71 Interesting laws one after another. (1/2)

Since all the first battles were random, some of the contestants got lucky and faced enemies far weaker than them, while others had terrible luck and faced enemies they had no chance of beating. But complaints were useless, they could only blame their own bad luck, surrendering before their battles even began.

Li Yang was not the only person who finished his battle in one hit, but he was the only one who left a young beauty vomiting on the ground, so by the time the first day ended, he had been the only one who had gotten booed at. Li Yang had taken part in another three battles during the first day, but none of his enemies had reached a level of strength where he had to exert much strength to beat them.

Even after the day ended, there was no one that left the plaza. The contestants and judges were cultivators, so going 10 days without food, sleep, or drinks was not much of a problem for them. As for the normal mortals in the audience, they could buy food or drinks from the various peddlers that wandered around the area. It was a bit tougher for them to go without sleep, but most simply chose to sleep in their seats, rather than miss the spectacle.

The second day was more exciting than the first day, as the battles would only get tougher and more exciting the more days passed. It was also during the second day that they started fully using the inner arena, showcasing all those that had a chance at reaching the top 10.

During the second day, Li Yang only fought in two battles, both of which he finished in 10 moves or less, giving him plenty of time to observe the other contestants as well as the judges. Thanks to his observation, he managed to notice a few things that he found somewhat interesting.

The first thing was that the number of contestants had increased by a little, almost 50 new people sneaking in, unnoticed by the audience. These newcomers all had one thing in common, and that was the fact that they were hiding their actual strength. His current strength was still low, so he was unable to properly see through the technique they used to hide their cultivation. But from what little he could see, he guessed that they were all at around the Immortal Rebirth realm, quite a bit stronger than any of the other contestants.

Of course, since Li Yang was able to see through the fact that they were hiding their cultivation, the judges were clearly also able to do the same. But none of the judges spoke up about the newcomers, even keeping a closer eye on the fights that the newcomers were taking part in. Their inaction caused Li Yang to hazard a guess that these newcomers were probably members of the clans and sects who had been chosen to take part in this contest, making it easier for the clans and sects to accurately judge the strength of the contestants they were interested in.

Another interesting thing he had found was that there were quite a few people here who used some very interesting laws. There was one contestant that used the law of blood to force his opponents to mimic his own movements, one that used the laws of sound to disturb his opponent's brain, and even one that used a rudimentary version of the laws of motion, changing the directions of the attacks that were launched at her.

But even among the interesting laws he observed, there was one that stood above them all, the law that one of his two opponents had used. Not only did the opponent move strangely fast, at times he would make Li Yang's movements slow down so that he could land his attacks easier. At first, Li Yang thought that he was using the laws of speed to alter the speed of the two, but after exchanging a few moves, he discovered the truth.

It was the laws of time! A teenager from some small village was able to use a basic form of the laws of time, speeding up time around his fist, or slowing down time around Li Yang. The law of time was one of the peak laws, only below his own law of destruction or Fang Ying's law of creation, to be born with an affinity for this law meant that the villager had excellent luck.

Li Yang still managed to easily beat the opponent, but just as he guessed, once the third day of the contest rolled around, the kid was no longer participating. It was not hard to guess that the sects had also figured out his laws, starting a small battle over who would get to take the kid in.

But Li Yang was able to perfectly understand their actions. Even when he was at his peak and wandered the universe, he had only ever known five people who used the laws of time, each of them horrifyingly strong. Of those five, Dai Shu was a friend of his, the second and third were people he had only met shortly, while the fourth and fifth had both been killed by him after what could only be described as an apocalyptic battle that he only managed to survive since he was supported by Fang Ying and the others.

During the third day of the contest, Li Yang fought six battles, winning four and pretending to lose the other two. The opponents he faced in those two battles both had a cultivation that had reached the early stage of the Ascending Heaven realm, the Ascending Foundation stage. While it was possible for Li Yang to beat them, it would require that he show off his fusion with Jinwu and Shenlong, something he had no intention of doing.

For a brief period, he had thought about activating the Burning Hope technique taught to him by Jing Yimu, checking if it would give him enough strength to beat the two. But in the end, he decided that there was no point in doing that, so he just pretended to put up a good fight before surrendering.

The fourth and fifth day passed in a very similar fashion, with Li Yang losing a few fights and winning the rest. When the sixth day rolled around, Li Yang noticed that the girl who used the laws of motion had stopped participating, so he guessed that she had been sneakily snapped up by one of the sects or clans.

It was halfway through the seventh day of the competition that a change finally happened in the usual pattern. His token lit up with the number 1, meaning that he had been called onto the central stage. And not only had he been called onto the central stage, but his opponent was also one of the newcomers that he guessed were used to gauge the actual strength of the contestants.

The opponent he was facing this time was another girl that could only be described as an enchanting beauty. She had cyan hair that was tied into a neat ponytail, an oval and cute face, smooth and unblemished skin, and crystal clear black eyes. She was clad in a loose robe that was deep blue in color. When the two stepped onto the stage, the girl ignored the loud cheers that were calling her name, cupping her hands and giving Li Yang a polite greeting.

”Qing Luoyang. please be careful once the battle starts.”

Qing Luoyang had hidden her cultivation so that it looked like she had only reached the late stage of the Xiantian Rune realm, a point where it was unlikely that her opponents would immediately surrender. Li Yang had beaten a few such people during the contest so far, so the audience was expecting to see a nice battle. Of course, there were also quite a few that remembered his actions against Jia Xinyue during the first day, so they quickly booed him, yelling at him not to do the same to Qing Luoyang. Li Yang could only ignore the crowd, returning a polite greeting.