Chapter 234: Murderous Intent Revealed (1/2)
Chapter 234: Murderous Intent Revealed
w.a.n.g Qinian, the true inheritor of Wanren Peak, looked at Lin Feng’s matches from up on the pavilion. He frowned slightly and said, “What is Lin Feng doing? He lost nine matches out of fifteen. Is he doing this on purpose?”
Luo Kedi also felt it was strange when he heard this. “His opponents were mostly ranked above the hundreds. With his strength, he should have been able to defeat them easily.”
w.a.n.g Qinian said, “When you go down later, ask him what’s going on. Tell him to do his best to obtain a spot in the top ninety. I have a feeling that this mission will be very beneficial for us. After it is completed, we should be able to raise our strength to another level.
The battles on the arena continued. The top ten rankers on the Wind Cloud List were now far ahead of the people behind them. They were now on a completely different level.
As the sun was setting, the battles on the arena reached the final rounds. The top ten rankers still had not met each other in battle. It could now be confirmed that this was the arrangement of the Elders’ a.s.sembly.
However, given that these ten people had the same number of points, how would they be ranked?
“The top ten rankers are indeed extraordinary. They are much stronger than I imagined,” Zhang Lie sighed as he muttered to himself irresolutely.
Mu Heng did not say anything when he noticed that Zhang Lie was still stuck on the issue from before. The strength of the top ten had indeed exceeded his expectations. However, he believed Xiao Chen had the strength to be amongst them.
There was no reason for this belief, it was just his intuition.
Suddenly, Liu Suifeng whispered, “Did you notice? That Wanren Peak’s Quick Saber Lin Feng lost ten rounds in a row. What is he doing?”
Was there such a thing? Xiao Chen had not noticed at all. However, regardless of what Lin Feng was thinking, he would not be able to cause any problems. Perhaps if it was the past, Xiao Chen might need to utilize some tricks to obtain a swift victory.
However, after he used the Flowing Light Flower and increased his comprehension abilities, there had been a qualitative leap in his strength compared to after he came back from the Spirit Mines.
Xiao Chen said indifferently, “Just ignore him. If he wishes to challenge me, I will give him an unexpected surprise.”
When the afterglow of the setting sun dyed the west horizon completely red, the battles on the drill grounds were all completed. The top ten core disciple rankers had obtained victory in all their fifteen fights and were tied in the first position.
At the end, everyone felt somewhat regretful. After all, the fights everyone wanted to watch were evenly matched fights of high levels.
The chief examiner gestured and Xiao Chen and the other new core disciples slowly walked to the center of the drill ground. It was time for them to accept the challenges of the last ten ranked core disciples.
Although the level of this fight was not high, it was somewhat worth watching as well. The people who were fighting to protect their status as core disciples would do everything they could and battle with all their strength.
Although Xiao Chen and the others would not lose their status as core disciples if they lost, they would lose the rewards they had obtained earlier according to the rules. The purpose of this was to prevent them from giving up and cheating.
Such rules guaranteed that both sides would fight with all their might without holding back. Otherwise, they would suffer huge loses.
“Strange, why is Wanren Peak’s Lin Feng up there? He is the second strongest core disciple of Wanren Peak. Even if he is not ranked in the top ninety, he should not be amongst the bottom ten!”
“You can’t figure out something so obvious? You are too stupid! The bottom ten core disciples can choose their opponent. He is definitely dissatisfied after being defeated by Ye Chen last time. He must be here to take revenge.”
“That is interesting, Lin Feng is already an Inferior Grade Martial Saint. His speed is somewhat famous in the entire Heavenly Saber Pavilion. His strength should be similar to Ye Chen’s.
“En, that should be so. I heard that during their last fight, Ye Chen won because of a trick and so Lin Feng was not convinced of his lost. Otherwise, he would not have given up on his matches and dropped his rank by more than three hundred positions.”
The crowd was all surprised by Lin Feng’s appearance. However, when they thought of the reasons behind it, they were not overly astonished. After all, every cultivator had their pride.
The new core disciples lined up several meters away from the bottom ten core disciples who also stood in a line.
Lin Feng placed his hand on the saber hilt. His black eyes revealed a murderous intent as he stared at Xiao Chen. He had withdrawn his aura, storing up strength.
If looks could kill, Xiao Chen would have died a hundred times over already.
The chief examiner glanced at both sides. Then he pointed at the people on his right and said, “If you lose this time, you will lose your status as core disciples. I hope you will make full use of this chance and put in your all.”
“Now, from the left to right, come out one by one and choose your opponent.”
The first person of the left, Zhang Yue, revealed a somewhat joyful expression when he heard this. Being able to pick his opponent first gave him an advantage that did not need to be explained.
Contrary to that, the expressions of the three people on the right became significantly more unsightly. One could imagine which opponents would be left for them. It would definitely be the three people no one wanted to face—Mu Heng, Zhang Lie, and Xiao Chen.
Zhang Yue immediately stepped forward and pointed at Liu Suifeng. “I choose him to be my opponent.”
This person had pretty good insight, Liu Suifeng was indeed the weakest of the ten of them. However, Xiao Chen did not think that Liu Suifeng would lose for sure. His chances of winning were about fifty percent.
“Do not hold anything back, the opponent is likely to come at you with full force from the start.” When Xiao Chen walked past Liu Suifeng, he whispered to him.
Liu Suifeng nodded gently. He was the first to be pointed out by the opponents, this made him look bad. Everyone here had some pride, they would not want to be belittled in front of everyone.
Zhang Yue was only a Superior Grade Martial Grand Master, he was comparable to Liu Suifeng. He did not have any advantages in terms of cultivation realm but he had a richer combat experience.