[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-warrior-s-promise":3,"chapter-warrior-s-promise-warrior-s-promise-chapter-140":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Warrior's Promise",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1369173,1812,"Chapter 140: A Row of Effortless Victories","warrior-s-promise-chapter-140",140,"\u003Cp>Translator:?Transn??Editor:?Transn\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the First Elder finished his announcement, a dozen deacons stepped forward with pre-prepared metal sticks to let disciples draw lots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Mo and Zhou Xin joined the queue for the draw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, Su Mo received his metal stick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Group six, no. 518.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Mo’s metal stick read, “group six, no. 518”.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over 10,000 Outer Disciples were divided into 10 groups, each with over 1,000 contestants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Xin, Li Feng, and Niu Xiaohu each drew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None of them were in the same group with Su Mo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Xin was in group two, Niu Xiaohu in group eight, and Li Feng in group nine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After drawing, the four friends waited together for the competition to start.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the 10 fighting rings were not too far from each other, the four stayed in one place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The draw finished quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hosting deacon stood up and announced, “The competition starts now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Group one, No. 16 versus no. 825!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Group two, no. 605 versus no. 853!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Group three, no. 102 versus no. 467!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The disciples whose numbers were called by the deacon stepped in the corresponding ring and began their first round of the fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beams of light shone in each ring and loud clashes sounded here and there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group stage was brutal. One defeat was all it took to be eliminated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant that good luck would play an important part in the first stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a disciple who was at the Peak Lv 6 Spiritual Martial Realm would suffer a terrible loss if he was unlucky enough to encounter one of the top 10 outer disciples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the competition went on, more and more disciples were eliminated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some groups finished their first round and moved on to the next fight faster than the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Group nine, no. 74 versus no. 1019!” The deacon called Li Feng into the ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Feng was no. 74.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Feng’s opponent was a disciple at the Lv 2 Spiritual Martial Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was no match for Li Feng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mountain-Collapsing Fist!” Li Feng shouted within the ring and knocked his opponent out with one powerful punch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coming down from the fighting ring, Li Feng had a fine color in his cheeks like a spring breeze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ha-hah. Easy wins from the first round!” Li Feng laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Congratulations, brother Li!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Beautiful, brother Li!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Xin and Niu Xiaohu appeared to be excited about Li Feng’s opening victory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Group six, no. 518 versus no. 661!” The deacon called again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother Su Mo, it’s your turn!” said Li Feng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Mo nodded as he stepped into the ring of Group Six.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Su Mo?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Mo’s opponent was dressed in a yellow robe. He was at the Lv 3 Spiritual Martial Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The youth in yellow looked gloomy as soon as he saw Su Mo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You know me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Mo was surprised. He stared at the youth up and down and realized who he was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was one of the Gale Island disciples from the Guanwu City mission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I surrender!” the youth in yellow forced a wry smile before shouting his decision to the referee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had learned how powerful Su Mo was in the Battle of Guanwu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew he had no chance of facing Su Mo even if he had reached the Lv 4 Spiritual Martial Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However upset he felt, he had to admit his defeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The youth in yellow immediately turned and walked down from the fighting ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Mo quietly stroked his nose without a word and left the fighting ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Round one, a free win!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of disciples of the Sky Alliance stood together in the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Yangjun saw Su Mo’s free victory and a sneer appeared in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You can gloat for a little while, before long your end will come.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that, Zhou Xin and Niu Xiaohu each had their first match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Niu Xiaohu was lucky that he drew an opponent at Lv 1 Spiritual Martial Realm and scored an easy victory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other hand, Zhou Xin, unfortunately, encountered a mighty rival of the Lv 5 Spiritual Martial Realm in his first round.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He chose to fight like a man instead of throwing in the towel but was knocked out by one blow from his rival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As time went by, round one finished in all 10 fighting rings and thousands of disciples got eliminated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rest of the contestants advanced to the second round.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Group six, no. 518 versus no. 932!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Su Mos’s turn to fight again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This round, Su Mo was facing a round-faced youth at the Lv 5 Spiritual Martial Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’re at the same level. You’re to lose for certain!” The round-faced youth holding a light green spear said with confidence after eying Su Mo up and down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bring it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Mo shook his head gently, wondering why the youth was so confident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Take a defeat!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The round-faced youth dashed out, his body rising up into the air and stabbed Su Mo with his spear of shining blue light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phew!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spear?pierced through the air and approached Su Mo’s chest at the lightning speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Err!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, at the next moment, the round-faced youth’s facial expression suddenly froze and his body reached a standstill in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Mo stretched his hand and grabbed the spear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How can it be?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The round-faced youth was in a terrible shock. He struggled hard but could not pull out the spear. He was trying so hard that his face turned red, but it did not change anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spear in Su Mo’s hand did not move at all, as if there was a mountain resting on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this very moment, the scene in that fighting ring appeared rather amusing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Mo stood in the middle of the fighting ring and held up a spear, at the tip of which the round-faced youth hung in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go down!” Su Mo said in a flat voice as he shook his arm. The round-faced youth flew off the ring together with his spear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Mo scored another victory with ease in the second round.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Mo’s luck continued for three more rounds and he harvested five wins without any struggle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Niu Xiaohu was eliminated in round three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Feng made it to round five.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the end of each round, the number of remaining disciples was cut by half. After five rounds, there were less than four dozen contestants left in Su Mo’s group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In all 10 fighting rings, the top 10 outer disciples attracted the most attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None of their rivals made it to their second strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seed Outer Disciple of Su Mo’s group was Lu Shaoyun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a blue silk robe, this handsome, elegant young man threw his opponents out of the ring with ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The top three outer disciples Nangong Linjue, Duan Bingye, and Ling Muchen seemed even more relaxed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of their rivals admitted their defeat without fighting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, they had not made any move so far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Group six, no. 12 versus no. 518!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, in round six, Su Mo met a worthy rival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A grim-looking youth in black at the Peak Lv 5 Spiritual Martial Realm, his bearing was extremely imposing, way beyond his peers of the same level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Mo got in the ring and the pair stood face to face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He-heh! Lucky me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man in black grinned as soon as he saw Su Mo. “I’ll be rewarded handsomely for taking your life!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Taking my life?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Mo raised his brows and asked in a cold voice, “You want to take my life?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What did you say?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man in black showed his killing desire in his eyes and answered, “Yes, you’re pretty strong. However, it’s your misfortune to encounter me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man in black appeared extremely confident. Though he was only at Peak Lv 5 Spiritual Martial Realm, he was no weaker than those at level 6.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re from the Sky Alliance?” Su Mo asked, an expression of scorn on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>",1335,"2026-06-05T21:45:06.099Z",1,"novelbin.me","c10931550357aba840533876ecd1ba738993bd20f49fa10c5a00705413ad8bf7","warrior-s-promise-chapter-141","warrior-s-promise-chapter-139",3336,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarrior-s-promise-cover.jpg"]