Dustless Shadow Sword, Song of the Wind

Today's first update: Chapter 739! 1/3!

Amid the unceasing cheers, the Tombstone Keeper, Xu Shao, stood silently atop the Dragon-Tiger Rankings, watching Xu Kun sit cross-legged.

He did not urge Xu Kun on, nor did anyone ask him to.

The battle just now had been thrilling and exhilarating. Many people had yet to fully process it.

That was satisfying!

Likewise, the two men's performances had shown many ordinary students just how vast the gap between them truly was.

At the same time, someone raised a question. "Xu Kun should have already been forced to use his trump card by Shentu Ba, right?"

"Isn't that obvious? Shentu Ba's Ruthless Severing Strike is one of the most explosive attacks on the entire Dragon-Tiger Rankings. Other than equally powerful skills, what else could have fought it to a mutual defeat?"

"Then Xu Kun's next battle will probably be difficult!"

"Yeah..."

While everyone lamented for him, they also let out long sighs of relief.

After all, Xu Kun was only a freshman. Though his reputation preceded him, defeating three Dragon-Tiger Rankings prodigies in a row as a newly enrolled student was already enough to prove his strength.

Even if Xu Kun lost next, no one would dare look down on him again.

On the contrary, against Xu Kun's overwhelming brilliance, both freshmen and upperclassmen seemed utterly dim.

No one wanted to be left so far behind by these top prodigies!

Xu Shao did not urge him on, nor did the spectators. Gongsun Jing, ranked fifteenth on the Dragon-Tiger Rankings, leaned back on his throne with his chin propped on one hand, staring blankly at Xu Kun.

Everyone tacitly waited for Xu Kun.

They had thought that after such a fierce battle, the battered Xu Kun would need a long time to recover. Yet