“I’m going!” Chen Bowen declared. “I alone am enough to make those Sha people unable to lift their heads!”
Su Zhengping glanced at Chen Bowen, then at the Sha warrior on the stage, and nodded. “Be careful.”
“Lord Prime Minister, rest assured!” Chen Bowen nodded and strode towards the duel arena.
The moment Chen Bowen appeared, the crowd from Yao City erupted into loud cheers, wave after wave of sound, reminding Ye Chu of football matches from his previous life.
“Chen Bowen is finally making his move! Hmph, let’s see how the Sha people block him!”
“Brother Bowen will definitely sweep the Sha cultivators!”
“Let them witness Brother Bowen’s might!”
The spectators were thrilled. In their eyes, Chen Bowen was Yao City’s number one, unmatched among the younger generation. If he fought, he could easily crush the Sha side.
“One move!” Chen Bowen stopped in front of the Sha warrior, raised a single finger, and spoke lightly with clear contempt.
The gesture was domineering yet handsome, drawing screams from countless girls. “So handsome, so domineering! Brother Bowen, we love you!”
The group of women around Zhang Su’er stared at Chen Bowen with starry eyes, practically glowing.
“Women these days really have no taste! Ignoring the outstanding man right in front of them and fawning over that flashy pretty boy!” Ye Chu sighed, thinking that God gave women dark eyes, yet they used them to seek idiots.
“Shut up!” Zhang Su’er was on the verge of exploding. She had never met anyone so infuriating and snapped, “We can’t appreciate your kind of excellence!”
“Fair enough! You are worldly people. How could you appreciate my transcendent excellence?” Ye Chu sighed deeply, looking lonely and forlorn. “Lonely seeking defeat! Is it really so hard to find someone more excellent than me in this world? Only when mountains are gone and heaven and earth unite would I dare to be less excellent!”
Everyone ignored Ye Chu and turned their attention to Chen Bowen. They feared that looking at Ye Chu would make them unable to resist strangling him. How dare he compare himself to Chen Bowen?
Under the crowd’s fervent, worshipful gazes, Chen Bowen struck without flourish, aiming straight at the Sha warrior with ferocious speed.
The Sha warrior’s expression changed drastically. He poured all his power into blocking, but he had underestimated Chen Bowen. The strike landed on his guarding arm. He had almost no chance to resist before he was sent flying, coughing blood as he crashed to the ground. He struggled to rise but could not even crawl.
“Brother Bowen is so handsome!”
Seeing Chen Bowen truly defeat the Sha warrior in one blow, the girls grew wildly excited, nearly jumping.
Ye Chu clicked his tongue. Sometimes he really worried about women’s intelligence. Whether in his previous life or this one, women could turn idiotic when crazed. He recalled those star-chasing girls from his past life who would even offer to sleep with celebrities, unable to comprehend how women’s brains worked.
Ye Chu turned away, unwilling to watch the women any longer. Being too close might lower his own intelligence.
Chen Bowen’s one-strike defeat of a Meaning Transformation cultivator sent the Yao side into ecstasy, waves of praise all for him.
“Hmph!” Only the Sha warriors snorted coldly. Their leader nodded to someone beside him, and soon another stepped quickly into the arena.
“Ye Chu! It’s him, it’s him! This guy beat me up!” Pang Shao had appeared at some point beside Ye Chu, glaring furiously at the approaching Sha cultivator.
When Pang Shao showed up, the girls around Zhang Su’er scattered in terror. Since arriving in Yao City, he had been chasing women everywhere. They feared being targeted.
Seeing the women flee like frightened tigers, Pang Shao rolled his eyes in dissatisfaction. “If anyone dares take one step away, this young master will make her accompany me tonight!”
One sentence froze them in place, though their eyes burned with disgust and anger towards him.
Ye Chu chuckled inwardly. If Pang Shao stayed in Yao City long enough, he might replace Ye Chu’s own infamous reputation.
“How strong is Chen Bowen?” Pang Shao asked Su Rong.
Though unwilling to engage, Su Rong answered, “Seventh level Meaning Transformation!”
“Oh! Then Chen Bowen is in for a beating!” Pang Shao said. “This guy is much stronger than that pretty boy Chen Bowen!”
“You’re the one asking for a beating!” A woman, forgetting her fear upon hearing Pang Shao insult Chen Bowen, shouted at him.
“Exactly! Brother Bowen is so strong. Crushing him will be easy!”
“…”
Listening to the women’s noisy denunciations, Pang Shao paid no mind and fixed his gaze on the arena.
Sha Shan looked at Chen Bowen with a slight curve to his lips. “You are Yao’s top young talent?”
“And who are you?” Chen Bowen stared back, arrogance in his voice.
“Sha Shan! Third among Sha’s younger generation, but more than enough to deal with you!” Sha Shan laughed. “Prepare your beauties and cities, Yao.”
“We’ll see if you have the skill!” Enraged, Chen Bowen kicked out fiercely, tracing an arc with sharp intent, swift as a shooting arrow.
Su Zhengping watched and nodded with a smile. “Chen Bowen has improved. His intent is skilfully fused with the kick!”
“Yes! This time, like always, Yao will defeat Sha!”
Seeing Chen Bowen’s fierce attack, the previously worried Yao crowd relaxed completely.
Against Chen Bowen’s strike, Sha Shan could only dodge, eliciting shocked exclamations and excited screams from the Yao spectators.
“Show us what you’ve got instead of dodging!” Chen Bowen sneered and kicked again, hard. He expected Sha Shan to evade, but this time he miscalculated. Sha Shan neither dodged nor blocked, meeting the kick with his own.
Boom…
The collision forced both back several steps, their legs trembling.
“Seventh level Meaning Transformation!” Chen Bowen’s eyes widened in disbelief. The opponent was at the same realm.
Su Zhengping’s relaxed heart suddenly tightened. He tensed and looked towards the Sha leader, who nodded at him.
“How is this possible? Our intelligence said they only had fifth level. How did a seventh appear?”
While Su Zhengping reeled, Chen Bowen roared, “Seventh level or not, I can still crush you easily!”
“The same to you!” Sha Shan laughed loudly and launched fierce attacks no weaker than Chen Bowen’s, constantly sweeping at his lower body. The two fought intensely, muffled thuds erupting as they battled evenly.
Only Pang Shao curled his lip and said to Ye Chu, “Sha Shan has one very powerful move. I suffered greatly from it! Chen Bowen’s strength is about the same as mine, maybe even less. He definitely can’t beat this guy!”
His words made Su Rong’s gaze snap sharply to Pang Shao!
