Jaden shook his head, pity on his face: “Don’t worry, I will go gentle on you.”
“……” Howard Shiba was speechless, a little bit of bitterness in his expression.
The two resigned themselves to their fate as they exchanged a glance. Below, seeing that the first batch were all on stage, Clark waved his hand and shouted: “Let the Second Round of Annual Clan Assessment begin!”
As Clark’s shout faded, the mood in the training chambers abruptly erupted in a frenzy. On the few stone platforms, figures flashed before finally colliding together in sudden ferocity.
“Heh heh, I had also advanced to Qi Condensing Realm 4th Stage two months ago. Jaden, you’d better take care too!”
Hearing the signal, Howard chuckled as his body suddenly jolted. His entire body unexpectedly hardened substantially. Following which he stamped ferociously off the ground and flew forward like a huge bullet.
As that amusing sight was reflected in Jaden’s eyes, he involuntarily broke into a laugh. In this moment, Howard’s rapidly approaching body suddenly turned and a thick right leg rather violently lashed at Jaden.
“medium rank technique, Meteor Kick”
Jaden was somewhat surprised as he felt the wind from Howard’s decently renowned leg style. To think that this guy had actually practised martial arts! Yet to the current Jaden, just this little was of no threat at all.
Jaden’s arm agilely stretched forward and bypassed Howard’s whipping leg before lightly tapping on his thigh.
“Ah!”
Howard cried out as his now unstable self fell and landed on his butt.
After striking down Howard Shiba with one palm, Jaden once again lifted his fist as if he were preparing to send it chopping down at his opponent. Howard Shiba immediately held his hands over his head and called out: “I admit defeat!”
“Jaden wins.”
Below the stone platform, Clark grinned while shaking his head. Soon after, he shifted his somewhat astonished gaze to look at Jaden. Although Howard Shiba could not be considered outstanding in the Shiba Clan, he had still managed to reach Qi Condensing Realm 4th Stage. Though the palm from Jaden had looked casual enough, the fact was that it had landed on the spot where Howard Shiba’s strength was the most scattered. If it was just a fluke, then nothing can be said, however if it was intentional, then Jaden who was already armed with such discerning eyes at a young age was truly a force to be reckoned with.
After hearing Clark’s declaration, some of the gazes in the training chambers also turned to rest upon Jaden. Although they were slightly flabbergasted, in the end they did not pay too much attention to what had happened. After all, Howard Shiba’s strength was only average in the Shiba Clan. Winning over him was not a very huge achievement.
Jaden did not take much notice of these gazes, his own eyes turned towards another stone platform just in time to see Darren absent-mindedly blowing his opponent off the stage with a single strike of his palm.
Easily dispatching his opponent, Darren also sensed Jaden’s gaze and turned to lock eyes with the latter, the corners of his mouth rising to form a sneer.
Jaden shot one last glance at Darren before withdrawing his gaze and dragging Howard Shiba off the stage.
Jaden did not meet any problematic opponents in the first round, thus after Howard Shiba, Jaden once again won the match. Advancing to the top ten with nothing to write home about. Due to his easy victories in both matches, Jaden did not reveal his excessively astonishing strength, thus many people believed that good luck was all there was to Jaden.