Chapter 974, The Greatest Genius of Ten Years Ago

Translator: Silavin

 

Someone entirely equipped in a full set of Platinum Grade equipment, and was in their Third Profession Change. Such an existence was a bona fide expert anywhere.

 

Unless a Fourth Profession Player showed up to push them down, no one would dare provoke them.

 

Generally speaking, Fourth Profession Players were not cabbages on the street, found everywhere. Any Fourth Profession Player would be a well-known figure in any country.

 

Therefore, this kind of Third Profession Players, entirely equipped in Platinum Grade equipment, was already recognized as quite formidable.

 

Yet this kind of second-tier Player could only barely pass the Tsukimi Sect’s second test, inevitably making people sigh at how difficult this test was. It was much harder than in previous years.

 

Thinking about it made sense. Cherry Blossom Country no longer existed, with civil war raging everywhere domestically, those experts naturally sought a stable place to take refuge.

 

And the Tsukimi Sect was Cherry Blossom Country’s last remaining sanctuary.

 

Large numbers of experts wanted to join the Tsukimi Sect, so naturally the Tsukimi Sect had the power to be selective.

 

According to the whispered discussions around them, Lu Fan easily learned that in previous years, this kind of Third Profession Player would surely be able to join the Sect.

 

But this year, they would most likely become sacrifices, eliminated in the third round of tests.

 

Those who were recruited into the Tsukimi Sect in previous years really got lucky. If these people took the test again this year, they would definitely only be eliminated.

 

After that, one by one the Players who passed the preliminary test went up to take the second test, scoring various results.

 

These people who could pass the preliminary test all had decent strength. However, in this next round, the pass rate was only about one-fifth. This meant that countless people have been eliminated.

 

Those eliminated were all frustrated, only regretting that they had not come to take the test in the prior years.

 

This year’s difficulty was too high. In the future, as more and more experts came to Okino Island to join the Tsukimi Sect, they would have even less qualification to enter.

 

Hearing these people’s complaints, Lu Fan laughed inwardly. [Can’t pass next year? Don’t even think about it. Forget next year, maybe tomorrow, the Tsukimi Sect won’t even exist anymore.]

 

The test continued, round by round.

 

Besides those eliminated, among those who passed, there were also quite a few experts.

 

Many of them scored two to three thousand, causing waves of amazement and sighs that the members the Tsukimi Sect were going to recruit this year were truly powerful.

 

Suddenly, exclamations erupted from the crowd.

 

Lu Fan looked over and saw the black armoured man from before walking out from the crowd. It seemed his turn had come to take the test.

 

This black armoured man was clearly a relatively famous figure.

 

Seeing him, many people exclaimed, “Mikami Heiji?! Isn’t he the so-called strongest genius of our Cherry Blossom Country from ten years ago? Even this kind of genius came to join the Tsukimi Sect!?”

 

“It’s Mikami Heiji! I really didn’t expect that after ten years, he would appear again. I remember that two years ago, our Cherry Blossom Country had a famous Player that joined the National Trial called Musashi Ten, who was also referred to as the ‘Second Coming of Mikami Heiji’. He held the hope of recreating Mikami Heiji’s brilliance from back then.”

 

“Don’t mention Musashi Ten anymore. Previously, in the National Trial Secret Realm, Musashi Ten was killed by Dragon Country’s Dragon Tamer. He has brought shame to our Cherry Blossom Country!”

 

“Musashi Ten was actually very strong. Who could have expected Dragon Country’s Dragon Tamer to be even stronger? But, Mikami Heiji’s dominance back then was even greater than Musashi Ten’s. If the National Trial could have happened ten years earlier and Mikami Heiji had participated, the result might have been different.”

 

“Is Mikami Heiji that amazing? I was still young back then, and I hadn’t even had my First Profession Change yet, so I really don’t know much about him.”

 

“Of course he was amazing. Back then, throughout all of Cherry Blossom Country, not a single youth of the same Level was his match. Even experts from Star Strip Country, Feather Country, and Dragon Country came to challenge him, and he defeated them all with ease.”

 

“What a pity. Back then some scandals broke out. He had affairs with several female celebrities, some even married women, so the Mikami Clan confined him to prevent his behaviour from causing the Mikami Clan to be gossiped about. It was from that time on that he faded from the world stage. I didn’t expect that he would appear again, here of all places, trying to join the Tsukimi Sect.”

 

“It should be part of the Mikami Clan’s plan, right? I heard that the Mikami Clan previously had carried out some kind of operation that failed, causing the Mikami Clan’s influence to plummet. The Mikami Clan probably wants to send Mikami Heiji into the Tsukimi Sect to establish a connection with them, hoping this would protect the Clan.”

 

“Maybe. These Hidden Clans don’t tell outsiders what they’re doing. We can only speculate, not know the truth.”

 

“But regardless, I still wish to see how strong Mikami Heiji is now. Back then, he was so domineering. Now that ten years have passed, is his strength still a tier above his peers?”

 

“Yeah, I’m really looking forward to it too…”

 

Amid everyone’s discussions, Mikami Heiji had already come onto the stage.

 

With a wave of his hand, a black heavy sword appeared.

 

The black sword had an ancient, heavy design, while emitting swirling black mist outward. One look and you could tell it was extraordinary.

 

And this black sword was an Epic Grade item, making people drool just looking at it.

 

Mikami Heiji wore a confident smile as he glanced at the alloy stake that tested Damage Output and let out a light roar, slashing his sword toward it.

 

Immediately, black mist erupted from his sword blade, trailing afterimages as it struck the alloy stake.

 

With a thunderous boom, the alloy stake bent and shook violently.

 

At the same time, black mist enveloped it, and the sound of insects gnawing came from within, causing the stake’s displayed score to keep climbing upward.

 

Finally, the black mist dissipated and Mikami Heiji sheathed his sword.

 

The score on the screen settled at ‘8972’, causing exclamations from the surrounding crowd.

 

“Truly worthy of being our Cherry Blossom Country’s strongest genius from ten years ago! What he just released was just a Minor Skill, right?”

 

“Yeah, a Minor Skill of his could already score close to ten thousand points! This is far stronger than when others release their Third Profession Skills. Is this what it means to be a genius of Cherry Blossom Country!?”

 

“Amazing. Mikami Heiji is probably the strongest among all those who registered for the Tsukimi Sect this time, right? In the final test later, whoever he selects as his opponent will be having their day ruined.”

 

“Exactly. Someone like him should be directly recruited into the Tsukimi Sect. Why would he even need to take the final test? Who could defeat him in the final test and enter the Tsukimi Sect?”