"After this round, the top 500 will be born. I'm afraid this round will become even tougher, mostly involving first-generation or near-first-generation players." Mu Qingyun sighed.
On her nameplate, a name appeared—a first-generation powerhouse. Her trace of hope vanished completely.
In the last battle, she had fought with almost all her strength, but now her stamina had recovered less than sixty percent. Facing a first-generation powerhouse, she had no hope at all.
So, when Long Chen told her to give up, although she felt a bit reluctant, she still chose to listen to him and not take the risk.
"I've also matched with a first-generation one. Boss, I'm a bit nervous." Bai Xiaole was genuinely nervous. He was the luckiest among everyone, and along the way, he hadn't encountered any powerful opponents before making it this far.
"Although you haven't awakened the first generation, your talent is no less than anyone else's. My goal for you is to make the top sixteen. Can you make some progress?" Long Chen looked at Bai Xiaole and said irritably.
Bai Xiaole still had a childlike side. The path ahead had gone too smoothly, and suddenly encountering a terrifying first-generation figure made him panic.
Because his opponent was a ruthless man—someone who could either die or cripple, and every move could kill someone. So, Bai Xiaole was starting to feel afraid.
"Don't be afraid. That guy has a few weaknesses. Come here, I'll explain it to you." Qin Feng called Bai Xiaole away. After his narrow defeat, he kept observing the entire arena, studying their moves, techniques, and their moves whenever he had free time.
Every Dragonblood warrior had fought alongside Long Chen, possessing incredibly rich combat experience and sharp discernment, able to spot the opponent's weaknesses at a glance.
"Sister Luo Qing's opponent this round is actually Chu Zhen?" When Luo Ning saw Luo Qing's nameplate, she was filled with nervousness and worry.
Because the mortal enemies of the Luo and Chu families are meeting here, it's a life-or-death battle. Only one of them can walk out of the arena alive, meaning that between Luo Qing and Chu Zhen, one will inevitably die here.
When they saw Luo Qing's nameplate, everyone's hearts tightened. Although they knew the Luo family was targeting the Chu family, running into them now still made them worried.
"Don't worry, I have confidence in my own strength." Seeing everyone's concern, Luo Qing couldn't help but offer comfort.
Long Chen smiled and said, "If Miss Luo Qing kills Chu Zhen, then half of the Chu family's strength will be lost instantly." "
"Half?" Long Chen, ...?" Luo Xue and the others were caught off guard at first. When Long Chen showed his nameplate, they finally understood that Long Chen had also faced off against the Chu family.
"Long Chen, let me share some of the Chu family disciples' techniques with you..." Luo Xue said.
"Thanks, but no need. First of all, I'm not arrogant, haha. I never study my opponents; it's just my habit." Long Chen said.
Long Chen's words were a bit arrogant, but it was indeed his habit. It was also a lesson he had learned over the years. The old man once said, in the face of absolute strength, any strategy is nonsense.
If you study your opponents in advance and devise strategies, it means you lack confidence in your own strength. Only those who lack confidence in themselves study their opponents.
The old man had once told Long Chen that studying opponents had already fallen into a low-level path, not a proper martial path, and had gone astray.
If you lack confidence, you should focus on improving your strength, not scheming with underhanded tricks, avoiding the main issues, or taking shortcuts. Once such shortcuts become dependent, they basically won't achieve much.
The path of cultivation is like rowing against the current—there aren't so many shortcuts and clever tricks. When you think about how to take shortcuts, your progress is already slowed down. By the time you come up with a little trick, your peers have already left you far behind.
At the time, Long Chen was somewhat dismissive of the old man's words, but after the final battle on the Tianwu Continent ended, he realized that the old man's words were the true truth.
Looking back, if he had avoided all those clever tricks, faced difficulties head-on, neither dodged nor avoided, and turned difficulties and dangers into keys to unlocking his own potential, perhaps the battle on the Tianwu Continent would have been rewritten because of it.
So after ascending, he never wanted to take detours again. Schemes and tricks were used to deal with the weak, just for fun, but against true strong ones, schemes and tricks eventually became a joke.
Upon arriving in the Immortal Realm, Long Chen learned from his painful experience and finally corrected his cultivation attitude. He was determined to face every challenge with the strongest posture.
"Buzz"
At that moment, the nameplate on Bai Xiaole's waist lit up—he was actually the first to appear. Qin Feng was explaining the key points of battle to him, but before he finished, the battle began, making Bai Xiaole nervous.
Seeing this, Qin Feng whispered a few words into Bai Xiaole's ear. As soon as Qin Feng finished speaking, Bai Xiaole was sent straight into the arena.
When Bai Xiaole was sent into the arena, Long Chen looked at Bai Shishi with slight surprise and said, "You're actually worried about your younger brother?" "
"Nonsense! In this world, I only care about myself." Bai Shishi said coldly.
Long Chen smiled faintly and said nothing, but the moment Bai Xiaole stepped onto the arena, Bai Shishi's delicate hand clenched slightly, and a subtle change appeared in her eyes—Long Chen happened to notice it.
Seeing Long Chen smile without saying a word, looking as if he could see through everything, Bai Shishi's expression turned cold: "People who think they're smart are really annoying." "
"Anyway, I never intended for you to like me, so it doesn't matter." Long Chen shrugged.
"Stop messing around, Xiao Le is about to start. You guys still have the mood to talk nonsense here." Even Lu Mingxuan couldn't stand it anymore and interrupted them directly.
Only then did Long Chen look at Bai Xiaole and also see the tough-looking figure opposite him, looking like a butcher.
The brutal aura radiating from that powerful figure, and the killing intent in his eyes, seemed to have become tangible—just one glance sent chills down one's spine.
Bai Xiaole was clearly nervous and afraid facing him. Although Bai Xiaole was gifted, he had never killed anyone in his life and was frightened by the intense killing intent radiating from that person.
"Xiao Le's losses are in terms of experience facing opponents. I wonder if he can defeat him." Lu Mingxuan said with some concern.
"What he needs now isn't to defeat his opponent, but to overcome his own inner fear. If he can overcome his fear, nothing else matters." Long Chen said seriously.
Long Chen understood Bai Xiaole's potential better than anyone. If the Three Flower Eyes were fully activated, even the gods and demons of the heavens would tremble. That would be a divine art passed down from ancient times, with power beyond imagination.
"Buzz"
At that moment, the arena trembled, and the light screen in the center vanished.
"Pfft"
As soon as the light screen vanished, a curved blade tore through the void, blood splattered, and Bai Xiaole's body was sliced in half with a single stroke.
"Xiao Le..." Everyone exclaimed in surprise.