Nine Domains Song: Silent Skies, Volume Two, Hundred Sects Tournament—Nascent Soul Division Finals—
The lingering chime faded away. Upon the arena, two figures stood facing each other. Sunlight poured down, illuminating the bluestone floor with brilliant clarity and outlining their utterly different silhouettes in sharp relief.
Jing Cangyi raised his eyes and looked toward the ultramarine-clad figure opposite him.
Chu Qingshu. Profound Heaven Sect's chief disciple, personal disciple of the Sword Venerable.
In other words, the man standing opposite him at this very moment was the face Profound Heaven Sect had put on display.
The corners of Jing Cangyi's lips lifted slightly, rippling into a faint smile. Offending Profound Heaven Sect was certainly no wise move, but there was no reason to swallow one's grievances while visiting another's door—conflicts among juniors ought to be settled among "juniors."
With thoughts of avenging his junior brothers and sisters in his heart, he activated the Myriad Forms Art the moment the match began.
Myriad Forms Incarnation—Moon Rabbit.
The Moon Rabbit was the Jade Rabbit of legend. Ancient records stated that such spirit beasts were highly skilled in the principles of medicine, with restorative abilities so heaven-defying they beggared belief. They were intelligent and long-lived; all verifiable accounts were vague and incomplete. Though they seemed plain and unremarkable, they were in truth genuine mythical variants.
Of all the incarnations Jing Cangyi could assume, the Moon Rabbit was undoubtedly the worst in terms of offensive power and enhancement of attack capability. The reason he had deliberately chosen this incarnation was plainly because he intended to toy with Chu Shihan.
Though Chu Shihan did not know what this incarnation signified, he could clearly sense that the aura of the man opposite him had changed.
Those eyes, suddenly dyed crimson, looked over at him. There was not