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    Chapter 1996


    Nash patted jackie on the shoulder and in a slightly pained tone said, “You should take more rest and


    take things slower. There are still two more weeks to go. You’ll snap if you wound yourself up too tightly.”


    jackie nodded and knew that his father was just worried about him. “Don’t worry, Father. I know what I’m


    doing. It’s true Wesley is a formidable opponent but not one that is worth me breaking my back over. He


    ounts for only a tiny part of my motivation for training this hard. My biggest motivator is that I might be


    sent to the frontline when the war breaks out. I can only sleep in peace if I keep on leveling up. Besides, I


    don’t know why but I can’t shake the feeling that the Dual Sovereign Pavilion is nning something fishy


    for us, new informal disciples.”


    jackie had very good reasons to feel that way, one being Noel’s implications, and two was what had


    happened with the contribution points exchange. Moreover, jackie was well aware of his position of not


    being able to change anything in the Pavilion and should focus more on finding ways to protect himself


    by leveling up so he would be worthy to them.


    Nash nodded. He clearly knew that things were not the same as when they were in the Daxia World. He


    might have been able to support jackie then but now that jackie had surpassed him in terms of ability, he


    could only let jackie do things his own way. “That Wesley is an intermediate stage of innate level which is


    one level above yours. I’ve been researching the difference in cultivation levels and one thing I’m sure of


    is although the intermediate stage of innate level is only one level higher than yours, the potency and


    reserve of true energy is more than double of yours!”


    Nash became even more worried and shook his head lightly. His eyes were filled with concern for jackie,


    I know you have the soul-gathering crystals, have absorbed a vast amount of the seniors’ soul


    fragments, and don’tck any martial art techniques or skill but there still possesses an ocean-wide gap


    difference in power between Wesley and you. Please don’t underestimate him. I have been worried sick


    about you ever since I found out just how strong fighters in the intermediate stage of innate level are.”


    jackie nodded slightly. He had given some thought to all these before but found nothing to be worried


    about. “Apart from increasing one’s cultivation level, what else do you think can increase the potency and


    reserve of one’s true energy?”


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    This question did not stump Nash. Heughed and in a buoyant voice said, “Did you really think your old


    father would not know the answer to a basic question like this? Why the answer has to be the skills


    you’re cultivating. The higher the level of skills you’re cultivating, the more potent and more reserve you’ll


    have of true energy.”


    jackie nodded and smiled. “That’s right. Wesley might be one level higher than me but we’re cultivating


    different techniques. If I go by that vein, I might evene out stronger than him!”


    Nash, of course, had thought about this but still could not shake off his worries. “I know you’re cultivating


    Divine Void Heavenly Path and that this is the ultimate technique in the Divine Void World, stronger than


    any of the techniques in this third world but you stillck the experience to wield this technique. Even if


    you have the experience of the seniors, it still doesn’t absolve the fact that you’re starting from square


    one. Tell me honestly now, can you say you’re confident about your own cultivation on this Divine Void


    Heavenly Path?”


    The corners of jackie’s lips went rigid. He had been focusing on Void ying and had put the Divine Void


    Heavenly Path on the backburner. Therefore, there was no way he could answer his father’s question


    with confidence. “No, I can’t say that with confidence but nheless, I have grasped some of the Divine


    Void Heavenly Path and I’m sure that the potency of my true energy is stronger than an average fighter


    of the intermediate level of innate stage.”


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    Chapter 1997


    “That, I’m confident about. Besides, the Divine Void Heavenly Pathes with a handy function. As long


    as I have that card to y, I believe I can beat Wesley.”


    Nash raised his eyebrow. His curiosity had been stroked. “What kind of function?”


    “Cultivating the Divine Void Heavenly Path not only increases the potency and reserve of my true energy


    but it also gives me a preliminary grasp of thews of space because the Path itself contains thews of


    space,” exined jackie patiently.


    “Laws of space! This was the first time Nash had heard of this term. He could understand the meaning


    based on the words themselves but did not have a physical experience of it.


    jackie sipped his tea and said, “As I’ve mentioned, 1 only have a preliminary grasp of it. I’ll show you


    what I mean once I’ve got aplete grasp of it.”


    Nash nodded his head, still not convinced jackie would be all right in the battle with Wesley. He sighed


    lightly and said, “I know you know your own strengths the best but I must say this, sometimes the


    difference in cultivation level could not be crossed at all. If Wesley is one level higher than you, then he is


    one level higher than you. Even if your technique is higher than his, it doesn’t make you stronger than


    him.”


    jackie nodded. He knew this more clearly than anyone else: “I know, I know. Having a high cultivation


    level is like having a high-end engine. The better and bigger the engine is, the more fuel it can hold and


    thus the more energy it can give out. No one is denying Wesley is at a higher cultivation level than mine,


    but you’ll soon find out which of us is the stronger one and which of us is the weaker one.”


    Nash raised his brow and in a confused tone asked, ” Isn’t the fight two weeks away? Why do you say I’ll


    soon find out?”


    jackie lowered his eyes and wiped out all the emotions from his face. He gently put the teacup back on


    the table and in a calmed tone said, “Two weeks is too long for me. Wesley will be going against Dale


    Woodward tomorrow and I’ll be there to observe the fight. Besides…”


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    The next morning, a throng of disciples had already gathered around the wager battle arena. The news


    of the fight had spread all around the Pavilion and the fact that the two fighters were both in the top two


    hundred rankings made it a fight not to be missed. Moreover, the two of them had a short cultivation


    time. In the future, they were likely to be the top ten informal disciples and then be promoted to


    be formal disciples and their career will skyrocket from there.


    The wager battle arena was located on the easternmost side of the Dual Sovereign Pavilion. This was a


    huge open space specially designated for the wager battle arena. There were no buildings there apart


    from the seven huge battle tforms which were specially built with formations.


    The wager battle arena was divided into two parts, one was the seven battle tforms located in the


    center, and the other was the viewing tform surrounding the battle tforms. The viewing tform


    was filled with countless seats and at this time, half of the seats were already upied.


    Except for the chosen disciples, the other disciples muste to the wager battle arena every month to


    fight. If circumstances disallowed them to attend or if they were in a retreat practice then the fights would


    be postponed until such time they were ready to fight. It was a guarantee that the seats would be full If


    there were any fighters from the top three hundred rankings or if someone of celebrity status was fighting


    in the wager battle arena.


    Chapter 1998 Observing a fight could let one understand the other disciples’ strength and also increase


    one’s fight experience. Although Wesley’s current ranking was only 187, the fact that he had only been


    there for a short time and also had the backing of Elder Sayer made him a celebrity. He would surely rise


    up to the top ten ranking in no time.


    Even the informal disciples in the top fifty ranking did not have as much fame as Wesley because most of


    them got to where they were through long training hours and increased their strength little by little. What


    they did had was more perseverance than talent and Wesley had both in abundance. Therefore, it was


    not surprising his fight with Dale had attracted the attention of many informal disciples.


    Wesley, being the main character of today’s story, was sitting at the viewing tform with a bunch of


    suck-ups around him. These suck-ups wanted to win over Wesley’s hearts, and their words seemed to


    be smeared with honey, as they piled on praises upon praises on him. Wesley, of course, was enjoying it.


    He was sitting with his eyes closed and a faint curl of his lips as they heaped on the praises upon him.


    The man with triangr eyes was one of the suckups. “Although Brother Dale’s is strong, his talent is


    nothingpared to yours. Your talent if ced in Dual Sovereign Pavilion, nay, even in all of the other


    third-graded n associations, woulde out the top amongst all of the other informal disciples. I’m


    sure Elder Sayer will definitely recruit you as his chosen disciple and that you’ll surely rise up the levels


    like a rocket by then.”


    “Yeah! Even the top ten informal disciples here nodded their heads in recognition of your talents. You’ll


    surelye out the victor in today’s fight and in no time at all, you might even be able to fight against the


    top fifty informal disciples. Then, it’s a one-way street for you to be a formal disciple.”


    Wesley raised his eyebrow. On the surface, he declined to give ament to all of the praises but in his


    heart, he epted their words wholly. He never once thought his talent was inferior to anyone else. The


    chosen disciples, maybe, but definitely not the other informal disciples, even those in the top ten. He felt


    that his cultivation time was still short, and if it was the same as their cultivation time, they would


    definitely be trampled under his feet. Just when the ttery was about to reach its climax, they suddenly


    heard one low exmation after another which made Wesley and the others look toward the direction of


    the cause, only to see a few wide-eyed informal disciples chatting with each other in an excited voice.


    “Oh my god, I can’t believe Brother Duncan is here! He has actuallye out of his meditation retreat! I


    seem to recall he had been there for three months as he had been in the retreat ever since he had


    beaten the third-ranked informal disciple and thus bing the third rank himself! He might even be


    stronger than the first ranked informal disciple now that he hadpleted his three-months long retreat!”


    “Yeah! He’ll surely challenge the formal disciples after bing the number one informal disciple. His


    talent is truly abominable. I remember he joined the Dual Sovereign Pavilion at the same time as Brother


    Wesley and it didn’t take him long to break through to the intermediate level of the innate stage. I can’t


    believe he’s even stronger now. Comparing myself to him makes me a sad potato.!


    These words drifted into Wesley’s ear and he felt as if he had received a p to the face which shattered


    all of his previous enjoyment of ttery. If he had to choose who was his biggest rival in this lifetime, then


    it would no doubt be Duncan Pierpoint. He joined the Dual Sovereign Pavilion at the same time a s


    Duncan Pierpoint and yet had always been suppressed by him. He could only watch with vehemence as


    Duncan surpassed him time after time. The thought of Duncan bing third-ranked anding out


    stronger after his meditation retreat made his heart twist with rage.


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    other people kept onparing him to Duncan and with him alwaysing out the worst of the two.


    Just a moment ago, he felt his talent to be only a little inferior to the chosen disciples but now that illusion


    had been shattered with the arrival of Duncan. No matter how great he thought he was, there was no


    way he could possibly convince himself that he was better than Duncan as Duncan’s existence was like


    a sun that made all the other stars disappear with his powerful light.


    The man with triangr eyes was the best at sucking up. He could tell with one nce, what and how


    Wesley was feeling, so he quickly said, “Brother Duncan is strong, no doubt about that. After all, he has


    the support of the Pier points. The Big Elder of the Dual Sovereign Sect came from the same n as him


    and if I were him, I would have done everything in my power to support him as well. Anyone, even those


    with the worst talent, would have quickly leveled up under those conditions. What’s more to say about


    Brother Duncan?”


    These words seemed to have achieved their intended effect and Wesley felt slightly better. The man with


    triangr eyes was right, Duncan must have gotten to where he was with the support of the Big Elder.


    The Big Elder, being second-inmand of the Dual Sovereign Pavilion, must have an arsenal of


    resources in his hand which he had spent on Duncan. So it was only natural Duncan had surpassed him.


    If Wesley had the same resources as he did, he would have left Duncan in the dust too.


    At that thought, Wesley felt even better. It was then he saw a familiar figure amongst the crowd. Seeing


    him there, made him startled but that soon changed to derision. He scoffed and said, “He dares toe


    here? Could it be that he’s here to observe the fight between Dale and me?”


    His question made all the other suck-ups around him turn to look at jackie. They were well aware of all


    the animosity the two had between them. When it came to Duncan, they dared not say too much about


    him but it was a totally different story when it came to jackie. After all, to them, he was the disciple that


    got to where he was by luck. They did not even feel he had the qualifications to be an informal


    disciple and thus should not enjoy the same status as them.


    jackie was dressed in an informal disciple uniform and he had brought Brook along with him. After all, he


    was not familiar with many things in the Dual Sovereign Pavilion and feared that he would get lost on his


    way here so he might as well bring him along and for him to act as amentator for the fight. The


    viewing tform was already half full and the two of them quickly found a secluded spot to sit down.


    jackie never once looked toward Wesley, as if he was only there by chance to observe the fight.


    “This punk surely knows how to put up an act. He must have not understood the true strength of the top


    two hundred ranking of the informal disciples for him to ept Brother Wesley’s challenge without any


    hesitation. He must have thought he could beat you because he just so happens to be stronger than the


    average people outside. What a joke he is! He should have taken a good look at himself in the mirror!”


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    The man with triangr eyes was looking at Pane with a disdainful expression on his face. Heughed


    coldly and said, “Look at him acting all cool and as if he doesn’t care about anything at all. If he didn’t


    care, he wouldn’t havee here at all. He must be scared sh*tless about the uing fight with


    Brother Wesley toe here to check you out.”


    This time, he did not say all this to tter Wesley but meant it as it annoyed him to no end when he saw


    jackie looking as if there was not a care in the world. How could there possibly be a person like him? Hle


    thought that even the strongest hero in the whole of Hestia Continent would not act like he was some


    hotsh*t, undefeatable by anyone, What gave jackie the right to act like that? He was nothing but a new


    informal disciple!


    Then, there was the fact he did not get in the Dual Sovereign Pavilion through the usual means. He


    would not have gotten in if it was not for the war that was about to break out. Yes, it was true that jackie


    had received praises for his strength by Elder Lee, but how much weight did that hold anyway? In fact,


    he was only a little better than all the trash out there, not worthy of being called an informal disciple,


    It was obvious that Wesley felt the same way as the man with triangr eyes. He chuckled and said,”


    Yeah, who does he think he’s impressing by acting all cool. He should just admit that he’s here to check


    me out instead of pretending he’s not scared of the uing fight with me.”


    After saying that, he suddenly thought of the day when jackie humiliated him in front of all the other


    disciples. At that thought, he narrowed his eyes on jackie. Although there was a rule that said fighters


    could not cause permanent damage or death to their opponents, that did not mean he could not beat


    jackie until he could not get out of bed for a few months.” I’ve warned him before that I’ll one day make


    him pay!”


    The man with triangr eyes nodded. He was looking forward to the day Wesley beat jackie into a pulp


    that his own mother would not even recognize him. He deserved that forparing him to a worthless,


    uncultured animal. Actually, he would not mind if jackie dropped dead right now.


    “He was so cocky that day! We were all there and saw how he acted! He should not be forgiven so


    easily. We need to teach him a lesson that the Dual Sovereign Pavilion is not a ce for him to act so


    cocky!” said the man with triangr eyes. The others immediately joined in the demeaning of jackie.


    “Yeah! He needs to be shown his ce! Does he really think he can act all cool in front of us just


    because he’s a little better than all the newly recruited informal disciples!”


    “What a joke! Everyone knows the newly recruited informal disciples are all a bunch of trash! They’re


    only here to be cannon fodders. I can’t believe h e thinks he’s as good as the rest of us.”


    “It was only a few days ago, I saw some of the newly recruited informal disciples challenging the older


    disciples to a fight in the wager battle arena, and lo and behold, it did not take them long to go down on


    their knees to beg for their lives once the fight started. They should stay in the trash bin where they


    belong instead of running around here.”


    The man with triangr eyes exhaled deeply and in a regretful tone said, “It’s a shame we can’t tear his


    limbs apart. If we do that, we’ll surely get punished for causing permanent damage.”


    Wesley smiled enigmatically at that. “It’s true we can’t do that but that doesn’t mean we can’t break every


    bone in his body. Imagine the pain he would have to suffer through then.”


    They excitedly kept up the conversation for quite a long time and all the while sneaking nces at jackie.


    jackie, of course, knew what they were saying about him but decided they were not worth twisting his


    knickers over.


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