Heaven-Surpassing Divine Emperor

You want a fight? Then I’ll fight!

Those six simple words left everyone in the hall stunned.

After all...

The top ten experts on the Human Venerable List were in a league of their own.

These top ten experts!

Every one of them was a peerless, monstrous genius.

To claim a spot in the top ten, one had to have slain an expert at the Second Stage of the Human King Realm at the very minimum!

As for Gai Shi and Long Jingyun, who ranked first and second on the Human Venerable List, the two of them had even slain masters at the Third Stage of the Human King Realm.

They could even escape with their lives when facing a Fourth Stage Human King Realm expert!

Although they had also heard of Jiang Chen’s brilliant achievements, of the three Human Kings he had killed, the strongest was merely at the Peak of the First Stage of the Human King Realm.

In the Human King Realm, the gap between every Small Realm was like the difference between heaven and earth!

When Zhuo Bufan presented those two conditions, everyone subconsciously thought Jiang Chen would choose the first. After all, what were reputation, face, and cultivation worth in the face of death?

However...

What no one expected was that Jiang Chen would actually choose to fight Zhuo Bufan!

Even Zhuo Bufan himself hadn’t anticipated this. He immediately burst into laughter. "Good, good, good! I thought you’d beg me to spare you, but I didn’t expect you to have such guts. Not bad, not bad at all. I, Zhuo Bufan, most admire people with backbone. Don’t worry, I won’t kill you. I’ll just cripple your cultivation, take you back to the Six Mountains Dynasty, and raise you like a guard dog! Hahaha..."

As he was speaking, Zhuo Bufan’s figure slowly turned transparent.

It was just an afterimage!

"What? An afterimage can last that long?"

"As expected of a top ten expert on the Human Venerable List! Just how fast must Zhuo Bufan be!"

"At that speed, I’m afraid Jiang Chen won’t even be able to find Zhuo Bufan. He’s sure to lose this fight!"

Zhuo Bufan’s astonishing speed caused a wave of exclamations.

In a corner of the crowd.

Long Jingyun, clad in Golden Armor, looked at Gai Shi beside him and said nonchalantly, "Gai Shi, you got a step ahead of me in the Icebound Corridor earlier. Interested in another bet?"

"Bet on what?"

Gai Shi glanced at him.

"Let’s bet on which of them will have the last laugh!" Long Jingyun said.

Gai Shi said flatly, "Not interested!"

Long Jingyun chuckled. "You’re afraid of losing, aren’t you?"

HUMPH!

Gai Shi snorted coldly. "Don’t try to goad me... From every angle, it seems Zhuo Bufan has the upper hand. But that Jiang Chen gives me a strange feeling. I can’t seem to see through him. I think in this fight, Jiang Chen is more likely to come out on top!"

"Jiang Chen?"

Long Jingyun was stunned for a moment, then sneered. "I heard he defeated Zhang Ruhai in one move. He does have some skill. However, based on my observation, he’s at best ranked somewhere between fifteenth and twentieth on the Human Venerable List. He’s absolutely no match for Zhuo Bufan. You’re guaranteed to lose this bet!"

"It’s not over until it’s over. No one knows who the victor will be!" Gai Shi said coolly.

Long Jingyun smiled coldly. "Then let’s wait and see!"

***

Zhuo Bufan’s afterimage finally vanished.

Jiang Chen’s eyes were half-closed as he scanned his surroundings, but he still couldn’t find any trace of Zhuo Bufan.

Jiang Chen couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow. ’What a peculiar Body Technique. He’s practically hidden within space itself.’

He slowly exhaled.

As his eyes blinked open, a cyan-gold light flowed within them.

’The Eyes of the Heavens can see through to the very essence!’

His cyan-gold gaze swept across the surroundings.

His figure suddenly moved, leaving a string of afterimages behind him as he threw a punch through the air. "Azure Dragon Emerges from the Sea!"

ROAR!

Surging True Essence erupted from his body, forming a spiral of energy that began at his shoulder. It coiled around his entire arm and shot forward, transforming into a blue Azure Dragon Fist Shadow.

It opened its cavernous mouth!

HISS...

The punch struck empty air.

Jiang Chen felt as if he had punched a wad of cotton. He stumbled, lurching forward.

"Jiang Chen, is that all you’ve got?!"

Zhuo Bufan’s mocking voice came from behind. His figure materialized; he had seen Jiang Chen’s blunder and was launching a sneak attack from behind!

"Not good!"

The expressions of Zifeng Jun and the others all changed.

In the corner...

Long Jingyun shook his head and pursed his lips. "Too weak. Gai Shi, you’ve lost!"

"Are you sure?"

Gai Shi’s gaze, however, was fixed on Jiang Chen, a flicker of interest in his eyes.

"Hmm?"

Long Jingyun froze and looked toward Jiang Chen.

His expression changed drastically.

Just as Zhuo Bufan’s sharp sneak attack was about to land, Jiang Chen, who had seemingly lost his balance, suddenly spun around. He went from having his back to Zhuo Bufan to facing him head-on. The corner of Jiang Chen’s mouth lifted into a playful smile. "Sorry, you fell for it!"

"What? You exposed an opening on purpose? Not good..."

Zhuo Bufan’s face fell.

He had thought victory was assured and had put his all into this sneak attack.

Now, it was too late to pull back.

A cold glint flashed in his eyes. Zhuo Bufan sneered, his face twisting into a ferocious expression. "So what if you saw through it? You’re still going to die by my hand!"

A sharp dagger appeared in his palm!

The dagger glinted with a dark, cold light.

It was a dagger coated in a deadly poison!

Jiang Chen tapped the ground with his toes, fell backward, and slid back with his body almost flat against the floor.

He let Zhuo Bufan’s strike graze past his chest. Jiang Chen then slammed his hands onto the ground, simultaneously coiling his legs like a spring compressed to its limit, before suddenly shooting them out.

BANG!

Both feet slammed into Zhuo Bufan’s abdomen.

Jiang Chen’s current strength was enough to level a city of one hundred thousand with a single punch. As his legs kicked out, they instantly whipped up a gale, followed by a thunderous BOOM.

Zhuo Bufan was sent flying by the brutal kick.

WAAH...

Zhuo Bufan’s back arched as he shot upward like an arrow loosed from a bow.

With a dull THUD, he smashed into the ceiling of the Ice Hall.

Shards of ice exploded outward.

Jiang Chen had already shot after him, stopping at the same height as Zhuo Bufan. He began to spin like a top.

A whip kick SWISHED through the air.

Like a Divine Dragon Tail Swing!

BANG!

The kick landed squarely on Zhuo Bufan’s face.

WAAH...

Zhuo Bufan cried out in pain, spitting a mouthful of blood as he plummeted headfirst toward the ground.

BOOM!

The sound was immense, enough to make one’s scalp tingle.

The entire Ice Hall trembled. The ground shattered, sending shards of ice flying into the air.

The floor was covered in cracks.

Zhuo Bufan’s body lay in the crater on the floor, while Jiang Chen hovered in the air, his expression proud, like a Supreme War God.

Within the Ice Hall...

Everyone was dumbfounded, shocked beyond words!