The waves of ridicule from the surroundings entered into Zi Shang's ears, and it caused his expression to become unsightly and livid.
"The possessor of the number 8 token, Ou Chen!"
Because Ye Ling had just fought Su Li, Zi Shang could only choose Ou Chen who possessed the number 8 token.
Ou Chen had a casual expression as he similarly felt Zi Shang was only good looking but useless.
Whoosh!
Along with a strand of a black colored flame brand appearing between Zi Shang's brows, 80 ancient horned dragon silhouettes appeared once more in the sky above him, and they bared their fangs and brandished their claws with an imposing aura that shot into the sky like a rainbow.
However, not many people were surprised now, and even more people looked at Zi Shang with ridicule as if they were waiting for Zi Shang to lose face once more.
But in next to no time, the pupils of these people couldn't help but constrict.
Because not only had Zi Shang revealed a strength at the sixth level of the Void Interpretation Stage this time, he'd even exerted it.
He heavily injured Ou Chen with a single strike!
Ou Chen spat out a few mouthfuls of blood successively before fainting, and then he was taken away by the representative of the Darchu Dynasty.
This time, all the voices that questioned Zi Shang stopped abruptly.
"Hmph!"
Zi Shang looked at the surroundings and grunted coldly, and he seemed to be declaring his displeasure.
No matter what, Zi Shang's domineering display of his strength at the sixth level of the Void Interpretation Stage to defeat Ou Chen in a single move still shocked many people.
"What secret technique is that? It's too abnormal! "
"No wonder Vice Fort Master Ning took him as his personal disciple, so it turns out that he has such a formidable ability."
"As expected of the personal disciple of Vice Fort Master Ning, he's extraordinary as expected!"
…
The various voices that ridiculed Zi Shang earlier had vanished, and only waves of praise remained.
"These people really change their attitudes quickly."
Su Li frowned.
Duan Lingtian smiled indifferently. "They're only a group of opportunists that will fall wherever the wind blows … So there's no need to be serious with them."
Zi Shang heavily injured Ou Chen, causing Ou Chen to lose the strength to continue fighting.
It was even to the extent that after he consumed the grade three Life Recovery Pill given by the Skywolf Fort, even though Ou Chen recovered slightly, he wasn't able to recover completely.
In this way, Ou Chen could only be ranked at the ninth position in the martial competition.
Ye Ling obtaining the number 8 token without shedding a drop of blood caused her to feel as if she was dreaming.
All of this was given to her by Zi Shang.
Ye Ling glanced at Zi Shang, her eyes filled with fear.
After a moment, she recalled that she had already been defeated by Duan Lingtian, Su Li, and Feng Tianwu. She also knew that she wasn't a match for the other three.
For a time, she made a decision in her heart, and she looked at Ning Can. "Vice Fort Master Ning, I'm willing to be ranked at the eighth position in the martial competition this time."
Meanwhile, the eighth, ninth, and tenth positions of the martial competition had been decided.
The fourth round of selections continued.
Just as Duan Lingtian, the possessor of token number 1, was about to enter the arena, Su Li called out to him.
"What is it?"
Duan Lingtian looked at Su Li in confusion.
Meanwhile, Su Li didn't answer Duan Lingtian, and he looked at Ning Can who was high in the sky instead and said frankly, "Duan Lingtian challenged me in this battle. I admit defeat!"
Ning Can nodded.
Duan Lingtian smiled bitterly as he looked at Su Li. "Why are you in such a hurry? I still have a few people that I haven't challenged. "
"If you enter the arena, you'll surely not challenge me and Tian Wu first … Besides that, I still want to watch you fight those three fellows without any distractions."
The meaning within Su Li's words was extremely obvious. He wanted to first decide his ranking before properly watching Duan Lingtian fight the other three fellows.
As for those three fellows, they were naturally Qi Feng, Qin Kong, and Ta Mu, and all of them were existences at the fourth level of the Void Interpretation Stage.
Subsequently, it was Feng Tianwu's turn.
"I challenge the possessor of token number 6, Su Li. I admit defeat."
Perhaps she was influenced by Su Li, but Feng Tianwu didn't enter the arena and directly admitted defeat to Su Li.
There was a difference of 10 ancient horned dragons between her and Su Li, and coupled with Su Li's shocking Child Chain Sword, she didn't have the slightest confidence in going against Su Li.
Subsequently, the possessors of token number 3, 4, and 5 successively challenged Feng Tianwu who'd just obtained token number 6. When facing these three existences that were even stronger than Su Li, Feng Tianwu didn't enter the arena and directly admitted defeat.
Due to Su Li admitting that he was inferior to Qi Feng, Qin Kong, and Ta Mu, their rankings rose successively.
Qi Feng had obtained token number 2.
Qin Ran had obtained token number 3.
Ta Mu had obtained token number 4.
As for Su Li, he obtained token number 5 instead.
Feng Tianwu, token number 6.
Zi Shang, token number 7.
This was a temporary ranking.
Whoosh!
Duan Lingtian entered the arena, and his gaze locked onto Ta Mu. "I challenge the possessor of token number 4."
After a short moment, Ta Mu flew out and stood in confrontation with Duan Lingtian.
"Duan Lingtian, you look weak, so hand over token number 1 … Otherwise, I won't be courteous to you!"
Ta Mu grinned, and he seemed to be honest, yet his eyes were filled with strands of bright lights.
"That will depend on if you have the ability."
Duan Lingtian spoke indifferently.
Needless to say, Ta Mu's strength wasn't bad. At the very least, it could be considered to be not bad when compared to Ye Ling who'd fought Duan Lingtian earlier. Not only had his cultivation broken through to the fourth level of the Void Interpretation Stage, he'd even comprehended third level Void Interpretation Concept.
But unfortunately, Ta Mu wasn't an Inscription Master.
Thus, under Duan Lingtian's soul skill, Thousand Illusions, Ta Mu was easily defeated by Duan Lingtian.
Ta Mu lost to the point he was muddle-headed, and he had a bewildered expression. "I … lost?"
Right when the surrounding spectators were slightly speechless, Ta Mu wiped off the bloodstains on the corners of his mouth, and his eyes glowed as he looked at Duan Lingtian as he said shamelessly, "Duan Lingtian, take me as your disciple … Teach me the ability you used to deal with me earlier, how about it?"
"I'm not interested."
Duan Lingtian glanced indifferently at Ta Mu, and then he returned to the side of Feng Tianwu, Su Li, and the others.
But Ta Mu followed him instead. "Master, Master … I've decided, I'll follow you in the future! I'll surely learn your ability. "
"F * * k off!"
Duan Lingtian frowned as he shouted out with a grim voice, and then his brows relaxed as he paid no further attention to Ta Mu.
"Ta Mu!"
Right at this moment, the representative of the Daryuan Dynasty, the old man with a robust figure, soared through the sky and arrived by Ta Mu's side in a short moment before slapping the back of Ta Mu's head.
Slap!
After he slapped Ta Mu, the robust old man looked at Duan Lingtian. "Please forgive Ta Mu if he's caused any trouble to you."
Duan Lingtian nodded.
"I won't leave, I won't leave … I want to follow Master, I want to follow my Master!"
Ta Mu who was dragged away by the robust old man was ceaselessly shouting and pestering Duan Lingtian, and he seemed like an ignorant brat.
This scene caused the surrounding spectators to be slightly speechless.
Duan Lingtian was speechless when he heard Ta Mu repeatedly call Duan Lingtian 'Master.'
Why didn't he know that he'd taken Ta Mu as his disciple?
"Brother Ling Tian, I think it's pretty good even if you take that fellow as your disciple … In the future, you'll have one more person to be at your beck and call."
Zhang Shou Yong smiled.
Duan Lingtian rolled his eyes angrily at Zhang Shou Yong who took pleasure in Ta Mu's misfortune. "Big Brother Zhang, if you want him, then take him yourself!"
"I want to as well … But the problem is that he doesn't take a fancy to me."
Zhang Shou Yong laughed bitterly.
Ta Mu was similar in age to him, yet his strength far surpassed him. Making Ta Mu take him as his master was undoubtedly more difficult than ascending the heavens.
After Ta Mu caused the commotion, the atmosphere at the scene underwent a slight change.
Ta Mu wanting to take Duan Lingtian as his master seemed to be at a loss for whether to laugh or cry, yet everyone present was clearly aware that the reason Ta Mu did that was entirely because of Duan Lingtian's unfathomable ability.
Even if it was them, they were similarly filled with curiosity and yearning towards that ability.
When the representatives of some Dynasties focused their gazes on Duan Lingtian, their eyes were filled with greed, and they wished for nothing more than to capture Duan Lingtian and torture him to find out the secrets of his unfathomable ability.
"Duan Lingtian, the ability you executed that was similar to a soul skill … Could it be that it's an Innate Divine Ability?"
Suddenly, a familiar voice sounded out by Duan Lingtian's ears, and it was precisely Sword 13's voice.
Innate Divine Ability?
Duan Lingtian was stunned. What's that?
Under his bewilderment, Duan Lingtian searched through the memories of Samsara Emperor Wu, and in the end, he finally found out what an Innate Divine Ability was.
It was a unique innate ability that 'variants' that were between humans and demon beasts were born with, and it relied on Spiritual Force and was of a variety. Some were similar to soul skills, and some were similar to secret techniques.
Duan Lingtian laughed bitterly in his heart.
He knew that Su Li's Master had taken him to be a 'variant' that was born from the combination of a human and demon beast.
Perhaps, sometimes, being a 'variant' isn't bad … At the very least, I don't have to worry about someone coveting my soul skill, Thousand Illusions, or doing something crazy to me.
Duan Lingtian thought in his heart, and he quickly made a decision.
"Senior actually knows of Innate Divine Abilities?"
Duan Lingtian looked at Sword 13 and replied via voice transmission with slight surprise, and he didn't answer Sword 13's question.
On the other hand, when Sword 13 heard what Duan Lingtian said, he naturally thought that Duan Lingtian had tacitly admitted it.
Moreover, besides this, he was really unable to think of how Duan Lingtian was able to execute an ability that was similar to a soul skill.
After all, in Cloud Continent, only those special demon beasts with extraordinary natural talent were able to grasp various soul skills through the innate soul brand before they attained the Emperor Stage.
The Emperor Stage was the general name of the Emperor Wu Stage and Demon Emperor Stage.
Only after attaining the Emperor Stage would human martial artists be able to utilize Spiritual Force to execute Spiritual Force abilities that were similar to soul skills against their enemies.
The Empyrean Temple's Hui Ming and Hui Jing and the Emotion Severing Sect's Master, Pei An, had similar thoughts as Sword 13.
"Are you aware of Duan Lingtian's background?"
Pei An asked Zhang Yan in a low voice.
"Yes."
Zhang Yan nodded. "He's from the lowest level Kingdom under the Darkhan Dynasty that I was in earlier, and it can be said that he's from a completely grassroots background."
The lowest level Kingdom under the Dynasty?
Grassroots background?
"A person from a grassroots background in a tiny Kingdom possesses such accomplishments before the age of 30 … Unless such a person is a 'variant' or has obtained some great fortuitous encounter, otherwise, it's practically impossible for such a person to exist."
Pei An muttered to himself.
Besides that, as far as he was concerned, how could a great fortuitous encounter be something that one could obtain just because one wanted to?
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