Chapter 72

"The loser Cang Luo!?"

"Did the Profound Heaven Sect actually send him to fight? The voice sounds like he volunteered himself?"

"Does he think he's the protagonist of a fantasy novel? That he can turn the tide and save the utterly defeated Profound Heaven Sect? How utterly presumptuous!"

The Feng Lin Huo Shan group never expected Cang Luo to step onto the arena—and certainly not that he had volunteered himself.

Does he think he can defeat Sima Ling?

In the last match, a Warrior Stage 8 couldn't even stand against Sima Ling—how are you, a Warrior Stage 7, going up there to die?

Sima Ling is a genius disciple of the Confucius Academy, while you, Cang Luo, are just a loser from Earth who got randomly summoned to the Profound Heaven Sect—you've only trained for twenty-some days and dare challenge him?

Who gave you the courage?

Liang Jingru?

Or do you truly believe you're the protagonist? Want to show off?

Shake your tiger body, unleash your king's aura, and the opponent kneels begging for mercy, then lives a life of sleeping on beauties' laps and ruling the world?

It's possible—he came from the bottom of society, got dumped by his college girlfriend right after graduation, then fired by his company, hitting rock bottom in life.

Then suddenly, he was transported to another world, just like in a fantasy novel—anyone would think they're the protagonist, chosen by heaven as a lucky one.

Hah! How childish—reality will teach you how to be a man...

The crowd whispered among themselves, thinking Cang Luo was overestimating himself, delusionally confident, and no match for Sima Ling.

Too bad, the outcome will disappoint them.

The video continued playing; when they saw Cang Luo block Sima Ling's punch head-on without a single scratch, everyone froze.

In the previous video, the Fatty, a Warrior Stage 8, collapsed after three punches from Sima Ling—kneeling, vomiting blood.

But Cang Luo was unharmed—and even seemed to be gaining the upper hand.

What's going on?

Did Sima Ling hold back?

If Sima Ling, a Warrior Stage 7, could defeat a Warrior Stage 8, shouldn't he easily crush a lower-ranked Warrior Stage 7?

While the crowd was confused, the two in the video clashed again—Sima Ling charged at Cang Luo with furious momentum, so fast the phone camera couldn't capture it, leaving only a blur on screen.

Li Weiguo exclaimed: "That speed could outpace Bolt!"

Zhang Baojia nodded: "Earth's sports are child's play to martial artists of the Yuanwu Continent—any lowly warrior could sweep every non-technical Olympic gold medal."

He suddenly chuckled: "When Cang Luo returns to Earth, should we send him to the Olympics? Let him win a few more golds for the country?"

Li Weiguo smiled but said nothing.

As they spoke, the video showed Sima Ling instantly closing the distance to Cang Luo, unleashing a frenzy of punches—angles vicious, speed extreme.

Yet not a single punch landed; instead, Cang Luo seized the opening, slammed a hard punch into his chest, followed by five knee strikes—thud, thud, thud—then hurled him to the ground.

Sima Ling knelt half-up, face filled with shock, staring in disbelief at Cang Luo before him.

The Feng Lin Huo Shan group watching the big screen wore nearly identical expressions—stunned, staring at Cang Luo on screen, unable to believe the loser Cang Luo had so easily defeated Sima Ling.

That shouldn't be possible.

How could Cang Luo be this strong?

Even as they reeled in shock, the video kept playing—Sima Ling attacked again, this time circling behind Cang Luo at even greater speed, aiming for the back of his skull.

Unfortunately, he missed—and Cang Luo broke one of his arms, ending his ability to fight.

Sima Ling lost!

Lost to the loser Cang Luo.

The video ended. The crowd fell silent for a long while. Combined with Cang Luo's earlier killing of a Profound Heaven Sect disciple in the Beast Forest, they now had to accept a fact.

That Cang Luo was no longer the Earth loser youth—he had become a powerful, ruthless martial artist!

In just over twenty days, he surpassed native martial artists who had trained for at least half a year—and he crushed his opponents brutally.

Is Cang Luo a genius?

A martial arts genius?

Li Weiguo stared at Cang Luo on screen and said calmly: "Leng Jian, what do you think of Cang Luo's strength?"

Leng Jian replied calmly: "In all martial arts, speed is invincible. His reflexes and attack speed far exceed his opponent's, and he has fully mastered the Military Boxing—defeating him was inevitable."

Zhang Baojia asked puzzled: "Is Cang Luo this strong because he's a martial genius—or can every Earth person reach this level?"

Leng Jian shook his head slightly, indicating he didn't know.

Li Weiguo couldn't judge either—he planned to ask Cang Luo later. He said firmly: "Play the fourth video..."

The fourth video's filename: Confucius Academy Warrior Stage 9 Peak vs. Profound Heaven Sect Warrior Stage 7.

"Warrior Stage 9?"

"Peak?"

The crowd froze upon seeing the video filename.

What is the Profound Heaven Sect thinking? The Confucius Academy sent a Warrior Stage 9 disciple—peak level—and you send a Warrior Stage 7?

Challenge two stages higher?

Just won one match, and you're already swollen with pride?

Or is your Profound Heaven Sect's Warrior Stage 7 somehow special—stronger than Stage 8, stronger than Stage 9?

The Feng Lin Huo Shan group were baffled, confused by the Yuanwu Continent's martial ranking system—aren't higher ranks always stronger?

First, Warrior Stage 7 instantly kills Warrior Stage 8, then Warrior Stage 7 loses to another Warrior Stage 7, now Warrior Stage 9 Peak versus Warrior Stage 7...

This... the combat power system is completely messed up.

It's not scientific!

As the crowd remained bewildered by the martial artists' combat power, the edited video suddenly jumped—the two contestants of the fourth match appeared on screen.

The disciple representing Kong Sheng Academy was a domineering youth with thick eyebrows and bright eyes, while the disciple representing Xuan Tian Gate... was actually Cang Luo?

Everyone was stunned; it turned out Xuan Tian Gate hadn't swollen with pride, but Cang Luo had. Was he crazy with the desire to show off?

He won once, and now wants to fight a second match? And challenge two realms above his own?

Who gave you this confidence?

You loser...

At this moment, Long Zhantian in the video introduced himself, then stated he would stand still and let Cang Luo have three moves.

Hearing this, everyone felt pleased; from Long Zhantian's words, they sensed he was very strong and confident he could easily defeat Cang Luo.

This was also what the Feng Lin Huo Shan crowd was happy to see; most did not want to see Cang Luo win, nor did they want to see his arrogant face.

As for the reason...

Why should Cang Luo be able to travel through worlds?

Why should Cang Luo become Earth's first Wu Shi?

Truly, who knows if this loser Cang Luo saved the galaxy in some past life to stumble upon such a good thing...

At this moment, after a verbal exchange, the two fighters in the video were finally about to begin; Long Zhantian indeed stood still, waiting for Cang Luo's attack with an air of arrogance.

What kind of confidence was this?

He will definitely defeat the loser Cang Luo.

Just as the Feng Lin Huo Shan crowd was silently giving Long Zhantian a thumbs-up, Cang Luo in the video did not immediately launch an attack but was preparing something.

In the next moment, a brilliant silver light suddenly erupted before Cang Luo; beneath the silver light, a circular formation appeared faintly.

After the silver light passed, a giant wolf over three meters long with two heads leaped violently from the silver formation, appearing beside Cang Luo; two wolf mouths dripped saliva, baring their teeth in a ferocious, demonic appearance.

Looking at this two-headed giant wolf, everyone finally remembered that Cang Luo still had a beast pet, a mutated Fire-Swallowing Wolf with two heads.

At this time, many people shouted that Cang Luo was despicable; they had seen the "Myriad Beast Atlas" Cang Luo sent and knew that the Fire-Swallowing Wolf, a first-rank demon beast, possessed ranged attacks and could spew flames.

A Fire-Swallowing Wolf capable of spewing fire, facing Long Zhantian who was still at the Wu Shi cultivation level, without protective body qi and without ranged attack means—was there any need to ask who would win or lose?

Moreover, Long Zhantian had been arrogant enough to say he would stand still and let Cang Luo have three moves; standing still just meant waiting to be burned into a roasted loach.

Truly unexpected; this loser Cang Luo actually knew how to hide his trump card, no wonder he dared to challenge a Warrior Stage 9 across realms.

Alas! Why did this duel not prohibit summoning beast pets?

Everyone voiced their grievance on behalf of Long Zhantian.

The video continued playing; the duel began, and Long Zhantian breaking his promise to dodge the Fire-Swallowing Wolf's flames was within everyone's expectations, but unfortunately the situation remained one-sided, with Long Zhantian being chased and burned by the Fire-Swallowing Wolf.

Although Long Zhantian was very fast, he still had his hair and clothes burned off by the Fire-Swallowing Wolf, looking utterly wretched.

Watching the battle between one man and one beast, everyone found it fascinating, but it was a pity that the one being chased down was not Cang Luo; this was somewhat disappointing.

After fighting for a while longer, the Fire-Swallowing Wolf suddenly spat white smoke to form a mist; Long Zhantian was enveloped in the mist, completely at a disadvantage, meaning he was now certain to lose.

You cannot see the opponent, yet the opponent can detect you by smell and hearing.

Everyone originally thought the mutation of the mutated Fire-Swallowing Wolf was merely an extra head with no special function, but now they realized the extra wolf head with silvery-white fur could spew white smoke to create a mist, which was very powerful.

According to the data on first-rank to third-rank demon beasts in the "Myriad Beast Atlas," although this mutated Fire-Swallowing Wolf was still a first-rank demon beast, its combat power was fully equivalent to a second-rank demon beast.

With this, Cang Luo was certain to win.

The crowd sitting before the large screen shook their heads, feeling sorry for Long Zhantian; facing such a shameless villain like Cang Luo who summoned beast pets to aid him, how could he possibly win?

Li Weiguo smiled and said, "Little Cang is good, and the mutated Fire-Swallowing Wolf is even better; knowing how to use smoke to create blind spots in vision, it seems he made full preparations long before daring to enter the duel."

Zhang Baojia nodded casually and said nothing.

Beside them, Leng Jian suddenly said, "Deputy Minister Zhang, next year when the two worlds connect and Cang Luo returns to Earth, I intend to recruit him into my squad."

Speaking, he added, "Also, after the two worlds connect next year, we must quickly form a special operations team composed entirely of Wu Shi."

Li Weiguo and Zhang Baojia exchanged glances and nodded slightly to indicate agreement.

In fact, the plan to form a special operations team composed entirely of Wu Shi had long been submitted to the higher authorities and had already been approved.

Currently, Feng Lin Huo Shan is selecting individuals with excellent qualifications from the entire army based on the "Human Meridian Acupoint Array Diagram" and some data regarding Wu Shi cultivation aptitude provided by Cang Luo.

Regardless of whether there is a way to make them become Wu Shi, we must select the people first; moreover, Cang Luo has already been internally designated as a member of the Wu Shi special operations team, so even if Leng Jian had not mentioned it, Feng Lin Huo Shan would recruit him.

Cang Luo is an unquiet person; recruiting him into Feng Lin Huo Shan serves two purposes: first, to allow him to serve the motherland, and second, to supervise him, and supervision is mandatory.

After discovering the Yuanwu Continent, Hua Xia held several meetings regarding the connection of the two worlds; the main content of the meetings was how to respond to the invasion of the Yuanwu Continent, how to prevent a war between the two worlds, and how to develop the cultivation civilization.

Beyond this, the most discussed topics were how to treat Wu Shi in the future—a special group possessing terrifying power—and the issue of controlling cultivation resources.

After the two worlds connect, there will certainly be Earthlings who cultivate into Wu Shi; Wu Shi possessing supernatural powers are an unstable and threatening group, and if left unchecked, they will certainly cause social turmoil.

Therefore, Hua Xia's preliminary decision is to control cultivation resources, temporarily providing them only to the military for cultivation.

However, even a hundred precautions will have one oversight; there are many ambitious people, so cultivation resources certainly cannot be entirely held by the state.

If cultivation resources fall into the hands of the common people or criminals, and they cultivate into Wu Shi, Feng Lin Huo Shan will dispatch the Wu Shi special operations team to handle the situation; those who can be recruited will be recruited, while those who refuse will be imprisoned or killed on the spot...

Just as Li Weiguo and Zhang Baojia were thinking about the Wu Shi special operations team and how to control Wu Shi, the mist that originally covered the entire duel arena in the video was suddenly blown away by a hurricane.

Ten-plus seconds later, the mist completely dissipated; everyone saw that Long Zhantian held a long sword emitting a cyan light in his right hand, and the blade of the long sword seemed to have patterns.

"What happened?"

"Why did the mist suddenly disappear?"

"It was all mist just now, and the fighting was too fast; we didn't see clearly."

Everyone was puzzled; Li Weiguo stared at the long sword in Long Zhantian's hand and said in a deep voice, "Rewind! Slow it down!"

The video began to play back in slow motion, returning to the moment before the mist was blown away; everyone focused intently on the video, seeing two streaks of fire moving within the mist.

Everyone knew these were the flames spat by Cang Luo's beast pet, the mutated Fire-Swallowing Wolf; there were two streaks.

In the next moment, a flash of cyan light suddenly appeared in the mist; then they saw the two streaks of fire seem to collide with something, stirring up a whirlwind and sparks, blowing away a portion of the mist and gradually revealing Long Zhantian's figure.

In the next moment after that, Long Zhantian moved; they saw him wave his right hand, and a cyan hurricane shot out, completely blowing away the smoke.

Now, everyone finally understood what had just happened.

That cyan hurricane was clearly not emitted by Long Zhantian himself, but by the long sword in his hand.

His sword could unleash sword qi, easily blowing the mist away.

At this moment, the video was paused, the image magnified and focused on the long sword in Long Zhantian's hand.

In that instant, the same term appeared in the minds of everyone from Feng Lin Huo Shan.

Immortal Sword!

Everyone watched Long Zhantian's Immortal Sword excitedly; many began to recall their childhood xianxia dreams, imagining themselves with an Immortal Sword, taking an enemy's head from a thousand li away, flying on a sword...

Before, they could only think of it, but now, having discovered the Yuanwu Continent with its cultivation civilization, everyone believed that in the near future, with their status and ability, possessing an Immortal Sword should not be difficult, right?

At the same time, everyone felt Long Zhantian was secure, and Cang Luo was doomed to lose.

Long Zhantian holds an Immortal Sword, which is a hard counter to the Fire-Devouring Wolf; what do you, Cang Luo, have to oppose him with?