The Road To Immortality

The IV Preliminary Round

"From now on call me Song Zixin the Fire Knight! because I am the one who will win this Tournament Hahahahaha!"

Song Zixin's laughter rang out of the arena, the young man standing in the middle of the arena proudly, sparks dancing around.

Song Guo could only pat the eel looking at the behavior of his eldest son. "That stupid fuck!" Song Qian laughed happily.

"HAHAHAHAHA IS GREAT!!! MY SUCCESSOR MUST INDEED BE FULL OF VIGOR!!!" Song Qian shouted loudly making the entire audience's gaze centered on her, "FIGHT THE FOOLISH BOY...!"

"OF COURSE I WILL FIGHT! JUST LOOK, I'LL PROVE THAT I DESERVE TO BE THE NEXT HEAVEN SEAL!"

Song Zixin's shout grew louder when she said that she would become the next Heaven Seal. Hearing that all the voices in the arena became silent instantly, there was no sound at all.

"..."

A few seconds later the entire Tournament became a scene as the spectators including cultivators from small to large sects fussed over Song Zixin's statement that he would become the next Heaven Seal.

"Is it true that the Phonix Master will inherit his Divine Beast to Song Zixin!?"

"Don't if it were true then the Phonix Master would be killed!?"

"Hey but why did that young man tell us such important information!"

"If this news were to spread out then it would be a great uproar in the Northern Heavens Continent!"

"..."

"STUPID BOY! WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY!!!"

From the main podium, Song Guo shouted towards Song Zixin, the old man looking at his eldest child with a burst of breath, deflated, his expression signaled wanting to chew or swallow life - the life of his son who always troublemakers.

Whereas the four Flame Warriors who were behind Song Guo did not end up thinking that their comrades would divulge the secrets of the Clan so easily, the two of them shook their heads, it seems to have been memorized by Song Zixin's always spirited but very stupid attitude. The other two chuckled and one covered her face with a mask of embarrassment.

'That guy is really stupid...!'

Nang In shook his head lightly, the statement that the young man uttered was the same as him leaking out the important secrets belonging to the Clan, the one that the young man spoke, if the cultivators out there knew that the Phonix Master would pass on the Divine Beast to Song Zixin, many cultivators would flock to their Klan residence to find out the truth of the news.

In contrast to most of them who were made dizzy by the young man's words, Song Qian responded cheerfully to the young man's statement, "HAHAHA VERY GOOD, SON! THIS KIND OF SPIRIT IS WHAT MAKES ME LOVE YOU!"

Song Guo frowned when he saw his brother who did not mind his son's attitude at all even as if he was proud of his ridiculous attitude. If you think about it, he actually felt astonished why Song Zixin's personality was more similar to his brother than he was.

'Omong is empty, am I not his father? why didn't the boy leave me anything at all, is he really my son!?'

Song Guo clucked in annoyance, the old man's expression was so bad at the thought of his son's attitude being so reversed with him that even the man began to doubt that Song Zixin was his son!

Song Guo realized how genius he was to switch the conversation, the news statement that Song Zixin was the next Heaven Seal candidate was already known to many, just waiting for the time until the news spread beyond the empire.

Zihan Shi let out a heavy sigh then resumed the event that had been cut short by the trivial matter between the father and son's foolish couple, the, both participants were already standing on the arena and were instructed to introduce themselves.

"Song Zixin or call me the Fire Knight of the Eternal Flame Clan...!" said the young man proudly.

"Xuo Duo is from the Night Dagger Sect!" The one who would be his opponent was the figure of the young man who had a cunning temperament carrying an iron chain.

"Without waiting a long time.the game begins!"

The two advanced simultaneously, Xuo Duo flicked the chain making it seem alive, Song Zixin avoided every swing of the chain very easily.

When Song Zixin was about to get close to launch an attack, Xuo Duo always kept his distance, making Song Zixin have no choice but to unleash a long-range attack or approach at full speed.

"Well let's start...!" Song Zixin smirked then spread out her hands, five medium-sized fireballs were created then shot towards Xuo Duo.

"Create a Fire Ball without hand seals?" Nang In was amazed by what Song Zixin was doing, although he issued a basic style but a different manufacturing process made Nang In think that the young man had a lot of deadly attacks.

"Kekeke what is this move issued by the person who claims to be the heir of the Phonix Master?!" Xuo Duo laughed mockingly, the young man dodged every ball of fire that shot out easily even releasing one of his maidservants.

"Because you're the Host, then I'll embarrass you kekeke... Chain Magic - Snake Slash!"

Xuo Duo swung the chain making it look like a snake was on the move eyeing prey, Song Zixin dodged every attack that came towards him, but the young man was shocked because...

"Pursue the loser and kekeke...!" Xuo Duo laughed crazily, the chains that the young man swung were chasing wherever Song Zixin moved. After a few breaths of time, the chain of Xuo Duo managed to bind Song Zixin.

"Catch you...!" Xuo Duo grinned crazily then did the seal on his right hand, "Chain Magic - Snake Coil!"

The chains wrapped around Song Zixin's body emitted a purple-colored aura that absorbed the youth's qi, but instead of panicking or feeling scared, Song Zixin actually smiled widely.

"Why can't I absorb his qi?" Xuo Duo was surprised that his nurse had no effect precisely he felt the warmth on the chains he held, the longer the warmth turned into heat, he glanced towards Song Zixin who was almost all over burned.

"Get up because of my fire...! FIRE MAGIC - FIRE CHAIN!"

Song Zixin's entire body was covered in flames that slowly grew bigger until finally the flames spread in the chains that bound her.

"A - What! my chains are burning...!?"

Song Zixin's flames continued to dart along the length of the chain until it reached Xuo Duo's hand which finally burned the young man's body.

"Game done...!" Zihan Shi instantly drained the water's basic spirit to extinguish the flames that were on Xuo Duo's body, "The winner is Song Zixin of the Eternal Flame Clan!"..