Chapter 2117: The Terrifying Shang Yong

"Hah..."

Gongsun Kunlun let out a deep breath and said, "Let me see..."

The Fourth Elder handed Gongsun Kunlun a jade tablet granting passage.

The jade tablet listed the match schedules and trial records of both He Pingsheng and Gongsun Kunlun.

The more he looked, the colder Gongsun Kunlun's eyes became.

"Not good!" He softly uttered three words, then paused, and added, "Both he and I still only have the match against Shang Yong remaining!"

"In this match, both He Pingsheng and I are certain to lose!"

"Therefore, if He Pingsheng wins against Shang Yong next, I will be in danger!"

Gongsun Kunlun's pupils contracted to the extreme.

He had already lost six matches; adding the one where he conceded to He Pingsheng made seven.

If the upcoming match against Shang Yong is added, that would be eight.

Coincidentally, He Pingsheng beat him, but also lost to the other seven of the top nine; if he loses to Shang Yong as well, that makes eight.

At that time, both would have lost eight matches and won thirty-nine.

Final score: thirty-nine points!

But the problem is, with equal points, ranking is determined by head-to-head results.

And in the head-to-head record, he was the one who lost to He Pingsheng.

Then He Pingsheng's ranking would be one place higher than his!

This is not a good thing.

"What about the others?" Gongsun Kunlun looked at the Fourth Elder: "Fourth Elder, the data for the other eight among the publicly acknowledged Nine Strongest!"

"Mm!" The Fourth Elder said: "As of now, Shang Yong is undefeated; Lan Miaotong has only lost one match to Shang Yong; the rest have mixed wins and losses!"

"Judging by the current ranking situation!"

"You... and He Pingsheng should be tied for ninth place!"

Tied for ninth was the Fourth Elder giving Gongsun Kunlun face.

Theoretically speaking, that would be tenth place.

"He Pingsheng's strength is very strong!" The Fourth Elder continued: "I watched; in almost every fight he showed restraint!"

"Even that match of yours, even if you hadn't conceded, you might not have been able to beat him!"

"So, aside from Shang Yong in his upcoming matches, he won't lose again; this has basically become a foregone conclusion!"

"If you want to surpass him in ranking, you must find a way to win all your remaining matches!"

"Including... the one against Shang Yong!"

"Shang Yong?" Gongsun Kunlun's voice turned sharp directly: "How is that possible? Who can beat him?"

"He has Twenty-Seven Divine Apertures?"

"Oh... right, Fourth Elder, how many Divine Apertures does He Pingsheng have?"

Gongsun Kunlun couldn't see through it; even the Gongsun family's God Kings couldn't see through it, but on Peach Mountain there are always some clans possessing miraculous divine abilities.

One only needs to pay a certain price to find out.

"Already found out!" The Fourth Elder said: "The Clan Head sent a considerable fortune to the Yuan clan; only then did the Yuan clan inform us!"

"This kid also has Twenty-Seven Divine Apertures!"

"Hiss hiss hiss..." Gongsun Kunlun sucked in a cold breath.

Twenty-Seven Divine Apertures.

Among all clans on the entire Peach Mountain, there were originally only three!

One was Shang Yong, one was Lan Miaotong, one was the Shui family's Shui Shanhu!

Now it's good; a He Pingsheng has arrived.

From now on, the Tao family is going to prosper!

"Then this time, I definitely can't make the top nine... unless!" Gongsun Kunlun's eyes narrowed: "Unless He Pingsheng meets with an accident!"

"Impossible!" The Fourth Elder shook his head: "He Pingsheng has Twenty-Seven Divine Apertures; trying to eliminate him in the trials now is as hard as ascending to heaven; don't forget, the Tao family's female God King is still there?"

"This matter can only be schemed for after the trials!"

"So... you still have to find a way to win the match against Shang Yong!"

Gongsun Kunlun shook his head: "Can't win; the gap between him and me is too large; we've fought many times before!"

"Moreover, divine artifacts, divine talismans and such are forbidden in the trials; one can only rely on one's own power to contend!"

"That makes it even more hopeless!"

"The key is, his Blood Dao counters me!"

"Hehehe..." The Fourth Elder chuckled: "Ay... Young Master is narrow-minded..."

"To win this match, it's not necessarily that we have to win; he could lose too..."

"He loses?" Gongsun Kunlun asked: "How could he possibly lose?"

"Let me ask you!" The Fourth Elder said: "If Shang Yong lost to you, what place would he be?"

Gongsun Kunlun said: "Still first place... if Shang Yong lost to me, his ranking would then be tied for first with Lan Miaotong, but in terms of head-to-head, he would be first, Lan Miaotong second!"

"Exactly!" The Fourth Elder said: "Whether he loses to you or beats you, this ranking won't change; hehehe... if there's something that can move him, this guy Shang Yong might not be unwilling to give you a face..."

"You also know, this scoundrel... hehehe, his character isn't very good!"

"Husband... aren't you going to pick an opponent yet?" Tao Yaoyao urged from the side.

He Pingsheng smiled and said: "No rush... when the time comes, someone will definitely pick me automatically!"

There is no possibility of a bye in the competition; anyway, everyone has to fight each other.

"Who is that guy facing Shang Yong? His build is remarkably burly!"

He Pingsheng's gaze fell upon the formation light-membrane outside the Number One arena.

Shang Yong and a man dressed in a purple Daoist robe had already entered the grand formation, but had not yet begun fighting.

He Pingsheng decided to watch Shang Yong's match first, then go fight his own match.

"This is the Yuan clan's genius Yuan Benchen; he is a demon race, the ape clan!"

"The Yuan clan's ancestor is also a God King, yet only at the first layer of the God King Realm, and moreover his wisdom is exhausted; their clan's strength is also extremely weak!"

"However, the Yuan clan possesses an extremely special innate divine ability; once this ability is deployed, it can see through another's divine apertures!"

"Right now, the matter of your twenty-seven divine apertures, Husband, has already spread throughout the entire Taoshan!"

He Pingsheng smiled and said: "I know, it doesn't matter!"

Not only the Yuan clan, but also Lan Miaotong of the Lan clan — she too saw through the twenty-seven divine apertures He Pingsheng had disguised.

This thing was fake to begin with, so naturally it doesn't matter.

Just at this moment, the two competing inside the formation finally made their move.

Shang Yong did not move, but Shang Yong's opponent Yuan Benchen suddenly flew out.

He fished out a black rod and smashed it down toward the top of Shang Yong's head.

That black rod was initially only one zhang in size, but once extended it resembled a divine pillar, swelling to a thousand zhang in size.

Yet Shang Yong still did not move.

He merely gave a wicked, charming smile, and the Blood Great Dao laws within his body erupted with a boom.

The next moment, the blood on Yuan Benchen's body began to boil.

Of course, this boiling of blood He Pingsheng could not see, but he could see Yuan Benchen's originally black face instantly congest and turn purplish-red.

Then he let out a loud cry and sprayed out a mouthful of blood.

The force of this strike used half, yet lost eighty percent of its power.

The remaining twenty percent of power was naturally easily broken by Shang Yong.

Even He Pingsheng was shocked: this Blood Great Dao is somewhat sinister.

"The Yuan clan and our Tao clan have a very good relationship; the Yuan clan ancestor was once our Tao clan ancestor's divine pet!" Tao Yaoyao added another sentence.