Great Tyrannical Deity - Chapter 12
Shi Li pointed at himself and asked, “Me?”
The elder frowned and answered, “Yes, you. Now get up here.”
Shi Li came up to the stage hurriedly and saw that some people were laughing at him for being disrespectful to the elder. “Heh! Only trash would dare disrespect the elders.” A voice said. Shi Li turned around to see that it was the same man that had the highest cultivation level shown, Tian Jiaoren.
‘Man, he sure is arrogant like his name. [1]’ Shi Li thought. He didn’t care either way. He then replied, ” Shi Li from Verdant Breeze Town, currently 17 years of age!” He proceeded to put his palm on the pillar.
The pillar then emanated a yellow aura but suddenly, it turned to a red aura and lastly changed into a blue aura in the end. The elder frowned, “The pillar doesn’t have any defects whatsoever, so why is this boy’s aura so out of the place?”
After a while, two numbers popped up on the pillar. One and two. The elder said, “Only at the Muscular Refinement realm, Second stage? Too weak for this event. Disqualified!”
The other participants were laughing so hard at Shi Li’s blunder to the point that some even imitated what he did when the elder pointed at him.
Tian Jiaoren loudly shouted at Shi Li, “Hahaha! A country bumpkin like yourself thinks he could ascend to the heavens in one step! You’ve truly made me, Tian Jiaoren happy. If you want to save your face, get out of the stage right now!”
Many continued to copy what Tian Jiaoren said to Shi Li but all Shi Li did was give a slight smile.
He looked at the elder and said, “If I can prove to you that I have a higher realm than what is shown, am I allowed to continue to the next round?”
The elder frowned and replied, “If you can, we’ll allow it.”
Shi Li nodded and stood still for a few seconds. The qi from his qi pockets were circulating all over his body at a faster rate that even a Fan realm cultivator can’t circulate it that fast.
About twenty breaths later, Shi Li pointed one of his fingers into the sky. His aura was getting stronger every passing second. The elder’s brows furrowed, “Is he really not at the Muscular Refinement realm?”
At that instant, Shi Li’s qi converged at one point in his finger and shot out like a rocket flying towards space.
With this sight, everyone was shocked. Tian Jiaoren was also shocked. “Impossible! He’s a Muscular Refinement trash but how can he use qi that well?!” He shouted inwardly.
The elder’s eyes widened, “It can’t be! Qi Rising Beyond Worlds! Could he be a Fan realm cultivator?!”
Normally, the phenomenon of Qi Rising Beyond Worlds would only be present whenever a Fan realm cultivator releases qi tens of meters away from its body. A Qi Creation realm can do it too but only a few inches at most.
How did Shi Li do it? It was through experimentation with his fast circulation and his purer qi than everyone else that he was able to manage to do so.
After that, Shi Li faced the elder and questioned, “So am I allowed to continue on to the next round?”
The elder happily replied, “Of course! Of course you can! You definitely pass! What was your name again?”
Shi Li politely answered, “My name is Shi Li!”
With this show of strength, instead of ridiculing Shi Li, they were now in awe of him.
He stepped down the stage and stood where he was standing before. A voice transmission came up to Shi Li and asked, “How are you able to use qi at the Muscular Refinement realm?”
He looked around and saw that it was the elder asking him. He replied back, “I cultivate an extremely special cultivation technique.”
The elder was surprised, “There were cultivation techniques that could allow Muscular Refinement cultivators to hold qi?”
The elder calmed down and continued pointing at other participants.
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It was nearing the night until the elder said, “Alright. Out of the 853 participants that came here, only 127 participants passed the first round!”
These words shocked the remaining participants. Even Shi Li was no exception. With a high failure rate, this recruitment event was truly finding the best of the best.
The elder continued, “As for the last two tests, it will be held tomorrow morning at this same place. Make sure to come early or else you’re disqualified immediately.”
The elder left and the participants slowly left one by one.
Shi Li was planning to leave until someone came up to him and shouted, “Hey, trash! I need to ask you something.”
Shi Li frowned and instantly maintained a calm expression. He looked at the one who shouted at him and it was the same Tian Jiaoren.
Shi Li replied, “If so, hurry up. I’ll be training through the night.”
Tian Jiaoren, “How did you manage to use qi at your realm? You couldn’t be cheating right? If you were cheating, I’ll tell the elder and you’ll be removed! So in that case, to make sure you don’t get removed…serve me as your master!”
‘Pfft.’ Shi Li chuckled. ‘How stupid is this guy? Not only is he arrogant, he also has a birdbrain!’ Shi Li thought to himself.
Tian Jiaoren frowned, “What are you laughing about?”
Shi Li looked at him calmly and said, “You know…”
At that point, Shi Li emanated a fierce killing intent that suffocated Tian Jiaoren and shook him to the core. It was not killing intent gained from numerous murders but instead, intent gained from the oppression of strength!
Shi Li continued, “Cultivation realms can sometimes be wrong.”
Tian Jiaoren fell onto the ground, bottom first and Shi Li turned around, walking away. Not even bothering to look Tian Jiaoren’s pitiful state.
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Author’s notes:
[1] Tian Jiaoren – tian means sky/heaven, jiao comes from the Chinese word (jiao ao) which means proud/arrogant and ren means person. This means Tian Jiaoren is heaven’s arrogant person
EDIT: 5/20 GMT+8 – To remove confusion, between chapter 17 and 18.