Chapter 136 (1/2)
Chapter 136: Disassembling the Stage in a Fake Fight, Disassembling the House in a Real One!
After the host announced the entrance of the challengers into the arena, the both of them walked into the suspended dome-like platform at the same time. Right after they walked in, the gate behind them closed and sealed shut.
Before the pair of contestants had arrived, the host had run towards a small door in the middle of the platform right after he had finished announcing their arrival.
Right after he went out the small door, it too sealed shut after him.
His comical exit made the audience below laugh aloud, all except for the regular audience who instead glanced at him with pity.
“The previous contestant that had escaped just a bit slower was scared half to insanity by one of the challenger’s pre-battle presence, which landed him in the hospital for a whole month,” explained someone to a first-time audience member.
The host was currently standing outside the dome-like platform; he was just floating, so it was obvious that this host was also quite a powerful Extraordinaire.
He continued hosting from the outside, “Alright, please wait, challengers. It is currently 3 pm, the battle time is eight hours, the battle will end at 11 pm. I will repeat the rules of the match.”
“One, according to the rules and regulations that were sent beforehand, if a challenger wants to admit defeat, they can either verbally admit it, raise both hands, or use any method as previously agreed upon with us. We will halt the match immediately.
“Two, may the absolute superior party avoid killing their opponent, as this will affect their future invitations. That is all, let the match begin!!”
At this moment, N’gun had long entered the arena and had already sheathed a yellowish-brown shell.
Once he heard the commencement of the match, he sat on the ground and pointed his baby finger at Vigilante A, who was directly opposite him, “Come on, come on! Show me how long you can last! Let’s see if you can break this natural armor!”
Hearing this, Vigilante A didn’t immediately attack but instead started floating upwards into mid-air.
The audience were on the edge of their seats, some even had their binoculars out as they looked upwards.
A “Dong” resounded throughout the already quiet arena before background music started playing near Vigilante A.
The audience members weren’t shocked at the background music, they were all excited instead.
The introduction video before the match had said that Vigilante A always brought his own BGM every time he made his entrance into a great battle…
As the background music started playing, Vigilante A’s magnetic and authoritative voice followed.
“You demon! You’ve only dabbled in cultivation yet you dare ignore a human’s life. You do not know your place and you act recklessly! Today, I will turn you into dust on this arena to serve as a warning to future evildoers!”
The host was stunned at the claim, he knew what had happened before the match: N’gun had barged into Vigilante A’s lounge to test out his opponent’s power, which was severely against the rules.
Sadly, they couldn’t lift a finger against a Grade A powerhouse, which meant there wasn’t much they could do. Although they’ve already isolated the lounges of the challengers, that didn’t mean that the challengers could bypass the isolation using various methods.
Unlike the host, the audience members down below turned even more enthusiastic upon hearing Vigilante A’s murderous words. They started cheering.
“Kill him!”
“Kill him!”
Right as Vigilante A’s words lulled to a halt, wisps of green vital energy emitted from behind him to fill half the suspended platform.
These wisps of vital energy weren’t going to form into a dragon. Instead, they formed into the shape of swords with the blades facing outwards and the hilt facing inwards. The numerous swords formed a circle; everything could be seen as clear as day even without the help of binoculars.
The vital energy swords were as sharp as can be. It wouldn’t even be possible to tell the difference between a real sword from afar.
The vital energy swords had an overpowering presence; if it wasn’t because of the fact that the dome-like platform was isolated from the outside, perhaps few would be able to look at the swords directly.
“Oh!!” The audience gasped aloud. They thought Vigilante A would turn into a flame dragon like in the introduction video, so that the battle would start off with flames devouring the platform.
However, Vigilante A was showing a never before seen skill; the overbearing scene was even more shocking that the ones seen in the introduction video.
To avoid any interruptions, the giant screens were muted right as the match began. All that was left was Chinese and English subtitles.
Any audience members that couldn’t understand what was going on would have to resort to looking at the giant screen.
“The Eastern Dragon God has used a sword technique. Let us welcome one of our special commentators, Mister Lim Yuqing, the 38th descendant of China’s Jade Sword Sect, to provide us with a commentary.”
A white-haired elderly man with a jade sword appeared on the giant screens, his face pulled into a smile.
His commentary started appearing on the screen as Chinese and English subtitles.
“Contestant N’gun is skilled at defense, he has a natural defensive ability, which is that yellowish-brown shell around his body. Don’t think that it’s a tacky color, everyone. Apparently he’s accepted an invitation from the American military to be examined. When he’s at full defense, a Tomahawk cruise missile equipped with an ordinary warhead only harms him slightly even if fired at point-blank range.”
“Huh??”
The audience were all in shock upon reading the subtitles; Tomahawk cruise missiles are famous and pack extreme destructive force, yet there existed someone that could face off against them with their bare body?
Sure enough, the dawn of a new era brought with it the destruction of all previous common sense.
“The Venerable Dragon God is in quite a pinch, he must think that his opponent’s shell is quite troublesome, which is probably why he’s decided to give up his previous battle skills in favor of vital energy swords that nobody has ever seen.
“This means that these vital energy swords must possess high offensive ability. The Jade Sword Sect are masters of swordsmanship and the history of our sect can be traced back to the Qin and Han dynasties 1 . These recent years, whoever that had managed to successfully cultivate vital energy swords had repeatedly displayed celestial prowess. Now that the Venerable Dragon God has decided to convert his vital energy into swords, it proves this point once again.”
This advertisement in the middle of the broadcast convinced a few rich elites to ask about this “Jade Sword Sect” after the match.
While Mister Lin was busy explaining, Vigilante A had already made his move.
The endless number of vital energy swords formed a circle and turned 90 degrees so that the blades were facing inwards this time. Like a thousand soldiers on horseback, they started flying towards the shell rapidly and all at once.
“Bang” went one of the fastest swords as it was the first one to hit the shell while the audience watched intently.
With a huff, the vital energy sword disappeared into thin air, causing the audience to sigh in disappointment.
Mister Lin spoke, “Do not be disappointed, everyone. This goes to prove that N’gun deserves his reputation, since a vital energy sword can’t possibly defeat him. But the Venerable Dragon God is experienced, so he’ll come up with a plan soon enough.”
As expected, the countless number of swords stopped flying towards N’gun.