prynovel Chapter 35 : Chapter 35
Chapter 35 : Chapter 35
Chapter 35: Xiao Xuan Unleashed Himself—Strength Terrifying Beyond Measure! Liu Yunhai, Shanhe Province’s Number One Prodigy!
In an instant, the group of martial artists below the Seventh Heaven of the Grandmaster Realm erupted into curses, and all sorts of trash talk came pouring toward Xiao Xuan.
At the same time, the ground became littered with a large number of [Furious] Traits.
"It is nothing more than the impotent rage of trash."
Xiao Xuan merely dug at his ear, then mocked them again.
The moment those words came out, the martial artists opposite him nearly lost control and charged straight at him.
Fortunately, they still had their reason. They knew that if they made a move now, not only would they be judged to have lost, they would also be fined.
"Are you certain? You should know that the fighters at the peak of any realm are always the most numerous, and also the strongest. Those who become stuck at the limit and cannot break through generally choose to come to the Colosseum and fight, hoping to achieve a breakthrough in battle.”
"Not only are these people much stronger than others at the same level, there are also a great many of them."
At this moment, even Lu Yuan frowned.
He knew Xiao Xuan was arrogant, but he had not expected him to be this arrogant.
"That only makes it better. My thanks, Senior."
The moment Xiao Xuan heard that, his eyes lit up.
Earlier, he had still been thinking of doing another round, but when he saw the number of challengers below the Seventh Heaven of the Grandmaster Realm, he had given up on the idea.
If he displayed too much strength in this round and frightened off the stronger fighters, then in the next multi-person arena, he probably would not even be able to gather a thousand people.
It was better to gather as many as possible now, before the full extent of his strength had been revealed.
"Since you are so certain, then I will spread the word.”
"Also, you will need to retest your Vitality Value and Soul Value. Do you accept?"
When Lu Yuan heard that, his eyes flickered.
He too was curious about what Xiao Xuan was trying to do.
Could it be that this kid had just broken through?
But surely he was not that stupid. He knew such an operation would count as cheating.
"Of course I accept."
Xiao Xuan did not waste words.
Very soon, the collection device was brought up, along with a soul testing device used to measure soul strength.
Naturally, the results posed no problem.
Both Xiao Xuan's Vitality Value and Soul Value were 999!
Lu Yuan said nothing further and directly spread Xiao Xuan's arrogant words.
Sure enough, this time it truly blew up.
The reason there had not been many people below the Seventh Heaven of the Grandmaster Realm before was because Xiao Xuan's earlier battle had been too dazzling.
And the gap in strength between the Seventh Heaven and the Fifth Heaven was not actually that great.
Because of that, many fighters at the Seventh Heaven of the Grandmaster Realm did not think they could defeat Xiao Xuan, so they had not gone up there to throw their lives away.
But the peak of the Grandmaster Realm was an entirely different matter.
Although their Vitality Value was only 9,999, which seemed little different from the 7,000-plus of the Seventh Heaven, those stuck at the peak of the Grandmaster Realm were usually trapped there for decades.
Over those decades, the proficiency of their Cultivation Arts and Martial Techniques would rise by one or even two levels.
Their combat power was on a completely different level from those at the Seventh Heaven. Killing them in an instant was effortless.
Not to mention that there were many of them.
Thus, the moment Xiao Xuan issued this challenge, all those peak Grandmaster experts who had still been watching from below no longer hesitated.
One after another, they leaped directly onto the arena platform.
In just a few seconds, the number of people on the arena platform exceeded three thousand!
And it was still rising rapidly!
Here, Grandmasters were not the most numerous group.
But there were still seventy or eighty thousand of them.
Seeing that, Xiao Xuan smiled.
Lose?
Impossible.
At worst, he would simply use Gigantification!
"This time, it should be enough to push my True Qi all the way to Ten Revolutions in one go."
The corners of Xiao Xuan's lips curved upward slightly.
"Interesting. I did not expect to run into something this lively before heading off to participate in the Hundred-Province Genius Tournament."
Just then, several young people appeared below the arena platform.
Every one of these youths was radiating a powerful aura.
And at their head was an extraordinarily handsome young man standing in midair.
Not a single one of them was wearing a mask!
The moment the surrounding crowd saw them, their expressions changed.
"Those are from Nanhai University!!"
"Holy shit, isn't the one in front Liu Yunhai, the number one on Nanhai University's Top Hundred Ranking?"
"What? He is Liu Yunhai? That silver-talent Telekinetic Adept? The powerhouse hailed as Shanhe Province's future number-one Telekinetic Adept?"
"He actually came too! Right, I remember now—he is also at the Tenth Heaven of the Grandmaster Realm! Could it be that he is here to—"
"It's over, it's over. If he goes up there, Purple Thunderflame is definitely going to lose!"
In an instant, the entire venue erupted.
And this commotion immediately drew Xiao Xuan's attention.
He turned curiously to look in that direction.
At once, Liu Yunhai's Traits appeared before Xiao Xuan's eyes.
【Telekinesis, Silver】 (Mental Power undergoes mutation and can be turned into tangible physical attacks!
Because this is a purely physical soul-cultivator trait, it cannot be used for soul attacks!
Soul Power +4300%)
【Soul Blade Mastery, Purple】 (A soul-type technique trait that can be applied to soul blades and telekinetic blades. Soul blade power +1400%)
【Speed Enhancement, Purple】 (Speed *700%!)
【Defense Enhancement, Purple】 (Defense *1400%!)
【Strength Enhancement, Purple】 (Strength *1400%!)
【Blade Mastery, Purple】 (Blade power +1500%)
【Combat Mastery, Blue】 (Greatly enhances combat power!)
...
One Trait after another made Xiao Xuan's eyes brighten.
"So he is actually a telekinetic warrior. Such a rare profession, and he has even cultivated Combat Mastery to Blue. This Liu Yunhai is no simple man at all.”
"With combat power like that, he has already surpassed an ordinary Mid Silver. He is still a little short of High Silver, but he can absolutely crush an ordinary High Purple talent."
Xiao Xuan raised a brow.
A telekinetic warrior was an extremely special profession.
It was a branch of the Telekinetic Adept path.
Everyone knew that Telekinetic Adepts were ranged fighters who battled by controlling telekinetic force.
But like all soul-type martial artists, this profession had a fatal weakness. Once a martial artist got in close, they were almost guaranteed to be killed in an instant.
After all, Telekinetic Adepts were different from Soul Destroyers. If a martial artist got close to a Soul Destroyer, a single Soul Storm was enough. The martial artist could not dodge it at all and would die on the spot.
But a Telekinetic Adept's telekinetic force was like an invisible fist. Though unseen, it could still be touched, and if a martial artist was strong enough, they could directly shatter it.
Telekinetic Adepts also had another method of attack, which was to make use of gravitational potential energy—for example, lifting a massive boulder ten thousand meters into the sky and smashing it down.
Even an ordinary rock could, under the immense enhancement of gravity and telekinetic force, become a cataclysmic meteor.
But once an enemy got close, that kind of power could no longer be brought to bear.
That was why ordinary Telekinetic Adepts would be killed the instant someone closed in on them. They could only rely on telekinetic force to guard their entire bodies.
A telekinetic warrior, however, was a special branch. Such fighters could form a suit of armor around their bodies with telekinetic force, or directly attach their power to a suit of battle armor.
Once attached, they could control that armor with telekinetic force and kill enemies just like a martial artist.
But for such a fighter, an extremely powerful body was also required. If the flesh was not strong enough, then the terrifying pulling force generated by the rapid movements of telekinetic battle armor would tear the user apart on the spot.
That was why Liu Yunhai's profession was so special.
And by the same token, it was also extremely powerful.
Liu Yunhai's soul-type talent and martial talent looked as though they were only Low Silver and Mid Purple respectively.
But in actual combat, the upper limit of his combat power surpassed that of an ordinary High Purple and was no weaker than an ordinary Mid Silver.
Of course, the combat system of a telekinetic warrior was somewhat redundant to Xiao Xuan.
For telekinetic warriors, telekinetic force was essentially just a special kind of element.
But Xiao Xuan controlled Lightning Power and Flame Power.
The combined might of Thunderflame Power was considerably stronger than a telekinetic warrior's telekinetic force.
Likewise, while stacking soul-blade techniques and blade techniques could make Liu Yunhai somewhat stronger, the increase was not that great.
At most, it would raise his damage amplification from fourteenfold to perhaps seventeen- or eighteenfold.
But that Soul Blade technique could be used by Xiao Xuan's Soul Destroyer!
A Soul Destroyer's lethality was already far more terrifying to begin with.
If it were then reinforced with Soul Blade techniques, it would become a Mid Silver Soul Destroyer. The sheer value and terror of that would rival a Mid Gold Soul Destroyer.
As for the Telekinetic Adept path, that was not bad either. It was, after all, an invincible profession when it came to ranged attacks. Xiao Xuan would definitely have use for it in the future.
One way or another, Xiao Xuan had to beat this man!
"Yunhai, are you going up there? That brat was unbelievably arrogant just now."
One of the Nanhai University students at his side looked at Xiao Xuan with undisguised hostility.
"His strength is not yet worth my making a move."
But when Liu Yunhai heard that, he merely shook his head calmly.
He had seen Xiao Xuan's earlier fight. It had been strong, yes, but in his own judgment, it was still far beneath him.
"Is that so? Then that is a pity."
"Heh, in that case, I'll take his head for myself!"
...
The other few geniuses wasted no words. They leaped up and landed directly on the arena platform.
"That handsome one, aren't you coming up?"
The moment Xiao Xuan saw that Liu Yunhai was not coming up, he became anxious.
If this fellow did not come up, where was he supposed to get those Traits?
It was not as though he could just beat him up for no reason.
Well, he could, but that would be a little unethical.
"Kid, you should be Xiao Xuan, shouldn't you?
"A mere first-year student does not yet have the qualifications to make me act."
Yet in the very next instant, Liu Yunhai guessed Xiao Xuan's identity.
"What? That kid is Xiao Xuan, the genius from the Special Admissions Exam?"
"Holy shit, seriously?"
"It should be true. The rumors say that kid has a High Purple talent, and his combat power is ten times that of an ordinary High Purple!
"I have no idea how he managed it, but only that kind of talent could explain such terrifying combat power!"
The other geniuses from Nanhai University suddenly understood as well.
No wonder they had not heard of Xiao Xuan's identity before.
"So I've been recognized?"
Xiao Xuan was not surprised.
After the huge commotion he had caused today, it would have been stranger if no one had recognized him.
He directly removed his mask.
In an instant, the entire audience exploded.
"Holy shit, a first-year student? He is actually a first-year student?"
"Ten times the combat power of a High Purple talent? Damn, then wouldn't that be far stronger than an ordinary Mid Silver?!”
"No wonder he is so strong!"
"Far more than that. That is almost at the level of a High Silver!"
For a moment, discussions rang out without end across the venue.
Combat power at the High Silver level—he was absolutely one of the strongest prodigies in all of Huaxia!
"Since you've recognized me, are you sure you still won't come up and fight me? If you beat me, this set of Nanotech Battle Armor is yours."
In the next instant, Xiao Xuan looked at Liu Yunhai and spoke with a smile.
The moment those words were spoken, even Liu Yunhai's heart stirred.
He might have been a prodigy, but that very title was also a burden.
If he wanted to fight in this Colosseum, he could only enter multi-person battles, and the odds were absurdly low.
He had once fought one against a hundred, and all one hundred of them had been experts at the Fifth Heaven of the Great Grandmaster Realm.
And yet the odds had only been 1:1.03.
In other words, if someone bet ten thousand, they would earn only three hundred in the end!
And Liu Yunhai could not throw the match either.
First, he could not afford that loss of face.
Second, if it were discovered, then even a genius like him would face prison.
Therefore, one billion was still no small sum to him.
"Very well. Since you wish to fight me, I shall grant your wish."
In the end, Liu Yunhai still failed to resist the temptation.
In the next moment, he slowly descended onto the arena platform.
And the instant the crowd saw Liu Yunhai step onto the platform, the entire venue exploded.
Everyone had seen Liu Yunhai's strength with their own eyes.
One hundred experts at the Fifth Heaven of the Great Grandmaster Realm had been no different from ants before him, all killed in an instant.
Xiao Xuan was indeed strong, but his realm was simply too low.
Could he possibly defeat one hundred experts at the Fifth Heaven of the Great Grandmaster Realm?
And those Great Grandmasters were not even ordinary ones. Many of them had been veteran graduates of Nanhai University.
Their strength was terrifying. Even ordinary peak Great Grandmasters would be killed in an instant by them.
Yet even a hundred such people together still had not been able to defeat Liu Yunhai.
And on top of that, there were the other prodigies who had come together with Liu Yunhai. These people were also all capable of easily killing those at the Seventh or Eighth Heaven of the Great Grandmaster Realm while fighting above their own realm.
At this moment, no one believed Xiao Xuan could win.
In an instant, the betting counter became lively once more.
Because the battle had not yet begun, everyone could still change their wagers.
Originally, because of Xiao Xuan's earlier dazzling performance, the odds had only been around 1:1.7, which meant quite a few people still believed Xiao Xuan would win.
But now, the odds shot up wildly.
Two times. Three times. Four times.
In the end, they rose all the way to seventeen times.
The moment Xiao Xuan saw those odds, Liu Yunhai's handsome face instantly became exceptionally pleasing to the eye.
"This senior may look a little delicate, but he is truly handsome. Just by coming up here, he has earned me nearly another hundred billion."
Xiao Xuan was practically laughing out loud.
After all, this was his only chance to make money—at least, his last chance in Shanhe Province.
After this battle, even if he challenged peak Great Grandmasters, the odds probably would not be high.
So if he could squeeze every last bit of value out of this one opportunity, that would naturally be best.
With Liu Yunhai joining, many of the other Grandmaster experts no longer hesitated and stepped directly onto the arena platform as well, ready to claim a share of the prize money.
The money was not much, only three billion in total, but as long as they participated, each of them would get at least several hundred thousand. Free money was still free money.
Very soon, the number of people on the other side reached more than ten thousand!
Of course, nearly all of them stood at the edge of the arena platform and yielded the battlefield to Xiao Xuan and Liu Yunhai.
They had come to share the money, so they naturally needed to show the awareness of people who were only there for a share.
"Junior Brother, your strength is impressive. From the look of it, your True Qi should have reached at least the Sixth Revolution, yes?”
"It is a pity that you are too young. If you had just a few more years to grow, perhaps I truly would not be your match."
Liu Yunhai looked at Xiao Xuan and spoke with a smile.
BOOM!
In an instant, boundless telekinetic force erupted!
All at once, a suit of tangible telekinetic battle armor condensed around his entire body.
And it was no small thing.
It stood more than twenty meters tall.
It looked like a mech formed entirely from telekinetic force!
No—strictly speaking, it was a mech.
Because no external objects could be used within the Colosseum, otherwise Liu Yunhai could have directly attached his telekinetic force to a high-tier mech and controlled it to kill.
If he could do that, then both his combat power and his destructive power would rise by a great deal.
Wave after wave of terrifying Soul Pressure spread in all directions, and the world-destroying force made the surrounding air churn violently.
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!
At that moment, the entire arena platform began to split apart crazily!
This platform, which had originally been able to withstand battles between Martial Kings, had ultimately proven unable to endure Liu Yunhai's overwhelming telekinetic pressure.