74: Chapter 74 Sweeping Through the Battlefield, Entering the Finals

On the stage, Han Zixuan became more and more alarmed as the fight continued!

Is the person in front of me really just at the first level of the Sovereign Realm?

Why does it feel like a father beating his son!

He didn't have the slightest ability to resist, or even the desire to!

Gu Chen's Sword Intent was getting stronger and stronger!

At first, they were trading blows, but later on, he could only defend!

Every sword strike was faster than the last, and every strike was heavier than the last!

Those who didn't know might think it was a brutal lashing!

The lashes were getting heavier!

Han Zixuan couldn't block it at all; the impact made his hands ache!

"Draw Sword Slash!" Gu Chen unleashed his move!

One sword strike.

The sword light was like a shadow, tearing through the Void Realm.

Han Zixuan's pupils contracted, and he raised his spear to block.

Clang!!!

Han Zixuan was sent flying directly, crashing to the edge of the stage.

He looked down at the broken half of his spear in his hand, then at the cracked armor on his body, his face turning deathly pale.

What the hell?

How did his entire set of pseudo-quasi-emperor artifacts all shatter?

Does this guy's weapon have a defense-breaking effect?

All the equipment I worked so hard to collect is gone now!

"I..." He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but couldn't.

Forget it; he couldn't beat the person in front of him, and he couldn't afford to offend the person behind him either!

Han Zixuan lay on the stage, looking at the gray sky, and remained silent for a long time.

"I concede."

The entire arena was in an uproar.

"Han Zixuan conceded?"

"A whole set of pseudo-quasi-emperor artifacts couldn't even block one of his strikes?"

"Gu Chen, what kind of monster is this guy?"

"Not a monster, he's simply a Prodigy!!"

"He made Han Zixuan lose in the very first match! Is this even human? Damn, that was too violent!"

Han Zixuan scrambled up from the stage, watched Gu Chen's retreating figure, and gave a bitter smile.

This person is too strong.

It's not his cultivation that's strong; it's his Sword Intent.

That kind of Sword Intent, he had never even seen on the Quasi-Emperor Old Ancestor in his Family!

Even the Family's Old Ancestor didn't possess such Sword Intent. He really didn't know how the person behind him taught him.

Terrifying!

Han Zixuan muttered, "Gu Chen, you are very strong. I will remember you. Let's spar again when there is an opportunity!"

"Good, I'll wait for you."

...

Competitor area.

Ru Shuang watched Gu Chen walk back, her heart still racing.

She had seen that sword strike with her own eyes.

It was so fast that even her grandfather exclaimed in admiration.

"This kid's Sword Intent has Emperor Charm! And it's not ordinary Emperor Charm!"

Her grandfather's voice echoed in her mind.

"Grandfather, are you saying!"

"The guardian behind him isn't just protecting him; they are teaching him! And their attainment in Sword Intent is extremely high!"

Ru Shuang dared not imagine it; she could no longer guess how much about the man in front of her was unknown to her!

At the same time!

On the border of the Central Plains, a crack in the Void Realm.

Two little girls rode a white tiger and flew directly out of the crack.

What Void Realm?

It doesn't exist!

The white tiger brought them across the Void Realm directly!

Unlike Gu Chen, who still needed a Spirit Ship to travel!

"Wow! Is this the Central Plains? It's so big!" Gu Qingqing lay on the tiger's back, looking around.

"But the Spiritual Qi is far worse than at home! I feel like I'm going to suffocate!" Gu Huahua commented.

Yue Qingshuang and Yue Qingxue followed behind, saying nothing.

"Two big sisters, where is Gu Chen?" Gu Qingqing turned back to ask.

Yue Qingshuang closed her eyes to sense, then pointed to the southeast.

"That way."

"Let's go! Let's go find Gu Chen!"

The white tiger let out a long howl, turned into a streak of white light, and flew toward the southeast.

Behind it, Yue Qingshuang and Yue Qingxue followed.

At the same time.

Tianque City, martial arts arena.

Gu Chen sat in the competitor area, waiting for the next round's matchup list.

He suddenly sneezed.

"Who is talking about me?"

He had an ominous premonition that something was about to happen, feeling vaguely uneasy!

In the following matches, Gu Chen swept through everything!

In the second round, his opponent was a Loose Cultivator at the fourth level of the Sovereign Realm; he solved it with one sword strike!

In the third round, his opponent was a descendant of an Emperor Clan, at the fifth level of the Sovereign Realm; he solved it with three sword strikes!

In the fourth round, his opponent was a Disciple of the long-lived Zhuge Family, who was proficient in Formation; they covered the stage with Formation patterns!

Gu Chen walked in, slashed open the Formation eye with one sword strike, and sent the person flying with another!

Two sword strikes!

The whole audience was silent!

"Is this still human?"

"Didn't they say that the Zhuge Family's Formation cannot be broken by anyone of the same rank? He slashed it in two strikes? Isn't that cheating?"

"It's not that the Formation is weak; it's that his sword is too strong. That kind of Sword Intent simply doesn't belong to the Sovereign Realm."

"What is his actual cultivation? Is he really only at the first level of the Sovereign Realm?"

No one could answer this question!

Because every one of Gu Chen's matches ended too quickly!

So fast that before anyone could analyze his strength, the match was already over!

He quickly resolved the battles for several consecutive rounds!

Gu Chen fought his way into the finals just like that!

His opponent in the finals was Saintess Bing Xin of the Ice Phoenix Clan, the biggest favorite to win the championship, at the Peak of the fifth level of the Sovereign Realm, with Ice Phoenix Bloodline, wielding a quasi-emperor artifact!

The sky gradually darkened, and the crowd in the martial arts arena slowly dispersed.

The finals start tomorrow.

But the news had already spread throughout all of Tianque City!

"Gu Chen has entered the finals! He's fighting Saintess Bing Xin!"

"A kid from the Eastern Region fighting his way into the Genius Tournament finals; how many years has it been since something like this happened?"

"Tens of thousands of years, perhaps. The last time someone from the Eastern Region made it into the top 100 was thirty thousand years ago, and this time he's entered the finals directly!"

"What is that Gu Chen's background? His guardian is at the Peak of the quasi-Sovereign Realm, and he can fight himself; how are others supposed to live?"

The discussions echoed through the streets and alleys; from today on, Gu Chen's name thoroughly resounded throughout the Central Plains.

Not relying on his guardian, but relying on himself.

Breaking Formations with one sword, defeating enemies with two, sweeping through everything, fighting his way into the finals!

With this level of strength, no one dared to underestimate him!

But some were happy, while others were sad.

Ru Shuang sat in her room at Zuixian Restaurant, looking at the night view outside the window, her heart filled with mixed emotions!

She had lost.

She lost in the sixth round.

Her opponent wasn't very strong, third level of the Sovereign Realm, but she still lost.

Her practical combat experience was too little, her on-the-spot reactions too slow. Although her grandfather's guidance could help her for a moment, it couldn't help her for a lifetime.

She looked down at the token in her hand, which had her ranking written on it.

Ranked 242nd.

With this ranking, she couldn't even touch the edge of the rewards!

At most a few bottles of Medicinal Pill and some Spirit Stone; it was a drop in the bucket for her grandfather's recovery!

"Girl, don't be sad."

Ru Shuang's voice choked up, "Grandfather, I am too useless."

Her grandfather's tone was gentle, "You have already worked very hard. When you escaped from the Ru Family, you were only at the second level of the Sovereign Realm. To have come this far in a few months, Grandfather is very proud."

"But Grandfather, your remnant soul..."

"It can still hold on for a while." Her grandfather interrupted her, "The soul nourishing wood can still last for a few months, so don't worry."

Ru Shuang didn't speak; she knew her grandfather was lying to her.

The soul nourishing wood could only delay the dissipation of the remnant soul; it could not cure it.

In a few months, at most half a year, her grandfather's remnant soul would completely dissipate.

By then, she would truly be all alone.

Her grandfather comforted her, "There will be a way. Heaven never closes all doors!"