Chapter 846

After the match ended, as usual there was a press conference; after casually dealing with the reporters, Xing also immediately went to the Jingfeng Ship newsstand, and after defeating Topa, Lu Ka also became famous in one battle, turning into a player everyone was talking about.

When Lu Ka and her big-head photo appeared on the newspaper front page, Xing felt a swell of accomplishment, watching the athletes he had brought out step by step achieve good results in the competition…… He could somewhat understand what it felt like for Yan Qing and Yun Li to bring disciples.

However, what surprised Xing was that the best-selling item at the newsstand was not a newspaper about Lu Ka, but a publication titled "Anecdotes from the Martial Arts Ceremony Arena," author unknown, yet it recorded all the strange tales and oddities of the performers from previous Martial Arts Ceremony arenas.

First: Neutron Sword Knight.

A nameless swordsman, carrying two three-foot-long swords, his pair of treasured blades forged from two neutron stars, unstoppable, cutting iron like mud; only a master who has tempered his body and skill to perfection can wield them.

As the saying goes, heroes slay heroes, treasured sword meets treasured blade; the Neutron Sword Knight encountered an opponent wielding a white dwarf blade in his first match. They clashed fiercely amid flashing blades and sword light, yet they never expected that the violent collision of neutron star and white dwarf would actually forge a microscopic wormhole on the stage! The wormhole instantly swallowed the opponent, randomly transporting him to an unknown region of the universe.

And the swordsman who had been entrusted with great expectations was ordered by the tournament officials to find the missing competitor; from then on he left the Celestial Vessel and embarked on a far‑voyage quest to find the person.

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Dragon clan.

……

Kaisa's expression was about to twist.

Neutron star, white dwarf, Thus: Black Hole…… He knew these terms, but when they were combined they directly hit his knowledge blind spot; for the first time he felt that words could be so unfamiliar.

"……So neutron stars and white dwarfs can also be forged into swords?" Chu Zihang's eternally stoic face showed a hint of surprise for the first time, "Are you saying each sword carries the mass of a planet? That's too……"

Too sci‑fi.

No…… it's already fantasy.

Chu Zihang usually enjoyed reading and had some knowledge of astronomy, yet even he could not imagine that a collision of neutron star and white dwarf—something that could only occur in the "big" scene of galactic mergers—could actually happen on the arena stage.

At one moment, Chu Zihang even felt that if the principal ordered the three of them to assassinate the Japanese prime minister and also take out the U. S. president, the combined probability of those two events happening would still be more likely than the Neutron Sword Knight being credible.

"Is this the ultimate forging art of the universe? To be able to turn planets into swords is inconceivable……" Chu Zihang sighed softly, unable to deny that his own ignorance had limited his imagination.

"Hey hey, is this the point we need to watch? The Neutron Sword Knight and the White Dwarf Blade User produce a microscopic wormhole…… I have such dreams in class; the professor would have to scold me for dreaming about such nonsense!!"

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Second: Spider Boy Duo Duo Ke Ni.

As everyone knows, the Martial Arts Ceremony is not only an event for the Celestial Vessel's people; it also faces the universe, with no shortage of outsider strongholders coming to challenge. In the author's view, among this session's competitors, the most outstanding outsider martial artist is undoubtedly the Spider Boy Duo Duo Ke Ni.

Thanks to his racial advantages and his own diligence, Duo Duo Ke Ni's eight hands can simultaneously wield eight utterly different weapons and execute eight corresponding martial arts techniques. It is said that, upon coming to the Celestial Vessel's Martial Arts Ceremony, Duo Duo Ke Ni studied under the Grand Master of Galactic Martial Arts, Gui Dongzi, and on eight extremely harsh planets learned the renowned martial arts secret "Eightfold Heaven"; this secret, when displayed on the arena, is invincible, having met no opponent.

However, Duo Duo Ke Ni ultimately failed to reach the end, falling in his fourth match. The reason is simple: as a telepathic spider, Duo Duo Ke Ni has become an old spider boy. Yes, he died of old age!

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Ren Ya

Died of old age on the arena…… heh.

Hanma Yujiro's mouth corners split to either side, he gave a meaningful look toward the not‑far‑away Guo Haihuang who had remained silent.

The other also felt that electricity‑like gaze, turned his head and returned a smile to Hanma Yujiro: "Oh dear, is this the technique taught by the Grand Master of Galactic Martial Arts? Choosing to die of old age on the arena, as expected…… this is the victory of martial arts!"

"There is nothing in the world better than 'death' as a self‑defense technique," in Guo Haihuang's view; perhaps the Spider Boy merely encountered an opponent extremely threatening to him, and Duo Duo Ke Ni, to preserve himself, chose to die of old age!

As for whether he "revived" after leaving the arena, Guo Haihuang does not know.

"Using eight hands to simultaneously perform eight utterly different martial arts techniques…… can that even be done?" Lie Haiwang stared at him, his face full of shock.

"If it can be recorded as a legend, then it must be true." Guo Haihuang gave a hehe laugh, "Eight hands, eight techniques, each technique can cooperate with the others, likely giving sixty‑four utterly different variations; compared to that, the human body seems terribly weak."

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Third: Daniil and Jinren Shisi.

The reason these two are placed together is not only because they are both automatons, but also because they are both inner‑door disciples of Gui Dongzi, each possessing the special ability to predict an opponent's "next move"; their formidable computing power lets them display terrifying dominance in the match, advancing all the way until they face fellow disciples.

In the match, Daniil took the initiative, beginning to guess the opponent's next move. Jinren Shisi, unwilling to be outdone, began to simulate the opponent's response to the next move's next move. Thus Daniil started to predict the next move's next move's next move. Back and forth, the two automatons ultimately made no move, falling into an infinite logical deadlock; the helpless organizers could only carry them off the stage.

Although the Celestial Vessel side said that the two, whose match was not finished, would have their eligibility retained for the next Martial Arts Ceremony, the author cannot help but doubt that even after ten thousand amber ages their duel would never be completed. This is probably what the ancient Celestial Vessel martial artists described:

"They were taught by the same master, so neither can break the other's move."

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Quan Yuan

"Predicting the opponent's next move…… that actually sounds a lot like our 'Precognition First'."

Gana E's eyes sank; he never expected that the skill they often used in combat could be simulated by a machine's computing power. "Precognition First" lies in sensing the flow of the opponent's "qi" before they launch an attack—that is, the moment they intend to strike—then, combined with one's own experience, to respond in advance.