Chapter 40 (1/2)

Chapter 40

Chapter 40 Huang Chang’s Challenge

Long Chen raised his head to look and saw a powerful man standing atop the center of the martial arena and cupping his fist in all directions .

He didn’t recognize this young man . But as soon as he had got on the stage, the crowd had cheered . It appeared he was somewhat famous .

At this time, Long Chen noticed that even outside the plaza there were countless people . Back before the lanterns were lit there had been an area reserved only for the n.o.bility, but now it was open to everyone .

There were no restrictions on status for the battle over the number one junior warrior . Looking at where the Empress Dowager was watching the battles, he noticed there were many more people over there as well . Amongst them was Manhuang Hou .

Those people tended to be on the older side, but their bodies were still surging with strength . They were Blood Condensation cultivators and faint killing intent came from their bodies . They were clearly true experts .

Long Chen was sizing those people up when another burst of cheering rang out . A man jumped up tens of meters and lightly landed on the martial arena, his figure appearing extremely at ease and confident .

“So it’s Feng Yang!” s.h.i.+ Feng was somewhat amazed when he saw that person .

“What, do you know him?” asked Long Chen .

“Yup, he’s the same age as me . He joined the army two years ago . At that time he was just at the third Heavenstage of Qi Condensation, but now he’s at the eighth Heavenstage . ”

To jump five minor realms in just a short two years truly was shocking to people .

“It’s not surprising . After joining the army, he must have gone through several missions and survived many life and death situations . This kind of speed is normal under those circ.u.mstances . ” Long Chen nodded .

“This Feng Yang is really not bad . Although his cultivation base isn’t high, that trace of killing intent on his body isn’t something those people who grew up coddled can handle . ”

While Long Chen and s.h.i.+ Feng were talking, Feng Yang had already took action and it truly was just as Long Chen said it would be .

Although the person who had come up ahead of him looked strong and had a similar cultivation base to Feng Yang, his true combat ability was a far cry from Feng Yang’s, and he was defeated in less than ten exchanges .

“On the martial path, just having a higher cultivation base doesn’t mean you have a higher combat ability . Sometimes just an unstoppable att.i.tude will make the opponent afraid of you and lose confidence . This will lead to their battle strength going down . That’s why the further you walk along the martial path, the more you require a strong martial heart . This will allow you to overcome your obstacles and be undaunted by setbacks . ” Long Chen patted s.h.i.+ Feng’s shoulder .

“I know . I can die, but I cannot surrender . ” s.h.i.+ Feng nodded .

Long Chen smiled . s.h.i.+ Feng’s talent was limited and his cultivation path would be rough . But if he kept a steadfast heart, he really might be able to pull off a miracle one day .

Feng Yang consecutively beat three strong opponents before finally ending up exhausted . In the end he was sent flying by someone and had no choice but to concede .

“I’m going up now . ”

“Oh, this early? Are you going to be able to handle it?” Long Chen was a bit flabbergasted .

“I consider this contest a kind of training for myself . The results aren’t important . Instead I need to firm my martial heart,” smiled s.h.i.+ Feng .

“Nice brother s.h.i.+ . We’ll all be rooting for you from here!” Fatty Yu was especially excited and the rest of them all wanted to see s.h.i.+ Feng win .

“You got this!” Long Chen patted his shoulders .

“s.h.i.+ Feng has come to ask advice!”

Following s.h.i.+ Feng’s shout, it was like thunder had clapped through the plaza and the entire crowd emitted a huge cheer . Obviously s.h.i.+ Feng was pretty famous within the younger generation of the capital .

Fatty Yu and the others’ yells were drowned out by a flood of cheering . It was so loud that they couldn’t even hear their own voices . They looked at each other in dismay and awkwardness .

s.h.i.+ Feng’s face was dark and reserved . As he stood atop the stage, he gave people a sensation of being a large mountain that no man could shake .

He was fighting a ninth Heavenstage Qi Condensation expert, but when that person saw s.h.i.+ Feng, he immediately turned into a statue .

“Come at me; I’ll only use the power of the ninth Heavenstage of Qi Condensation . ” s.h.i.+ Feng smiled slightly .

That person naturally couldn’t help becoming angry at that provocation . Everyone was watching them, which put him on the spot .

“Hmph, who asked for your help!”

That person stamped on the ground and a punch came smas.h.i.+ng towards s.h.i.+ Feng . But s.h.i.+ Feng didn’t even deign to look at it .

“Isn’t this s.h.i.+ Feng too arrogant?”

Just as people thought s.h.i.+ Feng had a huge ego, that person suddenly sent out a second punch towards his lower abdomen; the first one had actually been just a feint .

A large palm met that punch . s.h.i.+ Feng grabbed onto that person’s fist and started to apply some force .

“Time for you to go . ”

That person let out a startled cry as his body flew a dozen meters through the air . Eventually he fell flat on his face .

After landing, he spit out some dirt and cursed a couple times . He turned to leave, deciding to not even look at the rest of the battles .

“Brother s.h.i.+ is formidable!”

Fatty Yu and the others took advantage of this time and shouted out this slogan . Following their shout, the crowd loudly cheered .

These cheers contained countless young maidens’ cries as well . Long Chen smiled; no wonder so many people wanted to go up to fight . This was the best way for men to attract women .

Suddenly Long Chen sensed a gaze coming at him from the seats above . Looking up, he saw that Chu Yao was staring at him .

He smiled and winked at her, causing her to immediately turn red and quickly lower her head . But joy filled her eyes .