Chapter 518

"Gulp~"

Lin Qi calmly drank the functional drink in one go, put down the empty bottle, and asked:

"Senior brother, what happened?"

Senior brother Liang Tai said quickly:

"You beat up Gu Ming yesterday; I didn't expect Gu Cheng's revenge to come so quickly!"

"He has challenged you to a battle!"

"You'll know if you log into the 【Battle Challenge】 module of the War Home."

Then Liang Tai started explaining the so-called 【Battle Challenge】 module.

The 【Battle Challenge】 module actually already existed at the martial arts university.

It was a mode similar to an ancient arena; fighting in reality usually had no sense of proportion and was prone to situations where strikes were too heavy.

But it was different in the virtual world; one could fully display one's strength and fight to one's heart's content.

And the War Home also had a 【Battle Challenge】 module; because they were at the base, martial artists couldn't kill each other.

And the Black Dragon Base gathered the strongest batch of martial artists in the entire Xia Guo, as well as a large number of young geniuses.

Resisting disaster beast invasions every day, everyone had a thick murderous aura in their hearts, making it very easy to generate conflicts.

Between martial artists, there was nothing that couldn't be solved by a fight.

So they could challenge each other to a battle and engage in a one-on-one.

Liang Tai continued:

"This Gu Cheng is too insidious!"

"Battle challenges are usually conducted privately, but he spent money to boost traffic and put his challenge with you on the homepage."

"Although it might only be for an hour or two, it cost at least tens of millions of Xia Guo currency."

"As long as people opened the War Home during this time, almost everyone could see his challenge."

"If you choose to refuse at this time, everyone will assume you're afraid."

"With Gu Cheng and Gu Ming's personalities, they will probably mock you frantically."

After hearing this, Lin Qi picked up his phone, logged into the War Home, and opened the homepage to see the challenge information.

【Battle Challenge】

【Today, I, Gu Cheng, challenge Lin Qi to a battle, setting a three-month agreement to compete in the Red Realm.】

【With 100,000 merit points as a stake】

【If I win, Lin Qi will bow and apologize to my younger brother Gu Ming and lose 100,000 merit points to me.】

【If I lose, I will personally admit that I am inferior to Lin Qi and give Lin Qi 100,000 merit points.】

【Time: Martial Arts Calendar 2048, August 19, 8 PM】

……

After seeing the merit points, Lin Qi couldn't help but sigh; 100,000 merit points, this was not a small amount.

At the very least, one had to hunt a Level 8 disaster beast to obtain it; converted to Level 7 disaster beasts, one had to hunt at least seven or eight.

He hunted disaster beasts for a day, including two Level 7 disaster beasts, and only gathered nearly 40,000 merit points.

If he could get 100,000 merit points, he could directly exchange for Blood Spirit Potions.

Or buy Level 9 disaster beast meat.

Regardless of which one he exchanged for, it could significantly increase his blood and Qi value.

To perform the third blood exchange!

He continued reading; under the challenge, countless people also started leaving comments, which was unusually lively.

"I knew Gu Cheng would react."

"The battle between Gu Cheng and Lin Qi will probably be very exciting!"

"Both of them are SSS-level geniuses."

"And both are champions of the Global Martial Arts Competition; if they fight, it will definitely be exciting, but it's a pity it won't start until three months later!"

"It should be because he's afraid of being accused of bullying the small with the big."

"Lin Qi also just arrived at the base three days ago; give him three months to grow."

"But even if Lin Qi is given three months, the difficulty of defeating Gu Cheng is still exceptionally high."

"Gu Cheng is now ranked 100th on the Seventh Realm leaderboard and has hunted quite a few Level 7 disaster beasts in these few months."

"Ordinary Level 7 disaster beasts are already completely no match for him."

Everyone discussed it one after another, and more and more people joined the discussion.

After Lin Qi took a simple look at the bet.

He saw a system notification in his personal center.

【Mr. Lin Qi, do you accept Mr. Gu Cheng's battle challenge?】

【You have three days to consider!】

……

"Junior brother, three months is too short; why not extend it to 5 months, or even six months?"

Liang Tai asked worriedly.

After hearing this, Lin Qi smiled and said:

"Senior brother, three months is too long!"

"Let's do it today!"

"Dealing with trash like Gu Cheng doesn't need three months."

Liang Tai looked at his junior brother; the other person was radiating strong confidence.

"This..."

Then he smiled and said:

"I understand, I believe you will win, junior brother."

Lin Qi nodded, not explaining too much; after the battle, everyone would understand who was the stronger one.

So he immediately clicked 【Yes】

Agreed to the battle challenge and sent a note!

Then he started replying to the messages sent by everyone.

……

In the battle challenge module, the content was immediately updated, and countless people saw Lin Qi's note!

【Lin Qi: I agree, but it needs to be changed; three months is too long, let's do it today!】

【And the bet has changed; if I win, not only do you have to give me 100,000 merit points, but you have to walk around me whenever you see me in the future!】

As soon as this note came out, the martial artists who were paying attention also boiled over.

"This Lin Qi is too arrogant!"

"He just broke through to the Seventh Realm and wants to challenge Gu Cheng; can he win?"

"Isn't arrogance normal? If I were the champion of the Global Martial Arts Competition, I'd be more arrogant than him!"

"Still too young; Gu Cheng is going to teach him a good lesson."

"If they fight today, I don't think Lin Qi will win."

Everyone expressed their pessimistic opinions one after another.

……

In a luxurious apartment living room.

After Gu Ming saw the content on the screen, he revealed a smug smile:

"Brother, did you see that?"

"This Lin Qi is overestimating himself, actually wanting to duel today."

"He probably doesn't know how powerful you are!"

Gu Cheng held a wine glass, took a light sip of red wine, and looked at the projected large green screen.

A disdainful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth:

"Since Lin Qi wants to die, then I'll fulfill his wish!"

"This is what he requested himself, so no one can say anything about me."

After saying that, he stood up and modified the content of the battle challenge.

As he pressed 【Confirm】, this battle challenge was officially established.

Gu Cheng smiled faintly: "This battle challenge is established, no one can stop it."

"Because this is the rule established by the Crimson Emperor!"

"I should get ready for how to humiliate Lin Qi during the battle tonight."

……

In a room,

Liu Yuanzhang and Master Master Mu Hong were sitting at a tea table drinking tea!

Steam was rising, tea fragrance was overflowing, and a screen was projected in the air.

It was playing the content of the battle challenge in the War Home.

Liu Yuanzhang took a sip of tea and asked Master Master Mu Hong curiously:

"Do you think Lin Qi can win?"

Master Master Mu Hong said calmly: "I don't doubt Lin Qi's strength at all."

"Unless Sun Sheng or Li Tianxing make a move."

"Otherwise, I can't think of anyone in the Seventh Realm who can steadily win against Lin Qi."

After hearing this, Liu Yuanzhang also smiled:

"It seems our thoughts are the same!"

He now had unprecedented confidence in Lin Qi; who was Gu Cheng?

An SSS-level genius who didn't even have two abilities.

Wanting to win against Lin Qi, ridiculous!

……

At this time, in another luxurious apartment.

Pei Pei Yiqing and her big brother Pei Pei Hongfeng were sitting on the sofa chatting.

On the table in the living room was a photo of a rather handsome young man.

Pei Pei Hongfeng looked at the projected screen and slowly said:

"Truly interesting, Gu Cheng has really started his revenge!"

"I don't doubt at all that if Lin Qi loses, Gu Cheng will use the most vicious words to strike at Lin Qi."

"For a genius like Lin Qi, if his mindset is disrupted, he might never recover."

Pei Pei Yiqing, beside him, had a smile on her beautiful face; she shook her head and said:

"I don't think Lin Qi will lose!"

"I've seen Lin Qi's strength; he definitely possesses the strength to rank in the top 100."

"The Steel-Boned Giant Tiger and the Iron-Armored Rhino are not weak among Level 7 disaster beasts."

"Yet he was able to kill them easily!"

"He's not as weak as they say!"

After hearing this, Pei Pei Hongfeng nodded: "I understand!"

Then he smiled again:

"It seems we can see a good show tonight!"

……

Black Dragon Base, top-floor luxury apartment

This was a spacious 500-square-meter martial arts room, where a sturdy, tall man in black clothes sat cross-legged.

"Whoosh, whoosh!!"

The surrounding air twisted and vibrated, absorbing the surrounding source energy into his body like a black hole.

The Mountain-Senior Shanhe Wang's body was as heavy as a mountain and river, steady as a rock.

He exhaled a breath, the surrounding fluctuations dissipated, and he ended his cultivation.

He slowly stood up and muttered to himself:

"As expected, I must consume the meat of Level 10 disaster beasts; otherwise, relying solely on cultivation, I can no longer have a significant improvement."

"But the distance to the Ninth Realm peak is still far away, and I don't know when I will be able to break through."

"Perhaps only the Crimson Emperor can do it!"

He picked up his phone and discovered a large amount of information.

Projecting the information, he picked up a functional drink and started drinking.

Although he didn't need to drink it anymore, the habit he had formed long ago couldn't be changed.

"Lin Qi and Gu Cheng's battle challenge!"

"And it's happening tonight, so I have to join in the fun."

"I'm also curious, how strong is Lin Qi's strength now?"

……

The news of Lin Qi and Gu Cheng's battle challenge quickly spread throughout the entire Black Dragon Base.

Even the staff knew about it.

Black Dragon Base, this was the front line of the war, fighting disaster beasts every day, with nerves constantly strained, needing something to distract their attention.

It just so happened that the disaster beast tide had ended, and many people planned to watch the live broadcast of the two people's battle.

Not just the Black Dragon Base, martial artists from other bases where no disaster beast tide had erupted also planned to go online to watch the battle.

Many people had even booked virtual cabins in advance.

……

Time passed slowly to 7 PM.

Apartment 206, in the martial arts room.

Lin Qi walked out of the bathroom, changed into a special black-gold robe.

Started eating dinner, and went out an hour later.

There was no virtual cabin in his apartment, so he needed to go to the virtual room.

When he arrived downstairs, the entire base was unusually lively; besides the sound of transport planes, there were also bustling discussions.

Looking, everyone was heading to the virtual room.

A moment later, Lin Qi followed the crowd to the virtual room.

This was a huge virtual hall, larger than a football field.

As far as the eye could see, there were rows of neatly arranged virtual cabins.

Roughly estimated, there were at least hundreds of them.

At this time, the hall was filled with a large number of people, and the air was filled with noisy sounds.

"Junior brother!"

A voice came from not far away, and four figures walked toward him; it was the four members of the Rending-Rock Squad.

Senior brother, second senior sister, Xiao Yu, and Xi Jing.

Liang Tai smiled and said:

"We're all here to cheer you on!"

Lin Qi nodded and picked up his phone to check his virtual cabin number.

The group walked toward their positions; in the air of the hall, a large screen was projected.

It was originally a leaderboard, but now it had been refreshed and turned into a large projection screen.

Inside was a huge arena.

"Who do you think will win between Gu Cheng and Lin Qi?"

"I think Gu Cheng will win; Lin Qi also just broke through, give him three months and the outcome would be unknown, but now, it's hanging."

"Even if you're a genius, you have to follow the growth theorem."

"Just arriving at the war base, there will be a rapid growth rookie period."

"And Gu Cheng has already passed several months, while Lin Qi just arrived!"

"How can they compare, Lin Qi can't win!"

"However, if Lin Qi loses, there will be fun to watch."

The surroundings were filled with a large number of discussions.

The four members of the Rending-Rock Squad felt less confident the more they listened, and couldn't help but reveal worried expressions.

Lin Qi's expression was calm; he had encountered this situation too many times, and every time he participated in a large competition, everyone didn't think highly of him.

But he was always able to win!

And this time was no exception.

Soon he arrived at his reserved virtual cabin.

"I'm going in first!"

After saying this, he entered the virtual cabin.

"Let's go in too!"

The four members of the Rending-Rock Squad nodded and entered the virtual cabins one after another.

At this time, a group of people crowded into the virtual room.

"Brother, blow up Lin Qi!" Gu Ming said.

"Brother Cheng will win, where did this greenhorn come from to dare challenge Brother Cheng!"

A group of people around shouted loudly, full of confidence!

After hearing this, Gu Cheng felt comfortable and smiled:

"Wait for my good news!"

After saying this, he entered the virtual cabin and logged into the Red Realm!

Looking at the popped-up information, he clicked confirm.

A moment later, Gu Cheng was teleported to a brand-new space.

"Swish!!"

The surroundings suddenly opened up, and he appeared in a spacious arena.

Gu Cheng listened to the noisy sounds coming from his ears and the figure that appeared opposite him, and immediately revealed a smile.

He was extremely excited and couldn't wait to teach his junior brother a good lesson.

Lin Qi was wearing a set of black-gold battle armor, holding a black-gold great spear in one hand, and appeared in the arena out of thin air.

This was the equipment he used to step onto the battlefield; he stepped on the hard alloy ground.

This was an arena specially prepared for Seventh Realm martial artists, with a hard texture.

Looking at the surrounding auditorium, at this time, there were already thousands of people sitting in their seats.

And at the very front of the auditorium, sat a row of powerful-looking men and women.

"My god, Eighth Realm, Ninth Realm big shots are all here!"

"The Crimson-Chi Chi Lie Wang is also online; he is Gu Cheng's teacher!"

"And the Beijiang Beijiang Jianwang, Blade Emperor, Water-Marsh King..."

"And the Mountain-Sea King, he's here too..."

The people beside them gasped; a battle challenge actually attracted so many big shots to watch.

There were five Ninth Realm martial artists stationed here, and now five had come.

Not only that, all around were...

They knew that in the apartments where Ninth Realm martial artists lived, there were virtual cabins.

Sitting in the front row, the sturdy, tall, and heavy-tempered Mountain-Senior Shanhe Wang sat in the middle.

On his right was the cold-faced Beijiang Beijiang Jianwang with a scar on his left eye.

Next was a charming woman in blue—the Water-Marsh King.

And the sturdy-bodied, tough-featured Blade Emperor who radiated sharpness.

On his left was a middle-aged man in red clothes, with a strong build like a male lion and a broad face.

Radiating a scorching aura, he was Gu Cheng's teacher, one of the Ninth Realm powerhouses of the Xia Guo, the Crimson-Chi Chi Lie Wang.

The Crimson-Chi Chi Lie Wang slowly smiled:

"This kid Gu Cheng is actually bullying the small with the big!"

"But this Lin Qi is also acting on impulse, actually choosing to fight today; he's still too arrogant!"

"Sure enough, people can't teach people, but events teach people; once is enough!"

"It's time for Gu Cheng to teach Lin Qi a good lesson!"

The Water-Marsh King smiled after hearing this:

"Crimson-Fierce, you said that too early!"

"The battle hasn't started yet, how can you determine the final outcome!"

The Beijiang Beijiang Jianwang also said:

"It would be embarrassing if Gu Cheng loses!"

The Crimson-Chi Chi Lie Wang snorted:

"I don't think Gu Cheng will lose; I know his strength best."

"He has already exchanged blood three times!"

"He has almost finished half of the Seventh Realm and is considered a powerful batch of people in the Seventh Realm."

"Lin Qi just arrived at the base, his strength improvement is limited."

At this time, the Mountain-Senior Shanhe Wang slowly said:

"Let's watch the match; who wins and who loses will be clear soon."

The few stopped arguing and looked at the arena.

【The competition will start in one minute, both sides get ready!】

Above the arena, a female intelligent voice slowly spoke.

Gu Cheng held his blade in one hand, pointed the sharp tip at Lin Qi opposite him, and slowly said:

"Junior brother Lin Qi, you are too arrogant!"

"You gave up the three months I gave you."

"Don't regret it after you lose the battle!"

Lin Qi looked at Gu Cheng opposite him, wearing crimson battle armor, swinging a blood-colored battle blade, his whole body radiating a scorching aura.

Lin Qi seemed to see a shadow of Especially Chu Yu on the other person.

If Especially Chu Yu grew up, he would probably be like this.

Lin Qi swung his great spear with one hand, pointed the spear tip at Gu Cheng, and said calmly:

"I'm not arrogant, I just think your level isn't worth waiting three months for."

Gu Cheng's aura became stronger and stronger:

"I will make you kneel and ask you again!"

Lin Qi smiled disdainfully: "Just by you?"

【Countdown:... 3, 2, 1】

【The competition officially begins!】

Above the arena, the intelligent voice announced emotionlessly.

At the same time, everyone watching the live broadcast in the virtual hall perked up.

"It's started!"

In the Red Realm, the thousands of people in the auditorium also focused their spirits.

"Boom!!"

"Whoosh!!"

In the arena, Gu Cheng erupted with an astonishing aura, and red patterns emerged from his skin.

……

Scorching flames burned on his body, thick and scorching, like a fire god descending.

This was his Golden Gangjin, like scorching flames, capable of incinerating everything; the Golden Gangjin was injected into the blood-colored battle blade, condensing into blade Golden Gangjin.

"Swish!!"

He took the initiative to strike, stepped forward and rushed out, swinging his battle blade, and the blade Golden Gangjin was released like a fire dragon.

"Whoosh!!"

Lin Qi erupted with golden light, whipping up a strong wind that blew his hair.

"Swish!"

He shot out like a black bolt of lightning.

Golden patterns emerged, and the Golden Emperor Golden Gangjin condensed in an instant, covering his battle armor.

The black great spear pierced out, the spear shaft trembled, and the spear Golden Gangjin shot out.

The battle was on the verge of breaking out!

……

(End of chapter)