Chapter 161

Xiao Feng walked out of Cheng Zhu Fu, and not long after he received a message from Zhu Long.

"Xiao Feng, bro, Invincible Under Heaven had me relay a message: Jian Zan Cang Sheng has already gone to the Storm City Arena to wait for you; he hopes you won't back down."

Hearing this, Xiao Feng let out a helpless laugh, "What an arrogant guy, though his strength is indeed not bad; I'll go meet him again."

After saying that, he walked over to the nearby Teleportation Array and teleported to Storm City.

Opening the Level Ranking, he saw that Jian Zan Cang Sheng had somehow caught up; his level is now 108, obviously he's been fighting nonstop in the past 24 hours, soloing many high-level bosses, greatly boosting his strength.

"Xiao Feng, bro, I heard from the brothers that Jian Zan Cang Sheng somehow got hold of a super mythic accessory, his strength has increased a lot, and on the Zhan Chang he can easily solo a level 150 mythic. You'd better watch out, don't capsize." Zhu Long gave a friendly reminder.

Xiao Feng felt slightly surprised, not expecting the opponent to also have obtained a super mythic quality equipment within this day.

But he wasn't afraid either, nodding and saying, "No problem, you can form a team first, then later we'll set off for the Ashen Plains."

No matter how strong Jian Zan Cang Sheng becomes, two frost arrows will surely kill him; he feels no psychological pressure.

Now the only thing that can threaten his life in a one-on-one duel is a boss with extremely high true damage.

Or… a god!

Storm City.

Xiao Feng walked out of the Teleportation Array, but the familiar cursing sounds did not appear.

Having lost Otto Gu's curse, he is no longer the "rebel" that everyone wanted to kick.

However, a city defense militia NPC still walked over from ahead.

"Warrior Xiao Feng, the City Lord requests your presence; please find time to come to the City Lord's Mansion for a chat!" This NPC is none other than the deputy commander Hart, whom he had beaten before.

Hart's attitude toward him had become a bit friendlier, and he now addressed him as "warrior."

However, because Xiao Feng had previously killed city guard soldiers, beneath this friendliness still lurked some dissatisfaction and resentment.

Upon his saying that, Xiao Feng recalled that the Storm City Lord had arranged to meet him, but he had forgotten due to being busy all day.

"Sure, I'll come after a fight, shortly." Xiao Feng replied, then headed straight for the Arena.

This time, only a few people knew about the duel—just the senior members of the four most familiar guilds were aware of the situation.

Xiao Feng didn't inform his teammates and came to the Arena alone.

Inside the Arena, Jian Zan Cang Sheng had already arrived.

Invincible Under Heaven, Tian Xia Wu Shuang, and others were also waiting inside.

Seeing him arrive, Tian Xia Wu Shuang almost reflexively began to mock: "I thought you were hiding, too scared to come out."

"Not bad—usually I keep it tucked in, but when I meet your mother I stick it out." Xiao Feng, never losing a verbal exchange, calmly retorted.

Tian Xia Wu Shuang's temples bulged with veins; he wanted to curse back but felt he couldn't outdo him, so he finally gave up in frustration.

Invincible Under Heaven stepped in to defuse the situation for his brothers, saying, "Xiao Feng, go up onto the dueling platform. Our battlefield isn't finished yet; after this fight we'll immediately head back to the Ashen Plains."

"Sure, don't worry—I won't waste everyone's time; I'll settle the fight within five seconds." Xiao Feng gave a slight smile and walked toward the dueling platform at the center of the Arena.

Invincible Under Heaven had merely been casually urging Xiao Feng, but didn't expect to be shown up by him again, and for a moment he seethed with anger.

Zhu Long also arrived at the Arena just then, seeing Xiao Feng about to go up, he shouted, "Xiao Feng, bro, I'm betting 1 million gold coins on your win! Kick his ass!"

Xiao Feng: …

Turns out the Arena also allows betting?

"Help me buy 5 million too!" he quickly shouted.

Upon closer look, the Arena indeed allows betting, but the parties involved cannot participate; they can only have others place bets for them.

Moreover, this betting is purely based on the amount of gold coins invested by spectators to calculate odds, automatically settled by the system, with the game developers offering no credibility guarantee.

Even if one of the combatants throws the match, they bear no responsibility.

Therefore, generally no one dares to place too large a bet here, for fear of running into actors.

Currently Xiao Feng's odds are 1 to 1.05, as low as they can get.

However, nobody would turn down such a free money-making opportunity; making any money is enough.

Soon, Xiao Feng arrived on the arena.

Jian Zan Cang Sheng still wore a plain swordsman's white robe, holding his flying sword as he stood on the stage, like a green pine, tall and upright.

Upon closer look, a ring had appeared on his hand, flashing with colorful light—it must be the so-called mythic equipment.

Xiao Feng thought to himself, "This guy only has weapons and rings as equipment, not a single piece of armor. Could it be that he can't wear armor? Or can't wear equipment below mythic?"

As long as one can wear equipment, nobody would choose to leave the slot empty.

After all, even a plain white item adds some HP and defense.

Jian Zan Cang Sheng is already very powerful; if he wore a full set of equipment, he would undoubtedly be stronger.

But he doesn't! This might be the negative side effect behind the Ancient Sword Immortal profession's strength.

"Xiao Feng, I've been waiting for this moment a long time." Seeing Xiao Feng go on stage, Jian Zan Cang Sheng kept his sword-holding posture unchanged and spoke in a low voice.

Xiao Feng shrugged, "Not long, really? At most, it's 24 hours and 10 minutes in-game, which is just over two hours in Xian Xia."

"Last time, I was careless and didn't give my all. This time, I will do my best and defeat you!" Jian Zan Cang Sheng ignored his words and spoke solemnly.

This means he wants to hype up the atmosphere, creating a deadly intent for the showdown at the Purple Forbidden Peak!

Xiao Feng wouldn't let him have his way!

"Alright, quit the chatter and hurry up and fight; after the fight we still have quests to do."

He took out his staff, Xiao Feng spread his legs and stood on the arena in a relaxed, casual manner.

This frivolous posture made Jian Zan Cang Sheng, who was trying to build up the atmosphere, have veins bulging on his forehead.

At that moment, the NPC referee announced loudly, "Both fighters, get ready; the battle will start in one minute!"

The battle was about to begin.

The two were 10 meters apart, standing on either side of the center point of the 1v1 arena.

Xiao Feng checked Jian Zan Cang Sheng's info: level 108 Ancient Sword Immortal, with 58,000 HP.

This HP, compared to when he was level 65 before, seems not to have increased much.

Jianzhan Cangsheng also looked at his stats: level 120 Weather Mage, 174,000 HP, compared to the last fight, his HP increased fivefold.

"In this day, your strength has also improved quite a bit." he said, his tone somewhat solemn, he was quite concerned about this HP.

Xiao Feng nodded, not denying.

Within this day, his Ice Arrow reached a transcendent state, all his gear except the 【Magic Will Ring】 was upgraded to mythic or higher quality, and he also learned an additional necromancy forbidden spell.

Moreover, he obtained a mount and a manor, and established a guild.

All things considered, his growth speed can be described as shocking to hear.

"Coincidentally, I've also made some progress; let's see who's stronger." Jianzhan Cangsheng said again.

1 minute passed quickly.

At the moment the NPC referee shouted "Start", both sprang into action instantly!