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Chapter 13 - To be fair

In a blink, Hira gone from George's sight! A streak of azure lightning strikes toward the east. When George saw Hira’s present form, his whole body trembled and filled with a sense of despair and death! He felt like he is an ant in front of Hira! This is a similar kind of pressure he felt when he encounter a Nirvana realm practitioner for the first time!

That kid…..is it possible, for him to be in Nirvana realm!?

There never been any historical record about a person attaining the Nirvana realm in his youth in Avarganda. The youngest person who had reached the Nirvana realm in Ilsiya is at 50 years old! And that had happened three thousand years ago! There haven't been anyone who has beaten the record, and now? Not only Hira break the record, he actually broke it with a huge margin! George had already guessed that Hira would probably bring storm into Avarganda.

In actuality, Hira haven’t reached the Nirvana realm yet. Because of his extraordinary foundation, his cultivation base is different from every other average cultivator.

“Heheh, this will be my first battle in Ilsiya continent! I’m quite lucky to encounter a Nirvana realm practitioner so soon!” Even Hira was astounded by this encounter. This is because a Nirvana realm is a very rare existence in Ilsiya. Most of them are secluded in an unknown place for cultivating. But now the first day of his visit in Avarganda, and he had already has a chance to encounter a Nirvana realm practitioner!?

What luck!

Every misfortune that he had encountered had completely disregarded by him. This chance alone is enough to cover everything else!

Hira had activated his Elemental Overlord Armor on his body, but only covered both of his arms with only one type of elemental properties! Different from four years ago, Hira had completely mastered the flow of his elemental essence. This had caused him to achieve a flawless control on four elemental essences!

Both of his arms are covered with pure jade green vambraces that are fully powered with wind element essence! His hands are revolved behind him and a burst of light-green gale fired from both his palm. In an instant he had already covered half of the distance toward the group from the main palace.

But before he could arrive to the destination, a huge red-golden spear is blasted in front of him! Clearly, this attack came from the main group! Even the might release by the red-golden spear isn’t something that Hira can took leisurely. It is obvious the one who throw it is a Nirvana realm practitioner! It is impossible for a cultivator below that realm to threat Hira. Immediately before Hira collided with it, his right jade-green vambrace instantly changed form into a fiery-blue vambrace and he pointed his right hand toward the incoming red-golden spear! He increases the output of the fire elemental essence on his right vambrace reaching the maximum output!

*Sshhs*

Upon colliding with Hira’s palm, the red-golden spear actually melting into liquid slowyly! The temperature on Hira’s right arm has caused the surrounding temperature to increase significantly! The air around Hira had almost extinguished and mortal might not be able to breathe in it. Only one fiery-blue vambrace had actually caused this kind of phenomenon, it will be much more devastating with a whole armor equipped on Hira!

In just a few seconds an old man with a lively face and long black hair appeared in front of Hira. The distance between them is around 100 meter. The old man is wearing a red-golden colored noble robe while holding a golden trident on his right hand. Even though his face looks quite old with a few wrinkles, his whole body emanated a dominating aura enveloping the whole area! When Hira saw him, he became a little bit surprised! Because the old man cultivation base is actually at the peak of Nirvana realm!

A peak-Nirvana realm practitioner in Avarganda? A mid-rank kingdom? This is quite bizarre…

For an unmatched expert in a whole continent to appear in a middle rank kingdom is quite weird. Usually most of them would seclude themselves or resting in a top rank kingdom. Then what is this old man doing here? But whatever it is, this had become a better chance to test my strength! Hira mouth move slightly upward when he thought of this. How can he not be happy with this encounter?

“…..” When the old man stares at Hira, his eye had a hint of shock. He was not able to determine Hira’s cultivation base!

Who is he? He is a peak-Nirvana realm practitioner! There is no one in Ilsiya continent that has a higher cultivation base then him! There only a few of them who has the equal cultivation base as him! And here appear a youth whom he can’t see his cultivation base!?

What is the meaning of this!? It can’t be that this youth had reach Spirit King realm!? Impossible!

The Spirit King realm which the old man had thought is the next realm rank after Nirvana realm.

The Spirit King realm!

There is no Spirit King realm practitioner that exist in Ilsiya continent! Most of them are living in a larger continent and they are still rare to be seen there! It is impossible for the youth in front of him to be in Spirit King realm! How could a youth possibly be in Spirit King realm!?

The Spirit King realm isn’t known as a public knowledge to other normal mortals or cultivators. When cultivators reached the Nirvana realm, they will immediately gain the knowledge of the Spirit King realm. This is because the Spirit Gate had appeared in their body! This allows them to sense the gate and gain the knowledge about spirit and realm above them. This is why the Nirvana realm is actually the starting point for any cultivators! Neophyte, Median, High and Perfect realm are only served as a foundation for a cultivator. The better their foundation is, the better their future will be! Even though the gate of Spirit will appear in a Nirvana realm body, they will still unable to summon their own spirit. They can only gain the enlightenment from it to break through into Spirit King realm! And when they reached that realm, they will finally be able to summon their own spirit!

But for Hira, to summon his spirit is not a problem anymore! Because of the legacy he received from Augustur, the Forgery Sage, he had already activated his Spirit Gate from the baptism. If anyone knew about this, they would die from jealousy!

“This junior greet senior.” After a moment of silence, Hira can’t take it anymore because of the awkwardness and greet the old man with a humble tone.

The old man only gave Hira a silent stare after that. Hira can only sigh with depression. The lower realm is not suitable for me… Even though my cultivation is a little bit extraordinary, in a higher realm it would probably be something common.

Even though Hira thought of this, the real fact is that his cultivation is really bizarre. Even in higher realm, he would probably not be able to find anyone who has the same cultivation base as him!

“.....Who are you? How did you fend off my Gold Violet Javelin?” The old man suddenly talks with a domineering voice to interrogate Hira.

“Well, I just melt your mana essence in it.” Hira answer the old man leisurely. The Gold Violet Javelin skill the old man mention is actually only a huge chunk of mana essence that have been solidify and released by the old man. Hira counter it by using his fire elemental essence to melt the mana essence and destroy it properties. It is as easy as that.

“Hoh….not bad. Then tell me which continent are you from? It is impossible for you to originate from Ilsiya.” The old man swing his trident and point it toward Hira. With the strength Hira has, it is practically impossible for him to be born in Ilsiya and not been heard yet. The old man prediction is that Hira is actually from another continent and would probably act as a messenger or a scout to check the strength of this continent. For Hira cultivation base, the old man thought it is impossible for a youth to reach Spirit King realm. So he disregarded it and decided that Hira actually has a secret skill to hide his own cultivation base.

“Uh…well I am born in Ilsiya continent actually.” If possible Hira want to mention the name of his village to inform the old man, but that might backfired to him. Because the old man is one of the peak-expert in Ilsiya, so he has a high probability to be involved in the calamity 7 years ago.

[font='ＭＳ 明朝', serif]“[/font].....Are you lying?” When the old man heard Hira, his face has a tinge of shock. How could I not even hear about this kid? Why there not even a scrap of news about him!? His strength can already cause a whole continent to be shocked. Just who in the world would be able to hide this kid from higher up?

“Of course not.” Hira replied toward the old man with a stern voice.

“Then tell me which kingdom are you born from? It is impossible for me not to perceive any news about you. The level of your strength is not something that can be hides even from a Nirvana realm. Everything about you is too suspicious.” The old man expression became even more vigilance and he even holds his golden trident tightly. He had command the other troop to stay behind when he sense Hira’s aura. He is afraid the other troop would only become a hindrance to him and there might be a selfless sacrifice event happen. Originally, he came here because of the barrier on the wall that is created by him had been destroyed by an unknown explosion. The explosion is very powerful that it can even destroyed a partial of the barrier created by a peak-Nirvana himself. He never thought to encounter a youth that can even threaten him. And this youth appearance is actually at the same time with the explosion event. It is very suspicious and too demanding to be coincidence.

“...Erm….uh..well you see, there is a st-” Hira is stumped when the old man ask his origin. But before he can even explain, a flash of golden suddenly appeared in front of him! Hira immediately become on guard and change the form of his left vambrace into a bronze-earth vambrace! An earth-element vambrace! He then instantly does a hook with his left hand and a multiple huge chunk of earth stone appeared from the bronze-earth vambrace!

*Clang* *Clang*

The old man had actually used his golden trident to strike Hira at the most critical point! Hira immediately become angry with this event.

Damn you old man, even though I love being a trickster, I hate being tricked!

“Rrgh! Haah!” Hira gave a low-roar, and push the old man back! He then used his right fiery-blue vambrace to produce a condensed fire essence into a medium-size fireball and throw it toward the old man.

The old man is surprised that he is actually being pushed down by a younger generation! This had caused him to felt a little bit weak and guilty. Even though it is his fault that he attacked Hira when Hira let his guard down, he never had an intention to instant kill him. He only wanted to test Hira strength and might. But he never thought that he will be pushed down by Hira this much!!

When the azure fireball had reached in front of the old man, he can feel the temperature around it! It is like a sun is blazing in front of him! Shocked by the energy in the azure fireball, the old man immediately performs an incantation with both of his hand and activated a golden barrier around him. Upon colliding, the azure fireball immediately dissipated. The old man gave a relief sigh when he saw the dissipated azure fireball. The he turn his head toward Hira and tried to explain his action.

"Yo-” But even before he can muttered a word, Hira had already blink in front of him with an icy-gale vambrace on his right arm! He saw Hira’s face with a huge grin and a smirking expression. This kid is too damnable!

"You damned old man! An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth! That is what my momma always said!” Hira loudly shouted and with his icy-gale vambrace he throw a punch towards the old man and a huge blast of ice storm immediately enveloped the whole area!