Chapter 44 - Radiant Stargazer!

, “I like this!” Li Tianming had favoured daggers in the past. He had tried sabres, spears, swords and halberds before, but they weren’t his style either., After he obtained the Thunderfire Chain, he found his true love. The explosiveness when attacking was definitely devastating. The Nine Flying Bolts also offered a repertoire of tricks he could play with the Thunderfire Chain., Chen Ding was full of power, but he was incapable of approaching Li Tianming., With over four metres of reach, Li Tianming’s Thunderfire Chain was definitely a ranged weapon. Employing both the Confounding Mirage Walk and the first whip of Nine Flying Bolts together, he lashed at Chen Ding, who could only suffer a one-sided beatdown helplessly., “LI TIANMING!”, POW!, Li Tianming found an opening, when Chen Ding screeched in fury. The chain snaked toward Chen Ding, striking him right on the cheek., Chen Ding was sent flying, as three of his teeth arced through the air. Truly, this battle had been a superb display of skill by Chen Ding like no other., “Mouthy, aren’t you?” Li Tianming sniggered., “Li Tianming, you!” Chen Ding’s words were garbled after losing his teeth. His face was starting to swell up and resemble a pig’s., “Take a good look in the mirror. There’s no difference between you and a pig now,” Li Tianming chortled., For Chen Ding, this was an utter humiliation!, Honestly speaking, a brute force style beastmaster like Chen Ding was destined to be suppressed by Li Tianming. Li Tianming could wield the Thunderfire Chain as dexterously as his own arm. With his range advantage and the Confounding Mirage Walk, Chen Ding had no chance to approach him., Li Tianming could feel a strange power suffusing the stage when he landed his blow on Chen Ding. He realised it was the Magical Star Roc going crazy after he turned his head around. Its eyes began to spit out piercingly bright starlight, which proceeded to stab at the little chick like swords!, “That’s its spiritsource ability! Radiant Stargazer!” Li Tianming heard such comments from the audience., His actions before to suppress the roc were born from his worry of this ability. Now that it was heavily injured, however, the roc’s spiritsource ability was definitely weakened., Fortunately, Li Tianming had defeated Chen Ding now. At the critical moment, Li Tianming’s Thunderfire Chain flew out again, smashing into the roc’s head., In the next moment, its aim was thrown off and the starlight flew into the skies instead., “Wow, so if I don’t shoot you, you think that makes it alright to shoot me?” The little chick was furious and turned into a blur using the Confounding Mirage Walk. Another chunk of meat was torn off the roc., “That’s enough!” Li Tianming finally heard the stern announcement from the chief mentors., Li Tianming wasn’t an idiot, and immediately stopped. However, the little chick was still in the midst of enjoying itself, and Li Tianming had to use his chain to physically restrain and drag it over., “Whatcha doing! I wanna end that nugget!” Evidently, the little chick was still at the age where being hot-blooded came naturally., “It’s over.” They couldn’t continue once the chief mentors had made their decision. This wasn’t a fight for the purpose of determining a winner or loser, but for the chief mentors to evaluate each person’s talents., Mu Wan was the one who had declared the halt, and Li Tianming stopped out of respect., However, Chen Ding was still furious. He endured his injuries to force himself to his feet. “I don’t accept this, Li Tianming! One more round!” he snarled. Li Tianming smiled gently. “Since when did losers have the right to demand things?”, Chen Ding wanted to rebut his words, but Chief Mentor Mu Wan cut in. “Come and take the Disciple’s Order. There are still a thousand people queueing up.”, While these words were said brusquely, Li Tianming liked them. He looked up to see her smiling at him., The other nine chief mentors were all crossing their arms as they maintained their silence., “Mu Wan, you’re well aware of what he did three years ago. He’s a stain on the institute’s prestige, as well as an eyesore to Lin Xiaoting and Lightning Manor…” A male chief mentor at the side gave her a soft reminder., “What does my choice have to do with you?” Mu Wan rolled her eyes, before tossing a Disciple’s Order to Li Tianming., The other battles hadn’t reached their conclusion yet, which made Li Tianming the first to pass the entrance exam., “I appreciate this very much. You definitely won’t regret this.” Li Tianming knew how difficult it had been for him to get the order again. However, he had finally succeeded. He was very grateful to Mu Wan for this, as it was likely no other chief mentor would dare to want him., They could easily use age as an excuse to disqualify Li Tianming., “Chen Ding. You’re young and have peerless talent. You may have had a poor performance today, but that’s only because Li Tianming was crafty. I’m willing to accept you as my disciple.

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