Great Tyrannical Deity - Chapter 14
With Shi Li reaching an unfathomable strength for others, many people started to praise him. Some had made him their idol, and some even wanted to be his disciple.
At the other end of the spectrum, there were some who hated him. One of these people was Tian Jiaoren.
“How dare this country bumpkin steal my limelight. I wanted to use this event to lever my reputation, but instead, this trash is taking the spot instead!” Tian Jiaoren gritted his teeth.
Shi Li noticed Tian Jiaoren’s anger and couldn’t help but give a light smile. ‘Arrogance and greed can be bad you know.’ Shi Li muttered inwardly.
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After everyone in the plaza calmed down, the elder said, “Out of the 112 participants that have gone through the second round, only 83 have passed.”
The elder continued, “We will have a few hours of resting time in order to set up the third test. Use this time to reach your optimum state or perhaps gain more strength.”
Two hours were alloted for this resting time. Some went to inns to drink and make merry. Some went to the brothels to release their stress. And some stayed in the plaza to either regain their peak strength or gain an insight.
Shi Li was one of the latter. He sat cross-legged on the ground of the plaza, circulating his qi to figure out the methods on cultivating the second layer of the [Flowing Wave, Reaching Heavens] technique.
At times, there would be a small force emanating around Shi Li’s body that repels anyone from getting close to him. Some tried to get close to Shi Li but ended up getting thrown back thanks to it.
At other times, he would stand up and punch out on a tree. This tree would then have a deep imprint and seconds later, this tree would be broken into pieces.
And at other times, he would punch a boulder and make a hole through it, and seconds later, qi would move in a certain direction and hit another boulder.
These sights made Shi Li look like some sort of monster. A monster in terms of comprehension.
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Tian Jiaoren was also sitting cross-legged on the ground, but with the noise coming from Shi Li’s training, he frowned.
He stood up and opened his eyes to just make himself speechless. It was a mess. Some trees were broken into two, some boulders were crushed into rubble, and some people had injuries that weren’t supposed to be there.
‘What happened?’ Tian Jiaoren thought to himself.
He had the idea of going to Shi Li. But he ended up getting pushed by a repulsive force.
This made Tian Jiaoren furious. “Hey, trash! Open your eyes!” He sent a voice transmission to Shi Li.
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Shi Li, who was in a state of deep insight, was jolted back to reality with a voice transmission. He opened his eyes to see what he had done.
Looking around, he saw many things turned to dust and rubble. He even saw some small injuries on some participants.
“What is the meaning of this?” He questioned.
“You’re the one who did it.” Tian Jiaoren angrily replied.
“Me?!” Shi Li was dumbfounded. ‘I was just trying to get a hint on how to cultivate the second layer. I never thought it would end up like this.’ Shi Li thought.
‘Then again, I’ve thought up of a new move. I should refine that to become a killing technique.’ He continued thinking.
And so, Shi Li sat down, combining the insights he got while he was in that contemplative state.
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The two hours were up. The elder shouted, “Alright, time is up. For those who are cultivating, please stop. We shall now start the third test.”
Many were shocked awake with the announcement. The elder said, “The third test would be a combat test. This will show how much strength you can exert in real combat.”
He continued, “This test will use an array that is normally used by my sect for training. A certain number of dummies will get close to you in every wave. The more waves you get through, the better. You must clear at least 5 waves to pass this final test.”
The elder shouted, “The third test officially starts
…now!”
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Almost everyone was standing all since they didn’t have any combat experience whatsoever, except for some like Shi Li.
Tian Jiaoren was excited, “I have tons of combat experience. I can ace this easily! How about that trash?”
Tian Jiaoren looked at Shi Li and saw that he was indifferent to the matters. This made Tian Jiaoren frown.
The elder then said, “Huan Tufang, please enter the array.”
The person named Huan Tufang entered the array and started his third test. Wooden dummies armed with weapons started to attack Huan Tufang. Huan Tufang, being flustered, hurriedly used his killing moves to destroy the dummies.
This destroyed the dummies in one blow. But he was out of qi before the next wave even started. Huan Tufang was left no choice but to say, “I concede.”
The array stopped and the elder frowned, “1 wave. Huan Tufang has failed the third test.”
Huan Tufang released himself from the array and the elder continued to shout out names.
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This test could be considered to be the most ruthless part out of the three since it needed the participants to have true combat experience. Most of them were raised inside their own clans or had no idea of the outside world.
“3 waves, fail.”
“5 waves, pass.”
“2 waves, fail.”
“…fail.”
“…fail.”
“…fail.”
The elder more than often said ‘fail’ and thus, many participants were disqualified from the event. Out of the 83 remaining, 20 are left.
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“Tian Jiaoren, please enter the array.” The elder said.
Tian Jiaoren unsheathed his sword and enter the array. Dummies started to get close to him.
Tian Jiaoren just stood there and waited for the dummies to get closer. “He’s trying to get failed!” A voice said.
‘That’s where you’re wrong. He’s preparing for his move.’ Shi Li said. He knew very well that the closer the enemy, the faster he could kill it in one attack.
Tian Jiaoren prepared his stance and imbued qi into the sword. He muttered softly, “[Seven Star Blade]. First form, [Shining Splendor]!”
A flash of white circled around Tian Jiaoren’s body and expanded outward, cutting the dummies into half. The first wave just finished but many were already surprised with Tian Jiaoren’s move.
“Heh. Admire me more!” Tian Jiaoren said inwardly. For the next waves, he did the same move over and over again.
After an incense’s amount of time, Tian Jiaoren ran out of qi. He then said, “I concede.”
The elder nodded and looked at the array. He then said, “32 waves. Not bad. You passed.”
Tian Jiaoren smiled and left the array.
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It was down to the final name. The elder thought, ‘This boy has shocked countless amounts of times. What will he do now to shock me?’
The elder then said, “Shi Li, please enter the array.”
Shi Li then entered the array and started to circulate his qi. ‘I guess I can test that move then.’ Shi Li thought to himself.
The dummies manifested and started to surround Shi Li’s body. Every hit they did on Shi Li’s body didn’t even leave a scratch. This left some speechless.
‘It truly deserves the name of true omnipotence, not only does my body have terrifying strength, I also have terrifying defense.’ Shi Li thought. This was the case since countless amounts of exercise and qi absorption has strengthened his defense to the point he can even take a Qi Creation’s full powered strike and leave unscathed.
For a few minutes, he didn’t do anything. This made the elder frown a bit. “Does he have no combat experience?” The elder asked.
Sadly, he didn’t know that Shi Li was condensing his qi into an extremely fine point.
“It’s time. [Grand Qi Force]! First movement, [Extremity Burst]!” Shi Li released this dense qi point and aimed it at the nearest dummy.
The qi then burrowed within the dummy’s body and Shi Li just calmly said, “Explode.”
Bang!
The dummy was disintegrated into pieces. “What?!” Tian Jiaoren and the others were shocked. Even the elder was shocked with Shi Li’s display.
Little did they know that Shi Li got the idea for that move when it was resting time. He was figuring out a way to cultivate the second layer of [Flowing Wave, Reaching Heavens] until he went into a state of deep enlightenment.
This enlightment then gave him three usages of qi that would increase his combat power by numerous times. The usages of qi that he gained insight to was refined and became a martial technique that Shi Li named as [Grand Qi Force].
So far, Shi Li currently has three movements. The first one is [Extremity Burst] which condenses qi into a small point and letting it explode. The second one would be [Divine Repel Barrier] which conjures a qi barrier around Shi Li that repels nearby enemies, throwing them far away from him. And the third one would be [Distant Blow] which Shi Li came up with when he showed the Qi Rising Beyond Worlds phenomenon. This would allow Shi Li to do long range attacks and stack them together to increase its power.
“[Divine Repel Barrier]!” Shi Li shouted. The dummies were then thrown far away, destroying the dummies in the process due to the strong collision force.
The next waves were simple for Shi Li. Either he punched with his bare fists, used the Flowing Wave technique or even use Grand Qi Force.
This left some people in a daze. When they already thought that Shi Li was really strong, his strength was actually beyond that.
Tian Jiaoren gritted his teeth from Shi Li’s display of strength. “Why does it have to be him? Why does he get to be in the spotlight? It should be me! I will tell Father later about this man.”
Tian Jiaoren didn’t notice but he changed his way of speaking towards Shi Li. He now held an innate fear towards him.
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Hours later, Shi Li was still fighting the dummies without a care in the world. Shi Li looked at the sky and the sun was setting.
Shi Li then thought, ‘I guess it’s time to end this.’ If other people were to hear what Shi Li thought of, they would truly cough up blood.
“[Grand Qi Force]…” Shi Li muttered. A layer of qi was conjured around his fist. After a few seconds, it became two layers. Then three. And so on until it was now enough to be called a killing blow.
He aimed at a dummy and shouted, “Third movement, [Distant Blow: Twenty Circles of Hell]!” This attack landed on the dummy’s chest. It left a deep imprint. And then a few breaths later, a boom resounded making the imprint become deeper.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
This continued until the dummy’s chest was mangled into pieces and Shi Li saying, “I concede.”
…Silence.
The elder was left in a daze until he heard Shi Li. He then coughed and said, “Clearing 246 waves, Shi Li has passed the test!”