Kirst's City Lord was also shocked by this attack. He then looked at the Crimson Fire in Hoult's hand with great envy.
'This is a top notch level 29 Superior Divine Weapon. It's amazing, really amazing. With this longsword and that move which accumulates power, Hoult is undoubtedly the best amongst everyone else in terms of destructive prowess.'
Most of the Knights in the arena who had also seen this attack moved over fifty meters away from the steel pillar as they could not withstand the high temperature.
Rota let out a deep breath, 'So powerful, really too powerful. The prowess of this attack has probably surpassed the limits of a first transition Knight. This is not an attack that can be performed by someone at the Knight level.'
Hamil also exclaimed, 'Seems like Hoult will be in first place in the first stage. As expected of a third generation disciple of a Divine level expert. This is what great power is.'
Anderson's face turned grim, as if he had not expected Hoult to be able to perform such a powerful attack. The speed and style of this attack was not very fast or exquisite, and it required one to accumulate power before it could be activated.
It was a move that pursued destructive prowess. However, its destructive prowess was so great that it left people speechless.
The other students went up one by one, including Rota, Hamil, Manny, and the others. However, there was no one else who could reach Hoult's and Anderson's level.
Next, it was David's turn. He wore a pair of golden gloves, and when he clenched his fists tightly, bolts of lightning started to surround his fists.
Governor Devitt's brows twitched slightly, 'Thundergod Gloves?'
This glove was clearly quite famous. It was the heirloom of Mongul City's City Lord. To think that he had given it to David to participate in the Regional Selection.
This glove was a level 25 Superior Divine Weapon, and there were layers of lightning surrounding the fists. Not only could it paralyze the enemy, but it could also release high temperatures to burn the enemy. The high temperature it released in an instant could even exceed 10000 degrees.
It was a pity that it could not last for long. Although the temperature was high in an instant, the total amount of heat was not high, and its destructive prowess was far from that of the Crimson Fire longsword.
Many of the spectators in the arena had clearly recognized this weapon as well, and they started whispering amongst themselves.
David broke into a proud smile and got into a stance, about to perform One Man Army. By controlling the air pressure and working together with the Thundergod Gloves, he would create extremely high temperature lightning strikes to melt the steel pillar.
But just as he was about to throw a punch, there was a sudden noise coming from the stage.
"Why isn't he wearing underwear?" Ferdinand shouted. "Isn't it yellow today?"
Bursts of laughter instantly came from the stage. David's heart tightened, and his left hand couldn't help but touch the belt of his trousers. His other fist, however, lost its aim. In an instant, the power of the lightning strike was greatly reduced, and it only made a five-inch dent on the surface of the steel pillar.
Devitt shook his head. "You're too impatient. 11 points."
The other examiners were also disappointed by David's performance and gave him 10.5 points.
They were testing to become Conferred Knights, and all aspects of their qualities had to be top-notch. It was the same for their tolerance toward the outside world. For a person who could even cause others to laugh at him to cause him to make mistakes, it would not be possible for the examiners to stop the audience from laughing. It would only make the examiners feel that the person who had been affected by the laughter had a poor mental quality and was useless.
One had to know that in a battle between experts, every minute and second was incomparably crucial. Just how complicated would the various thoughts and thoughts that would be during a battle be? A person who could not even focus … Devitt was too disappointed in David.
Hearing that, David lowered his head, blushing. However, his hatred for Fang Xingjian and Ferdinand grew, and he kept on swearing in his heart that he would kill them. He glared at Ferdinand fiercely, but Ferdinand just rolled his eyes at him.
Finally, when it was time for the last person, Fang Xingjian appeared. As he had been late, he was added as the last candidate for the Regional Selection this time around, and was placed last.
However, although he had entered the arena, no one felt that Fang Xingjian would be able to cause greater damage than what Hoult had done earlier. Countless people in the stands were still enthusiastically discussing Hoult's Fire Dragon Slash earlier.
"He's here. It's Fang Xingjian, a rare first transition job, and he even has Heaven's Perception."
"That's useless. Be it the Windstorm Sword Hero or Heaven's Perception, they are both not good at attacking. His destructive prowess can't possibly surpass Anderson's and Hoult's."
Regardless of whether it was the aristocrats in the spectator stands or the other participants in the training grounds, they were all people who knew the ropes. They had all understood the characteristics of the Windstorm Sword Hero and Heaven's Perception beforehand, and they did not think highly of Fang Xingjian's score.
Moreover, Wei Leng had already gone up previously, and although he had the same Heaven's Perception, he had only scored twelve points. How much more could Fang Xingjian possibly score?
However, Fang Xingjian was not affected by all these. He would definitely pass the Regional Selection this time around, and he would also pass the second transition to become a Conferred Knight. By then, he would be able to rise up to the middle and upper echelons of the Empire. At that stage, no one would be able to harm him as they pleased, and they would definitely try to rope him in.
There were only five thousand Conferred Knights in the entire Empire, and only over two hundred Conferred Knights in the entire Great Western Region. There were about two thousand Conferred Knights in all eight regions, and the remaining three thousand Conferred Knights were all the upper echelons of the Imperial Capital.
What kind of concept was this? It could be said that the entire Empire was ruled by these five thousand or so people. They would either rule over a city like Kirst's City Lord or Mongul's City Lord, manage a Prefectural Academy like Headmaster Jackson, or lead an army.
Even if they did not rule over an area, they would usually be political centers like the Great Western City or the Imperial Capital, and they would be top notch characters in various key departments.
Therefore, right now, Fang Xingjian did not have too many reservations. What he wanted to do was to showcase his talent as much as possible, so that he would receive more attention, more resources, and more people to rope in so that he could cultivate even faster.
Therefore, he did not plan on holding back too much of his abilities. He opened up his palm, and the Effulgence Weapon had already taken form. The High Frequency Effulgence Weapon, Silver Fox, which was like a nebula fog, appeared in his hand. Next, the level 20 Superior Divine Weapon, Styx, which hung at his waist, was also drawn out.
The Silver Fox was slowly placed on top of the Styx, and the Effulgence Weapon and Divine Weapon gradually merged into one. It looked as if the Styx was covered in a layer of faint glow and fog, and it was trembling continuously at a rate of 1,500 times per second.
Holding the Styx in one hand, Fang Xingjian's other hand touched the metal pillar before him. The metal pillar had already returned to its original state, and Fang Xingjian's palm pressed against the cold metal pillar. He activated his Heaven's Perception at full power, gathering every bit of information about the metal pillar.
Color, shape, weight, temperature, density … A complete model of the metal pillar was formed in Fang Xingjian's mind.
All sorts of information, be it internal or external, was gradually exposed before Fang Xingjian. Simultaneously, he activated his Unparalleled Sword Intent, crazily searching for the metal pillar's weaknesses.
Many light spots appeared in the model that Fang Xingjian had constructed in his mind. However, the toughness of the metal pillar's material was too high, and Fang Xingjian's sword arts cultivation was still insufficient for him to slash through it easily. Therefore, he could only vaguely sense some possible weaknesses. There was a total of 188 of them.
In this stage, Slashing the Heavenly Pillar could only be performed once.
This meant that he needed to slash out 188 times in one move.
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