Chapter 529: Chapter 529: The Bloody Duel
Yang Xiao waved the tag in his hand in front of Jiang Tao and said:
"I’m number 42."
Jiang Tao was startled at first, and then laughed.
He said, "Seems we are fated, Brother Yang. Go easy on me later, will you?"
Yang Xiao smiled back.
At this moment, Master Long spoke out loudly:
"The hall is too small for everyone to display their full abilities. Let’s head down to the plaza in front of the building now."
Following that, Yang Xiao and the others, led by the Iron Frame Warriors, went down to the plaza.
The perimeter of the plaza had already been sealed off, with more than a dozen Iron Tower Warriors standing in a line, preventing outsiders from entering the plaza.
A simple podium had already been set up in the plaza, with Long Wei, Long Yu, and a dozen men in black sitting on it.
In front of the podium was a vast plaza, the ceremonial plaza of the Wentian City International Hotel, sprawling over ten thousand square meters.
Master Long, Long Yu, glanced at Long Wei beside him and asked:
"Lord Long Wei, can we start now?"
Long Wei nodded, reached out his right hand, touched his Space Ring, and pulled out a fist-sized sphere. He pressed a button on the sphere and then tossed it to the center of the plaza.
A pale blue halo burst forth from the sphere, instantly spreading to form a circular area with a diameter of about a hundred meters.
The pale blue halo gently adhered to the stone slabs on the ground, like a thin, transparent film had been spread over the floor.
Long Wei said indifferently:
"This is an Energy Protection Membrane. When you compete on this, it won’t damage the floor."
After that, he took out another sphere, pressed a button, and threw it a few tens of meters away from the podium. A Defense Light Screen, similar to a Defensive Light Shield, unfolded to the left and right, stretching over 200 meters wide and about ten meters high.
The forty-two competitors and the several men in black behind the podium were all behind the Defense Light Screen, ensuring they would not be harmed by any stray attacks from the competitors.
After finishing these preparations, Long Wei said to Long Yu:
"Master Long Yu, we can begin."
Long Yu nodded and announced loudly:
"The competition begins now, based on one’s own ability, life and death at one’s own risk, it ends when one party voluntarily surrenders. The first match, number 1 versus number 2."
Gu Beifeng drew number 1, and number 2 was a Shanxi King.
The Shanxi King, Zhai Hui, was at the Enhanced Gene Advanced Evolution Level, having not yet broken through to the King Level.
Zhai Hui approached the podium and asked:
"Master Long, can I voluntarily surrender?"
Master Long said with a smile:
"Show us a few moves, let us see your potential. There will be special rewards for those with potential."
Left without a choice, Zhai Hui nodded and stepped into the middle of the plaza.
Gu Beifeng had already been standing there, smiling at Zhai Hui.
"Brother Gu, please be gentle, I am no match for you; but since Master Long asked me to show a few moves, I’ll reluctantly oblige."
"Heh heh, no problem, I’ll be measured in my actions."
Yang Xiao had never seen Gu Beifeng in action, so he watched very intently, keeping his eyes on Gu Beifeng.
The two exchanged courtesies with a fist salute.
Zhai Hui’s body shook, transforming into a ten-meter-long giant lizard. Its massive jaws opened, and its long tongue suddenly struck at Gu Beifeng like lightning, extending to a length of at least thirty meters.
The tongue tore through the air with an intense killing aura, not to be underestimated.
Gu Beifeng smiled slightly, drew a triangular giant sword over a meter in length from his Space Ring, and directly swung at the tongue.
Zhai Hui’s giant lizard urgently retracted its tongue, its enormous body leaping into the air, taking a swipe at Gu Beifeng from a distance,
A massive lizard claw ripped through the air, descending upon Gu Beifeng and stirring up a violent storm.
This was the giant lizard’s Soul Skill.
Gu Beifeng still did not move, his triangular giant sword cleaving through the lizard’s claw, splitting the void in two.
Zhai Hui’s giant lizard claw quickly retracted as the lizard abruptly turned, its massive tail swelling tens of meters in the blink of an eye, sweeping toward Gu Beifeng.
With a whoosh, it stirred up towering waves, even causing the Defense Light Screen in front of the chairman’s platform to tremble slightly.
Gu Beifeng said with a laugh:
"Brother Zhai, this is the third move. I can’t let you go on any more."
His body leaped up, shooting into the sky. Almost instantaneously, he was above the giant lizard’s head, his giant sword slashing down on the giant lizard’s head like lightning!
Yang Xiao’s heart suddenly tightened.
Gu Beifeng’s movement technique, although not as fast as the Iron Tower Warrior’s Instantaneous Movement, was beyond what ordinary people could imagine.
Moreover, Gu Beifeng’s sword contained a lethal killing aura. Was he trying to kill Zhai Hui with a single blow?
Zhai Hui suddenly felt an intense killing aura piercing the air above his head. In an emergency, he rolled over, his tongue shooting out like lightning, coiling toward Gu Beifeng’s legs.
If Gu Beifeng insisted on continuing his slash, there was a possibility that his legs would be severed by Zhai Hui’s tongue.
Gu Beifeng did not want to take the risk, as it was not worth it. At once, he diverted the blade and swept it toward the giant lizard’s tongue.
With a light hiss,
Gu Beifeng’s triangular giant sword severed the tongue of Zhai Hui’s giant lizard.
Zhai Hui let out a loud cry, rolled on the spot, and retreated tens of meters away, instantly reverting to human form. He raised both hands toward Gu Beifeng, indicating his surrender.
Just as Gu Beifeng was about to pursue and kill Zhai Hui, he stopped and said indifferently:
"Sorry, Brother Zhai, I didn’t mean to."
Zhai Hui spat out several mouthfuls of blood and swallowed a Small Blood Pill, stopping the bleeding from his tongue.
With the tongue cut short, it was uncertain if it would recover, and now he was unable to speak, only giving Gu Beifeng an angry glance before bowing to Master Long and the others on the chairman’s platform.
Long Wei said, expressionless:
"Contestant number one wins. Rest aside and prepare for the next match."
Gu Beifeng bowed to Long Wei,
"Thank you, Lord Long Wei."
Then he turned and stepped down from the arena, retreating to rest.
Zhai Hui also stepped down from the arena and quickly sat down on the nearby ground to heal.
No one in the audience spoke; the atmosphere was oppressive. Everyone knew that Zhai Hui didn’t hold back during the fight, using deadly moves at every turn, and Gu Beifeng was just as ruthless, both were looking to unexpectedly subdue the other.
Gu Beifeng seemed to have let the first two moves pass without counterattacking, pretending for the sake of Master Long and others, not wishing to leave an impression of being excessively cruel. Only when the third move came did he suddenly make a deadly attack.
In Yang Xiao’s view, Gu Beifeng had no need to sever Zhai Hui’s tongue. He could have easily countered the attack, forcing Zhai Hui to back down.
But ultimately, Gu Beifeng revealed his ruthlessness, seemingly taking advantage of the tournament to eliminate some opponents and clear obstacles for his future unification endeavors.
Gu Beifeng’s first battle turned the tournament suddenly bloodstained.