Chapter 240 (1/2)

Chapter 240: Going All Out

Translator: Yukidaruma Translations  Editor: Yukidaruma Translations

As a disciple under the wing of a Divine level expert, although Hoult’s performance in the Regional Selection for the past few days had been slightly worse than Fang Xingjian’s, it was still dazzling, making it hard for people to ignore. After Fang Xingjian had killed Meng Hao in a single move, he had become the one and only candidate who could compete with Fang Xingjian for the Regional Champion title.

Hoult’s momentum was going strong. Other than Fang Xingjian, there was no one else who could fight against him.

Therefore, in order to weaken his aura, Rota challenged him verbally.

However, hearing Rota’s words, Hoult was not infuriated. He merely calmly said, “Since you have a courageous heart which fears no challenges and continues to push on forward, and you’re able to deploy all means to achieve your aims in battle, you’re really a talent in battle.

“However, right now, I’m not interested in sparring with you. My interest now is…”

With that, he turned his head and fixed his gaze on Fang Xingjian. Fang Xingjian seemed to not have noticed anything, just keeping his eyes closed tight as he cultivated his sword technique.

In the short moment it took for Hoult to turn his head, Rota’s longspear shot out as she activated the Void Penetrative Divine Spear. It shot out over tens of meters with an immense penetrating force, hitting a spinning force onto Hoult’s face.

‘I’ve succeeded!’

Sensing the feeling in her hands, Rota was overjoyed.

‘To think that he was so careless, losing his attention in the arena battle…’

Just as Rota was thinking about this, she suddenly let out a cold snort and quickly retreated seven steps before coming to a stop.

However, the longspear in her hands continued to tremble non-stop, clearly a result from the strong impact.

‘How could this be? I clearly hit his face. No matter how strong he is, there’s no way he would be able to block this spear attack with Reduced Force Field.’

Rota looked at Hoult, and in the next moment, her pupils contracted. She saw her opponent’s face, neck, and other body parts sparkling with star-like spots. Under the sun, they were like sparkling diamonds.

“Astral Tempest?”

Hoult replied calmly, “That’s right. The skin on the surface of my entire body has a protective layer formed by the Astral Tempest. With your strength and Killing technique, you don’t seem to be able to break through my defences. You’re better off stepping down by yourself.”

Rota did not reply, but her expression turned grim. When Hoult saw this, he shook his head, releasing countless silvery lights. The Astral Tempest had been activated.

As she watched the countless spots of light coming in on her, Rota suddenly took three steps back and, with a light leap, left the arena.

Looking at Hoult’s surprised expression, Rota smiled and said, “I’m no idiot. Since I can’t even break through your Astral Tempest, I’ll naturally not continue to cling on obstinately. Hmhmph… I’ll wait to see your battle with Fang Xingjian.”

With that, she suavely took her leave.

‘Being able to advance and retreat with ease, not only being able to stand up to my pressure, but also being able to leave without fear of losing reputation before so many people…’ Hoult looked at Rota’s back view and smiled, ‘What an interesting lady.’

Now, the best four in the arena battle had finally been decided.

They were Fang Xingjian, Anderson, Wei Leng, and Hoult. With the time spent on fixing the arena and for the other matches to go on, Fang Xingjian had finally gotten past one hour and now had the opportunity to use Terra Ingurgitation one more time.

The next matches were Fang Xingjian against Anderson and Wei Leng against Hoult. The victors of each respective match would then fight to be the final champion.