Yet Another Slap in the Face

The second round of the Divine Kingdom Grand Selection is not yet over, and the trials for the Purple Blood Realm warriors are even more intense.

Although the Purple Blood Realm warriors can be said to have been guaranteed a place in the Divine Kingdom Grand Selection, they still compete fiercely among themselves in order to obtain more resources and a higher status within the Brocade Dragon Guard!

Yi Yun watched the entire martial arts demonstration by the warriors of the Yunhuang Purple Blood Realm.

Purple Blood Realm warriors are indeed much stronger than Mortal Blood Realm warriors, especially with the appearance of Hu Ya, the First Young Master of the Tao Clan, which brought the atmosphere to a climax!

Hu Ya was also demonstrating the <Nine Heavens Profound Sword>!

Moreover, Hu Ya also used the Hero Sword from the Male and Female Twin Swords, which were the Ancestral Artifact of the Tao Clan.

The Hero Sword was three feet long. In Hu Ya's hands, the sword seemed to come alive. An astonishing aura was brewing around Hu Ya. Every strike was filled with Sword Qi. For a moment, the center of the arena was filled with sword Sword Light, like a silver curtain that could not be penetrated by water.

Hu Ya's sword was too fast, so fast that it was impossible to see it.

Sometimes, Hu Ya slowed down his sword strikes, but even when he did, his sword moves were still unpredictable. It was like when Zhang Yuxian demonstrated the Elephant Swallowing Art; you could see his movements, but you couldn't figure out what his sword moves were.

Warriors from all the major tribes in Yunhuang praised the performance, and even a few members of the Brocade Dragon Guard nodded slightly in agreement.

When Hu Ya demonstrated the final move of the Nine Swords of Heavenly Profoundness, nine Sword Light shot out from Hu Ya's body, soaring straight into the sky!

These nine Sword Light, from a distance, looked like tiny golden swords, shimmering with light and dazzling beauty!

"Snap snap snap!"

The golden sword pierced the air, cutting through the clouds.

The surrounding Tao Clan members gasped in surprise.

If Tao Yunxiao's Sword Qi was like fireflies, then Hu Ya's golden sword light was like the bright moon. It was like comparing heaven and earth.

"This is the manifestation of primordial energy!"

From the crowd, a martial artist spoke up, "Releasing one's inner energy and condensing it into a tangible form is an extremely sophisticated technique. Only the best among the Purple Blood Realm martial artists can master it. Look at those nine golden swords; they shot towards the clouds. If they had been aimed at the Black Iron Rock, even a house-sized Black Iron Rock would have been sliced open like tofu! Young Master Yunxiao simply didn't display his full attack power!"

"Primordial energy takes form!"

Yi Yun's heart stirred. He remembered that when he fought Lin Xin Tong last night, the phantom images of a dragon and a tiger appeared in his move when he threw his last punch!

I didn't notice it at the time, but Lin Xin Tong brought it up—that was the manifestation of true essence!

The True Essence Transformation isn't just about looking imposing; it genuinely and significantly increases the attack power of your moves!

In the past, battles between martial artists at the Mortal Blood Realm and Purple Blood Realm were often brutal, with each punch landing squarely. However, as martial arts cultivation levels increased, battles between martial artists began to increasingly evolve into contests of vital energy!

In the world of high-level martial arts, the transformation of primordial energy into physical form is merely the foundation.

For martial artists in the Great Wilderness, the transformation of primordial energy into physical form is a marvel.

Look at the reactions of the surrounding crowd; everyone is incredibly excited, cheering wildly!

Ordinary people would never have the chance to witness the manifestation of primordial energy, especially since Hu Ya was extremely popular among the Tao Clan. Those who cheered were mostly his admirers.

Hu Ya's martial arts demonstration has ended.

The people of the Tao Clan were all beaming with joy, as if they had drunk a jar of fine aged wine. They couldn't hide their happiness. They had felt bad that Tao Clan Yi Yun had overshadowed their prestige, but now that Hu Ya had appeared, they immediately felt proud and elated.

Moreover, the First Young Master Hu Ya is already close to the perfection of Body Refinement, and should be able to take this final step in the near future, which is what the Tao Clan people are looking forward to.

It should be noted that the entire Tao Clan has not produced a genius who has reached the level of "perfect Body Refinement and dragon-like pulse" for hundreds of years.

"Young Master Hu Ya is amazing!"

"Of course! Young Master is about to reach the peak of Body Refinement, with a pulse like a dragon, and his cultivation is at the mid-stage of Purple Blood. He will soon enter the Purple Blood Late-stage. How could he not be powerful! Hu Ya will definitely surpass Yi Yun!"

"That's for sure! Nine golden swords, true essence materialized—that's real power! Not those illusory phenomena. And who is Young Master Hu Ya? He'll teach those arrogant little tribes a lesson, show them the true strength of our Tao Clan!"

People were very excited, and at this moment, the examiners of the Brocade Dragon Guard had already ranked the Purple Blood Realm warriors in a quarter of an hour.

They started reading according to the order of appearance, with Hu Ya being the last one.

When Zhang Tan read out Hu Ya's name, all the people of the Tao Clan held their breath; this was a moment that concerned the honor of their Tao Clan.

They're all waiting for Hu Ya to surpass Yi Yun!

Their Tao Clan is ten times stronger than the combined strength of dozens of other small tribes. How could they be overshadowed by a mere commoner like Yi Yun?

Everyone was waiting for Zhang Tan to speak.

"Hu Ya, eighteen years old, demonstrates the martial art <Nine Heavens Profound Sword>, grade assessment--"

"Mysterious Rank... No Grade!"

When Zhang Tan announced Hu Ya's rank, the people of the Tao Clan were stunned for a moment, and then they erupted in uproar.

Hu Ya finally reached the Xuan rank, but he didn't even reach the upper grade; he was only at the Xuan rank without a grade!

The gap between the ninth rank of the Yellow Rank and the Profound Tier First Grade is huge. There are always some people who are considered to be somewhat underqualified if they are ranked as Yellow Rank, but if they are ranked as Profound Rank, they seem somewhat inferior.

Therefore, the category of "no grade" was added to the rules for judging geniuses.

"Mysterious Rank without Grade" means that one is barely qualified for the Mysterious Rank, but not quite qualified at all. It is ambiguous and, to be precise, a transitional period from the Yellow Rank to the Mysterious Rank.

Hu Ya, the top young expert of their Tao Clan, even comparable to the older generation of Purple Blood Peak experts, representing the highest level of their Tao Clan, was only assessed as being in the transitional stage between Yellow Rank and Profound Rank?

Are you kidding me?

Hu Ya had countless fervent fans and supporters within the Tao Clan.

Now that the Brocade Dragon Guard has rated Hu Ya as a Xuan-rank without grade, his supporters can't accept it! They were originally planning to show off, but before they could even jump up and down, they've been slapped in the face again!

If there were no Xuan-rank individuals in the entire Yunhuang, and Hu Ya was the only Xuan-rank without a grade, they could barely accept it, considering it as the Brocade Dragon Guard's assessment standards being too strict.

But now, there's a guy named Yi Yun who has reached the Profound Tier Fifth Grade, while their Hu Ya is only in the transitional stage of the Profound Realm. How could they possibly accept that?

"That's not fair!"

"How could Hu Ya be merely a person without rank! We refuse to accept this!"

People started shouting. Before, when Yi Yun overshadowed Tao Yunxiao, not many people shouted, but now that Hu Ya has also been overshadowed, they really can't stand it anymore.

The power of fans is terrifying, especially fanatical fans; they're willing to fight to the death for their idols.

So what if he's Zhang Tan, or a commander of the Brocade Dragon Guard? They've belittled their idol, and they're going to rebel!

"I refuse to accept this! Hu Ya is at least a sixth-rank Xuan-level expert!"

A young girl shouted, her pretty face flushed with excitement. In the Tao Clan, countless girls secretly admired Hu Ya, and for Hu Ya, they would even run naked.

"That's right! At least a sixth-grade Xuan-level, how could Young Master Hu Ya be inferior to that Yi Yun!"

"Who is Yi Yun! He's just a commoner from a small tribe, his cultivation isn't that high at all. How can he be Profound Tier Fifth Grade? We're not convinced!"

More girls chimed in, their expressions incredibly excited. How could their idol be inferior to ordinary people? This was an insult to their idol!

Seeing the Tao Clan girls so excited, Yi Yun was speechless. He was truly an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire. He was competing with Tao Yunxiao and Lian Chengyu, and had absolutely nothing to do with Hu Ya, who was at the Purple Blood Realm. How did he get dragged into this?

Yi Yun felt that Hu Ya was like a Korean drama star from a past life, with die-hard fans.

Most of the time, fans won't reason with you; it's just that you're Profound Tier Fifth Grade, suppressing their idol.

Yi Yun glanced at Hu Ya unconsciously, only to find that although his fans were excited, Hu Ya simply held his sword, stood silently in his place, without saying a word, expressionless, as if everything around him had nothing to do with him.

This surprised Yi Yun slightly; this Hu Ya was quite interesting.

He remained calm and composed in the face of such a situation, a composure that is completely unlike that of a hot-blooded young man.

(First update. Today, Zhenwu is released, and it just so happens that a girl in the Zhenwu VIP group is having her birthday. Happy birthday, Huanhuan!)

...(To be continued~^~)