Chapter 1712: Chapter 380: A Stern Warning

After leaving the Dojo, Gu Shen went to the Dojo of Second Judge Jin Yun.

Compared to the previous Judge Zhou E, the current Jin Yun could be said to have "finally exhaled after being stifled for so long."

In the struggle of these past few years, he had always been suppressed by Zhou E.

If Gu Shen hadn’t come back, this Grand Judge position might really have ended up in Zhou E’s hands!

It was just that Gu Shen wasn’t here to offer congratulations.

At this moment in the Second Judgment Dojo, quite a few colleagues from the Judgement Institute were discussing Dao, and Jin Yun was among them.

When everyone saw Gu Shen arrive, they all rose to salute, but Gu Shen had no time to exchange pleasantries with them. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

"Judge Jin Yun, are you free right now?"

He got straight to the point and called Jin Yun out by name.

"Of course, of course."

Jin Yun’s face was full of spring breeze as he hurriedly replied.

The Grand Judge personally coming to the Dojo—what did this mean?

In his view, this was clearly another piece of good news.

"Good."

Gu Shen smiled and asked, "I’ve just taken office as Grand Judge, and I’ve heard that it happens to be the time of the year for the Judges’ ranking rotation."

A dignified Grand Judge seeking him out couldn’t possibly be just to say something like this.

Jin Yun blinked, and had already guessed where this was going.

The smile on his face did not diminish as he deliberately tossed back a question: "That’s right, it’s exactly the time for the ranking handover... what are you implying?"

"As the ’Grand Judge’, I have the authority to decide the seating order of the Judges’ Dojos under my command."

Gu Shen said calmly, "In other words, as long as I nod, you don’t need to challenge Zhou E and can directly become First Judge."

Jin Yun lightly sucked in a breath.

He held his breath, craning his neck in anticipation.

"Come on."

As he spoke, Gu Shen had already picked out an arena. He leaped onto the platform, turned back to look at Jin Yun, and beckoned with his hand. "Let me see what level your Cultivation Realm has reached."

"???"

Jin Yun was completely stunned.

What the hell was this?

Shouldn’t the next step be the Grand Judge personally announcing that this eternal number two was being promoted one place up?!

How did it turn into checking his cultivation results!

He had seen the recording of Zhou E in his own Dojo, being suppressed by Gu Shen so hard he couldn’t even get a word out...

He’d fought Zhou E several times, and each time he’d been just a little inferior!

If he switched places and went up instead, he definitely wouldn’t be any stronger.

So during this period, watching the three official institutes in Snow Forbidden City noisily gossip about the "recording" from that day, Jin Yun had felt an inexpressible sense of relief.

He never imagined that he would also become a "lucky winner" like Zhou E.

"Come on."

Gu Shen spoke with a blank face. "Don’t tell me you can’t even manage to get on the platform?"

The Domain had yet to be released.

Yet the Grand Judge’s pressure was already sweeping out.

The smile froze on Jin Yun’s face as he forced himself up onto the arena under immense pressure... all eyes in the Dojo converged on them.

"Hiss!"

Gu Shen pressed two fingers together and lightly flicked out a wisp of blazing fire.

In an instant, a slender line of flame burned along the four edges of the arena, transforming into a magnificent, dazzling barrier of fire.

After finishing this, he clasped his hands behind his back and said blandly, "Go all out, don’t worry about accidentally hurting anyone else."

Just that one line.

Was enough to set the whole Dojo’s blood surging.

What kind of arrogance was this?

Jin Yun was at least a peak fourth-rank Transcendent; with two Great Achievement Domains empowering him, he could destroy a small city in a very short time... if he really went berserk, he was confident that he could even injure one of the legendary Titled!

"Fine!"

With Zhou E as the "pearl and jade that came before," Jin Yun drew in a deep breath at this moment.

He knew that what he had to do now was go all out!

Isn’t it just a fight?

Gu Shen, a dignified Grand Judge—could he really go so far as to actually beat him up?

"Mr. Xiao Gu... you’d better be careful!"

Jin Yun lifted one palm. From the far end of the Dojo, a streak of silver light flashed over. With a clang like a blade leaving its sheath and piercing the void, a straight long saber appeared, wreathed in a dark, eye-catching, wantonly dancing wind.

"First Domain, [Wind Dancer]!"

His innate ability was similar to [Lan Qie], belonging to the wind element.

At his fierce shout, countless winds surged across the whole Dojo.

The Judge’s robe on Jin Yun’s body fluttered wildly, cracking like whips. But these countless demonic winds were different from the natural wind summoned by [Lan Qie]; they carried the killing intent from Jin Yun’s Spirit Sea as they manifested outside the void, pitch-black in color. Every strand of wind was like a blade, cutting the very space of the Dojo!

"Boom—"

Gu Shen still stood with his hands clasped behind his back.

A wisp of his Spirit swept out, releasing a faint rumble.

The Fire of Vitality spread out for hundreds of meters, enveloping the entire Dojo, and tiny flames fell in front of the brows of the hundreds of spectators.

Each little flame hung down a strand of Spirit.

The black wind blades summoned by Jin Yun could only rattle the air within the arena with their piercing shrieks. The vast majority of spectators merely felt that the wind in the Dojo was very loud and noisy right now; they did not perceive the true savagery of [Wind Dancer]!

"...Not bad, keep going."

Gu Shen smiled as he offered a word of praise.

"Second Domain... [Blade Rift]!"

Jin Yun gripped the long saber in one hand, and his entire aura kept rising higher and higher as the countless gales converged!

His second Domain required constant gathering of power, then more gathering.

In real combat, this was a consuming Domain that only grew stronger and stronger the longer the fight went on!

Since he’d first stepped onto the path, he’d never had such a smooth battle!

The entire Dojo was saturated with wind element, and he felt like the lord of this world. Jin Yun felt unprecedentedly powerful—he was certain that even a casual slash could easily cleave the whole Dojo apart!