173 Chapter 173
Although the spiritual energy covering the arena swallowed up the two corpses, the energy all returned to Chu Feng's body. Many people did not know he possessed Demonic Arts abilities.
Many of the remaining tournament contestants gritted their teeth; Chu Feng had left no path for others to survive, which ignited the fighting spirit of the entire audience.
Aside from feeling a bit hungry, Chu Feng's drive only grew stronger. He walked slowly off the stage, and many people began to pay attention to the Heavenly Dao Sect mentioned in the story.
Qian Renxue's face was flushed. Filled with gratitude and emotion, she grabbed Chu Feng's hand and shouted, "Little Sword, you've really made me proud."
"It's nothing, it's what I should do," Chu Feng said somewhat reluctantly. After all, since he had promised Qian Renxue, Xiao Wu would certainly not look kindly upon it.
Chu Feng's gaze swept across the entire Martial Arts Tournament, but he couldn't see Xiao Wu or Zhu Zhuqing anywhere. Meanwhile, the tournament was about to move on to the next group of contestants.
This match was actually quite anticipated. Zhu Zhuqing and Bai Kai were actually placed in the same group, and Bai Kai hadn't appeared since he was seen on a stretcher yesterday.
Therefore, no one knew what he had been transformed into by the treatments at the tournament.
Bai Xu, the Great General of Tianyun City, also seemed absent from the venue. White God Path hadn't said a word from the moment Chu Feng appeared until he finished; it seemed they had already anticipated Chu Feng's strength and behavior.
Putting the matter of Xiao Wu aside for the moment, Chu Feng began to focus on this match.
Zhu Zhuqing was the first to appear, holding a spherical ball of light in her hand, similar to that vast Beast Park.
Next, the other two opponents slowly approached. There were only three people on the field; where did Bai Kai go?
The crowd was a bit restless. Zhu Zhuqing said unhurriedly, "The other contestant is inside this sphere."
The sphere gradually began to emit light, and a humanoid figure slowly stepped out from a mass of spiritual energy.
The man who had once ambushed him was now standing before Chu Feng again, but his strength had improved significantly; he seemed to have two Heavenly Spirit Bodies, and they appeared to be newly installed.
Actually, there was one more thing Chu Feng found very strange: White God Path and Zhu Zhuqing seemed more like a superior and subordinate rather than a father and daughter.
Qian Renxue slowly leaned against Chu Feng's shoulder. Her body fragrance made it hard for Chu Feng to resist, but slowly winning over his goddess like this was also a good idea.
Zhu Zhuqing had grown up in this village and didn't have any practical cultivation power, but Bai Kai's origins were unknown. In this four-into-two match, their cooperation created some suspense.
Speaking of which, Chu Feng had finished off the other three in the previous round, so it remained to be seen how the final numbers would be arranged.
As expected, Bai Kai was the main force, still using a long spear as his weapon. This time, the spear handle was covered in a large amount of spiritual energy; he had come prepared, having learned his lesson from last time.
His spirit body was his physical body, so he basically had full power the moment he stepped onto the stage.
The other two also observed that Zhu Zhuqing basically had no strong cultivation power. They wanted to bypass Bai Kai to attack her, and even thought about negotiating with Bai Kai.
Bai Kai blew back the hair covering his eyes and pointed his long spear at them fiercely: "Let's see who dares to come over."
The two naturally charged forward, and they even had their own magical treasure, the seven-story soul locking pagoda.
This pagoda was recorded in the scriptures Chu Feng had consumed, so he had some impression of it.
The pagoda was a mix of gold and blue. Although it was only three inches in size, it was said that if anyone could break through to the seventh floor, it could directly absorb an Integration Stage expert and turn them to ash within a few hours.
Once the pagoda appeared, Bai Kai's long spear was directly sucked inside. This was only a three-story opened pagoda, but its power was already quite strong, swirling up the dust and sand on the arena.
Bai Kai suffered a joint attack from the two. He used his physical body to endure the beating but showed no expression of pain. It seemed that after his entire body became a spirit body, it had undergone some unknown changes.
He twisted his neck, making a violent sound of bones tearing, and his hands gradually contracted and then expanded, turning into two sharp swords.
The two had no choice but to use the pagoda to block. It innocently took a crack, but fortunately, it didn't shatter.
Having lost their treasure, these two no longer had the strength to struggle. But would Bai Kai be as ruthless as Chu Feng? That would depend on Zhu Zhuqing.
Zhu Zhuqing was deep in thought, and Bai Kai stopped his actions. The two, perhaps influenced by Chu Feng in the previous round, shouted repeatedly, "We surrender!"
This match didn't cause much of a stir; it was very plain and also very strange.
White God Path shook his head, seemingly disapproving of the substance of this match, but Zhu Zhuqing still advanced to the next round without having made a single move.
Bai Kai obediently returned to the sphere. Chu Feng's suspicion of Zhu Zhuqing had never faded; he was becoming increasingly aware that many friends he met along the way might actually be enemies.
After a few more rounds of competition, it was finally Xiao Wu's turn to participate. About an hour had passed, but Chu Feng had not seen Xiao Wu for a long time.
Perhaps she had some sort of trump card.
However, Elder Qie Jiang suddenly announced, "Xiao Wu's participation is canceled. Please have Zhu Zhuqing switch to this group."
Xiao Wu was playing a game of disappearance. There was no need for Chu Feng to worry, as Red Fang also seemed to be missing. It seemed the monkey had gone to investigate on its own.
However, with Zhu Zhuqing in the mix, the match still felt fresh.
Although Zhu Zhuqing's strength after Entering the Realm couldn't compare to Chu Feng's, it was more than enough to handle this round.
The greatest characteristic of the Integration Stage is the ultimate control over the dantian. This was where Zhu Zhuqing's greatest advantage lay; the dantian could not only temporarily store spiritual energy but also release it quickly.
Whether at a disadvantage or an advantage, she had her own flexible fighting style.
Thus, the ten-minute confrontation with her opponents was merely a back-and-forth, with Zhu Zhuqing making concessions at every turn.
The opponents, however, didn't know what was good for them and teamed up to fight Zhu Zhuqing, as they clearly felt their own lack of strength and knew they would lose if it dragged on.
The huge fluctuations caused by the combined spiritual energy attack of the three left dozens of craters on the stage. A kind-hearted person like Zhu Zhuqing naturally wouldn't kill them.
But letting them win was impossible. To that end, she used the spiritual energy from her dantian to manifest into something like ropes and quickly rushed in front of the three—this was just a diversion.
What she really intended to do was use the ropes to seal the three's acupoints. Closing off their spiritual energy this way would prevent their spirit bodies from being retracted, causing a state of suspended animation.
And so, the three were eliminated together. It seemed many people didn't take the four-into-two rule seriously.
Chu Feng caught up with Zhu Zhuqing as she stepped off the stage and asked, "Do you know where Xiao Wu went?"
Zhu Zhuqing turned her back to him and replied coldly, "Sword Sect!"
Then she walked away with a flick of her sleeves. Why would she go back instead of participating in this perfectly good Martial Arts Tournament?
Furthermore, quite a few people had indeed left the tournament. Soldiers occasionally whispered to White God Path, and his expression looked troubled.
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