16: Cool

The five rounds of battles quickly concluded. The Prodigies from various Peaks gathered, and as soon as they stepped onto the stage, they unleashed their strongest lightning techniques, resolving their opponents with extreme speed.

They hoped to show off in front of the Elders, hoping to be taken in as Personal Disciples.

One must know that the treatment for Personal Disciples is far superior to that of Outer Sect Disciples; there is a qualitative leap in both Cultivation resources and the authority to learn Cultivation Techniques.

Su Yao was also immensely excited at this moment; she could finally step onto the stage.

Even if it was just for her Revered Master, her first battle had to be beautiful!

She wanted those who looked down on her Revered Master to see clearly just how outstanding the Disciple taught by her Revered Master truly was!

Su Yao secretly clenched her small fists, her eyes flickering with flames as if ready to devour all enemies.

Only the last twenty-nine powerhouses remained. All of them came from the Thirty-Six Tiangang. Two Disciples from each of the Nine Great Main Peaks advanced to the semi-finals, and besides the Nine Great Main Peaks, only Tianzhu Peak had two Disciples enter the semi-finals.

Even the Thirty-Six Peaks of Tiangang have varying strengths. The Chiefs whose Peaks ranked lower had rather unpleasant expressions. They were also honorably ranked as Chiefs of the Thirty-Six Peaks of Tiangang, but it was truly embarrassing that their own Disciples failed to enter the semi-finals.

Huang Bocheng saw his two Disciples enter the semi-finals and the corner of his mouth curved slightly. He had essentially taken these two in as his Personal Disciples, personally teaching them Cultivation Techniques and helping them Cultivate during this period.

He even directly passed on Tianzhu Peak's strongest sword technique to these two. One must know that as newly initiated Disciples, they were fundamentally unqualified to learn it, but Huang Bocheng did not hesitate to break the rules just to completely prevent Li Haotian from having a chance to recover!

Name after name was called. They stepped onto the fighting stage in order and began their battles. Su Yao quietly watched their matches, waiting for the referee to announce her name.

Soon, Su Yao and another Tianzhu Peak Disciple, Lu Renjia, were called.

Huang Bocheng immediately revealed an evil smile. Although this little girl was the hope for the entire Sect's peace for the next ten thousand years, he was still willing to eliminate her for his own benefit.

The world has never lacked such Prodigies, it just takes time to find them little by little.

Before a Prodigy grows up, she is just an ordinary Foundation Establishment Peak cultivator.

Huang Bocheng's eyes were gloomy. Of the two Disciples he personally trained, one was at Foundation Establishment Peak, and the other was at the Early Stage of Entering Profundity.

Lu Renjia only had the strength of Foundation Establishment Peak, but he had learned Tianzhu Peak's strongest sword technique. Taking down Su Yao should only take a snap of the fingers.

Su Yao leaped lightly onto the fighting stage. Lu Renjia tapped the ground gently with his toes, landing on the stage with an equally agile posture. A long sword was conspicuously hanging from his waist.

“Ready! Start!”

“Haha, today you face me...”

Before Lu Renjia could finish speaking, he saw a flash of red light before his eyes. A fiery red long whip suddenly struck his face, and his entire body instantly spun 180 degrees in the air and flew out.

Dazed, Lu Renjia slowly climbed up from the edge of the fighting stage, his eyes filled with confusion.

He hadn't even clearly seen what had just happened before he was sent flying. He vigorously shook his head, feeling as if everything was an illusion, and took a deep breath.

“Ahem, today, facing me is your...”

Without waiting for him to finish, Su Yao swung the Fire Phoenix Whip in her hand again, directly striking Lu Renjia from a highly tricky angle, sending him flying into the air.

What followed was a whipping package. Lu Renjia screamed miserably, not even having time to beg for mercy.

Su Yao felt this guy talked too much, so the whip basically aimed right for his mouth.

Lu Renjia was whipped so badly that he didn't even dare to cry out later, tightly covering his mouth with his hands as tears continuously streamed from the corners of his eyes.

Didn't the Chief say that a useless Revered Master's Disciple must also be useless? But compared to her now, he seemed even more useless!

Su Yao only struck the opponent, sending him flying off the stage, after completing an entire set of whip techniques.

“Hahahahahaha! Chief Huang, your Disciple truly has copper skin and iron bones! I didn't realize your Tianzhu Peak Disciple was so resilient. After being struck so many times, he didn't even let out a sound—what a man of unyielding integrity!”

Qin Tianfeng was laughing so hard tears came out. Earlier, he had been slightly dissatisfied that only one of his Disciples made it to the semi-finals, while Huang Bocheng, sitting next to him, unconsciously pointed his nostrils toward the sky.

This had greatly annoyed him.

Yet, not long after, Huang Bocheng's Disciple was whipped until he looked like a pig, his face covered in red marks, which were burns caused by the Fire Phoenix Whip.

Huang Bocheng's face turned the color of pig liver from anger, but he could only let out a cold snort, unable to say anything. If he spoke up now to argue, wouldn't he look like a sore loser?

Su Yao's performance immediately piqued the interest of the other Chiefs. The combat power she had just displayed could completely crush Foundation Establishment Peak experts of the same Realm.

Overwhelming opponents in the same Realm, or even fighting above one's Realm—these are essential characteristics for every Prodigy.

The Chiefs grew even more fervent, especially Hua Bujue among the Nine Great Chiefs. Only such an outstanding female Disciple would be qualified to inherit her Chief position in the future!

“That whip technique seems to be a Heaven Rank Whip Technique, truly masterful! Paired with that long whip that has a flame burning effect, it is simply Heaven-Defying!”

“That Tianzhu Peak Disciple was far too careless. Otherwise, he wouldn't have lost so miserably. If he had gone all out from the start and fought desperately, Su Yao probably would have had to expend some effort.”

“Chief Huang, is this how you usually instruct your Disciples at Tianzhu Peak? Talk tough first, then get beaten up?”

Although everyone seemed to be chatting casually, they were mocking Huang Bocheng in every word.

This was especially true for the Chiefs whose rankings were lower. They had just been infuriated by Huang Bocheng's condescending attitude, and naturally, they wouldn't miss the chance to retaliate, mocking Huang Bocheng one after another.

Huang Bocheng felt like his lungs were about to explode from anger. He had indeed been arrogant just now, but now he was reduced to being subjected to everyone's Yin and Yang mockery.

It should have taken this little girl at least some time to fully restore her Foundation and talent, plus her Realm might have been boosted by Medicinal Pills. How could his meticulously trained Disciple possibly lose!

Huang Bocheng felt like he was going bald from thinking so hard, yet he couldn't figure out the reason.

A look of resentment appeared on his face, and he fiercely spat on the ground.

When the others saw that he was losing his composure, they immediately laughed even harder.

Especially Qin Tianfeng, who was always at loggerheads with Huang Bocheng, felt immense satisfaction in his heart at this moment!

One word: Satisfaction!