160: C160 Third Opening

C160 Third Opening

"Rumble!"

Nie Zhen's Asura Chopping directly hit Shen Tiannan's body, causing Shen Tiannan to scream in pain. Finally, under Nie Zhen's massive Spiritual Energy attack, the Asura Chopping turned into a pile of flesh and blood and scattered on the stage. He was dead beyond dead.

"Huff …" The disciples heaved a sigh of relief. The curtain finally fell for this world-shaking battle. In this battle, Nie Zhen and Shen Tiannan had played their cards frequently. In the end, it was Nie Zhen who was one step better, slashing Shen Tiannan off his horse.

From then on, Nie Zhen's prestige shook, and in the eyes of the Duobao Sect disciples, he was probably only second to the head disciple of the five main branches.

At least in their eyes, other than the five invincible existences, no one else would be a match for Nie Zhen.

Currently, the top thirty-two core disciples of the Duobao Sect had all been determined. Due to the fact that Nie Zhen had killed Shen Tiannan, the original ninety-six core disciples had become ninety-five.

It was just that this problem was not that big, after a brief discussion among the Duobao Sect's upper echelons, they decided to push the fourth place to the ninety-sixth place of the core disciples.

Although the second round of the core disciple competition had top 16 disciples fighting, but they were separated from each other by the rules, so there was nothing special about their battles. On the contrary, it was the battle between Nie Zhen and Shen Tiannan, and it could be said to be the most exciting battle of the second round.

And among the top thirty-two, Duan Rong's faction had performed exceptionally well. It had actually reached the level of seven disciples fighting their way into the top thirty-two.

Last year, Duan Rong's faction only had five people!

This year, only nine people from Great Sect Master's faction entered the third round, and the other sixteen disciples were all divided under Great Sect Master's tutelage.

And the disciples of the Elders were completely eliminated in this round.

After this round of competition, the core disciple competition had already entered its white-hot stage. There was still a day of rest before the third round of assessment.

This day of rest gave many disciples a chance to rest. In the second round of the assessment, besides Nie Zhen and the top 16 disciples, the other disciples had consumed a lot of energy.

At that moment, in Great Sect Master's palace, Great Sect Master gathered all the nine disciples who were in the third round of the exam.

Great Sect Master smiled at them and said, "Disciples, everyone has performed well this time. I hope you can keep up the good work. I won't be too worried about our school's results. With you First Senior Brother, our results won't be that bad."

When Qin Wuyan heard his Master call out his name, he immediately cupped his fists and said, "Master is too kind. It's fortunate that Master usually brings up his disciple; otherwise, a disciple alone would definitely not have such achievements."

Great Sect Master nodded and said to the crowd, "Everyone take part in the assessment and give it your all, but don't be too fussy about the outcome of the assessment. There will be an annual examination, and even if you meet an invincible opponent, don't try too hard, for fear that you might harm the relationship between fellow disciples. Great Sect Master will probably remind the disciples when he is teaching them that if they meet you, they will voluntarily admit defeat.

As Great Sect Master said this, his eyes swept across the disciples present, and he smiled: "Of course, the reason why I called you here today is to tell you, in the core disciple competition, to have the ability to make it into the top ten, to be at ease and bold and do it, but if your strength is weak, you need to know how to endure, and if your injuries are too heavy during the competition and affect your foundation, then you will lose. My Duobao Sect has never advocated for one to outshine the others, and I know that you youngsters might privately discuss about the rise of the second sect master's bloodline, but … "

Great Sect Master's eyes suddenly became sharp as he looked at the surrounding disciples and said: "Just like what I said before, my Duobao Sect has never advocated being one-of-a-kind. In order to become the leader of our clan, we must rely on our own strength and talent, and only relying on your talent and virtue can make others convinced.

The disciples of Great Sect Master's Faction, Qin Wuyan, had already made some preparations before. They knew that their Master understood their actions of forming cliques in the past, so when they heard their Master mentioning it again, they all lowered their heads.

"Originally, I wanted to say those words after the core disciple battle, but I suddenly changed my mind. Do you know why?"

When Qin Wuyan saw his Master looking at him, he felt a little baffled. However, it was true that he did not know. He could only honestly say, "Disciple does not know."

Great Sect Master let out a long sigh and said, "Because I was watching the fight on the martial ground today and saw Second Sect Master Nie Zhen. That's why I'm particularly touched."

"Nie Zhen, although he clearly possesses extremely powerful strength, he did not kill all of his opponents in the first round. If it was not for Shen Tiannan's aggressive attitude in the second round of the examination and the successful killing of Nie Zhen, he would not have killed him."

"When the opponent is weak, he knows how to restrain his own killing intent. When the opponent truly wants to harm himself and his family, he makes a decisive attack. From this, one can tell that Nie Zhen's cultivation has already surpassed the scope of a disciple."

This is the other side of the realm that Sun Tie has been fighting in all over the world with his Subordinate Country. I can see that this person's cultivation level, whether it is his cultivation level or his realm, is constantly increasing, and I heard that Nie Zhen and Elder Devil Shi Ji's second and third disciple have a feud, but now they are very loyal to Nie Zhen, and they are willing to follow him, this is the highest realm in which a true virtuous person can attain. "

"In addition, there's also your Junior Brother Bo Yan. Nie Zhen had left him some face in the arena. In the future, will he believe that Nie Zhen will surpass you guys and become his Senior Brothers?"

Great Sect Master spoke with confidence, and the faces of the disciples below turned serious.

Especially Qin Wuyan. As the First Senior Brother of Great Sect Master's branch, more than half of his Master's words were directed towards him.

Thinking back to last year's core disciple competition, Qin Wuyan did not show any mercy when facing Bo Yan. Instead, he used a straightforward and decisive method to push Bo Yan out of the ring.1

Although in terms of strength, Bo Yan could not be unconvinced, but in his heart, Qin Wuyan was not really convinced. If Bo Yan took the initiative to choose Nie Zhen or Bo Yan was his senior, Qin Wuyan would not dare to be sure of his choice.

"Alright... As for my master's words, you should properly digest them when you go back and properly rest up tomorrow. " After giving out the instructions to his disciples, Great Sect Master motioned for everyone to leave.

As the disciples were preparing to leave, Qin Wuyan suddenly opened his mouth and asked Great Sect Master, "Master, may I ask, in your opinion, how far will that Nie Zhen go?"

"According to my speculation, if Nie Zhen didn't meet you in advance, he would undoubtedly enter the top ten." Great Sect Master looked deeply at Qin Wuyan and said to him, "There's no need for that. After all, the ranking of the core disciples is just an empty title. If you can't even let this little bit of ranking go, your future position with Nie Zhen will be on par with mine."

Qin Wuyan was speechless. He had participated in the Annual Examination for the first year and killed his way from an Advanced Disciple to a Core Disciple, but his final ranking was still outside of the top ten. Hence, he urgently wanted to know how high Nie Zhen's First Year Core Disciple ranking would be.

In reality, Qin Wuyan still couldn't let go of his competitive spirit. However, he was extremely angry after being scolded by his master.

In Qin Wuyan's memories, his Master had always only praised him, and he had always felt that he was worthy of those of us. Could it be that according to Master's current words, he always let his Master down?

Qin Wuyan, however, did not know that Great Sect Master was deeply in love with her and responsible for her.

After all, Qin Wuyan's talent was considered at the top within Duobao Sect, and even Great Sect Master himself thought that his own talent was not as good as Qin Wuyan's. Great Sect Master naturally hoped that such a genius disciple would surpass him, and make his Duobao Sect even more powerful in the future.

If he could, Great Sect Master would rather Qin Wuyan lose in the core disciple competition.

Qin Wuyan was too smooth going in the Duobao Sect. Perhaps after one failure, he would be able to wake up Qin Wuyan completely.

Qin Wuyan, had stood at the top of the Duobao Sect disciples for far too long. Ordinary words had limited the teaching power, so it would be better to let Qin Wuyan have a taste of defeat in the competition to teach him a lesson.

However, Great Sect Master didn't expect this defeat.

"Perhaps, in a few years, when Nie Zhen matures, I can let him taste the taste of defeat …" However, if the other sect leaders were to know of my thoughts, they would definitely think that there is something wrong with my mind... What kind of person is Master hoping for his disciple to lose … "

Great Sect Master was helpless in his heart. In the entire Duobao Sect, there were many talents and experts, and all five Great Sect Master were top class experts. Although the difference in strength between the five Great Sect Master's was not big, but Great Sect Master still had a feeling that no one could understand him.

Great Sect Master did not blame the other heads because he knew that they did not look at things from his position, so naturally, they could not understand his feelings.

After resting for a day, the third round of the competition was about to begin.

This time, there were only 32 core disciples left. After today's battle, another 16 disciples would be eliminated from the competition.

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