It seemed to be a normal oil-paper umbrella, yet, upon opening, its outer face immediately let out countless dazzling rays, looking akin to precious yellow jade, meanwhile, some immense aura faintly flowed within, it was clearly not just some regular tool.
Due to Liu Chong Shan being too young, his cultivation was insufficient for utilising the umbrella’s full power; however, for something like the Grand Examination, there were very few examinees that could break through it using their own strength.
This umbrella was his last resort; he couldn’t have imagined that he would matchup against Chen Chang Sheng in the first match; for safety’s sake, he took out the item without any hesitation.
Chen Chang Sheng gave the umbrella only a glance and didn’t pay it any further attention, focusing his attention within himself as well as he could.
Within his broken meridians, flowed a small amount of True Essence, under the influence of his vast divine sense, his attention became ever more heightened, yet strangely, ever more calm.
At the same time, a hard to describe energy began emitting from the innermost part of his body’s bones, his organs, extending to every part of his body, bringing with it a certain feeling – that feeling was very profound, hard to express in words; it wasn’t a sense of feeling powerful, borne from the enormity of the energy; it was a feeling that even if the energy was to be small and weak, it would still be enough to make someone feel boundlessly strong and confident, akin to some sort of instinct.
He was no stranger to this feeling.
That day, in the underground space, he had entered a coma after forcefully undergoing meditation, upon awakening, he had found that he had another source of energy within his body, another presence, alongside a strong feeling of confidence.
Due to not being able to meet Venerable Elder Black Dragon again, he still didn’t know what had happened that day, but he knew that his body had undergone some sort of inexplicable transformation; his speed and physical strength had risen to some fearsome degree, even the most perfect of Purifications would have been just as such.
The important thing was, no one knew of his transformation.
“Come,” said Liu Chong Shan indifferently while looking at him, the umbrella in front of Liu Chong Shan let out a powerful aura.
His “come”, was Chen Chang Sheng’s “go”.
Chen Chang Shen considered how he should advance, how should he “go”, how could he “go” faster, he then remembered that day where he had jumped from the second floor down to the snow covered ground and leapt to the lakeside.
He lifted his right leg and stepped towards the ground.
Only a single sound could be heard resounding; that sound was very hard to describe, akin to an iron anvil that had been heated to the point of being red hot and then covered with pot of water.
A sizzling crackle could be heard.
Chen Chang Sheng’s foot landed upon the ground.
His tough leather boot, immediately ripped apart.
The sand underneath, akin to something escaping for dear life, scattered out, revealing the bare ground beneath that was made of stone.
Several cracks, with his right foot as the centre, spread out across the Tower of Purging Dust.
All of this happened within a time shorter than it would take to blink.
In charge of the Duelling Stage were numerous Li Palace clergy, amongst these clergy, some were in charge of its operation, some were invigilators, some were in charge of medical treatment, while some were tasked with various chores; there wasn’t a need for all of them to stay within the tower and previously, there were many that had stayed outside, but at this moment, they were all located inside the tower.
They were all standing on the second floor, quietly watching the duel, the clergy were all very curious as to the ability of this youth from Orthodox Academy, of whom, His Eminence, The Bishop, had high hopes for.
Was he like the rumours said, someone unable to cultivate? Or was he like those legendary figures, someone that will suddenly display an unconceivable amount of power.
Seeing Chen Chang Sheng’s foot step onto the sand covered ground and what happened subsequently, the expressions of all the clergy on the second floor, instantly changed, this was the because the power displayed by that youth from Orthodox Academy exceeded their imagination.
This wasn’t to say that his True Essence capacity was overly abundant, in fact, they could clearly sense that Chen Chang Sheng’s capacity was very average, maybe even a little deficient, but for him to be able to shatter the ground within His Holiness’ miniature world with a single step, just what kind of Purification did he undergo? How could he possibly possess such a terrifying strength?
An incredibly fearsome energy, travelled from the ground back to Chen Chang Sheng’s body; sand rose up and filled the air.