Chapter 277: Chapter 270: Child of Tian!

"Whoaa!!" Duan Li quickly retreated a few steps to the back as his Martial True Instinct kicked in and forced him to use his movement skill arts, Impeccable Sky Footsteps, to dodge!

BAM!

The puppet had suddenly moved and mowed down the floor on where he stood a few moments ago with a single drop down kick!

With a loud 'crack!' the entire platform was shattered like giant cobwebs spreading from the center!

Looking at the Qi aura oozing out from the puppet, Duan Li's mouth twitched.

"That's not one realm higher than me.. that is two realm higher!" he said and then continued to dodge left and right as the puppet repeated its assault!

Suuu!! Suuu!!

Both of them moved at the speed which created many vivid after-images around the platform, sending shockwaves to the crowd that witnessed this!

Thankfully, the platform was surrounded by many layers of strong barriers, otherwise, the common people that were currently watching this would've gotten hurt!

Similarly, not only was it just Duan Li that realized the strength of the puppet was not as it should be, some of the experts among the audience watching this frowned as well!

This is the movement speed of a Nascent Soul realm cultivator!

On the seating platform, Liu Sheng Duhai stood on his feet, feeling quite shocked with his fists clenched tight together!

"What's going on? Did they messed up with the adjustments? This isn't a level that a Core Formation realm student can handle!" he said as he sent a telepathic message using the communication jade slip to find out what went wrong.

A few moments later, he seemed to be surprised before calming himself down and sat back on his seat, his expression focused and solemn.

Queen Levy by his side then said with narrowed eyes, "I have my suspicion that you are part of the organizer for this competition. I wouldn't have been bothered before, but to think that you people dared to scheme against my Lord?"

A hint of killing intent was released in that last sentence of hers, causing Liu Sheng Duhai to shiver for a moment.

"Calm down. This isn't what it looks like. The situation is more complicated.. but I assure you, this is not a scheme against Duan Li!" he explained.

Hearing this, as well as recalling that Duan Li told her to behave before, the killing intent receded. However, her tone was still cold as she scoffed, "Hmph. Regardless if this is a scheme or not, the puppet is still not my Lord's match!"

Liu Sheng Duhai shook his head slowly, "I regret to say that the outcome will not be as you might have expect. I understand that you have high expectations of your Lord, but against a- Puu!"

In the middle of his words, he suddenly witnessed something crazy and choked on himself, almost biting his tongue into two in the process!

Padah!

"Hahaha! Now this is what I call a challenge! I have to extend my gratitude towards those who thought so highly of my capability, and sent me a puppet of this caliber!" Duan Li said to himself with a wide grin as he patted off his palm together.

"H-He... He slapped the puppet!" Liu Shuiyui was now poking his head out like a turtle straining its neck from its turtle shell, surprised to see the wonders of the world!

Wang Dong, Wu Jin, Dong Jinghai, Ling Shin, Ruo Hen and Bai Li were equally stupefied as well as their eyes and mouth puffed together like a puffer fish!

What in the world is going on?

That is a puppet on the level of a Nascent Soul realm! You can't just slap it on the face like that! What happened to the rules of this world? Aren't we supposed to keep on running for dear life if we were to encounter such a terrifying opponent?!

That puppet is pretty dumb as well, how could it let itself be slapped on the face like that by a mere human who is two realms lower?

Where is your pride? Your dignity as a Nascent Soul realm puppet?!

You fake!

At this moment, everyone was on the verge of going insane!

Throughout the eons, Nascent Soul realm has always been the very symbol of peak power in the Tian continent! This means that a breakthrough to such a realm was a dream so difficult to achieve, requiring massive amounts of resources and a very solid foundation that not just anyone could do!

The difficulty was to the extent that, those whom were able to reach such a level could be said to only be 1 percent among the entire populace of the Tian continent!

Furthermore, even if one had the riches and resources to grind their body and spirit to reach the bottleneck, if one does not have the requisite potential, then reaching the Nascent Soul realm level was but nigh impossible!

Therefore, how could their mind tolerate seeing a top notch power in the world was being slapped casually just like that?

They could try to understand if Duan Li possessed the means to evade or dodge, but not attacking!

Granted that it was only a puppet and not a real Nascent Soul realm cultivator, but the power it harnesses was the actual real deal!

"I.. I thought that the reason he was able to dodge was only because he pushed himself to the maximum, but to be able to retaliate.. this..!!" Liu Sheng Duhai swallowed his saliva and felt his whole body trembling!

Whether everyone was prepared or not, believe it or not; they had seen it, and they can't unseen it!

Like a series of mini explosion of volcanoes erupting inside their mind, the audience all found their horizons widened, their expression dazed, as if enlightened by the descent of a deity.

"Ha.. hahaha! I am not mistaken! He is the Child of Tian! A heaven-sent child!" an old voice suddenly spoke out with excitement and agitation. It was Elderly Senior Mu Bai who could vividly see the future!

Hearing this, the crowd around him swiftly turned their necks at a perpendicular angle, almost snapping and ending their life altogether!

"Child of Tian? What is that?"

"Oh! I've heard about this from my Grandmother! It was said that the Children of Tian are children sent down from the realms of immortal!"

"Heaven-sent child.. talented genius, impeccable prowess! There is no mistaking it, he is the one! He really is the Child of Heaven!"

"Child of Tian! I love you!"

"Duan Li, please bear my children!"

Like a contagious disease spreading through the air, the entirety of the crowd was swept away by euphoria and screamed atop of their lungs, veneration and respect could be heard from them when they called out Duan Li as the Child of Tian!

On the other hand, Duan Li was the one to be bewildered next by this sudden turn of events, "Huh? I'm the Child of Tian? What the heck are they saying?"

Didn't I just slap a mere puppet? How the hell did I become a Child of Tian from that?

Suuu!!

In this moment of deep thought, the puppet stood up from the ground and immediately charged at Duan Li seeing such an opportunity!

"Annoying! Can't you see that I am thinking?" Duan Li harrumphed and sent a fist over.

Nine Fists Shattering Meteor!

BOOMM!!

The moment this fist came into contact with the puppet's body, as if a glass that was being hit by a boulder, its body spontaneously disassembled into pieces, exploding like fireworks!

Crack!!

BOOMMM!!

Just like that, the Nascent Soul realm puppet was utterly destroyed by a single punch!

For Duan Li, even at 10 percent of his power right now, this was actually equal to the Pinnacle stage of Foundation Establishment realm back when he fought Cao Tengfei from the Dark Sect before!

If even Cao Tengfei was beaten to a bloody pulp by him at that time, a puppet was not worth a single mention at all!

Roarrr!!

At the sight of this, the crowd grew even more excited! Their eyes reddened, their face flushed, and saliva splattered all over around them as they chanted religiously;

"Child of Tian!"

...

Plop!

"C-Child of T-Tian! Could it possibly be..?" Liu Sheng Duhai dropped to his seat with his face in extreme disbelief!

Children of Tian was only a legend that was told to him by the maids in the royal palace, back when he was still a young lass as part of his bedtime story!

According to the legends, immortals would sometimes visit the lower planes of existence and copulate with the mortals through fate. If they bore children, then these children would possess incredible means and could breakthrough realms like drinking water!

At that time, he dismissed it as a mere fairy tales with bogus origin, but who could have thought that he was proven wrong at this very day?

"I don't know what's the deal with everyone calling my Lord that, but it doesn't sound too bad." Queen Levy shrugged.

In her opinion, humans were quite interesting this way. Even though they didn't know the true meaning behind those whom were called as the Children of Tian, they still rallied under it!

Back during her time, there were also several other Children of Tian, and if words could describe them, then they were truly terrifying beings!

However with Duan Li, he was not a Child of Tian, but something even greater than that! At least, this was how she felt when she observed the Will of the Grand Immortal spoke to Duan Li with a hint of melancholic before!

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"Empress Dowager, the entire crowd had gone berserk! W-What should we do?" Advisor Chen said in a panic.

"..." the Empress thought that her plans were flawless, and never in her wildest dreams that a thing that was happening right now could even occur.

Due to the revelation by Elderly Senior Mu Bai, everyone was practically showing exaggerated reaction! This made her difficult in identifying those people that were hidden among the crowds!

Nevertheless, she still managed to cast her sights on some of them and saw their suspicious movements. After all that was said and done, she was still the Empress with unfathomable means in her disposal!

"Pass down my orders!" she decreed.

I will not let them harm this empire!

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