Chapter 414 - The Beginning of the Fury (1/2)

Just as expected!

The hearts of everyone instantly brightened.

The goal of Martial Madman this time wasn’t the five young martial artists who were in the limelight in front of him.

Qin Fen, the one that killed two of the Neo-Korea Federation’s Martial God, Bae Seong-Joon’s personal disciples, was currently the most popular person in the Sacred Martial Hall! Lauded as the king of newcomers by everyone without even a fight, Qin Fen was the real goal of the Martial Madman.

The attention of the people was all concentrated on Qin Fen.

Since the day he joined the Sacred Martial Hall, the Martial Madman had been hailed by the entire Sacred Martial Hall as a prodigy of martial artists and was the most promising one in becoming a Divine Beast martial artist.

However, after the arrival of Qin Fen, some people had begun to doubt their initial judgments as time went by. They began to think that it should be Qin Fen, not the Martial Madman, that bore the most potential in becoming a Divine Beast Martial Artist.

The most outstanding martial artist in the history of the Sacred Martial Hall was no longer the Martial Madman, but a new freak named Qin Fen!

Such thoughts might not be recognized by the entire Sacred Martial Hall, but many had begun to think so.

Both the old and new generations bore outstanding martial artists of their time, with one standing on top of the ring and the other watching quietly below the ring.

Although there was evidently no smell of gunpowder, the martial artists in the audience seats felt a little pressure on their chests, as if the air had become thinner as the scent that often arose before the storm wafted through the air.

Between the best martial artists of the new and older generations of the Sacred Martial Hall, who will emerge as victor today?

More and more martial artists directed their attention to Martial Madman.

As the chosen one to receive the attentive care and training from the Sacred Martial Hall, Martial Madman had an absolute advantage in terms of time! Qin Fen might have had extreme growth until recently, causing him to lag behind in time as compared to the Martial Madman.

Just from the warm-up battle of the Martial Madman, it could be witnessed from his secret art – the Thousand Buddha Palm – had contained four other sets of secret arts encompassing the fist, palm, fingers, and nails! Evidently, the Sacred Martial Hall had placed heavy investment in his training!

The performance of the Martial Madman was worthy of the investment of the Sacred Martial Hall, for he was able to combine five distinct sets of secret arts to defeat the five young and popular martial artists within the duration of a lightning strike.

Currently, there were more people in support of Martial Madman. Bearing the title of the most outstanding martial artist in the Sacred Martial Hall, along with his warm-up performance, his strength and fortitude were not easily dismissed by the spectators.

As for Qin Fen? Caesar doubtfully stared at the back of Qin Fen. Since the day Qin Fen killed Cai Renying, he had not fought ever since. With his isolated training for the past ten days, it was hard to gauge how much had he improved.

It was unable to clearly gauge his abilities! Brooks gauged Qin Fen with doubtful eyes. As a former opponent and current friend of his, Brooks found himself increasingly unable to gauge Qin Fen clearly. It was as if Qin Fen was surrounded by thick clouds of fog, as every strike of his displayed unprecedented power.

Completing the Nirvana Marrow Transformation Great Inborn at the peak of an eternal-star rank of fifteen-stars, Cai Renying’s measly power of fourteen-stars was incomparable to his.

Those succeeding in entering the ranks of the fifteenth-star were undoubtedly recognized as experts.

Under everyone’s attentive gaze, Qin Fen made his move.

He slowly moved his legs to the ring without shaking the earth, carrying his domineering aura.

Qin Fen’s movements were as casual as going out for a walk in the sunset after dinner, unusual for one going to face one of the most outstanding martial artists in the history of the Sacred Martial Hall.

Calmness reigned supreme over his body and mind.

Qin Fen hopped on the ring and looked at the Martial Madman, who had his hands behind him.

The Nirvana Marrow Transformation was something that never existed in all of Qin Fen’s opponents before this. At the same time, the transformation was also the secret of his repeated success in his battle against stronger opponents.

One could even say that the advantage Qin Fen possessed over a fourteen-star martial artist in terms of foundation largely stemmed from his completion of the Nirvana Marrow Transformation.

However, Qin Fen knew that such an advantage no longer existed the moment he faced Martial Madman.

If one were to insist on any other advantages, Qin Fen felt that the unique secret art, the World Martial Arts Master Outline would be his only advantage over the Martial Madman. Unfortunately, Qin Fen had yet to fully master and display the true power of the World Martial Arts Master Outline.

Contemporary internal arts were merely powers channeled from forcing the body. According to the explanation of several martial arts masters, the World Martial Arts Master Outline was an apex-level collection of secret arts across the world. If one was able to master the Outline, they would be able to easily and precisely identify and counter their opponent’s internal arts to gain the greatest advantage.

As for its disadvantages… Qin Fen held a clear understanding of them.

Through the several years Martial Madman had spent in the Sacred Martial Hall, the entirety of his body had been strengthened by countless superior medicine. Furthermore, with his privilege to freely roam the Secret Art Pavillion, the Martial Madman had great mastery in various secret arts. These experiences were incomparable by Qin Fen’s mere twelve hours in the Secret Art Pavilion.

The biggest disadvantage was still the aspect of star ranking. When the true energy of both sides were almost similar in terms of quality, the rank-power of Martial Madman would then be clearly revealed.

Lots of martial artists held their breath at this very moment as they stared intently on both contestants on the ring, for the fear that they would miss any detail from the exciting battle just by blinking their eyes.

Martial Madman suddenly made his move! He did not move with the speed of the wind as before, but rather on the same, relaxed pace similar to Qin Fen’s. He sauntered to Qin Fen without a glimmer of fighting intent.

He assessed Qin Fen with his bright red pupils like an x-ray machine and exclaimed, “You are hurt!”

Qin Fen nodded slightly without denying. The last time he defeated Cai Renying was not without a price. He thought that the drug of the Sacred Martial Hall and his true energy oscillation could heal his cracked arm bones quickly.

Qin Fen had underestimated the final strength of Cai Renying’s fourteen-star power on the verge of death. The seemingly small crack on his bone never fully recovered.

“Fighting me with injuries? It’s meaningless then.” The Martial Madman shook his head and walk past Qin Fen, saying, “Heal your injuries before fighting me. It is boring to play with a dead mouse. A live mouse is more interesting.”

Martial Madman went to the edge of the ring and looked down at Xue Tian, who was smiling with his katana, “Come up the ring, we shall have a duel.”

…

Xue Tian held his katana in his arms with a slight smile on his face, looking at Nash, the Martial Madman on the ring without moving.

“You don’t want to fight?”