Another dark horse
Gu Xuan walked down the battle stage, and Chen Ba, who was ranked third, also jumped up.
Chen Ba took down the giant axe on his back and smashed it heavily on the stone platform. His gaze wandered among the many students.
The students who were being stared at by Chen Ba tensed up, the third ranked expert of the Mountain River List, if they were to be chosen by him, they would be extremely unlucky.
"You, come up!"
In the end, Chen Ba chose a person and said in a serious tone.
Chen Ba's choice was out of everyone's expectations, it was actually Wang Chu who was ranked fourth on the Mountain River List!
In the Heavenly Court Tournament, as long as one lost once, they would be completely eliminated and would not have another chance within a year. Therefore, they were extremely careful when choosing their opponents. If nothing unexpected happened, they would challenge the weakest.
Then, as the number of people decreased, the degree of fighting would become more intense. Even with Zhao Mayi's strength, he could only challenge someone who was ranked below 100.
The Heavenly Court was filled with geniuses. No one could guarantee that there would be another dark horse like Gu Xuan or Zhou Juechu.
Luo Yi had a grudge with Gu Xuan. It was one thing for him to choose Gu Xuan directly, but no one had heard of any grudge between Chen Ba and Wang Chu.
Wang Chu's face instantly darkened. He leaped onto the fighting ring and said with an unfriendly expression, "Chen Ba, you are only slightly stronger than me. How dare you choose me now? Do you really want to shed all pretense of cordiality and fight to the death with me?"
"Fight to the death?" Chen Ba sneered, "You think too highly of yourself. I chose you because I have absolute confidence that I can eliminate you."
"Good, good, good. Let's see how confident you are. If you lose today, let's see if you still have the face to stay in the Heavenly Court!"
Wang Chu was unable to restrain his anger. He put on a pair of iron gloves. He didn't use any weapons, but he was far from Gu Xuan's ability to block a sword with his bare hands.
Chen Ba held his axe with both hands. His eyes were filled with disdain and mockery. It was as if he had never taken this opponent who was only one rank lower than him seriously.
"Aerial Killing Force!"
In his fury, Wang Chu stomped on the ground and leaped into the air. Gusts of wind swirled and gathered on his palm, eventually condensing into a ball. Within this ball of force, countless gusts of wind twisted and spiraled. Wang Chu forcibly controlled them and blasted them at Chen Ba.
Wherever the force passed, even the air was distorted.
In a month's time, Wang Chu cultivated crazily under the blow of being defeated by Gu Xuan, and finally raised the level of the martial arts that he was proficient in.
In the face of Wang Chu's formidable martial arts, Chen Ba let out a hearty laugh. He grabbed his battle axe and a dazzling golden light suddenly blossomed on the wide axe. When the golden light gathered to its limit, he furiously hacked down.
Clang!
The terrifying axe destroyed everything in its path. Wang Chu's Wind Force Martial Skill, under the brute force of the huge axe, was directly crushed and turned into nothingness. The remaining force of the axe didn't decrease in the slightest as it blasted Wang Chu away.
Bang!
Wang Chu flew out and landed heavily below the stage. The metal gloves on his hands had been split in half. If Chen Ba hadn't shown mercy, Wang Chu's hands would have been broken.
An instant kill!
Mountain River List Rank 3 and Mountain River List Rank 4 were originally evenly matched, but now, Wang Chu was actually defeated by Chen Ba. That meant that there was only one possibility, Chen Ba had broken through the Nine Stars Profound Grade Realm and stepped into the peak of the Profound Grade!
"Peak of the Profound Grade, Senior Brother Chen Ba has broken through!"
"That must be it. Senior Brother Chen Ba was originally a Nine Stars Profound Grade Realm, but now that he has broken through to the peak of the Profound Grade, his fighting strength is naturally heaven-defying."
"Seems like Senior Brother Chen Ba will be the champion this time."
"That is natural. Although Senior Brother Gu Xuan is tyrannical, he is still lacking compared to Senior Brother Chen Ba by relying on the huge amount of treasure points he earned last month."
The group of students sighed. The Heavenly Court's competition had just started, and there were already two dark horses, one after the other.
But such a situation was within everyone's expectations. In almost every Heavenly Court competition, there would always be a dark horse appearing, and the most serious one, there were a total of seven dark horses. All of them had endured patiently, wanting to amaze everyone in the Heavenly Court competition. In the end, the outcome was extremely tragic, especially the rank 1 of the Mountain River List, who was pushed down to rank 8.
The number of dark horses in this competition was far less than the previous one, but in terms of quality, they were not inferior.
Chen Ba grinned. Finally, his gaze landed on Gu Xuan, his eyes filled with fighting intent: "Next time, I will directly pick you. After defeating you, I will truly be the number one in the Heavenly Court!"
"I wish you success." Gu Xuan shook his head and smiled. Although Chen Ba's strength was not bad, he was still far from being his opponent. Towards such provocation, he could not be bothered with it.
The scene of the two geniuses going head to head did not happen. They could not help but be slightly disappointed, but immediately felt relieved.
Chen Ba's strength was too strong. Once he broke through to the next realm, he immediately had the ability to challenge the next realm. As for Gu Xuan, he only relied on the accumulation of resources to break through. His speed was fast enough, but to raise his own strength to the next level, he still needed a certain amount of time to train.
Furthermore, Gu Xuan was just a new student. Even if he lost to Chen Ba, it was nothing much. In the next competition, Gu Xuan would be the undisputed number one.
Zhou Juechu sized up Chen Ba and suddenly said slowly: "You're not bad. If you have time, you can find me to spar."
When Chen Ba heard this voice, he quickly turned his head. After discovering that the person who spoke was indeed Zhou Juechu, his rugged face flushed with excitement. In the end, he directly knelt on the ground in excitement.
"Senior Zhou, thank you for your appreciation!"
Everyone's gaze towards Chen Ba was also filled with envy. There was not the slightest bit of disdain for Chen Ba's action of kneeling.
The peerless genius Zhou Juechu had a total of four Honorable Stage geniuses willing to follow him, let alone a Profound Stage genius.
To be valued by Zhou Juechu, one's future would be smooth sailing. Just like the four great followers behind Zhou Juechu, the Azure Dragon, the White Tiger, the Vermilion Bird, and the Black Tortoise. Originally, they were only at the One or Two Star Honorable Stage. However, after following Gu Xuan for a year, they had already stepped into the Middle Stage Honorable Stage. This speed was shocking.
Zhou Juechu's breakthrough from the Profound Stage to the Honorable Stage in two years was nothing. However, to cultivate from the One Star Honorable Stage to the Peak Honorable Stage in two years was a truly heaven-defying rise. Even the other three kings could only look up to him.
"Rise." Zhou Juechu's voice was very calm. However, under his loose black robe, the corner of his mouth was slightly raised. He glanced at Gu Xuan, who was standing indifferently in the distance.
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