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Chapter 316. Absolute Victory, Demonic Heart

Seven days passed, and the battle stage held the largest battle seen in a long time.

Ju Kai Bei forcefully challenged Fang Yuan, the former was an experienced senior expert, his fame deeply entrenched in the city. The latter was a rising star in the last two years, shining like the night sky, a young expert of the newer generation.

Other than the excitement of this battle, right before this, Bai Ning Bing and Yan Tu had a battle, it perfectly led up to this climax.

After seven days of circulation, the entire Shang clan city was hyping over this match.

Thus, at the battle stage today, it was packed with people.

The battle stage had also purposely promoted this battle, making it turn into a grand event. The person in charge of the battle stage Shang Chi Wen gained a huge boost to her business revenue and was extremely happy the last few days.

Before the battle started, people already started chatting among themselves.

“Will the more experienced expert Ju Kai Bei win, or will Fang Zheng overcome the odds?” Some people were discussing this, the fight between a veteran and rising star was a popular topic to explore.

“The two of them are strength path Gu Masters, this is the resurrection battle of the strength path!” Many strength path Gu Masters were proud, having strong anticipation towards this battle. In their eyes, this had great meaning for them.

“No matter what, Fang Zheng has to fight with all his strength. Otherwise, his all-out effort Gu will be taken by Ju Kai Bei.”

“Fang Zheng is only rank three middle stage, although he is very adept at fighting, his cultivation is even lower than Bai Ning Bing, not to mention in contrast to Ju Kai Bei.” After tens of battles, Fang Yuan’s strength could not be concealed anymore, most people did not think he could win, because the difference in cultivation was too great.

“Fang Zheng is here!” Someone shouted.

Fang Yuan walked slowly, entering the battle stage with a peaceful look.

This was a super-size battle stage, black stone forest terrain.

Fang Zheng stood at the center of the stage, folding his arms and taking a look at his surroundings.

The black stone pillars, thick and tough, were placed all over the forest terrain.

Outside, people were crowding and completely surrounded the stage. This was the most people Fang Yuan had seen at one battle in his two years of battling.

Fang Yuan knew clearly, Shang Xin Ci and Wei Yang were among the crowd, even Bai Ning Bing was here, but disguised. He even heard Shang Xin Ci say that some Shang clan young masters were here.

This reminded him of his first battle.

Back then, there was barely any spectators, Fang Yuan was still a nobody.

But now, he was already famous, had become someone who gathered attention.

“This is the final battle.” Fang Yuan sighed in his heart.

Three kings inheritance was starting, considering the time taken to travel, there was no time left.

After winning this, he still had to assist Shang Xin Ci and make her a young master. It was crucial for his future plans.

The day Shang Xin Ci becomes a young master would be the day Fang Yuan leaves Shang clan city.

Regarding Ju Kai Bei and Yan Tu’s secret identity, others did not know it but Fang Yuan knew clearly.

As long as one dominates the battle stage, they will become Shang clan external elder.

Fang Yuan had never thought of dominating the battle stage. The identity of Shang clan external elder, it might be the dream of many people.

The sparrow makes a nest in the house, only an eagle can build their nest beside a cliff.

Not just the external clan elder of Shang clan, Fang Yuan does not have any interest even in the Shang clan leader position.

All these roles, although glorious, were chains of fame and wealth.

Pitiful.

Among those that live in the mortal realm, who knows how many people these chains have binded.

Ju Kai Bei arrived on the stage too.

A tower-like body, a steel like expression. He had a large body frame and even denser muscles, it gave people a strong oppressing feeling.

In Fang Yuan’s previous life’s memories, at the great righteous demonic battle of Yi Tian mountain, Ju Kai Bei had a great performance too. He killed many established demonic Gu Masters, and was one of the capable generals of Shang Yan Fei.

In him, the aura of rank four flowed. Before the battle even began, he already exerted mental pressure on Fang Yuan.

In terms of cultivation, Fang Yuan was at a disadvantage. He was rank three peak stage, but used the breath concealment Gu, thus on the surface, he was rank three middle stage.

But even if he has lower cultivation, so what?

Hehehe.

Fang Yuan squinted, his eyes glowing with brilliance. A few days ago, he had successfully refined that Gu, and his chances of winning rose to sixty percent. Even though his opponent was strong, Fang Yuan was confident of winning.

This was not overconfidence nor pride, and certainly not arrogance, but an attitude.

Demonic heart!

Cannot lose, cannot fall, must win, must win at all cost!

Even with less than ten percent chance of winning, even without any chance of winning, he had to have an attitude of absolute victory.

For a demonic Gu Master, once they fail, it leads to disaster. Thus, he has to succeed, winning every time, there is no ‘if’, there is no ‘what if’.

His five hundred years of experience allowed Fang Yuan to develop such a mindset.

Winner takes all, stepping on others’ corpses and climb higher, rising to the apex! Only I can let the world down, whatever justice and integrity, fame, fortune and beauty, hatred and kindness, they will not be an obstacle but merely tools to use.

This was where Fang Yuan differed from Bai Ning Bing.

Bai Ning Bing had a heart to pursue victory, but Fang Yuan had a heart of absolute victory!

Nothing can stop me, not even demise will subdue my demonic heart.

Ju Kai Bei walked towards Fang Yuan, standing still and maintaining silent.

He did not like to talk.

Similarly, Fang Yuan hated trash talking.

The two look at each other, ignoring the outside noises, one with a firm iron gaze, while the other had dark abyss-like pupils.

Ding!

As the bell rang, the battle began.

All-out effort Gu!

In an instant, light burst from Fang Yuan’s eyes, and he injected his primeval essence, causing a horse phantom to appear behind him.

The horse raised its head as it charged.

With the strength of a horse in him, Fang Yuan activated the vertical crash Gu.

Swoosh!

He charged towards Ju Kai Bei, his speed as fast as a galloping horse!

But when he got to Ju Kai Bei, the horse phantom vanished, and turned into a boar phantom.

The boar had scarlet red eyes, as its tusks stabbed forwards, giving off a fierce aura.

Horse strength made charging faster, while boar strength made the impact of hitting stronger, Fang Yuan was already able to swap his beast phantoms at will now.

Seeing Fang Yuan coming at him, Ju Kai Bei opened his mouth emotionlessly.

His mouth was full of clean white teeth, at this moment, two fangs grew quickly, coming out of his mouth as two elephant tusks appeared.

The tusks bent inwards, its sharp and curved tip stabbing into Ju Kai Bei’s chest.

But there was no blood at his wound, instead, a pure white armor formed at the area of contact.

Like a milky layer of ice, the armor quickly formed on his upper body.

Fang Yuan came over imposingly.

“Good timing.” Ju Kai Bei did not dodge but instead took a step forward, bending his waist a little and taking Fang Yuan’s charge head-on.

Bam.

A loud crashing sound, and the two’s shoulders collided.

Fang Yuan took five steps back, while Ju Kai Bei was sent flying.

This caused many to scream out in shock.

“How can this be? Ju Kai Bei is not Fang Zheng’s match?”

“The all-out effort Gu is really too powerful.”

“Weird, why does Fang Zheng have rank three peak stage cultivation?!”

Once Fang Yuan attacked, the breath concealment Gu’s effect was overwritten, and his rank three peak stage aura was exposed, as many people noticed quickly.

Ju Kai Bei showed a little surprise in his eyes, but it quickly vanished.

He got up from the ground, not having taken much damage. Only his shoulder armor was cracked and broken.

But quickly, these cracks vanished.

The armor continued to extend, after a while, his arm and waist was covered.

This was the ivory armor Gu’s effect that Ju Kai Bei had been using.

Ivory armor Gu, a rank four Gu with strong defense. But the weakness was, it needed some time to grow, and had no malleability. After the battle ends, the Gu Master has to break it themself.

Fang Yuan moved his shoulder, feeling a little ache.

Earlier, he did not use the golden shield Gu, just the combination of bronze skin, iron bones and steel tendons, made his defense extraordinary.

Strength affects both oneself and foe, there were great requirements in terms of defense for a strength Gu Master.

The attack earlier was just a small test.

“This Ju Kai Bei has great physical strength, since my rebirth, he is the strongest opponent I’ve faced. He is an enemy with great physical strength and defense.” Fang Yuan’s gaze was dark and eerie as he pounced again.

Bam bam bam.

The two exchanged blows, landing their punches every time, as Ju Kai Bei was at a disadvantage.

Fang Yuan naturally did not give him any opportunity to continue growing, as the ivory armor broke many times from Fang Yuan’s iron fist, unable to reach its complete form.

But Ju Kai Bei’s strength was getting stronger, he was suppressed initially, but started being tied with Fang Yuan.

That was not surprising, Fang Yuan knew from Ju Kai Bei’s information that he had a rank four habitual strength Gu.

The all-out effort Gu was extinct long ago, thus to replace it, current strength path Gu Masters created the habitual strength Gu.

The lower rank of the habitual strength Gu is the rank three store strength Gu.

The store strength Gu can store energy, and release it slowly attack after attack. But it needed time to do so, and during that period, the Gu Master cannot move at all, thus it is not commonly used.

But at rank four, after the store strength Gu refines into the habitual strength Gu, this weakness is eliminated.

The habitual strength Gu after activation, would cause Ju Kai Bei’s strength to accumulate over time. At the same time, he is allowed to move freely.

Bam!

Fang Yuan’s fists landed on Ju Kai Bei’s chest, while Ju Kai Bei’s palm chopped on Fang Yuan’s shoulder.

Both of them took six steps back, this time it was a draw.

But Fang Yuan’s fist was numb. In contrast, Ju Kai Bei’s chest was covered by the ivory armor, and there was only some cracks on it.

As time passed, Ju Kai Bei continued to move about, and the ivory armor became thicker, causing Ju Kai Bei’s skin to become monstrously thick.

Ju Kai Bei’s strength was starting to show.

Not only does he have rank four yellow gold primeval essence, he also had rank four Gu worms.

Just the ivory armor could compete with Fang Yuan’s steel tendons, iron bones, and bronze skin combination.

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    Seiian
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    playergabriel
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    "Demonic heart! Cannot lose, cannot fall, must win, must win at all cost!
    I thought survival is the priority to achieved immortality
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    C.C
    C.C
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    “Strength path Gu Masters HATE HIM! Refining that Gu doubled his winning chance! A revolutionary discovery! Click here to find out more!“ I love this guy
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    nolifecompletionist
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    Strength path Gu Masters HATE HIM! Refining that Gu doubled his winning chance! A revolutionary discovery! Click here to find out more!

    I almost clicked lmao
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    give me six digits
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    Let's have good vibes in the comments guys🙏. Argue and all but keep it light
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    Sigh_2912
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    Nah.. not reading the comments in this one😂
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    Dinary1256
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    Fang Yuan walked slowly, entering the battle stage with a peaceful look.

    GOD OF DEVIL has coming......
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    ARamdomeUser
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    it maked absolutly no sence for him to fight this match. he is planing on leaving anyway and there is absolutly no use in his position in the arena. he gambels a 40% chance to lose his second most important gu for absolutly no gain. that is just stupid. but well he also didnt just sell randome recapies to make infinit money and get basicly infinit recorces... so aperiently he is not concerend about making sencabile decisions if it can stretch this arc...
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      Nuntius
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      Remember that each participant has the right to make a challenge that cannot be rejected, he could not simply not fight, it was something mandatory ¯ \ _ (ツ) _ / ¯
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        ARamdomeUser
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        that is true as long as you stay in the arena. but he is retiring. he could just leave beforehand. it was even specifically mentioned bevor that you can only avoided forced challenged by leaving and then would have to start from 0 again if you decide to participate again. but even without this being specifically mentioned this is kinda obvious. if he is not part of the arena he obviously cant be challenged.
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          Nuntius
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          I didn't remember that you can avoid a forced challenge by withdrawing from the arena, my bad. However, if MC really withdraws from the arena, he would not fit in with the "character" that he has created in the Shang clan.
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            ARamdomeUser
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            yea that's true. but he really didn't need the Charakter as long as he doesn't brake with her.
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      Mountain Fog
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      This is probably related to helping Shang Xin Ci become a young clan leader candidate then future clan leader.
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      Sami
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      he can only admit his defeat which in turn force him to hand his Gu which is bad he can't just say "well I ain't doing this anymore" when he doesn't want to it ain't how forced challenge work and unless the author say otherwise it stays like this it ain't a guessing game
      and also he came to the arena to fight and practice more before he leave why would he not fight did you forget already his poem and what he said back then? about how he would reach rank 9 or more if he can't defeat these kids in the arena
      so yeah this fight is reasonable
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        ARamdomeUser
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        can you read? because if you had read my comment you would know that the author DID say you can leave any time. you just lose your arena progress. anything else also wouldn't make any sense.
        Also he clearly showed multipel times that he is not one of these default hero who fight at all cost for no reason. He takes fights that are a risk only if there is a reward for him. and here there latterly is non. the only thing he would lose is his reputation and that is completely useless to him.
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          Sami
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          well sorry I thought you said didn't anyways he did have his reasons he does nothing with no reason and I am sure you read the later chapters and already knew what they were plus it was a good fight to see where he stand in the world in terms of power it is a martial arts novel after all not all of it should be about him being smart and doing nothing
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          Hitler
          Hitler
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          And completely ruin his excellent reputation he built? How smart
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            ARamdomeUser
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            You mean the reputation he literly sad doesn't care about and that gives him absolutely no advantages animore?
            Yea that would be inded smarter than risking you life for it.
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              POPCORN_DEMON
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              That reputation was made for entering the inheritance ground.
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                ARamdomeUser
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                Wtf has his reputation to do with that? He literally just went there and beat everyone up who got on his nerfes.
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                  destroyer_canon
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                  In this novel aside from strength nothing matters. If you are powerful then you are rightful. Also up to now our MC solved everything with powers. All mind f#ckery games of him became useless in the end.
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                  ARamdomeUser
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                  That is literally what I said.
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                  destroyer_canon
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                  i agreed with you
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                  REDLION
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                  I think he needs to gain reputation inorder to help Shang Xin Ci get the position.
                  Its as simple as that.
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          DownVoteMe
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          Also he clearly showed multipel times that he is not one of these default hero who fight at all cost for no reason. He takes fights that are a risk only if there is a reward for him. and here there latterly is non. the only thing he would lose is his reputation and that is completely useless to him.


          I'm pretty sure he gains more money depending on the amount of viewers.
          He'll literally get a fortune from this.
          He has 60% chance of winning.
          And he keeps the reputation, which could be useful in the future when dealing with the Shang clan. Or even minor clans like Bai clan. A deterrent force.

          Overall, the gains should outweigh the losses by at least a little.
          And even if it didn't, FY is a demonic Gu Master. He'll risk heavy losses even with a low chance of success.
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      Freywulf
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      Are u dumb fam
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        ARamdomeUser
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        Nope.
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          Freywulf
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          I didnt read ur comment tho
          I just saw the dislike lmao
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            ARamdomeUser
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            Yeah most people seem to be.
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      destroyer_canon
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      You are right bro. There are just many stupid comments here and people just blindly agree with every decision of MC. Just from Tie clan we can see that author is not much good in writing the "Why" part of events.
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      the monarch god
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      Absolutely no gain? he need a gu Djin mind or smth + he need the reputation cuz as we know he wanna help the(totally can't recall her name) to get the young master position and since taking the circumstances he want to do it at the open so a good reputation will help other than that it is for his own desire to beat whoever face him(if there is a 10% he will absolutely try)+ he will quit this arena bs and with the fame he gained the next couple of days he become the hottest news which helped at gathering attentions for that (totally forgot her name)... but what you said weren't really false tho... yeah he ain't pursuing reputation and wealth but they are ways to his true goal :)
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        ARamdomeUser
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        as far as i remeber he steels the gu he needs. and as he left directly after his reputation is useless to her. not to mention she is already established now and doesn't really need him anymore. and she clever enogth to capitalise on that.
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          the monarch god
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          what ? bro what you mean by she is already established? read the first chapter after the fight
          Soon after, a few days later, Fang Yuan announced in public, he was going to assist Shang Xin Ci and help her ascend to the position of young master.

          Immediately, everyone's attention shifted from the battle stage to the young master competition.

          "I heard long ago, this Fang Zheng is loyal and righteous. He had his life principles, repaying a drop of water received in need with a spring, and exacting revenge for hatred a hundred times over. He truly is responsible." Someone praised him.

          "In order to assist Shang Xin Ci to attain the position of young master, he even gave up the identity of external clan elder that was in sight. This is truly…" Some people could not understand.

          Forget these details, but Fang and Bai's change in position did successfully make Shang Xin Ci the center of attention.

          and she at this point was still a nobody without any business yet the next chapter after this is where things started
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            ARamdomeUser
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            ok i apparently remembered this wrongly. Still wondering wey he would risk his life for a Potential trade partner thou. but like this it at least makes sense.
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              Deden
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              He's not risking anything, XIN Ci dad won't let that happen because he wants him to be XIN CI good dog so it won't be any good if he loose any gu that is detriment to him (let's not even talk about dying...)
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