Chapter 229 - 137: Senior Brother, You’re So Hard
A glint suddenly flashed in his eyes,
as if he had found an opportunity for victory.
In an instant, his fingers formed a seal.
"Ten Thousand Tribulations Burning Flame Technique!"
A vast expanse of the surrounding sky instantly transformed into a blazing Fire Domain.
Then, the boundless Fire Domain abruptly condensed into thousands upon thousands of terrifying fireballs.
The next moment, the tens of thousands of fireballs surged forward like a meteor shower searing through the heavens. Radiating a brilliant light, they blanketed the sky as they hurtled toward the thousands of sharp bamboo stalks!
"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!"
Countless fireballs and sharp bamboo stalks violently collided in mid-air, instantly creating a terrifying explosion. The vast expanse of space shattered like glass.
Terrifying shockwaves blasted out in all directions. Below, the massive arena, dozens of miles wide, buckled as if an earth dragon had turned over, and hideous cracks split across its surface.
In mid-air, the explosions from the tens of thousands of intertwining fireballs and sharp bamboo stalks produced an extremely brilliant light, as resplendent as fireworks!
Standing on one side of the arena, Pei Ye’s tattered long robes fluttered in the wind. His Spiritual Sense was fully extended, and his eyes were fixed ahead, not daring to be the least bit careless.
"Hm?!"
Suddenly, he felt a chilling sensation prickle his back, sharp as a needle.
Xiao Chen had appeared behind him at some unknown point.
A flicker of fire danced in Xiao Chen’s eyes, like a blazing sun, radiating an unprecedented light!
"It’s over!"
Xiao Chen clenched his fist, gathering the terrifying Void Celestial Radiance. Searing the sky like a volcano suppressing a mountain, he smashed it down toward Pei Ye’s back with an incredibly heavy and majestic force.
"What?!"
Pei Ye was utterly shocked.
’How did he evade my Spiritual Sense and get behind me?’
’Could it be that he was too fast for my Spiritual Sense to even react?’
’But how is that possible?!’
But the searing heat on his back, like the crushing pressure of a Ninth Layer volcano, gave him no time to think.
At that critical moment,
Pei Ye, relying on his lightning-fast reflexes, instantly condensed a vibrant green True Essence Light Shield around himself.
But how could this hastily formed True Essence Light Shield possibly withstand a punch that Xiao Chen had long been planning?
The very next instant,
BANG!
The terrifying, fiery fist, wreathed in the Purple Brilliance Void Celestial Flame, instantly slammed into the vibrant green True Essence Light Shield.
The surrounding void trembled violently, like a boundless tsunami!
And then,
CRACK! CRACKLE!
The moment the terrifyingly fiery fist struck, spiderweb-like cracks instantly spread across the pale green True Essence Light Shield.
Then, with a loud BANG,
it shattered completely!
The terrifying Fiery Flame Fist Seal then smashed into Pei Ye’s back with unstoppable Momentum!
At this moment, Pei Ye’s eyes were wide with shock.
"Fuck!
I got sneak-attacked!!"
He felt his back get hit by a monstrous force and a volcanic inferno.
It felt as if every bone in his back had shattered.
At the same time, an immense force washed over him.
His entire body shot backward like a cannonball, flying off the arena.
"BAM!"
He crashed hard onto the stone slabs below the arena.
The slabs instantly shattered, sending rubble flying in all directions as a cloud of dust filled the air!
*Phew!*
Standing high in the air, Xiao Chen looked down at Pei Ye in the man-shaped crater below the arena and let out a heavy sigh of relief.
By now, his body was covered in wounds. Razor-sharp sword gashes cut so deep that bone was visible, and blood gushed out, staining his robes the color of blood.
’Winning this battle was indeed a stroke of luck.’
’The moment the fiery fireballs and the thousands of sharp bamboo stalks collided,’
’I used a Secret Technique to conceal myself from Spiritual Sense,’
’then burst forth with speed beyond my limits.’
’And successfully took him out in one go!’
"Senior Brother Pei... Senior Brother Pei actually lost!"
"How... How is this possible!"
In the audience section, a disciple stared with wide eyes, speaking in utter disbelief.
"So strong, he’s just so strong!"
"Senior Brother Xiao is a model for us all!"
a disciple couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration.
At this moment, on the high platform,
a middle-aged man in a Daoist Robe, shrouded in a faint misty glow and exuding a terrifyingly powerful Dao Rhythm, gave a slight nod.
"To have such strength at such a young age,"
"and he possesses three types of Spiritual Fire."
"It seems this child is blessed with great fortune!"
Another man, dressed in white with sharp brows and starry eyes, whose Dao Rhythm was Wushuang, also praised him.
"It seems our Sect is truly producing a generation of geniuses, each stronger than the last!"
Meanwhile, the majestic-looking middle-aged man in the center, who radiated an even more terrifying Dao Rhythm, had a flash of joy in his eyes that quickly turned to worry, a complex expression on his face.
’So many geniuses are emerging.’
’Is this our Sect’s final, fleeting blaze of glory,’
’or is a great calamity about to befall us...’
The majestic middle-aged man’s thoughts ran deeper than the others.
The enemies the Profound Celestial Sect faced were far, far more powerful than anyone imagined.
’If they were to descend upon the Celestial Essence Realm, I fear...’
He looked up slightly, his profound gaze seeming to pierce through everything, penetrating the many layers of the sky to reach Outside Celestial Essence Realm, to the boundless, starry cosmos.
...
In the distance, Gu Yun watched Xiao Chen’s victory without much surprise.
It was both unexpected and perfectly reasonable.
’For the Mandate of Heaven of this world,’
’to cross more than a full Realm and win against a higher-level opponent doesn’t seem too hard to accept.’
Then, he sat down cross-legged again.
The surroundings were bustling with noise.
’But my heart remains clear and calm.’
Gu Yun adjusted his condition to its peak,
to prepare for the upcoming second round of the competition.
「Five days later.」
It was finally his turn to take the stage.
...
"Greetings, Senior Brother Gu."
"I hope Senior Brother Gu will be merciful."
On the vast, sprawling arena, a hundred li in circumference,
stood He Yuan, across from Gu Yun. He was seven chi tall, with a silver crown holding back his hair. He wore a white python-patterned jacket with tapered sleeves and a jade belt of green and red. His handsome face was respectful as he cupped his fist toward Gu Yun.