The examinees were astounded beyond belief; following the explosions, came the howling of air being breached; gazes turned upwards, seeing the figure that flew towards the heavens.
The grounds were dead silent, a lot of the examinees had their jaws hanging, yet no one said anything.
They all stared wide-eyed at the figure that was hurtling to some incredibly high location and its subsequent descent.
Momentarily after, a faint tremor could be felt from the ground.
The examinees all lowered their heads and looked towards their feet, then they lifted their heads and looked at the Tower of Purging Dust, they were too astonished for words, to the point where they felt as if their hearts were also tremoring.
That tremor, it should have been that person impacting onto the ground?
The majority of examinees didn’t see clearly as to who it was that was sent flying up into the air, but for some reason, they all subconsciously concluded that it wouldn’t have been Chen Chang Sheng.
Within the tower.
Chen Chang Sheng stood, with his right foot in front and left leg behind, looking akin to a bow.
His right arm was slightly angled, fist towards the sky, akin to a torch.
Huo Guang had been sent flying.
He withdrew his fist and right leg, standing straight, turning his gaze skywards.
His line of sight shifted upwards and then down; following that figure and returning to within the tower.
A thud resounded, dust abounded and the ground lightly tremored.
The dust gradually settled, Huo Guang lay upon the ground, continuously spewing up blood, having an untold amount of broken bones.
From the moment he had left the ground, the examiners from the second floor had rushed down, making preparations for emergency treatment.
The clergywoman from Thirteen Divisions of Radiant Green continuously poured upon him a clear radiance, helping to stanch his bleeding, ensuring that he wouldn’t suffer from the danger of death, only then, would he be moved over to Li Palace.
Lying upon the sand strewn floor and staring at the deep blue heavens above, Huo Guang’s expression was filled with pain while his eyes were filled with anger and unwillingness to accept his state; what he felt even greater amounts of, was bewilderment.
He couldn’t understand; why did he lose this match.
It had to be known that he already knew who his opponent was going to be from before his entering of the Capital.
If Chen Chang Sheng couldn’t even pass the Martial Trial, then he naturally wouldn’t be able to participate in the Duelling Stage. If he couldn’t even pass the first round of the duelling phase, then they naturally wouldn’t run into each other.
All he knew was that if Chen Chang Sheng entered the second round, they would become opponents, he would become an unscalable mountain. History would be corrected at this moment and the alliance between the North and South would be put back on track…
Yet, he current lay upon the floor, having sustained severe injuries, unable to move; even an act as simple as turning his neck was something he couldn’t do.
He wanted to say something to Chen Chang Sheng, but he couldn’t look at him, nor could he say any words, all he could do was to stare at the deep blue skies above.
The sky within the Education Palace was far lower than the sky outside, previously, he had even felt as if he would touch upon that piece of heaven.
Just as how he had felt he could easily defeat Chen Chang Sheng, when they were still outside of the tower.
Yet reality was, the heavens could not be reached.
Neither could he win against Chen Chang Sheng.
Why was this?
Chen Chang could have pondered over Huo Guang and those important personages behind him, pondered over their current complex emotions, their feelings and their thoughts, but he didn’t.
The feelings and thoughts were unrelated to him, whether if their poison was his tonic or not, it had nothing to do with him; he would never waste time on such pointless matters.
He didn’t look at Huo Guang whom was lying upon the floor, instead turning towards the Li Palace clergy member in charge of the duelling phase and did a formal gesture, then he headed out of the tower.
That clergy member came from the Education Board, seeing the image of that youth’s back, they praisefully nodded their head.
From entering the tower to leaving, Chen Chang Sheng hadn’t uttered a single word.
Before the start of the match, Huo Guang had said he wouldn’t use words to insult him, because it was both shameless and dull, that he would simply defeat him.
Chen Chang Sheng had used reality to show his opponent that saying anything at all was inherently dull and inane.
I am here for a duel, not a conversation, not to mention we’re not familiar with each, we don’t even know each other.