Chapter 111 – The Rising Reputation (2/2)
“Ye Chen, you are a dead man walking!” Zhu Lieyang laughed evilly in his head, without showing it on his face.
The competition continued. But in the audience’s eyes, it had become plain and boring.
A little distance away, Song Fei looked towards Ye Chen, and said to Yi Qing, “It seems like only he can compete with Meng Chong this year.”
Yi Qing said, “With the help of his half-step sword intent, he is indeed very strong. However, if he wants to win against Meng Chong, it would still be quite hard. Of course, both of them have already reached the core disciple level, so, the top ten inner disciple ranking competition is not very important for them. After all, this is only between the disciples of Sky Cloud Martial School, there are still the top four martial institutions out there. And outside of Windy Nation, there might even be countless powerful martial institutions. So, you have to see the big picture, being strong now and here does not mean anything.”
Song Fei sighed, “Yes! The top of our generation in Windy Nation, Young Master Emerald is only 68th on the Hidden Dragon Ranking. And who knows how many more talented geniuses would appear in the rankings next year?”
The eighth round was soon finished.
There were only three people that won all their battles, they were Meng Chong, Tie Feng and Ye Chen.
There were five people who had not lost any battles.
The ninth round, the ninth battle.
The “Blood Shadow Blade” Meng Chong against the “Mad Man” Xiao Ye.
Xiao Ye laughed, “Meng Chong, this time, your no.1 position is shaking.”
“It is only half-step sword intent. On the true spirit continent, the warriors who have learnt the sword intent and blade intent are not the only ones that can rule the world. I, Meng Chong, do not need to learn the blade intent to win against anyone.” Meng Chong did not care at all whether Ye Chen had learned the sword intent or not. For him, only defeating every opponent he had ever encountered could make him improve his blade skill to his limits. And that was enough.
Finished speaking, Meng Chong released his aura.
“What a man… he completely ignored my trap.” Xiao Ye was planning to use Ye Chen to make him feel shaken, and distract him, he did not expect that Meng Chong would be so determined and even somehow motivated by it. But, Meng Chong was actually right, learning the sword intent was indeed a great way to become strong, but there were various other ways as well. And Ye Chen did not train for long after all, his cultivation level was still below them, so there was really no need to worry too much about him.
“So, let’s fight!”
Xiao Ye yelled, while he threw out a punch with the power of thunder.
“Break!” Meng Chong started to run. A long blade appeared out of nowhere, it shone with a bloody red blade light as the Qi flowed and attacked Xiao Lie.
Ting!
Xiao Lie was indeed last year’s third ranked inner disciple, he was great at fighting head-on. He threw out a punch, and shattered the blade light without any effort.
“The second blade attack!”
The bloody red blade light appeared once again, rushing to the air, dyeing the sky red.
Xiao Lie did not back out, he didn’t even move at all. Both of his hands drew a half circle, Qi flowed in front of his chest as he willed it, it clashed with the blade light.
Boom!
The shock waves spread in every direction. Xiao Lie backed out three steps, a little bit of blood came out of the corner of his mouth.
Off the stage, Ye Chen thought, “Xiao Lie is supposed to be more powerful than Li Kuang, but he could only barely block Meng Chong’s second blade attack. It seems like it would be pretty tricky to win against this Meng Chong.”
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Translated by : Sheryl
Edited by : Jaggerjakk, Orphire
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