Chapter 465: 17: Battle of the Proud Heavens

Chapter 465: Chapter 17: Battle of the Proud Heavens

On the field, Yuwen Donghao’s injuries had stabilized.

As a warrior at the Tao Foundation Stage, his Life Force was strong enough. A slight recovery would allow him to compete in the afternoon’s ranking match without any issue.

However, after losing to Li Fei, Yuwen Donghao no longer cared much about whether he ranked ninth or sixteenth.

He walked off the field with a face full of unwillingness.

The explosion just now was not his strongest move; he had many meticulously prepared trump cards that he hadn’t used. He had even mastered a high-level Tao Power inheritance under the guidance of Yuwen Xinzhang!

Yet he failed without getting the chance to use these techniques…

Experiencing such a defeat for the first time in his life left Yuwen Donghao filled with bitterness.

On the main grandstand, Yuwen Xinzhang glanced at his son’s desolate figure and smiled,

“Being too impulsive, experiencing this defeat may actually be a good thing.”

A Martial Arts Master sitting beside him nodded, “Yuwen is right. Donghao is still young. Having gone through this ordeal, his future is limitless.”

“Young?”

Yuwen Xinzhang looked toward the distant figure of Li Fei.

That one is truly young…

“Amazing, he actually hid his body in a pit.”

Ning Xing said in astonishment.

He, like Yuwen Donghao, had completely overlooked this.

Ning Chuan looked at him, “Do you know why you both overlooked this?”

“Why?”

“If Li Fei had used Ghostly Shadow from the start, Yuwen Donghao wouldn’t have been so easily fooled; but Li Fei used this tactic only after being blasted by Yuwen Donghao’s Deep Rock Power several times. Every time after getting blasted, Li Fei would immediately leap out of the pit, which made Yuwen Donghao develop a pattern of thought. The last time he leaped out before using Ghostly Shadow, which successfully deceived Yuwen Donghao.”

Ning Chuan patiently analyzed for his junior brother.

“So impressive!”

Ning Xing sincerely exclaimed.

“To deal with such an opponent, you need to use your brain more in combat,”

Ning Chuan said.

“Alright, senior brother.”

Ning Xing nodded earnestly.

In the approaching quarterfinals, Ning Xing’s opponent would be Li Fei, which is why Ning Chuan had been urging his junior brother to observe Li Fei from the start.

Once the match lineup was confirmed, Ning Chuan was convinced that both Li Fei and his junior brother would make it to the top eight and eventually meet!

The battle between Yuwen Donghao and Li Fei was the final match of the morning. Afterward, there would be a break in the middle of the day.

At 2 p.m., the eight players who lost in the morning would compete in the ranking matches to determine the ninth to sixteenth places in the tournament.

Yuwen Donghao did not show up; he had given up on the afternoon ranking matches.

With his ability, even injured, he could have easily defeated his opponents and secured ninth place, but he did not come.

To him, not entering the top eight was a failure!

Although the reward for ninth place was much greater than that for sixteenth, Yuwen Donghao did not care.

He was not lacking in such resources.

Both students from Tianqu University, yesterday’s Zhuo Buping desperately wanted a better rank but had to give up due to injuries.

Today’s Yuwen Donghao could have easily achieved it but simply did not care.

The same university, two different lives.

For the other competitors, having one less Tao Foundation Stage warrior as a competitor was naturally a good thing.

The afternoon’s ranking matches were fierce and exciting.

Eventually, a disciple from Pudu Temple secured the ninth place, becoming the highest-ranked individual in this tournament after the top eight exceptional geniuses.

That evening, major newspapers reported on the day’s contest between Li Fei and Yuwen Donghao, devoting nearly half of the coverage to this matchup.

The other half of the coverage looked forward to the battles of the exceptional geniuses—

Wu’an University’s Wang Fengqing VS Upper Pure Sect’s Gan Jingcheng

Wu’an University’s Li Fei VS Daluo Sect’s Ning Xing

Pudu Temple’s Ming Qi VS Yuhua Sect’s Liao Xin

Pudu Temple’s Ming Cheng VS Daluo Sect’s Ning Chuan

This was the lineup for the upcoming quarterfinals!

Of the eight exceptional geniuses, only Upper Pure Sect’s Gan Jingcheng and Pudu Temple’s Ming Qi had incorporated five types of Implants.

Thus, originally when dividing the groups, an effort was made to place these two in different semifinals.

Then, as organizers, Upper Pure Sect specially maneuvered to ensure the two from Pudu Temple were in the same semifinal, targeting the Buddhist competitors.

Finally, they ensured Ning Chuan, who had incorporated four types of Implants, avoided Gan Jingcheng’s semifinal.

As a result, the final arrangement was the top half: Li Fei, Ning Xing, Wang Fengqing, and Gan Jingcheng.

The bottom half: Ming Qi, Liao Xin, Ming Cheng, and Ning Chuan.

Gan Jingcheng in the top half had apparently weaker opponents, and whether it was Pudu Temple’s Ming Qi or Daluo Sect’s Ning Chuan advancing to the finals from the bottom half, they would both have to endure a tough battle first.

Major newspapers predicted on their pages the outcome of tomorrow’s quarterfinals:

“Li Fei, although victorious against Yuwen Donghao today, has also spent a considerable amount of energy. Tomorrow his opponent will be Daluo Sect’s Ning Xing, who like Yuwen Donghao, has incorporated two types of Implants.

Daluo Sect’s heritage is stronger than that of Tianqu University, and Ning Xing’s strength should also be stronger than Yuwen Donghao’s. Most importantly, Li Fei’s trump card has already been exposed, so the probability of Ning Xing winning tomorrow will be even higher.”

“Another peerless genius from Wu’an University, Wang Fengqing, is up against Gan Jingcheng from Upper Pure Sect. This match holds no suspense; both are peerless geniuses, one 22, the other 25 years old. One has only incorporated two Implants, while one has already incorporated five Implants; Gan Jingcheng will definitely win!”

“In the lower bracket, the match between Ming Qi of Pudu Temple and Liao Xin of Yuhua Sect also holds no suspense. Five Implants against two—Ming Qi is sure to make it into the top four.”

“The last match is between Ming Cheng from Pudu Temple and Ning Chuan from Daluo Sect. Ming Cheng has also only incorporated two Implants, while Ning Chuan has incorporated four Implants, so the outcome is quite clear.”

“Therefore, the most suspenseful match tomorrow is still Li Fei’s.”

“How far can this unparalleled figure in history go? Let us wait and see!”

“…”

Nearly all newspapers share a similar view. For tomorrow’s four matches, three are quite predictable, the outcome of only Li Fei’s remaining uncertain.

Despite the external fervor and buzz, Li Fei is simply quietly cultivating in his room, following a routine. He has now trained the “Flame Core” to the Body Breaking Middle Stage, further enhancing his physique—his total blood volume increasing from 356 to 362 beads.

However, it is almost impossible to break through the “Flame Core” to the Innate Qi stage in these few days to cultivate new Innate Qi.

Without new Innate Qi, he temporarily won’t be able to condense higher-rank Force and will be at a disadvantage in Force against a powerhouse like Gan Jingcheng.

Inside his room, Li Fei finished today’s cultivation of the “Flame Core.”

Then, he started to cultivate “Illusion Leaf” after taking some elixirs.

This time, his meditation went smoothly without entering the Dream Realm.

Li Fei hadn’t entered the Dream Realm for the past few days, unable to discern a pattern for entering it.

Until late night, Li Fei finished cultivating the “Illusion Leaf.”

He didn’t rest but instead began mixing medicines from a collection of bottles and jars taken from his luggage.

A half-hour later, Li Fei concocted a foul-smelling liquid, which he drunkenly consumed without a change in expression.

This was a poison he had concocted for himself! The upgrade of the Myriad Blood Pearl required absorbing energy that would cause harm to him, and compared to cultivating with elixirs, directly consuming poison had better effects.

However, after taking the same poison too often, his body would develop resistance, and the energy the Myriad Blood Pearl could absorb would diminish.

Li Fei must switch to a completely new poison for consumption.

This was also a major reason why Li Fei continuously studied poison formulas under Mo Yizhou.

He needed to constantly concoct new poisons for himself. Starting from obtaining Nether Spring Poison to now, his improved ‘personal-use Nether Spring Poison’ had reached version 11.6!

’11’ represents the eleventh completely new poison.

The ‘6’ means it was the sixth minor adjustment.

After taking the poison, Li Fei began observing the energy increase in the Myriad Blood Pearl.

He found it somewhat humorous to think that after studying poison for so long, the most frequent subject of his poisons was himself…

No poison master in the world could be as ‘harsh’ as Li Fei was!

It’s no exaggeration to say that in the field of ‘chronic poisons’, Li Fei felt that nowadays, he should be more skilled than Mo Yizhou, who also mastered the Poison Formula!

“Will I become the greatest Poison Saint in the world before becoming a Martial Saint?” Li Fei thought amusingly.

Moments later, watching the energy value of the Myriad Blood Pearl rise, he nodded in satisfaction.

This revision was successful, finally increasing the upgrade speed of the Myriad Blood Pearl a bit more. After months of accumulation, its energy value had now reached 98%, and Li Fei expected it to complete upgrading by early morning!

A few hours later, Li Fei, sitting quietly, witnessed the upgrading of the Myriad Blood Pearl:

[Rank: Level 17 1%

Blood Soul: 394 beads

Blood Soul Skill: Blood Rage (Strong), Blood Slaughter (Strong), Blood Power, Blood Spring (Strong)

Transform Skill: Blood Demon]

This upgrade had added 32 beads, bringing Li Fei’s total Blood Soul count to just a few shy of breaking 400.

As his physique continued to strengthen, he should surpass it in the next few days.

In the room, Li Fei displayed a satisfied smile and silently awaited the dawn.

September 22, 8 AM.

The stands surrounding the competition arena at Tianqu University were fully seated.

Today would be a direct confrontation between the eight peerless geniuses, making today’s ticket prices at least double those of yesterday!

“First match, Wang Fengqing from Wu’an University against Gan Jingcheng from Upper Pure Sect!”

Without any superfluous talk, the moment the match time arrived, the staff loudly announced it.

In the stands, the bearded Gan Jingcheng touched his chin and stood up with a relaxed expression, heading down the stairs.

On the other side, Wang Fengqing also calmly descended the steps.

The battle between geniuses was about to erupt!

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