Chapter 459: 100% Win Rate |
"Hiss—" Shen Yi'an sucked in a breath of cold air. He was an 8th-Tier after all, and he had some experience. The current Du Yunfei and the one from just a moment ago were practically two different people.
"This is the power of the Azure Deity?" Wei Zhenghong's brow twitched. He could only take back his previous judgment. I'm afraid these guys could do more than just exchange a move or two with Qin Yun.
And this Du Yunfei seemed to have not yet inducted into his seventh Holy Class, nor had he harmonized with an Ascension Refining method. He wasn't a true Azure Deity 8th-Tier at full power.
"If it were that Tong Zhuo, he probably really could fight Qin Yun to a draw." Wei Zhenghong couldn't help but think to himself. "But even so, after Su Chen advances to the 8th-Tier and settles down a bit more, reaching the top ten definitely won't be a problem, and he should have a chance at the top five..."
Thinking of this, he still couldn't help feeling agitated. If Su Chen could achieve this step, it would be a huge help for Bronze Heaven establishing a foothold.
Jiang Ce and Jiang Fan's faces were full of tension, but Meng Yusen had calmed down a lot.
"...Du Yunfei is going to lose..." However, Qi You at the front row shook his head imperceptibly.
Right now, it seemed like Zhong Yue was at a disadvantage, but in reality, how could Azure Deity Power be so easy to utilize? The price was not small.
Du Yunfei simply couldn't hold on for too long. Using it first was already a disadvantage.
Eternal Dragon Heaven had become increasingly domineering these years, repeatedly causing the Upper Three Heavens to lose face. This time, the waves stirred up would probably not be small.
"If this Zhong Yue finishes the Azure Deity Metamorphosis, perhaps he truly can fight for the position of Dao Sovereign," his eyes flickered.
"Heh..." Tong Zhuo, who was located not far away, snorted coldly, but his eyes were fixed tightly on the holographic screen. Zhong Yue harmonizing with a Cultivation Technique had also greatly surprised him.
He was almost only lacking metamorphosis into an Azure Deity to match his setup.
"The Beast Class is special, having Star Beasts as companions. If he truly succeeds in his metamorphosis, I'm afraid there will be a hard-fought battle by then." Tong Zhuo's eyes flickered. "It's best if I advance to Morning Star before he successfully metamorphoses. Then I will forever be number one."
He wasn't a battle maniac. Although he was confident in himself, advancing to Morning Star was a more surefire method.
.........
Boom!
The light and shadow before him shattered, and green light fell, enveloping Su Chen within it.
[Winner: Bronze Heaven—Su Chen]
[Victory Accumulation: 100]
[Win Rate: 100%]
[Do you wish to continue Martial Proof?]
"Phew..." Su Chen let out a breath and glanced at the time. "Using over half an hour is alright. It says random matchmaking, but the intensity of the last ten matches obviously soared."
He stretched his body, only feeling that his body was indeed feeling great. He hadn't unleashed so unrestrainedly in a long time.
The professionals he encountered during this time varied in strength, and their professional abilities were even more of infinite oddities. Some truly caused him some trouble—not in terms of strength, but in terms of time.
Like a guy named Feng Liuxing, coming from some "Shadowless Heaven." True Radiance talent, and all seven of his Holy Classes buffed his speed. He was unimaginably fast.
And it wasn't just fast. Things like physical dissipation, hiding in the void, and shuttling without a shadow simply disgusted him completely.
In that half hour, at least five minutes were spent on him. In other words, he had to expend some thought to find an opportunity to touch the other party.
Although he only touched him a bit, at that time he had activated five Sky-Scars, directly shattering him.
The upper limit of the Abyssal Domain was raised very high. If he really ran into this kind of guy whose entire buffs were speed, the strength of the Flash-Shadow Body obviously couldn't keep up.
But he only encountered a few of these kinds of people even after fighting a hundred matches. Among them, this guy was the most formidable. As for the others, the Flash-Shadow Body could barely keep up.
As for other professional abilities, although peculiar, they were not his match for even a single bout either.
And because after the Martial Proof ended, this place would recover all of his consumption.
Therefore, Su Chen had been constantly testing the upper limit of his strength throughout the process. Having this place to unleash unrestrainedly, he had truly figured out the upper limits of his various abilities.
"With all eight Sky-Scars fully opened, even including the double bodies that the Verdant Wood Guest's Deliverance Seeds can evolve into, and the return from the Inexhaustible Titan, under the condition of not engaging in intense combat, I can only hold on for at most ten or twenty seconds."
"But the duration of [Harsh Gold Essence-Devouring] is over two minutes, a difference of several times. But later, when the Eternal Physique is elevated further, the Harsh Gold Essence-Devouring might not be suitable anymore."
Having figured out his own specific situation, Su Chen opened the Lingxiao Hidden Star Ranking again. Unlike before, two large crimson words surfaced behind every name—Challenge!
"I hope the crowd outside hasn't dispersed yet, otherwise waiting for them to respond one by one will take a lot of time."
Su Chen's gaze moved from top to bottom, landing on the tenth place—Xuanwu Heaven, Xue Tan, True Radiance Dual 8th-Tier.
"He shouldn't reject me, right?"
.........
"It's about to end."
Qi You sighed. In just the next moment, on the holographic screen, the dust and dispersing elemental ripples cleared. Zhong Yue's figure was somewhat different from before.
The crimson hair covering his entire body had turned golden and become extremely sparse. The features like the elephant trunk on his face, the hair on both sides of his cheeks, and the two elephant legs had all disappeared.
It was as if the integration of the Star Beasts within his body had gone a step further, becoming more harmonious with each other.
And Du Yunfei appeared somewhat disheveled. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that the victor and loser had already been decided.
Right now, Zhong Yue was more like he was toying with the unwilling Du Yunfei.
The noisy sounds below continued continuously. Some people's faces looked very bad, while some people's expressions were quite excited.
"Victory and defeat are common occurrences, but toiling with someone like this is going too far." Not far behind Qi You, someone spoke up. It was precisely Feng Cheng, his expression gloomy.
"If you don't show off when you win, are you going to wait for others to show off when you lose?" Someone looked down from the upper left; he looked quite young.
Some people were indignant because of Zhong Yue's behavior, but the vast majority of people from the Upper Three Heavens didn't speak. Du Yunfei losing was losing; saying more was useless.
"This Zhong Yue really has some skill." Tan Qingzhu was also here, fighting intent surging in her eyes: "If he can do it, there's no reason I can't."
A sincere-looking figure standing not far beside her couldn't help but look over upon hearing this and said with a muffled voice:
"Zhong Yue is different. He's already walking on the path of Azure Deity Metamorphosis. His True Radiance Power has been strengthened several times, and moreover, he follows the Beast Class. He can strengthen himself from Star Beasts, which can also be considered a unique advantage."
"Even if we harmonized with an Ascension Refining method, we still couldn't defeat Du Yunfei."
"Xue Tan, do you really consider yourself a turtle, not even daring to think about it?" Tan Qingzhu frowned and looked over, but her beautiful face carried a bit of ridicule.
"Not a turtle, a Black Tortoise," Xue Tan emphasized. But right at this moment, his heart stirred slightly. The token in his body trembled slightly, and a message arrived.
Someone is challenging me, at this time?
"...Haha... A Black Tortoise is not a turtle, a turtle is not a Black Tortoise..." Tan Qingzhu laughed wildly with her mouth wide open.
Xue Tan turned a deaf ear and merely projected his virtual screen. As a top ten, very few people challenged him now, basically all from within the top fifteen.
"Could it be they were stimulated by Zhong Yue? The battle hasn't even ended yet, and they want to fight me." Xue Tan muttered to himself, checking the details of the message in his mind to see which acquaintance it was.
However, his expression blanked. The challenger was an extremely unfamiliar name.
Su Chen? His brow furrowed slightly; he felt like he had heard it somewhere before.
But then, his pupils suddenly trembled in shock, having already seen this challenger's Martial Proof Win Rate.
"100% !?"
He was stunned. He hadn't seen a 100% win rate in a very long time.
Under this situation, only Azure Deity talents like Tong Zhuo and Du Yunfei, who had almost reached the extreme at the 8th-Tier—like their Main Profession progress already maxed out, and having already inducted into seven Holy Classes—could achieve this when undertaking the Martial Proof.
But the Upper Three Heavens strived for suppression. The transition between generations was an extremely important display of strength. They almost never let young people conceal their edge, striving to dominate every single tier.
Only Azure Deities born in the Outer Heavens, to avoid being suppressed, would hide and conceal their edge.
Until everything reached the extreme, thereby making a blockbuster entrance.
Otherwise, even with his kind of True Radiance talent, it would be impossible to reach a 100% win rate, because in some extremely brilliant eras, he might even find it difficult to enter the top fifteen.
Although this Martial Proof Hall was said to be random matchmaking, once the win rate truly reached 90%, it was impossible for it to match you with opponents who were too weak.
"Wait, this guy seems to be that Star Seed from Bronze Heaven?" After his brief shock, Xue Tan remembered the origin of this name, and earth-shattering waves surged in his heart.
He found it unimaginable: "Didn't they say this person focuses on his Main Profession and has barely inducted into any Holy Classes? How could he have a 100% win rate?"
At this moment, he even doubted if there was a problem with the Martial Proof Hall.
But only for an instant, this thought was wiped away by him. What kind of place was the Martial Proof Hall? One of the cores of Lingxiao; there had never been a problem.
"Hiss..." His throat bobbed, but a strong curiosity indeed welled up in his heart.
Curious about this Su Chen, exactly how did he achieve a one hundred percent win rate?
Curious about this guy's strength, curious if this guy was truly as young as the rumors said.
"...What 100%?" Tan Qingzhu looked over suspiciously. At first, she thought this big silly guy had been sprayed silly by her, looking in a trance.
Considering the impact, she was just thinking about whether she should apologize to the other party when she realized this big silly guy was constantly muttering something about 100% in his mouth.
Suddenly, Xue Tan's figure disappeared from the spot.
"Where's the person? Ran away?" Tan Qingzhu blanked. "That's not right. This isn't the situation of leaving the Nether Realm. This seems like..."
She looked towards the Martial Proof Hall not far away and speculated, "He entered the Martial Proof Hall. Could it be he was scolded awake by me, and he's not going to challenge Tong Zhuo, is he?"
Their group stood extremely close to the front, and there was no one around. Those present were either Morning Stars or 9th-Tier, or 8th-Tier at the very least.
The battle in the firmament was already garbage time. The crowd was nothing more than waiting for the result. Xue Tan's sudden disappearance attracted the attention of quite a few people.
"Could he be taking the opportunity to challenge Du Yunfei?" Beside Jiang Yue, someone spoke up. It was precisely the fourth on the Lingxiao Hidden Star Ranking, second only to Zhong Yue—Rong Yu. He had a broad head and large ears, and his arms were unusually long, hanging past his knees.
He said indifferently, "Just having been defeated by Senior Brother Zhong Yue, his mind having lost its guard, it is indeed a good opportunity."
Tan Qingzhu suddenly reacted, looking full of regret. "Yeah, to actually be beaten to it by this big silly guy!"
.........
The clouds and mist were ethereal before his eyes. Xue Tan was accustomed to this, feeling somewhat impatient in his heart. After entering the battlefield, his first glance fell on that tall, standing figure, who looked excessively young.
Su Chen narrowed his eyes slightly. This Xue Tan was wearing profound black heavy metallic armor. The professional category of Xuanwu Heaven was very special and could roughly be summarized in two words: "Turtle."
Because it centered on armor, its defense was astonishing, and they lived very long. But also because of this, their aggressive edge in fighting was the weakest among the major heavens, which was why they had slowly declined until now.
This Xue Tan was already a rare True Radiance talent in Xuanwu Heaven these years, yet he couldn't even snatch a Moon Seed spot.
Su Chen didn't respond, merely asking, "The one outside isn't over yet, right?"
Xue Tan didn't understand why, but still answered patiently, "No, but it should be soon."
"Good that it isn't." Su Chen nodded and casually waved away the virtual screen in front of him. "I'm pressed for time, a bit in a hurry. For forgive my offense. As for how I achieved a 100% win rate, Your Excellency will know shortly."
The countdown in the void was about to end. Xue Tan grew vigilant and was also truly curious.
After getting a rough understanding of the situation when Bronze Heaven arrived, he didn't pay much attention, because they came from the Outer Realms. Aside from the existence of a Heavenly Lord, their overall strength was not worth mentioning.
But right now, this Su Chen was truly astonishing. Regardless of anything else, to be able to get a 100% win rate in the Martial Proof, he definitely had the strength to cross swords with him.
Right at the instant it returned to zero, Xue Tan's heart chilled. The armor on the surface of his body emitted cracking sounds. Daos of profound patterns surfaced, and energy ripples gradually spread out, ready to see exactly what kind of style this 100% win rate was...
"What the hell is this!"
But suddenly, that sincere and heavy face changed in horror. He saw that seemingly frail young man suddenly erupt with a blood-colored energy aura around his entire body after the countdown ended.
The ground beneath his feet cracked open, his hair flew wildly, and crackling blood-colored lightning shot out. The terrifying, boiling vitality rushed straight into the firmament, dyeing the entire sky blood-red in an instant.
The auxiliary combat system carried within the armor issued an ear-piercing alarm. Xue Tan sucked in a breath of cold air, even faintly smelling the scent of blood.
"What a terrifying body..." He found it unimaginable, his mind trembling in shock. This materialized vitality was the manifestation of a highly condensed body.
In his perception, what was before his eyes simply wasn't a person, but more like a live Star Beast, and it had to be a Star Beast at the Morning Star level to possess this kind of horrifying physique.
Boom!
Su Chen's feet moved lightly, shifting over laterally. His seemingly weak body crashed across, causing strands of black cracks to ripple in the void; the sky collapsed and the earth shattered.
"Not good!" Xue Tan's eyelids jumped in fright. He was top ten after all. Under external threat, his body's reaction speed was even faster than his thoughts.
The profound heavy battle armor had already deployed. Metallic parts engaged and intertwined, transforming into a small metallic fortress wrapping himself amidst the clanking sounds of deformation.
Upon it, profound patterns intertwined, seemingly enhancing the defense. There was also the phantom of a Black Tortoise with armored spikes on its back surfacing, covering the surroundings, as well as the surging of tides.
Finally, there was even golden liquid surging out from the crevices, dyeing the entire fortress golden.
"This..." Su Chen's expression was odd. These professional abilities truly were of infinite oddities. No wonder everyone called people from Xuanwu Heaven turtles; it really wasn't without reason.
He muttered in his heart, but his movements didn't pause in the slightest. Just as the thought flashed past, his fist had already fallen.
Boom!
Like a heavy hammer striking a drum, the profound spiked turtle shell on the outermost layer of this metallic fortress exploded, turning into fragments that scattered away.
Su Chen truly felt a slight stinging sensation transmitted from his fist, and then he forcefully suppressed it with his even more terrifying strength.
"Seems to be some kind of damage-reflection ability."
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The layers of defense exploded, like crushing dry weeds and smashing rotten wood.
"What kind of monster is this guy? Could this be twenty-six years old?"
Inside the fortress, Xue Tan gnashed his teeth. In the very instant of taking action, he had mobilized all of his methods, even his True Radiance Power.
But under the other party's fist, he only felt that everything he relied on was like a thin sheet of paper, being lightly torn apart.
A strand of light pierced in. Xue Tan's expression changed drastically; the fortress was completely torn apart.
[Challenge successful. Congratulations on Your Excellency ranking tenth on the Lingxiao Hidden Star Ranking. Please continue your efforts and climb unceasingly.]
"Mhm..." Su Chen retracted his momentum. At the instant he broke through Xue Tan's final defense, the other party vanished, clearly having been judged as lost by this Martial Proof Hall.
Green light descended, rapidly replenishing the consumption of having all eight Sky-Scars open just now.
He didn't utilize [Harsh Gold Essence-Devouring], because this ability had a cooldown, as well as a duration; it couldn't be used at any time.
It was instead inconvenient to use in the Martial Proof Hall. Tanking the consumption purely with his body, although the duration he could persist was short, it could be directly replenished.
"Next is number nine." Su Chen aimed his gaze at the next one: Jade Sea Heaven—Ye Chutong.
.........
[Winner: Zhong Yue]
A few words surfaced on the holographic screen. The figures of Zhong Yue and Du Yunfei disappeared.
The voices below were still noisy, but not overly shocked, because not long ago, many people had already seen that Zhong Yue's victory was assured, and he was just toying with Du Yunfei.
Having already had expectations in their hearts, those who should be excited had already been excited, so when the final result came out, it was instead expected.
Someone had already opened the Lingxiao Hidden Star Ranking. The battle was over, the rankings had been updated, and Zhong Yue was ranked second.
"True Radiance suppressing Azure Deity, truly a rare sight." At the edge, Jiang Ce looked at the name near the top of the holographic screen, quite excited.
Little Jiang Fan stood on tiptoes. Due to the angle, he couldn't see clearly. His gaze flowed, but he saw a familiar name slightly lower down, and couldn't help but say, "This tenth place is the same as Uncle Su's name."
"What?" Jiang Ce said subconsciously, his gaze dropping.
Tenth—Su Chen.
Crack!
This name was like a booming thunderclap, directly striking his eyes. Jiang Ce's pupils contracted, and his eyelids twitched uncontrollably.
What the hell is this!?