The assassination technique of the Blood Slaughter Hall expert was useless against Long Chen. No matter what movement technique he used, Long Chen would see through it. His concealment technique was nothing but a joke.
The repeated setbacks had made him furious. Even the usual calm an assassin should maintain was lost. All his strength erupted, and he actually engaged Long Chen head-on.
"Boom!"
With a loud explosion, blood mist filled the sky, the jungle vanished, and the arena returned to its original state.
"Clang"
A dagger fell to the ground, still the same dagger, but its owner had already vanished into the world.
Everything happened so suddenly. Who would have thought that the assassin, usually known for his calm and sinister demeanor, would fly into a rage and be blown apart by Long Chen's punch.
"Whew."
At that moment, Long Chen was teleported out.
On the outer viewing platform, the disciples belonging to Lingxiao Academy erupted in waves of cheers. Facing the terrifying assassins from the Blood Kill Hall, Long Chen had won so easily.
"Brother Long Chen is incredible. Even on the stage of the Nine Provinces Conference, he can't overshadow his brilliance." Zhong Ling clenched her fists, her pretty face flushed red like an apple from excitement.
Unfortunately, they were too far from the inner hall, so Long Chen and the others couldn't hear their cheers at all.
"Senior Brother Long Chen, I don't quite understand. That Blood Slaughter Hall expert, knowing exactly what you're doing, didn't attack from a different angle?" Luo Xue couldn't help but ask.
The others also looked at Long Chen, waiting for his answer. Luo Xue's doubt was their own—that Blood Kill Hall expert was just too foolish. Why not attack from those two angles?
"Because there's no other way. When they first trained, they specifically searched for others' blind spots. After long-term training, they developed conditioned reflexes—almost able to spot the enemy's blind spots with their eyes closed. If they didn't act, then they would kill them in one strike.
So, even if he knows my method, it's useless. The moment he hides, as soon as he turns his body and the blind spot is aimed at him, he immediately senses it.
And the moment he senses something, I will feel it too. It's like playing hide-and-seek or cheating—no matter how hard it tries, it works. If it weren't for demonstrating to you, I would have slapped him to death long ago. Long Chen said with a smile.
"Is that really true?"
Everyone was stunned. They didn't realize this was the first lesson for Blood Kill Hall assassins, and Long Chen was all too familiar with the Blood Kill Hall.
The match continued, and soon it was Bai Shishi and the others' turn. Bai Shishi and the others were lucky and faced some not-so-strong opponents, defeating them in a single move.
The first round of the grand competition ended, with ten thousand eliminated five out of ten. Then came the second round of drawing lots. After a half-hour rest, the second round of the competition began.
This time, Long Chen was the first. After entering the arena, he discovered that his opponent was yet another disciple of the Jiuhua Sect. Upon seeing Long Chen, the disciple of Jiuhua Sect immediately admitted defeat, fearing Long Chen would kill him on the spot.
Jiuhua Sect and Lingxiao Academy did not have a good relationship. Because of Ji Li, Jiuhua Sect had also joined the camp to strangle Lingxiao Academy. So when they saw Long Chen, although he was somewhat confident in his own strength, he didn't dare gamble with his own life.
Long Chen returned easily, and Bai Shishi and the others entered one after another. To Long Chen's surprise, Luo Ning also matched a powerful figure from the Blood Slaughter Hall.
But Luo Ning used Long Chen's teaching method—focusing and calming his mind, sensing opponents from blind spots. Just as Long Chen said, he could easily sense opponents, as clearly as seeing with his eyes.
But that assassin was in trouble—he kept switching stealth methods, but Luo Ning still discovered him. Luo Ning is quite cunning.
After fully mastering the method Long Chen had mentioned, when the Blood Kill Hall expert switched to a stealth technique, she pretended not to sense him anymore, and several times "narrowly" lost her life to his hands.
Just as the assassin let his guard down and seized a good opportunity to quietly approach Luo Ning, he was struck by Luo Ning's "blind slash" with his sword, severing half his head and dying instantly.
Luo Ning's performance nearly made everyone burst out laughing. No one expected that Luo Ning was actually a genius actor—even the experts of the Blood Kill Hall had no idea how they had died.
Long Chen was speechless too. The Blood Kill Hall expert Luo Ning encountered was stronger than his own. If the two faced each other head-on, who would win or lose would be hard to say.
But assassins have their own rules. Facing an enemy head-on is a disgrace for them. Unless absolutely necessary, they would never do such a thing. In the end, he met a tragic end.
"It's really easy. I didn't expect the Blood Kill Hall guys to be so easy to kill." When Luo Ning returned, she was extremely excited. After all, she had slain a terrifying assassin.
When it was Qin Feng's turn, his opponent's strength was average; he couldn't even block a single move from Qin Feng. However, Qin Feng showed mercy and did not injure him.
Luo Bing encountered a formidable opponent and fought fiercely for dozens of moves before finally defeating him. Although the others had defeated them all, it was clear that their opponents were growing stronger and stronger.
By the end of the second round, only two thousand five hundred experts had left, and the elimination rate was truly terrifying.
"From now on, the arena will probably be a contest of the strong, with no luckier weaklings left." Lu Mingxuan said.
Soon, the third round of matching began. Everyone was on high alert, no longer daring to be careless. Even the spectators grew nervous, because the further back they went, the fiercer the battle became.
As more and more people were eliminated in the square, the number of arenas on the square dwindled, and the squares grew larger and larger, unlike before, when they were densely packed and now much clearer.
As the drum spun, countless hearts pounded wildly, all hoping to match a slightly weaker opponent.
The matching list was quickly out. Long Chen glanced at his jade token—it was an unfamiliar name, and he didn't know the sect, so he wasn't an enemy.
The third round of advancement matches began. Not only would the nameplate display the opponent's name, but also their sect.
"Interesting." Bai Shishi looked at her nameplate, a smile appearing at the corner of her mouth.
Long Chen peeked in and saw that it read: "Dark Tiger Alliance, Lu Xiaoxian." "
"The one who beat up their leader that day, but he just stood by coldly and watched, half-bald-headed?" Long Chen couldn't help but ask.
"That's right, it's him. I heard he's the secret weapon for the Dark Tiger Alliance to break into the top 100. Their strength has never been revealed to the public. They must be a first-generation awakener." Bai Shishi nodded.
"That really is interesting." Long Chen also smiled, but he wasn't worried at all. He knew Bai Shishi's strength very well.
"Boss, let me show you something even more interesting." After Qin Feng finished speaking, he handed over the nameplate in his hand.
"Chu Zhen, the Chu family of Shengzhou."
Seeing the words on it, everyone was startled.