Chapter 75: Divine Seal
Translator: Sparrow Translations Editor: Sparrow Translations
"Mm, then?" Fang Zhengzhi nodded as he smiled.
"Why don't you look shocked at all?" Li Bowei thought that Fang Zhengzhi's expression would change greatly after expressing this. But, it seemed like it had failed quite badly.
"Am I supposed to be shocked?"
"Do you understand my main point? I said me, me!" Li Bowei emphasised.
"Then?"
"..." Li Bowei stared at Fang Zhengzhi, who wore an innocent look on his face and felt a deep sense of defeat. Then, his tone suddenly changed, like a thousand-year-old glacier.
"Die!"
In a flash, Li Bowei charged towards Fang Zhengzhi, the sword in his hands pointing towards Fang Zhengzhi's throat. His speed was fast as lightning, and a faint glow radiated from the top of his blade.
"This is the ability Li Bowei has been hiding!" County Head Wang quickly stood up.
"Something is wrong!" Imperial Messenger Qin similarly realised something.
"Li Bowei and I are both from the Qingfeng Academy, and was already very close to accessing Dao… wait! Something is really wrong! It is not possible for Li Bowei to have such power!" The middle-aged scholar instinctively waited to defend Li Bowei, but after seeing Li Bowei's movements clearly, he was completely stunned.
Because…
The ability Li Bowei was displaying now had long exceeded that of Meng Yushu who accessed Dao a year ago.
From what the Qingfeng Academy knew, Li Bowei was still a slight bit away from accessing Dao, and it was impossible for him to improve by so much within a few days!
…
At the stage, in a blink of an eye, Li Bowei's sword was an inch away from Fang Zhengzhi's throat.
Furthermore, the sword's power didn't seem to have the intention of being restrained, instead, the icy glow expanded outwards. If this stab was successfully, it would definitely kill in one blow!
It was too sinister and deadly!
Under the stage, the examinees stared at Li Bowei's attack, their mouths agape in shock. It was too fast, so fast that people simply couldn't react.
If Li Bowei's previous performance caused people to feel that he was powerful, then now…
This can only be described by horror!
"Woosh!" Two figures closed the distance between them.
Immediately after, a dull sound boomed from the stage, then the two figures quickly shot apart.
"Ha ha ha… who would have thought! Fifteen years of age yet reaching such a level. Talent, a true talent! Even more talented that what I thought!" Li Bowei stretched his shoulders, the icy glow in his eyes expanding.
"You aren't too bad either!" Fang Zhengzhi also gave a sincere praise. Shaking his palms, the shards of ice stuck to it fell to the ground.
"What is even more worthy of celebrating is that today, will be the day of your death!" When Li Bowei finished his words, the air in the entire stage became a lot colder.
Brandishing the sword on his hands, a layer of translucent ice crystals instantly appeared on his sword. At the same time, a dense white mist emanated from his body.
"Divine Seal! Li Bowei had reached Divine Seal!" County Head Wang's eyes instantly widened. He simply couldn't believe that a person who reached the Divine Seal State could appear in the county examinations.
After accessing Dao, man could begin to understand All Creation, but, this required a process.
For example, even though Meng Yushu accessed Dao for a year, he still couldn't reach the Divine Seal State, and could only rely on the Dao Seal to force his powers to reach the abilities of the Divine Seal early stage.
But that was only based on power. If he really met with someone who reached the Divine Seal early state, he would no doubt be defeated.
Because, the good thing about this was that one's powers would increase. However, the bad thing was that before every move, he had to first display the Dao Seal to prepare.
But if one reached the Divine Seal, then everything would be different.
The Divine Seal represented that one completely sealed a form of All Creation into one's body, hence when employing it, it wouldn't require the assistance of any Dao Seal at all.
In order to achieve this, one required chance and understanding.
Because, in order to seal All Creation into one's body, this represented that one's understanding of the Dao of All Creation had already reached an extremely high level. For example, how it was made, how it changed, its different properties, how to destroy it… everything was in one's grasp.
"It might not even be as simple as Divine Seal!" Imperial Messenger Qin opened his mouth as well.
From what was happening on the stage, Li Bowei borrowed the help of cold air, freezing into ice crystals and giving off an icy mist. Just from this point alone, one could infer that he already wasn't at the early stage of Divine Seal anymore.
As of which level he had reached, it was currently unable to be determined.
"This Li Bowei, how could he conceal himself so much?" The middle-aged scholar sighed deeply.
Under the stage, the examinees were completely stunned at this moment. Li Bowei had actually reached Divine Seal? Furthermore, compared to the Divine Seal late stage… it seemed to be even higher.
How could this not cause people to be shocked?
"Die!" Li Bowei completely ignored the crowd's shock, as if he had already expected all of these to happen. Then, he moved again. Completely enveloped in a white, icy mist, he charged towards Fang Zhengzhi.
"Isn't it just a little bit of cold air?" Fang Zhengzhi twitched his mouth in disdain.
Then, his body also gave off a dense white mist. Moreover, compared to Li Bowei's mist, it was even thicker…
"Divine… Divine Seal?!"
"Fang Zhengzhi he… he also reached Divine Seal?"
Instantly, none of the examinees were able to come to their senses. If the fact that Li Bowei had achieved Divine Seal was a shocking matter, then Fang Zhengzhi's sudden attainment of Divine Seal was something people simply couldn't imagine.
It was just a county examination of the Law of Dao examination.
Those who accessed Dao could directly skip this and participate in the capital examinations. Two people who reached Divine Seal coming here to compete? Wasn't this simply bullying?
As the examinees were filled with shock, two balls of white, icy mist clashed into each other.
Then, an intense clashing sound sounded out from within the white mist.
After which, Li Bowei's body flew out from the white mist, like a meteor flying through the skies, slammed into the ground with a boom.
The white mist gradually dispersed. Fang Zhengzhi quietly stood on the stage and looked at Li Bowei lying on the ground.
"Wow!"
In an instant, all the examinees were roused. All their doubts were finally resolved. So what if Fang Zhengzhi could defeat Meng Yushu? Even a Divine Seal person like Li Bowei was defeated!
That meant that Fang Zhengzhi possessed true power!
"How powerful!"
"I never thought that he had actually reached Divine Seal!"
"A person who had never entered the Hall of Dao, relying solely on self-study! Achieving Roll Champion in the theory examinations, and even reaching Divine Seal? Isn't this simply unthinkable?"
The examinees discussed spiritedly.
On the spectator stand, Li Huer and Meng Jiangshan glanced at one another, their faces filled with absolute shock.
"Fang Zhengzhi… reached Divine Seal?!"
At this moment, Imperial Messenger Qin also stood up. Looking at Fang Zhengzhi standing on the stage, he looked as if it had seen a perfectly beautiful piece of unpolished jade.
Then, just as everybody's gaze were completely fixated on Fang Zhengzhi's body.
Sitting at the spectator stand, Yan Xiu stood up suddenly. His ice-cold expression now seemed to have become rather anxious.
"Beware!"
"Boom!" Just as Yan Xiu's words landed, a gigantic roar sounded out from the stage. An immense destructive force instantly caused the entire stage to shake wildly.
"Zoom zoom zoom…" Broken pieces of rocks and pebbles flew out from the stage like knives, instantly piercing bloody holes into the bodies of the examinees below.
"Ah ah ah ah!" The examinees below the stage instantly cried out in pain.
On the stage at this moment, dust flew everywhere. It was simply impossible to discern what was happening inside, only a faint blue glow of light blinked in and out of the cloud of dust.