Chapter 1045: Wild Gale Saber Demon (1/2)

Yue Zhengyu and Xu Xiaoyan were also watching this match, and both of them wore resigned expressions on their faces.

”Sigh, why did Xinglan have to come up against him in the first elimination round? This is downright rotten luck,” Xu Xiaoyan sighed.

Yue Zhengyu said, ”This may not be a bad thing; all of us always improve more significantly when battling powerful opponents, so even if Xinglan loses here, she should benefit immensely from this match. Old Man Sima is still too powerful for us at this point. He should've become a three-word battle armor master a long time ago, but he has such a bad reputation and so little money that he's still stuck with a suit of two-word battle armor. Who would've thought that would be a blessing in disguise and allow him to become one of the hot favorites in this competition?”

Saber Demon Sima Jinchi was the commander of the Southern Legion's Wild Gale Division, and he was also a senior colonel. In the Southern Legion, he had the nickname of Wild Gale Saber Demon, and he was constantly picking fights with everyone. Aside from the handful of most powerful beings in the legion, no one was a match for him. Even all of the eight-ring three-word battle armor masters in the legion were no match for him.

He was 42 years of age, and was addicted to honing his saber skills. His greatest hobby was to challenge other people to fights. He was convinced to join the Southern Legion by the legion commander, who was also Yue Zhengyu's grandfather, and he was constantly challenging the powerful beings within the legion. Furthermore, he fought in an extremely wild and aggressive manner, which often led to him hurting his sparring partners, so he was the kind of person that everyone tried to avoid.

He was the only one in the entire legion who dared to challenge the legion commander, and he lost every single battle, which was why he was truly respectful of Yue Zhengyu's grandfather. Otherwise, who would be able to keep him in the military with his personality?

The Wild Gale Division was the most powerful division of the Southern Legion. It was a mecha division, but what was quite comical was that its commander, Sima Jinchi, had no idea how to pilot a mecha himself. Instead, he dominated with nothing more than his Dragonslaying Saber and suit of two-word battle armor.

Yue Zhengyu's grandfather had always been intentionally holding him back instead of supporting him so he could become a three-word battle armor master, and he was doing this so Sima Jinchi could build up a stronger foundation. He had once said that if Sima Jinchi could become a Titled Douluo, then he'd definitely be one of the most powerful Titled Douluos in the entire world, and if he could become a Hyper Douluo, then he could even be powerful enough to pose a challenge to a Limit Douluo.In the future, he was definitely going to be the brightest star of the Southern Legion. It was just a pity that his leadership skills were quite lackl.u.s.ter, so he couldn't be entrusted with any higher military ranks.

This was why he still hadn't become a general despite his immense power.

Yue Zhengyu's grandfather had promised to forge him a suit of three-word battle armor if he could become the champion of this competition, and he'd have to exchange for that suit of battle armor with the awards he received as champion.

As such, he emerged as number one in their group, and Yue Zhengyu could only strive for number two, but unfortunately he fell at the final hurdle, losing to Phantom King.

When Yue Zhengyu and Xu Xiaoyan had first joined the Southern Legion, Sima Jinchi hadn't thought much of him. However, their friendship was forged through battle as Yue Zhengyu was able to last 10 minutes against him in a battle. This completely changed Sima Jinchi's opinion of him, but it was exactly because he'd fought Sima Jinchi that Yue Zhengyu knew just how fearsome this man was.

He was only a Soul Douluo, but his actual combat prowess exceeded that of most Titled Douluos.

The odds being offered for him becoming the final champion were only 1:2, placing him even above Tang Wulin as the one with the second-highest odds, and he was second only to someone who was even more insane.

As such, Ye Xinglan was extremely unlucky to have encountered Wild Gale Saber Demon Sima Jinchi in the first elimination round, but no one could do anything about that.

Sima Jinchi's massive Dragonslaying Saber was resting on his shoulder, and there was a hint of surprise in his heart as he appraised the young woman before him. From her blood essence fluctuations, he could sense that Ye Xinglan was quite young, but her Stargod Sword had been quite troublesome for him to deal with. In fact, it could even be said that her sword had posed a threat to him. Such an opponent was not very common for him!

Ye Xinglan was panting slightly, but that wasn't from exertion. Instead, she was being struck by a sense of asphyxiation in the face of her opponent's immense powers.

He was too powerful; his saber techniques and saber intent were both superior to hers. In reality, Sima Jinchi had only attacked three times with his saber during the course of the battle thus far, yet each and every attack had posed a massive threat to her.

Ye Xinglan took a deep breath to calm her own churning blood essence, and a determined look appeared on her face. Her eyes narrowed slightly, and specks of starlight appeared around her. Even her battle armor was glowing, and it was as if countless specks of starlight were emerging from her body, radiating the most dazzling light in the process.

Ye Xinglan's sixth soul ring finally lit up, and immediately thereafter, she closed her eyes while gripping onto the hilt of her Stargod Sword with both hands.

Sima Jinchi raised an eyebrow slightly, and he was surprised to discover that his opponent's aura had changed. This was an indescribable feeling akin to the feeling that he'd been struck by back when he had made a certain breakthrough in his saber intent. This was a feeling of evolution and being elevated to a higher level, except on this occasion, it was his opponent who was undergoing this evolution.