65: Chapter 65 I've staked everything on my wife! Sweeping across the battlefield!

Following that was a long list of names, all of them famous Geniuses from the Central Plains, descendants of Emperor Clans, Longevity Families, and reclusive powerhouses!

Every single name was world-renowned!

As for those they had never even heard of, the odds were all one to five hundred!

After all, 99% of people would be eliminated in the first round; if you didn't bet on the strong, would you bet on strangers?

Obviously not!

Li Shuangxu squeezed to the counter, pulled out a Storage Pouch, and slammed it on the table. "I'm betting on Gu Chen to win the first round, one million High-Grade Spirit Stones!"

The old man behind the counter looked up, adjusted his glasses, and looked Li Shuangxu up and down. "Gu Chen? Which Gu Chen? Never heard of him."

Li Shuangxu pointed to the very bottom. "That one is Gu Chen."

The old man looked at it, then at Li Shuangxu, his mouth twitching. "Young man, are you sure? Although this Gu Chen's odds are high, only one out of ten thousand people will remain in the first elimination round!"

"A contestant with no fame like this will most likely be eliminated in the first round. You'd be better off betting your Spirit Stones on Han Zixuan or Saintess Bing Xin; at least you'd earn some pocket money!"

"I'm betting on Gu Chen." Li Shuangxu did not hesitate.

That was his Young Lord; if he didn't bet on him, who would he bet on?

A young man in brocade robes nearby leaned over, glanced at Li Shuangxu's betting slip, and sneered. "Betting on an unknown nobody? Is your brain broken? Look at these odds, one to five hundred; he's clearly just there to make up the numbers! Someone is actually betting on this kind of person?"

His voice wasn't quiet, and several people nearby looked over.

Some joined in the laughter, some shook their heads, and some looked at Li Shuangxu with eyes like they were looking at a fool!

Betting on an unknown to win was simply an impossible thing!

This guy must be here to do charity!

He's practically giving away money!

"Exactly, if you have Spirit Stones, you're better off betting on Han Zixuan or Saintess Bing Xin, a guaranteed win!"

"Maybe he's just here to donate Spirit Stones, why do you care?"

"One to five hundred, even in your dreams you wouldn't do that; if that guy wins, I'll eat shit!"

Li Shuangxu ignored the gossip, put away the betting slip, and turned to walk out of the Heavenly Secret Pavilion.

Behind him, the brocade-robed youth's laughter still echoed. "Fools are everywhere every year, and there are especially many this year!"

"Stop talking, let's drink! I think he's gone crazy wanting money!"

Li Shuangxu walked on the street, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

A fool? Heh! Once the elimination round ends, you'll all know who the fool is!

His Young Lord could even shatter a quasi-emperor artifact with one sword strike; a battlefield of ten thousand people? It's hard to say if it's even enough for his Young Lord to warm up!

He looked up at the gray, hazy teleportation area in the sky and silently muttered in his heart: "Young Lord, don't scare me! I've bet my marriage fund on you! You have to put in effort! Otherwise, one million High-Grade Spirit Stones will go down the drain!"

On the other side, when Gu Qingshan landed, he almost fell face-first into the mud.

He had been eating too well these past few days; it was time to get some proper exercise!

He steadied himself and scanned the surrounding barren hills, scattered rocks, and overgrown weeds.

Sounds of fighting were already coming from the distance; screams, the clash of weapons, and the explosions of spiritual energy mixed together!

Thinking about only one person remaining out of ten thousand was stressful!

Gu Qingshan swallowed his saliva and gripped the war blade in his hand tightly!

This blade was given by the Old Ancestor, and he didn't know its grade, but it shouldn't be low!

He hadn't had a chance to use it until now, and today he could finally test it out!

"Kid, hand over your token!"

Suddenly, a tall and thin man darted out from behind the rocks, holding a long spear, at the third level of the Sovereign Realm, his spear tip pointing directly at Gu Qingshan!

Gu Qingshan instinctively raised his blade to block!

Clang! The long spear broke into two pieces. The tall, thin man was stunned, looking at the half-broken spear shaft in his hand, his face turning pale!

What the hell? How did it destroy my long spear just by touching it?

Gu Qingshan was also stunned, looking at the war blade in his hand; there wasn't even a mark on the blade!

What the Old Ancestor gave was indeed not an ordinary item!

"You, your blade! How is that possible!" The tall, thin man's voice trembled.

Daring to launch a sneak attack! Unforgivable!

Gu Qingshan didn't give him a chance to speak and slashed down!

The tall, thin man was teleported out.

Directly eliminated!

Gu Qingshan looked at the war blade in his hand, the corners of his mouth slowly curling into a smile!

He might not be able to beat Gu Chen, but he could certainly beat these people!

Besides, this blade cut through people like cutting vegetables!

One slash for every little friend!

Fighting! Awesome!

"Come on!" Gu Qingshan brandished his blade and charged into the crowd, like a fierce tiger pouncing into a flock of sheep!

One slash for one, two slashes for a pair!

His cultivation wasn't the highest, but the blade was just too good!

The weapons those people were so proud of were like paper in front of him; they shattered upon contact!

"Run! Someone is rushing over with a chopper!"

"Heh! Let me kill him with one sword strike!"

"Let him taste my mace!"

"Wait! Brothers, why are you being slaughtered like pigs? Are you cosplaying as two pigs?"

...

Ru Shuang's situation was much more difficult than Gu Qingshan's.

She landed in a dense forest, surrounded by towering trees, with dim light.

A man at the second level of the Sovereign Realm saw Ru Shuang's appearance, and his eyes became frivolous. "Miss, all alone? Do you want brother to protect you?"

Ru Shuang didn't speak and thrust her sword out!

The man was caught off guard, his shoulder was grazed by the sword light, and he screamed as he turned into white light and disappeared!

But this sword strike also exposed her position!

In less than half an incense stick of time, four people surrounded her.

Two men and two women, all at the third level of the Sovereign Realm, coordinating tacitly; it was clear they had come as a team!

The competition only stipulated that there would be only one final winner, so teaming up did not violate the rules.

"Taiyin Spirit Body? Third on the beauty ranking?"

The leading woman sneered.

"What's the use of being pretty? Here, having big fists is the hard truth."

The four of them attacked simultaneously.

Ru Shuang fought four against one; her cultivation was not lower than theirs, but she had too little practical combat experience and quickly fell into a disadvantage.

"Girl, the sword of the person on the left is off-target, dodge to the right."

Ru Shuang dodged to the right. Her grandfather had been at the Peak of the Eternal Realm before he died, and his insight was still there; although he couldn't fight, his guidance could help Ru Shuang resolve many crises.

However, Ru Shuang still managed to defeat these people by relying on her own strength and her grandfather's help.

She could be considered to have stabilized her position on this battlefield!

On the other side, Gu Chen was very relaxed; he could kill dozens of people with a single sword strike!

This led many people to come in groups, thinking they had to expel such a strong person first!

A group of long-range Cultivators attacked from afar, various Cultivation Techniques, Spirit Treasures, and hidden weapons raining down overwhelmingly!

Gu Chen didn't even look, swung his sword, and those attacks were shredded in mid-air by invisible Sword Qi!

"His sword is strange! Don't get close to him!" Someone shouted!

Gu Chen immediately stepped forward and killed him; if everyone knew I was strong, then no one would fight me!

That wouldn't do!

These people were all too weak and couldn't be called opponents at all!

Gu Chen continued to look for opponents who could fight him.

An hour later, the number on Gu Chen's token jumped to over three thousand, and he alone had killed over a thousand people!

Some people broke down, not knowing why he didn't get tired!

He had already killed over a thousand people, why did it feel like his spiritual energy was inexhaustible!

Another hour later, the number jumped to six thousand.

Out of the ten thousand people on the battlefield, nearly three thousand had been eliminated by Gu Chen alone!

The remaining people were either hiding in corners trembling, or killing each other to fight for second place!