Chapter 996: One Round to Determine the Winner
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“Are you sure you want to go in the last round?” Nangong Mu asked again.
“Yes!” As Lin Yu replied, he looked at Yun Qingwu who was standing amongst the crowd in a white dress.
Lin Yu and Fang Zhengzhi did not hold any grudges between each other but Yun Qingwu was taken away from Lin Yu by Fang Zhengzhi.
Because of this…
Lin Yu would definitely not accept the humiliation.
Because he could not accept the humiliation, he took the initiative and returned to the troops of the Monster Race and Demon Race after Qin Xian died and vowed to be loyal to “Chou Qi”.
Now that the chance was right in front of him, how could he possibly let the chance go?
Nangong Mu fell silent.
In terms of skill level, Lin Yu was not the most powerful amongst the four Godly State experts. Mu Xing was, in fact, more powerful.
That was the reason why Nangong Mu had assigned Mu Xing to take on the final round with him.
He could guess who would be his opponent in the third round and the third round would be the round in which the winner was determined and he could not afford to have anything going wrong.
However, Lin Yu’s determination caused him to waver.
“Alright, both of us shall take the third round!” Nangong Mu finally nodded his head after a moment of consideration.
He changed his mind because he knew that the state of mind was what made one powerful and not because he was easily swayed by others.
Lin Yu’s attitude told Nangong Mu that once he gave Lin Yu a chance to fight against Fang Zhengzhi, Lin Yu would definitely go all out.
“Thank you, sir!” Lin Yu thanked Nangong Mu quickly and without saying anything else, he quickly went to the back of Nangong Mu.
“Mu Xing,” said Nangong Mu.
“Yes!” Mu Xing stepped out.
“You shall lead the other two Godly State experts and one Monster King for the first round,” commanded Nangong Mu.
“We are sending three Godly State experts for the first round?!” Mu Xing did not hear the conversation between Nangong Mu and Lin Yu because they blocked out their voices when they were talking.
Therefore, Mu Xing was relatively shocked when he heard Nangong Mu’s commands.
“Hmm, win the first round, you must win and cannot lose!” Nangong Mu nodded.
“Roger!” Although Mu Xing did not understand the rationale behind this, the commander was Nangong Mu and he could not over-question his decisions.
Sending three Godly State experts for the first round?
Could it be that ‘Chou Qi’ had a way to force Fang Zhengzhi to participate in the first round and therefore he was sending the three of them to fight against Fang Zhengzhi?
Mu Xing started to make guesses.
However, he still followed Chou Qi’s commands. After calling for the other two Godly State experts, he went to the center of the battleground with them and another powerful Monster King.
“Three?!”
“What is happening?!”
“Chou Qi sent out three Godly State experts in the first round? Is he mad?!”
“Indeed he had a lot of back-ups, how are we going to fight against three Godly State experts? We have no chance of winning at all, this is forcing Fang Zhengzhi to participate in the first round!”
Following the appearance of the three Godly State experts and a Monster King, the disciples of the Human Alliance showed an expression of disbelief.
Then, they turned and looked at Fang Zhengzhi.
With the powers of three Godly State experts, if Fang Zhengzhi did not participate, how else could they win?
No way!
The only way to win was to send Fang Zhengzhi out!
“Shameless brat, what are they trying to do?” Ping Yang turned and looked at Fang Zhengzhi in shock.
“What do you think?” Instead of answering directly, Fang Zhengzhi asked her.
“Forcing you to participate in the first round?”
“How smart.”
“So… are you going to participate?”
“No.” Fang Zhengzhi shook his head.
“No? Then won’t we lose?” Ping Yang was evidently indignant.
“The winner is decided if he wins two out of the three rounds. Don’t be anxious, let them win one round first.” Fang Zhengzhi was not worried at all and pointed at the direction of the voice earlier on. “Where was the person who was talking earlier on? Stand out and let me see who is starting a commotion at the back.”
“…”
“…”
The disciples of the Human Alliance looked at each other and blushed before taking a step back instinctively.
“Those who took a step back, you, you, you and you… stand out.” The crowd quickly moved aside after Fang Zhengzhi pointed randomly.
Almost instantly, three stunned disciples of the Human Alliance were singled out.
“…”
“Uh… Fang Zhengzhi, no… Young Master Fang…”
“What Young Master Fang? You should call him Prince Cang, Prince Cang of the Great Xia Dynasty! No, wait… he should be called Sect Leader Fang, erm… I… I offended you earlier on, please forgive me, Sect Leader Fang.”
“Please forgive me, Sect Leader Fang!”
Sweat covered the foreheads of the four disciples pointed out by Fang Zhengzhi. They knew Fang Zhengzhi’s tactics very well and did not dare to resist.
“Forgive you for what? It’s time for you to make some accomplishments. I have decided that the four of you will go in the first round,” said Fang Zhengzhi straightforwardly as he pointed to the center of the battleground.
“Ah?!” The four disciples were instantly stunned.
Apart from him, the other disciples surrounding them as well as Mu Qingfeng and Mo Shanshi all had their mouths agape in shock.
He was sending them?!
What on earth!
The opponent sent out three Godly State experts and one powerful Monster King and they sent out four ordinary disciples who had just entered the Rebirth State
Moreover, one of them was only at the Supernatural State.
They were courting death!
“The future of the humankind is in your hands. I believe that you will be able to surpass your limits and kill all the four monsters and demons!” Fang Zhengzhi was not worried at all.
“…” Mu Qingfeng, Mo Shanshi, and the rest fell speechless.
Meanwhile, the faces of the four disciples turned red and started trembling. They were talented but were merely talents.
One was at the Supernatural State and three were at the Rebirth State…
Versus three Godly State experts and one powerful Monster King.
What surpassing limits did Fang Zhengzhi mean?!
The four disciples were not foolish. Even if they managed to surpass their limits, to what extent could they go? It would be a great accomplishment if they could win a sage state.
That was already surpassing their limits.
However, what was the situation they were facing?!
No matter how much they tried to surpass their limits, could they possibly surpass a Godly State expert?
“Fang Zhengzhi, you are taking revenge!”
“Yes, you are definitely abusing your powers to take revenge for personal grudges!”
“Since when did we offend you, the only thing we did was talk to you at a higher volume, do you really have to force us to this extent?”
“We refuse to accept this!”
The four disciples of the Human Alliance opposed strongly.
“You mean you are afraid? You don’t dare to attack because you are afraid? Or do the four of you want to be cowards and get laughed at by others?” Fang Zhengzhi was not surprised by the attitudes of the four disciples at all.
How would he be surprised?
If he was one of the four disciples, he would have also cursed. Besides cursing, he probably would have run away too.
“…”
“You…”
“We are not cowards! We are just…”
“Just what? Think you can’t win?” Fang Zhengzhi disrupted the disciples of the Human Alliance.
“…” The disciples of the Human Alliance fell silent.
They couldn’t win?
Wasn’t that obvious?
How could the four of them possibly defeat three Godly State experts and a Monster King?
However, they did not dare to admit it because after all, Fang Zhengzhi was at such a high status such that even their master was unable to disobey him.
“Fang Zhengzhi, are you sure you are sending the few of them?” said Mo Shanshi as the four disciples were the disciples of his Fu Xi Valley.
Moreover, they were slightly weaker ones.
“Yes.” Fang Zhengzhi nodded.
“Alright, the few of you shall go, don’t embarrass Fu Xi Valley. Even if you die, die honorably!” Mo Shanshi stopped asking further.
“Master…” The four disciples looked depressed.
They really could not imagine how they were sent to fight against three Godly State experts and one Monster King because they were a little too loud.
How pathetic was that?
How horrifying was that?
“Do the four of you not understand me?” Mo Shanshi’s expression darkened.
“No, Master, we understand. Even if we die, we will not embarrass Fu Xi Valley!” The four disciples exchanged glances before they gritted their teeth, stomped their feet and walked out towards the center.
However, when they passed by Fang Zhengzhi, the four of them looked resentful, as though they were daughters-in-law who got abused by their parents-in-law.
“If you can’t win, you can surrender,” said Fang Zhengzhi softly.
“Hmm?!” The four disciples were shocked and looked at him in disbelief.
Surrender?!
They could surrender in a martial arts competition that concerned the future of humankind?
Holy goodness, did they mishear Fang Zhengzhi?
The four disciples were in disbelief but they were very certain that they heard Fang Zhengzhi’s voice.
Although his voice was so soft that only the four of them could hear him.
If the disciples still did not understand at this point in time, they would be really foolish.
“So this is a competition in which we can surrender!” The four disciples flushed with excitement.
If they could not win, they could surrender, they had no stress at all.
Meanwhile, Mu Xing, the two other Godly State experts, and a Monster King were evidently stunned when they saw the disciples of Human Alliance.
What on earth?!
They were Godly State experts and they had to fight with four “lowly ranked” individuals.
Was it an insult?
“So he really forfeited the first round?” Nangong Mu moved his lips and looked into Fang Zhengzhi’s eyes confidently.
With three Godly State experts, Fang Zhengzhi had to forfeit.
He had no other choice.
“Attack!”
“Attack!”
“…”
At this moment, roars were heard.
It came from the four disciples of the Human Alliance. Their voices were loud and clear and had an ear-deafening effect.
However, the roars stopped very quickly.
That was because, after shouting, the four disciples of the Human Alliance immediately dropped to the ground and surrendered without struggling at all.
“…” The three Godly State experts and the Monster King looked at each other furiously.
Trying to fool with us!
Surrender?!
How would we allow you to surrender just like that!
A beam of radiance shone from Mu Xing’s hand. It split into two then into another two before shooting directly towards the four disciples of the Human Alliance.
The four disciples of the Human Alliance turned pale.
How could they endure the powerful attack made by the Godly State experts?
They did not even have the power to defend themselves.
“No!”
“No…”
“Don’t kill us!”
“We already surrender, didn’t we?!”
The four disciples of the Human Alliance were desperate. They thought that they could surrender in this martial arts competition but they did not expect that Mu Xing did not even give them the opportunity to surrender.
Just as that moment of despair…
A beam of sword radiance shone behind them.
Similarly, it split into two before splitting into another four. However, this sword radiance was silvery-white and looked like the radiance given out by the brightest moon.
Boom!
Countless cracks appeared on the ground and every crack was sharp and terrifying. However, the strange thing was that none of the cracks hit the four disciples of the Human Alliance.
“Ah…” A miserable cry was heard.
Mu Xing took a step back and cupped his head. His eyes were bright red and he looked like he was in agony.
“Why are you still attacking us after we surrendered? Do you really think you can take advantage of us humankind like that?” At this moment, Fang Zhengzhi stood up and his blue robe flew in the wind.
“So powerful!”
“He could hurt the Godly State expert using a strike of his sword, Fang Zhengzhi is really very powerful!
“So powerful!”
One simple sentence that Fang Zhengzhi said caused the Human Alliance and the four disciples on the ground to cry out in excitement.
‘Do you really think you can take advantage of us humankind like that?!’
How charismatic was that!
With such powerful support, the disciples felt that it was worth it to die for him.
“Sect Leader Fang, sorry for being a burden to the Human Alliance!” The four disciples knelt in the ground without hesitation despite Fang Zhengzhi’s age and shamelessness.
As the saying went, ‘the capable one was the master’.
In front of Fang Zhengzhi, they were the disciples. Bowing down to Fang Zhengzhi was like bowing to their master.
“It’s alright, you all did very well by luring the opponent to attack!” Fang Zhengzhi smiled as he looked at Mu Xing whose soul was hurt by his strike.
He had already figured out that ‘Chou Qi”s intention was a martial arts competition. ‘Chou Qi’ has never changed his mind despite the various rounds of probing.
Therefore, Fang Zhengzhi would make good use of the rules of the competition.
Mu Xing did not follow the rules of the martial arts competition.
Therefore, he was looking for trouble.