Chapter 369

Yang Yuanzhou looked at Xu Yang, the meaning very clear: you are ranked behind Du Chuan, don't you want to fight Du Chuan and compete for third place on the Ten Talents List?

Xu Yang remained unmoved; he had no intention of challenging Du Chuan.

Lu Ren, Sun Tao, and Han Feng behind him didn't have the strength to challenge the few ahead of them. Just as it was about to go cold again, Ye Qiuling’s melodious voice rang out.

"Brother Du Chuan, how about you and I have a sparring match?"

Du Chuan was third, and she was fifth. Xu Yang had thought this woman didn't have any competitive spirit, but it turned out he was wrong.

She likely didn't have the confidence to compete for first and second, so she just wanted to defeat Du Chuan and take third place on the Ten Talents List.

After all, although her ranking on the Ten Talents List was higher than Zhang Hanzhou and Qi Xuancheng, like Lu Ren, she relied on her alchemy talent to have such a high ranking, not because her martial talent was ranked ahead of Zhang Hanzhou and Qi Xuancheng.

"Since Senior Sister Ye invites, how could this junior brother refuse?" Du Chuan showed a gentle and elegant smile.

Ye Qiuling of Medicine King Peak—countless inner sect disciples longed for her, and Du Chuan was no exception.

Ye Qiuling’s temperament was ethereal, her appearance exquisitely beautiful. She soon ascended the arena with Du Chuan.

"Brother Du, knives and swords are dangerous. How about we compare fists and feet?" Ye Qiuling said softly.

"Fine!" Du Chuan nodded and agreed.

"Lust blinds the mind!"

On the viewing platform, Du Qingpu couldn't help but curse. The idea that knives and swords were dangerous was pure nonsense. Who didn't know that Elder Liyang, that old pervert, was best at palm techniques, while his Du family excelled at sword techniques?

Not using what he was best at, and facing Ye Qiuling, who had already begun to impact the Heaven Origin realm, Du Chuan’s defeat could be said to be a foregone conclusion.

"Brother Du, be careful!"

On the arena, Ye Qiuling reminded him with a crisp voice. Green Gang Qi rose on her body, and the energy of the Marrow Cleansing perfection was incredibly startling.

Green Wood Technique!

One of the main inheritances of Medicine King Peak, a superior technique for cultivating colored Gang Qi.

Ye Qiuling’s energy was quiet and peaceful, like an elf between heaven and earth, radiating vitality.

Without any extra words, her petite fist condensed green fist Gang. She tapped her toes lightly on the arena, and her figure suddenly vanished from the spot.

"Boom!"

Many people were dumbfounded. Under Ye Qiuling’s foot, it was as if a mother dragon was raging on the arena, causing the arena to rumble.

"This woman’s physical body is likely already at the level where she can resist a half-spiritual weapon with her bare hands," Xu Yang’s eyes narrowed.

Beneath Ye Qiuling’s petite body lay terrifying, explosive power.

Her body tore through the air, emitting a roar. Strong winds rose, and her petite fist threw a punch, directly creating a visible shockwave.

Du Chuan felt his scalp go numb, his face filled with horror. A woman had actually tempered her physical body to such a terrifying degree.

Before the fist even arrived, the terrifying fist pressure had already caused his body to sink, as if he were being pressed by an invisible giant rock, his protective Gang Qi surging.

He wanted to dodge, but the domineering fist momentum gave him the feeling that once he dodged, what he would face next would be a storm-like attack.

Du Chuan didn't retreat, but raised his fists, blocking Ye Qiuling’s punch in the nick of time.

"Bang!"

The petite fist weighed more than ten thousand jun. Du Chuan’s entire body shook, his protective Gang Qi quickly covered in cracks, and then exploded with a bang.

His expression changed drastically. He felt the vast power like a mountain collapsing and a sea roaring, nearly shattering his bones.

Blood surged, his internal organs shifted, and he was like a ball struck by a heavy hammer, his body flying backward off the ground, his face flushed, nearly falling off the arena.

"Brother Du, do you still want to fight?" Ye Qiuling stood in place with a smile, not attacking further.

Her physical body could already resist a half-spiritual weapon; before, it could be considered showing mercy. Otherwise, one punch would have been enough to shatter Du Chuan’s bones and injure his internal organs.

This was the benefit of age. Although her talent wasn't as good as Du Chuan’s, because she had entered the sect several years earlier, even though they were at the same realm, she could directly crush Du Chuan.

"I won't fight anymore. Thank you, Senior Sister Ye, for showing mercy!" Du Chuan bowed with a bitter smile.

With Ye Qiuling’s strength, even if he used his sword techniques, he couldn't do anything to her. Only when his body-tempering technique also reached Small Success would he have the qualifications to compete with Ye Qiuling.

He turned and jumped off the arena.

"Ye Qiuling wins, ranked third on the Ten Talents List. Is there anyone who wants to challenge her?" Yang Yuanzhou shouted.

This was actually saying Xu Yang.

Du Chuan had lost, Jiang Fan and Li Chuyang were now nominally still first and second, Zhang Hanzhou and Qi Xuancheng clearly wanted to compete for first and second, so only Xu Yang had the qualifications to challenge Ye Qiuling.

Xu Yang didn't speak!

Yang Yuanzhou said again: "Is there anyone else who wants to challenge others?"

Still, no one spoke, and Du Chuan didn't challenge Xu Yang either.

Now his ranking was lower than Xu Yang’s, so he could challenge Xu Yang, but winning against Xu Yang would be useless. Jiang Fan and Li Chuyang’s rankings hadn't been determined; if he defeated Xu Yang, his ranking would just be taken by Li Chuyang or Jiang Fan.

Time passed slowly, and finally, Li Chuyang and Jiang Fan both finished regulating their breath.

Jiang Fan and Zhang Hanzhou were the first to ascend the arena.

"I concede!" Jiang Fan bowed directly.

He had only reached the Great Success stage of Marrow Cleansing a few months ago. Zhang Hanzhou, Qi Xuancheng, and Ye Qiuling had long begun to impact the Heaven Origin realm. If they really fought, he didn't have the certainty of victory.

Moreover, he wasn't a warlike person by nature and looked at fame and fortune very openly. Otherwise, if Li Chuyang hadn't been so annoying, he wouldn't have fought Li Chuyang at all.

Once these words were spoken, everyone was surprised but not surprised. Everyone knew the Young Marquis often did surprising things. If he were someone who valued fame, fortune, and victory, he wouldn't have hidden his identity in the outer sect in the first place, being treated as a toad wanting to eat swan meat by Aya.

After speaking, he turned and jumped off the arena, leaving Zhang Hanzhou standing blankly on the arena alone.

Previously, he had been thinking about not hurting the Young Marquis, but he didn't expect Jiang Fan to concede directly.

"Zhang Hanzhou wins. Is there anyone who wants to challenge him?" Yang Yuanzhou said.

No one spoke, so Zhang Hanzhou had to leave the arena, and it was Li Chuyang and Qi Xuancheng’s turn to go on stage.

"I concede!"

Just like Jiang Fan, Li Chuyang also immediately conceded.

Everyone was in an uproar. Logically, given Li Chuyang’s personality, he wasn't someone who would concede. Even if he couldn't beat Qi Xuancheng, he shouldn't concede without fighting.

However, the very next moment, everyone knew why he had conceded.

"I want to challenge Xu Yang! Xu Yang, come up and fight!" Li Chuyang looked at Xu Yang with burning eyes, his fighting spirit high.

After conceding, he became seventh on the Ten Talents List and had the qualifications to challenge Xu Yang, who was fourth.

"Qi Xuancheng challenging him must have been a strategy discussed long ago, the purpose being to give Li Chuyang a chance to fight Xu Yang."

Everyone suddenly realized!

To fight Xu Yang, Li Chuyang had truly racked his brains.

Qi Xuancheng turned and jumped off the arena. Everyone’s gaze looked straight at Xu Yang. The person who was originally second was coming to challenge the fourth. Was Xu Yang a match?

Xu Yang was expressionless and paced toward the arena. The surroundings were in an uproar.

"The two collided for two moves that day before being stopped by the Sect Master. Today, we can finally see the unfinished duel."

Some were still muttering about the fight in the Heavenly Wind Valley that hadn't finished.

"Golden Gang Qi, silver Gang Qi—the duel between them should have happened in the outer sect."

"Li Chuyang has a powerful background, while Xu Yang has no background at all, just a mud-legged person. With his hands and feet tied, I’m afraid he’s no match for Li Chuyang."

"This is a competition held by the sect. Do you think the sect is just for show? If Xu Yang can't beat Li Chuyang, he can't beat him; don't bring up any background."

"If Xu Yang could beat Li Chuyang, he wouldn't be fourth on the Ten Talents List. Saying Li Chuyang is ranked second because of his background is just nonsense. Does Elder Li Songhe’s status require him to suck up to Li Chuyang like this?"

"Xu Yang was just lucky that day. Li Chuyang didn't dare to use heavy force, which is why the situation where the two were evenly matched appeared."

……

Most disciples didn't think much of Xu Yang.

That day, the two only fought on their martial foundations. Today was a real battle. In a real battle, while martial foundations are important, cultivation techniques, martial arts, fighting spirit, state of mind, and willpower are equally important.

Taking all aspects into account, they were more optimistic about Li Chuyang.

Moreover, Li Chuyang’s battle with Jiang Fan just now had already demonstrated super-strong combat power. Many disciples who had long reached the Great Success stage of Marrow Cleansing asked themselves that they were no match for Li Chuyang either.

"Old Ghost Li, who do you say will win?"

Where a group of great figures of the Purple Sun Sect gathered, the Peak Master of the Beast King Peak, Lu Tianchen, looked curiously at Li Songhe.

Both the Ten Heroes and Ten Talents lists came from Li Songhe’s hand; Li Songhe had more say in who would win and who would lose.

"Li Chuyang!" Li Songhe said without hesitation. He was more optimistic about Li Chuyang.

"Old Ghost Li has good judgment," the Medicine King Peak Peak Master, Qi Tai, laughed.

How could his disciple, Li Chuyang, not be able to beat a mud-legged person? If he lost, wouldn't it mean his ability to teach disciples as a Peak Master was inferior to that Elder Huoyun?

"The fight hasn't even started yet. How can you say Xu Yang will definitely lose?"

Elder Huoyun was a bit dissatisfied upon hearing this. Li Chuyang had broken through to the Great Success stage of Marrow Cleansing only a few days earlier than Xu Yang.

But what was Li Chuyang’s background, and what was Xu Yang’s? If the two had the same resources, Xu Yang would have reached the Great Success stage of Marrow Cleansing long ago.

"My ranking is already very clear. Do you still dare to question this old man’s authority?" Li Songhe sneered.

Elder Huoyun immediately showed a look of mockery: "You don't have any authority. Initially, Xu Yang didn't even make the Ten Heroes List. If you had judgment, would you have let him be buried for so long?"

Li Songhe’s face turned livid. It wasn't the first time he had been slapped in the face by Xu Yang. Several times he had thought Xu Yang’s talent was just so-so, only to be slapped in the face by Xu Yang again.

Now, the authority of his list had been questioned several times.

He said with some annoyance: "Li Chuyang possesses many ultimate techniques. Your disciple Xu Yang—how many ultimate techniques have you taught him? His strongest are just a Mountain-Bearing Bear King Palm and a Small Success stage Immovable Bright King Body.

Li Chuyang’s 'Moon Falls, Crows Cry, Frost Fills the Sky' can even shatter half-spiritual weapons. What does he have to fight Li Chuyang with? Do you think he also has Jiang Fan’s Nine-Turn Gang-Breaking Strength to block 'Moon Falls, Crows Cry, Frost Fills the Sky'?

Previously, it was because Li Chuyang’s body tempering hadn't reached Small Success that he could contend with Li Chuyang. Now that Li Chuyang’s Burning Heaven Flame Body has also reached Small Success, tell me what he has to defeat Li Chuyang with?"

This time, it was Elder Huoyun’s turn not to speak.

Thinking carefully, he really hadn't taught Xu Yang any ultimate techniques. Even the Departing Fire Technique was only given because Xu Yang asked for it.

"After this ranking challenge ends, I will teach him a martial art; otherwise, the second Dragon Ascension will be a bit difficult in the future," Elder Huoyun pondered.

"Can Xu Yang defeat Li Chuyang?"

Over here, Ten Talents geniuses like Lu Ren and Zhang Hanzhou were also curious about the outcome between the two.

"He can!" Sun Tao said decisively.

Jiang Fan also nodded. He was close to Li Chuyang, and the strange treasure on his body didn't react at all.

But when close to Xu Yang, the strange treasure on his body still warned him as always.

"How could he defeat Li Chuyang?" Lu Ren shook his head.

He admitted that he had underestimated Xu Yang before, but he didn't think Xu Yang had talent comparable to Li Chuyang’s.

No!

If Xu Yang could defeat Li Chuyang, then it wasn't that his talent was comparable to Li Chuyang’s, but that he had surpassed Li Chuyang.

"You all overestimate him!"

Qi Xuancheng laughed: "Li Chuyang’s strength is such that even I find it difficult to defeat him."

Someone he, with his Marrow Cleansing perfection cultivation, found it difficult to defeat—he didn't think someone who had just broken through to the Great Success stage of Marrow Cleansing could defeat him.

"I’m also optimistic about Li Chuyang!" Zhang Hanzhou said coldly.

Li Chuyang’s strength was something even he feared.

"If Xu Yang’s Blood Prison Heart Blade Sutra has already reached Small Success, he might be able to win," Han Feng thought to himself.

He knew Xu Yang had a powerful martial art, the Blood Prison Heart Blade Sutra, but he had never seen Xu Yang use it. If Xu Yang had reached Small Success in this technique, which was worth a thousand contribution points, and had mastered blade intent, Li Chuyang would undoubtedly be defeated.

It was just that things like blade intent were generally not comprehended by those at the Marrow Cleansing realm, so he didn't think Xu Yang had mastered the Blood Prison Heart Blade Sutra.

Several people expressed their views, but only Ye Qiuling didn't speak, her gaze quietly looking at the figure on the arena.

On the arena, Xu Yang and Li Chuyang stood opposite each other.