26 Fourth rank of the Martial Path (1/2)

After winning one hundred matches, Zhao Feng’s popularity had reached its peak.

“Zhao Feng! Zhao Feng…” The crowd cheered. Zhao Feng’s rise caused many youths to worship him.

He had finally become the top outer disciple. The crowd gave way where Zhao Feng passed. Even Zhao Kun lowered his head.

“When did you provoke such a genius?” Zhao Gan looked queerly at his brother.

_How would I know he would become so strong…_ Zhao Kun had the urge to cry.

As Zhao Feng slowly walked, his eyes scanned around.

At a certain point, he saw a girl clothed in white.

Zhao Xue bit her teeth and didn’t have the courage to look Zhao Feng in the eye. Zhao Feng shook his head. Ever since they had entered the Zhao sect they had walked different paths.

He didn’t feel anything, all he wanted to do was reach the ninth rank of the Martial Path, maybe even the Holy martial rank, and then travel throughout the continent.

The ranking contest had reached the late stages, and first place was already confirmed. That was because no one else apart from Zhao Feng had won all their matches.

Soon, the final ranks were decided.

First place: Zhao Feng

Second place: Zhao Yufei

Third place: Zhao Yue

Fourth place: Zhao Gan

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Only at the ninth rank did Zhao Yijian’s name pop up. This was because Zhao Yijian had been seriously injured when facing Zhao Feng, meaning that he could not participate later on.

“First place!” Zhao Feng was slightly excited.

Two months ago, he had to pray that he could enter the tournament. As for first place, he had never even thought about it. This was all thanks to the mysterious eye.

Zhao Feng took a deep breath as he entered the dimension within his eye. The mysterious green glow inside kept spinning in circles. The glow had now extended from 1.25 meters to almost 1.33 meters.

Zhao Feng knew that as the green glow extended, the power of his left eye would increase.

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_In a corner in the Sky Martial Field..._

“There are a few talented outer disciples this year. Especially Zhao Feng and Zhao Yufei, they have the potential to catch up Zhao Linlong.” The one who spoke was a calm, beautiful girl. It was Zhao Qin, the fourth strongest inner disciple.

“Hehe, it’s just small fights, nothing serious.” The casual voice came from a black-robed youth next to her.

The black-robed youth stood shoulder to shoulder next to Zhao Qin and lazily glanced towards the Sky Martial Field’s outer disciples.

_I feel that Zhao Feng is not simple. When he first hid his Inner Strength, even I could not see it. Also, his speed skill can even be ranked top three within the inner disciples,_ Zhao Qin thought.

“Do you think they can threaten us? I only have one opponent and that is Zhao Linlong!” the black-robed youth said.

“Zhao Chi, do not be overly arrogant. I have heard that Zhao Han, who is ranked third, has been in seclusion for the last couple of months,” Zhao Qin smiled.

“Zhao Han? I think that he has a cousin called Zhao Yijian, no?” The black-robed youth looked playfully towards Zhao Feng.

Zhao Feng felt something and glanced over in a certain direction. In that corner stood one quiet girl and one lazy black-robed youth. The quiet girl Zhao Feng knew. It was Zhao Qin. As for the black-robed youth…

“Oh my god! It is Zhao Chi!”

“Zhao Chi! Second place of the inner disciples, right behind Zhao Linlong!” the crowd screamed.

Even some of the inner disciples showed fear as they looked towards Zhao Chi.

Zhao Feng and Zhao Chi’s eyes crossed.

The moment Zhao Feng met Zhao Chi’s eyes, he felt an unbearable pressure. Especially when his left eye locked onto Zhao Chi, he got the feeling that he was unbeatable.

Zhao Chi was neither fat nor slim, but the Inner Strength in him was spread evenly to each and every muscle.

_Peak of the fourth rank! His strength is probably even stronger than Zhao Qin!,_ Zhao Feng accurately analyzed his strength.

“I heard that when Zhao Chi was a half-step martial artist he beat a true martial artist. I did not think that he would show up to the outer disciple tournament.”

From Zhao Qin’s reaction, it was obvious that she thought Zhao Feng was very important. As for Zhao Chi, he placed more importance on Zhao Yufei.

Zhao Feng knew that, although he was the top outer disciple, there was still a huge gap between him and the inner disciples.

Apparently, every inner disciple had watched the outer disciples tournament at one point.