“This is rather foolish of him.”
“......”
Under the numerous puzzled gazes, Zhou Yuan and Xu Yan’s figures violently shook on the mountain top, before being flung backwards a split second later, leaving behind countless footprints on the ground as they attempted to stabilize their bodies.
Xu Yan’s cold gaze looked towards Zhou Yuan as he said in a mocking manner, “That was too foolish of you junior brother Zhou Yuan.”
“Your arms have now been injured by my Genesis Qi, and won’t be able to move for the time being.”
Countless gazes were cast at Zhou Yuan’s arms, only to find that it was covered in bloody wounds. It looked as if countless blades had sliced into them, the fresh blood gushing out making them appear even more pitiful than earlier.
If he temporarily lost the use of his arms, Zhou Yuan would no longer be able to do battle.
Like everyone had expected, Xu Yan had gained the upper hand in the earlier Genesis Qi clash.
Under Xu Yan’s mocking gaze, Zhou Yuan lowered his head and glanced at his bloody arms. To everyone’s surprise, however, there was no panic on his face.
“Senior brother Xu Yan…”
He raised his head and looked towards Xu Yan, who appeared to be already absolutely certain of victory, as a playful smile gradually rose from the corners of his mouth.
“Did no one tell you… that it’s best not to engage in a Genesis Qi struggle using the body as the battlefield with me?”
“Because if you do so, the price you end up paying will be far beyond your imagination.”
Xu Yan’s pupils shrank slightly. A split second later, he seemed to suddenly detect something and abruptly pulled up his sleeves. He looked down, only to see that countless sinisterly looking blood lines had appeared on his arms. These blood lines squirmed under his skin, as the resentful roar a dragon faintly echoed.
Chapter 381 Tyrannical Dragon’s Resent Poison
On the arena atop the mountain, Xu Yan lowered his head, his expression ashen as he gazed at strange blood lines that had appeared on his arms. The lines of blood gave off a bitter aura of resentment that made one shiver uncontrollably.
It was obviously some kind of terrifying poison.
“Do you think that a tiny bit of poison can scare me?”
Xu Yan’s voice was laced with frost. Genesis Qi swiftly began surging in his body, sweeping towards his arms in an attempt to expel the Dragon’s Resentment Poison.
However, the instant his Genesis Qi came into contact with the poison, he realized to his horror that his Genesis Qi was turning blood-red as if it had been infected, causing him to lose control of it.
As a result, a strange blood-red lines on his arms began to grow even darker.
A sliver of terror finally appeared on Xu Yan’s face. He stared at Zhou Yuan and shouted, “What kind of poison is this?!”
It was so domineering. Mere contact was all it took to infect even Genesis Qi. He had never heard of such a tyrannical poison.
Zhou Yuan flung off the blood on his arms, before falling to the ground on his butt. He cast a nonchalant glance at Xu Yan, and said, “If you’re smart, don’t use your Genesis Qi for the time being. If the infection spreads too deep, I’m not sure if it will be possible to save you.”
No one knew better than him how frightening the Dragon’s Resentment Poison was. It was basically impossible to neutralize. Xu Yan was currently only at the initial stage of the infection. If it worsened and the poison went berserk, he would experience pain that would make one beg for death.
“What?!”
Xu Yan’s face twisted, rage filling it as he looked towards Zhou Yuan. If he could not use Genesis Qi, how would he kick Zhou Yuan out?
“You... you’re too devious!” Xu Yan’s voice was brimming with anger.
Only now did he understand. Zhou Yuan may have appeared foolish previously when he chose to engage in a Genesis Qi clash within their bodies. His true goal had been to send the Dragon’s Resentment Poison into Xu Yan’s body.
However, Zhou Yuan merely raised his eyelids in response, basically ignoring the former. There weren’t many rules for the purple sash selection, allowing one to rely on any means one chose. Calling him devious, humph. Was Sword Cometh Peak honorable for sending so many gold sash disciples after him?
Was it not underhanded for Xu Yan to use all of his veteran purple sash disciple strength to overpower Zhou Yuan in an attempt to kick him out of the selection?
Since it was within the rules, no one could blame him.
Moreover, Zhou Yuan clearly understood that it was practically impossible for him to defeat Xu Yan at this point in time. Hence, Zhou Yuan had selected to take an unconventional approach, forcing both parties to suffer such that Xu Yan would not have any energy left to kick him out.
Both of them had now lost all their battle power. All they could do now was wait...
The corners of Zhou Yuan’s mouth curled upwards. He continued to ignore the fuming Xu Yan and began to inspect the injuries on his arms.
Xu Yan’s face had nearly turned green due to Zhou Yuan’s complete disregard of him, barely able to hold himself back several times from completely exploding in anger. But when he saw the strange blood liens on his arms, he could only do the rational thing and forcibly suppress his rage.
He could sense how dreadful the blood-red poison was. If he tried anything reckless and irreversible damage was done, he would certainly dearly regret it.
Thus, all he could do was stand there, not daring to make any moves.
As such, the situation instantly turned rather awkward. The two of them had been locked in a bitter struggle just moments ago, but now, one was seated on the ground, while the other was standing there, still as a statue, as he glared at the former...
This strange scene naturally caused a torrential uproar when it landed in the eyes of the countless disciples outside the mountain range.
“What are they doing?”
“Why isn’t Xu Yan attacking? Zhou Yuan has even sat down… is he resting?”
“What exactly is going on?”
“......”
Numerous disciples were completely baffled, not knowing whether to laugh or to cry. They had been fighting just a second ago, why were they now peacefully sitting and talking?
Countless confused whispers spread.
Fortunately, there were some sharper disciples in the crowd that said with some hesitation, “There seems to be something strange about Xu Yan’s condition.”
“It’s not that he doesn’t want to move, but has been forced into this situation by Zhou Yuan...”
“Zhou Yuan must have done something during that Genesis Qi clash earlier.”
“......”
The other disciples thoughtfully nodded their heads when they heard this. This conjecture did seem to fit. It was the only way to explain why the usually rational Zhou Yuan would make such a seemingly foolish decision to clash Genesis Qi with Xu Yan.
The former clearly had a goal.
Xu Yan, on the other hand, had fallen prey to the trap due to underestimating Zhou Yuan.
From the current situation, if Zhou Yuan and Xu Yan continued in this manner, the giant incense stick would eventually be fully burnt. When that happened, Zhou Yuan would be the one who managed to endure the longest...
And the title champion would naturally become his.
When they realised this, countless disciples looked towards Zhou Yuan’s figure in shock. Although the latter’s current state of gently wiping away the blood off his arms appeared quite pitiful, it did not stop amazement and respect to rise in the hearts of numerous disciples.
He had given them far too many surprises.
Maybe no one would think much of these surprises if they only appeared on occasion, but if they happened too regularly, such surprises would in truth no longer be simple surprises...
Evidently, this new disciples that had spent less than a year in the Cangx
uan Sect was nowhere near as simple as they had imagined.
...
“Why did this happen…”
Beside the river, Lu Xuanyin gazed upon this scene with a pale face. She stumbled in disbelief, falling to the ground on her butt as disappointment and despair appeared in her eyes.
She never imagined that even Xu Yan himself would fail to finish off Zhou Yuan, and had instead been forced into such an awkward situation by him.
Fear surfaced on her face as she looked at the figure in the mirror. She had repeatedly targeted Zhou Yuan, only to end up thwarted each time. As a result, she was now becoming quite afraid of him.
Such a person was just far too strange and unfathomable.
...
On the highest peak.
Genesis Qi rippled from six imposing figures as they watched the battles occurring on the peaks deep within the mountain range.
Sect master Qing Yang and the other five peak masters looked towards Xu Yan’s figure. Beings as powerful of themselves were able to view the interior of his body with a single glance, clearly seeing the strange blood-red thing restlessly stirring inside Xu Yan’s arms.
“Eh…”
A soft sound of surprise was emitted from sect master Qing Yang when he saw the blood-red Dragon’s Resentment Poison. He had evidently detected a peculiar undulation from it.
Sect master Qing Yang slowly remarked, “What a domineering poison… even one such as I have never seen such a thing before.”
The other peak masters nodded in agreement.
The Snow Lotus Peak master Liu Lianyi smiled and said, “The little one called Zhou Yuan is quite a surprising kid. It’s hard to believe he forced the seventh layer Xu Yan to give up with the strength of the third layer.”
She glanced at peak master Ling Jun, the mockery in her words impossible to miss.
Peak master Ling Jun’s expression appeared rather calm. However, those familiar with him knew that he was someone who loved face, and could not possibly be calm inside when Sword Cometh Peak had been humiliated so badly today.
Peak master Ling Jun indifferently said, “He merely relied on poison.”
Sect master Qing Yang shook his head and said, “The participants are allowed to utilise basically any methods they want in the purple sash selection, and poison is also a kind of strength. Zhou Yuan is weaker than Xu Yan, but he is adept at finding opportunities. He made excellent use of the fact that Xu Yan was underestimating him to deploy an unconventional tactic that ultimately landed Xu Yan in his trap. The fact that he has such rich battle experience is extraordinary.”
Peak master Lin Jun was silent. It was impossible for him to be unaware of these points. However, he was unable to be fully composed due to the great defeat suffered by Sword Cometh Peak today.
Sect master Qing Yang looked towards Zhou Yuan in admiration as he said, “This little one is not bad at all. It’s a pity that he went to Saint Genesis Peak…”
His voice was filled with regret. Since Zhou Yuan was already Shen Taiyuan’s disciple, he could not possibly be so shameless as it snatch away a disciple from an elder of the sect, regardless of how greatly he cherished talent.
...
“I never imagined that Zhou Yuan would still have such a trick hidden up his sleeve…”
The scene in the Genesis Qi mirror stunned Li Qingchan for quite some time, before she softly mumbled some praise. Her perspective of Zhou Yuan had been changed once again.
She had originally believed that it would be impossible for Zhou Yuan to turn things around this time.
Who could have imagined that he would create a miracle once again, turning an unwinnable fight into a stalemate… though if one considered the rules, it would actually be Zhou Yuan’s victory.
If they continued in this manner, Zhou Yuan would be the one to benefit.
In fact, one may even say that the championship title was already his...
“He really can’t be judged through normal means…”
She looked towards Yaoyao and sighed. “You’ve won the bet again.”
Yaoyao lifted her face and focused on Zhou Yuan’s figure. However, there was no joy on her face. Instead, her brows were slightly furrowed, while traces of anger could be seen.
“He’s too reckless…”
“This is the period when the Dragon’s Resentment Poison will soon go berserk once again. I can’t believe he actually dared to stir it up…”
“You’re the one who is going to suffer if the Dragon’s Resentment Poison erupts again.”
Chapter 382 Champion
On the scattered remains of the mountain peak, the awkward situation continued.
Zhou Yuan and Xu Yan were only separated by a few feet, but there was already no chance that a fight would break out between them.
Zhou Yuan was seated on the ground as he gradually neutralized the sharp Genesis Qi that had invaded his body. Xu Yan some distance away, not daring to even move, let alone send out his Genesis Qi to expel the poison.
His previous attempt had already made him understand just how terrifying that blood-red poison was.
As such, while the battles on the other nine peaks grew increasingly intense, their battle arena stayed strangely peaceful and quiet.
With regards to this situation, the numerous watching disciples were unable to decide whether they should laugh or cry.
They had originally believed Zhou Yuan would have zero chance in this fight. Who could have imagined that he would succeed in pulling off such a strange plan.
It seems that Sword Cometh Peak was destined to lose all face due to him.
On the mountain top, Xu Yan’s expression fluctuated indeterminately. He glanced at the giant incense stick at the center of the arena, finding that nearly a third of it had been burnt. In addition, the participants on the other nine peaks were gradually beginning to lose to their opponents.
If this situation continued, the victor’s crown would really end up on Zhou Yuan’s head.
When that happened, Sword Cometh Peak would truly lose all face, and his mission would certainly end up in failure. In fact, he would likely be punished as well.
These thoughts made Xu Yan’s expression turn even uglier. Soon after, he looked towards Zhou Yuan and said in a low voice, “Zhou Yuan, don’t even think for a moment that making Sword Cometh Peak lose all face will be good for you.”
Zhou Yuan raised his eyelids.
“Everyone knows that us Sword Cometh Peak disciples are not to be trifled with, and the worst possible people you can offend in the Cangxuan Sect. If you take things too far today, someone from Sword Cometh Peak will most certainly seek vengeance on you in the future.”
Zhou Yuan nonchalantly replied, “Senior brother Xu Yan, you say that I take things too far, but it’s your Sword Cometh Peak that sent so many gold sash disciples to hunt me today.”
Xu Yan turned rigid for a moment. His tone soon softened as he said, “Junior brother Zhou Yuan, I have a suggestion…”
“As long as you admit defeat now, our Sword Cometh Peak will owe you one, while also writing off everything that happened before, and no Sword Cometh Peak disciple will ever cause any trouble for you in future. How about it?”
Zhou Yuan could not hold back his laughter. What a thick skin. To think that Xu Yan would be capable of saying such words. Looks like the current situation had put him under a tremendous amount of pressure.
“Forget it, I can’t afford for Sword Cometh Peak to be indebted to me.”
He shook his head as he answered in a calm voice. How could he not know that he had offended Sword Cometh Peak today. However, they only had themselves to blame. To think that Xu Yan was asking him to admit defeat now in order to save what little dignity they had left. Zhou Yuan could not possibly agree to such a shameless request.
Sword Cometh Peak may be akin to a rising star, but so what? Everyone was part of the same Cangxuan Sect. If Sword Cometh Peak did go overboard, Zhou Yuan believed that sect master
Qing Yang and the other peak masters would not idly stand by.
Moreover, he was not a weak-willed individual. Sword Cometh Peak’s overbearingness this time had naturally angered him.
Since you guys were the ones who started this, losing all face shall be the consequence you bear.
“Zhou Yuan, you’d better not push your luck!” Xu Yan’s tone had turned to one of anger. He had already put down his airs and tried to politely persuade the former. And yet, Zhou Yuan refused to budge, clearly showing no respect for Sword Cometh Peak.
However, Zhou Yuan could no longer be bothered to respond. He closed his eyes and focused on neutralizing the Genesis Qi that had invaded his body.
Upon seeing this, Xu Yan anxiously shouted a few more times. However, he was only met by silence, causing his face to turn green with rage.
Time slowly flowed in this manner.
At this point in time, only half of the giant incense stick was left.
By this time, the battles on the other nine peaks were already nearing their end. Only Su Wan, Wang Chen, Xia Yu and the other two first seat gold sash disciples were left standing, as they bitterly struggled against their veteran purple sash opponents.
However, it was clear that they would not last much longer.
Xu Yan’s face turned even uglier when he saw this, and opened his mouth once again to persuade Zhou Yuan. However, Zhou Yuan remained completely unresponsive.
The giant incense stick burned faster and faster. When only a tenth of the stick was left, the other five remaining participants finally reached their limit and admitted defeat.
The instant the final five conceded, every gaze in the entire place converged onto Zhou Yuan and Xu Yan’s peak, complicated expressions filling everyone’s faces.
When these gazes looked at Zhou Yuan, admiration appeared in their eyes.
The championship battle was a competition to see who would last the longest at the hands of the veteran purple sash disciples. Su Wan, Wang Chen, Xia Yu and the rest had tried their hardest to delay the inevitable.
A vast disparity would appear when the other participants compared themselves to Zhou Yuan, because he had forced an impasse on his peak.
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