Chapter79:I’veGotYouinMySight

Inthenoblefamilies鈥檆amp,ChildeYunHe’sdefeatcausedanuproaramongstallthepeople.NoonehadexpectedthatasoneofthethreeChildesandasamanwhosebloodlinewasfromtheWesternGod’sDomainandhadsuperhumanstrength,ChildeSiNianwouldbedefeatedinthefirstroundoftheSwordPalace’sentrancetest.

Hewasatthe3rdrank.Hewasa3rdrankedswordsman!Evenamongstallthe3rdrankedswordsmen,hewasatthetoplevel.Ifhesaidthathisphysicalstrengthwasthenumbertwoamongstallthecandidates,thennobodywoulddaresaythatheorshewasthenumberone.

The"ThreeChildes"wasn’tjustafalsereputation.Theywonthishonorthroughtheiractualbattlerecord.However,whatdidtheysee?Onesword.YunXijustbrandishedhisswordonce,andChildeSiNianhadbeendefeated.

Itwassoeasybutincomprehensible.Manypeoplehadn’tevenseenwhathadhappened.ChildeSiNianhadbeenteleportedawaybythetwinwitches.Thethreebloodywoundsonhisbackclaimedhisfailure.Astwopeoplewhohadclearlywitnessedwhathappened,ChildeYunHeandChildeSanQuanweredumbfounded.

Everythinghadjusthappenedinonesecond.Ifonedividedthatonesecondintotenparts,theninthefirstthreeparts,ChildeSiNianwasgatheringhisstrength,preparingtousehisstrongest"LeapAttack",thefourthandfifthpartwerethemysteriousblack-hairedmaid’sturn.InthefaceofChildeSiNian鈥檚attack,shealsojumpedup.Thenextonetenthofasecondwasthemostimportantpart.IncludingChildeSanQuanandChildeYunHe,nooneunderstoodhowshecouldhavedonethat.Shedidn’tdirectlyblockChildeSiNian’sslash,butsomersaultedintheair,thenbrandishedhersword.Shebrandishedherswordsonimblyanduntraceablyasifshehadapairofwingsonherback.Shejustjumpedup,somersaultedintheair,andbrandishedhersword,thenshehadwonthebattle.

Itlookedlikeherspeedwassuddenlyacceleratedbytentimes.SheseemedtonotevenbeinthesamespacetimeasChildeSiNian.Fromtheseventhparttothetenthpart,everythinghadbecomemeaningless,becauseChildeSiNianhadbeendefeated.

"Strange!Thatwastoostrange!"ChildeSanQuanfrowned.

Shehadsuchwonderfulswordskillandsuchnimblebodymovement...Howcouldshebeacivilian!Nocivilianswouldhavethechancetolearnsuchafantasticswordskill!

"Whereisthatmaidfrom?"ChildeYunHewasannoyed.Asalocalperson,hehadneverheardaboutthismaidwhosuddenlyappeared.

Thiswasbad!ShouldIusethem?ChildeYunHeglancedathisCraneWingTwinSwordswithanirresolutelook.

Thetwinswordswerehistrumpcard.Hehadtheconfidencetousethemtodefeatany3rdrankedswordsmen.However,ifheusedthem,hewasafraidthathisscoreintheeyesofthetwinwitcheswouldreduce.Afterall,thetwinswordsweren’thisownstrength.

"YunHe,itlookslikeweshouldgetserious,"ChildeSanQuansaidashewavedhisfansword.Hiseyesweresharplikeaviperthatwasstaringatitsprey."It’stimetoshowtheseciviliansthetruepowerofournoblefamilies."

"Oh,ChildeSiNianwasreallyunlucky.Iknowthathisswordhassomehiddenabilities,"ChildeYunHesighed.

Theywerenoblefamilies’children!Theyhadmoremeansthantheirownstrength.Unfortunately,ChildeSiNianunderestimatedhisopponenttoomuch.Beforehecouldusehishiddenabilities,hehadbeendefeated.Whenyouneededthem,youshoulddecisivelyusethem.Whywerehiddenabilitiescalled"trumpcards"?Becauseyoucouldusethematthecrucialmomenttoturnthetideofbattle!

Afterwalkingoffthestage,thegirlsgreetedYunXiwithcheers.

"Mei,goodjob!"

"You’rethestrongest!Yourluckycharmisreallyeffective!"

"Ohmygod,heisChildeSiNian!Althoughheisalittlestupid,buthisstrengthisreallystrong!Mei,you’resoawesome!"

"A2ndrankedfemaleswordsmandefeateda3rdrankedswordsman!ThiswasthefirsttimeIsawthat!"

"Mei,yousurelycanjointheSwordPalace.Thankstoyourblackhair,IfeelthatIsuddenlyhaveadeeperknowledgeaboutswordskills!"

"Yes,metoo!"

"AndI!"

"IthoughtthatIsuddenlybecamestrong,sothatwasn’tmyillusion!"

(TranslatedbyGravityTales馃槄)

Thegirlssmiledandtwitteredlikeaflockofswallows.TheyalmoststartedtodancearoundYunXi.However,YunXilookedalittleconfused.

WhywasChildeSiNianintherealworldweakerthantheChildeSiNianinthestartrial?Heusedthatattackwithoutanythoughts...Didhelookdownonme?Besides,shouldn’ttherebeanotherstrongperson?YunXirememberedthatterriblearcherinredwhohadkilledhimdozensoftimesinthetrialandalmostmadehimdoubthisownability.Wasn’tthearcherinredacandidateoftheSwordPalace’sentrancetest?

YunXiwaslostinthought.Hedidn’tnoticethattherelationsamongstthegirlsandhimselfhadbecomebetter,thethreadsamongstthemalsobecamemoresolid.

"Dammit!Ihaven’tevenusedmytrueability!"ChildeSiNianquicklyrecovered.Hepunchedthegroundangrily,withhiseyesfilledwithtears.

Howcouldheexpectthattheblack-hairedmaid’sattackwouldhavebeensounpredictable!AndwhydidyouknowmyLeapAttacksowell?

ChildeSiNianhadafeelingthatthemaidhadseenthroughhiseverysingleattack!

Whatthehellwasallthatabout?

...

Onthehilltop,aboutthreekilometresawayfromtheexamarea,underatree,awhite-hairedpersoninredwatchedtheexamarea.Thepersonslowlyraisedablackbow,aimingatsomething.

"Cock-A-doodle-Doo!"Awhitepigeonflewtowardsthearcherinredfromadistanceandlandedontheperson’sraggedcape.Therewasarollofwhitepaperononeofthepigeon’slegs,aletter.

"Actaccordingtoourplan.Waitforthesign.Ifyouthinkit’snecessary,youcanactautonomously.Stillaimatthesametarget."

Thearcherinrednodded,thencasuallytorethelettertoshreds.

"Sniff!Sniff!"

Somestrangewheezingcamefromunderthearcher’sfeet.Ifonetookagoodlookatthegroundunderthearcher’sfeet,onewouldfindthatitwasabnormallydarkred,likesomebigmonster’sscales.

"Cock-A-doodle-Doo!"Thepigeonspreaditswings,flyingtotheskyagain.

"Still...havetowaitforawhile..."Thearcherinred’svoicesoundedhoarselikehisthroathadbeenburnt.Thearcherinredraisedhislongbowagain.Byusinghis"EagleEye",heobservedthetest.

Thetargethis"Eagle鈥檚Eye"lockedontowasontheSwordPalace’splatform,thelocationwherethetwinwitcheswere!