《Peerless Ice Phoenix》 Chapter 1 "The Blue Phoenix, Hielo" A young handsome man flew over the town so fast that people barely could sense him. Only cultivation emperors and above could sense a small presence. He seemed to be in a hurry. His light blue hair and lively oceanic blue eyes made him stick out. He looked like he was out of another world, and in some sort of way. He was. The others in the town were mostly humans, but he was actually a beast. An ice phoenix. Phoenixes were usually fire users. But he used a special kind of fire. A fire so cold that it burned. He could also utilize ice and fire seperately. So he could only gain extra firepower from it. A very good technique was to solidify and stop the opponent with ice and then obilerate them with the destructive power of fire. Anyways, he was in a hurry as he was close to missing the Grand Tournament of the Potuz region. It was a tournament that only occured every 15 years so you wouldn''t want to miss it! Though participating in tournaments for people under 30 years was kind of pointless for Hielo. As he was already a high level emperor, and at the top of the cultivation layer too. And he was only 15 years old. Compared to others in his age born in the same region, he was too powerful. The others were at the middle or top of the Zun Qi Layer. And breaking through the Huang Qi Layer (emperor layer) was much harder than breaking through a Zun Qi layer. Some emperors took hundreds, maybe even thousands to break through cultivation layers in the Huang Qi Layer. But extremely talented and sickeningly powerful people could do it much faster. But Hielo was of course an exception even to them, he was at the level of impossible. He only went to the tournament out of common courtesy. As if he just didn''t appear he would appear arrogant and would make everyone there lose face. Even an obnoxiously strong cultivator like him wouldn''t dare upset Great Emperors, or even Celestial Emperors. Though he could easily defeat any Great Emperor. Why would he? "Hello Master Yang, Master Chi and Master Yuan. I see you''re here too." said Hielo. "Oh, if it isn''t Hielo. Hello. You''ve become so strong these days!" said Master Yang, a great emperor. "Hello Hielo. I see you''ve already reached the top as a high level emperor. You''re terrifying. Looks like we got some competition soon Mr. Yuan!" said Master Chi, a celestial emperor cheerfully. Yuan laughed happily and looked at Hielo with his wise purple eyes. That boy truly is something.. Master Yuan thought. "Yes, indeed Mr. Chi!" said Master Yuan, also a celestial emperor happily. "No, not at all. I''m still far from being on you masters level." said Hielo. Even though he knew he''d catch up with them pretty soon, as a few years or decades weren''t that much in the world of cultivation. He just said it to show his elders respect, and they were still more powerful than him right now. Though he could kill Yang.Unlawfully taken from Royal Road, this story should be reported if seen on Amazon. He continued to walk and looked around to find some other people from his generation. To be honest Hielo was quite sly and arrogant. He was aware of that but also knew how to hide it. He was in reality disgusted by his own generation and the entire town in general as he was worlds apart from everyone in terms of cultivation speed. And he didn''t even focus on just cultivation, he had also studied over 50 ancient scriptures. Normal people would have to struggle really hard to be able to get access to an ancient scripture. They either had to be very talented, strong or have a rich family or a lot of influence. "Look! That''s Hielo! The 15 year old high level emperor!" said one of the spectators. "A 15 year old high level emperor?! That''s insane! How impressive!" said another one in the spectators. "He is so handsome!" said a beautiful girl from the Celestial Illusion Palace. All the girls from there were very beautiful, holy girls. Hielo didn''t mind compliments, but he wasn''t the type to feel pleasure from being complimented to. "Thank you very much everyone. And you are quite beautiful yourself my lady." said Hielo warmly. All the girls from the Celestial Illusion Palace blushed when they saw his resplendent smile. He is quite the women charmer isn''t he?thought Master Chi smiling like a demon. Without doubting Hielo took the second highest seat next to the organizer of the tournament. "Greetings, father." said Hielo, bowing. He even respected his father himself, as he was a Saint Emperor. One cultivation layer higher than a Celestial Emperor. The power difference between those two were huge. His father, Fuego only slightly nodded. Showing that he didn''t even need to give his son much face. Hielo glanced at his father before looking at the participants. He smiled on the inside and looked at them pitifully. They were so weak afterall.. His father clapped his hands to gain everyone''s attention. He faked a cough and said "Let the tournament begin!" The crowd started cheering and the participants looked even more determined than before. "All participants, please prepare yourselves. The first test is to defeat a clone of mine who is one cultivation layer higher than yours. The clone will be in the middle of that cultivation layer and it will know average techniques most people can access. It should be a fairly easy test." said Master Fuego. Some people already looked discouraged. One cultivation layer higher than me? And on top of that medium level with average skills? I don''t know if I will pass this..those were the thoughts of the weaker participants. Most participants looked very calm and smiled indifferently. But some who were at the bottom of the 9th Zun Qi Layer got hesitant. Wouldn''t they have to fight against a cultivation emperor then? "Don''t worry people of the 9th Zun Qi Layer." said Master Fuego as if he had read their thoughts. "You will only fightclones at the rock bottom of the Huang Qi Layer. They will also be restricted to use only techniques that you use at the 9th Zun Qi Layer and will use the weakest cosmic energies as possible." "Alright. Every participant should go into their assigned battlefield." All participants went into their assigned field with their number written on it. "Go!" shouted Master Fuego, and out of him appeared 10000 clones; matching the amount of participants. Many were stunned by his power to create 10000 clones that were all powerful enough to turn mountains to dust with ease. Chapter 2 "The Tournament Begins" The clones of Master Fuego all attacked at the same time. Instantly 10000 people now intensely fought! Some weaker people immediately ran away or got hurt and surrendered. Meanwhile some stronger ones crushed the clones the very first second of battle. The entire crowd was watching silently. Hielo looked at all the participants disdainfully. Do they think they¡¯re something special because they can defeat people one cultivation layer above them? he thought. Though there was one he kept an eye on. A girl from his own clan, the Fire Bird clan, a phoenix like him. But she was a normal fire phoenix. He liked her. In fact he had taught her some techniques prior to the tournament. As it was his little sister. She was one of those who immediately crushed the clone. After a while all battles were over. ¡°Now the second test will begin for those who passed the first one.¡± said Master Fuego. ¡°The clone will now be two cultivation layers higher than you and medium level.¡± The weaker ones who had just barely slipped through the first test turned pale. This was obviously not a tournament for weaklings. It was to determine the most talented cultivator below 30 years of age in the entire Potuz region. Excluding Hielo of course; as everyone knew he had far surpassed several generations. His sister defeated the clone in one blow again. She is okay.. thought Hielo. He also looked at several other cultivators. Specifically on the people called ¡°The Ten Rising Stars¡±. Hielo was of course an unofficial member there. It¡¯s just that the other members weren¡¯t comparable so he didn¡¯t officially join. Anyways, the group had the 10 most talented 15 year old cultivators. One had a dragon body and a flood dragon spirit. He was pretty strong. He was close to becoming a low level emperor. Which is actually extremely good for a 15 year old. Even talented 20 year olds struggle with that. - Chispa was very beautiful, and on top of that her pride was almost indestructible. She had several reasons to be that way though. Her big brother, Hielo, was probably the most amazing cultivator in the entire continent of nine clouds. And her father was the strongest in the Potuz region. Her family was widely respected and one who didn¡¯t give face to them was either godly powerful or a fool. She glanced at her big brother, as she always wanted his attention. Chispa wanted to impress him, as she looked up to him even though they were the same age.Unlawfully taken from Royal Road, this story should be reported if seen on Amazon. ¡°Alright. The remaining participants will now withdraw to the resting area. And in 12 hours we will continue the tournament. The participants will now fight against each other.¡± said Master Fuego calmly. He looked pleased though. There are many good talents here. Of course his son Hielo was unmatched. But many here still had potenial to become a Great Emperor, maybe even a Celestial Emperor. Who knows? thought Master Fuego. Chispa didn¡¯t feel like she could win the entire tournament. But she could go far atleast. ¡°Brother, Father.¡± said Chispa respectfully to them. Master Fuego and Hielo stood up and both looked pleased. ¡°You did well Chispa.¡± said Hielo. He patted her head and smiled his killer smile. She blushed a bit. But faked a cough and said ¡°Thank you big brother! Father how did I do?¡± ¡°I think you did a good job Chispa.¡± said her father. - Hielo thought that Chispa did well. And he showed it by patting her head. ¡°Let¡¯s go and eat.¡± he said. ¡°Yes.¡± said Master Fuego. They all walked together to the main hall and people looked at them with admiration. They really are a powerhouse! thought some in the crowd. The main hall was a beautiful palace with luxurious decorations. The eating hall was gigantic, thousands of people could be in there. There were some seats made of abtruse crystals. Abtruse crystals are very powerful assests for Zun cultivators as they use abtruse energies. But for emperors they are useless. Those seats were for powerful families and of course, Hielo¡¯s family sat down there. After eating all the participants went to practice cultivation in the Black Fire Mountain. It was a place with very dense and thick Qi so it was an idealistic choice to practice cultivation. ¡°I¡¯m off to practice cultivation with the time we have left. I feel like I¡¯m very close to becoming an empress!¡± said Chispa cheerfully. ¡°Alright good luck!¡± said Master Fuego. ¡°Thank you!¡± said Chispa, then she used their family¡¯s agility technique Fire Steps to basically teleport to the cultivation rooms. - A few hours later cosmic energies clouds started forming in the sky and cosmic energies cleansed a cultivator. Everyone in the crowd wondered who had broken through the Huang Qi layer. And at the tournament? That¡¯s amazing! It must have been a cultivator who had gained insight when fighting. Hielo and his father smiled like they knew what had happened. Chispa had become an empress! And she was just 15 years old! If Hielo didn¡¯t exist, she would probably be praised as the most talented! Chispa came out and everyone noticed that she had become an empress. ¡°That¡¯s amazing!¡± said someone in the crowd. Master Chi laughed and put his hands on Chispa¡¯s shoulder. ¡°I guess your brother didn¡¯t steal all talent.¡± he said. ¡°That¡¯s the Fire Bird Clan for you! All cultivators there are very talented!¡± said someone else in the crowd. Master Fuego was very proud of his children. Though he didn¡¯t show it. ¡°Alright. It¡¯s time to start the main tournament!¡± he said.