Chapter 518 - Amazing Everyone
Long Chen knew that he had become the focus of everyone’s attention when he heard resounding cheers coming from everywhere. He had amazed everyone with just his speed.
But that was not enough. It took him five breaths to do this, and there were fifteen breaths left. The others were already reaching him and the pillars.
“Jiang Cheng is fast, but he doesn’t have a lot of combat strength!” No one knew who shouted that. Many of the contestants were running towards the other Flame Pearls, but some of them heard the shout. They knew that Long Chen had taken one of the Flame Pearls, so they focused on him instead!
Almost all sixty contestants were close to the twelve pillars now. It was time for the most exciting part of the stage! Numerous battles started in the small arena. Not too long after Long Chen obtained his Flame Pearl, the Eighth Passage Stage disciples grabbed theirs!
Even those at the Eighth Passage Stage would have a hard time fighting against several people at the Seventh Passage Stage, much less someone at the Seventh Passage Stage. Many who obtained their Flame Pearls immediately ran to the borders of the arena. There were fewer people there, so it would be easier for them to defend themselves for the remaining time.
Long Chen did not run away after getting his Flame Pearl. Instead, he looked for Liu Yiyi and saw that she was not far away. She was fighting two other contestants at the Seventh Passage Stage. Because she was surrounded, she had to use the Demonic Illusion.
Long Chen knew that the two contestants were on the same team. They wanted to distract Liu Yiyi while the other would take the Flame Pearl closest to them. But because Liu Yiyi had the Demonic Illusion, the two of them had no choice but to fight her at the same time.
That meant the three of them had lost their chance to grab the Flame Pearl safely, and the other contestants saw the Flame Pearl sitting at the top of the pillar. Five others ran to where they were.
Liu Yiyi was horrified. She had almost gotten the Flame Pearl thanks to her Demonic Illusion, but two people had suddenly blocked her.
Both of them were from the Red Ghost Pavilion!
“Liu Yiyi, if we can’t have it, you won’t get it either! You are our senior brother’s woman! We can’t let you get a Flame Pearl!” The two of them abandoned any thoughts of getting the Flame Pearl and instead focused on dragging Liu Yiyi down. They didn’t mind if others took it.
Five contestants rushed towards the Flame Pearl and fought vehemently.
Several others approached Long Chen after hearing that he could not fight well. Long Chen didn’t even bother fighting them. He used the elementary Heaven-tier Traceless Demon Shadow and disappeared the moment the others were confused by his footwork.
“Impossible! I can’t even keep up with my intermediate Heaven-tier Body Combat technique! How did he use Traceless Demon Shadow so well?!”
The ones who wanted to fight Long Chen were speechless.
Twenty breaths was a short time, so everyone’s chances were slim. Those who chased after Long Chen and failed to get his Flame Pearl didn’t have time to run to another person anymore.
Long Chen was in the limelight right now. His every movement was even more dazzling than Chen Feng’s. Long Chen escaped the encirclement of the Seventh Passage Stage disciples and ran towards where Liu Yiyi was.
“Hah!”
Long Chen’s body was no weaker than Demon General Strongman’s. Someone tried to block him, but a single punch was enough to send that Seventh Passage Stage disciple flying. He then sent two more disciples flying with just his physical strength.
“His punches are strong!”
Some of the grand elders stood up in shock. One of them with a burly body shouted, “My eyes are not deceiving me! He has cultivated the True Martial Demon Body! I’ve cultivated it for twenty years, so I’m certain!”
An expert like the grand elder who had cultivated the True Martial Demon Body was naturally very credible. Everyone was shocked by that. Jiang Wushang was also shocked. “Didn’t you say he was only here for two months? Did he manage to cultivate it in that time frame?”
“Prince Wushang, I’m shocked too. It’s impossible, but I really think that it’s the True Martial Demon Body!” The grand elder couldn’t believe his eyes either.
Long Chen sent the remaining disciples flying with his fist and grabbed the Flame Pearl. He then ran towards the two disciples who were surrounding Liu Yiyi. When he arrived, he sent one flying and punched the other one on the nose.
I never thought that the fist art that I used to cultivate the True Martial Demon Body would be so useful in combat! It’s no weaker than an intermediate Heaven-tier martial technique, and the fist technique can be chained infinitely!
Long Chen was pleasantly surprised.
With his help, Liu Yiyi was finally free from being attacked. She stopped and looked at Long Chen in a daze. She was deeply attracted by his dashing figure after seeing how he had saved her.
“Why are you standing around like that? Let’s go!” Long Chen stuffed one of the Flame Pearls into her hand and pulled her towards the border of the arena. There was chaos everywhere as no one knew who had Flame Pearls. Many knew Long Chen had two, but they also understood that those at the Seventh Passage Stage would be sent flying by him!
Long Chen and Liu Yiyi soon reached the border of the arena. Long Chen shielded her and stared at the several Seventh Passage Stage disciples running towards him. He charged into the crowd and created a blur of violence. In just two breaths, three Seventh Passage Stage cultivators were lying on the ground in pain.
“He’s so strong! To think that he has cultivated the True Martial Demon Body to the point that he can use the fist art in combat!” The grand elder sighed in awe.
“Does that mean Jiang Cheng is a genius unlike any we’ve ever seen? It seems that the Ancient Demon Domain is a very lucky place. We need to take care of such a genius and let him become a pillar of the Ancient Demon Domain.” Jiang Wushang laughed happily.
Just then, the Demon General Typhoon’s voice rang out. “Twenty breaths is up! Everyone, stop!”
Everyone stopped immediately.
Under his orders, everyone stopped their attacks. Those who were not holding a Flame Pearl were eliminated.
“Those who don’t have a Flame Pearl, please leave the arena!”
Demon General Typhoon then ushered those who had been eliminated to get out of the arena. The three other representatives of the Clear Shallows Pavilion were sent out too. They walked past Long Chen, and the oldest disciple looked at him with gratitude. They had seen his stellar performance. “Jiang Cheng, I have to admit that I respect you. From today onwards, you are our eldest disciple!”
They then walked away from the arena.
Liu Yiyi held onto the Flame Pearl in her hand. If it wasn’t for Long Chen, she wouldn’t be standing here today. She knew that her mother would be very happy with the results.
The twelve remaining contestants were revealed once the others had gone down the arena. Except for Chen Feng, there were five Eighth Passage Stage disciples. Chen Feng had two Flame Pearls, and he had given one of them to another disciple from the Azure Purgatory Pavilion. The other Flame Pearls were obtained by Seventh Passage Stage disciples from the other pavilions. Some obtained theirs through luck while others secured them with their strength.
Of the twelve contestants, there was one Ninth Passage Stage disciple, five Eighth Passage Stage disciples, and six Seventh Passage Stage disciples. Only two pavilions had a single disciple getting into the next stage. One of the pavilions was none other than the Red Ghost Pavilion.
The Red Ghost King’s nose became crooked from anger.
This was an embarrassment to him. The Clear Shallows Pavilion’s performance far exceeded his. If this went on, his pavilion’s ranking would drop below the Clear Shallows Pavilion’s! That meant he would have to kneel and apologize to the Clear Shallows King.
How could he do that?!
The Red Ghost King was originally very confident, but Long Chen had screwed everything up. Long Chen alone had secured two spots for the Clear Shallows Pavilion to advance into the next stage. This was an incredible feat, and Long Chen’s performance far exceeded that of Chen Feng.
The Red Ghost King was once again haunted by guilt and regret for abandoning Long Chen and giving him to the Clear Shallow King ...
He felt like he had been slapped in public.
“Red Ghost, are you prepared to kneel down?” The Clear Shallows King’s voice entered the Red Ghost King’s ears. He didn’t even look at her, because he knew she would taunt him to no end. His face burned red from his anger.
Long Chen was undoubtedly the most dazzling of the twelve contestants.
Chen Feng had actually done a great job in getting two Flame Pearls, but Long Chen had done the same thing while being two stages lower than him.
Which was why Long Chen was getting all of the people’s attention.
Demon General Typhoon descended in front of the twelve disciples.
“Congratulations! Let me announce the rules of the second stage!”