GRANDMASTER KEREPA
1205 Words
"BAM." Matero landed face first on the ground. Just now,he had collided with Wato and he had been overwhelmed bitterly, his human realm strength had been crushed totally by an artist.
"I suggest you stay down." Wato said to Matero who lay unmoving, he laid flat on his face, no one could tell if he was still conscious.
"Is That it?" Xiao finally showed a bit of remorse, maybe she had overestimated his current abilities. He was just reincarnated after all.
Among all those spectating, a boy of about seventeen years stood in between two Elders. He was clad in black robes with various silver inscriptions. He had watched the entire exchange from the very beginning and had seen how Matero got overpowered. A glint of battle intent shone in his eyes, he stared at the unmoving Matero, would this boy stand up?
He was meant to be Matero's third opponent, he was the core disciple who was supposed to fight Matero and he was at the first step of the second realm. One of the youngest artists in the entire cultivation grounds. So far he had been moved, secretly, by everything Matero had been doing and he would want to brawl Matero at all cost. The clash just now had left him disappointed, if Matero couldn't stand up after that strike, then he wasn't a worthy opponent.
Matero clenched his fists and he moved, he first rose to his knees and supported himself with his trembling hands, his entire body was aching but that couldn't stop him. He looked up weakly at Wato who had a shocked expression, Matero shouldn't be able to move but he did. Finally he rose to his feet, he had bloody gashes on his body and his hands trembled, fighting intent surged from him, everyone could feel it.
"This is interesting." An Elder clothed in purple spoke, he had a long sword hanging behind him and he smiled as he spoke. He was one of the youngest present.
The core disciple smiled deeply at Matero, this was a worthy opponent. Battle intent surged from him, he wanted to see how this Matero boy would do against him. No one in the younger generation has impressed him this much.
Matero dashed towards Wato, his body reacted excellently well, he moved like he wasn't injured. Wato quickly reacted and moved towards the approaching Matero.
"Side stab." Wato whispered to himself and once again held out his palm likd the edges of a sword. He stabbed towards Matero once again.
Matero didn't attempt to evade, instead he tightened his fists, a new pressure suddenly exuded from him, very chaotic and it all clashed against Wato.
"He stepped up?"
"Hmm, this kid is not so simple, he must have timed that."
"Eh eh eh, this doesn't really change the tides. Wato is still far off."
"Master is always full of surprises." Xiao smiled at the scene.
Just before the two collided, Matero reached the third step of the human realm. Fresh energy surged through his veins.
Just as the two were about to collide, a powerful breeze broke forth. Originating from where the two would have clashed and it blasted the two backwards. Matero felt like a piece of fabric before the immense wind and he was thrown back away from Wato, the same also happened to Wato. The shocking fact was that the wind was warm and soothing, it wasn't rough and didn't carry a speck of dust. Matero's landing wasn't what he expected, he didn't crash into the ground, instead the wind was like a cushion that gently placed him on his feet. In short the entire event gave him a feeling like he was in the palm of a giant.
"What is all this?" An authoritative voice startled all those present, everyone turned around to see an old man holding a crooked looking staff. He had a long white beard and his robe was also plain white. He exuded no pressure at all, no aura, it was like he was dead man. He had no presence.
"Imperial Master." All the Elders present bowed, Xiao turned away and went to Matero instead.
"I have been observing the entire match up, from your experience I believe you goats should know that the clash will kill the boy." He sounded displeased, he had now arrived at the center of the gathering.
"Master Kerepa, he had survived one and even moved afterwards, we believed he could survive the clash head on."
"Fool." The young Elder in purple scoffed and said to himself. "They didn't see."
"Fool. I wasn't talking about the kid. The clash would kill Wato." The old man was furious. "How could you not see."
The spectators couldn't believe their ears, only the young man in purple robes and Matero seemed unshocked by master Kerepa's revelation. Even Xiao was surprised, if he had said Matero would win that would be fine but that Matero would actually kill Wato with that strike.
No one asked how, no one protested, no on argued, Master Kerepa had spoken. This was the grand master of the entire imperial cultivation grounds, feared by even the Nation's Lord. One of those with the highest cultivation in the nation, at the late stages of the third step third realm, known as realm of masters.
The third realm was special, at first it was very far off the other two realms, once you crossed into this realm there is an explosively drastic difference in strength. There are cases of those in the human realm facing those in the realm of artists, like Matero did with Wato and family head Guan, but no one outside the realm of masters can fight a master. Also, the steps of the third realm had stages, unlike all others. Each step had early, middle and late stages. The difference in strength of the stages was huge, while the difference in strength of each step was colossal. The entire realm was of another level.
That Master Kerepa interfered actually meant Wato would have died, this sent shiver down Wato's spine. He would have died! The core disciple was astonished, even him wasn't sure he would be able to slay Wato in one move. His thirst for a fight with Matero intensified.
"We will be glad to enroll such a genius into our institution." Kerepa bowed slightly at General Xiao and she did so in return, he then smiled at Matero, the kid had secrets and he wanted to build a monster out of him.
"And if you wish, I can make you my very own core disciple." Kerepa announced lazily,and for the very first time since the beginning of the entire screening exercise, everyone exclaimed out loud. Even General Xiao.
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