Chapter 1048 Bad News (1/2)

Countless onlookers stared at Bai Yu and Chen Le, who had been blasted out of the black metal tower. There was no commotion this time but a strange silence.

It seemed that the Great Five Alliance had come prepared.

With the strange rune, losing was no longer possible for the Great Five Alliance. As such, they only needed to steal a single victory somehow to win the overall battle.

Innumerable gazes looked towards the Tianyuan Region camp, pausing on Bian Buji, Mu Youlan and Zhou Yuan.

The gazes ultimately swept past Bian Buji and Mu Youlan, then gathered on Zhou Yuan’s figure.

If one were to ask who of the five Tianyuan Region participants would most likely be defeated, it would naturally be the one with the weakest foundation, Zhou Yuan. After all, the others were all true advanced Heavenly Sun experts, whereas it had only been a few short months since Zhou Yuan stepped into the Heavenly Sun stage.

The atmosphere on the Tianyuan Region side grew somewhat suffocating.

Many gazed at Zhou Yuan as they sighed.

Yi Qiushui, Ye Bingling and the others were currently gathered together. Their faces were filled with graveness, and their eyes with worry.

Ye Bingling could not help but mutter in a low voice, “Zhou Yuan is so unlucky…”

If nothing unexpected had happened, Qin Lian and Bai Yu would have been able to win their matches. With one more victory from Bai Buji, the Tianyuan Region would take three of the five matches, allowing Zhou Yuan to participate merely as a formality and watch without having to do anything.

But who could have imagined that Qin Lian and Bai Yu would be forced into draws? As such, the upcoming fighters were now under even greater pressure.

One could not help but say that Zhou Yuan’s luck was really terrible.

“Bian Buji.” Chi Jing’s voice was so cold that even the temperature began to fall.

Bian Buji took a deep breath and cupped his fists together towards the five grand elders before flying forward.

However, even he was not optimistic about the fight. The strange rune was impossible to guard against.

Rumble!

A figure zipped out from the Great Five Alliance side on a bolt of lightning. It was the Thunder Mountain’s Ke Wen.

The two individuals’ gazes clashed as killing intent surged. Soon after, they dashed into the tower.

However, it was only a few dozen breaths later when a terrifying wave of energy unfurled from the tower once more, nearly shattering the nearby space.

Thud!

Two bloody figures were sent flying from the tower.

As expected, another draw.

However, the other party had no intention of fighting and had directly summoned the glowing rune-ball to end the match.

Countless onlookers cast their gazes towards the remaining participants, Mu Youlan, Zhou Yuan, Zhuang Ming and Lu Qing.

Zhuang Ming’s and Lu Qing’s Genesis Qi foundations were at the 1.6 billion level. Although this was slightly weaker than Mu Youlan’s, both of them far surpassed Zhou Yuan.

Was this the Great Five Alliance’s plan? Forcing draws until the final match and then winning against Zhou Yuan?

Chi Jing slowly said, “Mu Youlan!”

Mu Youlan nodded. There was a tense look on her face as she rose into the air.

The Spirit Swallowing Pavilion’s Zhuang Ming also appeared outside the black metal tower from the Great Five Alliance side.

The two figures soon drifted into the tower, then faced each other inside. Dazzling glass suns rose behind them.

Mu Youlan’s Genesis Qi foundation was undoubtedly a little stronger. She was at the 1.69 billion level, nearly touching the 1.7 billion mark. Zhuang Ming was only slightly weaker, at 1.63 billion.

Such a gap was not difficult to overcome for the Heavenly Sun stage. Hence, Zhuang Ming did not immediately release the strange rune but instead chose to face Mu Youlan in combat first.

Zhuang Ming clearly had some pride. If he defeated Mu Youlan and won a victory, it would establish a gargantuan advantage for the Great Five Alliance.

However, he had somewhat underestimated the petite Mu Youlan’s battle power.

After going at it for several dozen rounds in the tower, Mu Youlan found her opportunity and sliced off one of Zhuang Ming’s arms with her vine-like sword.

The mistake made Zhuang Ming panic. He understood that Mu Youlan had planned to kill him with that move. Fortunately, he had narrowly avoided the fatal blow.

After such an intense battle, Zhuang Ming did not dare to delay a second longer. Who knew how heavy a punishment awaited him if he lost and caused the plan to fail. Hence, he ripped open his flesh and activated the rune-ball without hesitation.

Boom!