by Feng Yise
Ye Yuan's group had 400 over people, which was also 200 over battles.
It progressed faster than expected.
Some people were directly finished in a few breaths on the fiend.
"Next round, Ye Yuan versus Li Kun!" The judge said in a clear voice.
When Ye Yuan heard his own name being called, he leaped onto the ring.
"It's that Second Firmament Divine Lord! Li Kun, you really picked up a treasure! Lying down and you can even enter the second round!"
"Dog-shit luck! Absolutely dog-shit luck! Why don't I have such good luck?"
"When a person gets lucky, even immortals can't stop it! Li Kun, in my view, your destiny must be very booming!"
...
The contestants by the side all used extremely envious eyes to look at Li Kun.
Li Kun burst into laughter and said, "Thanks for giving way! Thanks for giving way!"
Finished talking, he leaped and also got onto the field.
Li Kun looked at Ye Yuan and said with a smile, "Brat, your strength is still considered not bad among peers. But … you came too early. If you come for the next Hundred Battles Arena, you might still have some hope. Admit defeat, the moment I make my move, you'll inevitably get hurt."
Ye Yuan delayed for 300 years in-between. The speed of breaking through the Divine Vortex Realm was a little slow.
His current realm was slightly better than ordinary martial artists, but it was also not considered very amazing.
Among these geniuses, it was not conspicuous.
Li Kun was peak Third Firmament Divine Lord. He was just missing a step. If he could progress a step further, he could break through to become a Fourth Firmament Divine Lord.
His strength dealing with a Second Firmament Divine Lord, it was naturally a cinch.
Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Never fight before, who knows?"
Li Kun chuckled and said, "Looks like you won't shed tears if you don't see the coffin! Forget it, then this young master will send you down! Violent Shadow Storm Sword!"
Li Kun's sword attacked like the wind, his entire person turning into an afterimage, rushing toward Ye Yuan.
"Such swift speed!"
A wave of exclamations came from below. Clearly, they were greatly surprised by Li Kun's speed.
Below the ring, Xiahou Yun stood with his hands behind his back, looking careless, but his attention never left Ye Yuan's body before.
Regarding Jian Ping's narrative, he actually did not believe it.
How could a Second Firmament Divine Lord possibly cross three minor realms to battle?
Divine Lord Realm's minor realms were not some cabbages, able to be crossed casually.
Moreover, it was even separated by a minor stage in the middle!
Even a genius like him, when at the Second Firmament Divine Lord, he could only defeat some of the Third Firmament Divine Lords.
Swoosh!
A sword directly passed through the c.h.e.s.t!
A series of exclamations came from below once more. A death occurred in the first round?
This Ye Yuan's strength was too weak, right?
Li Kun himself also jumped in fright. But his figure had yet to stabilize when he suddenly felt someone push from behind.
"Down!"
Li Kun wanted to stabilize his figure very much, but his push was not simple, directly stripping him of all his strength, making him unable to muster up strength at all.
Plop!
It was only to see Li Kun's figure involuntarily fly out of the arena, directly falling onto the ground.
Xiahou Yun's gaze turned intent and he cried out, "Spatial law!"
Although it elapsed in a flash, his strength was far from what others could compare to and he caught it very keenly.
"Yowch! My old waist!"
Li kun supported his waist and stood up. Focusing his eyes and looking, Ye Yuan was still standing on the ring perfectly well and he immediately had a dazed look.
He completely had no idea how he was defeated!
He clearly stabbed Ye Yuan just now, why was the one who lost him instead?
The judge said, "Ye Yuan wins, Li Kun loses! Ye Yuan enters the second round!"
Seeing this result, there was an uproar below.
"What happened just now? I clearly saw Li Kun stab Ye Yuan, why was he defeated without rhyme or reason?"
"Don't know, completely couldn't see clearly!"
A Fifth Firmament Divine Lord said with a laugh, "It's spatial law! Ye Yuan made use of spatial law to avoid Li Kun's sword, then gave him a push from behind and he went out. Heh heh, rather interesting."
A Fifth Firmament Divine Lord, regardless of whether strength or vision, it was all a notch higher. He was naturally able to see through Ye Yuan's actual situation.
However, he was not worried.
His strength was three minor realms higher than Ye Yuan. Even if it was spatial law, it was also unable to change the final outcome.
Except, he could no longer regard Ye Yuan as an ordinary Second Firmament Divine Lord.
Chapter 1716 - Ye Yuan's Fighting Spirit
"S-Spatial law! This Ye Yuan, he actually comprehended spatial law!"
"My God, no wonder he dares to go up the ring, turns out that he's also a monster-like existence!"
"Indeed, those who dare to come to the Hundred Battles Arena, not one of them is mediocre!"
"Li Kun underestimated the enemy too much. Otherwise, with his strength, it's impossible to lose so quickly."
...
That Fifth Firmament Divine Lord's one sentence immediately caused a stir among the contestants.
Spatial law was virtually a power of law in the legends.
One suddenly appearing, how could everyone not be surprised?
However, Ye Yuan's realm was obvious to everyone. Even if spatial law was powerful, being able to defeat Li Kun was already the limit.
Moreover, Li Kun's strength was not weak. If he took it seriously, the outcome was hard to predict.
In the end, they all felt that Ye Yuan exploited a loophole and only won so easily by a fluke.
The battles continued. The sixth group's powerhouses also revealed their true faces one by one.
But the first round's opponents, it was very hard to really gauge these experts' true strength.
Although everyone was a genius, there was also a disparity between geniuses.
Similarly Fourth Firmament Divine Lords, because of the difference in laws comprehension, the strength difference might be very great.
"I feel that Gao Shun's strength is definitely very strong! He only used one move and finished off his opponent."
"Also, that Song Tianqiang didn't even draw his weapon and took care of his opponent with one hand."
"Xiahou Yun hasn't made his move yet. I wonder what his strength is like!"
...
Everyone discussed animatedly, all guessing those strong players' strengths.
But the things that could be seen in the first round were really too few. They could only slowly judge it based on the speed of the fight.
But this group's several powerful existences also had the tip of the iceberg revealed.
"Next group, Xiahou Yun versus Zhang Feng!"
Right then, the judge finally called Xiahou Yun's name.
Everyone's expressions turned austere, looking toward Xiahou Yun's figure.
The two people leaped and arrived in the ring.
Zhang Feng's expression was ugly to the extreme. He did not expect that he was actually so unlucky, running into Xiahou Yun in the first round.
There was no way to compete at all!
"Give you three breaths of time to concede. If this young master makes a move, you won't have the chance to concede anymore! One …"
Xiahou Yun was incomparably domineering, directly starting the countdown.
Zhang Feng's expression was incredibly ugly, large bean-sized sweat seeping out of his forehead, immediately feeling a pow
erful sense of oppression.
But Xiahou Yun did not even release his divine essence at all. He just stood there calmly.
"Two …"
"I … I admit defeat!"
With extreme unwillingness, Zhang Feng admitted defeat and surrendered. He did not even have the courage to attack.
Xiahou Yun's overbearingness gave all of the contestants tremendous psychological pressure.
Everyone all knew that what he cultivated was destruction law. His combat power was extremely strong.
Those who had no confidence, who dared to go up and try?
One punch and your entire person would be gone without even a chance to admit defeat!
If it was other people, saying this was a joke.
But Xiahou Yun, he had this confidence!
Sixth Firmament Divine Lord's absolute realm coupled with destruction law, this kind of powerful law, who dared to easily challenge him?
This was a true powerhouse!
An existence who crushed their peers!
"Xiahou Yun's aura is too strong! I … I even felt tremendous pressure below. For Zhang Feng to not kneel down is already very impressive."
"Yeah, really too strong! One sentence broke down his opponent's willpower. This kind of person has no way of competing at all!"
"It's just I don't know who can let him make a move. Or will he get first place without staining his weapon with blood just like this?"
"This … It's really hard to say. I reckon that only those few Fifth Firmament Divine Lords dare to have a go with him. At least, there's a chance to concede."
...
At this time, even those few Fifth Firmament Divine Lords' expressions were also rather ugly.
The sense of oppression that Xiahou Yun gave them was too strong.
But Ye Yuan's eyes shone as if seeing a long-awaited prey.
This Xiahou Yun similarly gave him a powerful sense of oppression.
But this sense of oppression actually made him have a feeling of his blood boiling with excitement.
And right at this time, Xiahou Yun's gaze actually looked over toward him.
Four eyes met, Xiahou Yun was first stunned, then immediately sneered in his heart. This punk actually wants to fight with me, really don't know how to die!
"Is this brat provoking Xiahou Yun?"
"My eyesight isn't failing, right?"
"He wouldn't have trained until his brain is spoiled, right? Think that comprehending spatial law, he's invincible under the heavens?"
"Went over, went over! Xiahou Yun actually walked over toward Ye Yuan! Heh heh, there's a good show to watch."
...
The fighting spirit on Ye Yuan's body was not concealed at all. Landing in other people's eyes, it simply became a joke.
A Second Firmament Divine Lord provoking a Sixth Firmament Divine Lord, and it was even a powerful existence among Sixth Firmament Divine Lords. This looked like a death-seeking action no matter what.
Spatial law could not make up for the enormous difference in realm.
This was common knowledge, something that everyone knew.
Clearly, this 'fool' did not know.
Xiahou Yun slowly came in front of Ye Yuan and said with a smile that was not a smile, "You want to challenge me?"
Ye Yuan did not know that Jian Ping and Xiahou Yun had long made an agreement. He only instinctively wanted to fight with the strong.
Hearing that, he smiled and said, "You're very strong! But I must defeat you!"
No matter how strong the opponent was, he must win!
But these words were simply the most hilarious joke in the world when it landed in other people's ears.
"Hahaha, truly a fool who overestimates his own ability!"
"Kid, you're too arrogant! Do you think that by comprehending spatial law, you're invincible under the heavens?"
"Brat, do you know what's called hitting a rock with an egg?"
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By the side, a series of taunts came over.
This declaration sounded so powerless!
Xiahou Yun grinned and said, "Heh heh, spatial law, this young master is looking forward to it very much as well! Want to challenge this young master, work hard to stand before me first!"
Ye Yuan smiled very casually and said, "Don't you worry, I will."
A smile hung on his face, but Ye Yuan was shocked in his heart.
He had cultivated the slaughter supreme true intent before and was very s.e.n.s.i.t.i.v.e to killing intent.
This Xiahou Yun actually had murderous intent towards him!
Even though Xiahou Yun hid it extremely well, Ye Yuan still detected it.
It's my first time meeting him, why would he have killing intent towards me? Could it be … Jian Ping? Ye Yuan thought of Jian Ping very quickly in his heart.
In Extreme Light Imperial City, apart from Jian Ping, he could not think of anyone else who had a conflict with him before.
Although Xiahou Yun was overbearing, it was absolutely impossible to produce killing intent toward him the first time they met.
Then there was only one possibility, Jian Ping requested Xiahou Yun to do it!
Ye Yuan smiled coldly inside. This Jian Ping really lingered on like a ghost!
Very soon, the second round started!
The second round's opponents were clearly going to be a great deal stronger. The battles also started to become intense.
But to Ye Yuan, there was not much difference.
It was still taking down the enemy in one move!
Chapter 1717 - Fierce Battle with Song Tianqiang!
This time, Ye Yuan's opponent was a Fourth Firmament Divine Lord.
However, he was still sent flying in one move.
After that Fourth Firmament Divine Lord crashed onto the ground, he still had a blank look, completely oblivious of what happened.
Ye Yuan had comprehended spatial laws for a long time and gradually became well-versed and ingenious in the application of the law.
Fourth Firmament Divine Lords were already not opponents who could last one exchange with him long ago.
"This Ye Yuan is actually so strong!"
"No wonder he dared to provoke Xiahou Yun! Looks like he indeed still has some skill!"
"A Second Firmament Divine Lord could actually defeat middle-stage Divine Lord Realm; spatial laws are indeed powerful!"
"But no matter how strong he is, it's also impossible to be Xiahou Yun's match."
...
Ye Yuan being able to defeat a Fourth Firmament Divine Lord made everyone's jaws drop.
From initial-stage Divine Lord Realm to middle-stage was a huge hurdle. Third Firmament Divine Lords, if they did not have heaven-defying means, it was basically impossible to defeat Fourth Firmament Divine Lords.
But Ye Yuan was just a Second Firmament Divine Lord and accomplished it.
This also made everyone finally realize that Ye Yuan was not to be trifled with!
But to say that Ye Yuan could defeat Xiahou Yun, they still did not believe it.
After all, Xiahou Yun was too strong.
The second round did not have the least bit of suspense, the opponent directly admitted defeat again.
The aura that he burst forth was too strong. Nobody had the courage to go and receive a move from him at all.
Third round, Ye Yuan continued the winning streak, defeating a Fourth Firmament Divine Lord once more.
Xiahou Yun's opponent directly admitted defeat once again.
Three rounds of battle done, and yet no one could force Xiahou Yun to take action!
After the third round ended, the judge announced, "Cease battle for a day, tomorrow, carry out the fourth round!"
Three consecutive rounds, some people's stamina already almost could not hold out anymore.
Hearing this, they immediately heaved a sigh in relief.
After dispersing, Ning Tianping also came over to find him and said with an excited look, "Your Excellency, I passed three
rounds in a row!"
Ye Yuan rolled his eyes at him and said, "If you can't even pass three rounds, I'll kick you back to Heavenly Eagle with one foot."
Ning Tianping chortled and said, "Your Excellency, I really have a feeling like I'm dreaming right now, to actually be able to exchange moves with so many experts! Most importantly, I could actually crush them! Hahaha, it's really great!"
Ning Tianping's loud laughter immediately attracted a series of sidelong glances. Quite a few people cast over hostile gazes.
This guy was too arrogant!
Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Your current strength is indeed considered at the upper-level standard of imperial cities, this level, already. But I think that you'll shake them off further and further behind."
Ning Tianping said excitedly, "Heh heh, Your Excellency is Tianping's benefactor, utterly changing my life!"
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After resting for a day, the Hundred Battles Arena continued.
This time, the people on the grandstands were clearly much more.
Because starting from the third round, the battle situation clearly became more intense.
Each group's headcount was roughly over 400 people. After three rounds of battle, more than half were already eliminated. Only 50 plus people were left.
These people were all experts among experts.
Apart from Ye Yuan, one Second Firmament Divine Lord, the rest were all middle-stage Divine Lord Realm experts.
But now, no one dared to look down on Ye Yuan anymore.
The judge said, "Starting the fourth round, first match, Ye Yuan versus Song Tianqiang!"
Ye Yuan was stunned, not expecting that this round was actually him taking the field first.
The arrangement of the sequence was arranged by Extreme Light Imperial City.
Extreme Light Imperial City had hosted so many Hundred Battles Arenas and was naturally very experienced.
They would arrange the order according to the strength of the martial artists, saving the strong players for the last to the best of their ability.
Clearly, in their view, for Ye Yuan's strength to be able to defeat Fourth Firmament Divine Lords was already pretty good.
Fifth Firmament Divine Lords, he absolutely did not have chances of victory, that was why his matchup was arranged.
"Ye Yuan versus Song Tianqiang! There's a good show to watch now!"
"Heh heh, this punk is unbelievably arrogant, I want to see just where his limits lie!"