"Heaven Suppressing Golden Palm!"
Boom.
After a loud bang, light shone on the Ancient Stele.
Ten elephant.
"Tara is so strong. She increased her strength by another three elephant compared to last time."
"Indeed she is a prodigy. Ordinary people like us reach the limit of Body Refining and only possess the strength of five elephants. Tara has already broken through that barrier."
Sounds of praise came from all directions along with the fervent gazes of a group of sycophants.
Tara's fair jade-like face remained calm without any ripples.
At this moment a harsh female voice rang out.
"Tara how come after so long you've only increased your strength by three elephant?"
A woman in a blue dress sashayed over swaying her slender waist. Her face was charming and pretty but her words were sharp.
"It's Mahi the Tenth Sequence Kanak's follower."
"Her status is higher than a mere follower. I heard Kanak Shiromani favours her greatly."
Mahi was not a member of the Shiromani clan but a follower recruited by the Tenth Sequence Kanak Shiromani from outside.
Tara Shiromani ignored her but Mahi's words grew sharper.
"Young Master Kanak left a record of twenty elephant of immense strength on the Ancient Stone Stele more than yours. Yet you rejected his recruitment. Do you realise how ignorant you are now?"
Mahi greatly disliked Tara's feigned aloofness.
Even though Kanak Shiromani had personally offered to recruit her Tara still refused him.
In Mahi's eyes Tara was just a pretentious green tea bitch.
While Kanak Shiromani is very strong, he is not the best. The one I, Tara Shiromani, will follow must be someone capable of suppressing an entire era," Tara's tone was calm, but firm.
Kanak Shiromani, as the Tenth Sequence, was undeniably powerful. But to Tara, he simply didn't feel like the one worthy of following.
Because of that, she had never accepted his offer.
However, Mahi found Tara's words incredibly laughable.
"Heh, suppressing an entire era, Tara, your excuse is a bit ridiculous."
Even the strongest current First Sequence of the Shiromani Clan would never dare to speak with absolute certainty.
This was an era of great contention. Across the Trilok, countless Prodigies were rising one after another. None among them possessed the arrogance to claim they could suppress this era beneath their feet.
Just then at the distant Ancient Stone Stele a young man caught everyone's attention.
It was Abhimanyu Shiromani.
"Who is that boy?"
"He looks so young. Is he really coming to the Testing Grounds at his age?"
The crowd began to whisper among themselves.
Since his birth Abhimanyu had stayed within the palace or the clan's private library. These were places forbidden to ordinary people.
Because of this he had never moved freely within the Shiromani Clan.
Other than a few clan elders and his own family no one had ever seen Abhimanyu.
"Hmm? He…"
Tara Shiromani's beautiful eyes fell on the young figure. In that moment her Celestial Heart trembled.
A strange feeling stirred within her chest.
"No way!!" Tara's eyes slowly widened as a strange intuition surfaced in her mind.
"This child looks like a mortal. How can his Qi and blood be so strong? How does he feel more powerful than us?" she thought.
"What a handsome boy. I really want to pinch his face…" a Shiromani Clan girl said, her eyes sparkling.
Soon the younger members of the Shiromani Clan noticed the maid quietly standing behind Abhimanyu.
Tara looked at Abhimanyu in shock and asked, "You… could you be Abhimanyu Shiromani?"
"That's right. I am Abhimanyu Shiromani," Abhimanyu said lazily.
Whoosh.
As soon as those words fell the entire Testing Grounds erupted in shock.
Abhimanyu Shiromani was known as the most mysterious and highest-status junior of the Shiromani Clan.
When he was born fifteen years ago he had caused a heavenly vision unlike anything ever seen in the Trilok. He was personally bestowed the title of Sacred Son at birth by the Supreme Elder himself.
It could be said that his current status and position were in no way inferior to the Ten Sequences.
"Greetings, Sacred Son!"
Within the Testing Grounds all the Shiromani Clan members and followers bowed in unison.
Tara Shiromani also bowed.
Mahi's expression changed. As an external retainer she dared not offend Abhimanyu and quickly bowed as well.
Looking at the group of people bowing respectfully Abhimanyu secretly clicked his tongue and thought to himself.
"This isn't right. According to the usual plot someone should come out to challenge me and then get humiliated. If they're this obedient how am I supposed to show off?"
He still wanted someone to spar with. Or rather, someone to show off to.
But Abhimanyu had underestimated the status of a Sacred Son.
No one present dared show him the slightest disrespect.
"Forget it. Since no one's provoking me, there's no point wasting time."
Shaking his head slightly, Abhimanyu walked straight toward the Ancient Shone Stele.
"Young Master is going to challenge the Ancient Shone Stele!"
"Can he really break Kanak Shiromani's record?"
At that moment, all eyes in the Testing Grounds converged on him.
Mahi bit her lip and muttering to herself, "No… Young Master Kanak's record won't be broken by anyone…"
Kanak Shiromani's record of twenty elephants had stood on the Ancient Shone Stele for a long time.
It wasn't because he was the strongest among the younger generation of the Shiromani Clan. Rather, many of the other Sequences were either tempering themselves outside or in seclusion.
They had never bothered to test their physical body strength on the Ancient Shone Stele at all.
Abhimanyu stood before the Ancient Shone Stele, his gaze calm and indifferent.
He slowly clenched his fingers into a fist.
A terrifying power surged through his body, flowing from his muscles into his fist.
Boom!
Abhimanyu struck the Ancient Shone Stele with a single punch.
In an instant, the stele trembled and let out a thunderous roar!
At that moment, golden light burst from the cracks, spreading like veins across the Ancient Shone Stele. It was as if the monument itself could no longer contain the overwhelming force within.
With a thunderous blast, a shockwave swept through the Testing Grounds!