"How can we even watch this!"
"The Ghost Realm is too unfair. I heard that within the Ghost Realm, ghosts are gods and can control everything. Won't our contestants be in danger?"
"It's so boring. Only Wang Sen's match is watchable, but that Merman is so slippery, it even dodged Wang Sen's cleaving sword light."
"..."
After the match began, the live broadcast audience immediately started discussing, but soon, everyone was stunned.
On擂台 (lèitái) number 51 where Konohamaru was, everyone initially only saw an energy shield emitting green flames enveloping the entire擂台. Before they could complain much, the light shield was suddenly shredded, and then a giant energy ball began to fill everyone's vision.
Finally, a terrifying explosion occurred, the entire擂台 shook violently, and the Green Flame Ghoul, which had been so arrogant, turned into nothingness in that terrifying explosion.
Konohamaru became the first to win among the four擂台s.
"Winner! Konohamaru!" the Ghost Country referee's emotionless voice sounded, like glass being scraped by a knife, transmitted to all the audience's ears through the data eye.
"Boom!"
Everyone erupted. The barrage of "666" and "Holy crap!" filled the entire screen, making the picture unviewable.
Konohamaru stood with his hands at his sides on the simulated battlefield, the aftermath of the explosion turning into a strong wind that blew his hair back, revealing perfect sideburns.
At this moment, he became the most dazzling figure on the field.
And shortly after he finished his battle, on擂台 number 50 where Lei Jun was, the scene of black lightning and white lightning constantly clashing also came to an end. Lei Jun, bathed in dazzling lightning, impaled the Yin Lightning Ghoul in mid-air with his spear.
The next second, he flicked his spear, and the Yin Lightning Ghoul exploded into nothingness.
"He's faster than me? I've never heard of such a powerful peer-level ability user. Are all people from Dragon Shadow this strong?" Lei Jun's expression was solemn. He glanced in Konohamaru's direction, surprised by the commotion the latter had caused.
On another擂台, Wang Sen looked at the Merman controlling the endless seawater in front of him. The Merman's scales had inexplicably turned into golden dragon scales. A hint of mockery appeared on his face: "A Merman with dragon bloodline, they really went to great lengths."
"If the cleaving strike couldn't cut you, how about the horizontal strike?!"
Wang Sen sneered coldly, and the next moment, a flash of刀光 (dāoguāng) streaked past.
The surging waves were cut in half, and a faint white mark appeared on the edge of the擂台's barrier.
Wang Sen sheathed his刀 (dāo), standing as firm as a pine tree.
"How is that possible..." The Merman stared at its chest in astonishment, then looked at Wang Sen with disbelief in its eyes.
Immediately, terrifying刀痕 (dāohén) appeared all over its body, and its entire body shattered into countless perfectly cut pieces of flesh in an instant.
Wang Sen made a grasping motion with his hand, and a wisp of刀光 (dāoguāng) instantly transformed from sharp to soft and pliable, bringing a pearl emitting a faint golden glow from the Merman's scattered corpse into his hand.
"Your disciple has good刀意 (dāoyì), I really don't know how that old geezer trained him."
On the A-zone battlefield, Sword Saint Wang Chengyu, while monitoring his assigned擂台 area, transmitted his thoughts with a smile to Wu Boyue.
When he had reached the Law level, Wu Boyue hadn't even reached A-class, which led many people to point fingers at Wu Boyue, thinking he didn't deserve the title of Sword Saint. But Wang Chengyu had never looked down on him because of it; instead, he held him in high regard.
Because he knew how difficult it was to ascend to the Divine level without borrowing immortal energy.
And Wu Boyue had not disappointed him. After breaking through the Divine level barrier with his own刀意 (dāoyì), he had accumulated strength and then, with a burst of effort, directly advanced to the fifty-second Divine level in a short period, soaring to the heavens.
"Still needs more tempering!" Wu Boyue took a sip of wine, his dragon whiskers hanging by his temples fluttering in the wind, exuding a沧桑 (cāngsāng) yet unrestrained charm.
"Keep pretending!" Wang Chengyu cursed with a laugh and said no more.
At the edge of the擂台—
"Winner, Wang Sen!"
Seeing Wang Sen win, the referee from the Monster Country announced the result through gritted teeth. Then the barrier dissipated, and Wang Sen's figure disappeared from his original spot, returning to the Dragon Country's camp in zone B, drawing admiring glances from everyone.
"Brother Wang is awesome!" Zhong Yu said with admiration.
"Brother Wang's demeanor is no less than your master's in his day," Zhuge Qing also praised with a smile.
As for Li Fang and Si Junfang, as people from the Ningcheng branch, they showed expressions of shared honor at Wang Sen's victory, and then their faces began to show a look of eagerness.
In the first round of free combat, the Dragon Country's camp won three out of four matches, greatly boosting the morale of the Dragon Country side.
The remaining Xia Buliang was still fighting but had gradually gained the upper hand and was about to secure victory.
Lei Jun and Konohamaru flew forward one after another, both with expressions of casual indifference, as if the recent battles were not fierce duels but merely crushing an ant.
"You are very strong!" Lei Jun looked at Konohamaru, his gaze lingering for a moment on the Dragon Shadow emblem on his body, and said to Konohamaru with a serious expression.
Although Konohamaru's level was the same as his, he felt like an unfathomable abyss, and he had a feeling that Konohamaru had not used his full strength at all.
Looking at this ability user from Ningcheng, Konohamaru smiled slightly: "Old Lei, you're not bad either, your strength is getting stronger and stronger."
Hearing the address "Old Lei," Lei Jun's expression stiffened, and then he narrowed his eyes: "Have you met me before?"
For some reason, Konohamaru gave him a familiar feeling.
Konohamaru smiled and gave him a thumbs-up: "I've watched a lot of your videos online, your skills are very domineering."
"Sweet talker!" Lei Jun saw his perfunctory response, snorted, flicked his right hand, and his silver spear turned into a white light, flying to his right arm and transforming into a white dragon pattern. Then he turned his gaze to the擂台 where Xia Buliang was.
On battlefield 54, the demonic domain opened by Hei Mo (Black Demon) had originally resembled a black bowl inverted on the ground, but it had now gradually become thin and was riddled with countless holes pierced by Xia Buliang's wide-area killing skill 'Shadow Stab.' It looked like it was about to shatter completely.
As for Xia Buliang himself, he had completely merged into the darkness. Even Hei Mo, with absolute control over the demonic domain, found it difficult to locate him. Instead, he was repeatedly pierced by shadow stabs, and his demonic aura was continuously weakened.
"Humble human, daring to show off in front of me by controlling a bit of shadow power with abilities!"
Hei Mo could no longer endure the pain of being kited. It let out a roar, assumed a posture of鲸吞 (jīngtūn) towards the sky, and soon the demonic domain, as if time were flowing backward, was sucked into its mouth. Then its body began to swell violently.
"Do you know why you could easily pierce my demonic domain? Your aura has now been recorded by me. Stop hiding!"
Hei Mo transformed into an eight-armed demonic form, its height exceeding ten zhang. Its pitch-black eyes glanced towards a certain corner in the distance. Soon, a spear was condensed in each hand and shot towards Xia Buliang's direction.
Xia Buliang's body appeared. His expression was calm, and he stood with a black circle beneath his feet.
The next second, he softly uttered:
"Shadow Kill Formation: Instant Night!"
Instantly,擂台 54 turned into pitch-black as ink.
Then—
"Ah!"
A piercing scream echoed throughout the heavens and earth.