Chapter 453: Defeating Chan Rong

As the large slabs of rock were blasted apart by Chanrong's Zen Melting, a sky full of dust surged into the air, covering the arena like a layer of clouds.

At the same time, in the spiritual realm's audience seating.

Wan Gouxuan of Xianbing University looked at the dusty sky above the arena, his eyes thoughtful.

And beside him was a figure whose spiritual realm projection was a long sword—it was Yue Guanqiong, the top student of Tianjian University's Civil Engineering Department.

Only to hear Yue Guanqiong say, "Mo Shaojin still won't take the field?"

"I thought that when Wanfa University faced an elimination crisis in this match, even if they had to pool money, they would let Mo Shaojin play."

Yue Guanqiong snorted coldly, "I am very much looking forward to Mo Shaojin leading Wanfa University all the way, so I can eventually fight him again."

Whenever he thought of how Mo Shaojin crushed all the flying swords of his team last year, Yue Guanqiong couldn't help but gnash his teeth.

Especially when thinking of that flying sword that had been one with him for years, and the nights spent with its intelligent sword spirit...

Thinking of Mo Shaojin using his big hand to ravage that flying sword wantonly right in front of him...

Thinking of the flying sword spirit being forcibly torn out by Mo Shaojin, thrown into the treasures of the Civil Engineering Department, and being cruelly humiliated by the construction site soul cultivators under Mo Shaojin's command, stuffed with who knows how much garbage information...

Even now, long after the match, the rescued sword spirit still hasn't recovered—the moment it enters a flying sword, it starts vibrating at high frequency, mistaking itself for a construction site's vibratory rod.

All of this dealt a severe blow to Yue Guanqiong's Dao Heart of man-sword unity.

Every time he thought of these heartbreaking scenes, the killing intent in Yue Guanqiong's heart would uncontrollably surge forth: "Mo Shaojin!"

This year of mad studying, borrowing money, and working... all for the rematch with Mo Shaojin, to be able to crush him severely.

Now, he had full confidence, only lacking an opportunity to meet Wanfa again.

Just then, Wan Gouxuan said from the side, "Before I came, I also thought that if not for expecting Mo Shaojin to appear at the last moment, this match would have nothing interesting to watch."

In Wan Gouxuan's view, although Mo Shaojin claimed to still be heavily injured and unable to play temporarily,

If it really came to the brink of Wanfa University's elimination, at that final moment... it was possible that even if Mo Shaojin were dead, they might spend money to revive him, then pause the match and substitute him in.

He muttered in his heart, "With Mo Shaojin's strength, he can definitely defeat Chanrong."

For Mo Shaojin, Wan Gouxuan felt no amount of caution was excessive.

After all, every time he thought of that battle where Mo Shaojin broke his entire team's medical insurance, Wan Gouxuan's heart still churned with emotion.

The sequelae from the heavy injuries of that battle had not been eliminated to this day—requiring him to repay the medical loans incurred back then every month.

The monthly deduction notifications for loan repayment were like the unhealed scar Mo Shaojin had left on him, making Wan Gouxuan's hatred grow day by day.

That's why he had been paying close attention to Wanfa University's matches—both because he valued Mo Shaojin's strength and because he looked forward to the chance to fight Wanfa again.

And after a year of desperately making money! Making money! Making money!

Wan Gouxuan now also had confidence to defeat Mo Shaojin and humiliate him severely.

Today, he originally came to watch Mo Shaojin's appearance at the final moment, to observe changes in his strength, but unexpectedly, Zhang Yu's performance surprised him greatly.

Only to hear Wan Gouxuan say, "From what I've seen so far, although Mo Shaojin hasn't played, this Zhang Yu's performance is indeed somewhat unexpected."

Yue Guanqiong beside him said, "Indeed. According to the data, this Zhang Yu is only a junior, yet he has exceptionally learned the entire set of the Seven Ultimate Techniques of Civil Engineering, mastering the Heavenly Kunlun Mountain-Moving Divine Strength."

"Moreover, it's only in the last two or three months that he has successively mastered the final few techniques, yet he has already pushed the Heavenly Kunlun Mountain-Moving Divine Strength to level 10 or above."

"Such martial arts talent is extremely rare."

Recalling the process of the just-concluded battle, Yue Guanqiong analyzed, "Besides his martial arts ability, his body refinement cultivation is also extraordinary; to be able to physically clash with Chanrong to such an extent, he has clearly invested great effort in body refinement as well."

"But these very things reveal his fatal weakness."

Yue Guanqiong spoke fluently, "Whether it's the Seven Ultimate Techniques of Civil Engineering or his brute physical strength, both show that he is not very wealthy, which is why his strength manifests in these two aspects, lacking the aid of magical skeletons and treasures."

"Precisely because he is not wealthy enough, he cannot continue to sustain such a direct clash with Chanrong, so he chose to switch tactics."

"First, he attacked where the enemy must defend, striking the construction site of Jingang University from long range."

"Then, he used the thick dust to hide himself."

"After Chanrong manifested the Great Sun Aspects, he looked like a big lantern, making too obvious a target, thus forming a situation where Zhang Yu attacks from darkness against brightness."

"However..." Yue Guanqiong changed his tone, "If he thinks such tactics can counter Chanrong, then he underestimates the wealth gap between them and underestimates Chanrong's set of Vajra Mystic Forge magical skeletons."

……

Chan Rong gazed at the dense smoke and dust before him, silently closed his eyes, and then released all sensory functions of his Dharma Remnant body.

In an instant, the smoke and dust gradually vanished from his mind, while the surging spiritual glimmers in the atmosphere became increasingly clear.

Among these surging spiritual glimmers, Chan Rong quickly detected Zhang Yu's presence.

In an instant, as he pointed a finger, streaks of firefly-like radiance were lit up one after another within the smoke and dust.

Amid rumbling explosions, waves of air surged outward, but what appeared before Chan Rong were Formless Vigor Warriors blown apart by blazing flames.

He thought to himself, "Hmph, using human-shaped qi projections to mislead me?"

At the same time, waves of netherforce gravity swept across, and a comet blast attack raged through the air but failed to accurately hit Chan Rong.

This was because the sky now seemed to have ten suns rising at once.

As Chan Rong continuously activated the Great Sun Aspects, fireballs formed multiple light sources, turning the sky a blinding white, making it difficult for Zhang Yu to find his target for a time.

Yue Guanqiong watched as both sides used smoke, dust, and light to conceal themselves while searching and attacking each other, and remarked in surprise, "Chan Rong can't find Zhang Yu?"

"His Diamond Mystic Creation is the latest model; it should be able to accurately sense the subtle changes in spiritual glimmers. Why can't he detect Zhang Yu's position?"

Wan Gou Xuan said, "Because below the arena is a simulated spiritual vein."

"Zhang Yu is probably hiding inside the spiritual vein, which is why Chan Rong couldn't find him."

As the two spoke, the dense clouds of smoke and dust above the arena suddenly contracted violently, as if an invisible vortex had descended, madly devouring everything.

Yue Guanqiong gritted his teeth and said, "The Tenth Aspect of the Anchor Star—Star-Locking Prison."

"So Zhang Yu was stalling for time earlier, storing up power to use this technique, forming a large-scale netherforce gravity cage to trap Chan Rong."

He still remembered that during last year's battle with Mo Shang Jin, the latter had used this Star-Locking Prison to seize countless flying swords.

As the smoke, dust, and light sources were continuously constricted within the massive netherforce gravity cage, Chan Rong seemed to be firmly locked in midair.

Then, as the flames subsided, Chan Rong's form was revealed.

Next, with a sharp crack, Chan Rong's body seemed unable to withstand the crushing netherforce gravity, gradually twisting and bending.

But Wan Gou Xuan's eyes lit up at the sight: "It's a Diamond Mystic Creation substitute puppet."

At the same time, an advertisement for substitute puppets played above the arena.

"A substitute puppet that will never betray you."

"Your flesh body is now under my protection."

Wan Gou Xuan said, "From the moment Zhang Yu hid himself, Chan Rong never intended to deal with him directly; he was looking for a chance to shift the battlefield and end this match completely."

As he spoke, Wan Gou Xuan's gaze suddenly shifted to the other side of the arena, and he said, "Here it comes!"

Yue Guanqiong's eyes flickered: "I see—by moving the battlefield to the opponent's construction site, with Chan Rong's area-of-effect destructive power, this battle would be over."

"Zhang Yu still lacks a sufficient-quality Dharma Remnant; he couldn't detect Chan Rong's movement ahead of time on the battlefield."

"The smoke he created instead became the environment that shielded Chan Rong."

……

A spark of light flickered briefly, and the next moment, bursts of blinding white radiance lit up above the Ten Thousand Dharmas University construction site.

Chan Rong stood in midair, his body wrapped in blazing light.

With a point of his finger, he was about to incinerate the construction site below.

Flames appeared spontaneously on the site; countless soil, stones, and materials burst into fire without any ignition source, emitting streams of blue smoke.

But in the next moment, Chan Rong's expression changed slightly.

Apart from a few working artifacts, there was not a single student from Ten Thousand Dharmas University on the construction site.

……

Wan Gou Xuan said, "This is a fake construction site made by Ten Thousand Dharmas University. Their main body has probably been moved underground."

"Also… to deal with the blazing great sun high in the heavens, hiding deep beneath the earth is the best approach."

He sighed: "I see. It seems Zhang Yu and the others' first tactic was to stall Chan Rong while quickly constructing and setting up formations to gain the upper hand."

"But after the fierce fight between Zhang Yu and Chan Rong, they realized the gap between them and understood that continuing like this was impossible, so they switched tactics."

"Because the previous intense battle had made Chan Rong believe all along that the opponent was preventing him from advancing."

"So, as Zhang Yu deliberately created an opportunity—an opening for Chan Rong to advance—Chan Rong naturally arrived at the Wanfa Construction Site, bringing this area into his attack range."

"But as the students of Wanfa University hid underground, the lethal power of the Great Sun Facets was greatly reduced."

"Of course, if Chan Rong were given some time, this wouldn't be a problem, but the issue was that he had no time."

Wan Gouxuan turned his head to look at the Jingang University construction site: "Because taking this chance, Zhang Yu has probably already gone to the Jingang University side."

Yue Guanqiong summarized: "Under conditions where their economic level was inferior, they used a base-swapping tactic."

"But the students of Wanfa University, when facing the Great Sun Facets, were clearly able to hold out longer than the other side—the Jingang University students facing the Heavenly Kunlun Mountain-Moving Divine Power."

"This exploits the advantage of the Heavenly Kunlun Mountain-Moving Divine Power and the disadvantage of the Great Sun Facets."

"After all, when facing the Heavenly Kunlun Mountain-Moving Divine Power, hiding underground only makes things worse—the destructive power from the Earth Fiend Gravity churning the earth becomes even more terrifying..."

Just as the two observers in the Spirit Realm finished their exchange at lightning speed, Chan Rong, almost without hesitation, transformed into a fire meteor and shot toward the Jingang University construction site.

In the next moment, surging flames exploded over Jingang University.

Watching this scene, Wan Gouxuan sighed: "The battlefield has shifted to the Jingang University side; Chan Rong has already lost."

"Unless he can crush Zhang Yu before his own teammate collapses."