Chapter 253 - 250: A 3-Year Promise
"Fu Juechen lost."
Seeing Fu Juechen’s performance, everyone knew the battle had already been decided. Having narrowly escaped death, Fu Juechen had lost his will to fight. Even though he had not yet left the arena, the outcome of the fight was no longer in question.
In the end, several guards helped Fu Juechen off the stage. He appeared forlorn and disoriented, as if his soul had been absorbed by Ye Xuan’s sword.
Ye Xuan glanced at Fu Juechen and shook his head. He knew that the sword strike he had delivered would likely leave a significant scar on the man. If Fu Juechen could not overcome this trauma, he would undoubtedly fall into a trough in his life and his cultivation might suffer. If he could not break free, he might well become a mediocre talent and sink into obscurity.
If, on the other hand, Fu Juechen managed to emerge from his dark shadow, his mindset might even breakthrough as a result. But this was undoubtedly difficult; the competition among geniuses was always brutal. Those who couldn’t withstand such pressure were ultimately eliminated.
Twenty consecutive victories!
The audience seating was now in an uproar—Ye Xuan had defeated Fu Juechen! By achieving twenty consecutive victories, he would also replace the latter as the twenty-seventh ranked on the Battle List—an explosive and shocking piece of news.
Afterward, the referee handed over a twenty-victory token and a reward of one hundred thousand Xuanyuan Pills to Ye Xuan.
"Congratulations on ranking twenty-seventh on the Battle List. I hope you continue to strive for an even higher position," the referee congratulated Ye Xuan.
Ye Xuan accepted the token and reward. To him, the token wasn’t particularly useful. He wouldn’t hang the twenty-victory token at his waist and flaunt it like some adolescent, attracting endless challenges and trouble. He would keep the token as a memento; as for striving further, that would depend on his mood. After the fight with Fu Juechen, Ye Xuan could roughly predict the strength of more highly-ranked masters on the Battle List.
If he were to truly attempt an all-out challenge for the Battle List, he would certainly rank higher than twenty-seventh, but breaking into the top ten or even the top fifteen would be difficult. His current priority should be to focus on cultivation, improve his cultivation level, and enhance his strength—not to chase rankings.