Chapter 121: Cross-Region (5)
After leaving Cloud Leopard, Su Chen didn't encounter any more decent opponents. Rather, a Vicious Beast that appeared halfway through his travels actually bothered him for some time.
There were also Vicious Beasts in the exam grounds. They were worth additional points, and the exam officials had specifically included them in the grounds as an additional factor. They could not be reasoned with, there was no benefit in charming them, they did not form factions and they did not evaluate the situation. Sometimes, two people would fight and fight when a Vicious Beast would suddenly jump out, biting one of them. Often, a relatively stable situation would instantly be thrown awry.
Because of this, there was even the distinct possibility of death.
Some felt that this wasn't fair?
Yes, it wasn't fair!
But this was society, and this was reality!
There were always many things that were unfair, and many unexpected situations that would occur.
If you had no way of conquering it, you could only be defeated by it.
Perhaps this was what the Hidden Dragon Institute wanted to tell everyone.
However, this time Su Chen was not so unlucky. He was able to resolve the battle quite smoothly.
However, when he gazed at the Origin Energy motes that had appeared, Su Chen didn't dare to absorb them. He knew that there was a live broadcast light screen of the exam. Although the light screen only had one display and there were ten thousand students, so the camera was most likely not on him, there was still a certain level of danger.
Thus, Su Chen could only pretend to unintentionally come into contact with some and absorb them, but he didn't dare to make any too obvious moves.
After the Origin Energy Motes disappeared, Su Chen continued to move forwards.
As he continued to move forwards, he encountered less and less obstacles.
That was because the pulses on his jade tablet had become stronger and stronger as he had obtained more and more points.
This made it so that exam candidates with lower strength didn't dare to step forwards, but it also attracted the attention of exam candidates who had greater strength.
"Have I finally found a decen opponent?" a sinister voice sounded out from the distane.
The speaker was a person completely shrouded in a black cloak. The black cloth covered his entier body, making it so that it was difficult to see his face clearly. However, his tone of voice clearly was filled with shadowy, cold intent.
His tone sounded like it was filled with injustice, and was always filled with an indescribable chilling intent, causing goosebumps to appear on the skin of those that heard it.
Su Chen similarly felt the powerful waves from the opponent's jade tablet. He knitted his eyebrows and said, "It seems like you are very excited?"
"Of course, those pieces of trash were too useless. Fighting them was simply too boring," the black-cloaked person yelled loudly. "I was always waiting for a decent opponent. You seem pretty strong, so you are probably worth me expending some effort to fight."
Su Chen replied, "I don't think you need to pretend to be some kind of lonely expert. If you really feel that you are quite bored and can't find an opponent, you can go and find opponents in the Blood Boiling Realm. If that's not enough, you can try and find some Yang-Opening Realm opponents. The world is very vast, and there are many experts. Trust me, any one of them could teach you what it means to be a person."
The black-cloaked person acted like his throat had been pinched. He was unable to speak for some time.
His so-called expert demeanor and "I am unrivalled" attitude had been likened by Su Chen as a frog in a well.
Yes, he was just a novice in the Qi Drawing Realm. Even in just the Qi Drawing Realm, he was still just a weak chicken in the face of real experts.
What use was there in pretending?
However, to the black-cloaked person, Su Chen's words were undoubtedly a massive humiliation.
The face concealed by the cloak had already become red from anger.
The black-cloaked person angrily said, "Bastard, you dare to speak rudely to me! I'll kill you!"
As he spoke, he reached out with his hand into midair, and a snow-white long spear had already appeared in his hand out of thin air. The black-cloaked person said piercingly, "Experience the terror of my Frost Stillness Spear!"
He had yet to toss out when Su Chen had already jumped fiercely into the air. A streak of snow-white light passed behind him, leaving behind a blur. It penetrated the ground and released a powerful explosion of icy light.
Su Chen flipped through the air, but he was not affected at all.
The black-cloaked person was extremely surprised. "You, how could you have dodged my Frost Stillness Spear?"
So the sudden explosion that had occurred behind Su Chen was the actual Frost Stillness Spear.
This was the tactic that the black-robed person used. He used a bunch of words to distract his opponent, while the actual killing blow would come from behind.
This spear strike had missed at the most crucial moment. The black-cloaked person's heart was also extremely shocked.
Su Chen snorted disdainfully, "Your battle tactics are just like you, arrogant and weaselly."
Although they had only encountered each other for a brief period of time, Su Chen understood his opponent's temperament and didn't waste any more words. He created a turbulent, large fireball and sent it out.
The large fireball seemed common, but it was definitely the most commonly used tactic among low-tier Origin Qi Scholars, and it used quite a large amount of energy. It was also one of the few ancient Arcana techniques that had been passed down for tens of thousands of years without disappearing, and humans were extremely familiar with it.
Upon seeing the fireball fly out, the black-cloaked man let out a sharp yell. A cold flow appeared from within the black cloak, and the fireball flying towards him began to wither as it flew through the cold flow. It became smaller and smaller until, with a small bang, it disappeared.
This was Su Chen's first time seeing such a defensive method. His fireball technique had actually been extinguished by his opponent's cold flow attack?
Not only this, but the cold flow continued to rush towards Su Chen. "Taste my Absolute Chill!"
The ice-cold Qi coiled through the air. Anywhere it went, a trail of frost was left behind.
The frost came whistling towards Su Chen. At this moment, he felt an indescribable heaviness come over him. He could only activate the Snaking Mist Steps multiple times and add three Meg's Guardians.
Given that he had no Origin Stones to support him, this was an extremely extravagant way of acting.
However, his judgment was extremely accurate. Although the Snaking Mist Steps allowed him to avoid the brunt of the attack, merely the radiating cold from the attack caused the protective barriers on his body to shine brilliantly. A layer of Meg's Guardian was shattered then and there, and the Absolute Chill, which had some penetrative ability, actually caused Su Chen to tremble from the cold, and he suddenly felt that he was very cold.
Retreat again!
A series of afterimages suddenly appeared behind him. He activated his speed to the greatest extent until he was able to completely retreat from the are of effect of the Absolute Chill.
The area in front of him was already covered in frost and snow.
What a powerful Origin Skill!
Su Chen was quite shocked.
This was Su Chen's first time encountering such a powerul Origin Skill. In the Qi Drawing Realm, this was already considered an extremely powerful skill.
Was it a Bloodline Origin Skill? Su Chen thought.
He didn't know if it was a mixed bloodline or an inherited one.
While Su Chen was still in shock, he didn't know that his opponent was experiencing something similar.
He missed?
His Absolute Chill attack had actually missed?
It hadn't even harmed the opponent's skin.
What speed and what a strange barrier!
The two of them gazed at each other, and their hearts were simultaneously filled with an intense apprehension.
"Do you still want to keep fighting?"
Su Chen suddenly said.
"Hm?" The black-robed person was stunned for a moment. He didn't understand what Su Chen meant.
Su Chen said, "I admit that your Absolute Chill is very powerful. But unlike you, I have no interest in battling experts... At the very least, I'm not interested right now. If possible, I would like to avoid battling any experts right now. Since that's the case, why don't we just go our own ways and find some other pushovers and avoid running into each other again? In any case, we are all just trying to earn points. Why do we need to persist entangling one another so that others can take advantage of us?"
Su Chen felt that his words were very reasonable, as well as logical and practical because they addressed the needs of his opponent.
If his opponent's brain operated normally, he should accept his own suggestions.
But he had guessed incorrectly.
Upon hearing what Su Chen had said, the black-robed person actually began to laugh darkly.
He said, "If you say that, can I take it as you are scared?"
What the fuck!
Upon hearing these words, Su Chen knew that the situation had taken a turn for the worse.
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Chapter 122: Cross-Region (6)
Indeed, in the next instant the black-cloaked person had already begun to effuse another powerful cold flow.
It was the Absolute Chill again, swirling directly towards Su Chen without slowing down at all.
At this moment, Su Chen's disadvantage of lacking powerful attacks had already been completely revealed.
The fireball technique or Flying Flower Hands were not powerful explosive attacks, not to mention the Thunder Blade or air tentacles, which couldn't even be considered explosive in the first place. All of Su Chen's methods were all commonly found battle techniques. The reason for this was because he lived in the Scarlet Mountain Range for long periods of time, and his main target was hunting Vicious Beasts. Success might not be determined in one place at one time, and it was particularly important to pay attention to long-term effectiveness. Thus, he pursued long-term battle ability, and the Black Streak Battle Blade and the Blood Aura had covered up his disadvantage of lacking explosive methods. Of course, the most important reason was still that these kinds of Origin Skills were all precious, and even if Su Chen wanted them, it would not be so easy to obtain them.
But when battling with other humans, where the circumstances could change unpredictably, it was impossible to make any long-term predictions.
The ones that he had dealt with previously were all relatively weak, and couldn't fully expose Su Chen's weaknesses in battle. Now that he had encountered such a powerful foe, his flaw of lacking killing ability was fully revealed. He could only battle while constantly at a disadvantage.
Repeatedly using the Snaking Mist Steps and activating Meg's Guardian after Meg's Guardian.
The black-cloaked person didn't use any other tactics. The Absolute Chill was powerful anywhere, and its freezing ability arrived wave after wave. Wherever it went, th enearby trees would all be covered in silver icicles and layered in a white frost.
Large quantities of cold Qi had entered Su Chen's body. Su Chen felt his body go numb, and his speed alsos lowed down because of it. Undoubtedly, this lowered speed made his ability to dodge even more difficult, so even more cold Qi would enter Su Chen's body, forming a vicious cycle. Su Chen was forced to use even more layers of Meg's Guardian, but he still felt that it was hard to hold on.
The black-cloaked person evidently understood this point. He let out a fierce laugh, "Sure enough, you're at your limit. Die!"
As he let out a crazy yell, he activated the cold flow from his body.
In reality, though, he was cursing in his heart. Why does this bastard have so much endurance?
Even if he was able to win this battle, the Absolute Chill that he had saved up would already be mostly used up, and he would be at a massive disadvantage in any future battles.
If he had known that this bastard had so much endurance and that he would need to pay such a large price, he would have agreed to not fight from the very beginning.
Despite the regret in his heart, his attacks became even sharper and more vicious, as if he were hoping to topple Su Chen with one blow. That way, he could conserve the most energy and obtain his points.
When Su Chen saw this, anger rose in his heart. "You asked for it."
Yes, Su Chen did not possess any explosive Origin Skills, but this didn't mean that he didn't possess any other methods. In fact, the thing had prepared for this competition before it began was meant precisely to cover up this weakness.
At this moment, his hand flipped over and pulled something quickly out from his Origin Ring.
A jug of wine.
Upon seeing Su Chen pull out a jug of wine, the black-cloaked person was first dazed before he began to laugh, "You brought a jug of wine? What do you want to do? Are you planning on using some kind of drunken fist technique?"
There were drunken fist techniques in this world, but their status was not very high. They were looked down on as merely rural skills and were only suitable for use by Body Tempering martial artists.
"No, it's a gift for you." Su Chen gently twisted the jug's lid, then tossed it to the black-cloaked person.
"Get out of my way!" The black-cloaked man struck out with his arm, and a strong gust of wind landed on the jug of wine.
But at the very instant that his arm slammed into the jug of wine, it actually exploded.
Vicious flames became an attack that surged forwards like an expanding wave, engulfing the entire area. When it slammed into the black-cloaked person's Absolute Chill, they interweaved and formed brilliant sparks.
This time, the Absolute Chill was no longer able to break through the flames, and the two powerful forces were blown apart. The power of the collision left behind scorched and frozen earth. It appeared very varied and colorful.
"AHH!" the black-cloaked person yelled piercingly.
His speed was not nearly as fast as Su Chen, and he was knocked over by the remaining waves. He was sent flying.
Su Chen wanted to take him out in that instant. A large fireball slammed onto him, sending him flying quite a distance. He slammed hard onto a tree before falling to the ground.
The cloak covering his face fell. It was actually an ugly youth with a red rash covering his face. No wonder he had used the cloak to cover his own face.
"No!" The black-cloaked youth yelled. He furiously attempted to cover his face with the cloth as he rapidly retreated.
Didn't all of his arrogance seem to have disappeared?
Su Chen had begun to understand this youth.
Because of his ugliness, he felt ashamed, and he lacked any self confidence. However, he was unwilling to be mediocre and furiously cultivated. After seeing some success for a period of time, he had become arrogant regarding his own strength. In reality, this kind of person, who was outwardly arrogant yet inwardly filled with a sense of inferiority, was not uncommon.
At that moment, Su Chen had lost any heart to teach him a lesson.
All he did was sigh and take his opponent's points. No matter what, the battle had already been fought, and the spoils of battle still needed to be taken.
He didn't know before taking the points, but after he did he received quite the shock.
Su Chen actually received thirteen points in an instant.
That was also to say that before the black-cloaked person had run into him, he had already obtained around forty points, which was quite the sum. One had to know that during his entire journey, he had not obtained more than twenty three points. Of course, this was very much related to him making every attempt to avoid battle.
After obtaining the black-cloaked person's points, Su Chen's points suddenly rose to thirty six points. Even the pulses of his jade tablet had increased a level because of it.
What he didn't know was that at the very instant he took away the black-cloaked person's points, the numbers on the leaderboard screen changed.
Su Chen's ranking had suddenly rose, entering the top one hundred. He was placed at the ninety-eighth rank. At the same time, he was the first name without a bloodline symbol behind it.
However, this did not create too much of a commotion.
The ranking list would constantly change. One or two accidents was unsurprising. Su Chen was not the first to ascend to the top one hundred, and he would not be the last. More important was how long he could stay on that list.
But to the Su Clan, even if it was just a split second of glory, it was enough to stun them.
Su Cheng'an, Su Keji, Su Changqing, and a large group of others all saw Su Chen's name.
They could not see Su Chen's battle. All they could see was Su Chen's ranking, and in that instant, the entire clan was frozen like a wooden chicken.
How could this happen?
Su Chen had actually reached the top a hundred with a score of thirty six?
This was simply inconceivable.
At that moment, the entire Su Clan was all dumbfounded when they saw that. Even Su Changche was speechless.
Because he was inside the exam grounds, Su Chen didn't actually know about this small circumstances.
He didn't even know that he had entered the top one hundred. After obtaining the points, he left.
Upon seeing that Su Chen was about to leave and did not seem to intend on sending him out of the exam grounds, the black-clothed person paused for a moment before yelling, "What was that?"
Su Chen stopped. "You're asking about that wine jug? It's just one of my inventions."
He didn't waste any words before leaving.
As he watched Su Chen depart, the black-cloaked male said to himself, "No... I don't believe it, how could I, Gan Erlei, lose? That Demon Face definitely cheated! Yes, he must have cheated! That wasn't his invention, but rather it was something that he bought from the outside, he broke the rules!"
He began to loudly yell, "I want to file a complaint!"
This yell spread through the entire forest. Naturally, Su Chen also heard it.
When Su Chen heard it, he could only shake his head and smile.
The Hidden Dragon Institute truly didn't allow any externally purchased explosives, but personally created explosives were not included. In the beginning, Su Chen had brought his jug of wine in front of a judge and concocted an Explosive Medicine in front of them. Otherwise, he would not be allowed to bring it inside either.
However, Gan Erlei's yells were actually indirectly a great help to Su Chen.
This yell was too loud, so loud that many people nearby also heard it.
What?
Frigid Despair Gan Erlei actually was defeated?
How could such a person, who possessed the frightening Absolute Chill, be defeated?
Who did it?
Demon Face? Who was Demon Face?
Everyone who heard Gan Erlei's yells began to make guesses.
As for what Gan Erlei said about cheating and filing a complaint, no one paid much attention to it.
Every exam candidate in the exam grounds had been searched again and again. Wanting to cheat was truly too difficult. In any case, strength was strength; even if that strength was derived from cheating, it still meant that the other party was stronger than themselves. Punishment was up to the exam officials, but the battle was their own. No one wanted to provoke an opponent even stronger than Gan Erlei.
Thus, when they saw Su Chen walk by, wearing the demonic mask, everyone realized that this was the "Demon Face" that had defeated Gan Erlei, and no one tried to create any trouble for him.
Some people who were particularly loose-lipped spread this rumor even more. In just a short period of time, Demon Face had become a well-known individual in that region.
The benefit of becoming a well-known person was that Su Chen was able to rapidly pass through the area. He did not fight another battle and easily walked into the ninth region, then into the eighth.
But there was also a disadvantage to becoming well-known, which was that Su Chen's points no longer increased.
Very quickly, his ranking was surpassed by those behind him, and he once again fell out of the top one hundred.
To see this kind of situation, the Su Clan members were not at all disappointed. Rather, they had a sense of relief.
If Su Chen really had stayed in the top one hundred for an extended period of time, that would really be too great of a face-smacking.
This meant that everything that the Su Clan had done in those past years was just a joke, the biggest joke.
That was especially true of Su Cheng'an. When he saw Su Chen's name disappear from sight, he let out a long sigh.
This was perhaps the most ironic part of the whole situation.
No one hoped that Su Chen wouldn't have a good result more than he did.
Thankfully, Su Chen's ranking truly had not continued to gone up. His points remained the same until the sun went down.
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Chapter 123: Night Attack
As night fell, the dark night covered the ground in an inky black.
The darkness on this night was extremely dense. There were no stars in the sky, and the moon couldn't be seen. It was an endless black, just like if a beast had swallowed all of the light.
Even if he couldn't see anything, this was not a problem for Su Chen.
Su Chen continued to walk along the mountain path. He didn't need to rely on his eyes; rather, he progressed simply by listening to the sound of the wind blowing through the forest. It was as if he had returned to the days when he had lost his sight.
This murky darkness didn't hinder Su Chen at all. Rather, it became Su Chen's greatest ally, concealing his figure and hiding his movements, making it so that he was able to smoothly pass through areas where danger lurked on every side.
However, the darkness also made it so he had lost his sense of location and had no way of determining his position. Su Chen couldn't help but take out the map and scan it from time to time in order to ensure that he hadn't taken a wrong turn.
After walking for quite some time, Su Chen finally stopped on a small mountain slope.
He pulled out the map and intended on confirming his location once again.
The instant that the crystal lamp lit up, Su Chen suddenly felt his heart jump in alarm.
Purely based on instinct, Su Chen dodged to the side.
Whoosh!
A cold streak of light flew past Su Chen's face from the darkness. He had no time to see what kind of person was ambushing him. Without turning around, his left hand struck out with a Thunder Blade, blocking the blade strike that had followed up. Next, he tossed out the crystal lamp in his hand, then charged out from the midst of the flurry of these attacks, then turned around.
The crystal lamp shattered. From the last bit of light remaining, he could see that the assassin was dressed in all black, and even the blade in his hand was covered in an inky black substance, not reflecting any light. Another potentially fatal blow was headed towards the hurriedly retreating Su Chen's midsection.
As Su Chen retreated, he simultaneously chopped with his arm towards the assassin's wrist. The assassin quickly pulled his hand back, yet a cold light simultaneously shot out of his left hand. Su Chen tilted his head, avoiding it and simultaneously kicked out towrds his opponent. However, the opponent reversed the edge of the blade, forcing Su Chen's leg back and rendering his attack ineffective. The opponent took advantage of the opportunity to advance again, stabbing forwards. Each stab was struck towards Su Chen's vitals, he had no time to dodge, and in that critical situation his right hand turned into a Thunder Blade and stabbed towards the opponent's throat.
Trading wound for wound!
The black-clother person leaned backwards and dodged. Then, the blade in his left hand chopped down towards Su Chen's wrist. Su Chen pulled his hand back, and the two of them were thrown apart by the force of the contact. No one was able to take the advantage, and both of them revealed shocked expressions.
They were both surprised by the reactions and adaptability of their opponents.
Like a flash of lightning, the two of them had already exchanged multiple strikes back and forth, yet neither of them was able to gain any advaantage.
Bang!
The light disappeared.
The light from the exploding crystal lamp had at this moment disappeared, and everything returned to darkness.
However, the fighting did not stop because of the darkness.
The assassin once again stabbed forwards, completely unaffected by the darkness. Su Chen could not see the path of the blade, but he did not care. He only turned his shoulder away, and the blade sliced past his shoulder. At the same time, he countered and grabbed for his opponent's face, his foot slamming towards his opponent's kneecap. The assassin similarly could not see the attacks, but he also tilted his head and leapt backwards. He precisely dodged the punch and the kick by an almost inconceivably small margin, then swung out with the blade again...
The two of them continued to trade blows in the darkness. Their speed was extremely fast, and even though they didn't use any Origin Skills, their battle was much more dangerous than any that Su Chen had encountered before. As long as one of their reactions was even the slightest bit delayed, they would instantly be seriously injured.
The most surprising fact was that the two of them were doing battle in absolute darkness. They had exchanged about ten or so moves back and forth in the pitch black environment until the sound of thunder suddenly rumbled out with a bang. Su Chen's Thunder Blade had struck the black-clothed person's arm. The black-clothed person's short blade also sliced past su Chen's chest, and the two of them simultaneously received wounds and separated.
The furious battle had finally temporarily paused at this moment, but the danger had not decreased at all.
The two of them simultaneously silently slipped into the darkness. Neither of them spoke, and not even a breath could be heard.
In such a quiet night, whoever spoke first would reveal themselves.
Su Chen carefully took multiple steps, listening closely to the wind. At the same time, he pulled out the steel blade from within his ring – he finally had time to pull out a weapon. Similarly, the assassin enshrouded in shadows walked carefully step by step, using his own method to determine Su Chen's location.
They slowly circled around in the darkness. It appeared as if they were randomly walking around, but with surprising precision they slowly drew near to each other. Suddenly, they both simultaneously jumped into the air. Two streaks of blade light – one cold, one dark – slashed out towards their opponents. They struck each other accurately, creating sparks upon impact.
In actuality, the two of them had discovered each other a long time ago.
The black-clothed person let out a piercing whistle, and his blade slashed out at a strange angle. A sinister, gloomy dark wave flew out from the blade.
He had finally used his own Origin Skill.
Bang!
A massive explosion sounded out.
"AH!" Having been struck by the shockwave, the black-clothed assassin let out a shrill yell as he flew out.
Next, a massive fireball slammed in his direction.
After their fast-paced close-quarters battle, they had finally reached a point where they could each display their strengths.
The black-clothes person's reaction was extremely fast. He was able to control his body even while he was in midair. His body shook like a snake's, and he actually completely dodged the fireball and the resulting explosion.
In the next instant, tens of tentacles snaked towards the black-clothed person. The black-clothed person stabbed out over and over again. As the gloomy, sharp wave once again appeared, the air tentacles were easily broken. However, in the next instant he suddenly felt his head hurt. Knowing that the situation was not good, his body shot towards the ground. He had been struck by the Soul Eye.
Su Chen had already activated the Snaking Mist Steps and charged forwards, swinging the battle blade and creating a chaotic Qi flow. It actually let out roars like the sound of thunder as it stabbed towards Su Chen's opponent.
Although it was just a normal attack, this blade strike included the force behind his Flowing Wind Body Technique as well as the Thunder Blade's additive ability. Its power could not be underestimated. If the blow landed, it was more than enough to slice the black-clothed person in two.
In that critical moment, the black-clothed person suddenly let out a yell. His figure suddenly became faint, as if he had slipped inside an endless darkness.
Su Chen's blade swung past, but he felt as if he had not struck anything. It was as if he had swung right through his opponent's body.
The black-clothed person had already completely disappeared with a whoosh, concealed in the darkness.
"Trying to run?" Su Chen tilted his head and listened attentively for a moment before suddenly flicking out his wrist. Another jug of wine flew out, landing in a seemingly empty patch of darkness.
Another fierce explosion sounded out, and the flames soared to the sky. Immediately afterwards, a black figure appeared.
"AHH!" This was the first time during this battle that the black-clothed person had let out a cry of pain. He attempted to fly away as soon as he landed.
Su Chen sent another fireball slamming towards him. "Leave your points behind before leaving!"
The black shadow dodged repeatedly in the air, evidently not wanting to give its opponent the opportunity at all.
But what waited for him was air tentacles all over the place that had appeared out of nowhere.
After he had sliced through all the air tentacles, he was greeted by a large handful of leaves augmented by the Flying Flower Hands, whose power was similarly not weak. At this moment, Su Chen's Soul Eye was almost ready to be used again.
At night and in close-quarters, the black-clothed person's combat prowess was definitely not below Su Chen's. But as soon as Su Chen pulled apart the distance and fought with Origin Skills, the black-clothed person was very clearly inferior to Su Chen. He had been beaten black and blue by Su Chen's indiscriminate bombing. Eventually, he could only yell, "Here, take it!"
He lifted up the jade tablet.
Su Chen used his plundering technique on the jade tablet. However, in the instant that he pressed the the jade tablet, a streak of blade light suddenly appeared from the black-clothed man's hand, piercing towards Su Chen's midsection.
This change was very sudden, and the black-clothed man was incomparably excited. "Die!"
However, all he heard was a series of loud bangs. This was the sound of barriers breaking under the black blade. However, it was not just one noise. One barrier layer after another appeared on his opponent's body, and he had absolutely no way of breaking through it with just one blade strike.
"How could this be?" The black-clothed person was shocked.
His reply was a swift fireball to the face.
"Ah! I'll remember you!" The black-clothed man yelled pitifully as he flew into the air. His figure repeatedly flashed in midair before completely disappearing. All that remained were the vicious words that he had spoken echoining in the darkness.
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Chapter 124: Shock
The black-clothed person finally ran, only leaving Su Chen with an additional sixteen points.
However, to Su Chen, what was really hard for him to forget was that fierce, vicious battle. It was the most dangerous battle that he had encountered since entering the exam grounds. His opponent's were all intended to harm, and he showed no mercy whatsoever. That was also to say that if Su Chen's reactions had been any slower, he would already be a dead man.
Su Chen didn't know if this black-clothed person always fought so viciously, but he knew that people were allowed to die in the exam grounds.
The path of cultivation was not always smooth sailing. There were difficulties, and there were countless more dangers. If there was battling, one could not avoid injury. If even this was not allowed, then there wasn't really a point to doing battle in the first place.
Perhaps for this very reason, even though this was their recruitment opportunity, the Hidden Dragon Institute still allowed a certain number of deaths to occur.
And just then, he had almost become one of those number.
Indeed, there really were many more hidden talents in higher regions. Any one of them was so dangerous, and Su Chen was covered in a cold sweat just thinking about it.
However, he did not know that the person he was facing was not an ordinary person.
The pavilion on the tall tower was already in an uproar. The light screen just so happened to be locked onto Su Chen's figure.
What Su Chen didn't know was that his battle had been seen by all of the noble clans up on the high tower. Of course, what everyone paid attention to at first wasn't Su Chen, but rather that black-clothed person.
That person was called Demon Blade. He was a very popular individual in this exam, and he was very skilled in ambushes and night attacks. He possessed the Mirage Hound bloodline and could blend in with the darkness, coming and going without any traces. He was not at his peak strength during the day, so he had only obtained twenty or so points. But once night fell, that was his time to shine. In less than half of that night, he had obtained the same number of points that he had during the day. Everyone originally thought that they would be able to watch him slip in and out of the darkness, hunting down target after target. They didn't expect, however, that Demon Blade's moment of glory had just begun before he was defeated by someone.
It seemed from his appearance that his wounds were not light. In any case, he shouldn't expect to have any more good performances that night."
"Demon Blade actually lost, and it was even at night, which is supposed to be his strongest suit."
"Who was the person wearing the mask? How did he withstand Demon Blade's one-hit kill? And how did he determine Demon Face's position?"
"Yes, and why was he able to move around so leisurely in the darkness?"
"Look at the rankings, someone without a bloodline just entered the top one hundred. It should be that kid from earlier."
"He's called Su Chen? Who is Su Chen?"
Everyone began to discuss amongst themselves.
This time, Su Chen had risen in the rankings to seventy-fourth place based on his fifty two points.
This made it so that he would remain for a longer period of time on the leaderboard, making it hard for him to not attract the attention of others.
The Su Clan was once again thrown into a panic.
This time, it wasn't just because Su Chen once again appeared on the leaderboard, but even more because of Demon Blade, they saw Su Chen's behavior on the screen of light.
They saw Su Chen lift the crystal lamp and look at the map.
He was actually looking at the map!
Looking at the map!
Looking. At. The. Map!
He wasn't blind!
Everyone in the Su Clan wanted to yell this.
"This can't be true, this can't be true!" Su Keji said, his face deathly pale. "That Demon Face can't be Su Chen, this has to be a coincidence. Demon Face defeated Demon Blade, and Su Chen aalso defeated another person at the same time, which is why Su Chen appeared on the leaderboard! He isn't Su Chen, he shouldn't be Su Chen!"
"But in this period of time, no one else obtained a large number of points," Su Feihu said leisurely.
Demon Face had around forty eight points. Anyone who obtained one third of those points would definitely experience a surge in their rankings. Sixteen points was enough to reach the top one hundred in lower regions.
But now, they couldn't find any other existence that was like this.
Demon Face could only be Su Chen!
Apart from Su Changche and Su Feihu, the entire Su Clan was about to lose all hope when faced with this situation.
How can he not be blind!
"Why? Why is it like this?" Su Changqing didn't understand. "Wasn't he unable to see? How come he can suddenly see now?"
"Of course because he recovered," Su Feihu snorted. "Su Chen said before that the old beggar who blinded him had said that he would exchange Su chen's eyes. He had never said that Su Chen would remain in darkness forever. Because Su Chen believed this, he was never willing to give up."
"Then why didn't he tell us that he got better?" someone angrily said.
"Why did he need to say something?" Su Feihu slowly said. "If he had told you, would you all have rushed to him to flatter him and treat him well? Based on Su Chen's personality, do you think that he would be willing to receive this kind of 'good' treatment?"
Everyone was speechless.
Yes, everyone had their own temper.
Su Chen had probably lost all hope in the Su Clan, hadn't he?
Since he had lost all hope, why try so hard to regain it? On the other hand, if he continued to pretend that he was blind, lots of people would expose themselves in front of him and their dirty, dark sides. Wasn't it quite interesting?
At that moment, everyone began to remember things.
They remembered the unseemly behavior they had displayed in front of Su Chen, that they had not bothered to conceal because they thought he was blind, or even attempts to bully him because he was blind, which had allowed him to see through them completely...
My goodness, how many of our secrets did this guy discover?
When did his eyes recover?
Last time, when I took that ceramic bowl right in front of his eyes, had his eyes recovered?
That time when Su Chen came to my courtyard, did I hide the accounting booklet with all my debt in it?
Did that brat discover my relationship with Lian Gu?
Suddenly, when faced with a Su Chen who had recovered his sight, everyone had their own guilts and fears.
Even Su Cheng'an could only stare blankly at his son.
His eyes had recovered?!
His eyes had actually recovered?
How could that be?
He had never actually said anything about it!
It was as if muffled thunder had exploded in Su Cheng'an's ear, causing his vision to blur from dizziness.
There was another person who was just as shocked about Su Chen regaining his sight.
Gu Qingluo.
Unlike most of the others, she was extremely clear that this Demon Face was Su Chen.
Thus, when she saw Su Chen use the crystal lamp to light up the map, her entire body froze.
His eyes had recovered?
When had they recovered?
One day? Two days? Or was it a month? Two months?
Or was it even longer?
Gu Qingluo's heart began to pound madly.
She faintly recalled that the last time she had taken a bath behind the mountain was half a year ago. Su Chen had just finished the end-of-year competition.
Half a year.
Su Chen's eyes shouldn't have recovered for that long, could they? Gu Qingluo thought.
Yes, they had definitely just recovered.
They must have just recovered!
If they hadn't...
Gu Qingluo's heart trembled before she began to emit a fierce killing intent.
Perhaps the only people unsurprised to see that Su Chen had regained his sight were the people from the Immortal Temple.
Yes, they were also present.
Of course, they were not standing on top of the tall tower.
The tall golden tower was where the various large clans sat, but apart from that place, such as on the mountain slope below, on the grass, in the trees – many of them had no right to enter the exam grounds, yet they were very attentive of the fates of the exam candidates.
Sang Zhen, Night Demon and the others were all gazing at the light screen in midair as they sat on one of those mountain sopes.
When Su Chen defeated his opponent, and the light screen locked onto Su Chen, Sang Zhen let out a sigh. "They've noticed Su Chen. Now we're in for it."
The Immortal Temple probably didn't want this kind of situation to occur the most.
As soon as the exam officials noticed Su Chen's performance, they would give him more "camera time". Undoubtedly, this was extremely dangerous.
If Su Chen was being filmed when he opened up the Spirit Burying Terrace, everything would be revealed.
"That is not Su Chen's fault," Night Demon attempted to defend Su Chen.
"I know," Sang Zhen replied. "Let the others start executing the second plan."
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Chapter 125: Surprise Attack (1)
Su Chen did not know that his battle with Demon Blade and his looking at the map would result in such a large effect.
Of course, even if he knew it didn't matter much.
The current him was very different from the him in the past. He had not intended on continuing to pretend acting like he was blind, yet he did not specifically intend on revealing it either. Everything would progress according to its natural order.
To the people that like him, this was undoubtedly a great, happy surprise.
To the people who didn't like him, this was undoubtedly a huge blow.
No matter which party they belonged to, this was the response that Su Chen wanted.
Currently, he was still focusing all his attention on his path forwards.
After experiencing the battle with Demon Blade, Su Chen was able to accept the situation. Nighttime was Demon Blade's realm, but it was similarly the realm of a "former blind person".
He had been blind for three years, and he definitely would not be inferior to anyone in night battles. If anyone wanted to battle him in that domain, he would welcome it!
He, Su Chen, would give the opponent a lesson on how to battle at night.
His attitude had greatly changed, and so as a result so did his movements.
Su Chen didn't attempt to cover up the waves of his jade tablet. He continued to advance with a slight strut.
This kind of attitude had indeed attracted many other exam candidates.
Whoosh!
A wood javelin came flying out from the forest towards Su Chen.
Unfortunately, before the person had tossed out his javelin, Su Chen had already detected his breathing. Naturally, he would not allow this javelin attack to land.
He easily dodged this javelin, then grabbed the body of the javelin and sent it flying back. All he heard was a piercing yell from within the forest.
One had to admit that the Flying Flower Hands was very powerful. Its most outstanding aspect was its practicality; anything that was thrown out with it would have its ability to injure greatly increased. Although it wasn't an attack that could shake the universe with one blow, it had a very powerful adaptive ability.
The javelin person retreated with a tragic yell, but Su Chen laughed, "How can you leave without leaving your points behind for me?"
He activated the Snaking Mist Steps and easily caught up to his opponent, stealing away his points.
Unfortunately, he only had one point. Once Su Chen took that point away, the exam candidate disappeared then and there.
"He only had one point remaining?" Su Chen shook his head and sighed.
At that moment, a sudden flash of cold light suddenly appeared.
Two exam candidates slashed out towards Su Chen, one from the left and one from the right. Their arrival was sudden, fast, vicious, and unexpected.
It felt like the person from before was just bait.
Even so, this couldn't escape Su Chen's ears. Right as the two of them flew out, Su Chen darkly laughed. A large fireball had already appeared in his hand, slamming towards one of the two. He completely ignored the other person, and a sword pierced towards his body. However, it encountered resistance from a white light and was actually unable to advance.
After sending one person flying away in an explosion of fire, Su Chen turned around to face his opponent and laughed, "Are you done poking me?"
That exam candidate made no progress after a few repeated stabs and finally panicked. He wanted to retreat again, but he found that he had no way of moving. Something was restricting him like tentacles, binding him up tightly. All he saw after that was Demon Face's palm slamming towards him...
After finishing off his opponents and gazing at the two of them lying there, Su Chen said in a low voice, "So they've finally begun to form alliances?"
As time progressed, some exam candidates seemed to realize that it would be difficult to survive in an area full of experts if they battled on their own. To obtain a better result, they had chosen to walk the path of an alliance.
But to experts, they were not above forming alliances, and neither were they afraid of them.
As long as they weren't powerful opponents like Demon Blade, Cloud Leopard, or Frigid Despair, two or three exam candidates were not very effective against Su Chen. All they could do was give him more points.
After this mad charge, Su Chen had gained another fifteen points in an instant. His total number of points had reached sixty seven points.
The reason why he had made so many points, apart from the fact that Su Chen was so vicious, another reason was that after a day of fighting, many exam candidates had already left the exam grounds, and the total number of points began to aggregate.
Now, the Frostbird Ji Hanlei in first place had already obtained more than three hundred points, and many exam candidates already had more than six points. That was also to say that one could obtain at least two points by defeating random candidates. There were not many people remaining with just a single point like the bait from earlier.
And as time would go on, this situation would only become more and more severe. More and more exam candidates would leave the exam grounds, and the remaining candidates would have more and more points. The number of battles between students would decrease because of this, but the speed of gaining points would increase.
However, this was not the most crucial point.
Most crucially, Su Chen's ranking had once again increased!
After defeating Demon Blade, everyone was waiting for Su Chen's ranking to fall. They didn't expect, however, that it seemed like Su Chen had taken some kind of medicine and did not slowly move down the rankings like last time. Instead, he began to constantly do battle, and his ranking shot up.
How long had it taken for him to obtain fifteen points? His ranking had already risen from seventy-fourth place to seventy-two.
Although the amplitude of the ranking change was not too great, but it was already quite rare for someone without a bloodline to advance in the rankings rather than retreat. It was quite an attention-drawing sight.
Finally, more and more people began to notice Su Chen, and the "camera" also began to follow him more as a result.
Su Chen didn't know what was happening outside, so he continued to advance forward at a rapid clip, unhindered. In his mind, nighttime was his home turf, so if he could arrive at the Spirit Burying Terrace soon, that would save him from the troubles of daytime. However, he did not know that he had already become a focal character in the outside.
Bang!
Another exam candidate was sent flying.
The bright fireball illuminated the night, revealing a dazzling scene. Su Chen's figure flashed through the air, and he very quickly disappeared once again among the dark night.
"What a kid. It seems like now is the time for him to really display his strength," someone laughed.
"He should be the same as Night Blade, skilled in night battles." Someone had realized this point.
Demon Blade had basically ended up kicking a steel plate.
"Even if that's the case, that's still quite impressive. Did you notice that he has quite a number of Origin Skills? He actually possesses seven of them."
"Hmm, but he doesn't have any powerful Origin Skills. Relying on pure quantity is not enough to resolve this issue." Someone pointed out Su Chen's true weakness.
"Oh, if that's the case, then his path forward is doomed to be limited. Perhaps he can have a small moment of glory and obtain a top one hundred, but in the end he will never become a person like Long Pojun. I think that the top fifty is his limit," someone concluded.
The important individuals watching the battle were all very insightful and possessed abundant experience. They were able to tell Su Chen's strengths just from a glance, as well as the highest rank he was likely to achieve.
Even so, there were always a few things that even a pair of experienced eyes couldn't replace.
Just as the important individuals were still engaged in individual discussions, Su Chen had finally completed his journey all the way to the sixth region. He had arrived at the location of the Spirit Burying Terrace.
The location was filled with piles of rubble and fallen trees.
The rubble and trees came from the Immortal Temple themselves. They had cut their way through the vegetation and began opening mining tunnels before finally discovering the Spirit Burying Terrace in the end. They were originally just waiting for it to open, but because of the Hidden Dragon Battle they had to switch people. This was basically the same as waiting on a beautiful woman for countless years and finally coaxing her clothes off, with only one thrust remaining before being told that they had to switch out for a different person.
One could easily imagine the depression in their hearts.
Not only this, but after they were switched out they weren't even allowed to leave... they had to help cover for the new arrival.
No regrets.
On top of the high tower, a large group of people were watching the movements on the exam grounds.
Zhao Yu was watching the light screen with a solemn expression. His face was always dark and his expression serious. His expression never changed, like his face was sculpted from clay.
But at that instant, his expression, which was like ice that never melted, finally changed, displaying a rarely seen expression.
Zhao Yu's eyebrows jumped, and his eyes suddenly revealed a shocking brilliance, as if he had turned from a clay figure into a golden statue of a god.
The next instant, the sound of many whistles appeared.
Countless numbers of fiery meteors appeared, flying towards the tall tower.
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