Chương 205: Brother, I am Yan Jian!

Hua Yao's soft voice was infused with his inner energy and was crystal clear to everyone in the area.

"The top ten participants have the chance to choose a single martial technique or weapon from the Yihua clan no matter which grade it is. If you don't pick any skill or weapon, then you can also ask of anything from my Yihua clan and we will do everything in our power to fulfill it" He continued, his voice sending the seated participants into excitement.

"Also," Hua Yao began again, "you all know that our Yihua continent only has ten spots in total. Our Yihua clan being the ruler of this continent was also gifted two spots, making for twelve spots. Those two spots belong to the Yihua clan. As for the ten spots, our Yihua clan has three other Juniors who will also join in to compete for them. In short, you have to give your best. If none of those three Juniors get any spot, then we have nothing to say.

But if they do get three spots, that reduces your available spots to seven. If you hold back and lose your chance, you have no one to blame but yourself!" The participant's faces changed and those who originally held a thin hope to scrape into the tenth spot felt desperate. Three Juniors from the Yihua clan? No one believed for a second that these three wouldn't get a spot. The question was which spot would they claim.

In short, the spots had just reduced from the already insufficient ten to a despair inducing seven.

"With all that said, let the competition begin!" Hua Yao turned to the huge battle stage and waved his hand at it, his energy surging like a wave. The stage began to glow; many runes lit up on the four pillars around it. It was just as Long Feng had guessed, there was a powerful formation engraved on it, and it was engraved by an envoy from the four dynasties! The arena glowed brightly as a low moan seemed to rumble out. Then suddenly, the arena exploded in a dazzling radiance that temporarily blinded everyone.

When they looked back, the participants were shocked to see that the main battle stage was nowhere to be found. Replacing it were ten much smaller stages. Even though they were much smaller than the first one, they were still more than enough for a few youths to battle it out on it.

"What just happened?" Many people asked in confusion.

"This is the ten divisions battle formation. It is a copy of the original hundred divisions battle formation that captures a tenth of the power and magnificence of the real one" Hua Yao's voice sounded again, explaining the situation. One could clearly sense the pride in his voice when he spoke.

"Enough talking. Each battle stage will light up soon. When the light from one of them surrounds you, then that will be the group you belong to and your battle stage." Long Feng clicked his tongue,"As expected of a formation from the four regions! So mythical""This is nothing. There are formations with much more terrifying abilities that you'll probably mistake as the work of a god!" Yan jian replied to him in a whisper. The ten stages suddenly began to glow just as Hua Yao said.

The glows extended into the group of seated participants like it had a conscience. Many youths gasped as they were surrounded by the light of a particular stage. Long Feng was also intrigued by the light which covered him like a robe. He could distinctly sense which stage he belonged to through the light. It was an incomparably profound feeling to him.

"Now go to your battle stages. There will be ten judges who will organise your group each and oversee each battle impartially" Hua Yao's voice brought the youths back to their minds.

"Brother Long Feng, Li Yue'er, I'll see you both later" Yan jian laughed and jumped into a battle stage. The trio were sent to different stages and wouldn't be together this time.

"Mm. Be careful!" Long Feng replied as Yan jian ran off.

"Miss Li, we'll meet after the group battle. And don't push yourself!" He turned to Li Yue'er and spoke as he jumped into his own stage. He was quite sure that Li Yue'er would definitely get a spot. Since the demon sealing coffin's spirit had sealed the demon entity in her dantian, her Cultivation had been progressing at a scary pace. Even Long Feng could only stare. Right now, she had reached rank nine yang realm! She had broken through just two days ago and had utterly shocked Long Feng and Yan jian.

Yan jian who had reached rank six yang realm was immediately deflated off his pride and Long Feng who was still struggling to reach the peak Yang realm could only hide his face. When he landed on his Battle stage, Long Feng send the aura of nineteen other people with him. They stood separately and stared at each other warily. Long Feng immediately noted that the strongest in this group was a rank one spirit realm cultivator and the weakest were one rank above him, rank eight Yang realm cultivators.

The rank one spirit realm cultivator was immensely excited when he saw that he was the strongest in this group. It looked like he had a good shot at getting the top ten! Of course, this was just his imaginations. Long Feng stared at him apathetically before looking away. Before Long, a powerful aura which Long Feng almost immediately recognized as a rank six or seven spirit realm cultivator descended on their stage in their midst. It was a hunch backed old man, probably the judge of this stage.

The man waved his hand and threw out twenty coloured stones with number written on them from one to twenty. All the youths instinctively grabbed one of the stone immediately. Long Feng looked at his own and saw that he got number nine.

"The first person will face the second person, the third will face the fourth, the fifth will face the sixth and so on. The loser will have no chance to make a come back and will be eliminated instantly. When we have the top ten, you will then choose your opponents by drawing lots. Each of the remaining ten must fight all others. The first person will move on to the second round" the old man spoke in a grating voice without emotion. Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve.

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"First and second, come on stage. The rest of you, get lost and wait for your turn. If you don't appear within five breaths of time, you'll have forfeited the match and it'll count as your loss" Long Feng and eighteen others immediately jumped off the stage leaving two youths behind, the rank one spirit realm cultivator and a rank eight Yang realm cultivator.

"Start!" The old judge announced coldly. The rank one spirit realm cultivator immediately released his aura completely and suppressed his opponent completely.

"You aren't worth my time. Admit defeat!" He uttered disdainfully. His opponent, a twenty years old rank eight Yang realm cultivator happened to be the strongest participant from a mid rank Province. In his hometown, he was a rare talent seen once in a decade. Of course, his achievement in this place was barely passable at best. Nevertheless, he wasn't willing to back down in such an embarrassing way even if his opponent was a spirit realm genius!

"Shut up!" He roared with all his strength and forcefully unleashed his aura while under the spirit realm pressure.

"Collapsing mountain fist!" He gathered his energy and roared, his eyes bloodshot as he charged towards his opponent with his fist raised high. All the while, his opponent stood still, gazing at him with amused indifference.

"Idiot. If you had obediently submitted, you could have preserved your pathetic dignity. But you just had to show off. This isn't courage, it's foolishness. Remember, the name of the one who defeated you is Bai Guang!" The spirit realm Junior finally spoke, his tone just as indifferent as his eyes. He slowly lifted his left hand and waved at the yang realm cultivator. A powerful Gale instantly erupted wildly, the aura of a Dao concept surging about.

"Get lost, trash!" Bai guang smiled disdainfully as the wind gathered up into a faintly visible wind blade that cut towards the Yang realm of who was barely able to move under the spirit realm aura and the wind Dao concept aura. Whoosh! The wind blade moved at a very fast speed and left an ugly gash on the chest of the Yang realm cultivator before he could react. Blood instantly sprayed out of the wound as the youths was blown off the battle stage by the remaining force.

"Contestant number one wins! Number three and four, come on stage!"the old judge slowly spoke with half closed eyes. Bai guang jumped off the stage and landed outside gracefully, ignoring the frightened looks of the other contestants when they looked at him.

"He's so ruthless. He could've defeated that guy without injuring him!" Long Feng stared at Bai guang with a frown. The next two contestants were a male and a female; both at the peak Yang realm and looking quite young.

"Begin!" The old judge announced. The two youths immediately released their auras and attacked without hesitation.

"Thunderbolt fist!" The young man immediately unleashed a powerful martial skill as he knew that they were both on par with each other and dragging out the fight would only lead to a waste of time. A faint aura of the thunder dao concept at the first level spread out with him at the center and gathered at his fist. Sparks could be seen flashing on his right fist occasionally as the faint rumble of thunder echoed.

"Flowing water slash!" The young lady obviously wasn't holding back too. Water like mist gathered around her, giving off the first level water dao concept aura and gathered at the top of the thin half spirit armament sword she held. Many of the observers were surprised.

"There are already three youths in this group with dao concepts? Although it's just rank one dao concepts, it was still rare to find Juniors at the yang realm with dao concepts in the past!"

"True. But now, I've spotted at least ten or twenty of peak Yang realm cultivators with dao concepts!" Long Feng touched his nose with a bewildered look.

"Is rank one dao concept really so shocking?" He had comprehended his own demon dao concept and sword dao concept at the yin realm! And it was even by mistake, without him knowing what it was! The thunder energy and water energy collided and cancelled each other out. The two youths were obviously completely on par. Seeing this, the young man rushed forward with his movement skill, aiming to engage the lady in close combat since normal attacks wouldn't work.

In his opinion, he would definitely gain the upper hand in close combat with his experience and superior body strength, especially when his thunder dao concept was well suited for explosive attacks while water dao concept was more renowned for it's versatility and defense. To his surprise, the young lady actually didn't try to retreat and instead charged forward as well.

"Foolish!" The young man snorted and punched out. His thunder dao energy and his peak yang energy gathered around his fists and he threw out several punches in a moment. The young lady faces his fists calmly. Faint mist surrounded her and moved according to her will to gather on her palm. Her movement skill was quite astonishing and her mastery of it was great as she skillfully dodged his fists and drew even closer to him. The young man instantly tried to retreat.

He sensed danger from the mist around the lady's palm and he instantly gave up on the thought of attacking again and tried to defend as he retreated. The lady's footwork suddenly changed as her speed suddenly increased again and could even compare to a rank one spirit cultivator. She caught up to the retreating youth before he could react and slowly pushed her mist covered palm at him. The youth's face instantly changed as he instinctively crossed his two arms across his chest. BOOM!

The lady's palm landed on the crossed arms. The youth instantly sensed a water like energy rushing into his body through his arms. He was pushed dozens of feet away before he steadied himself and a line of blood dripped down his mouth while a red flush covered his face. He was obviously quite injured by that palm. The lady didn't attack again and stared at him with a calm expression. The youth could only helplessly swallow his loss and admit defeat.

"Contestant number three has admitted defeat. Contestant number four has won. Number 5 and 6, come up!" The old judge shouted again. The next two contestants were two young men, one at the peak Yang realm and the other at rank eight yang realm. But this peak Yang realm cultivator was clearly weaker than the two who fought before him as he hadn't comprehended a Dao concept at all. But he was still a peak yang level Cultivator and thus defeated his opponent in four moves.

"Number 5 wins. Contestants 7 and 8, come up!" The old judge shouted. Two peak Yang realm cultivators jumped into the stage, neither of then having comprehended a Dao concept yet. They didn't speak at all and immediately began to fight. On another stage, Yan jian stared at his opponent on the stage with an expression that looked like he was crying.

"Oh heavens! How could you make me face a rank one spirit realm cultivator of all others? And my luck is so rotten, there are three rank one spirit realm cultivators and one rank two in my group! I stand no chance at all!" He sighed forlornly.

"What's a rank six yang realm trash doing here? Get lost! I can't even be bothered to make a move!" Yan jian's opponent shouted coldly, his spirit realm aura sweeping outwards and nearly pushing Yan jian out of the ring.

"Hey, hey brother, I am Yan jian. How about we make a deal brother, I can give you a fifty thousand spirit crystals if you let me win" Yan jian steadied himself and replied back. The rank one spirit realm youth who was about to kick Yan jian out was instantly frozen with a dumbfounded expression on his face. Others who happened to be watching them and heard Yan jian's words also looked at him in shock.

"What the hell? Who is that?"

"A rank six yang level cultivator? Is that a joke?"

"Didn't you hear what he just said? He's willing to give fifty thousand spirit crystals for a win!"

"Does he even have that much crystals? A mere rank six yang Cultivator?" Yan jian stared at his opponent who had recovered from his surprise and was frowning.

"What nonsense are you speaking? Get down!" He stepped forward, ready to kick Yan jian out again when…

"Oh brother, I'll give you a hundred thousand spirit crystals! I truly have it. Just for your spot brother!" Yan jian shouted as he stepped back continuously in fear. The youth froze again and this time, he was genuinely tempted by the sum. The observers were also dumbfounded. In fact, even some people from the main seats were attracted by the noise.

"Seriously? A hundred thousand spirit crystals? I wish it was me!"

"What do you mean? You'd really admit defeat for some spirit crystals?"

"Of course! That's a hundred thousand! You probably haven't ever held even fifty thousand spirit crystals""Makes sense. Besides, I know that it's impossible for me to get a spot for the hundred continent meeting. It's better if I can gain some other profit" In the battle ring, the youth slowly recovered again. This time, he felt angry out of embarrassment. Even though he was tempted by the amount, how could he give up his chance and let down his clansmen's hope on him? Thus, his feelings gave birth to his anger.

"You damned trash, get lost!" He didn't give Yan jian another chance to speak and instantly kicked him straight out of the ring. Of course he didn't use much if any energy at all since he disdained to do so.

"Aaargh! You bully! My junior brother Long Feng is stronger than me! Just you wait, I'll get him to beat you up for me you big bully! You! You! …" Yan jian's shrill voice echoed while he was in the air and he actually managed to silence the entire central square with his unbelievably loud voice. All eyes settled on him in an instant.

"Who's that clown?" Hua Yao glanced at Yan jian and frowned. Someone beside him immediately went and gathered up everything they had about him.

"Oh well, can't refuse a little entertainment in such an event can we?" The spring saber sect master chuckled.

"I have to admire this kid's courage, to actually speak of his younger brother being stronger than him and also threaten to bring his brother along to get revenge… this kid has some potential" the roaring tiger sect master laughed, his loud voice echoing around powerfully.

"That idiot!" In another group, a veiled lady lifted her head up to reveal emerald green eyes. Li Yue'er glanced at Yan jian and snorted before lowering her head. She didn't want him recognizing her and being recognized as this clown's friend.

"Ah, brother Yan jian is just too… ah!" Long Feng sighed as he hid his face.

"Now everyone would know who Long Feng is. Ai, brother Yan jian, you're a rank six yang cultivator but I'm also only a rank seven. We're definitely going to be the infamous weaklings of this tournament!"