Wang Dachui! After the people from Destroying Heaven Hall appeared, they demanded that all the young Martial Artists present compete. The victor could then fight side by side with the young elites of Destroying Heaven Hall and enter the "Sky Tomb." He was the first one to stand up and fight Feng Hanzi!
Only, what no one expected was that Wang Dachui, whose cultivation was only at the Early-stage Martial Saint, actually fought Feng Hanzi for nearly an hour, and only suffered a few minor injuries while still having very powerful combat strength. This really surprised everyone a bit. After all, although Feng Hanzi of the Divine Wind Sect was arrogant to the extreme and wildly overbearing, his own strength was also terrifyingly strong—that much couldn’t be denied. Especially when he’d just arrived and started shouting, with a single wave of his hand he annihilated a young Martial Saint Early Stage expert, truly shocking everyone!
Yet Wang Dachui, despite also only having an Early-stage Martial Saint cultivation realm, was able to battle Feng Hanzi without falling into disadvantage. This naturally left people stunned, and made them look at Wang Dachui with newfound respect!
Ye Tianchen saw the underlying reason. The only reason Wang Dachui could clash with Feng Hanzi head-on and fight him to a draw was because the iron hammer Treasure in Wang Dachui’s hand was extraordinary. If Ye Tianchen’s judgment wasn’t wrong, that iron hammer Treasure in Wang Dachui’s hand should be Saint Level. Otherwise it would be impossible for it to block Feng Hanzi’s Power of Slaughter every time, impossible for it to prevent the divine power within Feng Hanzi’s iron fan from harming him each time!
However, Wang Dachui’s own cultivation realm was indeed weaker than Feng Hanzi’s. And even though Feng Hanzi was insanely arrogant, he was truly powerful as well. Wang Dachui was blasted flying, suffering a few minor injuries. Just as he was about to charge over again to fight Feng Hanzi, the old geezer from Destroying Heaven Hall spoke up!
"Stop. Your battle can end here. Feng Hanzi of the Divine Wind Sect wins!" the old man from Destroying Heaven Hall declared.
"Why? I haven’t lost yet!" Wang Dachui asked, a bit confused.
"In your bout, you’ve already lost. There’s no need to fight again. If each one of you insists on dragging things out and fighting a life-and-death battle, won’t that waste a lot of time? The Sky Tomb waits for no one. So you lost; you can step down now!" the old man from Destroying Heaven Hall said.
"Tch, you just said it yourself: once you step onto the stage, life and death are left to fate. I’m not dead yet, so I can still fight. It’s just that he doesn’t have the ability to kill me—how is that my fault?" Wang Dachui looked at Feng Hanzi with disdain and said.
"You... you’re courting death!" Feng Hanzi was already feeling irritated; hearing Wang Dachui’s words naturally made him feel a surge of fury!
"Enough. Since you’ve come to participate in our Destroying Heaven Hall’s selection, you must follow our rules. Those who don’t obey our rules may leave—and will have no chance to enter the Sky Tomb!" the old man from Destroying Heaven Hall said harshly.
Wang Dachui glanced at the old man from Destroying Heaven Hall, then gave Feng Hanzi another disdainful look. He turned around, hefted his iron hammer, and left. Many of the young Martial Artists hastily made way for Wang Dachui. After all, this guy could fight Feng Hanzi to such a degree, which was really not weak at all. And as the first person to challenge a madman like Feng Hanzi, he was indeed somewhat admirable!
"Your name is Wang Dachui, right? I guarantee that before dawn you will vanish from this world!" Feng Hanzi glared at the departing Wang Dachui and said viciously.
"I’m just afraid you, Feng Hanzi, don’t have that kind of ability yet!" Wang Dachui said as he walked away without even turning his head.
Feng Hanzi gnashed his teeth, his whole body trembling, but he forced himself to endure. He knew that right now his elder sister Feng Yuhua was in secluded cultivation, and no one knew when she would emerge. He was acting under his sect’s orders: he absolutely had to secure a spot to enter the Sky Tomb and couldn’t delay this important matter. This was something he couldn’t afford to mess up. Otherwise, with his strong, domineering personality, he would have long since thrown caution to the wind and charged over to kill Wang Dachui, instead of appearing this calm!
"Senior, I’ve already defeated that ant. Do I now have the chance to enter the Sky Tomb?" Feng Hanzi turned and asked the old man from Destroying Heaven Hall.
"Hehe, as expected of a young powerhouse from the Divine Wind Sect. However, I already said just now: all the young Martial Artists present have a chance to enter the Sky Tomb. They all must undergo a match. The young Martial Artists who obtain the top three will gain the only three slots to enter the Sky Tomb!" The old man from Destroying Heaven Hall said with a faint smile.
"This... doesn’t that mean we have to keep fighting until only three people are left?" Feng Hanzi couldn’t help freezing for a moment as he asked.
"That’s right. If you can’t stand out from all the young Martial Artists, how would you have the qualifications to enter the Sky Tomb?" the old man from Destroying Heaven Hall replied.
"But in that case, wouldn’t the ones who go up first be at a disadvantage? They have to keep accepting challenges one after another, turning into a wheel battle. No matter how strong they are, I’m afraid they won’t be able to hold out!" Feng Hanzi frowned and said.
"Yeah, even if a Martial Artist is stronger, he can’t withstand that many young experts challenging him one after another!"
"Exactly. With every battle, the Martial Arts True Qi in the body will be greatly consumed. In the end it will definitely be drained dry. Wouldn’t that mean certain death?"
"What on earth is this Destroying Heaven Hall trying to do?"
"I didn’t expect the selection to be like this. How many people can endure it?"
After those words from the old codger of Destroying Heaven Hall, many of the young generation Martial Artists present couldn’t help bursting into heated discussion. Not only did Feng Hanzi feel it was a bit too much to handle, the other young Martial Artists were all shocked too. With a selection like this, how many people could possibly win?
This was no ordinary contest. One had to know, the young Martial Artists who had come here numbered in the hundreds. Among these hundreds, all of them were young-generation experts, the cream of the crop. Not a single one was weak. Very likely their battle strength was all around the same level. So for one person to defeat another was no easy matter at all; it would definitely take a lot of effort.
Take Feng Hanzi for example. Arrogant he might be, domineering he might be, but no one dared deny his combat prowess. His strength was indeed formidable. Not to mention that no one present could beat Feng Hanzi, even if someone could defeat him, who would dare accept such a wheel battle?
Strong opponents coming at you endlessly is a tactic of exhausting stamina alone, enough to drag a person down. Let alone after a whole fierce battle.
"Looks like the people of Destroying Heaven Hall are up to no good!" Princess Zi Xuan couldn’t help thinking for a moment before speaking.
"No idea what trick they’re playing, what scheme they’re using. But the Sky Tomb can only be entered through them. Even if others know there’s a conspiracy, there’s nothing they can do, unless you don’t want to go in there at all!" Wang Yan frowned and said.
"Wait and see. The two of us just need to be ready to go up as well. I’m definitely entering that Sky Tomb!" Ye Tianchen said with a smile.
At this moment, Feng Hanzi was standing at the center of the arena. Wang Dachui had already lost and left, lugging his iron hammer. Originally, there were still young Martial Artists planning to step up for a battle, but after those words from the old codger of Destroying Heaven Hall, many young Martial Artists became timid and hesitant, all feeling like they were being set up, not daring to step forward to fight. Because even if they won, it would be hard to hold on until the very last moment. With hundreds of young experts here, to obtain those first three spots, one would have to fight one-on-one against over a hundred young Martial Arts Experts. That kind of courage and guts wasn’t something just anyone possessed...
"Senior, according to what you said, I’m afraid it will be very hard for anyone here to obtain those three spots. Even if they did, their Martial Arts True Qi inside would already be completely exhausted. How are they supposed to enter the Sky Tomb then?" Feng Hanzi couldn’t help asking with a laugh.
The old codger of Destroying Heaven Hall stood up, looking at all the young experts, and said, "I understand what you’re thinking. However, you’ve forgotten one thing: any great opportunity and great fortune is not something ordinary people can obtain. Although you are all young-generation experts within Southern State, you are not those heaven-defying kinds of experts. If we just look at the hundred-plus people here, each of you is merely so-so in strength, nothing particularly special. What we want to select are the three strongest people, the three who can sweep aside all the other young experts here. Remember, it’s sweep aside, not just win one battle!"
Hearing the words of the old codger from Destroying Heaven Hall, everyone furrowed their brows. They all understood now: the reason Destroying Heaven Hall gathered all the young-generation experts of Southern State here was for a single purpose—among them, to select the most powerful young Martial Artist, the one who could sweep away all other young experts!
What does it mean to sweep aside? It means that when facing hundreds of young experts, with one wave of the hand, with a snap of the fingers, he can defeat them all. That is called sweeping aside. That is the kind of young expert Destroying Heaven Hall wants to select!
"If that’s the case, this Fat Taoist has one thing he doesn’t understand. Destroying Heaven Hall used a powerful Formation to trap the Sky Tomb. Why don’t they go in themselves? Why must they pick young experts whose strike can sweep aside all others? What’s the purpose?" The speaker was exactly Ye Tianchen. Using the Bone Transformation Skill, he had once again changed into the appearance of the Tongtian Taoist, looking like a fat Taoist, and he directed his question at the old codger of Destroying Heaven Hall.
"Hehe, our Destroying Heaven Hall already said: there are powerful Magic Laws around the outside of the Sky Tomb. No one can break or bypass them. If you want to enter it, it must be done by young Martial Artists under a hundred years old. Go past that age, and none can enter. In addition, our Destroying Heaven Hall doesn’t intend to hog everything. We are willing to share the opportunities inside the Sky Tomb with all the inheritances!" The old codger of Destroying Heaven Hall gave Ye Tianchen a vicious glare, yet still pretended to speak in a relaxed and indifferent manner. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to go to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)
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