Chapter 97: Go All In!

“Yao Xi wins!”

“Li Xiaoyao wins!”

“Kong Xiangbei wins!”

“Lin Feng wins!”

“…”

Cultivator battles were usually quite numerous. Especially now, with the competition still being in the 100-to-50 round. The level difference among the disciples was large. Naturally, the matches were decided quickly.

Before long, it was Ye Chen’s turn. As soon as Ye Chen stepped onto the stage, he immediately attracted everyone’s attention. There weren’t many elders present today. Important figures like the Sect Master and Peak Masters didn’t attend. They valued their time and would only come on the final day to watch the final matches.

However, Ye Chen had made quite a name for himself. He was known as the most useless direct disciple, and also as the passionate simp. This made everyone curious—just how strong was Ye Chen really? If he couldn’t even make it into the top 100-to-50 round, that would truly be humiliating.

On the stage, Elder Chen shook his head. Before the competition started, he had already spoken to the Sect Master about expelling Ye Chen. The Sect Master had said they would judge based on Ye Chen’s performance. But given Ye Chen’s track record, it was highly unlikely he would even make it to the final day of the competition.

So, expelling him had become almost certain. Unless Ye Chen somehow made it into the top ten. But how could that be possible?

Meanwhile, Li Xiaoyao and the others, who held a grudge against Ye Chen, were watching with cold eyes. They were all waiting for Ye Chen, the most useless direct disciple, to be eliminated by some nameless outer disciple in the first match. That would definitely make Ye Chen the laughingstock of the entire sect. And so, under the watchful eyes of countless spectators, the competition officially began.

Ye Tian didn’t hold back. He immediately raised his hand, and within an instant, dozens of ice blades appeared behind him, shooting toward Ye Chen with a resounding roar. The initial strike was fast, and the ice blades were thin, sharp, and incredibly fast.

The most impressive thing was that there were ten ice blades fired at once, and their activation speed was astonishingly quick. It was clear that Ye Tian had a solid grasp of the Ice Blade technique.

Some of the disciples even thought to themselves with malicious intent, “Ye Chen can’t possibly block this move, can he?”

But right before everyone’s eyes, Ye Chen casually raised a finger. A half-circular golden barrier appeared at his fingertip and effortlessly blocked all of the ice blades. The crowd immediately erupted in astonishment.

Ye Tian, hearing the uproar, froze for a moment. “It’s just my Ice Blade technique being blocked, isn’t it? Why is everyone so surprised? How useless must my cousin be to get such low expectations from the crowd?”

But before Ye Tian could process this, he suddenly felt a gust of wind beside him. When he turned around, he was horrified to see a giant palm appear beside him, seemingly out of nowhere.

“What kind of spell is this? When did it appear? How did it make no sound at all?”

Ye Tian didn’t have time to dodge. He hastily activated a defensive spell, hoping to withstand the attack. But the moment the defense shield touched the giant palm, it exploded instantly.

The giant palm slapped Ye Tian without any delay, sending him flying like a fly, crashing heavily against the barrier at the edge of the arena. His body was in agony, and he couldn’t get up. The arena fell into an eerie silence. All those waiting to see Ye Chen’s humiliation now looked on in stunned disbelief.

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“Ye Chen won already?”

“What kind of spell was that?”

“I’ve never seen anything like it before.”

Most surprisingly, when Ye Chen cast the spell, the flow of spirit Qi in the air revealed something even more shocking—Ye Chen was also at the eighth level of Qi Refining.

When did Ye Chen break through? Wasn’t Ye Chen supposed to be a third-grade spiritual root? How many pills must he have consumed to break through twice in a year?

The crowd was left confused and astounded. Some even started to suspect—”Could this be a fixed match?”

After Ye Chen came down from the arena, the news of the “simp direct disciple” defeating his opponent and advancing to the next round spread quickly.

However, it was accompanied by rumors of a fixed match. Some disciples confidently confirmed that Ye Tian and Ye Chen were cousins, both disciples of the Ye family from Green Cloud City. Others mentioned that they had seen the two whispering to each other before the match started.

There were even friends of Ye Tian who claimed that Ye Tian had told them personally that he had intentionally lost to Ye Chen for the sake of the family and asked them not to spread the word. When even the people involved had admitted it, it became hard for anyone to deny.