Chapter 289 - Cruel Top 16; Thousand Swords Break Mountains and Rivers (2/2)

Compared to the recruits from other regions, the African recruits could be said to have mixed feelings.

The opponent of Golden Lion Pat from the African Military Region was actually also from the African Military Region, Giant Crocodile Kun Lai.

The two strongest recruits from Africa had met in the elimination round of Top Sixteen progressing into the quarter-finals, becoming the first unlucky ones to fight against their own people.

Besides Golden Lion Pat and Giant Crocodile Kun Lai, there was the beautiful martial artist from America, Alice. Her luck was incredibly envied by others.

Alice vs Zeus Mark.

Zeus was undoubtedly one of the strongest candidate in this Recruit Tournament. He had the strength that no one except Qin Fen could look down on.

However, although the fierce Zeus Mark in the Top Sixteen elimination round had obtained final victory and succeeded in advancing to the Top Sixteen, would he still be able to continue fighting with his broken body? Or should the question be, would he still be able to stand in the battle after a few days? Would he be coming to the fight on crutches?

Although the battle had not begun, Alice had already become the first person to advance to the quarter-finals from the Top Sixteen. Her luck was so good, that almost everyone was envious of it.

In addition to Alice, good luck also fell upon the two American recruits. They were the only remaining martial artists in addition to the well-known martial artist recruits.

However, luck sometimes would be a very important factor. Having these two American recruits whose strengths were only at the five-star level battle against each other, it was destined that one of them could enter the Top Eight lineup of extremely skillful martial artists.

The names of the sixteen people kept rolling on the huge projection screen. The audience continued to sit in the stadium in which the battle had ended and stayed there for a long time.

The commentator saw from the screen that Qin Fen and Xue Tian were about to leave. He quickly shouted into the microphone, “May I ask recruit Xue Tian, what are your opinions on your upcoming opponent? How confident are you in your chances of winning?”

“Chances?” Xue Tian’s eyebrows twitched a few times, “Do you think that just because his nickname is Sky Splitter, he can really split my sky? Challenging Qin Fen… he is still not worthy. Want to enter the quarterfinals? Even if I agree, my sword does not.”

Some of the American recruits that have not yet left cast hostile gazes to Xue Tian instantly.

As the commentators saw this scene, they continued to ask as if the only fear they had was a chaotic world, “So you are very confident?”

“Of course! I have a hundred percent confidence in cutting down that guy who loves to sleep.” Xue Tian raised his chin and yelled at the American soldiers in a distance, “Hey! The few of you, go back and deliver this message to Brooks! In the next match, I promise to change his nickname. He will no longer be known as Sky Splitter, but he will be known as Sky Fearing Brooks! Yes, it means the fear of me, Xue Tian!”

The audience who had not left stared blankly at the boasting Xue Tian. It was fine if you were to blabber these words if you had eight-star strength like Qin Fen. But having the same level of seven-stars between you and your opponent, such screams would only ignite the opponent’s anger and fighting spirit. Isn’t this just looking for trouble?

The commentators smiled happily. The fight had yet to actually begin and Xue Tian had already spoken words like these, adding fuel to fire. This had pushed the pre-battle atmosphere to an even higher extent.

“Qin Fen.” The commentator made a gesture to the technical director, and the screen immediately showed a close-up of Qin Fen, “May I ask, with whom do you wish to battle the most in the finals of this competition?”

“With whom?” Qin Fen smiled faintly, “It does not matter with whom. What matters is that hopefully, he will be strong enough.”

“It doesn’t matter with whom… hehe…” The commentator laughed twice. The young man’s strength was indeed eight stars, but his mentality seemed to be far above eight-star. Such tone faintly gave off the sense of a Grandmaster.

“Hey?”

The narrator was stunned. Xue Tian, who was standing next to Qin Fen, tiptoed on the ground. The man ran straight to the center of the battlefield like an elegant swallow. The places that he passed did not leave a single mark.

“Everyone!” Xue Tian cleared his throat. His five fingers held the handle of his katana, “Perhaps you would think that I was bluffing earlier. Hence, I would like to show evidence to prove that I, Xue Tian is definitely not some bluffing king…”

Before his voice fell, a glimpse of blinding light burst out from his katana in the scabbard. Xue Tian held the handle with both hands! At this moment, the aura on his body had changed completely. The carefree aura had disappeared and was replaced by a cold murderous chill!

He held the sword with both hands while his gaze was chilly and overbearing. His left foot stepped out a bit suddenly, and the sword in his hand burst into a dazzling brilliance. The light instantly shrouded every corner within a radius of three meters.

When the sword’s wind stopped, his katana had already returned to the scabbard. The killing chills from Xue Tian’s aura once again became carefree. He grinned widely like a good citizen who would not harm humans nor animals.

However, no one would look down on him anymore at this moment. Qin Fen squinted his eyes and secretly calculated the positions of Xue Tian’s sword earlier. There was a huge amount of admiration in his heart. There was no dead angle in his stroke. As long as one were to be caught, the sword would create a slaughter tornado, allowing others to have a good taste.

“Everyone, I will win for sure.” Xue Tian gave a salute to his surroundings. He smiled and said to the American recruits, “The ‘Thousand Swords Break Mountains and Rivers’ earlier was the least powerful among my swordplays. You can go back and ask Sky Splitter to buy a little more band-aids. Otherwise, he will look very bad.”