Chapter 1168 - I Concede! (1/2)

Chapter 1168 - I Concede!

Wei Hen’s abnormal state did not last very long. It only went on for a few breaths before it was forced back to normal.

Yun Che shifted his gaze away, his brows furrowed. He could already predict that a huge incident would happen on today’s Conferred God Stage.

Honorable Qu Hui rose into the air. At the same time, a huge, invisible barrier enveloped the Conferred God Stage. This barrier was able to isolate power and prevent the fierce battle on the Conferred God Stage from spreading to the spectating seats. However, it would not isolate living beings; human bodies were able to freely come and go.

“Battle 1, Flame God Realm’s Huo Poyun, Shrouding Sky Realm’s Lu Lengchuan, enter the Conferred God Stage!”

Once Honorable Qu Hui’s voice landed, the two that had been called simultaneously landed atop the Conferred God Stage.

On the left was Huo Poyun from a middle star realm, with cultivation at the seventh level of the Divine Spirit Realm.

On the right was Lu Chenyuan. From an upper star realm… and the Shrouding Sky Realm which was one of the strongest upper star realms at that, with a cultivation at the eighth level of the Divine Spirit Realm.

It was obvious which side was superior in a single glance so the audience was full of relaxed expressions.

“The Conferred God Battle’s first round first match… begin!”

Immediately after Honorable Qu Hui’s shout, Huo Poyun’s body’s body flashed with firelight. A somewhat wide, three foot long dagger appeared within his grasp, its entire body scarlet red, like a soldering iron. Even without the injection of profound energy, it released a heat that would shock anyone.

This was the first time Yun Che had seen Huo Poyun’s weapon.

“The Flame God Devil Destroying Sword that originates from the Vermillion Bird, Phoenix, and Golden Crow Sects. Them giving it to Huo Poyun is not surprising,” Mu Bingyun said in a low voice.

However, Lu Chenyuan did not reveal his weapon, nor did he emit profound energy fluctuations. Instead of a cautious expression, he wore a tranquil smile and leisurely stated, “You may go first.”

In front of someone from a middle star realm, a profound practitioner from an upper star realm would either have a superior attitude, or a contemptuous one carved from habit. This was supplemented by the fact that even though two people were at the same cultivation level, the foundation of a middle star realm could never compare to an upper star realm.

Let alone the fact that Lu Chenyuan’s profound strength exceeded his opponent’s by a small realm.

If he were to make the first move, he felt that he would lose some face.

“Then I won’t hold back!”

Without another word, Huo Poyun took off like an arrow in flight, straight toward Lu Chenyuan… It was also at this instant that Yun Che muttered, “Brother Poyun has won.”

BANG!!!

Without any foreshadowing or condensation of profound energy, raging scarlet gold flames suddenly erupted, as though a huge sun had directly exploded atop the Conferred God Stage, instantly engulfing a huge majority of the stage. If it weren’t for the isolation barrier, perhaps even the northern seating area would have also been swallowed whole.

“Ah!?”

“W-what!?”

The Conferred God Stage broke out in cries of surprise. The instantaneous explosion of the blaze which gave no warning at all stunned the entire audience.

Even those big shots from various star realms were included within those numbers, let alone Lu Chenyuan. He still wore a relaxed smile when Huo Poyun was charging at him but in the next instant, his heart leapt. Before he had time to react, he was already deep within the sea of fire.

The Shrouding Sky bloodline cultivated earth attribute profound arts and had extremely strong defenses, which was why he was so calm. As long as Huo Poyun showed any fluctuations in profound energy, he could instantly protect himself. In order to win in a much more spectacular fashion, Lu Chenyuan was even scheming to allow his opponent three, or even five moves...

But once the firelight on Huo Poyun’s body flashed, all his plans had become jokes and went up in smoke.

In his astonishment, he moved in panic, intending to put up an earth barrier. However, it had yet to take shape, when it was burned into nothingness by the Golden Crow flames. By then, Huo Poyun had already arrived before him, eyes blazing. Following a wave of the Flame God Devil Destroying Sword, Golden Crow flames wildly exploded once more.

Burning Sun Rupture!

Red Purgatory Lotus!

Calamitous Flame Dance!

Star Scorching Brilliant Fire...

Boom boom boom boom boom boom!!

The might of the blazing profound energy was immense but the time in which profound energy burned like fire was much longer than the norm. This was especially so for the Golden Crow flames, the divine fire with the strongest combustive force. However, in Huo Poyun’s hands, though its power was enormous, he made the difficult to control Golden Crow flames resemble a flame shower as it wildly exploded, causing the spectators to doubt whether this power came from a single person. It felt as though this power came from the joint collaboration of tens of people.

“Uuua.... aaaghh…”

Lu Chenyuan was sent backwards from the explosions. From the moment he fell into a passive state, even defending himself was a difficult task, let alone making a counterattack. Raging flames burned on his body and his miserable cries continuously came out from within the sea of fire. While he was being cooked alive, both his willpower and conviction were quickly collapsing. However, the chance he was waiting for since the very start never appeared as the flames he was being bombarded with became all the more violent.

Until finally...

BOOOOM!!