Chapter 343 - Kings Return (1/2)

“Please input your login information…”

Qin Fen closed his eyes and listened to the familiar voice. He opened his eyes to look at the virtual administrator of the battle network and entered his account details quickly.

“Please choose your destination…”

Various channels popped out on the huge virtual sky. Main Station Channel, Ring Channel, Mobile Armor Channel, Tank Channel…

“Ring Channel, Free Zone eleven, arena number eleven.”

Qin Fen reported his destination softly, and his heart sighing faintly. Free Zone eleven, arena number eleven used to be the place where he made a living. It was also the place where his martial dao truly began.

Without that prediction of the outcome of the war, without that first-hand experience of a battle for the first time, he would not have had everything he had today, let alone being able to truly pursue the road of martial dao.

The space around the room had a sudden distortion, and Qin Fen had appeared on the spectator seats in arena number eleven of Free Zone eleven.

On the center ring of the arena, two two-star martial artists were fighting fiercely. Qin Fen somewhat couldn’t believe his eyes and blinked forcefully a few times.

Regal Propria! That’s right! The martial artist that used Azure Electric Drive and gained the upper hand in the ring, was indeed Regal Propria! Qin Fen’s first opponent when he stepped onto the road of martial dao!

Still in two-star? Isn’t this star-class progression a bit too slow? Qin Fen frowned slightly. He then shook his head with a smile. It wasn’t just that Regia Propria had progressed too slowly, he himself had progressed too fast in the star-class upgrade. Looking back now, besides that freak Xue Tian and that woman Lin Ling, whose strength was still unknown, the other strong opponents from his recruit camp back in those days had already been left far behind.

A burst of feelings rushed into Qin Fen’s heart. It was true that you wouldn’t know if you didn’t compare. Only when you look back at your previous opponents could you truly realize your progress.

Returning to this place where his dreams originated after less than a year, he found that the people and the things were still the same. Only his own strength had increased to an unimaginable state through a painstaking struggle.

“Regal Propria, win!”

In the sky above the battlefield, the emotionless synthetic sound sounded again, interrupting Qin Fen’s laments.

“Regal Propria, nice victory!”

One martial artist beside Qin Fen’s shouted excitedly, arousing many praises from the audience. A few people not far away discussed the advantages and disadvantages of both sides quietly.

“Is it nice?” There wasn’t much happiness shown on the Regal Propria’s face, but his lips had yet to suppress the happiness in his heart, “I’ve checked yesterday, my body is ready for the three-star Azure Electric Drive operation. Today is my last fight as a two-star.”

“What? Three-star? Congratulations!”

“Regal Propria, you are really fast. With only such time, you are already entering three-star?”

The intonation of the happy praises from Regal Propria’s friends carried no boasts. It was surprise and admiration from the heart.

Qin Fen stood quietly at the side, It was actually this hard to increase from a two-star to a three-star martial artist? Regal Propria’s speed is also called as fast?

“The speed is okay, I suppose.” Regal Propria finally had a happy smile on his face, while his eyes had faint loneliness, “Unfortunately, I am still not fast enough compared to him! I have to work hard! I want to catch up with him soon! I want to defeat him personally! To let him know that I, Regal Propria is not a person with flowery fist and fancy footwork like he said!”

Some of Regal Propria’s friends were silent for a while, everyone knew who he was talking about – Thirty-Six Hours! Sky Martial Battle Network’s famous money-sucking vampire! Regal Propria was fortunate to be his first stepping stone in becoming famous!

There would always be an explosion after a silence. Regal Propria’s few friends once again opened their mouths, “That’s right! Isn’t Thirty-Six Hours’ strength only four-star? All Regal Propria need to do is just practice a little more, rise to four-star and fight against him again.”

“Yeah! He never appeared again ever since he entered four-star. I think that he was no longer able to break through to the next star-class since then, and therefore he lost honor and hid! As long as Regal Propria rises to the four-star level…”

“That’s right!” Regal Propria swung his fist in the air, “I want to fight back! Thirty-Six Hours, just you wait! I must… you are…!”

Regal Propria’s fist that was waving in the air stopped subconsciously. He looked at a person who wasn’t too far from him blankly. The person had his face hidden, a mysteriously dressed person who revealed only two eyes.

“You… you are…” Regal Propria’s arm trembled a little and his eyes squinted gently. The man in front of his eyes looked and dressed like Thirty-Six Hours back then! Although many people imitated Thirty-Six Hours nowadays, the charm was extremely hard for anyone to imitate!

Only those who had fought Thirty-Six Hours hand-to-hand could remember that kind of charm! Many people in the world could display firm and fierce fists, but no one could be in the strength of two-star, yet reveal the temperament of a grandmaster and the style of a master!

For the Arhat Fist alone, even if it was displayed by many masters of the martial dao, it would not necessarily be better, or even more charming than Thirty-Six Hours.

Regal Propria had dreamt about the battle that day more than once. No matter how hard he tried in every dream realm, he could never land a hit on Thirty-Six Hours who covered himself using Dragon Guard. He also could never evade Thirty-Six Hour’s counterattack.

That scene had been imprinted deeply in the soul of Regal Propria!

“You… you are Thirty-Six Hours! That’s right!” Regal Propria’s voice was full of vibrato, a vibrato caused by excessive excitement, “You… you finally appeared… haha! Let me see your strength…”

Thirty-Six Hours? Thirty-Six Hours!

This name was too resounding in the world of low star-class! The audience in the arena all had their sights focused on Qin Fen at almost the same time!

“What! How is it possible!?”

Regal Propria shrieked suddenly. His voice was full of shock and disbelief.

Everyone was stunned at first, then remembered suddenly that Thirty-Six Hours wasn’t a person who would spend money to cover up his information. They quickly paid a small fee to the system and checked Regal Propria’s source of shock immediately.

Nine stars!

Nine stars! Nine stars!

Once upon a time, Thirty-Six Hours confronted Regal Propria, and both sides were two-star martial artists. At that time, Thirty-Six Hours relied on the understanding of the fist technique and achieved the final victory with his moves.

Now, when Regal Propria was about to break through to three-star successfully and when everyone was amazed by the speed of his star-class improvements, Thirty-Six Hours returned.

Not only did Thirty-Six Hours returned, but he also brought along shocking news. After his complete disappearance from the Sky Battle Network since his four-star achievement, he returned today as a nine-star martial artist!

“Impossible! Absolutely impossible! It must be a system error…” Regal Propria’s head swayed like a rattle as he became anxious, “Absolutely impossible! This is absolutely impossible! With such time he turned into a nine-star martial artist? Even if you had sat on a rocket on the route of the upgrade, it would still not be this fast!”

Nine stars?

Several martial artists who had not bought the information also looked at Qin Fen with unbelievable eyes. They didn’t speak, but their eyes had spoken.  Impossible! How can it be? In less than a year, someone’s strength improved by seven levels? Who do you think you are? A martial artist with the potential of a divine beast?

Regal Propria’s friends were all stunned. Everyone knew that the system was never wrong! The system had never been wrong! If the system said that Qin Fen had the strength of a nine-star, then he was a nine-star.

Nine stars? Everyone’s heart was filled with powerless laughs. Comparing one person with another could really drive someone to their death. Regal Propria’s speed in breakthrough was already envied by many.

However, compared with this legendary money-sucking vampire, Regal Propria’s star-class improvement speed was like a turtle… no! It was at the speed of a snail!

Compared with this Thirty-Six Hours, Regal Propria had no future in practicing martial arts!

“Thirty-Six Hours…” The sound of Regal Propria’s gnashing teeth was filled with the taste of desperation. Nine stars! Perhaps the ultimate achievement is to have the opportunity to reach the strength of nine-stars? Revenge… is now hopeless…