Chapter 41 (1/2)

Chapter 41

Barging into the Illusionary Battlefield in the Martial Arts Competition!

With all twelve competitors now gathered, Ouyang Cheng shouted loudly.

“My fellow countrymen, the moment has finally arrived. May we now invite our two officials to set up the battle arena.” As Ouyang Cheng spoke, he turned towards the two officials, Song and Wu, who were behind him.

“Pardon for troubling you, officials.”

Everyone was stunned. What’s happening? Wasn’t the arena there already? Why is another battle arena being set up?

The spectators in the stands were all befuddled. Even the competitors on the platform could not comprehend what was being said.

While everyone was deeply confused, the officials from the Capital, Song and Wu, leapt from the judging platform to the arena.

“Please step back.” Ouyang Cheng made the twelve competitors stand at the sides of the platform, while Song and Wu stood in the centre of the arena.

The two faced each other, with a distance of over thirty meters between them.

“Start.”

Suddenly, one of them spoke and both took out a rather primitive and quaint round brass mirror.

Official Song held a black mirror while Official Wu held a white mirror.

The mirrors attracted the attention of many on the platform and the spectator stands.

They were moved by the strong spiritual power emitted by the mirrors. There was no need for further inspection—these were definitely spiritual tools.

Official Song shouted as he pointed the surface of the black mirror to the sky. With his palm, he struck the back of the mirror.

The mirror buzzed loudly as a huge black beam of light shot out at a forty-five degree angle from the mirror surface and tore through the sky.

“Shoot.” At the same moment, Official Wu replicated the movement and smashed the back of his mirror. A white beam of light shot out.

Boom! With a loud bang, the two beams of light collided with each other in the air. The clash resembled the roar of thunder in a stormy sky.

Ripples were formed at the point of collision, as if a huge stone was thrown into a peaceful lake.

“Release!” Official Wu and Official Song shouted and released the mirrors at the same time. The mirrors flew out of their grasp into the air. They rose, parallel to each other, and the beams they emitted were constantly converging at a single point in the air. Finally, when the beams of light formed a straight, horizontal line, the mirrors stopped rising and hovered in position. The beams then merged together into a larger beam of light.

“Buzzzz…”

The two beams of light continued to buzz and the ripples between them grew larger. This caused the distance between the mirrors to increase.

The people below looked aghast as they lifted their heads to observe everything happening in the air. The ripples continued to enlarge, and the fabric of space began to twist and turn, becoming increasingly illusory. Within this illusion, a huge mountain range broke through the earth and grew in height as it buzzed loudly.

In a matter of seconds, an enormous mountain range was formed. It was hidden beneath a layer of mist, and towered over everything present.

However, things had yet to come to an end. The ground shook, and great towering halls emerged from the ground, threatening to rip through the clouds.

This was too amazing and spectacular!

The crowd was stunned into silence, their mouths hanging open with shock.

Yet, Qin Yu was not amazed by the scene in the air. Rather, his gaze was fixated on the mountain as he recognized it as an Illusionary Battlefield. He had not expected that the two mirrors would be capable of forming such a grand and realistic spatial Illusionary Battlefield.

People finally realised—this Martial Arts Competition was different from those in the past years.

The twelve competitors were the most confounded as they looked at the Illusionary Battlefield with slight anxiety. It was normal for humans to be anxious about the unknown. Some of the competitors guessed that the final battle would be held in the Illusionary Battlefield.

As the Illusionary Battlefield took its shape, Official Song looked at the twelve youths and spoke loudly.

“Listen up, everyone. This year’s Martial Arts Competition would be different from those in the past years. Our emperor has to select a batch of true elite warriors, and thus he had spent innumerable wealth and resources to form this battle arena.”

“Once you enter the arena, life or death would be decided by fate. Do be mentally prepared, as what you would encounter inside is unknown, even to us. The only thing which I can tell you is that it’s dangerous inside – but there will be many lucky chances too. You may die, or you may receive godly treasures and lucky chances and grow at an incredible speed.”

The audience on the stands and the competitors on the platform felt uneasy at Official Song’s solemn speech. This was doubly so for Lu Wushuang, who had the weakest ability among the twelve competitors. She had only made it so far by relying on her Golden Silk Armour and her luck. Would her luck persist if she entered the new battleground?

“Official, if we were to be faced with danger, could we choose to give up on this Pre-Selection Test?” Lu Wushuang asked, becoming the first competitor to speak.

Official Song’s cold gaze fell upon Lu Wushuang and his facial expressions remained cold and gloomy. Those who practice Martial Arts value the will to press forward despite obstruction, perseverance and determination. Martial Artists must have the courage to challenge difficult situations, yet Lu Wushuang had asked about giving up when she had yet to enter. This had greatly disappointed him.

However, he still answered her due to his responsibilities as an official.