Re: In My Bloody Hit Novel

Chapter 174 Testing Of Cultivation Levels....

That night, Chiron offered some of the dragon's blood as meal to his slaves. He gave all of them. Including the Essence draining spider.

As expected, their power had a significant boost.

Two days later, the main tournaments started.

The entire aim of the Gathering of the sword clans was to teach and sharpen the blades of the next generation. It was also to build friendly rivalry and healthy, competing relationships between all the sword clans.

during the preliminaries, many contestants had been rendered useless. This was the cultivation world. It was no surprise that some even died.

However, none of the elders or chiefs from any clan said anything about this. It was plainly part of the tradition. Those that were weak would naturally be weeded out.

This was how survival worked.

Only those that were strong enough could survive in the world. Besides, everyone of them always had the opportunity to refuse challenges from their opponents but did not do so.

And for one reason or the order, majorly a lack of skill, could not stay alive long enough for the start of the main events.

Another reason for the Gathering of the Sword clans was to facilitate an exchange of resources.

For example, the Chikitsa clan was known mainly for its medical abilities, while some other clans like the Rapier were known for their excellent spirit scrolls and their strong seals.

Different clans had their own speciality and talent.

The gathering of the sword Clans also brought all these different talents to life.

Business was booming for the many different trades. Whether it was blacksmiths, Traders, or even massage parlours, there were a lot of experiences for anyone that could afford it.

The gathering of the sword clans was really more of a festival.

It was the biggest festival amongst the clans.

The Chikitsa clan had separated a huge square area within the clan to serve as its arena.

This was the place of battle that many young warriors were going to have their names either carved in its sands as great men and women, or were going to have their lives carved in the sands as those that laid like a mat for those great men and women to climb.

It was early in the morning, and the first day of a long competition.

However, the arena was already filled with different people.

The flags of the seven clans flew in the air as the people conversed happily in anticipation of the fights.

The betting dens, both legal and illegal had made way for bets to be made. For those that knew how to take advantage of such an event, this was an opportunity to get stupidly rich.

After all, many had done so in the past. People that had also anticipated the event for a long time readied their savings. Many were going to become damn poor and broke, while some others were going to be lucky and win the bets.

Such was the Fate of many lives during the gathering of the sword clans.

There was a special spot high up in the arena that was made for VIPs.

That is, it was made for strictly Clan Elders, and another place for VVIPs.

This spot was reserved for just Clan chiefs and their immediate attendants.

All the chiefs had come in early. This included chief Dona. Since the Chikitsa clan was the hosting Clan, he was the guest of Honour for the event.

He had a proud smile on his face.

He sat on a chair, while behind him stood Elder Joules. All the Clan chiefs sat, while their attendants or retainers stood behind them.

With a wave of his hand, he launched some of his copper spiritual energy into the air and the crowd quieted down. This was to show that the event was about to start.

Chief Dona stood up and gave a short speech about heritage and togetherness, and the long-standing relationship of the seven clans that had stood for hundreds of years, and how it was forever to remain standing till the end of time.

As he gave his speech, Chiron listened attentively. It was just like he remembered it from his dreams of this world. Too bad that this speech and the bond it claimed the seven clans had was proven to be a lie by the second Gathering of the Sword clans.

"With that said, let the Tonarment begin!" chief Dona ended his speech and the crowd went wild with joy.

Next, came a very Familiar Elder. However, seeing him made Chiron frown a bit.

The reason was that this elder according to his memories, was not the person that hosted this event. At least he did not host the event until the second time. Which was also the last time the Gathering of the sword clans occurred.

The Host of this event from Chiron's memories, was supposed to be Elder Joules. However, Elder Harden was the person hosting it.

This was a small change, but it still stole Chiron's attention.

Then again, he had changed a lot of things with his arrival into this world. This might just be the rippling effect of some of them. This was what he thought.

But a nagging thought behind his mind spoke louder.

"The Tournament is going to be of different stages based on Cultivation rank." Elder Harden addressed the crowd. "Firstly, we are going to be checking the cultivation levels of those participating in this event as it would allow for the proper class division of fighters."

As he spoke, a large crystal ball was rolled into the Arena by the assisting Elders.

"Cultivation sensing Crystal ball," Chiron whispered lowly. He was very familiar with this crystal ball. It was made from pure mineral elements gotten from the Chikitsa mountain.

It was used to sense the cultivation level of cultivators. The reason for this was so that those in wood rank would not be paired with those in the stone rank.

Unless a participant from a lower cultivation rank challenged someone in a higher cultivation rank, the two were not allowed to battle.

This ensured fairness, and prices for both categories were handed out accordingly.

Also, the Gathering of the sword clan Tornaments did not allow for the participation of those that were elders. In other words, it did not permit the participation of those of the older generation.

There was never a time were a person of the copper rank participated. After all, one must have gone far in age for him or she to have entered the copper rank.

Those that were to participate in the event went came out into the arena.

There were a lot of them.

Chiron was also among them.

However, the moment his leg stepped on the Arena, his Aura energy spread throughout the area.

He could feel that there was a spirit formation around the place. This was probably to defend against the powers that were soon going to run chaotic in fights and prevent them from spilling on the audience.

But he could feel that there was more. Deep beneath the first formation, he could feel there was another. However, for some reason, when he tried to peep at it with his Aura energy, the formation swallowed his power.

He wanted to investigate more, but he was suddenly brushed rudely on the shoulder as a particular familiar face passed him.

It was Jan Jan. As he passed, he looked at Chiron with a disgusted look on his face.

However, he was not the only one. Chiron looked all around him.

Some people whispered and some others looked at him strangely.

It was mostly from those that were of the Chikitsa clan.

As Jan Jan passed, Carla who was standing close to Chiron frowned and her claws came out slightly as she attempted to attack Jan jan. After all, he had just been disrespectful to her master.

"Don't!" Chiron commanded lowly, and her claws retracted.

Chiron could tell the topic of their whispering. He knew it was about his status as a person that couldn't cultivate, but honestly, he did not care.

Participants walked towards the the Crystal ball and placed their hands on it one after the other.

As they did, the crystal ball shone with the color of their Spiritual energy and it would be announced loudly to the crowd.

Chiron saw the geniuses that had visited his home earlier on. he was even surprsied to have seen Lofty.

After all, it was easy to assume that he would not be partaking in the day's event because of his hand that was almost fully chopped off by Carla.

Then again, the medical quality of this world was pretty advanced. with enough money, even an injury

such as that could be healed.

"Rattler of the Rapier Clan, early-stage Stone rank!" Elder Harden announced.

"Willow of the Saber Clan, middle stage Stone rank!"

"Lofty of the Cutlass clan, Middle stage Stone rank!"

However, Lofty frowned, "that is wrong. wait for it. My hand was injured earlier, I'm still getting used to the feel of my spiritual energy in it."

Lofty massaged his hand a bit and then he placed it again on the Crystal ball. The result left the crowd shock.