dognovel Chapter 453, Move 1
Chapter 453, Move 1
The lottery results were announced soon.
Yun Chen's gaze swept over the match list on the jade wall, his eyes narrowed slightly, and a barely perceptible smile appeared on his lips.
His first opponent was none other than Lu Beiyou from the Jade Void Palace.
"It's true that enemies are on the same road!"
Yun Chen looked towards Lu Beiyou in the distance and found that he was also looking at him.
However, he didn't look well.
Yun Chen didn't care about this. He smiled and turned to look at Zhao Xiruo.
"Ruoruo, who is your opponent?"
“It’s someone from the Chaoyin Pavilion, named Leng Yu, late-stage Golden Core cultivator.” Zhao Xiruo’s expression was solemn, and it was clear that she was under pressure.
After all, this is now a competition for the top 32, and those who have made it this far are almost all geniuses from various sects, unlike before.
If she hadn't broken through to the Golden Core stage earlier, she probably wouldn't have even made it this far.
"Relax. You've done a great job getting this far. Just give it your all." Yun Chen squeezed her small hand and gave her an encouraging look.
Zhao Xiruo nodded solemnly: "I will."
Having followed Yun Chen all the way to this point, she will never admit defeat.
Moreover, given her personality, she wouldn't admit defeat.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to lead the Zhao Group to such a position.
"Contestants who have drawn lots, please come to the stage!"
At this moment, the voice of the elder on the high platform suddenly rang out.
There are now sixteen arenas set up on the field, with two people fighting each other, so all of them can go up on the stage.
This arrangement is also to save time.
However, since Lin Wan'er was not there, some people had no opponents and could easily get three points without having to fight.
And this person, coincidentally, turned out to be Liu Yanran.
"Good luck, junior brother!"
With no opponent, Liu Yanran was happy to have some peace and quiet, so she just watched from the sidelines.
Yun Chen rolled his eyes at her expression, glanced back at Zhao Xiruo, nodded, and then lightly stepped down onto the huge martial arts stage like a feather.
Seeing Yun Chen step onto the stage, Zhao Xiruo also turned around, leaped up, and walked to her own arena.
The ring numbers are already marked on the sign-in sheet.
On the other side, Lu Beiyou watched Yun Chen go up on stage, and then he also jumped onto the stage with a gloomy expression.
He had just witnessed Yun Chen casually injure Yuwen Tingxuan, and his heart was already filled with fear.
But under the watchful eyes of everyone, especially after seeing Zhao Xiruo's intimate behavior with him just now, an extreme sense of jealousy and resentment overwhelmed him.
"Yun Chen, you are not worthy of Miss Zhao. Today I will defeat you and show her who is the man she can truly entrust her life to."
Lu Beiyou roared, his voice stern but his heart filled with fear.
Then, he took the lead and drew a long sword that shimmered with green light. The sword trembled and hummed, carrying a chilling aura as it pierced towards Yun Chen.
"As expected, people who are love-struck are idiots!"
Yun Chen couldn't help but roll his eyes.
He didn't even bother to draw his weapon, simply flicking his sleeve casually.
An invisible force, arriving late but arriving early, struck Lu Beiyou's sword precisely on the spine, like a surging undercurrent.
"clang!"
Lu Beiyou felt an irresistible force coming at him, his tiger's mouth instantly split open, and his long sword flew out of his hand.
He was thrown off the ground by the aftershock of the energy, tumbling several times in the air before crashing heavily onto the edge of the arena. He spat out a mouthful of blood, struggled a few times, but was unable to get up immediately.
"How...can you be so strong?"
Lu Beiyou looked at Yun Chen in astonishment, his eyes filled with disbelief.
He considered himself a genius of the Jade Void Palace, and his cultivation at the peak of the late Golden Core stage was already among the best of his generation. Yet, in front of his opponent, he couldn't even withstand a single move.
Yun Chen looked down at him with indifferent eyes, as if looking at an ant: "It's not that I'm too strong, it's that you're too weak. A frog in a well, daring to covet the bright moon?"
His voice wasn't loud, but it carried clearly throughout the entire arena area, exuding an undeniable authority.
Upon hearing this, Lu Beiyou's face instantly turned blood red. Overwhelmed with shame and indignation, he spat out another mouthful of blood and fainted completely.
"In Arena Number One, Yun Chen of the Divine Thunder Palace wins!"
The elder referee immediately announced the result.
The audience erupted in uproar.
one move!
With just a flick of his sleeve, Lu Beiyou, the personal disciple of the Jade Void Palace's leader, was defeated.
Although everyone expected Yun Chen to win, no one anticipated such a decisive and swift victory, which could even be described as a complete rout.
Are there really such big differences between people who are both Golden Core cultivators?
Yuwen Tingxuan also noticed the situation and his heart skipped a beat.
He was almost injured by his opponent's attack.
He hadn't expected that Yun Chen could defeat Lu Beiyou in a single move.
Although he could do it, it wouldn't be as easy or casual as it seems.
"This kid... seems to have some real skill."
He was muttering to himself when he saw a flash of sword light.
"You dare to get distracted while playing against me? That's outrageous!"
A voice suddenly sounded.
Yuwen Tingxuan snapped back to reality, his pupils contracted slightly, and he quickly focused his mind on the battle.
Yun Chen paid no attention to any of this. After being declared the winner, his gaze immediately turned to the arena where Zhao Xiruo was.
He was somewhat worried because the people of Chaoyin Pavilion were not to be underestimated.
However, his worries were obviously unnecessary.
Following his gaze, he saw Zhao Xiruo and Leng Yu from Chaoyin Pavilion locked in a fierce and evenly matched battle.
Although Leng Yu's ice-based magic was quite exquisite, it exuded a chilling aura and constantly condensed into ice cones and ice walls for offense and defense.
However, Zhao Xiruo was no less capable. Her innate Dao body had an extremely high affinity for the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and her movements were agile. She was always able to narrowly avoid attacks, while at the same time counterattacking with pure spiritual energy, and for a time she was not at a disadvantage.
Yun Chen nodded slightly. Ruoruo had indeed made great progress, and her combat awareness had also improved considerably.
Most importantly, he did not expect that Ruoruo's strength would also increase significantly after breaking through to the Golden Core stage.
With only a difference in cultivation level, she might not have lasted a single breath against Leng Yu before, but now she's actually fighting back and forth.
"Yun Chen, Junior Sister's strength has improved way too fast!"
Liu Yanran had somehow gotten close to Yun Chen, and looking at Zhao Xiruo on the arena, she said with admiration, "Truly worthy of having an innate Dao physique!"
Yun Chen smiled, his gaze still fixed on Zhao Xiruo's figure: "It's all thanks to her own hard work."
He knew that Zhao Xiruo possessed a stubbornness and competitiveness that rivaled anyone else's.
At this moment, Shen Nan also finished his battle and came over, where he also won easily.
Seeing Zhao Xiruo's performance, he couldn't help but sigh, "Junior Sister's rate of progress is truly ashamed. Given time, she will probably surpass us all."
"That's a good thing," Yun Chen said calmly, a hint of pride in his voice.
On the stage, Zhao Xiruo seemed to sense something. In the brief moment of dodging an ice spike, she quickly glanced in Yun Chen's direction. Meeting his smiling gaze, she felt reassured and her attacks became even more fierce.
She formed a hand seal, her body surging with spiritual energy. A blazing fire lotus materialized out of thin air, carrying the aura of burning everything, and crashed into the layers of ice walls laid out by Leng Yu!