the formation only allows ten cultivators to enter. So, the Blue Wind Empire only have a little Sky Profound Realm cultivators at the peak so we organized a tournament allowing anyone have a cultivator at the peak of Sky Profound Realm to enter. To ensure a fair compet.i.tion is applied, the selection will be done in a form of a tournament so everyone have the opportunity to enter and fight for a spot. The Xiao clan has reserved two spots in the ten as agreement that they found the formation itself."
He spoke again. "We have sixty-four partic.i.p.ants in the selection and each of them will battle until we reach the conclusion of the final eight. The eight Sky Profound Realm elders will have the chance of entering the tomb along with two Xiao Clan elders."
Despite the rules, they were some clans wanted to pester the city lord to give them a spot and use sentences like "give face". However, none of dared to incur the wrath of other clans as well unless they have a throne backing them.
"The fight will be drawn randomly as cultivators will face each other on the battlefield. All sixty-four cultivators will fight one on one until the final sixteen before moving on to the eight winners." The city lord spoke once more awaiting the long conclusion. Sixty-four partic.i.p.ants maybe short but these sixty-four are the strongest of the strong below Emperor Profound Realm.
Everyone was here for a single reason that is to obtain the Legacy of the Moon Empress. It only works on females but it was enough for them to become the most powerful clan in the empire. However, Yun Che is here just to kill some time and obtaining that art for Cang Yue.
Seeing that the pace was set, Yun Che just smiled and sit back awaiting his turn. He was not interested in his opponents but he really wanted to kick that elder"s a.s.s from before. He just hoped that his opponent was him. Then, he"ll show what happens if one offend the man with the Hawk Eyes.
Unaware to everyone in the arena, in a luxurious room above the arena where VIP spectators can spectate. Four pair of eyes watched over the compet.i.tion like a hawk. Observing, learning and antic.i.p.ating all they can. But their target was not anyone in particular. They"re only here only for one person. The man with the Hawk eyes, Dracule Mihawk.