Past life sage: This life a dual cultivator

"Zhan Chen, I know you are holding back but I can't blame you for that. Face this last attack of mine. If you are able to defend it, then I will admit defeat", Li Huanwu spoke.

"Well, to be honest I am enjoying this fight. We can fight later if you want", Zhan Chen replied.

"Thank you for your consideration. Now prepare yourself", Li Huanwu spoke. Gusts of wind came out of his body as he raised his spear.

"Whirlwind dance of mighty spear", Li Huanwu shouted out and jumped into the air. A swirling rotating wind formed with Li Huanwu on the centre. Gusts of wind overwhelmed the other competetors as they found it hard to stand on the rock platform.

The swirling wind get stronger with each passing moment and finally it approached Zhan Chen when it was at its peak.

A worried look appeared on the faces of Lu Mingxi, Zhan Qingyue and Kai Min when they saw Li Huanwu launching such an attack towards Zhan Chen.

Contrary to their worry, Zhan Chen remained calm. He tightened his grip around his sword and jumped into the air.

He brought other hand forward and held the sword with both of his hand. Then he brought the sword over his head and swung downward.

"Windbreaker sword", he softly murmured as a sharp long slash flew towards the swirling wind that Li Huanwu had created. This time there was no sound as both of their attacks collided.

The onlookers stood stunned on their spots as the long slash of Zhan Chen cut a hole through the swirling wind of Li Huanwu.

The swirling wind vanished and Li Huanwu tried to stood his ground infront of Zhan Chen with the help of his spear. "I lost", he spoke softly as a line of blood came out from the left corner of his mouth.

"Practice well. You are always welcome to come challenge me", Zhan Chen spoke. Li Huanwu nodded his head and walked out of the stone platform. There was no more competetors when the fight between Zhan Chen and Li Huanwu concluded. All the remaining ones were blown out by the impact of Li Huanwu's spear technique.

"Zhan Chen, congratulation. You are the winner of this round", the judge spoke to Zhan Chen with admiration in his eyes.

Zhan Chen bowed slightly towards the judge and walked out of the stone platform. Unlike other winners, no sect representative came to bother him right away. Everyone was in a shock after witnessing the powerful attacks of Li Huanwu and Zhan Chen.

If Li Huanwu 's attack blew their mind then Zhan Chen's attack was even more incredible. They had never imagined such a powerful attack coming from a Core condensation realm expert.

Finally few sect representatives came out of their shock and approached Zhan Chen. "Young man, how about joining our Red cloud sect? We will make you a Core disciple right from the start", a sect representative spoke.

"What is so great about a Core disciple? We promise to bestow a high level earth grade treasure if you join our Golden cauldron sect", another sect representative spoke as he looked fervently towards Zhan Chen.

Zhan Chen smiled slightly after seeing the enthusiastic looks on the faces of various sect representatives. He cupped his hands and bowed his head slightly towards the gathered representatives of various sects.

"Seniors, please listen me out. I am not planning to join any sect for the time being. I will consider it after the Grand sect competition is over. For now, my entire focus in on the final round of the competition", Zhan Chen spoke.

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"Lady Mingxi, I hope you have not forgotten our bet", Zhan Chen spoke after sitting beside Lu Mingxi.

"Of course not, it is only a favour. There is no problem even if you manage to win the bet", Lu Mingxi spoke. Zhan Chen smiled after listening her response and looked towards the battle field.

Another group of cultivators walked towards the stone platform and the competetion resumed. Kai Min and Zhan Qingyue were watching the competetion with interest in their eyes but Zhan Chen was feeling bored.

He teased Lu Mingxi time to time and her blushing face lightened up his mood somehow. It was only in early afternoon when he finally relaxed because the judge announced the end of the elimination rounds.

"Now, I want all the selected competetors of the first round to gather here. We will announce the ultimate winner among them after seeing their performance on the stage", the judge announced.

"Zhan Chen, you rogue! Can't you ask for any other thing except that", Lu Mingxi glared at Zhan Chen who was teasing her since the beginning of today's competetion.

"It is your wish whether to agree or not. But I don't need anything else from you except the favour I asked for", Zhan Chen spoke with a meaningful smile on his face.

"Well then, lady Mingxi, good bye for now. I will see you again after winning this competetion", Zhan Chen spoke.

He threw a look at Zhan Qingyue and Kai Min before descending down the hill. The competetion to decide the ultimate winner began when all the selected competetors gathered around the stone platforms.

There were total thirty cultivators who were selected from various rounds of competetion. The judges divided them in the groups of six and battle began once again on top of the five rock platforms.

"Is there no one who can defeat him? How am I suppose to do that with a young man like him?", Lu Mingxi thought to herself with reddened cheeks.

She looked towards the battle ground absentmindedly where Zhan Chen was standing calmly amidst the other five competetors.

The beating of the Spirit drums echoed and the battle for the ultimate winner began. A cultivator pulled out twin daggers from his waist and charged towards Zhan Chen's location.

"Zhan Chen, let me see your skills. You may have better technique than me but I will not be defeated easily If we fight in close quarters", the cultivator spoke.

Zhan Chen took out his sword in response and looked towards the cultivator who was holding twin daggers in his hand.

"Clang!", metallic sound came as a stabbing attack from the cultivator stopped by Zhan Chen. Zhan Chen thrusted his sword and the cultivator had to step back in order to protect himself.

Zhan Chen took a step forward and thrusted his sword again. The cultivator avoided his sword unexpectedly and swung his dagger towards Zhan Chen's throat.

Zhan Chen pulled back his hand to stop his attack and a look of interest appeared in his eyes. The cultivator was also taken aback after seeing Zhan Chen blocking his battle proven skills.

He used a strange movement technique and withdrew himself from Zhan Chen's range. Some shadow like figures appeared as he charged towards Zhan Chen.

"Clang", another metallic sound came as Zhan Chen stopped the cultivators from stabbing his chest. There was a bewildered look on his face as he observed the cultivator infront of him in detail.

"What a surprise! There is seal on this man's cultivation. No wonder, he is using battle technique iques suitable for a True essence realm cultivator", Zhan Chen thought to himself.

The cultivator tried few more times but his lethal attacks proved futile infront of Zhan Chen's stern defence.

Zhan Chen was planning to talk with the strange cultivator but he did something unexpected. He used his strange movement technique and approached the edge of the stone platform.

"Zhan Chen, we will meet again", he spoke and jumped down from the stone platform. A sigh of relief came from his mouth after he left the battle field.

He thought he had shook off Zhan Chen but he didn't notice the smile on Zhan Chen's face when he escaped. There was an invisible soul mark on his body now which would lead Zhan Chen towards his location.