Alchemy Emperor of the Divine Dao c1-1294
Page 41
“You, you’re actually in the fourth layer of Element Gathering Tier already?” Li Hao punched a fist on Ling Han’s chest jokingly. But once he recalled that Ling Han had given him two extra Transcending Origin Pills, and had also declared truthfully that he had more in his possession, then it was nothing strange for him to be able to advance to the fourth layer of Element Gathering Tier in that span of time.
“If he’s a seeded participant, then he’d be able to avoid encountering the other elites. Plus, Big Brother Ling still has Sword Qi, so he’d definitely be able to win!” Liu Dong said, his face filled with envy.
Zhu Xue Yi and the others nodded in agreement. If you managed to enter the the top fifty, you’d be able to obtain a ticket into Hu Yang Academy, which was the dream of every martial artist in Rain Country.
…If they knew what had happened the night before, they’d probably be shocked to the point that their eyes would practically pop out. He actually managed to have three Black Grade alchemists follow behind him.
“Hahahaha, you want to win? That’s impossible!” An arrogant voice exclaimed, and a young man appeared in front of them.
He was Feng Luo. Previously, after they had managed to kill the Red Scaled Dragon Snake, he had attempted to steal the fruits of their labor. Yet, in the end, due to the final counterattack, all his underlings were killed, while he himself received a harsh thrashing at Ling Han’s hands, but fortunately managed to survive.
They had never thought that he would reappear so quickly with his lofty, arrogant attitude in front of them. There was absolutely no improvement to his cultivation, and he was still in the ninth layer of Body Refining Tier.
For the majority of martial artists, that one step into the Element Gathering Tier was an extremely hard one to take. It was not strange at all to spend more than ten years to take that single step–which was also why Hang Zhan had been so overbearing and forceful, using any means possible to steal the Green Spiritual Fruit.
“Big Brother Ling is a seeded elite and he’s very powerful. Why wouldn’t he win?” Zhu Xue Yi asked Feng Luo.
“Because I am also in the fortieth group!” Feng Luo declared confidently.
“Hahahaha!” Liu Dong and the others broke out into laughter. One side was in the Element Gathering Tier, while the other was still in the ninth layer of Body Refining Tier. The gap between their respective prowess could really be compared to the gap between heaven and earth. No matter how it was, Feng Luo really did not have a sliver of a chance at winning.
“Laugh, go on and laugh. You’ll be crying in the afternoon!” Feng Luo spoke coldly.
Liu Dong and the others were all curious. What kind of trump card was hidden up his sleeve that allowed him to have such overwhelming confidence?
“Hahaha, hahahaha!” Feng Luo laughed loudly, walking away with his head held high.
“Don’t worry about him, he’s just a nasty character!” Ling Han said, smiling.
The other five nodded in agreement.
The drawing of lots was completed before noon, and they would be having the tournament stage battles in the afternoon to select the fifty strongest martial artists. After that, there would be another round of battles the next day to decide the ten strongest as well as the first place.
After lunch, everyone soon arrived at the Wrestling Ring in the city. There would usually be various martial arts activities held here. During the New Year, when a ceremony to offer sacrifices to the gods took place, there were also martial artist versus demonic beast battles held in this location. As a result, the yellow sand of the Wrestling Ring had been soaked with blood since long ago.
Today, because of the Da Yuan Tournament, all other activities and events were of course suspended. There were already ten tournament stages put up in the gigantic sandy zone in the center. Later, there would be simultaneously ten groups battling it out on the stages, and it would all be finished after only five rounds.
Ling Han was the seed participant of the fortieth group, so he had to wait until the fourth round to go up onto the stage. [1]
Liu Dong and Zhu Xue Yi were in the first round. One of them was on the first tournament stage, while the other was on the seventh.
There were about seventy people in one group, and the difference in numbers between different groups were in the single digits, because it was possible that there would be some who would forfeit at the last second.
There was absolutely no suspense about the conclusion of the first round. All the victors were the seeded elites. They were all like the Fourth Prince, in the ninth layer of Element Gathering Tier, so even if the others all joined forces to gang up on a seeded elite, they were still no match for him. Moreover, in the case of the Fourth Prince, who would actually dare to offend this man who may become the next Da Yuan King? They obviously did not dare to join forces against him.
Additionally, the elites who took part in the first round were also the strongest of the fifty. They were all in the top ten of the previous Da Yuan Tournament, like the Fourth Prince, Jin Wuji and Li Dong Yue.
Occasionally, in the second and the third round, there would be an unknown martial artist who managed to win, but victory did not fall to either Chen Peng Ju and Zhou Chang. The two of them were mercilessly eliminated from the tournament. Thankfully, they’d be able to get another chance three years later. By that time, it was highly likely that they would have managed to reach the middle stage of Element Gathering Tier and thus become seeded elites, and so would have a bigger chance of advancing to the next round.
This also confirmed the value of the Green Spiritual Fruit. Otherwise, they may have only just reached Element Gathering Tier three years later, so there’d be no second chance for them.
“Han’er, go on!” Ling Dong Xing lightly patted Ling Han’s shoulder, smiling brightly. The fourth round was about to begin. Half a year ago, he would have never been able to imagine that it was possible his own son to obtain the place of a seeded elite.
Liu Yu Tong nodded to Ling Han. She did not have the slightest bit of doubt that it was possible for Ling Han to lose.
As a seeded elite, Ling Han was the first person to step onto the stage, while the other participants in his group would follow after. There were about seventy of them, and Feng Luo was one of them.
“Begin!” A warrior in Gushing Spring Tier announced. He had been assigned as a referee by the Royal House of the Da Yuan King.
“Hahahaha, clear the area!” Feng Luo declared proudly. Instantly, there were at least thirty people who drew their weapons simultaneously and gathered with Feng Luo protected in the center. Then, they began to push on towards the others.
The audience below the stage were all dumbfounded. Was this even okay?
It was really too shameless!
Chapter 67
Translator: _Dark_Angel_ Editor: Kurisu
“This is too despicable!” Downstage, Zhu Xue Yi and the others had all started shouting in anger. No wonder Feng Luo had been so sure of himself. He had apparently bribed some of the martial artists in the same group to work for him.
More than thirty of them were working together, and since this was the fortieth group, the seeded elite would not be too strong, thus they’d be more than enough to sweep away all other contenders.
Then, the others would all leave the stage of their own free will, so the remaining Feng Luo would naturally be able to obtain a place in the top fifty. And he of course would not unreasonably demand to enter the top ten, and definitely not the first place. After all, all top fifty participants were guaranteed to be enrolled into Hu Yang Academy.
“He’s too shameless!”
“Completely unfair!”
All the others downstage had started calling out as well. This was an act of openly breaking the tournament regulations.
Yet the referee only gave a cold humph, and shouted, “Shut up!” Since the tournament regulations did not specify that it was not allowed for individual martial artists to join forces, th
en Feng Luo’s actions were of course allowed. It could at most be argued that he had managed to take advantage of a loophole in the rules.
What power and influence a warrior in Gushing Spring Tier possessed? All the people downstage were immediately silenced.
“No wonder that guy had been so confident. He had already bribed some of the others in his group,” Zhu Xue Yi said, extremely angry.
“To be ganged up on by so many people, plus at least more than ten of them have already reached Element Gathering Tier. It would be difficult for Ling Han to fight against the onslaught of so many. He’s going to be in big trouble!” Liu Dong frowned.
“Not necessarily!” Li Hao shook his head, and said, “Big Brother Ling should have already reached the fourth layer of Element Gathering Tier. Furthermore, he has even formed four flashes of Sword Qi, so there is still a chance for him to win!”
“He definitely has to win. That guy, Feng Luo, is really too despicable!” The five of them all began to cheer Ling Han on.
Compared to them, Liu Yu Tong and Liu Dong Xing were extremely calm. A bunch of sheep working together would still only be a bunch of sheep. How could they possibly be able to match a mighty lion?
“Hahaha, leave this guy for last. Chase all the others off the stage!” Feng Luo crowed, and commanded the group of more than thirty martial artists to begin wiping out the others. Their combined might was extremely powerful, and due to their cooperation, they had managed to get all the other “outsiders” aside from Ling Han off the stage, and that was with the mere price of seven of their numbers being pulled down alongside their victims.
Now, this was a battle of twenty nine against one–and out of the twenty-nine, fourteen were in Element Gathering Tier!
“Oh no, though this brat is a seeded elite, since he’s been arranged to be in the fortieth group, that means that he’s most likely only in the fourth layer of Element Gathering Tier.”
“Yeah, many ants can kill even an elephant, and the other party even has ten plus warriors in Element Gathering Tier working for him!”
“I really can’t bear to look at that guy, Feng Luo’s, expression at having his villainous scheme succeeding!”
“Hush, lower your voices. Although the Feng Clan isn’t a major clan, Feng Luo’s elder brother is a well-known genius in our Da Yuan City. In the last round of Da Yuan Tournament, he managed to defeat the Fourth Prince to get the first place. I heard he’s already stepped into Gushing Spring Tier!”
“What, Gushing Spring Tier, is that true?”
“Of course it’s true!”
“Hiss, no wonder that guy, Feng Luo, dares to be so arrogant!”
Listening to the discussions of those downstage, Feng Luo felt extremely proud of himself. He did break the rules, but so what?
“What, you guys can’t accept this?” He challenged the people downstage, “Bite me if you can! You can do something like this too if you have a good elder brother like me!”
Most of the audience off-stage started gnashing their teeth in hatred. They really felt that this guy was despicable down to the bones, making them all feel the urge to rush onto the stage to give him a good thrashing.
“Ling Han, previously, you made use of the advantage in numbers against me, but this time, I have so many people on my side. Even if every one of them only hit you once, they’d be able to give you a terrible thrashing! If you know what’s good for you, then kneel down immediately and beg me for mercy! I may even consider hitting you a few times less!” Feng Luo said, pointing at Ling Han.
Had it been them bullying him because of them having an advantage in numbers previously?
Indeed, at the time, all his lackeys had died, while Ling Han’s side had seven people, so that was actually them bullying him because of their advantage in numbers? This guy was indeed shameless to a whole new level.
Ling Han shook his head, and said, “Looks like if I don’t hurry up and throw you off the stage and allow a clown like you to continue your performance, the fury of the masses would probably be incited!”
“Hahahaha,” laughter broke out instantly downstage.
“What a hateful guy, you still dare to be so stubborn! I won’t spare you!” Feng Luo was driven practically mad from fury. He extended a finger and pointed at Ling Han and said, “Beat him, give him a good beating!”
“Understood!”
The group of more than twenty people all rushed towards Ling Han. All of them were brandishing their respective weapons, presenting a fierce image.
The tournament stage battles allowed the use of weapons. Otherwise, the martial artists would not be able to display their strongest abilities. However, this also increased the danger of the battles. So if you were afraid of dying, then it would be best if you quickly jumped off the stage on your own. If you stayed on the stage, then you should have a certain level of mental preparation.
Ling Han did not bother to use his sword. He charged over with only his fists. Using Dashing Panther Fists would be more than enough to handle these people.
“Peng, peng, peng, peng!”
He charged forward and every single person who stood in his way was flung off stage with a single punch from him. One has to understand that although his cultivation level was only the fourth layer of Element Gathering Tier, with the eruption of the Five Elements Origin Nuclei, his prowess could be compared with that of a normal person in the eighth layer of Element Gathering Tier. Additionally, the Dashing Panther Fists was a Yellow Grade high level martial arts technique, so wouldn’t it be more than enough for him to single-handedly deal with these people?
By the time Ling Han reached Feng Luo, all the others had been thrown off stage by him.
There was absolute silence. Wasn’t this guy too powerful? Since he was the seed of the fortieth group, then shouldn’t it be obvious that he was only in the fifth layer of Element Gathering Tier at most? But judging from his ferocious attacks, that was definitely power that was at least of the late stage of Element Gathering Tier!
Could it be that he had deliberately hidden his actual cultivation level, pretending to be a pig to devour the tiger?
However, there were naturally the older generations of the various Great Clans present on this occasion, so there was no lack of people with cultivation levels above the fifth layer of Element Gathering Tier. Naturally, they managed to easily sense Ling Han’s aura, and it definitely showed that he was only in the fourth layer of Element Gathering Tier.
This caused them to be confused as well. They all started murmuring amongst themselves, exchanging their thoughts about how this could be possible.
“No, impossible!” Feng Luo said, shivering. His expression was one of complete disbelief.
The script wasn’t supposed to be like this!
He should have successfully and easily entered into Hu Yang Academy. Then, with the care and assistance of his brother, easily break through to Element Gathering Tier. If he was lucky, he’d be able to consume some kind of Spiritual Fruit, and may even be able to break through to Gushing Spring Tier.
But all of his plans were rendered useless if he couldn’t manage to enter into Hu Yang Academy.
“Arrogant, ah, just continue being arrogant!”
“Hahahaha, just continue staying on stage… if you dare!”
The people downstage all started taunting Feng Luo. They had already long been displeased by this guy, but just now, because he had a lot of people on his side, they didn’t dare to make too much of a fuss. But what about now? Who would have imagined that Ling Han would actually be so powerful?
“You immediately admit defeat, then get off the stage! Otherwise, I will tell my brother to take care of you!” With the taunting resounding in his ears, Feng Luo finally reacted. He actually pointed at Ling Han, and commanded him to give up.
Ling Han shook his head. This guy had really been spoilt. He was a complete idiot.
“Pa!”
He leapt and aimed a kick at Feng Luo’s lower abdom
en. “Sou,” the guy flew off stage. He held onto his lower abdomen, gasping in pain. It even looked like he was about to tear up from the pain.
“Fortieth group, Ling Han wins!” The referee announced.
“No! This place is mine! It’s mine!” When Feng Luo heard this, he actually jumped up and said to the referee, “Change your judgment immediately, or else I’ll have my brother beat you to death!”
Everyone else instantly broke out into incredulous laughter. Someone merely in Body Refining Tier actually dared to threaten a warrior of Gushing Spring Tier–it was absolutely hilarious.
“Get lost!” The referee gave a cold humph. He stretched out a hand and gathered his Origin Power to form a gigantic hand, which took hold of Feng Luo and threw him out.
Chapter 68
Translator: _Dark_Angel_ Editor: Kurisu
Origin Power being able to take on a form, this was the symbol of a warrior of Gushing Spring Tier.
Surrounded by taunts and mocking laughter, Feng Luo fled with his tail between his legs–if it was not due to the fact that his elder brother, Feng Yan, was indeed an incomparable genius, then that warrior of Gushing Spring Tier absolutely had the right to kill him on the spot.