The three-hundred-meter-long, two-hundred-meter-wide battling platform was huge. It stood in the middle of the abyss all by itself, attracting a lot of attention.
Right then, the first battle was happening on the platform.
Both contestants were not weak. One was at the Mid Clasping Yuan Realm, while the other was at the peak-level Early Clasping Yuan Realm. Both of them performed their ace attacks as soon as they got on the platform, without any intention of testing each other. Eventually, the Mid Clasping Yuan Realm warrior won the battle.
A shocking scene occurred. After the victor was decided, the dragon-shaped phantom outside the victor's body flew out and pounced on the loser's body. Visible to the naked eye, the dragon-shaped phantom outside the loser's body shrank by a size, shrinking from one zhang to nine feet. As for the victor's dragon-shaped phantom, it grew to around eleven zhang.
"I knew it." Ye Chen did not need to guess to know that it was a way to steal the dragon fountain Qi, which was not controlled by the contestant.
The battles went on one after another, and soon, it was Lynch's turn.
His opponent was a warrior who was ranked at the bottom of the last Hidden Dragon Rank. His dragon-shaped shadow was around one meter long, but after being beaten by Lynch, it had shrunk a lot, from one meter long to one and a half meters. Meanwhile, Lynch's dragon shadow, which was originally one meter long, had shrunk to one and a half meters.
Xu Jing seemed to have figured it out, "The richer the opponent's dragon fountain Qi, the more dragon fountain Qi one would get after beating him."
Ye Chen nodded, "On the other hand, if the winner's dragon fountain Qi was more abundant, and the loser's dragon fountain Qi was weaker, then the amount of dragon fountain Qi one could get would be less. Perhaps, there would not be any increase at all." The dragon-shaped shadow outside Sikong Sheng's body was around eight meters long and two meters long. If he randomly beat a young warrior, he would be able to get a lot of dragon fountain Qi. After a couple of battles, the dragon-shaped shadow would be able to reach nine meters, which was obviously against the rules. That was why Ye Chen had made this assumption.
What Xu Jing and Ye Chen had guessed was not wrong. Then, there was a young warrior who had beaten a young warrior who was ranked quite high in the last Hidden Dragon Rank, and the dragon-shaped shadow had increased by a lot, almost by half. On the other hand, a young warrior who was ranked quite high in the last Hidden Dragon Rank had beaten a young warrior, and the dragon-shaped shadow had only increased by a very small amount, not even one foot.
There were thirty-six battles in one round, and each battle would have two people battling. After one round, everyone would have a chance to go on stage. This time, it was the 'Fire Spirit Prince', Yan Chihuo. His opponent was a young warrior who was ranked at the bottom of the last Hidden Dragon Rank, who was only at the Early Clasping Yuan Realm.
"I admit defeat!"
The young man admitted defeat without hesitation.
Roar!
It was unknown what was so mysterious about the illusory dragon. As soon as his opponent admitted defeat, it leaped out from Yan Chihuo's body and devoured the latter's illusory dragon.
However, no matter how much it swallowed, it was still twenty-five feet long. There were no changes to it. The difference between the two was too great, so it was difficult for it to gain anything.
"The twenty-fourth battle, Ye Chen against Mo Wuxue!"
Before Ye Chen showed up in the world, Mo Wuxue was the most powerful warrior among the young generation of the nine nations. Even Yuanheng Ying and Lu Zhao were slightly weaker than him. But now, he was only a kid in front of Ye Chen. There was no comparison at all.
Lightly tapping his foot on the ground, Ye Chen appeared on the battling platform, looking at Mo Wuxue who was in front of him.
Mo Wuxue's pupils shrank. Right now, Ye Chen was giving him too much pressure. Not to mention Ye Chen's Late Clasping Yuan Realm cultivation, only his fifty percent sword intent was already enough to shock the entire nine nations. Before he entered the Heaven Dream Ancient Region, he didn't even have the interest to look at Ye Chen.
Calming himself down, Mo Wuxue said, "One blade attack, what do you think?" He didn't expect to beat Ye Chen, he only wanted to know how big the gap between them was.
"Sure!"
Ye Chen said lightly.
Shoo!
Without much hesitation, a blood-red long blade appeared in Mo Wuxue's hand. This blade was something he got from the Heaven Dream Battle Palace, it was the top of the low-rank great blades. Its power was almost equal to a normal mid-rank great blade. Taking the blade out of the scabbard, a thin beam of blood flashed out, and an air-tearing sound was heard.
The Star Scar Sword was pulled out by three inches, a beam of sword light shot out, cutting the blood beam in half. The remaining power of the sword light did not disappear, it landed heavily on Mo Wuxue's protective zhen Qi layer.
Mo Wuxue's protective zhen Qi layer had been shattered.
Awooo!
A dragon roar was heard.
The dragon-shaped shadow outside of Ye Chen's body jumped onto Mo Wuxue's body, devouring his dragon fountain Qi. Within a blink of an eye, the dragon-shaped shadow returned, from one meter long to sixteen meters long. Not only had it grown a lot bigger, but it also looked a lot clearer, with a serious look on its face.
"The gap is unimaginable." Mo Wuxue forced a smile.
After Ye Chen got off the stage, the next battle was none other than Sikong Sheng. His opponent was not weak either, it was Teng Mo, who was ranked nineteen in the last Hidden Dragon Rank.
Without a doubt, Teng Mo had lost, and he did not even choose to give up.
After devouring Teng Mo's dragon fountain Qi, Sikong Sheng's dragon-shaped shadow was still two meters long. Looking at it more carefully, it was only half a foot longer, and that was because Teng Mo was ranked pretty high in the last Hidden Dragon Rank. If it were another young warrior, it would not even be one-tenth of a foot longer.
The battle was carried on in an orderly manner. As long as it was a top young warrior, his opponent would either give up or decide the winner with one attack. The result was obvious. The gap between them could not be seen clearly, because they did not even have the power to force out fifty percent of their power.
After Murong Qingcheng had beaten her opponent, it was Xu Jing's turn.
"The twenty-seventh battle, Xu Jing against Qi Shaofeng."
Qi Shaofeng was ranked thirty-eighth in the last Hidden Dragon Rank. The gathering in the Three River City of the Spirit Nation was organized by him. Back in the Hundred Thousand Mountain Forest, Ye Chen had even saved his and Murong Qingcheng's lives. He was very powerful. His weapons were two special weapons, the Waning Moon Curved Wheel. The dragon-shaped shadow outside of his body was twelve meters long, and had an abundant dragon fountain Qi.
Within one hundred attacks, the two were evenly matched.
After one hundred attacks, Xu Jing was getting more and more powerful. Her whole body was covered by a layer of golden light. It was not zhen Qi, but the materialized form of qi power. Judging on the destructive power, it was way more powerful than most zhen Qi, which made Qi Shaofeng feel quite exhausted.
After one hundred and fifty-eight attacks, Qi Shaofeng's palm had gone numb, and he could not hold his weapon anymore. Xu Jing seized the opportunity and threw out three punches in a row.
After devouring a part of Qi Shaofeng's dragon fountain Qi, the dragon-shaped shadow outside of Xu Jing's body had grown extremely fast. Within a blink of an eye, it had expanded to almost ten meters, which was no weaker than the middle-ranked young warriors in the last Hidden Dragon Rank.
"You are quite powerful. I almost do not want to beat you anymore. Losing one part of dragon fountain Qi would not make any difference." Lin Yun was very excited. If he could, when he met Xu Jing again, he would definitely not devour her dragon fountain Qi so that she would remember him. Unfortunately, the dragon fountain Qi could not be controlled. Once it sensed something, it would jump out on its own, and he would not even be able to stop it.
"You have overestimated yourself." Tuo Baku made a face. Although he did not care about Xu Jing's power, the person behind her was Ye Chen. Among all the warriors, only Sikong Sheng and Ye Chen had given him a mysterious feeling. The others were slightly weaker.
The first round had finished, and the second round began immediately.
After five rounds, Ye Chen's dragon-shaped shadow had grown to twenty-eight meters. His luck was not that good, as all the opponents he had met were not that powerful. After five rounds, none of them were as powerful as the one where Xu Jing had beaten Qi Shaofeng. Among them, the luckiest one would be Tuo Baku, who had beaten Zhang Feng, who was ranked ninth in the last Hidden Dragon Rank. His dragon-shaped shadow had grown to twelve meters. Added with the previous four battles, it had grown to more than twelve and a half meters, which was almost as powerful as the top thirty warriors in the last Hidden Dragon Rank.
In the sixth round, Ye Chen had finally met an opponent who had a very rich dragon fountain Qi. It was Cui Xiao, who was ranked fifteenth in the last Hidden Dragon Rank.
After devouring his opponent's dragon fountain Qi, Ye Chen's dragon-shaped shadow had grown to twelve meters. Among all the young warriors, he was only second to Tuo Baku.
Lynch was not that powerful after all. He had lost three and won three out of the six battles, and his dragon-shaped shadow was still at eighteen meters.
Xu Jing had won six battles in a row, and her dragon-shaped shadow was still at nineteen meters.
Soon, the seventh round of the competition had finished.
The eighth round.
Ye Chen's opponent was Gu Qing, who he had never fought before.
Gu Qing was ranked tenth in the last Hidden Dragon Rank. His dragon-shaped shadow was originally twenty-one meters long, but after winning seven battles in a row, it had grown to twenty-one meters.
"Take my Blue Cloud Nine Attacks!" Gu Qing had no reason to give up right away. In fact, he really wanted to fight against Ye Chen, who was good at attacking the weak spots. Only battles like this would allow him to notice some of the flaws that he had not been able to notice and perfect them.
Chin!
Taking out his Star Scar Sword, Ye Chen held the long sword in his hand and pointed in the air. Gu Qing's continuous stick art had been broken immediately. He had only performed one attack, and the other eight attacks had all been blocked.
"How is this possible?" Gu Qing was shocked. The Blue Cloud Nine Attacks were all connected. If it were the last few attacks that had been broken, he would have been able to understand it, since the later attacks would be harder to control, and there might be flaws. However, the first few attacks did not have any flaws at all.
Ye Chen said, "I have seen the Blue Cloud Nine Attacks once. It is indeed a very powerful attack. Each stick attack is faster than the last, but the first to the second attack is the slowest part. As long as the sword speed is fast enough, you will be able to find that crucial point. Right now, what you need to pay attention to is not the speed, but how to make it uneven so that people will not be able to grasp the pattern."
"Thank you." Gu Qing thought about it. Just like what Ye Chen had said, the previous Blue Cloud Nine Attacks had been connected one after another, and each stick attack was faster than the last. However, the first to the ninth attack would take time, and people would not be able to watch you perform it all the way until the ninth attack. If you wanted to increase your speed, the weakness would still be there, but it would be reduced by a lot. After all, there would always be people who were better than you. No matter how fast your attacking speed was, there would always be people who were faster than you. Therefore, if you wanted to make up for this weakness, the only way would be to make people unable to grasp the pattern.
Thinking about that, Gu Qing could not help but admire Ye Chen. The first few attacks of the Blue Cloud Nine Attacks were not fast, but it was actually already very fast. Only his opponent could find the gap and hit the crucial point with one sword attack.
"I give up!"
There was no need to compete anymore, since Gu Qing had already learned a lot.
Awooo!
Gu Qing had just finished speaking when the dragon-shaped shadow outside of Ye Chen's body jumped over.
When it came back, the forty-three meters dragon-shaped shadow had already grown to fifty-seven meters, which had surpassed Tuo Baku and was the same as Murong Qingcheng.
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