Chapter 74 (1/2)
Chapter 74 – Fiery Battle!Translated by:Edited by:TLCed by: OMA
“State your name.”
Glancing at Long Chen, Wen Ya looked down and fiddled with the pen in his hand.
“Long Chen.”
Wen Ya nodded his head. After finding Long Chen’s name on the list, he spoke plainly, “Show us the steel hearts that you have acquired!”
Long Chen gave a slight nod. He could feel Huang Feiyang’s cold gaze on him but he wasn’t bothered by it at all.
Currently, only Long Chen was left and unless there were some unexpected events, the top ten was already determined.
Liu Fengfeng managed to place within the top ten through luck. Right now, he was looking at Long Chen with a mix of excitement and antic.i.p.ation written on his face, waiting to see if Long Chen could produce a single steel heart out.
As for Huang Xiang, he had a far more serious gaze as he really wanted Long Chen to enter top ten so he could vent his anger.
“I hope you have acquired at least 23 hearts!”
Even if it was only 23 pieces, Long Chen was younger than Liu Fengfeng. With that taken into account, Liu Fengfeng might be knocked out of the compet.i.tion due to Long Chen.
After Wen Ya gave the instructions, he looked even more closely at Long Chen’s cosmos pouch. At this moment, steel hearts after steel hearts began to appear in Long Chen’s hands. Seeing the sheer number of steel hearts, Liu Fengfeng’s jaw dropped.
“He was really able to acquire some steel hearts, and the number isn’t less than ten. Uh…”
He was quite surprised initially but, after seeing the never ending stream of steel hearts appearing from Long Chen’s cosmos pouch, his previously relaxed expression turned more serious with each pa.s.sing second and soon his body began to tremble.
As the number of steel hearts on the table noticeably surpa.s.sed 23 pieces, Liu Fengfeng’s complexion turned deathly pale as he glared at Long Chen’s back. Before long, his eyes gradually turned bloodshot with rage!
“Long Chen… How? This can’t be right! He’s just a country b.u.mpkin from some backwater town. How could he surpa.s.s me? I was born and raised in Yuanling City.”
Liu Fengfeng’s gaze was filled with disbelief. He even roughly rubbed his eyes but still he wasn’t able to change the cold hard reality in front of him.
Seeing that Long Chen managed to bring out more than 23 steel hearts, both Wen Ya and Huang Feiyang were surprised, and looked at Long Chen more seriously., Huang Xiang was finally able to heave a sigh of relief. He sn.i.g.g.e.red inwardly: “Surpa.s.sing 23 pieces will qualify you for the second round. You’re the person who is seeking death so don’t blame me for it.”
However, the amount of steel hearts Long Chen held kept rising. Everyone’s focus had already shifted over to him while their jaws momentarily dropped in surprise.
Everyone’s gazes became stunned, especially when the amount of steel hearts Long hen produced was reaching into the fifties. Wen Ya’s and Huang Feiyang’s gazes towards Long Chen had also changed a lot.
In regards of Huang Xiang, his brows slowly frowned. He originally thought that reaching first place was an already done deal. But right now it seemed like he might be surpa.s.sed!
The thought that he might lose to Long Chen made his anger soar through the roof.
He had already let Long Chen off the hook once; if Long Chen still didn’t know better, his murderous intent would only increase further.
“Not bad kiddo!”
Seeing nearly 60 steel hearts, even Wen Ya was beaming at Long Chen.
Huang Feiyang seemed indifferent but the amount of steel hearts Long Cheng produced kept rising. The others were already shocked numb by what they saw. Especially Liu Fengfeng, who felt as if his head was spinning.
On the other hand, Huang Xiang was tightly clenching his fists, because the amount of steel hearts Long Chen had was about to go beyond his!
In fact, within an instant, the amount had already surpa.s.sed his. Huang Xiang’s complexion turned scarlet immediately. He glared at Long Chen, who stole his first place away from him. Hatred slowly festered in his heart.
“This time, you must be eliminated! If I don’t kill you, I will suffer discomfort for the entire year. Whoever offends me won’t be able to escape the fate of death!”
Everyone looked at Long Chen with a shocked expression. Seeing Long Chen finally put away his cosmos sack, the resulting heap of steel hearts in front of him was larger than Huang Xiang’s. By now, everyone’s gazes towards him were completely different!
Wen Ya burst out laughing: “A total of 75 steel hearts, making your results the best this selection. But you are a beast warrior which gives you an advantage. These results aren’t considered extraordinary. In the past, every time a beast warrior entered the compet.i.tion, they would always produce great results!”
Long Chen had actually acquired 105 pieces of steel hearts. Since he had already gotten the top position, he held onto some of them.
As Wen Ya announced Long Chen’s amount of steel hearts, Liu Fengfeng wasn’t able to stand steadily and had already collapsed onto the ground.
Shortly, the top ten for this round of selection was already extremely clear. They all knew that Long Chen was the undisputed number one and Huang Xiang was second while Liu Fengfeng was forced out of the top ten positions.
Excluding the top ten people, everyone else lost their rights to further partic.i.p.ate in the Lingwu Family selection.
Thus with a cold sweep of his gaze, Wen Ya said with a frosty tone: “Those who failed to make it into top ten shall leave this place immediately. You will have a chance during the next Lingwu family outer clans’ selection!”
Liu Fengfeng, whose head was spinning, was carried out. Before he left, he was still staring intently at Long Chen, unable to figure out why and how such an event had occurred.
Among the crowd of martial artists that came to partake in the selections, exactly ten people remained.
“You should all take a rest, we will soon start the second round of the selections, which will be…”
Wen Ya looked around and spoke softly: “One versus one battle. Our rules are quite simple. When the time comes, we will separate you into five groups. In each group, two people will fight each other. Whoever wins will be a part of my Lingwu Family. Do you understand?”
Long Chen and the others nodded immediately.
At the moment, Huang Xiang’s line of sight was solely directed on Long Chen. Even Wen Ya could feel the baleful aura that was emitted from Huang Xiang’s body.