by Translator: BornToBe; Author: Ordinary Magician (平凡魔术师); Licensed From: 17k
“That golden spear is too heavy, and it’s using up too much of his physical energy. He won’t be able to continue attacking like that for long.
“I estimate that he’ll only be able to keep this up for a quarter hour before he’s exhausted and his strength declines. At that time, the final result is that he’ll be defeated.”
“Then what should we do? Should we give him a reminder?”
Long Chen shook his head. “Don’t. A loss is a loss. It’s not something bad. This way, he’ll be able to get a better understanding of himself. He’ll realize what his strong points and what his weak points are. The benefits more than make up for the loss.
“As for the lost merit points, hehe, this is just a game. The fact that there will be winners and losers isn’t anything major.
“If a person wants to become an expert, first they have to understand themselves. That’s something no one else can do for them. This is his battle. Let him understand it himself.”
But then Long Chen’s tone became angry. “But this bastard Favored really is repulsive. I almost wanted to go up myself and crush him. He wants to take liberties with my Heaven Earth Faction’s old boss? Hmph, he really doesn’t know what death is. If this had happened back when I was young, I would have long since made him kneel in front of me.”
Long Chen words immediately caused Tu Fang and the other Elders to not know whether to laugh or cry. But Tang Wan-er did appear a bit gratified.
Guo Ran immediately did some boot-licking. “Exactly, exactly! Even if someone has to take liberties with a woman, only boss has the qualifications to do that! Who does he think he is?”
“Nice!” Long Chen nodded, giving Guo Ran a thumbs-up.
“Both of you shut up,” raged Tang Wan-er.
Long Chen and Guo Ran obediently stopped talking, focusing back on the stage. Gu Yang’s imposingness had reached its peak, his spear repeatedly forced his opponent back.
But their hearts sank when they saw that it really was just as Long Chen had said. That Favored was purposely drawing out the battle. Once Gu Yang was out of energy, he would immediately counterattack.
“Haha, that little fellow Gu Yang really is not bad. He’s actually seen through his opponent’s strategy!” Long Chen’s eyes suddenly brightened.
Chapter 293 Despicably Shameless
As soon as Long Chen finished speaking, everyone saw Gu Yang suddenly erupt with power, his strength capable of shaking mountains and rivers.
“Mountain Destruction Spear!”
Gu Yang had concentrated all his energy into his spear. This one attack contained all of his heart and soul.
It turned out this entire time, Gu Yang had been storing energy, waiting to release his peak attack.
Gu Yang was someone who was extremely powerful, the person who had awakened his ancestral mark the earliest amongst the monastery’s disciples.
His skill at using his ancestral mark was extremely refined and other than Long Chen and Tang Wan-er, he was the strongest disciple in the monastery.
To him, this battle was extremely important. If he won, his Dao-heart would become incredibly steady, and it would be easier for him to break through bottlenecks.
But if he lost, that would have a grave impact on him. To Gu Yang, this was an extremely risky gamble, and so he couldn’t lose.
The instant Gu Yang started his attack, that Favored’s expression changed. He realized that he had been duped. During that intense battle, Gu Yang had actually been storing energy the entire time, and he hadn’t realized!
There was no need for him to face off against Gu Yang directly. Gu Yang was extremely powerful, and so he had been doing his best to dodge and just defend this entire time.
His greatest advantages were his defense and endurance. The instant he had seen Gu Yang begin to crazily attack, he had actually sneered inside.
By attacking like that, there was no way he would be able to endure for long. The instant Gu Yang became tired, he would be able to easily kill him.
But he had never imagined that Gu Yang had been secretly accumulating energy this entire time. Now that the energy he had accumulated had erupted, Gu Yang’s speed had reached its peak. There was no way he could dodge.
Gu Yang’s power completely locked him in place. He could only take it head-on.
That Favored solemnly formed an extremely bizarre hand seal, and a rune lit up over his forehead. A shield of rock around a foot thick appeared in front of him. “Rock Essence Shield.”
Countless lines were shining on that shield, and it almost looked like it was made of steel. It appeared incredibly sturdy.
BOOM!
However, the instant Gu Yang’s golden spear collided with that huge rock shield, that incredibly sturdy shield completely broke apart.
The golden spear continued forward, slamming into him and sending him flying.
While flying through the air, he also vomited out a mouthful of blood. He was shocked that his strongest defense had been broken.
And not only had his shield been broken, but his internal organs were also acutely shaken by the leftover force of that spear. He was practically unable to believe this.
He had absolute confidence in his defense. That was why Luo Bing had depended on him and sent him out first.
He should have had a high chance of victory even against Tang Wan-er. But now he had just been defeated by a core disciple who wasn’t even a Favored.
He was still filled with disbelief. As he coughed out more blood, he hastily stabilized himself.
However, a golden spear had already reached him, stopping just before his forehead. Gu Yang icily said, “You’ve lost.”
Gu Yang was currently extremely pale and gasping for breath. Obviously, that last attack had used up all his energy. If this attack hadn’t worked, he would have lost.
But he had won. If Gu Yang hadn’t stopped his spear right now, that Favored would already be a corpse.
That Favored couldn’t help being both startled and furious, as well as unwilling. He had lost?
Seeing how pale and exhausted Gu Yang was, a ferocious light suddenly shined in that Favored’s eyes, and he grabbed Gu Yang’s spear.
“Idiot, you’re the one who’s lost!”
That Favored roared and pushed the spear into Gu Yang. Being already exhausted, Gu Yang couldn’t even resist.
The bottom of his spear smashed into his stomach, and the sounds of bones cracking rang out. Gu Yang flew back, vomiting out blood, landing outside the martial arena.
“Bastard, you’re asking for death! We’ll kill you all!”
That Favored had clearly lost and then despicably attacked even though he had lost. That immediately ignited the fury of all the 108th monastery’s disciples.
“Hmph, I never conceded, so how can you say I lost? Since he didn’t even dare follow through, all that proves is he really is a pig. Courage is also a part of strength, or did you not know that?” That Favored sneered at them.
Even Long Chen had stood up now, veins bulging on his hands. He was about to charge forward and tear apart this shameless bastard.
“Luo Whatever, these are your monastery’s disciples?” said Long Chen icily.
“Hmph, atop the martial stage, how could you possibly be soft-hearted and lenient? For victory, you can’t possibly be too afraid to be rough. All that can be said is that this proves you’re all idiots. Why aren’t you hurrying up and handing over the merit points?” sneered Luo Bing.
Tu Fang’s expression was dark. “Long Chen, what do you say?”
His meaning was obvious. This was too much. As long as Long Chen gave the order, they would immediately start fighting. In any case, if a fight started, Ling Yunzi definitely wouldn’t just watch.
“Give them to her.” Long Chen shook his head. Now wasn’t the time for that.
Tu Fang could only hand over eighty thousand merit points back to Luo Bing. Seeing their expressions, Luo Bing was delighted.
Seeing those
kinds of expressions was what she delighted in the most. Only then could she feel refreshed. Her temperament was simply twisted that way.
And when she saw that Long Chen, who had always been as calm as water, also released such a furious expression, she was especially delighted.
Gu Yang was ‘defeated’, and even his golden spear had been taken away by his opponent. According to the martial stage’s unwritten customs, martial arts who couldn’t even keep a hold of their weapons didn’t have the face to take them back.
Gu Yang walked over to Long Chen while being supported by a member of the Healing Hall.
“Sorry, Long Chen, I lost.” Gu Yang surprisingly bent his knees, kneeling down. He felt so ashamed that he might die.
Long Chen had given him a precious opportunity, but in the end, he had really been too lenient, throwing away his chance at victory. He felt so ashamed that he was unable to even show his own face.
Just as Gu Yang’s knees were about to hit the ground, Long Chen grabbed his collar.
“Are you even a man? Isn’t it just a loss? It’s nothing big. Furthermore, even if it counts as your loss, their victory was also not earned. You didn’t lose any face,” raged Long Chen. “When the Jiuli secret realm opens, that fellow will definitely also enter. If you want to wipe away your shame, then just kill him in the secret realm and take your weapon back.”
Long Chen didn’t bother keeping his words private. All of them heard it extremely clearly.
Tu Fang’s heart shook. It was a grave crime to kill members of the same sect within the Jiuli secret realm. But in the end, he didn’t say anything. Later, he would have to give Long Chen a reminder in private.
“Kill me? Ha, keep dreaming. If you dare try to attack me in the Jiuli secret realm, I’ll definitely kill you.” That Favored had already returned amongst his disciples and had been excitedly examining his new spear. He couldn’t help but mock Long Chen when he heard his words.
“I’ll listen to you, Long Chen. This time I swear that I’ll never disappoint you again in this lifetime.” Gu Yang took a deep breath. He was extremely solemn.
Long Chen nodded. He icily glanced at Luo Bing and her disciples’ mocking sneers. Good, since you want to make this game bigger, I’ll make it bigger.
“In the next round, let’s switch it up a bit and have a fight between pairs.” Luo Bing smiled sinisterly.
Two men jumped onto the stage. The two of their auras were extremely dark and cold, causing people to feel a chill. They were both Favored.
And surprisingly, the two of them looked the exact same. They were twins.
Twins who were both Favored. That really was shocking.
“I am Bo Shidong.”
“I am Bo Shixi.”
The two of them spoke at the same time. One of them glanced at the other and that person immediately shut his mouth.
The other continued, “Us two brothers would like to exchange pointers with you country bumpkins. If you feel like it’s not fair, you can also send two Favored to fight us. Us brothers won’t refuse any comers.”
Both their gazes immediately fell on Tang Wan-er and Long Chen, their gazes filled with provocation.
“Long Chen, leave the two of them to me,” said Tang Wan-er.
Long Chen hesitated. “Then you have to promise me to use your killer moves. You can’t show any leniency.” Long Chen knew Tang Wan-er’s character.
He could tell these two were a bit odd. They in all likelihood had their own extremely powerful attacks, which were most likely combined techniques.
Long Chen was sure that Tang Wan-er was shockingly powerful. After merging with that Dao-mark, Tang Wan-er’s strength had reached a terrifying level. Even he was unable to tell just what level she had reached.
But there was one thing he was sure of. Tang Wan-er’s real strength should not be at all inferior to his own. That was because he could sense the pressure that the current Tang Wan-er gave him.
“I promise you, I will definitely be going all-out,” said Tang Wan-er seriously.
After seeing what had happened to Gu Yang, all the monastery’s disciples were furious. They were really too hateful.
Gu Yang had clearly won, but he had been lenient in the end, not taking his opponent’s life. But then that opponent had been absolutely shameful and despicable, launching a sneak attack and even snatching Gu Yang’s weapon. Tang Wan-er, who normally didn’t like fighting, was now filled with killing intent.
Even if Long Chen hadn’t warned her, she would definitely not make the same mistake as Gu Yang. If she had the chance, she would kill.
When those two brothers saw that only Tang Wan-er came up and that Long Chen hadn’t moved, they mocked, “Little fellow, are you afraid of death and don’t dare come up?”
“Ah, so he was a coward, I see, I see.”
“You two should shut up. For just you two, I am more than enough,” said Tang Wan-er icily.
These two brothers both smiled lewdly. “Hehe, with a beauty like you attending to us brothers, that really is more than enough.”
BOOM!
Suddenly, heaven and earth changed. Millions of wind blades appeared behind Tang Wan-er, covering up the very sun and sky.
“DIE!”
Chapter 294 Wind Blades Fill the Sky
“DIE!”
Tang Wan-er furiously shouted, and she formed a hand seal. Space began to shudder as the sky full of wind blades went straight for the two of them. Those millions of wind blades were like a huge flood.
The terrifying wind blades cut through space, causing heaven and earth to tremble. An ear-piercing sound rang out from them that sounded like scraping iron, and the observers all felt a chill inside.
Even Long Chen was shocked. Tang Wan-er’s wind blades had already been condensed to an incredibly solid state. The chilliness coming from them was incredibly terrifying.
Tang Wan-er’s old wind blades had usually been several feet long. But now these wind blades were only an inch or two long, looking like tiny crescent blades. However, these tiny wind blades were at least ten times stronger than her old wind blades. Just looking at them caused a person to feel numb.
Those two brothers hadn’t placed Tang Wan-er in their eyes before, and that was why they dared to be so mocking.
But the instant they saw this sky-full of wind blades, they both let out a scream of fright. They both took out a strange shield at the same time.
Those shields looked like iron cooking pots. Standing back to back, the two of them looked like an iron ball.
Tang Wan-er’s wind blades caused sparks to fly when they struck that iron ball. It was as if that iron ball was struck by a giant wave, and it was sent flying.
“Not good!”
Tang Wan-er’s wind blades were too terrifying, almost like a flood. Although they were unable to break through that iron ball, they did send it flying almost out of the martial stage.
Suddenly, that ball split open and two flying claws shot out at Tang Wan-er.[1]
Those flying claws were between five to six feet long, like huge hands with exceptionally sharp fingers. Iron chains were attached behind them.
The two flying claws flew out in an extremely crafty manner. The instant those flying claws were about to reach Tang Wan-er, the claws suddenly opened up, appearing as if they had come to life.
Although both claws had shot out at the same time, one was ahead while the other was behind. Their cooperation was perfect. If she dodged one, she wouldn’t have the time to dodge the other.
Tang Wan-er’s expression didn’t change at all.
“Storm Shield.”
Dense wind blades enveloped Tang Wan-er. Those two flying claws smashed onto her defense.
Her two opponents were actually delighted by her actions. With a loud shout, their auras erupted.
Amongst Favored, those two were actually much weaker individually.
However, their minds were connected, and their cooperation skills had reached perfection.
Due to that, the monastery had given them a special set of weapons to make their attacks bizarre and incredibly incisive.
Those two flying claws had been created by a powerful Forging Master. There were many profound ways to use them, and they hid powerful runes.
Once those runes were activated, those two claws would become incredibly powerful, easily capable of crushing steel.
The two of them activated those runes when their claws struck Tang Wan-er’s defenses.
BANG! The sky of wind blades burst apart.
“What?” The monastery’s disciples were appalled. The space Tang Wan-er had been in was empty? She had died without a corpse under their two claws?!
“Careful!”
Those two people had been celebrating that they had killed Tang Wan-er when Luo Bing’s shout rang out.
The two of them suddenly felt a sensation of deathly crisis, and they felt a breeze behind them.
The two of them quickly raised their shields to block.
BOOM!
Their hasty defense blocked a powerful attack, but the two of them were sent tumbling through the air.
One of them only just barely got up and still had no idea what had happened when a silent wind blade slashed across his waist.
That person screamed miserably. Blood flew out, followed along with some of his innards.
Long Chen sighed in relief. Tang Wan-er had finally learned the true meaning of battle. Her attacks were no longer the same as before.
Of the people present, only Tu Fang, Luo Bing, and Long Chen knew what had happened.
As soon as those two flying claws had appeared, Tang Wan-er had realized those weapons were extremely bizarre and most likely weren’t easy to handle. There was no reason for her to take them head-on.
She had only summoned out that huge shield of wind blades to cover up everyone’s line of sight.
In reality, the area behind the shield was completely empty. Tang Wan-er had long since slipped away stealthily, using wind blades to screen herself before arriving behind the two of them.
