Zhang Ruochen’s first opponent was a yellow-robed teenage martial artist who looked to be eighteen or nineteen years old, and whose cultivation had reached the Middle Extreme Position of the Yellow Extreme Realm.
To be able to cultivate to the Middle Extreme Position at such an age, one could be considered a martial genius.
The yellow-robed teenage martial artiste held a sharp battle sword, and said in a strong voice: “Hao family, Hao XVII, the first to challenge Your Excellency, Your Excellency draw your sword!”
Zhang Ruochen pressed the hilt of the Flashing Soul Sword with his right hand and gently shook his head, saying, “You’re not worthy of me drawing my sword yet, if I do, I’m afraid I’ll hurt you.”
“Arrogant!”
The yellow-robed teenage martial artist injected his true qi into the greatsword, activating the two force system inscriptions in the greatsword. The weight of the greatsword climbed to two hundred and eighty-seven jin.
He gripped the saber with both hands and swung the great saber in a dense manner as he quickly rushed towards Zhang Ruochen.
With his aura, even a Yellow Extreme Realm Great Extreme Position martial artist would not dare to clash with him.
“Wow!”
Zhang Ruochen stood still, not moving at all as his arm lifted and his sword sheath swung out, slashing at the yellow-robed teenage martial artist’s neck.
“Clang!”
The large sword fell to the ground.
The yellow-robed teenager screamed miserably and fell off the battle platform, falling to the ground.
Covering his neck, he re-ascended the battle platform, picked up the greatsword, stared at Zhang Ruochen with some awe, and said, “Many thanks for not killing me.”
Fortunately, Zhang Ruochen’s sword was not sheathed, otherwise, his head would have already flown out from his neck.
Second match, win!
Third match, win!
Game four, win!
For the next three matches, Zhang Ruochen won consecutively.
He stood in the centre of the battle stage, steady as a rock, not moving his feet at all from start to finish.
All the opponents who challenged him, regardless of their cultivation level, were all chopped off the battle platform by the same move, without exception.
“How could this teenager be so powerful? Luo Tian, whose cultivation has reached the Yellow Extreme Realm’s Great Extreme Position, was even slapped off the battle platform with his scabbard, without even the power to fight back.” A sixteen-year-old noble girl stared at Zhang Ruochen with some curiosity.
Zhang Ruochen was simply too young, yet his strength was too terrifying. A Yellow Extreme Realm Grand Extreme Position martial artist could not even force him to take a step back, not to mention forcing him to use his sword.
“He should have already cultivated his sword intent to the realm of ‘the sword follows the heart’, if he can’t break his sword intent, anyone who goes there will only be chopped off the battle stage by his move.”
Xue Sick Sheng cupped his folding fan in his hand, a few smiles on his face as he said, “Haha! Don’t you guys know his identity?”
“What identity?” The crowd asked.
Xue Sick Sheng said, “He is the Ninth Prince of the Yunwu County Kingdom, who was able to defeat a genius of the Great Extremity Realm with a cultivation of the Small Extremity Realm during the end of the year examination. With his cultivation speed, he should have reached the Middle Extreme Realm by now. Unless a martial artist at the great circle of the Yellow Extreme Realm makes a move, no one will be able to defeat him.”
“Haha! So it’s the famous martial arts prodigy, the Ninth Prince, I’ll go and meet him.”
On the bleachers, a bald man carried two hammers, and with a stomp of his feet, he crossed a distance of more than ten metres and leapt onto the battle stage.
“Your Highness the Ninth Prince, I, Guo Sihai, have come to battle you in the fifth match, be careful, this pair of iron hammers of mine weighs 800kg combined, once smashed, even an iron man will be shattered.” Guo Sihai said.
Any martial artist who was able to win five matches in a row in a yellow level martial arts fighting palace was almost always at the cultivation level of the Yellow Extreme Realm Great Circle, and only a few geniuses were at the cultivation level of the Yellow Extreme Realm Great Extreme Position.
Guo Sihai was a Yellow Extreme Realm Great Extreme Position martial artist, standing eight feet tall, with arms thicker than Zhang Ruochen’s thighs, and his entire body covered in palm-sized muscle mass.
“Guo Sihai was born with divine strength, and at the Yellow Extreme Realm Grand Circle, he can burst out with the strength of thirty oxen. I’m afraid the Ninth Prince is going to lose!”
Hearing the crowd’s murmurs, the Ninth Sheriff Lord also began to worry, after all, that was a Grand Circle martial artist.
A Great Perfection martial artist and a Great Extreme Realm martial artist were not even on the same power level.
“Roar!”
Guo Sihai roared, the bones of his entire body emitted a “crackling” sound, and his arms moved the two hammers, rotating like a windmill, sending out a sheet of wind waves.
“Mad Martial Hammer Technique!”
Guo Sihai executed a Human Grade Lower Grade Martial Skill, exploding his full strength as his two iron hammers blasted towards Zhang Ruochen at the same time.
One iron hammer attacked Zhang Ruochen’s head, and one iron hammer attacked Zhang Ruochen’s legs.
Under such a wild attack, even if Zhang Ruochen’s cultivation was strong, he would definitely have to retreat.
As long as Zhang Ruochen retreated, his subsequent moves would attack over one after another, defeating Zhang Ruochen with a thunderous momentum.
“Pah!”
Zhang Ruochen still only made one move, slashing his sword sheath out and smashing it on top of one of the hammers.
That one of the hammers immediately changed direction and slammed into Guo Sihai’s chest.
“Boom!”
Guo Sihai, along with the two hammers, fell onto the battle platform at the same time.
“How …… how is this?”
Guo Sihai covered his bloody chest and struggled to get up from the ground, staring at Zhang Ruochen who stood straight in the centre of the battle platform. He hadn’t seen clearly how Zhang Ruochen swung his sword sheath at all just now?
All he knew was that he was knocked off the battle platform by the hammer in his own hand.
“Guo Sihai actually didn’t manage to force him to use his sword either, how can he be so strong?”
Xue Sick Sheng’s eyes became slightly gloomy as he said, “The Ninth Prince’s Sword Intent realm has reached at least the Sword Follows the Heart mid-stage realm, and it might even reach the Sword Follows the Heart high-stage realm.”
“It’s impossible! Even for Xuanji realm martial artists, very few of them are able to cultivate to the Sword Follows the Heart High Stage realm.”
Xue Sick Sheng grinned slightly and said, “Just wait and see! It’s only the fifth match now, the martial artists appearing behind him will only get stronger and stronger, and there will always be someone who will try to find out how strong or weak he is. If he can last until the eighth match, I will definitely personally ascend the battle stage and defeat him.”
At this moment, the Ninth County Lord and Shan Xiangling were also very shocked, Zhang Ruochen’s strength was completely out of their expectations.
“Defeating a Yellow Extreme Realm Grand Circle martial artist in one move! Ninth Brother’s cultivation wouldn’t have broken through to the Yellow Extremity Realm Grand Extremity, right?” The Ninth County Lord said.
“It’s definitely at the Yellow Extremity Realm Great Extremity Realm!”
“How long has it been since the end of the year examination? His Highness the Ninth Prince’s cultivation has actually risen another two realms, it’s just too incredible.” Shan Xiangling said with beautiful eyes.
If she hadn’t seen it with her own eyes, she really couldn’t believe that there was really such a heaven-defying human genius in the world.
There was a Yellow Extreme Realm Grand Circle martial artist who ascended the battle stage, a green-shirted woman in her twenties who also used a sword.
The green-shirted woman stood opposite Zhang Ruochen, carefully observing Zhang Ruochen’s every move, wanting to see the cracks in Zhang Ruochen’s body.
“There are actually no cracks! Since there are no cracks, we can only force him to reveal his cracks.”
“Swish!”
The green-shirted woman stepped on her feet with a speed as fast as lightning, carrying a fish gut thin sword and attacking Zhang Ruochen’s legs.
Even if she couldn’t defeat Zhang Ruochen, as long as she could force him to move his feet, it was still an achievement.
Only if he moved his feet, he would definitely reveal a break. At that time, it would be much easier to defeat him.
Zhang Ruochen finally revealed a serious look, the green-shirted woman’s sword technique was very powerful, reaching the realm of Sword Follows Heart. Even though it was only the Sword Follows the Heart early stage realm, it was already much more powerful than other Yellow Extreme Realm Grand Circle martial artists.
Zhang Ruochen closed his eyes and only relied on his ears to hear the sound of the sword blade breaking through the air.
“Ding!”
He swung his sword sheath to point into the void, blocking the sword that the green-shirted woman chopped at his legs.
The green-shirted woman was slightly stunned, and then she quickly changed her stance, executing three sword moves in a row. Each move was blocked by Zhang Ruochen accurately.
When she tried to use the fourth sword, there was a thud as a stabbing pain came from her chest, and her ribs felt as if they had been pierced.
Zhang Ruochen lifted his sword sheath and pointed it at the green-shirted woman’s chest, saying indifferently, “You’ve lost!”
Luckily, it was only the scabbard, if it was the tip of the sword, the green-shirted woman’s heart would have been pierced through.
The green shirted woman took the fish gut fine sword back into its scabbard, arched her hand and bowed to Zhang Ruochen, saying, “Your Highness the Ninth Prince is worthy of being a martial arts prodigy, I am convinced of my defeat!”
Another Yellow Extreme Realm Grand Circle martial artiste was defeated, still failing to force the Ninth Prince to take even a single step back.
“Hmph! What an abomination, he’s only sixteen years old and his martial arts cultivation has actually reached such a realm, we can’t leave him alive, we definitely can’t leave him alive.”
Liu Chengfeng was very annoyed and said to one of the guards standing behind him, “Go and call Han Axe here, just say that the time has come for this prince to use him.”
“Subordinate will go and invite Master Han now!” That one guard immediately retreated.
Liu Chengfeng stared at Shan Xiangling, who was standing on the bleachers below, a lewd/easy smile appeared in his eyes, “Shan Xiangling, when Zhang Ruochen dies on the battle stage, this gongzi will see who can still save you? Gah!”
Because of Zhang Ruochen’s heaven-defying performance, the entire Yellow Grade Martial Arts Palace became boisterous, resounding with deafening cries.
Finally, Zhang Ruochen ushered in the seventh challenger.
Hong Tao, with a cultivation of the Grand Circle of the Yellow Extreme Realm, opened up the Xuan Ice Divine Martial Seal, and had a record of four consecutive victories of seven matches in the Yellow Grade Martial Combat Palace.
Moreover, he had also reached the Beginner’s Realm of Following the Heart.
However, instead of a sword, he was using a whip. The whip follows the heart.
“Hong Tao has met His Highness the Ninth Prince, if I have offended you more later, please forgive me, Your Highness the Ninth Prince.” Hong Tao appeared polite and courteous, always wearing a smile on his face. However, his eyes were very sharp.
Hong Tao’s fingers gently touched at his wrist and pulled out a golden long whip.
The golden long whip, which was thirteen metres long and only as thick as a pinky finger, seemed to be a True Martial Treasure weapon refined from the tendons of some kind of savage beast.
Simply trying to throw the long whip straight was not something an ordinary person could do.
“Snap!”
Hong Tao’s arm shook, and the golden long whip immediately spun around, almost like a spirit snake, circling around his body, appearing very flexible and emitting a circle of golden light!
